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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: You have seen the character of your Father who is in heaven; this should urge and help you to be like...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: As your redemption cost so much, prize it highly, and do not go back to the sin from which you have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. It is no use to place them anywhere else. All other vessels are too frail to bear such a heavy burden; but, if...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. Whenever you think of the glory of your risen Lord, remember what your redemption cost him, and quit all dead...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. God’s Word never dies, God’s Word never changes. There are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, - See how this love of the brethren is linked on to regeneration. The first time we are born, we are born in sin, and that tends to hate, but when we are born...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. Peter reminds us, in the 18th verse, that we were not redeemed with corruptible things, but with incorruptible; and he here reminds us that we are “born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible.” Everything about a Christian means his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For all flesh is as grass; and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. Everything earthly is corruptible; that which is merely natural has its season of decay, but the children of God have the Word of the Lord abiding in them, and that never...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. This exposition consisted of readings from 1Pe_1:17-25; and 1Pe_2:1-12.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore laying aside all malice, This is one of the old corruptible things, so put it away from you 1Pe_2:1. And all guile, All crafty tricks, all falsehood, exaggeration, double meanings to your words, and the like,- 1.And hypocrisies, and envies, All hatred of those who are either better or better off than you are,- 1Pe_2:1. And all evil...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. When the apostle describes us under the character of “newborn babes,” he would have us lay aside all that is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. If you have once had that sweet taste in your mouths, you will wish to have it always there, and you may do so if...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, Putting these evil things right away from you, having nothing further to do with any of them. Notice the repetition of the word “all.” “All malice, and all guile,” — everything in the shape of deceit, — “and all evil speakings.” All these are to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,- This is what we are to lay aside, to put away from us, to banish altogether. These are the old garments of the flesh which we are to give up to the moths that they may devour them, and leave not a fragment of the old rags for us to wear. “Laying...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: Have we not constantly declared that our faith, if true, is always practical? Here, again, we have the precepts of God’s Word. Here we are told that there is much...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: You are in the family of God, but you are only babes in it yet; you have to grow to the stature of men in Christ Jesus, so “desire the sincere (unadulterated) milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.” There is no other way of growing.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: Be glad to get simple truth, the “milk of the Word.” Even if you can digest the strong meat of the Word, never grow weary of the milk, for it is always good diet even for a full-grown man in Christ. Do not crave milk and water, but “desire the unadulterated milk of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: The unadulterated “milk of the Word” is the best food for those who are, spiritually, “newborn babes.” Desire this unadulterated milk of the Word not out of an idle curiosity,-but that you may grow thereby, that you may grow wiser, holier, more earnest, more like your...