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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But now — Oh, what a blessed “but”! How much hangs upon it! Think of what God has done for you by his grace: “But now” — Eph_2:13. In Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. What a power there must be about that blood, that God not only hears it speaking in heaven, that it makes a way of access for all the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Oh! rejoice in this. Ye far-off ones made nigh, lift up your hearts now in thankfulness for what the Lord Jesus has done for you by his blood —made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. You are brought near to Israel. You are brought nearer still to Israel’s God. Now you are not aliens. You are not strangers from the covenant. You have a hope, you have a God.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he is our peace, Paul cannot do without Christ, you see. He will bring him in everywhere. Eph_2:14. Who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; There is no longer the division between Jews and Gentiles.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; There are no privileges now for the Jew from which the Christian is shut out, for Christ “hath made both one.” There is neither circumcision nor uncircumcision now, for all believers are one in Christ Jesus.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he is our peace, Peace with God, peace with our own conscience, peace with all mankind we find in Christ. Eph_2:14. Who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; So making Jews and Gentiles one;
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Christ is peace between Jew and Gentile — peace between both of them and their God. I have heard of a poor bricklayer, who, when at work on a scaffold, fell from a great height and was taken up and was dying. They sent for a minister of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; There is no circumcision and uncircumcision now, for that is done away with. There...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Having abolished in his flesh. See, it is always Christ, his flesh, his blood, his life. There must always be something about him: “Having abolished in his flesh.” Eph_2:15. The enmity, even the law of commandments containeth in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; and that he I cannot help reminding you, that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. For...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; Our Lord Jesus Christ was a Jew, yet I venture to say that there was nothing Jewish about him. He was the model of what man ought to have been, and his words and his actions made him worthy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: No enmity now should exist between Jew and Gentile. None does exist between the believer...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. There is the whole Trinity in that one verse, Christ, the Spirit, the Father. It needs the Trinity to make a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. Christ is the Preacher of peace as well as the Maker of peace, and no man ever knows the peace of God unless Christ preaches it to him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. To the Gentile and to the Jew, to the atrociously wicked, and to those who were religious after a fashion — he has brought them both in by the cross.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. In this verse you have the whole Trinity, and all the Trinity in unity are necessary for prayer. “Through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore — Here is another sweet “now.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Here you have the Trinity in a single line of Scripture, and it needs the Trinity to make an acceptable prayer. Through him (that is, Christ) we have access by one Spirit unto the Father, and now, today, the Church of God is one in prayer, whether Jew or Gentile. We come to God by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now therefore Another of Paul’s blessed “nows.” It was “but now” a little while ago; now he has another “now.” “Now therefore” — Eph_2:19. Ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; You are not only in the kingdom, but you are in the royal household, which is better still. You are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; A part of the family of the great Householder, even God. Citizenship is well enough in its place, but citizens do not always know one another. But we are of the household of God, we are brought into an intimate relationship with one another...