DISCOURSE: 1325 AGAINST UNCHARITABLE JUDGING Matthew 7:1. _Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again_. AMONGST the many faults with which the Pharisees of old were chargeable, that of censor... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1326 THE BEAM AND THE MOTE Matthew 7:3. _And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypo... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1327 CAUTION TO BE USED IN REPROVING Matthew 7:6. _Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you,_ IN the holy Scriptures there are not only such directions as are necessary for th... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1328 THE IMPORTANCE AND EFFICACY OF PRAYER Matthew 7:7. _Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened_. WE need not look for a... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1329 GOD’S READINESS TO GIVE HIS HOLY SPIRIT Matthew 7:9. _Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your F... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1330 THE DOING AS WE WOULD BE DONE UNTO Matthew 7:12. _Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the prophets_. GOD is graciously pleased on some occasions to take those things which are good in men, for the purpose... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1331 THE STRAIT AND NARROW WAYS Matthew 7:13. _Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, and few there be that f... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1332 MEN KNOWN BY THEIR FRUITS Matthew 7:15. _Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1333 THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF TRUE RELIGION Matthew 7:21. _Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1334 THE WISE BUILDER Matthew 7:24. _Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not; for it... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1335 THE EFFECT OF OUR LORD’S PREACHING Matthew 7:28. _And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the Scribes_. IT has been thought by many, that this which is called the Serm... [ Continue Reading ]