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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, in thee shall all nations be blessed. That is the gospel; and we are blessed by it, because we believe in Christ, and so become the children of believing Abraham.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the scripture, foreseeing that and would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. Just as Abraham was blessed, so are the nations to be blessed, that is, by faith. By faith, they become his spiritual seed; by faith, they enter into his covenant; by faith, they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. That is, “in thee, because thou art the father of believers. Thou art a sort of head and prototype of men who believe in me, and so, ‘ in thee shall all nations be blessed;’ and in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: All the people in the world who think themselves good, all the mere moralists, all those who, however amiable they may be, however excellent and religious they may be, are trusting to be saved by good works, are all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. Just as the believing Abraham was accounted righteous, so believing men who are the spiritual seed of Abraham, are also accounted righteous.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So then they which be faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things, which are written in the book of the law to do them. That is all that Moses can say to you, and all that the Old Testament can reveal to you. Apart from faith in Christ, all its rites and ceremonies, all its laws and precepts, if you are resting in them, can only land you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. Can any man perfectly keep the whole law of God? Has any man ever continued in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them? No; and,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. Here Paul quotes again from the Old Testament Scriptures: “The just shall live by faith.” Even the just man lives by faith; then, how can you who are not just expect to live in any other way?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But that no man is justified by the law, in the sight of God is evident: for the just shall live by faith. This passage is again and again repeated in the Scriptures: “The just shall live by faith.” There are no other just men living, there cannot be any other just men living, but those that live by faith.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. Scripture lays it down as a rule, that justified men live by faith; if this be the rule, then certainly they do not live by works.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. The very spirit of law is the spirit of works; and as life only comes by faith, it cannot come by the works of the law, for they are not of faith. Now comes the gospel, clear and bright, like the sun rising out of a thick fog.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. The law demands doing, the gospel enjoins believing. The believing man comes in as an heir of the blessing, but, the man who trusts to his own doing is an heir of the curse.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the law is not of faith : but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. The law says nothing about faith; it speaks only about doing: “Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. So that the justified man is not justified by the law, but by faith. He standeth before God, not in what he does, not even in what the Spirit enables him to do; his own prayers, and tears, and communings with Christ, his own labours, his earnest and indefatigable...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: Here is substitution; what else can the words mean? Christ hung on a tree for us, bearing our curse, in our room, and place, and stead.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: What a wonderful doctrine this is! We should have hesitated to use such language as this had not the Holy Spirit himself moved Paul to write that Christ was “made a curse for us.” He who is most blessed for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: There is the key of the mystery. Christ is our Substitute. He fulfilled the law’s demands by his perfect obedience, and he suffered the law’s utmost penalty by his death upon the cross; and, now, all those...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. We were all under the curse of the law, but Christ voluntarily took...