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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. He wishes them grace, first, and peace afterwards, which is the right and natural order. There is no lasting peace without grace. There is no...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Brethren and sisters in Christ, this is a benediction for you as well as for the saints at Ephesus; it is for all “the faithful in Christ...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus; grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. All down through the ages this benediction comes to us, even to as many of us as are “ the faithful in Christ Jesus.” “Grace be to you,”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, There must be “grace” first; “peace” comes afterwards. They seek heavenly blessings in the wrong order who try to gain peace first, and then grace. “There is no peace, saith...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints, which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. The apostle desires just the same blessing for us, who are “the faithful in Christ Jesus,” as he did for the saints at Ephesus. He longs that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. That is a sort of crossing of the Jordan to go into the land and get grace and peace. Grace changes us, peace quiets us, and then we are over...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, He was not made an apostle by man, neither did he take the office upon himself, but he was made an apostle by the will of God. Eph_1:1. To the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: The saints in Ephesus, the saints where they cried, “Great is Diana of the Ephesians,”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And from the Lord Jesus Christ. We can have nothing to do with an absolute God. It is God in Christ whom we love,— whom we adore,— who alone is our Saviour.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul would have us peaceful, restful, quiet. That peace must be based upon grace, He does not pray that we may have peace apart from grace, but “Grace be to you, and peace.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, How dear the Father is when we view him in association with the Redeemer. Never do the saints seem to delight so much in God as when they behold him in the person of Jesus Christ. Then is he inexpressibly lovely to us, and we preach him with joy and delight. “Blessed be the God and Father of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: It is right that we should bless God as he has so richly blessed us. Blessed be the Heavenly Father who has so abundantly blessed his children. How has he blessed us? “With all spiritual blessings in heavenly...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, One of the first doctrines of our holy faith is that of the union of all believing souls with Christ. We are blessed with all spiritual...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 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: The apostle commences by laying down the great doctrine of predestinating love....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: I notice how often, in the Epistles, benedictions are followed by doxologies; this is because the true heart loves to bless the Lord. What a rich treasure we have who are blessed “with all spiritual blessings”!...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: They are all yours. He has not blessed you with a part of the blessings, but with all of them, they are all yours. Have you the courage and the faith to take possession of them? That is the point. If you have grace...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, The high mystery of election is taught in the Word of God, but some are afraid to speak of it. Not so our Apostle. He brings it out very...
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: The first great blessing of the covenant of grace is our election. We were chosen, but chosen in Christ — chosen not because we were holy, but chosen that we should be holy. The great object of the divine choice is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, That is the commencement of all the blessing, God’s electing love. This is the fountain from which the living waters flow. There would have been no stream of blessing to us at all if it had not been for this first primeval choice of us by God, even as Jesus said to his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That we should be holy and without blame before him in love: We are chosen, not because we are holy, but that we may be made holy. The election precedes the character, and is indeed the moving cause in producing the character. Before the foundation of the world, God chose us in Christ, “that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should he holy and without blame before him in love The apostle did not ignore the glorious and blessed doctrine of divine election; he delighted to meditate upon it, and to speak of it. I wish that some Christians, nowadays, were not so much afraid of it. All...