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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, reveling, and such like: A black catalogue, but sin is very prolific. We must take care that we avoid each one of these...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: The list is always too long to be completed; we are obliged to sum up with a kind of et...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, Is drunkenness actually put by the apostle after murder, as though it were something worse than that terrible crime? Or is it not, oftentimes, the case that drunkenness lies at the bottom of the murder?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Read over the list. Put the question to conscience, “Am I guilty of such things?” If so, do not suppose that the holding of orthodox doctrine will save you, or that any kind of religious ceremony will save you....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Paul never said, nor ever thought of saying, that a man might live in sin, that grace might abound. No, no; these evil things must be given up. Christ has come to save us from every...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. A very solemn, searching, sweeping declaration. Let each man judge himself by this test. “The fruit of the Spirit” — is equally manifest, as the apostle goes on to say,
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Either human or divine; everybody is agreed that these things are all good.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Surely, neither human nor divine. These are things which are commended on all hands. But if we do not have them — if they are not found in us —then we have not the Spirit, for if we had the Spirit, we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, Universal love; first, to God; next, to his people; and, then, to all mankind. Have we that fruit of the Spirit? If so, it will make us of a very amiable disposition; it will dethrone selfishness, and set up holy affections within our heart.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: Joy and peace seem to blossom and ripen out of love. Longsuffering, too, is part of the fruit of the Spirit. You will be hourly tried, but the Spirit of God will give you patience to suffer long and to endure much. You will also have gentleness. Some people are very...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Neither human nor divine. Good men make no law against these things, nor does God, for he approves of them. What a wonderful cluster of the grapes of Eshcol we have here! “The fruit of the Spirit” — as if...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Against such there is no law. Neither God nor man has ever made a law against these things; the more there is of them, the better will it be for everybody. Oh, that they prevailed all over the world!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. Condemned it to die, nailed it up to the cross, and kept it in a dying, mortifying posture.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, A very common sin — wishing to shine. Whether we deserve to be honoured or not, still wanting to be fore-horse in the team, and to take the leading place. “Let us not be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. A crucified Christ is the leader of a crucified people. Oh, to have all the affections and lusts of the flesh nailed up! They may not be actually dead; for those who are crucified may still live on for some hours, but they are doomed to die, their life is a very...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. It is not yet dead, but it is crucified. It hangs up on the cross, straining to break away from the iron hold fast, but it cannot, for it is doomed to die. Happy indeed shall that day be when it shall be wholly dead.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If we live in the Spirit let us also walk in the Spirit. If our spiritual life is the result of a divine work, let our actions be in harmony with it: “If we live in the Spirit let us also walk in the Spirit.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. If that be our real life, let it also be our course of action.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. Do Christian people need to be talked to like this? Ay, that they do, for the best of men are but men at their best, and the godliest saint is liable to fall into the fondest sin unless the grace of God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Let us not be desirous of vain glory,- We call it glory, but it is vain glory. It is marred by vanity if it arises from anything done by us. Glory for you or for me because of anything that we can do is too absurd an idea to be entertained for a moment: “Let us not be desirous of vain glory,”- Gal_5:26. Provoking one another,- For, whenever a man...