The St. James High track squad finished third in the boys' division of the 14-school Cuba Invitational, held Thursday, April 13. FACE-OFF SUMMARY (Face-offs Won-Face-offs Total / Percentage) For whose renovated fortunes are all deeply anxious? 1. 2. Epistle xxxii. What will that creature be which has been the subject of eternal purposes, which has cost the Father the heart-pang of giving up His only Soncost the Son a bloody sweatcost the Spirit the exercise of His Omnipotence? I cannot find them!" For it was explained in Art. GIVE. 2. Into your bosom.The large fold of an Eastern dress over the chest, often used as a pocket. John was in prison, and, possibly, troubled in spirit. good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over. With the same measure that ye mete.See Notes on Matthew 7:2, Mark 4:24, for the varied applications of the proverb. Let me emphasize what I have repeatedly said before: to live as we should, we must live by every word of God. Even in his own success as a Christian worker he takes but measured satisfaction. Oh, to get clean away from all ideas of self-seeking in religion! 42. THE GIVING SHOULD BE IN SOME PROPORTION TO THE INCOME. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My Name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. Yes. It makes no practical difference, whether we assume that this was a real occurrence, or only an imaginary William G.T. A doctrine from Him we value beyond the much fine gold and a command is equally high in our esteem. The Savior says, "Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat; neither for the body, what you shall put on. Do you not know unbelievers who are generous to a high degree and show much of self-sacrifice in helping their poor neighbors? 3. One often hears complaints against this world, and against mankind; one hears it said. Spurgeon (1834-1893) over the course of his ministry in London during the 19th century, transcribed from manuscripts edited by . For it was explained in Art. Each gets from Jesus that which the nature which he brings can take. He will be a door-keeper in the house of the Lord, if he may but serve his Brothers and Sisters and glorify his Master. PREMIUM. He should be quiet, peaceable, gentle. 43. It has great depths. Dec 25, 2005. The outgoing George MacDonaldHope of the Gospel, "Be Doers of the Word. To him Jesus gives what he asks, and with delighted wonder and with cultivated taste the satisfied asker goes away. Unostentatiously. " Oh, if there is a grain of nobility in your natures, you will make this the highest ambition of your livesto be like God! The road is the same and men may travel in it apparently in the same directionand yet they may be journeying with totally different motivesthe first may be on the King's business, the next may be a footpad and the third an escaped convict running from justice. Reward of effort for others. S. Luke vi. LUKE xvi. We dare not ask for justice, we can only plead for mercy. We have learned that, in order to enter the city of God and eat of the tree of life, we must do his commandments, and also that it is not "every one that sayeth, Lord, Lord, that shall, "And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them like wise." October 6, 2022 by Mike P. Taylor. This is a chief point in the peculiarity of the peculiar people. Luke vi. That is not the Christian spirit which turns even the kingdom of Heaven into an arena for ambition, but that man has the mind of Christ who becomes the servant of all for Christ's sake. Part of the series: Survey of the Bible. Again and again he showed how the Great Physician ministered to those most aware of their need (cf. The examination important.--2. Be not astonished, for the Gospel is one of those thoughts of God which is not our thoughtthe whole system which Christ has ushered in is foreign to men, being as far above them as the heavens are above the earth! iv.8-11; vi.4-10). 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. But when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame and the blind: and you shall be blessed; for they cannot recompense you: for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the just." It seems that poverty of spirit is not the beatitude which corresponds to the gift of fear. Verily, verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My Name, He will give it you. 1. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back." Luke 6:38 NLT. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.". Do you not know men whose devotion to science is greater than your devotion to Christ? You must be ready to help those who are too poor, even, to come to your rescue, yes, and ready to help those who would not help you if they couldwho may even return your kindness with words of falsehood and acts of unkindness! Bold as a lion he stands before his accusers and he is not troubled as to how he shall put his words together, for he relies upon the indwelling Spirit whom the world cannot receive because it sees Him not, neither knows Him! But if we would see the greater depths C. We have not so learned Christ as to be pickers and choosers when the fruits of His lips are before us. A true knowledge of Christian liberty useful and necessary. 