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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: What an inheritance! To be made holy. Oh, that we might be perfected as our Father which is in heaven is perfect, sanctified through and through. We are elected to this end: it is the very object of the divine...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That we should be holy and without blame before him in love. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will. You hear much about the free will of man, hear a little about the free will of God. You would think, from the talk of some, that God was man’s debtor and must...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, After election comes adoption. Men are not by nature the children of God but they are heirs of wrath. And this is very clear, because a man never adopts his own children. But adoption in itself proves that by nature we are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, Oh, what a blessing this is, altogether inconceivable in its results! “Behold what wondrous grace, The Father hath bestow’d On sinners of a mortal race, To call them sons of God!”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Having predestinated us Having destined us before we were born, Eph_1:5. Unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, The chosen ones are adopted; they become the children of God. The universal Fatherhood of God, except in a very special sense, is a doctrine totally unknown to Scripture. God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. Adoption follows predestination. We were chosen of God ere time began; and the result of that choice is, that he puts us into his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. It is well said, by an old writer, that there is no book, which is written with such brevity as the Bible; it seems to give us the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. See how Paul goes on taking one city after another of this heavenly Canaan. It was election, now it is adoption, now it is acceptance...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. Christ is so acceptable to God that that acceptance is sufficient to spread over all those who are in him. And tonight every believer here is accepted before God, but it is through Jesus Christ. Do notice that. Nothing comes but by that silver pipe. “He hath...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. There is music for you: “accepted in the Beloved.” Are there grander words in any language than those four? Oh, the joy of being beloved, adopted, accepted by God the Father because of his beloved Son! Now comes something more: —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. There is another precious doctrine, the acceptance of those who are adopted. We are beloved of God; he has a complacency toward us; he takes a delight in us; we are acceptable in his sight. Oh, what a blessing this is! But remember that it is all in Christ:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. Are there four words in any language which contain choicer meaning than these, “Accepted in the Beloved”? Oh! if you can say that, if you can feel it to be true, you are among the happiest of men and women. “Accepted in the Beloved.” You can never be accepted...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; Redemption by Christ, forgiveness by Christ, still everything through the Crucified. Those dear wounds of his are the five sacred founts from which a world of blessing flows to bless poor needy sinners. Well may we say, “None but Christ,”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; Redemption from destruction, the forgiveness of our sins, — we have all this through “the riches of his grace.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; In the working out of the economy of grace, God has been lavish with his love; but yet there have been wisdom and prudence in it. He did not suffer the full light of the gospel...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sin, according to the riches of his grace; wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: that in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Wisdom and prudence are two of the handmaids of grace. Grace reigns through righteousness, and the wisdom and prudence of God are set to work so to conduct the whole of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: that in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace: Notice how the Apostle keeps on insisting that we have everything in Christ. He says, times out of number, “in him,” “in Christ.” We have redemption. We are free. We are under bonds no longer. What is the price? “Through his blood.” What is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself, that in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth: even in him:...