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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, They could not sing any old song there. The songs of earth, sweet as some of them are, are not good enough to be sung in heaven. With a new experience, new delights, and a clearer vision of their Lord, they must have a new song. Rev_14:3. And before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: See brethren, how little the powers of darkness can do; not only are the saints all there, but they are singing. The devil cannot rob Christ of a single sonnet; the stanzas of our grateful praise shall continue to be poured forth though all the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. They were pure and chaste in the sight of God. Rev_14:4. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. His choice attendants, his body-guard.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: “No lie.” They were truthful, they were truth-speakers.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. This is the Scriptural metaphor for those who have not turned aside to idol gods, or to false opinions, or to unholy practices. You remember how Paul longed to present the Corinthian Christians “as a chaste virgin” to Christ; he desired that Christ might have all their love....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
These are they which were not defiled with women, for they are virgin. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth, these were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. Now we have another vision.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For they are without fault — Or, blemish. Rev_14:5. Before the throne of God. Like him with whom they associated, the Lamb of God, they were without blemish and without spot.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. Kept, by divine grace, pure in doctrine, holy in life, devout in heart; these are the body-guard of the Lamb, the chosen companions of the King of kings, whose reward shall be unspeakably great for ever and ever.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I saw — What wonderful sights John saw! I do not wonder that, he saw them; he had leaned his bead on Christ’s bosom, and that qualified him to see what you and I cannot see. Near communion to Christ is the best qualification for a vision of mystery. Get thee into the very heart of Christ, and thou shalt see wonderful things: “I saw” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach, unto them. that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; Is this the gospel? It is one version, evidently, of the everlasting gospel. “The fear of God is the beginning of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, This will not happen till the gospel is fully preached. Superstition does not come down unless true religion is set up. One angel proclaims the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. You know that gigantic system of error which professes to come from God, and to be the only true church; but it must fall.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, se fallen, that great city, because she made as nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. Babylon always goes down when the gospel is preached; the very flight of the angelic preachers is sufficient to make old Rome totter to her fall. So our fathers used to explain this...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. That is spiritual fornication, as we understand it in the Old Testament, —man’s idolatry, — the setting up of visible objects of worship, instead of the invisible God. And what is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation, and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Keep you true to Christ; wear his name in your forehead. Follow no system of error; do not be deluded either by Ritualism or Rationalism, by superstition or by...