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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul: having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers,- Which they are sure to do. The better you are, the more will they censure you. This is the only homage that evil can pay to good, to fall foul of it, and misrepresent it: “ that whereas...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Dearly beloved, I beseech you — Peter puts his hands together, and pleads with intense earnestness. 1Pe_2:11. As strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Those fleshly lusts belong to this present evil world, but you do not belong to it; you are “strangers and pilgrims” here, therefore feel an absolute...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;- Fleshly lusts always hurt the soul. They do serious injury to the body, for they are contrary to the laws of health; but the main point for you to consider is that they “war against the soul.” No men or women can ever commit an act of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain frown fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. through the efficacy of his great atoning sacrifice. God grant it, for Jesus’ sake! Amen. This exposition consisted of readings from 1Pe_1:17-25; and 1Pe_2:1-12.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers,- As they are sure to do, for none are so certain to be slandered as the pure; and the more clean you are in God’s sight, the more will you excite the animosity of ungodly men, and they will show it by slandering you: “that, whereas they speak...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. True Christians give no...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: You are not to be disturbers of the peace; you Christian people are to cultivate the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers,- This they are sure to do, and the more holy your life is, the more they will probably speak against you. Even if you could live like an angel, some would call you a devil, but you are not to be judged by men’s judgment, thank God for that, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves to every ordinances of man for the Lord’s sake:” — We are to obey kings, and governors, and magistrates, even when they may not be all that we wish them to be: “Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake:” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whether it be to the king, as supreme; In Peter’s day, the king was a poor creature, and something worse than that. Indeed, I might say of the bulk of the Emperors of Rome, who were the chief “kings” of that day, that they were monsters of iniquity; yet the office was to be respected even when the man who occupied it could not be; much more should...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: Ignorance, you see, is a noisy thing. An empty drum makes a loud noise when it is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: as free, — Free in yourselves, free in your conscience, free in your mind and heart.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: As free,- What a grand word that is, “as free”! Byron wrote, “He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides.” But we may alter that, and say, “He is the true freeman whom his Lord makes free.” “As free,-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. Even if they are beggars, they are men: honour them. There is God’s image, though marred...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. A great deal of stress is sometimes laid upon that last precept, and I would lay just as much emphasis upon it as the Scripture does; but recollect the earlier command also: “Honour all men.” “A...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. You possess a freedom which others claim, but do not know. You feel that you are no man’s slave, yet you do not use your liberty for evil, or to the injury of others.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
As free,- For there are no others under heaven so free as God’s servants are: “As free,” — 1Pe_2:16. And not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Not talking about liberty in order to stab at order; not prating about liberty with the design of enriching yourself by robbing someone else. That is not God’s...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? But...