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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; How blessedly grace annihilates all national distinction. Cowper spoke of nations which, like kindred drops, would have melted into one if they had not been divided by a range of mountains or intersected by a narrower faith. But...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints and of the household of God: There are many here whom we do not know. We have not seen their faces before, but if they are in Christ and we are in Christ, we are very near of kin. There is an old proverb that blood is thicker than water, and depend upon it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And are built You are not loose stones; you are built — Eph_2:20. Upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; in whom You see, it is always that, in him, in Christ: “in whom” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And are built upon the foundations of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: We are put so close together, if we are really in Christ, that we are like the stones of the temple, so united as to become one. In Christ Jesus,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone: in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: The church is a framed house. It has an architect. Some seem to think that it is a load of bricks. They have no church officers. There are none...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
All the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: There is no church without Christ, no temple without him as its cornerstone, its priest, its glory.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. And all this hangs upon that first sentence, “You hath he quickened.” Is it so, beloved? If you are spiritually dead, nothing here belongs to you; but if he hath quickened you, you may take every single sentence of the chapter, and say, “That is mine, and glory be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. That is the most wonderful truth of all, — that God himself should come and dwell among his people and in his people, and that, being sanctified by grace, we become the dwelling place of the Most High. God grant that it may be so! Amen.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. We are not builded to stand like a carcase. It is a ghastly sight to see houses in London nearly finished, but never occupied: but it is the glory of the Church of God that it is inhabited. It is a habitation of God through the Spirit. Holy Spirit, dwell in thy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; It is a loving call. Walk lovingly. It is the condescension of God that called you. Be, therefore, lowly. It is God in tenderness who has loved you. Be,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you- Paul puts force into the argument by his manner of speaking; you can hear in his words the rattle of his chains. Here is a man who, for Christ’s sake, has lost his liberty, and who for that reason pleads with his fellow Christians: “I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you” — Eph_4:1....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,- “You are called to be sons of God, you are called to be one with Christ, you are called to be kings and priests unto God; this is the highest possible vocation that anyone can have, so walk worthy of it.” O beloved, if we walk worthy of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; This is the very spirit of Christianity, — to be able to bear and forbear, to be gentle, not to be selfish or self-seeking, or angry and passionate, but full of lowliness and meekness. Brethren, do not seek the highest place. If you do, you will at least have a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one another in love;-“ You are not called to hector over men, to be lords over God’s heritage; you are called to be Christ-like, to be gentle and tender, ready to bear and to forgive all manner of wrong that may be done to you;”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Therefore, strive for unity. Woe unto those who divide believers — that rob them of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. That is a living ligature which binds the members of the body together. Try to keep in one spirit, united by “the bond of peace.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Some people seem as if they endeavored to break the unity of the Spirit, and to snap every sacred bond of love and Christian affection; be ye not like unto them, but let Christ’s mind be in you; and with lowliness, and meekness, and longsuffering, endeavor to keep the unity of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
There is one body, Christ never had two. Eph_4:4. And one Spirit, There never were two Holy Spirits. The one Spirit that quickened the whole Church of Christ is by himself, alone. Eph_4:4. Even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; You have only one ground of confidence, and you have only one heaven in which you hope to meet all your...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. If there were two lords, you might be divided into two parties; if there were two faiths, you might split up into two sections; if there were two...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
One Lord, one faith, one baptism, There is only one Lord in the Christian Church; and there is only one faith. There may be many forms of faith, but there is only one true faith. “One baptism.” There may be many baptisms so-called, but there can be only one that is the true baptism.