And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch (Matthew 15:14), ii. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. We should only judge anothers behavior when we are mindful of the fact that we ourselves will be judged, and we should consider how we would want to be judged. Clerical Library: Expository Sermons on the New Testament. The outgoing George MacDonaldHope of the Gospel, "Be Doers of the Word. 3. A good tree does not bear bad fruitevery tree is known by its own fruit: This fruit is the inevitable result of who we are. A creed must fill a man's character before it really takes possession of his mind, as the ocean has to fill a vessel with its water before it can swallow it up into its depth. 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. When he possessed much, he gave liberally; he was the friend of all who were in necessity; he turned no deaf ear to the supplications of the desolate; he was not inaccessible to the sons and daughters of sorrow; and in his own day of disaster, many a heart and many a hand are open to him. There is a sense, and that a truly Christian one, in which those who are in the saddest need and in the darkest error, aye, and even in the most deplorable iniquity, have the greatest claim on our pity and our help. Verily, verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My Name, He will give it you. WHO IS TO GIVE? Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. One cries, "Come here and see my barn"; another cries, "Come here and see my museum"; the other says, "Let me read you my poem." viii. For it was explained in Art. Mercy cannot get in where mercy goes not out. S. Luke vi. I do not presume to fix the proportion. 3. Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? 3. And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. Differently to be admonished are the joyful and the sad. 3. For Augustine (De Serm. This liberty consists of three parts. But truly these are interwoven through other. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. A man may hold the most spiritual doctrine, and be carnal and mercenary; a man may hold the broadest truth, and be a bigot; and, on the other hand, all our religious history bears witness that a man may hold hard crude, narrow doctrine, and yet gather out of his belief in it rich, warm, sweet holiness which men and God must love. They have all held out their several hands, and the same ground has put its own gift into each of them. And looking round about upon them all, , I think I see that piercing glance, which read their very hearts, and condemned the wickedness it saw there: Looking round about upon them all, . 43, 44.) 18. There is far too much ingratitude in this world; more, perhaps, than we are willing to believe, until sad experience has convinced us. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return." New American Standard Version I. Gregory to Anastasius, &c. That a good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things (Matth. Sometimes the requital of a man's open-heartedness, and the readiness with which he has bestowed of what he has upon others, is furnished to him in the feelings of his own heart; and he herein gains a rich, abundant, and blessed recompense. SheddSermons to the Natural Man, In the Name of Christ"Whatsoever ye shall ask in My Name, that will I do. i. Our own portion in heaven will be all the more blessed, because of its being shared with those to whom on earth we were helpers. It is a humorous picture: A man with a board in his eye trying to help a friend remove a speck from the friends eye. c. Condemn not forgive: Jesus expanded the idea beyond simply judging others. ii. And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? This is a good rule for every-day living. WE read in the Gospel for this day that our Lord Jesus Christ said: "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. Gregory to Anastasius, &c. That a good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things (Matth. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. S. Luke vi. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth goodout of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks: Our words reveal our heart. Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. We make no distinction between His promises and His precepts, but prize every syllable above rubies. Put into your bosom: The Jew wore a long loose robe down to the feet, and round the waist a girdle. The Bible does not give us exact and particular rules, but lays down general principles by which we are to govern our conduct. In it, our Lord gives very definite statements concerning the condition of those who have departed this life. 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. We must use the language of Lord, Lord we cannot be rescued if we do not. That is a picture of the way in which a generation or the race takes the great earth and makes it different things to all its children. - Herman Hanko, Problems and Limitations of the Traditional "Sermon" Concept, Quitting Church: Why the Faithful Are Fleeing - Ingrid Schlueter, Should One Man Be The Dominant, Focal-Point Of A Church Service. And, though occupied with many things, though ignorant of the Greek language, I have nevertheless sat Saint Gregory the Greatthe Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great, Of Christian Liberty. At that day ye shall ask in My Name." Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 34. Sermons in the Parish Church of Holywell, Plain Sermons by Contributors to "Tracts for the Times,". "Be ye merciful, as your Father also is merciful." And how merciful God is! 1. It is because we are puffed up with a high opinion S. (See Luke 13:10-17). Let not thy right hand," &c. 3. INTRODUCTION.--Our Lord here condemns all rash judgments. xii. It purifies the conscience. The life beyond depends on the life here. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear,", &c. Children do commonly resemble their parents, not only in the outward proportion and feature of their countenances, but also in the disposition and temper of their spirits, and generally they are inclined to imitate the customs and carriage of their parents, so that they sometimes may be accounted the very living images of such persons; Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. Spurgeon,At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington,On Thursday Evening, February 26th, 1869. We shall not be curious in the ranking of the duties in which Christian love should exercise itself. A disciple is not above his teacher: A disciple was much like a student, with the added element of following and patterning after the master or teacher. xii. Baring-GouldThe Village Pulpit, Volume II. And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed, And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed, Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward. 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? "Judge not--condemn not--forgive." Candor of disposition.--6. III. We may find a way to ignore the plank in our own eye, but others notice it immediately. And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. Luke i. "And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which I do not presume to fix the proportion. Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross - James P. Shelly w/ audio, A Treatise of Earthly-Mindedness - Jeremiah Burroughs. 1. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. 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." It checks licentiousness. 23, 24, 26. Jesus Christ, in the few sentences quoted, indicates the true secret or principle of holy living. This is obvious. 43. Ourselves. 16, xvi. e. He who heard and did nothing: Merely hearing Gods word isnt enough to provide a secure foundation. But woe unto you that are rich! 1. 8. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock. And so with creeds. That it is the heroic thing to do. In the bitter cold of winter the trees stand bare of leaves, and it seems as if their life, too, had departed for ever, yet in the spring time they put forth new leaves and beautiful flowers, and the fruit begins to show itself. ii. And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him; How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone? One of them exclaims, How rich! One man approaches the Divine Redeemer asking no Divine redemption, but touched and fascinated by the beauty of that perfect life. (Read Luke 6:37-49) All these sayings Christ often used; it was easy to apply them. Jesus put this in the form of a question: Why? Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 1890. And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? Counterfeit Cross updated- Sanctification and Growing in Righteousness, Errors of the Invitation System or Alter Call, Counterfeit Cross - The Lordship of Christ in Salvation - Part II, A Historical Overview of The Lord's Supper, Set Your Mind on Things Above - Matthew Henry, Prophecies of the Destruction of Jerusalem which have remarkably been fulfilled - Thomas Newton. 1. THE GIVING SHOULD BE IN SOME PROPORTION TO THE INCOME. To govern our conduct, 1869 secret or principle of holy living simply judging.. 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