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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ’s is the head of the church and he is the Saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands, in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For this cause shalt a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. There is the mystery, that he should leave his Father, and quit the home above, and become one flesh with his elect, going with them, and for their sakes,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself, and the wife see that she reverence her husband. Thus the Spirit of God follows us to our homes, and teaches us how to live to the glory of God. May he help us so to do, for Christ’s sake! Amen.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Fitting by nature, and pleasing in the sight of God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise: That it may be, well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of tire Lord. For the duties are like birds with two wings, or like a pair of scales, balance for each...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that whatsoever good thing...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him. Very beautifully balanced is the whole system of gospel morals. There is no undue advantage given by the fact of our being rendered equal in Christ, so that the servant is to be less obedient to the master, or the child to the parent;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, You cannot do right if you are not strong. Unless you have the backbone of principle — unless you have spiritual muscle and sinew by the indwelling of the Holy Ghost in you, you cannot continue to do that which is right. “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And in the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, First, be strong, and then put on armor. It is no use putting armor on a weak man, or else it will be what James said it was — a capital invention, He said, because he who wore it would come to no harm, and certainly do no harm, for he could not stir in it. Now you must be strong first,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Everything depends upon that. Whether you are called upon to work, or to wait, or to watch, or to suffer, you have need to be strong. If you are not yourself strong, the very armor that you wear will be a burden to you. It is of the utmost importance that Christians should...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
; Eph_6:13. That ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Put on the whole armor of God, — The armor of God will not serve you unless you yourself are strong. It needs a strong man to carry girdle, and breastplate, and shoes, and shield, and helmet, and sword. Let me impress upon you the fact that we must first of all get strong within, and after that “put on the whole armor of God,” that armor which God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, — Our great fight is not against our fellow-men. As Christians, we go not forth armed with sword and shield to fight against “flesh and blood,” — Eph_6:12. But against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Our battle...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore take unto you the whole armor of God, What stress the apostle lays upon this point! He repeats the command he had just given, and again emphasizes the fact that it is “the whole armor of God” that is to be worn. There are some professing Christians who only in part obey the injunction here given, but it is no use to wear a part of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, Nothing will so tighten up your garments and keep them right as a girdle of sincerity and truthfulness. If we are not true, whatever else we are, we are but loosely arrayed. We shall come to mischief. “Having your loins girt about with truth.” Eph_6:14. And having on the breastplate of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, — Let this girdle of the everlasting truth of God brace you up. Let it tighten all the rest of your armor. Eph_6:14. And having on the breastplate of righteousness; Let your heart be guarded by the knowledge that you are right with God, — that you love that which is holy and true. Put on...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Peace in year own heart, peace with God, peace with man. Peacefulness and peace. No shoes like these. A man that has a merry heart makes many a mile fly beneath him, but a heavy heart is a slow traveler. “Your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.” This exposition...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Rough roads grow smooth when these blessed gospel sandals are on your feet. A little stone in the shoe will make the pilgrim’s progress a very wearisome and painful one, so try to keep out all the stones, — everything about which you have any scruple, or that you think may be wrong;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
above all, — Over all, covering all from head to foot, — Eph_6:16. Taking the shield of faith For you need this shield to protect both your armor and yourself. Eph_6:16. Therewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. Not only the fiery darts of the wicked one, but those also of wicked men and wicked women who may throw at...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And take the helmet of salvation, — You used to wear the helmet of pride with its fine nodding plumes, but that has been taken off by you long ago. Now put on “the helmet of Salvation.” This will effectually defend your head, and no sword will be able to cleave through it to injure you. Your brain and everything that is connected with your mental...