CHAPTER 25 LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES Luke 12:1. _“Meanwhile myriads of the multitude, having come together, so that they were treading on one another, He began to speak first to His disciples, Take heed to yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.”_ Leaven always means corrupti... [ Continue Reading ]
SOLICITUDE Luke 12:22-31. This item of our Savior's discourse is so identical with a paragraph in His Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6), that I forbear quotation, the substantial repetition of the Great Preacher sufficing to illustrate its transcendent importance, as solicitude is out of harmony with... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIERY BAPTISM Luke 12:49-53. _“I came to send fire on the earth, and what do I wish if it is already kindled?”_ This is none other than the fiery baptism of Pentecost, which Jesus came to send on the earth, thus inaugurating a new era in the kingdom of grace. _“I have a baptism to be baptized wi... [ Continue Reading ]
SIGNS OF HIS COMING Luke 12:54-59 _“And He also spoke to the multitude, When you may see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say that the rain is coming, and it is so; and when you may see the south wind blowing, you say it will be warm, and it is so. Ye hypocrites, you know how to discern t... [ Continue Reading ]