"Be ye merciful, as your Father also is merciful." And how merciful God is! a. Verily, verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My Name, He will give it you. Study to show thyself approved . 1. Woe unto you that are full! Conclusion. For to the former it is said, Woe unto you that laugh now! Then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. Luke viii. Not to have good fruit is to have evil: there can be no innocent sterility in the invisible tree of the heart. DIGGING DEEP. In this perfectly clear and logical truth, Jesus gave a wonderful promise. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.". Let the joyful learn by the asperity of threatenings what to be afraid of: let the sad bear what joys of reward they may look forward to. If we are of a giving and a forgiving spirit, we shall ourselves reap the benefit. i. You can check these in your browser security settings. It is the attempt to correct the fault of someone else when we ourselves have the same (or greater fault) that earns the accusation, Hypocrite!, i. Even though many should turn out to be as the rock, the wayside, , A Distinction with a Difference 42. Connection of this chapter with the previous one on Justification. The examination important.--2. There are different measures in which men give themselves to Christ, and Christ despises none of them; but in different measures He again is compelled to give Himself back to them. Eternal Torment or Complete Annihilation? Objection 2: Further, there are but two rules of the human will: the reason and the eternal Saint Thomas AquinasSumma Theologica, Epistle xxxii. , as in Luke 1:57; Luke 2:6, and again in Luke 2:22; in the first two places the reference is to . Differently to be admonished are the joyful and the sad. We may request cookies to be set on your device. 19:21: "If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor." Admonition4. No. A strong emphasis in Spurgeon's preaching was God's grace and sovereignty over man's helpless state. At last, when Judas betrayed Christ in the night, Nicodemus faithfully professed him in the day. (Trapp). 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? Widow and two mites. A Protest - Joseph Agar Beet D.D. i. Therefore the beatitudes do not differ from the virtues and gifts. But neither is labour so sweet, nor its most successful results so delightful, as when a man whom God has prospered in his getting, has the heart readily and liberally to bestow. Hugh Binning, Whether Poverty of Spirit is the Beatitude which Corresponds to the Gift of FearWhether Poverty of Spirit is the Beatitude which Corresponds to the Gift of Fear We proceed to the twelfth article thus: 1. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. Luke 1:53. March 13th, 1887 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "To make ready a people prepared for the Lord." Luke 1:17; Luke 1:17 . Whatever else is mentioned in the nature of reward is not an object to be sought after, but a consequence which must needs ensue. 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, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. 18. 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. Only when at last there comes a man with his self all open, with door behind door, back into the most secret chambers, all unclosed, ready to give himself entirely, wanting everything, ready to take everything that Jesus has to give, wanting and ready to take the whole of Jesus into the whole of himself, only then are the last gates withdrawn; and as when the ocean gathers itself up and enters with its tide the open mouth of the river, like a conqueror riding into a surrendered town, so does the Lord in all His richness, with His perfect standards, His mighty motives, His infinite hopes, give Himself to the soul which has been utterly given to Him. The Blue Letter Bible team has added a wide selection of . Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation. Luke ii. 1330God, the provider5465profit5556stewardship5856extravagance8262generosity, human8436giving, of possessions, 6126condemnation, human8844unforgiveness, 2042Christ, justice of5821criticism, among believers, Three Condensed Parables'And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceiveth not the beam that is in thine own eye? The Divine approval. 3019A Sermon Published on Thursday, December 20th, 1906,Delivered by C.H. 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." 2 TIMOTHY 2:15, Luke 6:6-10. 1. We must not offer to the Lord that which doth cost us nothing. Objection. 13, 14, xv. Baring-GouldThe Village Pulpit, Volume II. It has great depths. See how they come! GIVE. It is necessary that we are also doers of His word. A People Prepared for the Lord. So was it with Me in My crucifixion and resurrection, and so it is with my faithful cross-bearers (2 Cor. 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. - Darryl M. Erkel, Church Leaders and the Use of Honorific Titles, Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats - Charles Spurgeon, House-Churches? And He spoke a parable to them: Can the blind lead the blind? It is the attribute, the quality, by which He is distinguished. The same law holds good with regard to our relations to the world of men. For ye shall weep (Luke vi. Jesus shows that we are generally far more tolerant to our own sin than we are to the sin of others. This is true and has been tested when it comes to generosity with material resources. And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. Which ever measure you want God to use with you, you should use that same measure with others. 1. Even if we do them in a general sense (in which we should), the revelation of the Kingdom of God in the Sermon on the Mount drives us back again and again as needy sinners upon our Savior. Objection 2: Further, there are but two rules of the human will: the reason and the eternal, To Anastasius, Presbyter [1714] . II. WHAT IS LEFT IS GIVEN TOO. More and more, we are conformed to the image of His Son (Romans 8:29) and ultimately, when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is (1 John 3:2). For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. GET, GATHER. (Luke vi. Many judge their religion the other way about. i. 43. And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles: a. iv.8-11; vi.4-10). (Fourth Sunday after Trinity.) - Bullinger, Rise Of The Theory Of Universal Restoration - Henry Constable, Universal Restoration Substituted for Eternal Torment, Absent From The BodyPresent With The Lord, Cross Purposes: Atonement, Death and the Fate of the Wicked. Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. Our hypocrisy in these matters is almost always more evident to others than to ourselves. Carefully note the three-fold condition. God lives to give - to bestow life, and health, and beauty, and joy on his creatures. E. OrrHow to Live a Holy Life, That all Hope and Trust is to be Fixed in God AloneO Lord, what is my trust which I have in this life, or what is my greatest comfort of all the things which are seen under Heaven? AT the opening of another year, and at the commencement of another volume of sermons, we earnestly desire to utter the word of exhortation: but alas, at this present, the preacher is a prisoner, and must speak from his pillow instead of his pulpit. 1. Be it so; God has not forgotten him. 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. Hell Under Fire - CIANZ Annual Conference Address, Jesus' Teaching on Hell - Samuel G. Dawson, The Nature of Hell - Evangelical Alliance, The Origin of Hell-Fire in Christian Teaching, The Bible Verses the Traditional View of Hell - Babu G. Ranganathan, Applying the Resurrection
