DISCOURSE: 1311
DIRECTIONS RESPECTING ALMS-DEEDS
Matthew 6:1. _Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be
seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in
heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet
before thee, as the hypocrites do in the syna... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1312
DIRECTIONS RESPECTING PRAYER
Matthew 6:5. _And when thou prayest, thou shall not be as the
hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and
in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I
say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1313
HALLOWING GOD’S NAME
Matthew 6:9. _After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which
art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name_.
IT is of the utmost importance to every human being, to know how he
shall approach his God with acceptance. Hence some even of the heathen
philosophers ende... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1314
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Matthew 6:10. _Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is
in heaven_.
HIGHLY as the Lord’s Prayer is esteemed amongst us, and frequently
as it is used, there is scarcely any part of Scripture less
considered: we are contented with repeating the words, w... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1315
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Matthew 6:11. _Give us this day our daily bread_.
IN those petitions which relate to the glory of God, that occurs first
which is the most comprehensive and the most important: in these which
relate to the welfare of man, a different order is observed. The
comforta... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1316
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Matthew 6:12. _And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors_.
THE petitions of men to the Supreme Being will be presented in a
different order, according to the general state of their minds, or
according to the particular circumstances in which they are plac... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1317
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Matthew 6:13. _And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from
evil_.
THE obtaining of pardon would satisfy a person who was merely alarmed
by the terrors of hell: but a truly regenerate person will desire
deliverance from sin as much as from hell itself. He... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1319
A FORGIVING SPIRIT NECESSARY TO OUR ACCEPTANCE WITH GOD
Matthew 6:14. _For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you: but if ye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses_.
THE different petitions of the Lo... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1320
DIRECTIONS RESPECTING FASTING
Matthew 6:16. _Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a
sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear
unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But
thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head,... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1321
LAYING UP TREASURES IN HEAVEN
Matthew 6:19. _Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where
moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1322
THE SINGLE EYE
Matthew 6:22. _The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine
eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye
be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the
light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1323
THE SERVICES OF GOD AND MAMMON INCONSISTENT
Matthew 6:24. _No man can serve two masters: for either he will hale
the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and
despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon_.
THE dictates of pure and undefiled religion are so r... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1324
AGAINST CAREFULNESS
Matthew 6:25. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life,
what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what
ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than
raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not,... [ Continue Reading ]