XIX. The Easy Yoke and the Light Burden.
MATT. xi. 30. “For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.” I. THE yoke of Christ is easy, and His burden is light, because we bear it with the approbation of conscience. A burden which does not consist…
XVIII. Learning of Christ.
MATT. xi. 29. “Learn of Me.” JESUS is the Great Teacher, but that will be of no avail unless we are also great learners. We may “learn of,” or, as the word means, “from Christ,”— I. By listening to His…
XVII. The Gospel to the Poor.
MATT. xi. 5. “The poor have the gospel preached to them.” THESE words are part of a message sent by Christ to one who was beginning to be offended in Him. His answer to the Baptist’s question, “Art thou He…
XVI. Looking for Another Christ.
MATT. xi. 3. “Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another.” THE question does not imply any failure of faith in Christ; it implies a doubt whether the true nature of the purpose and work of…
XV. The Mutual Confession of Christ and His Disciples.
MATT. x. 32. “Whosoever, therefore, shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven.” FAMILIAR words these, but very wonderful words. How astonished should we be if we heard these words from…
XIV. A Miracle of Healing.
MATT, ix 6. “But that ye may know that the Son of man hath, power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith He to the sick of the palsy) Arise, take up thy bed.” THE general groove of Christ’s miracles…
XIII. Prayer.
MATT. vii. 8. “Ask and it shall be given unto you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you. Every one that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it…
XII. The Kingdom First.
MATT. vi. 35. “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” IT is a part of the confusion with which our world is crowded, that the order of things…
XI. God’s Providential Care.
MATT. vi. 30. “Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which, to- day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith.” OUR Lord is insisting…
X. Thy will be done.
MATT. vi. 13. “Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.” THE chief meaning of this petition is not that we should suffer, but that we should act. With very earnest and firm resolve we should set…