--JOHN xiv. I choose rather to be a pilgrim upon the earth with Thee than without Thee to possess heaven. But then, the preacher is not addressing himself to you as to flesh and blood, but as to those who are possessed of a far higher principle, namely, the indwelling Spirit of God! Therefore the beatitudes do not differ from the virtues and gifts. A complete set of Spurgeon's sermons is available in e-text format from Ages Software. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." - Luke 6:38 "And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them like wise." We have not so learned Christ as to be pickers and choosers when the fruits of His lips are before us. Running over - So full that the measure would overflow. I can love those who love me, but loving those that hate me is another matter! Many judge their religion the other way about. I. HOW MUCH ARE WE TO GIVE? Conclusion. There is a great deal of goodgood under certain senses and aspects of the term, "good"in many unconverted people. So I pray that this simple message will haunt us: We need to see as Jesus saw and feel as Jesus felt so that we will do as Jesus did. 1. 2. If you go to your brother who has treated you so badly, and say, "Brother, we are going to be friends," and you manage to heal all wounds, you will not need any other reward! We may be decorated with gems which glitter and glow and yet they may be mere paste and none of them the work of God's Spirit. Luke 6:38. Only here in New Testament. (Matthew 5:46). Whether Poverty of Spirit is the Beatitude which Corresponds to the Gift of Fear. Think again, Brethren, we are helped to holy heroism by the reward which it brings, for our blessed Master, though He bids us spurn the thought of reward on earth, yet tells us that there is a reward in the thing itself! They have all talked with the ground on which they lived, and heard its answers. Be not astonished, for the Gospel is one of those thoughts of God which is not our thoughtthe whole system which Christ has ushered in is foreign to men, being as far above them as the heavens are above the earth! I know brothers who do not love the most affectionate and amiable of sisters and it is grievous to have to add that there are many husbands, brutal husbands, who do not love their wives who are sacrificing their lives out of love to them and their little ones. Take two boys in a class at college; two clerks in a shop in town. Spurgeon,At The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington,On Thursday Evening, February 26th, 1869. Episode 38: Pastors and Rural Ministry (with Nathaniel Williams) . From our ignorance, we ought to be cautious and merciful in our judgments, and from our own weakness, we should be forgiving to those who have trespassed against us. What is more than that? All gifts flow from God's "tender mercy" and fidelity to promises made. Some have broadly declared that there is no good thing in an unconverted man, but this is scarcely true. The nails tear through His feetthe feet of your Lord! And yet you call yourself a Christian? The response we shall receive from those we serve. "For if you love them which love you, what credit is that to you? Bengel says, "Pressed down, as dry articles; shaken together, as soft goods; running over, as liquids." You are not under Law, but under Grace and, being under Grace, you feel the force of a constraint even holier and higher than mere Law could put upon you. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. But I have met with men who have bitterly bewailed the ingratitude of those whom they had benefited. You would not forgive a fellow Christian the other day and you parted company with one who had been your friend for yearsand all for a hot word! The word "bosom" here has reference to a custom among Oriental nations of making the bosom or front part of their garments large, so that articles could be carried in them, answering the purpose of our pockets. You have paid an old debt as every honest man should do, but this does not prove you to be a Christian, for Christianity includes this and rises above it like the Alps above the surrounding plain! The Savior says, "Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat; neither for the body, what you shall put on. 2. Coupled with the power that flows out of Jesus so mercifully at the beginning of our passage, the power to do . It concerns love. 7 that fear is the beginning of the spiritual life, whereas poverty of spirit pertains to the perfection of the spiritual life, according to Matt. Luk 7:19. True Believers walk not after the flesh, nor do they mind the things of it, for they are clothed with the energy of the Spirit of God and by His power their lives are lifted above the common walks of men. But this is fanciful and incorrect. I will now close with the reflection that THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION SUPPLIES DUE NOURISHMENT. It is because we are puffed up with a high opinion S. And here it iswe are to love them that hate us and treat us despitefully! It checks licentiousness. Chapter 6 Jesus heals on the SabbathHe chooses the Twelve ApostlesHe pronounces blessings upon the obedient and woes upon the wicked. