_A certain man planted a vineyard_ LESSONS 1. Let us be thankful that God has planted His vineyard among us. We are situated, not in any of the deserts, or wastes, or commons, of the world, but in the vineyard, in “a garden inclosed,” in the very garden of the Lord. 2. Let us inquire whether we... [ Continue Reading ]
_They watched Him_ CHRIST WAS WATCHED, AND SO ARE WE The chief priests and rulers of the Jews watched Jesus, but not to learn the way of salvation. They watched Him with the evil eyes of malice and hatred, desiring to take hold of His words, to entangle Him in His talk, that they might accuse Him,... [ Continue Reading ]
_There were, therefore, seven brethren_ THE WORLD TO COME I. THAT THERE IS ANOTHER WORLD. Our Lord calls it _that _world. It is evidently opposed to “this world” (Luke 20:34); “the children of this world.” We know a little of this world. Oh that we knew it aright! Oh that we saw it with the eyes o... [ Continue Reading ]
_How say they that Christ is David’s son?_ DAVID, CHRIST’S ANCESTOR “How say they that Christ is David’s son?” Reading David’s history, we might exclaim, “How, indeed!” Son of David, Son of God: is not this like son of sin, son of grace? But if in the ancestor sin abounded, in the descendant grace... [ Continue Reading ]
_Beware of the scribes_ THE SINS OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES The scribes were doctors of the law, who read and expounded the Scripture to the people. They were possessed of the key of knowledge, and occupied the seat of Moses. The Pharisees were a kind of separatists among the Jews, as their name... [ Continue Reading ]