Are there not within your knowledge persons who have loved their country better than you have loved your Lord? Philip DoddridgeThe Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul, We Shall not be Curious in the Ranking of the Duties in which Christian LoveWe shall not be curious in the ranking of the duties in which Christian love should exercise itself. They take up religious. I allow in other men what I would denounce in myself. We live under a spirit whose Law is perfection and, therefore, a little fault causes us much self-condemnation. The Whip a. Such a creature you and I shall yet become. He may rejoice as they do in the common bounties of Providence, but that joy is to hold very secondary rank. Martha complains that Mary has neglected Continue reading "Commentary on Luke 10:38-42" Does not that awaken you? WHO IS TO GIVE? Three men stand in the same field and look around them: and then they all cry out together. But I have met with men who have bitterly bewailed the ingratitude of those whom they had benefited. To punish b. The examination important.--2. To him Jesus gives what he asks, and with delighted wonder and with cultivated taste the satisfied asker goes away. 2. 19:21: "If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor." No soul, bad in itself, can really learn the possibility of goodness by mere sight and touch even of a world of saints, and no soul really good can lose the noble consciousness that man was made for goodness, even though all the world but him is steeped in wickedness, nay, in subtle ways he will feed that consciousness there. You are as glad to hear what the Son of God has to say by way of precept as to hear what the Father had to say by way of recognition of His Son. How can we bear to look Him in the face? You are very devoutso are Parsees. "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful." H. HowardStandards of Life and Service, The Christian Assisted in Examining into his Growth in Grace. Is there any pain that we would not face? Meanwhile, others will not join them on this journey (Matthew 24:40-41 and Luke 17:34-36). If the question is whether our character is the offspring of Nature or of Grace, it will be a sad thing if the verdict should turn out to be that it is the dead child of Nature finely dressed, but not the living child of Divine Grace! Do not even the publicans so? But if I had lived some thousands of years ago and had been called upon to talk to Spartan warriors all equipped for battlemen engraved and scored with the scars of conflictI should set no bounds to my exhortations! 25.--"And Abraham said, Son remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented." Christians ought to be the gentlest beings under Heaventhey are sent forth as lambs among wolvesand they are called to be harmless as doves. Therefore the beatitudes do not differ from the virtues and gifts. Temporary help is often rendered in the expectation that if ever we are in the same need, we shall only need to ask and receive the same aid. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Observe the three things mentioned in the text against which there is no law, but of which much is to be spoken in commendation. "Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you." But if they had learned better, they would have chosen Christ for a Master and would have been willing to gird themselves at His command and wait on their Lord, counting it their honor to be servants of so Divine a Prince! laurent solly contact; madison county nc jail mugshots 2022. views on the road stephanie husband; what happened to deadline: white house today; carnival cruise menus 2022 Just a little later in this same sermon ( Luke 6:43-45 ), Jesus commanded us to know ourselves and others by the fruit of their life, and some sort of assessment is necessary for that. preaches to his disciples before the people: the beattitudes; Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Trinity, That all Hope and Trust is to be Fixed in God Alone. . Secondly, dear Friends, I want you to notice that CHRISTIAN VIRTUE IS, IN MANY RESPECTS, EXTRAORDINARY AND MIGHT BE CALLED HEROIC. Connection of this chapter with the previous one on Justification. I. Though they seem to be crushed and dead beneath their cross they still put forth the beautiful flowers and glorious fruits of eternal life which. 3. Brothers and Sisters, in the matters of which I shall have to speak this morning in the name of the Lord, taken, as I am quite certain, from His own Words, there will be some things strange and unusual which may possibly sound harshly in your ears. The gentle, patient, peaceable, kind, loving, forgiving, affectionatethese shall be known to be the sons of God and is this nothing? They are not the pious types. Rom. Baring-GouldThe Village Pulpit, Volume II. They make me blush and cause my heart to weep! Let not thy right hand," &c. 3. But if we would see the greater depths. May God's Holy Spirit come upon you and make you strong enough for all the strong things, glorifying Himself in your weakness! Mercy cannot get in where mercy goes not out. Our neighbours, those who, as the nearest and most within reach, should receive our kind thoughtfulness. CHOOSE PLAN. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. He wears crimson, too, but it is His own bloodand He is your own Lord! 2. It will generally be so understood that its meaning will be false and this is a great pitwe must not utter falsehoods in order to honor God. For ye shall weep (Luke vi. 3. Coupled with the power that flows out of Jesus so mercifully at the beginning of our passage, the power to do . It has great depths. 43. What different things she is to all of us, this earth we live in I Why is it that one man laughs at another's view about the earth, and thinks him mad because of some strange value that he places on it? II. Thousands have never reached so high as this standard, "If you love them which love you." There is a getting near to Christ in such actions that has about it more of Heaven than all besides! Running over - So full that the measure would overflow. This is to be like your Master who gives and gives and gives and receives nothing in return! "Mercy" is the one great cry of human nature. Answer, distinguishing between Legal and Evangelical righteousness. Lead Pastor of City Church in Tallahassee, Florida, preaches on Luke 24: . 1. Gregory to Anastasius, &c. That a good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things (Matth. Though they seem to be crushed and dead beneath their cross they still put forth the beautiful flowers and glorious fruits of eternal life which Sadhu Sundar SinghAt The Master's Feet, Give, and it will be given to you. I dare say you will, my Friend, and that is why it needs the work of God, Himself, to make us Christians! Serenity amidst the uncertainties of life.