DISCOURSE: 1446 THE REGARD DUE TO CHRIST Mark 12:6. _They will reverence my son_. THERE are many passages of Scripture, wherein God speaks of himself as frustrated and disappointed by the conduct of his creatures. We are not however to suppose that events happened really contrary to the purposes he... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1447 DUTIES TO OUR EARTHLY AND OUR HEAVENLY KING Mark 12:17. _And Jesus answering, said unto them, Render to Cζsar the things that are Cζsar’s and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him_. IT is said of Jesus, that “he spake as never man spake.” This was true, as to h... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1448 THE RESURRECTION PROVED FROM THE PENTATEUCH Mark 12:26. _As touching the dead, that they rise; have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but t... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1449 LOVE TO GOD, THE GREAT COMMANDMENT Mark 12:28. _And one of the Scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear,... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1450 LOVE TO OUR NEIGHBOUR Mark 12:31. _And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these_. A QUESTION had been put to our Lord, What was the first and great commandment? To this he had answered, “Thou shalt... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1451 EXCELLENCE OF THE MORAL LAW Mark 12:32. _And the Scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God, and there is none other but he: and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength,... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1452 NOT FAR FROM THE KINGDOM OF GOD Mark 12:34. _And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God_. OUR blessed Lord has given us this caution: “Give not that which is holy unto dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine [Not... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1453 THE WIDOW’S MITE Mark 12:41. _And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his dis... [ Continue Reading ]