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? 1. Rise to that God-like point! 36-38. Our Lord bids us seek no reward from men and He assures us that then a greater reward will come! Divine Grace is not needed to make a man the loving husband of a tender wife! Spurgeon, Saturday April 23th 1870 at Metropolitan Tabernacle (from Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Volume 16). It checks licentiousness. 39, Heaven And Hell; No. He must give us the nature to which those blessings can be given. (C. H. 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. Read full chapter. 1. The design and structure of Luke's story about Jesus' visit in the home of Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42) is straightforward, and it is told in a linear fashion. And when you are of a lowly, loving spirit, yourself, you will find others of a like mind! As for this sermon in the plain, it was preceded by miracles, but it is as forcible to you as the signs and wonders could have made it had you seen them all! The gathered fold of the wide upper garment, bound together with the girdle, and thus forming a pouch. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. 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. This is a good rule for every-day living. S. Luke vi. I. It concerns love. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My Name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 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." Luke 6:31. A sermon delivered by C.H. His fortune may be laid in the dust; his riches may make themselves wings; he may be reduced lower even than he was at his starting-place. Nevertheless, to this we must come if we are to be the followers of Christ. III. 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. What manner of person ought I to be, when those who do not profess to know the mysteries of everlasting love rise to such courage in battle, such endurance in pushing over seas of ice? John Piper Nov 24, 1980. This, according to Spurgeon, is what it means for us to be set apart as God's people, what makes us different from the rest of the world. 16, xvi. If ye shall ask anything in My Name, I will do it. May this thought nourish us to the highest life. A traveller, ready to perish amid the snows of the Alps, meets a fellow-traveller in worse condition than himself. For sinners also do even the same.". Application to devoted preachers of the gospel, missionaries, &c. Also to parents who have brought up their children conscientiously. Try playback them at speed: 1.25. The same thing may be done by a hundred different men and apparently done in the same way and yet only one of them may be doing it in God's way and doing it with the sincere motive of honoring and glorifying Godthe 99, though studiously aiming to make the outward action correct, may, nevertheless, fail as to acceptance with God because their motive and spirit are altogether wrong. 2. A true knowledge of Christian liberty useful and necessary. To them only can He give Himself, which is His perfect gift. And they went to another village.". 25); but the latter hear from the teaching of the same Master, LUKE xvi. A common medical term for pressing strongly on a part of the body, and opposed to , to touch gently. I choose rather to be a pilgrim upon the earth with Thee than without Thee to possess heaven. The response we shall receive from those we serve. This is the recompense which is promised in the text. Surely here is the groundwork and argument of something supremely good! 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. ity and morality for the fruit of the Spirit of God. If we give to others, men will give to us; if we love them, they will love us. 4. 23, 24, 26. I could approve in some men actions which, to me, also, would be lawful but would not be expedient upon the higher rule of glorifying God in all things! The most prosperous man, the man to whom in God's providence there seems to be a larger than usual amount of success appointed, has no security; he cannot tell what a year, or even a day, may bring forth. Sermons that are part of our on-line collection are hotlinked to the index pages. SERMON Jesus . In Luke 6, we see that generous healing, restoration, and hope flow through Jesus. For whose affliction is it that all are concerned? Meekness under injuries.--7. That is, before the joyful are to be set the sad things that follow upon punishment; but before the sad the promised glad things of the kingdom. 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 gifts flow from God's "tender mercy" and fidelity to promises made. He should act upon facts which others may accept as theories but would never dream of risking a shilling upon. That gentle laugh which ripples over the congregation is the best refutation of such barefaced selfishness! Answer, distinguishing between Legal and Evangelical righteousness. 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