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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Salvation comes by faith, and faith comes by hearing, but that hearing must be the hearing of the Word of God. Surely there is no great difficulty in understanding the gospel. This is no maze in which a man may lose himself. Here are no puzzling directions which only the learned can...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. But I say, Have they not heard? Oh, may they hear, indeed!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I say, Have they not heard? These very people for whom the Apostle prayed — have they not heard? Rom_10:18. Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. The preaching of the gospel went forth amongst those Israelites, who rejected it. Wherever they went, the gospel seemed to follow them like...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the end of the world. But I say, Did not Israel know? Ah! that they did; the gospel was sounded in their ears in a hundred ways, yet they rejected it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yes, verily, their sound went into all the earth, and the words unto the ends of the world. But I say, Did not Israel know? Did not the Jews hear the gospel? Certainly they did, and they rejected it. Moses foretold it would be so: —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I say, Have they not heard? Yes, verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. But I say, Did not Israel know? These Jews for whom Paul prayed, — these people who were so zealous in seeking to establish their own righteousness, — did not they know God’s way of salvation? Did not they know Jesus of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
; Rom_10:20 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. But, I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I say, have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. But I say, Did not Israel know? Were they not taught that God would reject them if they were disbelievers, and that he would call in heathen? Yes, they knew it, for: —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. Has he not done it? Israel is rejected, and remains without Christ, while many out of “a foolish nation”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But I say, Did not Israel know? Assuredly, Israel did know, but did not believe. Rom_10:19. First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. Moses told them that it would be so if they rejected Christ. Christ would be preached to the Gentiles, and those whom they thought to be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
; Rom_10:21. First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. So the poor outcast Gentiles have received Christ although Israel rejected him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched out my hands unto a disobedient and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people and by a foolish nation I will anger you. And the heathen thus, like ourselves, were accounted dogs by the Jews, but the Lord has brought us in and made us to believe in Christ, because they rejected him. What a wonderful passage that is about the great supper which the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. He told them, therefore, that God would save a people who hitherto had never sought after God — that he would send the gospel to a people that were dead in sin, and had never asked to receive the light and life of God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. God grant that we may not be disobedient and gainsaying as Israel was but that we may all accept Christ at...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. This exposition consisted of readings from Rom_9:1-5; and Romans 10.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; Hear, then, you who have never had any religion; you who seldom go to the house of God. Even you may be saved, for it is written, “I was found of them that sought me not.” Rom_10:20. I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. Here is the manifestation of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But to Israel — To God’s ancient people, to whom the gospel had been preached when Paul wrote this Epistle: “to Israel” — Rom_10:21. He saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. It is strange that many, who first hear the Word, and oftenest hear it, turn away from it, while others, to whom it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands — In the attitude of invitation and entreaty, and readiness to receive, — Rom_10:21. Unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. And that is what he has done to thee, O then careless child of pious parents, then unregenerate hearer of the Word! All day long has he stood and...