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Verse Matthew 18:10. _ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES_] One of my simple,
loving, humble disciples.
_THEIR ANGELS - ALWAYS BEHOLD_] Our Lord here not only alludes to,
but, in my opinion, establishes the no...
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TAKE HEED THAT YE DESPISE NOT ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES. ... - That is,
one who has become like a little child, or a Christian.
FOR I SAY UNTO YOU ... - Jesus then proceeds to state the reason why
we s...
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6. INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS DISCIPLES. CONCERNING FORGIVENESS.
CHAPTER 18
1. Concerning the Little Ones and Offences. (Matthew 18:1 .) 2. The
Son of Man to Save What is Lost. (Matthew 18:11 .) 3. The Chu...
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A CONVERSATION WITH THE TWELVE. For Matthew 18:1, the question of
precedence, _cf._ Mark 9:33 *, also Matthew 20:26 f., Mark 10:43 f.,...
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PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS (Matthew 18:1-35)
Matthew 18:1-35 is a most important chapter for Christian Ethics,
because it deals with those qualities which should characterize the
personal relationships o...
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NOT Greek. _me_ App-105.
THEIR ANGELS. Their servants (Hebrews 1:14), The tradition of
so-called "guardian" angels has no foundation in this.
THAT WHICH WAS LOST. Compare Matthew 15:24.Matthew 15:12
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Christ's care for His Little Ones illustrated by a Parable. Luke
15:3-7
After a brief digression (Matthew 18:7), Christ's love for His young
disciples again breaks out in words. Let no one despise th...
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Ver 10. "Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I
say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of
my Father which is in heaven. 11. For the Son of man is co...
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_THE HEART OF A CHRISTIAN IS CHARACTERIZED BY CONCERN FOR OTHERS
MATTHEW 18:10-14:_ God is concerned about the individual. Christians
should share that concern. "Even so it is not the will of your Fat...
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ΌΡΆΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708)
смотреть, присматривать,
ΚΑΤΑΦΡΟΝΉΣΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΦΡΟΝΈΩ
(G2706) презирать. _Conj._ с отр.
ΜΉ выражает запрет. Указывает, что
действие не дол...
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TAKE HEED THAT YE DESPISE NOT, &C.— Because pride, or a high opinion
of one's self, with the contempt of others, is often the parent of
offences, our Lord solemnly cautioned his disciples against that...
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Section 46
JESUS TRAINS THE TWELVE IN PERSONAL RELATIONS
(Parallels: Mark 9:33-50; Luke 9:46-50)
TEXT: 18:1-35
A. Humility and True Greatness
1 In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Wh...
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IV. YOUR HUMILITY AND SENSITIVITY TO THE WEAK IS MEASURED AGAINST
HEAVEN'S CONCERN FOR THEM. (18:10-14)
Matthew 18:10 SEE THAT YE DESPISE NOT ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES.
DESPISE (_kataphronésete_) means...
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Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say
unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my
Father which is in heaven.
TAKE HEED THAT YE DESPISE ('STUMBL...
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24 See Exo_30:11-16; Exo_38:25-26.
24 According to the law every one who was numbered in Israel, being
over twenty years of age, paid half a shekel to shelter his soul
(Exo_30:12-14). It was used for...
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THEIR ANGELS] Though the general ministry of angels to those who are
heirs of salvation is generally assumed in the NT. (Hebrews 1:14,
etc.), only this passage and Acts 12:15 teach that a special guar...
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OFFENDING THE LITTLE ONES. THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT
1-14. Ambition reproved, and humility taught by the example of a
little child (Mark 9:33; Luke 9:46)....
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 18
Chapter 18 is the fourth section of what Jesus taught. It ends in the
same way as the other sections ‘Now when Jesus had finished...
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TAKE HEED THAT YE DESPISE NOT. — The words remind us of what we are
apt to forget in the wider range of the preceding verses. The child
was still there, perhaps still folded in the arms of Jesus, stil...
