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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, As you know to your cost, for perhaps you have aches and pains about you at this very moment. Verily, you are “partakers of flesh and blood.” Perhaps you are suffering from despondency and depression of spirit. If so, that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. There are some passages which we should never have thought related to the Messiah if the New Testament had not told us that they do. Hence I have no doubt that we much more often err in not seeing Christ in the Old Testament than in seeing him...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And again, I will put my trust in him. This is our Lord Jesus Christ putting his trust in the Father, overcoming by faith, even as we do. Oh, what a marvellous oneness there is here between Christ and his people! Well might the apostle say that “both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; We know what it is to be partakers of flesh and blood; we often wish that we did not. It is the flesh that drags us down; it is the flesh that brings us a thousand sorrows. I...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. He so took upon himself flesh and blood as to die in our nature, that thus he might slay death, and might set us free from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; — By his own death, Christ broke that evil power which brought death into the world with its long trail of woe. He did this, not by his example,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; That, through dying, he might overthrow Satan’s power for all who trust him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Christ’s great mission was not to save angels, but to save men. Therefore he came not in the nature of angels, but in the nature of men.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to Make...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.” And this is the reason why he suffered, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; “Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling.” What wonderful titles! “Holy brethren,” made brethren in holiness and made holy in our brotherhood, -- “partakers of the heavenly calling” — called of God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus: — Oh, that he had more consideration at our hands! Consider him; you cannot know all his excellence, all his value to you, except he is the subject of your constant meditation. Consider him; think of his nature, his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus. Would God we considered him more! He is supremely worthy of our perpetual consideration from all points of view. And the more you consider him the more you may, for there is a depth and breadth about his wondrous...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Think of him, think how great he is, think what attention he deserves from all who believe in him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. Moses was but a part of the house after all, a prominent stone in the building, but Christ is the builder, builder of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. See how our Lord Jesus Christ condescended to be appointed of the Father. In coming as a Mediator, taking upon himself our humanity, he “made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant,” and being found in fashion as a servant, we find...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Mossses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. The translators were obliged to supply the word...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. And Moses was but one stone in the house. Though in a certain sense he was a servant in it, yet in another, and, for him, a happier sense, he was only a stone in the house which the Lord Jesus Christ had builded. Let...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For every house is builded by some man but he that built all things is God. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; but Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. “But...