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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. There is no doubt that God visited upon the Corinthians, in the way of chastisement, their want of reverence at his table; many were weak and sickly among them, and many died. They were not lost if they were believers in Christ, but the church at Corinth sustained a great loss...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
“For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.” Many even die; — not that they are lost, — not that this sickness is sent as a curse, but as fatherly chastisement; and the death of many of its members is often a chastisement to the church which is thus weakened by losing its best helpers.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. Persons coming to the Lord’s table in an improper spirit are very apt to come under God’s discipline; some will be taken ill; and some will die. This discipline is being carried on in every true church of God. God’s providence will work in this way if many treat the table of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. So, you see, that chastening process, which is going on in the church, is all in love: “that we should not be condemned with the world;” just as a father exercises discipline in his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when a church has lost its conscience, and gets into such a state as this Corinthian church fell into, then, as it does not judge itself, God judges it, and chastens it severely.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. If we are God’s people, we shall be judged by him here for our wrongdoing. We shall not be like the world that is left to the day of judgment; but we shall be judged now. God will visit with temporal judgments those of his children who sin against him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. Perhaps somebody thought just now, “I do not want to be in the Church of Christ if it gets special chastening.” That is one among many reasons why I do want to be in the Church of Christ, for “we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. You know that a man will see a great deal that is wrong in children in the street, and say nothing about it; but if it is his own who is up to mischief, he will give him a sweet taste of the rod. So, if you belong to God, you cannot sin deeply...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. Now let us read Luke’s account of the institution of this supper; as we do so, it will be well for us to remember that Luke was a friend...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. By due attention to the apostle’s injunctions, they would be able rightly to observe the ordinance; and we also may learn, from what Paul...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. This exposition consisted of readings from Mat_26:17-30; and 1Co_11:20-34.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. How gently Paul talks to these Corinthians! They deserve to be scolded; but he is very tender with them. He says, “If you must come together in this way, at least have the good manners to stop for one another; and if you do come to the communion of the Lord, treat it with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. May we tonight keep this feast in due order under the power of the Holy Spirit, and may we find a blessing in it to God’s praise! Amen. This exposition consisted of readings from Mat_26:26-30; 1Co_11:20-34
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. Although the members of the church at Corinth were highly favored with spiritual gifts, they do not seem to have known how to use them. Paul points out to them, in this chapter, how...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: I suppose that, in their assemblies, where everybody talked who liked, there were some people who even spoke blasphemy. They professed to be under the guidance of the Spirit of God, and yet they stood up, and called Jesus accursed. Where there is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. It is given in order that he may himself profit, and also...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; He is prudent,—an experienced man—fit to lead the young, and the feeble, and those who are less instructed than he himself is. 1Co_12:8. To another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; He has a wide range of practical acquaintance with God’s Word; and though he may not be so judicious as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To another faith by the same Spirit; Paul probably means here some special kind of faith; perhaps, the faith that enabled its possessor to work miracles.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; So that he is able to detect the impostors who come even into the nominal Church of Christ. They did come then, and they will continue to come even to the end.