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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God, to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Not of him who works for salvation, but of him...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him who believeth in Jesus.Where is boasting then? Where is it? It is to be found in a great many people. It is common enough; but where ought it to be? Where does it get a footing? It is shut out! There is no room for boasting in the heart that receives...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It is excluded. By what law? Of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles, also: seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It is excluded. By what law? It is shut out; but by what law is it shut out? Rom_3:27. Of works? No; for, whenever we think that we have been performing any good works, we begin to boast at once. Rom_3:27. Nay: but by the law of faith. For if we are saved by believing, if we are justified freely by God’s grace, through the redemption that is in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Where is boasting then? “By works?” Nay: but by the law of faith. Rom_3:27. It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. If we were to say God justified man on the ground of law without their perfectly keeping it, we should, make void the law; but when we teach glint God justifies men of his free grace and mercy on account...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. Shut out, done with. Rom_3:27. By what law? of works? No, no, the law of works would have allowed us to boast. We should have merited whatever we earned by our own excellence, and we might have gloried in it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Nay: but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yea, of the Gentiles also: seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. Do we then make void the law through...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
It is excluded. By what law of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. The law of works sometimes aids boasting, for a man rejoices and glories in what he has done; yet the law of works ought to stop our boasting because we are guilty in God’s sight. The law of faith does stop our mouth, because we are under obligation to God, and do not dare to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. “We conclude” — we are shut up to this belief, “that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: He saved Abraham by faith, and he saves us by faith. The same saving principle is applicable to all parts of the human race.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. Do we then malice void the law through faith? Some will be sure to say so; but it is not true.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
God forbid: yea, we establish the law. There is no one who so much loves the law of God, and delights in it after the inward man, as the one who is justified by faith. There is nothing that so honours the law as “the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ.” It establishes for ever the law, even as Christ said to his disciples,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. He stands as the great Father of believers, and this is the charter given to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
What shall we say then that Abraham our father as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? What blessings did really come to Abraham, the father of the faithful? What is the nature of that covenant of grace which God made with him?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. Certainly, before God, Abraham neither gloried nor yet was justified by his works.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For what saith the scripture? That is the question for us always to ask, “What saith the Scripture?” Rom_4:3. Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. There is no doubt about that point, for in Gen_15:6 we read, “He believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. That is to say, to him who hopes to be saved by his works, to whom salvation is of merit. He has worked for the reward. He has earned it. Do not talk about grace in that case.