Psalms 68:18

You climbed to the heights and led away a band of captives; you accepted tribute from human beings, even from those who rebelled, so that the LORD God could make a home there.
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Treated in 5 passages across the library.

  1. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of communion with Christ in purchased grace cites Ps. lxviii. 18

    …the prey of the terrible,” Isa. xlix. 25; under a “captivity that must be led captive,” Ps. lxviii. 18: this puts us in “bondage,” Heb. ii. 15. 3dly. The person committing thus to prison and…

  2. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan cites Ps. 68.18

    …that saying would sometimes come to my mind, He hath received gifts for the rebellious (Ps. 68.18). ‘The rebellious,’ thought I; why, surely they are such as once were under subjection to…

  3. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Christian Perfection cites Ps. 68:18

    …gifts for men, yea, even for the rebellious, that the Lord God might dwell among them.” [Ps. 68:18; cf. Eph. 4:8] And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, [Acts 2:1] then first it…

  4. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Christ's Exaltation cites Psa 68:18

    …He ascended as a conqueror, in a way of triumph. ‘Thou hast led captivity captive,’ &c. Psa 68:18. He triumphed over sin, hell, and death; and his triumph is a believer’s triumph. He has…

  5. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    The Heart cites Psalm lxviii. 18

    …Christ is no half Saviour. He has “received gifts for men, even for the rebellious.” (Psalm lxviii. 18.) He waits to pour out the Spirit on all who will come to Him. Mercy and grace,—pardon…

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