_Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause._ THE MARRIAGE TIE I. Its prescribed limitation. Enforced by (1) numerical proportion of the sexes; (2) evils of polygamy; (3) teaching of the Bible. II. Its tender intimacy, III. Its conditional dissolubility: (1)toleration of Mos... [ Continue Reading ]
_Some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up._ WAY SEED DEVOURED BY BIRDS The birds devour the truth we neglect to cover. Let us study these birds:- 1. The first belongs to the heron species, having long legs, a long bill, broad strong wings, and an eye keen as an eagl... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then were there brought unto Him little children._ THE CHILDREN FOR CHRIST I. They need the Saviour. 1. AS children, they are within the covenant and provisions of grace. 2. They are naturally blind and dark. 3. Nor let us forget that they are guilty. 4. They need, therefore, to be led to Jes... [ Continue Reading ]
_And, behold, one came and said unto Him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do?_ FORMAL OBEDIENCE INSUFFICIENT It is certainly the doctrine of Scripture that moral integrity alone can never benefit us with God; that even the offering of our prayers is accounted worthless except as it is perfume... [ Continue Reading ]
_Honour thy father and thy mother._ HONOURING PARENTS Implies: I. Obedience. Keep their commands (Colossians 3:20; Ephesians 6:1). II. Respect, reverence. III. Regard their opinions. Do not despise them or ridicule them. IV. Respect their habits. May be different from ours, antiquated, etc. V... [ Continue Reading ]
_That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven: _ THE HINDRANCES AND TEMPTATIONS OF THE RICH I. Hindrances. 1. Riches tend to obscure faith; to make one trust in them, instead of in God. 2. They encourage their possessor to love the world, and to withhold his heart from God. 3.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Who, then, can be saved?_ WHO, THEN, CAN BE SAVED? This sounds as if there were some great difficulty in the way of being saved. How is this, is not salvation free? Yes. Then where is the difficulty? Man’s restoration is not merely _legal, _but _moral, _and in the latter the real hindrance will b... [ Continue Reading ]
_Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed Thee; what shall we have therefore?_ THE ADVANTAGES OF FOLLOWING CHRIST I. That a follower of Christ possesses a character of high and essential importance. To be a follower of Christ we must- 1. Believe the testimony which the Word of God has given as... [ Continue Reading ]