Luke 12:1 Profession without Practice. I. That even decently conducted Christians are most extensively and fearfully ruled by the opinion of society about them, instead of living by faith in the unseen God, is proved to my mind by the following circumstance: that, according as their rank in life ma... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 12:6 These words occur in a discourse of the Lord to His disciples, in which He is instructing and preparing them for their future work as the heralds and preachers of His kingdom. He tells them that He has no esoteric doctrine to be cherished by a favoured few, but on the contrary, doctrines... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 12:13 The folly of the rich fool appears: I. In the fact that he completely ignored his responsibility to God in the matter of his possessions. He speaks of " _my_fruits," and " _my_goods," and the Lord describes him as laying up treasure _"for himself"_Are we not all too sadly in the same con... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 12:15 Business its Dangers and Safeguards. I. There can be no doubt at all that the average business man's temptation must chiefly lie in this direction: to exaggerate the relative value of the thing he deals with that is money; and in consequence, to under-estimate whatever cannot be apprais... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 12:19 The Privileges of Youth. I. The spirit of the boast contained in the text is nowhere more common than in the hearts of the young. They say to themselves, as much as persons at any age, "Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years." If we consider a little we shall see what these g... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 12:21 I. Consider the sinfulness of the rich man, as gathered from his address to his soul. The rich man addressed his soul when forming his plan for a long course of selfishness. "I will say to my soul, Soul thou has much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 12:23 Man's Future Destiny. I. Since the Resurrection, since Jesus came out of the sepulchre with the same or like body with which He entered into it, with the same faculties and senses, the future has ceased to be a practical question to discuss; both because of what we know and of what we d... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 12:32 The Kingdom for the Children. It is to comfort and assure "the little flock" that our Lord means when He says these words. And you will observe that His argument is twofold one in the nature of their Father, and the other in the character of the Father's gift. I. You cannot observe the... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 12:40 What is the problem about Advent? You hear of the Son of Man coming. Sometimes you hear of His coming as a thief in the night: sometimes you hear of His returning as a bridegroom from the wedding. In the passage from which my text is taken both these forms of speech are combined. What do... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 12:49 There are three main elements, three ruling and inspiring convictions, at the root of missionary enthusiasm. I. Of these, the first is a deep sense of the certainty and importance of the truths of the Gospel. II. The second conviction is a sense of the need which man has of revealed tr... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 12:50 I. Most persons know something of the feeling of suspens and anxious curiosity, when they are looking forward to anything very serious, anything which they think will greatly affect their happiness; especially when they have been a long time kept in expectation of it. The hours, days, mon... [ Continue Reading ]