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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. These all died in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. These all died in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. This is true, literally, of Abraham’s seed according to the flesh. It is also true in a spiritual sense, for he is “the father of all them that believe”, and they are a multitude whom no...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, For he was ordered to be sacrificed. There sprung from one, and him as good as dead. Heb_11:12. So many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. Or if this text means Abraham, then his body was dead; and yet there sprang of him a seed...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. “Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead.” That “one” was Isaac, for he was given up to die; and, apparently, nothing could save him from death. Yet God did save him,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These all died in faith, That is the epitaph which God has carved over the resting-place of his faithful ones: “These all died in faith.” Will this be the record concerning all of us, “These all died in faith”? Heb_11:13. Not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, What long arms faith has! The promises are afar off, and yet faith embraces them tonight. Embrace the promises, dear friends, and stretch out your hands by faith to hands that have gone before. “E’en now by faith...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, By which is meant, not that they did not receive the promises, but they did not receive the things promised.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. They have not come to it yet; nor will they as long as they are here below. They are still seeking a country.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. “These all”— Paul means Abraham, and Sarah, and Isaac, and Jacob,” died in faith.” They “embraced” the promises,— threw their arms round them,—...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. True pilgrims never think of going back; they know that, whatever difficulties and trials lie ahead of them, there are far greater ones in “that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. They were strangers and pilgrims here, and they sought a country elsewhere. Every man wants a country; and if we have not one beneath the stars, we seek it somewhere else.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. If they were seeking a country, might they not have gone back to their own country, from whence they came out? No; true believers know nothing about...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But, now, faith has no thought of going back; her face is set like a flint to go towards the heavenly city, forsaking every earthly joy for the sake...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. Ah, but God’s people are not mindful of that country from whence they came out! They have opportunity to return; but they have no wish to return. May God’s grace always keep any of you from turning back; for it is to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. Abraham, if he wanted to settle down, might have crossed once more the river, and gone back to Ur of Chaldees. But he did not look for a city upon earth. He was evidently looking for one somewhere else. The country that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. Their desire for “a better country” has been implanted within them by God himself, and “he hath prepared for them a city” which will more than satisfy their utmost desires.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. They are not ashamed to be called God’s people, and he is not ashamed to be called their God. They are looking for a city, and he has prepared a city for them. Evidently he and they are well agreed....