_THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD_ ‘Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.’ Luke 13:3; Luke 13:5 The murder of the Galilæans is an event of which we know nothing certain. The motives of those who told our Lord of the event we are left to conjecture. At any rate, they gave Him an opportunity of speak... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD_ ‘Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.’ Luke 13:3; Luke 13:5 The murder of the Galilæans is an event of which we know nothing certain. The motives of those who told our Lord of the event we are left to conjecture. At any rate, they gave Him an opportunity of speak... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF LIFE_ ‘A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.… And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also … then after that thou shalt cut it down.’ Luke 13:6 Let us take as the basis of our thoug... [ Continue Reading ]
_ONE MORE CHANCE_ ‘Lord, let it alone this year also.’ Luke 13:8 How very few of us ever stop to think of the great mercy and long-suffering of our God, Who spares our lives from day to day and year to year. Let us resolve, as we stretch forth our hands into the hidden future, let us resolve to... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE UPLIFTING POWER OF THE GOSPEL_ ‘And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.… Immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.’ Luke 13:11 Luke dwells with peculiar sympathy on the tenderness... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE GOSPEL IN THE WORLD_ ‘Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? It is like a grain of mustard seed.’ Luke 13:18 The parable of the mustard seed is intended to show the progress of the Gospel in the world. I. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE GOSPEL WERE EXCEEDINGLY SMALL... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE GOSPEL IN THE HEART_ ‘Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven.’ Luke 13:20 The parable of the leaven is intended to show the progress of the Gospel in the heart of a believer. I. THE FIRST BEGINNINGS OF THE WORK OF GRACE IN A SINNER ARE GENERALLY EXCEEDINGLY SMALL.—It... [ Continue Reading ]
_A PUZZLING QUESTION_ ‘Then said one unto Him, Lord, are there few that be saved?’ Luke 13:23 This question was put to Jesus by one who met with Him as He was journeying to Jerusalem. Yet it was not the question of that one inquirer alone. It has been asked by the heart, or the mind, or the lips,... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE PUZZLING QUESTION ANSWERED_ ‘And He said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate.’ Luke 13:23 The question, ‘Are there few that be saved?’ drew from our Lord a wondrous answer. I. OUR LORD SAYS, ‘STRIVE’; and He vouchsafes to add one reason why we should strive. A gate is appointed... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE DESOLATE HOUSE_ ‘Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.’ Luke 13:35 There is no such mournful passage in all history as this. The danger is that we think of old Jerusalem, a city now practically extinct, a city that flourished nineteen hundred years ago. _ This_ is Jerusalem, and _ me... [ Continue Reading ]