--8, 9. For sinners also do even the same. He should be quiet, peaceable, gentle. What is more than that? Is there anything which can seem too mean for you and me after beholding such condescension? John Piper Nov 24, 1980. And they went to another village.". Luke vi. Either, how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? I. Best value plan. Be it so; God has not forgotten him. WHAT WE HAVE TO GIVE. If even a text like this staggers me and I say it is a hard lesson, where, where must I be in the sight of God who sees all my failures? Yes, and I, too, am a Christian and have my own private cause for self-humiliationand that is our Master bleeding there. We must pray not merely that the kingdom of heaven may come, but that we may be born again, so that we may see it. God grant it may do this for every one of us! Focused on: Luke 1. It seems that poverty of spirit is not the beatitude which corresponds to the gift of fear. Our money. When I have heard of certain deeds of unconverted and unenlightened men, I have excused them, saying, "Poor souls, considering who they are and where they are, their conduct is not so heavily to be blamed." "Hard teaching," says one. This liberty consists of three parts. Luke 6:38King James Version. 2. It makes no practical difference, whether we assume that this was a real occurrence, or only an imaginary, "Whatsoever ye shall ask in My Name, that will I do. Surely here is the groundwork and argument of something supremely good! Furthermore, there should be about the Christian a faith which there is not in an other. Spurgeon.) "For if you love them which love you, what credit is that to you? --JOHN xiv. It seemed a stoop too great for our Lord and King thus to act a menial's part. I have appointed you, that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My Name, He may give it you. 35; Luke vi. WE read in the Gospel for this day that our Lord Jesus Christ said: "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge not . Oh, it shames me when I sit down and look over my life and enquire, "Is this a life a Christian ought to live?" 'Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. pressed down, shaken together and running over." To disciples distracted by financial needs, Jesus assured them that the Father knows they need such things as food and clothes: "But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well" (Luke 12:22-31). And when you are of a lowly, loving spirit, yourself, you will find others of a like mind! Thus, Brothers and Sisters, I think I have shown you that there are certain good things in the world which, nevertheless, do not reach to the standard of Christian virtue. 13, 14, xv. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. Scripture: Luke 1:31-33. '', Between these two measures there was another, which was full measure and just, and right, without heaping or striking (e), R. Papa inquired, whether the handful, "(of sweet incense the high priest took on the day of atonement) which is spoken of Leviticus 16:12 was of "stricken" or "heaped" measure; R. Abba said to R. Ase, come, hear, the handful spoken of, is neither of stricken nor heaped measure, , "but of equal measure";''. 42. He asked in His Sermon on the Mount, "What do you more than others?" Not merely with outstretched hands but with open hearts we must stand before Him. To them only can He give Himself, which is His perfect gift. He that is parsimonious, close, stubborn, will find few or none who will aid him. See, Brothers and Sisters, the Spirit of God is to lift us up above all fretful careswe are to feel that the Father will provide for us in this world and that Jesus will never leave us comfortless. Dr. Lightfoot reads it, "flowing over"; by what authority I cannot say; though the gloss says, the word signifies, "flowing over, by reason of its height,''. If you are the children of God, remember what a Brother you have and what an example He has set for you. 16, xvi. This first part clearly. Our Lord did not say that men would do anything of the kind. This first part clearly John CalvinThe Institutes of the Christian Religion, How the Joyful and the Sad are to be Admonished. "If you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you?" "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure shall men give into your bosom." 4. It is very proper and seemly that kindly feelings should awaken kindly feelings in return. See how far the true Believer is lifted up above the world, as you turn to Luke 12:22 where the Lord bids us cultivate a holy ease of heart as to all temporal things. To the really generous man, as distinguished from the formal "benefactor" or the professional philanthropist, there will flow a stream of warm-hearted gratitude and affection which will far more than repay all the time and treasure, and even all the sympathy and service, that have been expended. iv.8-11; vi.4-10). 38: Kirill Kaprizov Wrist Shot Wide of Net: 0: 0: 7:12: Peninsula Bible Church. Sermon. 3. 'Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. He has not a rag, for they have stripped Him, yes, stripped and scourged your Lord! Unlimited church media downloads. You have done what you ought to have done and no more! So was it with Me in My crucifixion and resurrection, and so it is with my faithful cross-bearers (2 Cor. Judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned; forgive, and ye shall be forgiven; give, and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, Susannah WinkworthThe History and Life of the Reverend Doctor John Tauler, The Blessing of Mercy,(Fourth Sunday after Trinity.) 6 Luke 19:6 Luke 19:7 Luke 19:9. 45), this thy Charity has shewn, both in thy habitual life and lately also in thy epistle; wherein I find two persons at issue with regard to virtues; that is to say, thyself contending for charity, and another for fear and humility. AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. Patronage they will recognize and resent; officialism they will distinguish and may endure. We are expected to be like God because we are His children! The desire to heap together a vast mass of wealth prevents the enjoyment of that which is already gained and this must not come near an heir of Heaven! The gathered fold of the wide upper garment, bound together with the girdle, and thus forming a pouch. Into your bosom.The large fold of an Eastern dress over the chest, often used as a pocket. If you could do them good, would you delight to do it and repeat the deed until you had made them too happy to be malicious, too much indebted to continue at enmity? First, the economy of Grace requires it. This ought to make professors very seriously in earnest to judge themselves lest they should mistake natural amiabil-. Too many appear to consider that the services of the sanctuary are intended merely to feed themthey never look upon the House of God as a barracks for soldiers, or a place where workmen come together to sharpen their toolsthey only regard it as a sacred buttery, a spiritual larder, or a heavenly refectory where much is to be received and little or nothing returned. It is known throughout the Christian world as "The Golden Rule." 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