DISCOURSE: 1524 CAUTION AGAINST HYPOCRISY Luke 12:1. _In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his Disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy_. RA... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1525 GOD TO BE FEARED, BUT NOT MAN Luke 12:4. _I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1526 CAUTION AGAINST COVETOUSNESS Luke 12:15. _And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness_. THE instructions which our Lord conveyed to his Disciples almost always arose out of something that was immediately before him; so attentive was he to improve every occasion for... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1527 THE RICH FOOL Luke 12:20. _But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God_. HEAR we the voice of a gloomy enthusiast,... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1528 THE PRIVILEGES OF CHRIST’S FLOCK Luke 12:32. _Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom_. AMONG the many faculties which exalt man above the brute creation, that of being able to look into futurity is by no means the least: but while this... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1529 THE WATCHFUL SERVANT Luke 12:35. _Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servant... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1530 PUNISHMENT PROPORTIONED TO MEN’S DESERT Luke 12:47. _That servant, which knew his Lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stri... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1531 THE BLOODY BAPTISM OF OUR LORD Luke 12:50. _I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!_ ANY one who understands the true nature of Christianity would suppose that the religion of Jesus must of necessity approve itself to the heart and judg... [ Continue Reading ]