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1 | Study Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 213703 | ||
...and a good commentary so you can track back to make sure that the warm feeling you're getting isn't from the Pizza you had for dinner. "In order to be able to expound the Scriptures, and as an aid to your pulpit studies, you will need to be familiar with the commentators: a glorious army, let me tell you, whose acquaintance will be your delight and profit. Of course, you are not such wiseacres as to think or say that you can expound Scripture without assistance from the works of divines and learned men who have laboured before you in the field of exposition. If you are of that opinion, pray remain so, for you are not worth the trouble of conversion, and like a little coterie who think with you, would resent the attempt as an insult to your infallibility. It seems odd, that certain men who talk so much of what the Holy Spirit reveals to themselves, should think so little of what he has revealed to others. My chat this afternoon is not for these great originals, but for you who are content to learn of holy men, taught of God, and mighty in the Scriptures. It has been the fashion of late years to speak against the use of commentaries. If there were any fear that the expositions of Matthew Henry, Gill, Scott, and others, would be exalted into Christian Targums, we would join the chorus of objectors, but the existence or approach of such a danger we do not suspect. The temptations of our times lie rather in empty pretensions to novelty of sentiment, than in a slavish following of accepted guides. A respectable acquaintance with the opinions of the giants of the past, might have saved many an erratic thinker from wild interpretations and outrageous inferences. Usually, we have found the despisers of commentaries to be men who have no sort of acquaintance with them; in their case, it is the opposite of familiarity which has bred contempt. It is true there are a number of expositions of the whole Bible which are hardly worth shelf room; they aim at too much and fail altogether; the authors have spread a little learning over a vast surface, and have badly attempted for the entire Scriptures what they might have accomplished for one book with tolerable success; but who will deny the preeminent value of such expositions as those of Calvin, Ness, Henry, Trapp, Poole, and Bengel, which are as deep as they are broad? and yet further, who can pretend to biblical learning who has not made himself familiar with the great writers who spent a life in explaining some one sacred book? Caryl on Job will not exhaust the patience of a student who loves every letter of the Word; even Collinges, with his nine hundred and nine pages upon one chapter of the Song, will not be too full for the preacher's use; nor will Manton's long metre edition of the hundred and nineteenth Psalm (Psalm 119:1-176) be too profuse. No stranger could imagine the vast amount of real learning to be found in old commentaries like the following: Durham on Solomon's Song, Wilcocks on Psalms and Proverbs, Jermin on Ecclesiastes and Proverbs, Greenhill on Ezekiel, Burroughs on Hosea, Ainsworth on the Pentateuch, King on Jonah, Hutcheson on John, Peter Martyr on Romans, etc., and in Willett, Sibbes, Bayne, Elton, Byfield, Daille, Adams, Taylor, Barlow, Goodwin, and others on the various epistles. Without attempting to give in detail the names of all, I intend in a familiar talk to mention the more notable, who wrote upon the whole Bible, or on either Testament, and I especially direct your attention to the titles, which in Puritan writers generally give in brief the run of the work." --Charles H. Spurgeon |
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2 | Study Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | fcs375 | 213729 | ||
WOW!!! Quite the dissertation I must say. It appears that you have taken this whole thing on commentary way out of context and I must apologize if in any way I led you to that, as this was never my intention. Thank the Lord that we have the freedom to even read a bible and to attend churches freely in this country. God's word is infallible, men are and you must remember that. And yes, of course, The Lord has used Godly men past and present to teach and preach the word of God, from the pulpit or in a classroom environment, or through commentary, however I strongly encourage any believer to read the word of God first and foremost and use a cross reference bible to help one understand and learn scripture using scripture and make the use of commentary or foot note (key word here) SECONDARY, and with discernment. You have the freedom to choose and express your opinion as you have and thank you! May God bless you in your spiritual growth. | ||||||
3 | Study Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | DocTrinsograce | 213750 | ||
Um... that was Charles Hadon Spurgeon, actually -- the Prince of Preachers. But he's just one of those secondary sources, probably not one of those Ephesians 4:11 guys. :-) | ||||||
4 | Study Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | fcs375 | 213763 | ||
Hmmm.....Prince of preachers? I guess it's that bias thing, or maybe it's just me! | ||||||
5 | Study Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 213764 | ||