Though mercy uses to be restricted to the showing of compassion upon men in misery, yet there is a righteousness in that mercy, and there is mercy in the most part of the acts of righteousness, as in not judging rashly, Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. . We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. 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? Spurgeon left this earth for his heavenly hope in 1892. To Anastasius, Presbyter . 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. Even with man's relations to the material earth the law is true. All the commandments of the second table are but branches of it: they might be reduced all to the works of righteousness and of mercy. Jesus Christ, in the few sentences quoted, indicates the true secret or principle of holy living. Generous or stingy, large-idead or small-idead, appreciative or unappreciative of other occupations than your own; these things you will be, not invariably according to the kind of trade you are engaged in, but distinctively according to the kind of manhood which you put into your trade. And His disciples plucked the heads of grain and ate them, rubbing them in their hands. You can also change some of your preferences. Candor of disposition.--6. 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. 13, 14, xv. Our kindred according to the spirit - our fellow-Christians, our fellow-members. "Give, and it shall be given unto you for with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered. 'Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. We might say that Jesus did not prohibit the judgment of others. Yet our Lord proposes a reward. And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? Luke i. It purifies the conscience. d. Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over: Jesus encouraged the freedom to give without fearing that we will become the loser in our giving. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. We know not the motives of other men's actions, and therefore have no right to pass a sweeping condemnation upon them. With what measure each gives himself to the Saviour, the Saviour gives Himself in His salvation back to each. 25); but the latter hear from the teaching of the same Master, Leo the GreatWritings of Leo the Great, The Present Life as Related to the Future. Let not thy right hand," &c. 3. The publican standing afar off, and looking at his faults, and not at his virtues, offers the pattern prayer for all men, "Lord, The Life of Duty, a Year's Plain Sermons, v. 2, 4th Sunday after Trinity. e. First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brothers eye: Jesus didnt say that it was wrong for us to help our brother with the speck in his eye. If we want more of those things from God, we should give more of them to others. Spurgeon,At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. 4. Should Pastors Be Salaried? This warning of Jesus applies to people who speak or say things to Jesus or about Jesus, but dont really mean it. But if we would see the greater depths C. Geef, en er zullen gaven voor u zijn; een volle maat, ingedrukt, door elkaar geschud . At that day ye shall ask in My Name." IV. The Bible does not give us exact and particular rules, but lays down general principles by which we are to govern our conduct. We dare not ask for justice, we can only plead for mercy. And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. For every tree is known by his own fruit. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. WHO IS TO GIVE? Another man comes to Jesus with a self all trembling with fear, all eager for safety, and Jesus satisfies him; He lets him know that even the humblest, and most ignorant, and least aspiring soul, which repents of and forsakes its sin, and seeks forgiveness, shall not be lost. IT is a great comfort that such multitudes are willing to hear the word of God. C. H. SPURGEON - Sermons, et al. Will they not both fall into the ditch? Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. I had rather be poor for Thy sake, than rich without Thee. Patronage they will recognize and resent; officialism they will distinguish and may endure. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. 2. 3. How the Joyful and the Sad are to be Admonished. Gender Revolution - What are they teaching your kids? H. HowardStandards of Life and Service, The Christian Assisted in Examining into his Growth in Grace. V. WE GET BEYOND WHAT IS CALLED THE DUTY OF IT TO THE HIGHER GROUND OF THE BLESSEDNESS OF IT. 2. I choose rather to be a pilgrim upon the earth with Thee than without Thee to possess heaven. If we are believers in Christ, we shall one day use words like these. This liberty consists of three parts. 1. Jesus Christ, in the few sentences quoted, indicates the true secret or principle of holy 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. A good example of this kind of hypocrisy was Davids reaction to Nathans story about a man who unjustly stole and killed another mans lamb. And, behold they brought to him a man sick of the palsy lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be , The Two Debtors BE MERCIFUL AS YOUR FATHER. Do not even the publicans so? You cant think of the picture without smiling and being amused by it. But why do you call Me Lord, Lord, and do not do the things which I say? We would that all men should do us good, and we would that none should do us harm. 50. 1. It is also true that we shall never understand really what Christian giving is until . Luke was a doctor and therefore a man of science and research, and this is reflected in his history of the life of Jesus. Lucas 6:36-38. Purgatory: Purifying Fire or Fatal Fable? And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. No. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. An example of looking for a speck in the eye of another while ignoring the plank in ones own is when the religious leaders brought the woman taken in adultery to Jesus. Their mind is elsewhere, but they believe there is value in the bare words and fulfilling some kind of religious duty with no heart, no soul, not spirit only bare words and passing thoughts. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. It is as if a man painted a mountain for its picturesqueness, and carried off his picture in delight, never dreaming that he left behind him in the mountain's bosom treasures of gold which only waited for his hand to gather them. It is the gift of oneself to Jesus. By every indication, Luke was a Gentile. When he has gone to the habitations of the poor, when he has stood by the bedside of the sick, when he has ministered to those human necessities which fell within the compass of his ability to remove, then there has been in his own soul a far better requital for his expenditure, than if he had bestowed his money in any other possible way. They take up religious T. The good measure will be given, and even men will have their share in giving it. Each gets from Jesus that which the nature which he brings can take. 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. b. 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