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Still the subject is the child as the ideal representative of the
insignificant, apt to be despised by the ambitious. From this point
onwards Mt. goes pretty much his own way, giving _logia_ of Jesus...
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_Ambition rebuked_ (Mark 9:33-50; Luke 9:46-50; Luke 15:3-7; Luke
17:1-4)....
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ὁρᾶτε μὴ καταφ.: μὴ with the subj. in an object
clause after a verb meaning to take heed; common N. T. usage; _vide_
Matthew 24:4; Acts 13:40, etc. ἑνὸς, _one_, again. λέγω
γὰρ : something solemn to b...
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SAVING THE STRAYING
Matthew 18:10-20
How tenderly the Master speaks of the children! We must turn back to
become like them, Matthew 18:3. To cause them to stumble is to incur
terrible penalties, Mat...
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What a sad state of heart prompted this question! How absolutely
opposed to the whole genius of the Master's teaching and example! He
replied by an act, and a statement growing out of that act. The ch...
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(4) Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say
unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my
Father which is in heaven.
(4) The weaker that a man is, th...
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Their angels. The Jews also believed that men had their good angels,
or angels appointed to be their guardians. See Genesis xlviii. 16.
(Witham) --- Observe the dignity of the humble and little, whom...
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CHAPTER 34
GUARDIAN ANGELS
Matthew 18:10. _“See that you do not look with contempt on one of
these little ones; for I say unto you, Their angels, in the heavens,
do always behold the face of My Fathe...
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"Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that
offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! (8)
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and c...
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Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a
striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has
been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
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_SOURCES OF CONTEMPT_
‘Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say
unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of My
Father which is in heaven.’
Matthew 18:...
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10._Beware of despising one of these little ones _As pride is the
mother of disdain, and as contempt hardens men in giving _offense_,
our Lord, for the purpose of applying an appropriate remedy for cu...
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In chapter 18 the great principles proper to the new order of things
are made known to the disciples. Let us search a little into these
sweet and precious instructions of the Lord.
They may be looked...
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TAKE HEED THAT YE DESPISE NOT ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES,.... That is,
one of those little ones that believed in Christ; for he is not
speaking of infants in age, but of those who might be compared to
s...
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Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto
you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my
Father which is in heaven.
Ver. 10. _Take heed that ye despise...
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_See that ye despise not one of these little ones_ As if they were
beneath your notice. Be careful to _receive_, and not to _offend_, the
very weakest believer in Christ: for, as inconsiderable as som...
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THESE LITTLE ONES; these disciples of mine, who are little ones in
character. See note on ver Matthew 18:3. The precept has reference to
all Christ's humble followers, but is more especially applicabl...
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TAKE HEED THAT YE DESPISE NOT ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES; FOR I SAY UNTO
YOU, THAT IN HEAVEN THEIR ANGELS DO ALWAYS BEHOLD THE FACE OF MY
FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN....
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Warning against arrogance:...
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Though the Lord Jesus has been seen to forego His own rights, He who
is by right infinitely great, the disciples show the opposite attitude
in desiring some rights above those of others in the kingdom...
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7-14 Considering the cunning and malice of Satan, and the weakness
and depravity of men's hearts, it is not possible but that there
should be offences. God permits them for wise and holy ends, that
t...
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Our Saviour having before declared how dear believing souls are unto
him, though their quality or parts be not like others, here he gives
the world a further charge not to _despise, _ that is, not to...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I
The diverse sounds (he adds) are those which give form to that Aeon
who is without material substance and unbegotten, and these, again,
are the forms which the Lord h...
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Matthew 18:10 heed G3708 (G5720) not G3361 despise G2706 (G5661) one
G1520 these G5130 ones G3398 for...
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A POWERFUL WARNING AGAINST BEING A CAUSE OF STUMBLING TO YOUNG
BELIEVERS (18:5-10).