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knows that you have need of these things." If ye shall ask anything in My Name, I will do it. In the passage that we have been reading we evidently have a form of virtue which is quite out of the ordinary range of men's thoughts. What we want of Him is not merely His gifts; it is ourselves; He must give us them first. The certainty of having at length to yield the gift of life into the hand of God. Some of their measures they heaped, and some they did not: they say (b); "all the measures which were in the sanctuary, "were heaped", except the high priest's, and his heap was contained in it. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.' Compare Exodus 4:6-7; Proverbs 6:27; Ruth 3:15. good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. Luke 6:38(NASB) Verse Thoughts. "Give, and it shall be given unto you for with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." 3. C.H. Serenity amidst the uncertainties of life.--8, 9. After our measure we are to be the samewe are to aspire to the higher happiness of which our Lord said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." And yet if I had behaved one half as badly, there would have been rebellion and presumption in the deed! Men who are highly esteemed of themselves are seldom justified by the verdict of their fellow men. This ought to make professors very seriously in earnest to judge themselves lest they should mistake natural amiabil-. Rash judgments arise from pride. 1330God, the provider5465profit5556stewardship5856extravagance8262generosity, human8436giving, of possessions, 6126condemnation, human8844unforgiveness, 2042Christ, justice of5821criticism, among believers, Three Condensed Parables'And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceiveth not the beam that is in thine own eye? In Acts 27:39, the word is used of a bay in a beach, forming a bend in the land like the hollow of a robe. A Christian should be ready to give way. We shall, by shunning it, secure it! A doctrine from Him we value beyond the much fine gold and a command is equally high in our esteem. Do not make the mistake of saying that moral excellence is not good. Read full chapter. Divine providence is like a wheel . It is also true that we shall never understand really what Christian giving is until . The road is the same and men may travel in it apparently in the same directionand yet they may be journeying with totally different motivesthe first may be on the King's business, the next may be a footpad and the third an escaped convict running from justice. Sinners also perform their religious acts and besides these, some of them exhibit many external virtues and yet they manifestly fail to approach the standard or Christian virtue. 2. No. Luke 7 Luk 7:18. O Lord, what is my trust which I have in this life, or what is my greatest comfort of all the things which are seen under Heaven? Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down. For ye shall weep (Luke vi. For sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again." We have learned that, in order to enter the city of God and eat of the tree of life, we must do his commandments, and also that it is not "every one that sayeth, Lord, Lord, that shall C. Answer, distinguishing between Legal and Evangelical righteousness. WHO IS TO GIVE? See how they come! Most of the sermons not included in our collection are available from Emmet O'Donnell's excellent website in .pdf format. Or when could it be evil whilst Thou wert near? See, the iron pass through His handsit is your Lord who is thus maimed! 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. Dr. Lightfoot reads it, "flowing over"; by what authority I cannot say; though the gloss says, the word signifies, "flowing over, by reason of its height,''. It makes no practical difference, whether we assume that this was a real occurrence, or only an imaginary William G.T. We would that all men should do us good, and we would that none should do us harm. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.". Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. At that day ye shall ask in My Name." What have they got to show you? St. Paul says of the Macedonians that they "first gave their own selves unto the Lord." It makes no practical difference, whether we assume that this was a real occurrence, or only an imaginary, "Whatsoever ye shall ask in My Name, that will I do. The reward, then, consists in being like God. Last season, I ranked Colorado Avalanche players No. The St. James High track squad finished third in the boys' division of the 14-school Cuba Invitational, held Thursday, April 13. PREMIUM. Our Lord did not say that men would do anything of the kind. We might divide it into two rules: First, Do good to all; second, Do harm to none. Yet our Lord proposes a reward. The children of want, of sorrow, of spiritual destitution, both at home and abroad. I would bestir them as a lion arouses the young lions and urges them to the prey. Or he is silent while it is time to be silent and even in that silence there is an awe which is felt by those round about him. And if you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? when they stood and burned for Christ, felt in every pang thousand times rewarded by possessing the Grace which enabled them to endure to the end! Another point in which Christian heroism is seen is in humility and in delight in service. It seems that poverty of spirit is not the beatitude which corresponds to the gift of fear. in Monte i, 4) assigns the beatitudes recited by Matthew (v 3, seqq.) good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over. It is always right to speak the truth and truth obliges me to say as much as this. Dec 25, 2005. 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