To Anastasius, Presbyter [1714] . "Mercy" is the one great cry of human nature. 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. 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. It checks licentiousness. Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask. A strong emphasis in Spurgeon's preaching was God's grace and sovereignty over man's helpless state. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! Just before this Jesus warned us to judge ourselves first, to look for the speck in our own eye before turning our attention to the beam in our neighbors eye. . "Be ye merciful, as your Father also is merciful." And how merciful God is! Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. 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." Here are Jesus and Judas: both go and give themselves to the Pharisees; both stand in the Pharisees' presence and hear what they have to say. Many judge their religion the other way about. 4. Our words say more about us than we think, and reveal that some are good men and some are evil men. 3. Ourselves. (Luke vi. View the devotionals for specfic sections of scripture. He only requires that our judgment be completely fair, and that we only judge others by a standard we would also like to be judged by. Last week, I began the argument that Jesus' Sermon on the Plain (Luke's version of the Sermon on the Mount), is an invitation to understanding one's identity as a disciple based on connection with Jesus. Humility,--especially as expressed in evangelical exercises of mind toward Christ end the Holy Spirit.--10. for ye shall mourn and weep. I do not presume to fix the proportion. 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. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. 3. - F. F. Bruce. The likeness between them is very considerable. (Spurgeon). DIGGING DEEP. Zeal for the divine honor.--11. s 14, 15.--"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. 42. Not every tree is the same. For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? 43, 44.) (Read Luke 6:37-49) All these sayings Christ often used; it was easy to apply them. --JOHN xiv. If we are of a giving and a forgiving spirit, we shall ourselves reap the benefit. Jesus ChristUnique Savior or Average Fraud? "Ye shall be the children of the Highest." 'Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. To Jesus these Pharisees give back in return every day a deeper consciousness of His own wondrous nature, a devouter consecration to His Father, and a more earnest pity for them. 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. 3. If ye shall ask anything in My Name, I will do it. Jesus is gentle, but he calls that man a hypocrite who fusses about small things in others, and pays no attention to great matters at home in his own person. (Spurgeon). Luke 6 - The Sermon on the Plain A. Jesus and Sabbath controversy. for sinners also love those that love them. 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. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.' The Great Lie: What about the Immortal soul? Do not even the publicans so? iii. You can also change some of your preferences. We might divide it into two rules: First, Do good to all; second, Do harm to none. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock. 1. Spurgeon,At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. A Protest - Joseph Agar Beet D.D. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down. Verily, verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My Name, He will give it you. Each gets from Jesus that which the nature which he brings can take. Among these consequences will be found a measure even of human gratitude. 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. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy; for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the, 'And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceiveth not the beam that is in thine own eye? Patronage they will recognize and resent; officialism they will distinguish and may endure. 37. Luke 6:32-34. Eternal Torment or Complete Annihilation? 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. And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? 50. And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. 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.) 1. O 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? From our ignorance, we ought to be cautious and merciful in our judgments, and from our own weakness, we should be forgiving to those who have trespassed against us. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be? Luke i. The injunction of the apostle was, "On the first day of the week," &c. (1 Corinthians 16:2). This warning of Jesus applies to people who speak or say things to Jesus or about Jesus, but dont really mean it. Many judge their religion the other way about. for sinners also do even the same. They show that holy living works from the heart of things--beginning within--to the outside. Habitual and cheerful willingness to exchange worlds when ever God shall appoint.--12. C. H. SPURGEON - Sermons, et al. 1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. Luke 6:41-45. He also knew well the terrible joy that comes only through suffering as he lived quite afflicted (both by illness and slander). But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. There is far too much ingratitude in this world; more, perhaps, than we are willing to believe, until sad experience has convinced us. Read full chapter. 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." The life beyond depends on the life here. THE TREE AND ITS FRUIT. II. Jezus zei tegen zijn discipelen: ' Wees barmhartig zoals je Vader barmhartig is. Hypocrite! 2. We are but stewards of all that we possess. Nevertheless, there is also a very large measure of human responsiveness on which we may safely reckon. And doeth them, obedience. (Morgan). Labour may have been sweet to him; he may have been willing to toil on, as he was gradually making progress to his object; success has been full of delight, as he gradually mastered difficulties, and looking back upon the way which he had passed, found how he had climbed to heights, to which his youthful ambition hardly dared to aspire. "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful." 12. False marks of growth to be avoided.--3. Biblical and Practical Advantages for Meeting Within Homes. "Judge not--condemn not--forgive." I. Objection 2: Further, there are but two rules of the human will: the reason and the eternal, To Anastasius, Presbyter [1714] . This Year Also 23, 24, 26. Benevolence to men.--5. to the gifts of the Holy Ghost; and Ambrose in his commentary on Luke 6:20, seqq., ascribes the beatitudes mentioned there, to the four cardinal virtues. another cries, How strange! In my name--repeated Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of Intercession, "For as Many as are Led by the Spirit of God, they are the Sons of God. 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." 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. Our kindred according to the spirit - our fellow-Christians, our fellow-members. We dare not ask for justice, we can only plead for mercy. The blind cant lead the blind. March 13th, 1887 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "To make ready a people prepared for the Lord." Luke 1:17; Luke 1:17 . 