DISCOURSE: 1325
AGAINST UNCHARITABLE JUDGING
Matthew 7:1. _Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgment
ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall
be measured to you again_.
AMONGST the many faults with which the Pharisees of old were
chargeable, that of censor... [ Continue Reading ]
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THE BEAM AND THE MOTE
Matthew 7:3. _And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy
brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own
eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out
of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypo... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1327
CAUTION TO BE USED IN REPROVING
Matthew 7:6. _Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast
ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet,
and turn again and rend you,_
IN the holy Scriptures there are not only such directions as are
necessary for th... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1328
THE IMPORTANCE AND EFFICACY OF PRAYER
Matthew 7:7. _Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh
receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened_.
WE need not look for a... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1329
GOD’S READINESS TO GIVE HIS HOLY SPIRIT
Matthew 7:9. _Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread,
will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a
serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your
children, how much more shall your F... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1330
THE DOING AS WE WOULD BE DONE UNTO
Matthew 7:12. _Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do ye even so to them; for this is the law and the
prophets_.
GOD is graciously pleased on some occasions to take those things which
are good in men, for the purpose... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1331
THE STRAIT AND NARROW WAYS
Matthew 7:13. _Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate,
and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be
which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way
which leadeth unto life, and few there be that f... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1332
MEN KNOWN BY THEIR FRUITS
Matthew 7:15. _Beware of false prophets, which come to you in
sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall
know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of
thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1333
THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF TRUE RELIGION
Matthew 7:21. _Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall
enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my
Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord,
Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1334
THE WISE BUILDER
Matthew 7:24. _Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and
doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house
upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the
winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not; for it... [ Continue Reading ]
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THE EFFECT OF OUR LORD’S PREACHING
Matthew 7:28. _And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these
sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught
them as one having authority, and not as the Scribes_.
IT has been thought by many, that this which is called the Serm... [ Continue Reading ]