INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
"VERS. 1 - 11. And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, & were come to Bethphage."
"All sorrows were for the hour quite swallowed up in the abounding blessedness." "Great is the blessedness of those who thus receive the Lord Jesus." "WHAT KIND OF A KING HE IS, AND WHAT KIND OF A KING HE CLAIMED TO BE." "It is a kingdom in which the king's laws are none of them written upon paper; they are written upon the heart." "It was a kingdom in which riches were no part whatever of its glory." "It was a kingdom without armed force." "He came to establish a kingdom without taxations. All its gifts are of love." "It was a kingdom of joy." "Disobedience hinders the advance of the gospel." "The glory of Christ is seen when He is publicly proclaimed as king." "When Christ came into Jerusalem, ALL WAS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERED. 'Hosanna' was changed into 'Crucify.'" "Entire consecration: - I. THE LORD HAS NEED OF YOU. 1. Your prayers. 2. Your praises. 3. Your talents. 4. He may need your most cherished one, that which your heart holds fastest." "HOW OUGHT WE TO PREPARE TO RECEIVE HIM? We must go forth to meet Him, (1) by a holy desire & longing for His presence; (2) by putting away our sinful habits & desires; ...(4) by obeying His laws; (5) by praying for a loving, forgiving spirit. Blessed Jesus, reign within us; cast down every imagination & every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of Thyself, & bring every thought into captivity to Thy holy will. Reign within us, till Thou hast put every enemy, every movement of our corrupt nature or the remnants of it, under Thy feet." "Vers. 12 - 14. And Jesus went into the temple of God, & cast out all them that sold." "The place human souls held communion with the Father cannot be common. The purification of the temple seems to be a striking intimation of the great purpose of His ministry, to purify God's worship everywhere, in the outward & inward temple, in the house, the heart, the life." "The temple itself is full of vacant worship. It resounds with rash vows & babbling voices. It is the house of God; but man has made it a nest of triflers, a fair of vanity, a den of thieves." "Vers. 15, 16. The children crying in the temple." "No one who has seen converted children will ever doubt their capacity for faith, in some respects greater than that of the adult. Their faith is more easy, vivid, effective." "CHILDREN ARE CAPABLE OF RENDERING, IN THE HANDS OF GOD, GOOD SERVICE." "Often guide blind souls to the light. Often guide strong men to some great action." "...what power is there in the conversion of a child" "GOD GLORIFIES HIMSELF IN LITTLE CHILDREN BY OFTEN MAKING THEM POWERFUL INSTRUMENTS OF GOOD TO OTHERS." "GOD AGAIN PERFECTS HIS PRAISE IN CHILDREN IN MAKING THEM CAPABLE OF RECEIVING & REFLECTING THE IMAGE OF CHRIST." "...it should be our great concern to own & honour Christ." "...the earlier we begin to own & honour Him, the more God's praise is thereby advanced." "...He will own & honour the young ones who are brought to own & honour Him. (John Guyse.)" "There is a story of a child who went to a prayer meeting summoned that they might pray for rain, & she took her umbrella with her. We pray, but we do not take our umbrellas. That is the very essence of faith - to expect a blessing & to be prepared for it." "Ver. 17. And he lodged there." "The comfort of domestic life is the most agreeable relief from the burden & heat of the day & its frequently tiresome business." "Vers. 17 - 21. And when He saw a fig-tree in the way, He came to it, & found nothing thereon." "The fig-tree represented immediately, we cannot doubt, in our Lord's intention, THE ACTUAL STATE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE." "The tree by the roadside was a visible symbol of the moral condition of Israel as it presented itself to the eye of Christ" "Many have the form of godliness who deny the power." "Those who persevere in hypocrisy may be bereft of the power of producing fruit." "Our profession without practice is but hypocritical, making us... like the fig-tree, which, having leaves but no figs, was accursed;" "Ver. 22. And all things whatsoever ye ask in prayer believing." "We cannot honour God more than by believing what He says, & acting upon that faith in all our requests at His throne." "...God as the Object whom we seek, Christ as the Mediator through whom we seek, & the Spirit as the Agent by whom we seek, complete the scheme of prayer. (J. Bate.)" "Prayer is the unfeigned language of the heart." "Vers. 28 - 32. A certain man had 2 sons; & he came to the first, & said, son, go work to-day." "What God looks for in all of us - work. 1. Inward. 2. Outward." "THIS MISSION IS 'WORK.'" "God says, 'Come,' before He says, 'Go;' 'Love Me,' before 'Work for Me.' He seeks not enforced toil of slaves, but cheerful obedience of sons. God's vineyard is not a playground in which to take our ease." "THE 'WORK' IS PRESSING & URGENT - to be done 'to-day.'" "Waste no longer the golden hours. (J. R. Bailey.)" "Make it your aim & desire to be gathering with God, rooting up evil where you can, fostering the growth of good where possible; shedding the light around you which may win souls to safety." "Go work to-day. To-morrow may be too late." "May God give us grace to do His will. (J. C. Gray.)" "This vineyard is the property of God." "Immediate obedience wise" "It is easier to break a colt & bring him to the saddle, than it is an old horse that runs wild in the wilderness; a young plant is sooner plucked up than an old tree." "Their whole profession collapsed like a burst bubble; they were proved to be shams, to be dealing in mere words with no idea of realities. (Marcus Dods, D. D.)" "Work & give, for the night cometh" "There are 1,000 men who wish, where there is 1 who wills" "A man may wish & yet reject all the steps & instruments by which that wish can be carried into effect." "Doing is obedience: - The question is, What have you done?" "Vers. 33 - 41. There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard." "The greatest privilege a man can enjoy is to have the kingdom of God entrusted to him. The greatest sin a man can commit is to reject Christ. (W. M. Taylor, D. D.)" "Learn - 1. To consider & value God's mercies... 2. To study our reception & use of them... 4. To remember that we too must give account. (J. C. Gray.)" "What fruit is it that God expecteth? 1. The fruit of faith & conversion. 2. The fruit of good works. 3. Fruits good in quality & quantity... 6. Fruit in due season. 7. Fruit according to gifts & grace received. 8. Fruit according to the places & stations wherein God hath set us. (Benj. Keach.)" "Ver. 42. The stone which the builders rejected." "The greatest MERCY that can ever be vouchsafed to a nation is God's giving His kingdom to it. (Bishop Stillingfleet.)" "Let Christ, as the stone does the corner, bind everything. He is the one cementing all that is true." "...every man who rejects Christ wounds his own conscience, hardens his own heart, makes himself a worse man." "Vers. 45, 46. They feared the multitude, because they took Him for a prophet." "The gospel cannot reach the heart without supernatural power of the Holy Spirit;" "In the outcasts of society there is not found that haughty self-reliance; the gospel is more welcome to them." The Biblical Illustrator, Baker, pgs. 465 - 492.
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Debra Ann Deckelman-Currie
10/15/2023 11:05:03 am
I enjoyed. your Blog. It was heart touching thank you.
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