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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But now they desire a better country, Do you feel those desires within your heart? If not, surely you have no faith, for they that have faith in the better country desire it. Heb_11:16. That is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. He might be ashamed to be called their God if he...
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. By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: accounting...
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. For they are not ashamed to look forward to the future for their chief joy; and God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared that chief joy for them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. However puzzled Abraham may have been by the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. This was one of the grandest achievements of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. Faith does not always account. She is satisfied...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. See how Abraham spied out the great doctrine of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. The doctrine of the resurrection is a precious jewel that Faith weareth as in a ring on her right hand. “God can raise the dead,” says Faith, and that is a most comforting truth. O you bereaved ones, wear that ring! O you who fear to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. He was old and blind, so that he did not know which of his sons came for the first blessing, yet he could see into the future sufficiently to bless both his sons “concerning things to come.” What wondrous power there is in faith even when it is exercised by very imperfect individuals!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. The staff which had helped him so often in his early pilgrimage, the staff on which he leaned when he came back from the place of his wrestling, halting on his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. Blind as he was, he could see more than many that have good eyes, for he had the eyes of faith. There is no end to the blessing that faith can bestow upon others. A believing man can bless his children. I believe in the blessings of good men. Why should I not? If they are believers,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. Looking into the future, although he was blind. Poor old man; lying upon his bed, with his eyes so dim that he could not tell one of his sons from another, he could yet look into the future, and bless his sons “concerning things to come.” Oh, what sharp eyes faith has, even when the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. It was blundering faith, for Jacob deceived his father, and Isaac himself made mistakes in giving his blessing; yet even his mistakes were all right in God’s sight. It was by faith that he blessed both his sons, and therefore I gather that a faith which blunders, if it be faith in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph, and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. Faith can bless other people as well as the believer himself. It not only brings good cheer into a man’s own heart, but it enables him to speak words of love and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. You remember ‘his discernment, how he crossed his hands willingly that he might lay the right hand upon the younger son. Faith is always giving blessings to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. That staff had been Jacob’s companion on many memorable occasions, so it was most fitting that he should lean upon it while blessing his grandsons.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. That wonderful staff on which he leaned when he came out of Jabbok —that wonderful staff with which he crossed this Jordan in his poverty, but after which he became two bands.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. Ah, that staff of his! — you know why he used it. I believe he loved it, because it made him remember the brook Jabbok where “he halted upon his thigh.” It had long been his companion, for he said, “With my staff I passed over...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. Grasping that memorable staff with which he “passed over this Jordan,”—that staff on which he leaned so heavily when the wrestling angel made him go limping over Penuel,—that staff which was a memorial of the breaking down which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. Faith touches all sense of things — even a funeral and bones, too, for faith is good at everything. She can sweep the house and seek diligently. She can enter heaven. She can go to the gates of death. Oh! for more of...