You would do well indeed to study the man. Before you judge him. "He preached over 600 times before he was 20 years old. His sermons sold about 20,000 copies a week and were translated into 20 languages. The collected sermons fill 63 volumes equivalent to the 27 volume ninth edition of Encyclopedia Britannica, and "stands" as the largest set of books by a single author in the history of Christianity" "Not a week went by in his mature ministry that souls were not saved through his written sermons." "At his 50th birthday a list of 66 organizations was read that he founded and conducted. Lord Shaftesbury was there and said, "This list of associations, instituted by his genius, and superintended by his care, were more than enough to occupy the minds and hearts of fifty ordinary men"" "He typically read six substantial books a week and could remember what he read and where to find it. He produced more than 140 books of his own." He often worked 18 hours in a day. The missionary David Livingstone, asked him once, "How do you manage to do two men's work in a single day? Spurgeon replied, "You have forgotten there are two of us". In Colossians 1:29. Paul says, "I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me." The year he turned 40 he delivered a message to his pastors' conference with the one-word title, "Forward!". In it he said, "In every minister's life there should be traces of stern labour. Brethren, do something; do something; DO SOMETHING. While Committees waste their time over resolutions, do something. While Societies and Unions are making constitutions, let us win souls. Too often we discuss, and discuss, and discuss, while Satan only laughs in his sleeve ... Get to work and quit yourselves like men" The apostle Paul saw that the outer nature was wasting away. And what kept him going was the abiding assurance that this momentary affliction is working for him an eternal glory. And so he looked to the things that are eternal (2 Cor. 4:16-18). So did Spurgeon. He said, "Meditate with deep solemnity upon the fate of the lost sinner ... Shun all views of future punishment which would make it appear less terrible, and so take off the edge of your anxiety to save immortals from the quenchless flame ... Think much also of the bliss of the sinner saved. There will be no fear of your being lethargic if you are continually familiar with eternal realities" "In comparing one ministerial identity with another he reminded other pastors that at the last supper there was a chalice for drinking the wine and there was a basin for washing feet. Then he said," "I protest that I have no choice whether to be the chalice or the basin. Fain would I be whichever the Lord wills so long as He will but use me ... So you, my brother, you may be the cup, and I will be the basin; but let the cup be a cup, and the basin a basin, and each one of us just what he is fitted to be. Be yourself, dear brother, for, if you are not yourself, you cannot be anybody else; and so, you see, you must be nobody ... Do not be a mere copyist, a borrower, a spoiler of other men's notes. Say what God has said to you, and say it in your own way; and when it is so said, plead personally for the Lord's blessing upon it" Near the end of his life (1890) in (I believe his last) address to his pastors' conference he compares adversity and the ebb of truth to the ebbing tide. "You never met an old salt, down by the sea, who was in trouble because the tide had been ebbing out for hours. No! He waits confidently for the turn of the tide, and it comes in due time. Yonder rock has been uncovered during the last half-hour, and if the sea continues to ebb out for weeks, there will be no water in the English Channel, and the French will walk over from Cherbourg. Nobody talks in that childish way, for such an ebb will never come. Nor will we speak as though the gospel would be routed, and eternal truth driven out of the land. We serve an almighty Master ... If our Lord does but stamp His foot, He can win for Himself all the nations of the earth against heathenism, and Mohammedanism, and Agnosticism, and Modern-though, and every other foul error. Who is he that can harm us if we follow Jesus? How can His cause be defeated? At His will, converts will flock to His truth as numerous as the sands of the sea ... Wherefore be of good courage, and go on your way singing [and preaching!]: The winds of hell have blown The world its hate hath shown, Yet it is not o'erthrown. Hallelujah for the Cross! It shall never suffer loss! The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. Excerpeted from: http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Biographies1469_Charles_Spurgeon_Preaching_Through_Adversy/ Yes, my friend, Charles Hadden Spurgeon, can rightly be called, The Prince of preachers! John |
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6 | Study Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | fcs375 | 213765 | ||
First of all, with gentleness and respect, I must say that it is a false accusation to say that I'm judging anyone here. And yes, I've heard the name Spurgeon, and will not deny that the Lord has used him in a way that would honor his kingdom, as he does with many others as well, e.g Billy Graham whom is a great name in the work of the Lord as well. I just have to say for the last time here, that there are some of you whom have greatly taken things out of context and I'm very sorry for that. In fact, some of the accusations etc. that have been made here on this forum have really surprised me. In fact, I've chosen to end my affiliation with this site, nothing against the Lockman foundation. May God bless you in your spiritual growth! | ||||||
7 | Study Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 213766 | ||
Okay... | ||||||
8 | Study Bible | Bible general Archive 4 | fcs375 | 213767 | ||
I encourage you to study the inspired word of God and see how he might use you. God bless you! | ||||||