2 TIMOTHY 2:15, Luke 6:6-10. Mercy cannot get in where mercy goes not out. The Blue Letter Bible team has added a wide selection of . Luke 6, Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible, One of over 125 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is from the most widely read and often quoted preacher in history, Charles Haddon Spurgeon 29, 30. Spurgeon,At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. Is it not Thou, O Lord my God, whose mercies are without number? For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. What does it mean, that one man cannot go among any kind of men, however base and low, without getting happiness and good; while another man cannot go into the midst of the noblest and sweetest company without bringing out misery and despair and sin? Christ Jesus came to give himself for man. A good conscience. i. Life itself.The possibility of giving life, self, to God for ever. For if our Lord did not say that men shall give the good measure, it may also be observed that He did not say they will not. If we are not, we commit the sin that will surely find us out, the sin of doing nothing (Numbers 32:23) and great will be ourruin. It is because we are puffed up with a high opinion S. . Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Is it not Thou, O Lord my God, whose mercies are without number? For ye shall weep (Luke vi. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. 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. There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed one hundred pence, and the other fifty. 12:1; Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1 and in the Septuagint only in Gen. 1:29 - twice and Lev. 1. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. For ye shall weep (Luke vi. True marks proposed; such as--increasing love to God.--4. We have much that we can draw from if we desire to benefit and to bless our fellow-men. We must not offer to the Lord that which doth cost us nothing. Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew. Humility,--especially as expressed in evangelical exercises of mind toward Christ end the Holy Spirit.--10. This was a second miracle wrought by our Lord on the Sabbath-day, and it also was a very notable one. 7 that fear is the beginning of the spiritual life, whereas poverty of spirit pertains to the perfection of the spiritual life, according to Matt. Christianity: The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Women, The Pursuit of God - A W Tozer - Complete Book. Differently to be admonished are the joyful and the sad. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.". 35). Tell me , Simeon's Swan Song* 'And He lifted up His eyes on His disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God, 21. Woe unto you that are full! One of them exclaims, How rich! And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 1. to save life, or to destroy. 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. b. They take up religious T. of the Traditional "Sermon" Concept, A Biblical Defense of Conditional Immortality, Biblically Dispelling the Myth of Eternal Torture. ii. 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. Peace of the Devil, and the Peace of God, The. Ought the Church to Pray for Revival? 4. 3. Luc 6:38La Bible du Semeur. Gregory to Anastasius, &c. That a good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things (Matth. The Life of Jesus: Lord, Liar or Lunatic? iii. Even those whose hearts have been unchanged by the truth and grace of Christ will respond to genuine kindness. iii. (wpe). God lives to give - to bestow life, and health, and beauty, and joy on his creatures. HOW MUCH ARE WE TO GIVE? Though hypocrites may say it, we should not be ashamed to say it. Luke vi. For with the same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again. Serenity amidst the uncertainties of life.--8, 9. True marks proposed; such as--increasing love to God.--4. Kansas City, Missouri 64118, 2017 The Spurgeon Center and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Click on the different category headings to find out more. Habitual and cheerful willingness to exchange worlds when ever God shall appoint.--12. GIVE. Then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. Luke viii. It is not good when either of them is made cynical, and sneers at the possibility of virtue because of the vice which he has felt in its contamination at his side. shall they not both fall into the ditch? xii. Is it not the man who, when he was in other circumstances, held himself the steward of God, and because he possessed all things in charge, used them as one who had to give account. Growing Up With Two Moms: The Untold Childrens View. 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? We would that all men should do us good, and we would that none should do us harm. For with the same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. He that brings forth no fruit, and he that brings forth bad fruit, are both only fit for the fire. (Clarke), ii. LUKE xvi. For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. viii. Why I Don't Have a Television - John Piper, Why People Find the Bible Difficult - A. W. Tozer, Your Life is Like the Morning Fog - James P. Shelly, A Challenge to Unscriptural Traditions and Practice - Video, Are Seminaries Legitimate? Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. 43. 1. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. 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. Luke 2:21. We shall not be curious in the ranking of the duties in which Christian love should exercise itself. It is the gift of oneself to Jesus. This warning of Jesus applies to people who say Lord, Lord and yet their spiritual life has nothing to do with their daily life. And the ruin of that house was great.. V. WHEN ARE WE TO GIVE? Instead, we should make Jesus our leader, our teacher, who sees and knows all things. Epistle xxxii. WHO SHOULD BE OUR RECIPIENTS. For whose renovated fortunes are all deeply anxious? (From the Gospel for the day) This sermon telleth us of four measures that shall be rendered unto man, and of two grades of a godly life, and how we ought to love our neighbour. Theologian Paul on Life, Death, and Immortality - Froom, Gravity of Ascribing False Teachings to Christ - (refernce to Dives and Lazarus), The Old Testament Use of the Word Sheol (Hell), The Rich Man and Lazarus: An Intermediate State? c. And why do you look at the speck in your brothers eye, but do not perceive the plank in your own eye? Let me emphasize what I have repeatedly said before: to live as we should, we must live by every word of God. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. As we are taught by Him and grow in Him, we will become more like Jesus. Children and the Rod of Correction - Dave Miller, Ph.D. Christian Practice - Evidence of Grace - Edwards, Meditating On The Future Life - John Calvin w/ audio, Others May, You Cannot - by G. D. Watson w/audio, The Bible Doctrine of the Separated Life - by Johannes G. Vos, The Christian and Entertainment - Rev. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. John was the herald of Christ; he was to prepare the way for the coming King, but from this text it appears that he was to do more than that. 2. Time and the storms of life will prove the strength of ones foundation, even when it is hidden. 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