Jesus now moves on from a consideration of the need for His disciples
to have become ‘as little children' in regard...
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“See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to
you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my
Father who is in heaven.”
Then Jesus returns to His main theme. Lit...
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The whole chapter forms one discourse, delivered upon one occasion,
after the return to Capernaum, probably immediately succeeding the
miracle just mentioned. Two distinct topics are spoken of: the
_f...
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Matthew 18:10. SEE. Little ones are made to offend through contempt or
disregard for them in their littleness.
THESE LITTLE ONES. A direct address to the disciples in view of their
question: Who shal...
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DESPISE
(καταφρονησητε). Literally, "think down on," with the
assumption of superiority.THEIR ANGELS
(ο αγγελο αυτων). The Jews believed that each nation had a
guardian angel (Daniel 10:13; Daniel...
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ANGELS
(_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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Matthew 18:10
Think of His words, and you will see, first, that Jesus isolates each
of us, setting us one by one apart: "despise not _one;_" He is come to
save that one; "if one of them be gone astray...
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Matthew 18:10
I. What is meant to be impressed upon us by the text is that in our
carelessness about sin and God's service we stand, as it were, alone
in creation; that higher beings view with interes...
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Matthew 18:1. _At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying,
Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?_
The question we have sometimes heard asked in other forms, «Which is
the highest...
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CONTENTS: Sermon on the child text. Discipline in the church. Unity in
prayer. Law of forgiveness.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Peter.
CONCLUSION: Those are truly great who are truly humble and good, and...
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Matthew 18:1. _Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?_ The
comparative μειζων _greater,_ is put here for the superlative.
By the kingdom of heaven, they meant the worldly glory of the church
in...
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SEE THAT YOU DON'T DESPISE ANY OF THESE LITTLE ONES. In the Kingdom of
heaven, there are no unimportant people! The Jews [Pharisees, teachers
of the Law, Sadducees] believed they were the "elite" and...
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_Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones._
CONTEMPT
Look at the sources of contempt; and what are its correctives.
I. The sources of contempt.
1. Want of knowledge will produce cont...
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GUARDIAN ANGELS
In heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is
in heaven. Matthew 18:10.
Do you like a story with an angel in it? I do. There is a sort of
other-world feeling...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 18:1 The Community of the Messiah Revealed.
This is the fourth of Jesus’ five major teachings in Matthew’s
Gospel (see Introduction: Key Themes). Jesus instructs his disciples...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 18:10 The heavenly Father uses angels to
care for his childlike disciples (see Hebrews 1:14). ALWAYS SEE THE
FACE OF MY FATHER. These angels have c
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1-35
CHAPTER 18
_At that time came_, &c. There seems to be a discrepancy here with
Mark 9:31, where it is said that the disciples disputed about this
matter in the way, and that afterwards, when they...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 18:5. ONE SUCH LITTLE CHILD.—Whether literally or only
morally a little child. Our Saviour had reference, we doubt not, to
both phases of childhood. That He refers to literal...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 18:1
_Discourse concerning the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, and the
mutual duties of Christians_._ _(Mark 9:33; Luke 9:46-42.)...
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Now at the same time there came disciples to Jesus, saying, Who is the
greatest in the kingdom of heaven? (Matthew 18:1)
Oh, boy how they longed for this. You're talking about motivation, and
the disc...
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1 Corinthians 11:22; 1 Corinthians 16:11; 1 Corinthians 8:8; 1
Corinthians 9:22;...
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See that ye despise not one of these little ones — As if they were
beneath your notice. Be careful to receive and not to offend, the very
weakest believer in Christ: for as inconsiderable as some of t...
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Observe here, 1. cautionary direction given by Christ to the men of
the world concerning his members; TAKE HEED THAT YE DO NOT OFFEND ONE
OF MY LITTLE ONES; that is, that ye do not undervalue and negl...