Luke 6:10 Note: I. That spiritual powerlessness, of which the withered hand is a just and appropriate symbol. (1) The organ was a hand the organ of touch. (2) Not both this man's hands were withered, but the better and more serviceable of the two. Faith is the spiritual faculty, corresponding to t... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:19 Outward pains and calamities are so many tokens and types of inward and spiritual evils, and Christ curing them by His touch gives us His own sure token of His will and power to cure all the diseases of our souls. I. Blindness, for example we perceive at once what evil condition of the he... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:26 The Dangers of Praise. I. It is more than probable that, if men speak well of you, their judgment of you is fallacious; you do not deserve it. "In the like manner did their fathers unto the false prophets." Men are fallible judges of one another's real character. II. However fallacious... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:36 The Gospel Teaching. I. "Be ye merciful, as your Father also is merciful." And how merciful God is! It is the attribute, the quality, by which He is distinguished. And that mercy of God is proposed for our imitation. Remember that mercy, pity, compassion, a readiness to be appeased, a wi... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:37 Christian Judgment of Others. I. When we read, "Judge not," "Condemn not," I believe we must approach the prohibition with some such thoughts as these: "Judge and condemn I must. I cannot go through life as a good Christian, or as a useful citizen, or as a worthy filler of any of the rela... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:38 This is one of those keen-edged, far-reaching sayings of our Lord's which make us understand the testimony of the Apostle who knew Him best: "He needed not that any should testify of man, for He knew what was in man" one of those sayings which sum up in a few words the experience of all l... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:40 Life, the School for Eternity. I. Look at the Great Teacher. Let anyone, that ever has been taught by anyone, say what are the requisites to make pleasant and effective teaching. Even a child will answer, "Two things: a thorough knowledge of his subject, and a power of sympathising with... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:47 The Fortress Home. There are here two great periods set before us: one, when the builders are occupied in working, themselves and their work being all in all; the other, when they and their work together are being tested by forces from without, and no additions can be made of importance.... [ Continue Reading ]