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John Gill
If any man serve, me,.... Or is willing to be a servant of Christ, and to be esteemed as such; let him follow me; as in the exercise of the graces of love, humility, patience, self-denial, and resignation of will to the will of God, and in the discharge of every duty, walking as he walked, so in a way of suffering; for as the master, so the servants, as the head, so the members, through many...
Matthew Henry
It was a melancholy account which we had in the close of the foregoing chapter of the dishonour done to our Lord Jesus, when the scribes and Pharisees proclaimed him a traitor to their church, and put upon him all the marks of ignominy they could: but the story of this chapter balances that, by giving us an account of the honour done to the Redeemer, notwithstanding all that reproach thrown upon...
Charles H. Spurgeon
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my father honour. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. In the 27th verse, our Saviour asked himself the question, “What shall I say?” here he gives his own answer,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me; The best service you can render to Christ is to imitate him. If you want to do what will please him do as he did.
Charles H. Spurgeon
And where I am, there shall also my servant be: You cannot expect better lodgings than that; so, as Christ had to live here amid sorrow, and sin, and shame, you must be willing to do the same; but, as Christ was afterwards exalted to indescribable honour, so shall it be with you if you are his true servant Joh_12:26. If any man serve me, him will my Father honour. For such is the Father’s love to...
Charles H. Spurgeon
If any man serve me, let him follow me; That is the best kind of service; to do what Christ did, and to do what Christ bids you do: “If any man serve me, let him follow me.” Joh_12:26. And where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. Follow Christ, then, to the cross; follow him to the grave; follow him in his humiliation; and then the Father will...
Charles H. Spurgeon
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in, this world shall keep it unto life eternal. His love is ruinous to his true life; but to destroy self-love, to make a sacrifice of ourselves, is the truest way really to preserve ourselves.
Charles H. Spurgeon
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. This seems to be a sort of rehearsal of the dread scene soon to be enacted in Gethsemane. At the sight of these Greeks, our Saviour seems to...
Charles H. Spurgeon
If any man serve me, let him follow me; Do not let him invent some new method of service: “Let him follow me.” If you would do Christ a service, it cannot be by will-worship, or by any way of your own devising: “If any man serve me, let him follow me.” Joh_12:26. And where l am, there shall also my servant be: “He shall be with me in tribulation; he shall be with me in humiliation; but he shall...
Charles H. Spurgeon
He that loveth his life shall lose it: and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. It is an honour to be allowed to serve Christ, but God will bestow still further honour upon those who faithfully serve him.