_THE SUFFICIENCY OF REVELATION_ ‘Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.’ Luke 20:8 What is the truth that is involved in our Lord’s answer—‘Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things’? I. THE PRINCIPLE OF RESERVATION.—God reserves to Himself the right to restrain, wh... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN_ ‘What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?’ Luke 20:15 Notice— I. THE VINEYARD. _ (a) Its owner_ (see Isaiah 5:7). _ (b) What the owner did with it_ (see Isaiah 5:1). II. THE HUSBANDMEN. _ (a) Their privileges and how they used them_. _ (b) Their... [ Continue Reading ]
_NO DIVISION OF ALLEGIANCE_ ‘And He said unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar, the things which be Cæsar’s and unto God the things which be God’s.’ Luke 20:25 Let us look at the use which has so long been made of our Lord’s reply, and ask whether it is justifiable or wise. His words have been p... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME_ ‘Neither can they die any more.’ Luke 20:36 It is not to the Lord’s articulated references to the deathless future that we have to appeal alone. Into the whole tissue and texture of His sacred message enters the thought of ‘that world, and the resurrection of the d... [ Continue Reading ]
_BURNING AND NOT CONSUMED_ ‘Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Luke 20:37 In ‘the bush,’ flaming but not destroyed, were indeed closely knit together, in that incident at the foot o... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALIVE UNTO GOD_ ‘He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all live unto Him.’ Luke 20:38 Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob live; but life, as we hold human life, is the union of body and soul: therefore there is a union of the soul and body even of the departed: therefore they must be joi... [ Continue Reading ]