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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: There are some names, in this chapter, which we should hardly have expected to see there, the characters mentioned having been so disfigured by serious faults, and flaws, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Obtained promises,- Which, by being put in this connection, seems to be as blessed a thing as working righteousness.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured,— Is this also a feat of faith? Yes; instead of showing their faith by putting their...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, Is that as great an exploit as subduing kingdoms? Yes, that it is; to have, by faith, preserved a holy character, in such a world of temptation as this, is a far grander achievement than to have conquered any number of kingdoms by force of arms.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, Do you notice how, every now and then, there is the mention of a feat which seems altogether beyond you; but then there follows one, in which you can be a partaker with these heroes and heroines of faith?...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Quenched the violence of fire, Think of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and remember how the fierceness of Nebuchadnezzar’s fire was quenched for them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Escaped the edge of the word, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women— For faith works equal wonders in women as in men: “Women”—
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: What wondrous faith it was which sustained the saints under the awful tortures to which they were subjected! The story harrows one’s...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: and others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (of whom...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: and others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented: You have seen the works of faith and the sufferings of faith; now you see God’s...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: It lay in the future to them far more than it does to us, for Christ has now come, and we look hack to that glorious appearing of our Lord and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: They passed away before Christ’s day, so they did not see the fulfillment of the promises concerning his coming.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. Is it not wonderful that we, who bring up the rear of the army of faith, are necessary to its completeness? It cannot be perfect without us. Ay, heaven itself will not be complete without us who are on the road to it. There would be empty seats in the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
God having provided some better thing for us, that they— Even they, great as they are,— Heb_11:40. Without us should not be made perfect. There is a something for us, whose lot is cast in these latter days, to bring, which shall complete the circle and choir of the Church of Christ, for they without us could not be made perfect. The Lord grant us...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. They are waiting up yonder for us; the choirs of heaven cannot be completed without you -and me. Heaven’s full complement, the perfect number of the divine family of love, can never be made up till we who have believed go up yonder to join all those who...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. For it never was God’s intention that any part of his church should be able to do without the rest of it, so that those who lived before the time of Christ cannot do without us; neither can we do without them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. The new dispensation is necessary to complete the old, the New Testament is the complement of the Old Testament, and New Testament saints join hands with Old Testament elders. Let us all be worthy of our high pedigree; and may God grant that, if the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, Or “entangle us.”