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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. And they glorified God in me. Brothers and sisters, may you and I so live that Christian people may glorify God in us! May they often wonder at the mighty grace which has wrought such a change in us; and as they see us zealous and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. And I went up by revelation,- He was sent by the church at Antioch, but the church there was guided by revelation, so that Paul is correct in saying, “I went up by revelation,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain. But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: and that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. It is impossible for us to estimate how much we owe to the apostle Paul. Of all who have ever lived, we who are Gentiles owe more to him than to any other man. See how he fought our battles for us. When our Jewish brethren would have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’s person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: but contrawise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; (for he wrought...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. No mere man...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. But if, while...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. This is the primary truth to be proclaimed by the Christian ministry. It...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. That would not be caused by the gospel, but by our disregard of it.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. For the tendency of the gospel of grace is to excite gratitude in those who receive it. If I am freely pardoned, then I must love him who has thus generously forgiven me. Gratitude is the root of true virtue,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. “Through my sight of the law, which I have seen to be so stern that all it call do is to condemn me for my shortcomings, I am driven away from it, and led to come and live in Christ Jesus, under the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. If I once said I would not trust in my good works, and now go back to trust in them, I have already, whatever may be my outward conduct, perpetrated a great sin.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do not know a better epitome of Christian experience than this. This is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. This exposition consisted of readings...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. If a man can be saved by his own works, and willings, and doings, then Christ’s death was an unnecessary piece of torture; and, instead of being the most glorious manifestation of divine love, it was a shameful waste, putting upon Christ a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you. Paul does not compliment them on being a very “thoughtful,” “educated” “cultured” people; he does not care an atom about that matter, but because they had forsaken the simple truth of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, — Paul writes as if they had come under some kind of witchcraft, and been deluded by it. This seemed to astonish the apostle, so he cries out to them “Who hath bewitched you,” — Gal_3:1. That ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ? “When the Spirit of God came upon you, and renewed you, — when he endued some...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? They had gone off into legality; they were trying to be saved by ceremonies, and by works of their own. “Well,” asks Paul, “how did you receive the Spirit,-the Spirit by which miracles were wrought among you, the Spirit by which you spoke...