XX. Jonah and Jesus.
MATT, xii 41. “The men of
Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall
condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas;
and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.”
I. WE are shown that there are different degrees of …
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 of …
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 direct …
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 that should come, …
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 Christ had been perfectly …
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 the
lips of another. Is …
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 was that He ad-
dressed …
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 shall be opened.”
THE …
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 has been inverted. The
wrong …
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 on the duty of …