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Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 2:9-11

DISCOURSE: 2146THE EXALTATION OF CHRISTPhilippians 2:9-11. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.WE are told by an inspired Apostle, that the great scope of the prophecies related to “the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 2:12-13

DISCOURSE: 2147GOD ASSISTS THE DILIGENTPhilippians 2:12-13. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.THERE is no person, however eminent his attainments in religion may be, who does not need to be exhorted and urged to press forward. The Philippians, in the judgment of the Apostle, had had “the good work begun in them;” yea, they had “obeyed the word while he was with them,” and had made a still greater... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 2:14-16

DISCOURSE: 2148PRACTICAL RELIGION ENFORCEDPhilippians 2:14-16. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.THERE are times for laying the foundations of religion; and there are times for raising the... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Philippians 2:6

form of God "Form," etc. (Greek - μορφή , the form by which a person or thing strikes the vision, the external appearance)."--Thayer. CF John 17:15. "The glory which I had with Thee before the world was." Nothing in this passage teaches that the Eternal Word John 1:1 emptied Himself of either His divine nature, or His attributes, but only of the outward and visible manifestation of the Godhead. "He emptied, stripped Himself of the insignia of Majesty."--Lightfoot. "When occasion demanded He... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Philippians 2:1

Consolation in Christ A Sermon (No. 348) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 2nd, 1860, by the REV. C. H. Spurgeon At Exeter Hall, Strand. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies." Philippians 2:1 . THE language of man has received a new coinage of words since the time of his perfection in Eden. Adam could scarce have... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Philippians 2:9-11

The Exaltation of Christ A Sermon (No. 98) Delivered on Sabbath Morning, November 2, 1856, by the REV. C. H. Spurgeon At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: This sermon was Spurgeon's first message following the disaster at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens in which seven people lost their lives when some miscreants purposely started a panic while Mr. Spurgeon was preaching. "Wherefore God also hath highly... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Philippians 2:12

Your Own Salvation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Sermon (No. 1003) Delivered on Lord's-day Morning, July 30th, 1871, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Your own salvation." Philippians 2:12 . WE SELECT THE WORDS, "your own salvation," as our text this morning, not out of any singularity, or from the slightest wish that the brevity of... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Philippians 2:1-30

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if [there is] any comfort of love, if [there is] any fellowship of the Spirit, if [there is] any bowels [compassion] and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind ( Philippians 2:1-2 ).And so Paul's appeal to them now, a very powerful appeal: if there is any consolation in Christ, if there is any comfort in love, and surely there is consolation in Christ, how we are consoled by Him,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Philippians 2:1-30

Philippians 2:1-2 . If there be therefore any consolation in Christ. Brethren who are joined in the Lord, professing the same faith, and despised of the world, are expected to comfort and encourage one another. If there be any comfort of brotherly love, in the common warfare and hope of salvation; if there be any fellowship of the Spirit, in the tender sympathies of the heart, in all the afflictions of the saints, who live and die in the same faith; if any bowels and mercies, ... read more

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