INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
CHAPTER 7
"VER. 1. Judge not." "Our Saviour directs us to reform our own conduct before we undertake to sit in judgment on that of others." "God will punish those who have encroached upon His rights, & who have trampled down the rules of justice & charity. (H. Kollack, D. D.)" "Vers. 3-5. The mote that is in thy brother's eye." "...sin may exist in man to an enormous extent, & YET HE BE UNCONSCIOUS OF IT. 'the beam.'" "It is only when we have wrestled with & overcome our own besetting sins, that we have the insight & tact to direct others how to overcome theirs." "He that cleanses a blot with blurred fingers will make a greater blot." "Ver. 6. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs." "...we know that sacred things are so liable to be abused by profane persons." "Ver. 7. Ask, & it shall be given you." "Prayer is not an experiment." "Prayer not a runaway knock: - Watch in prayer to see what cometh. Foolish boys, that knock at a door in wantonness, will not stay till somebody cometh to open to them; but a man that hath business will knock, & knock again, till he gets his answer. (J. Manton.)" "Prayer is not chiefly a petition for something that we want & do not possess. It is intercourse with God, often seeking no end. If prayer is to be persevered in, it must be on the conviction that it heard by a living Person." "Ver. 9. A stone. - The bread of God's Word not to be petrified by preachers" "To turn stones into bread was a temptation of our Master, but how many of His servants yield readily to the far worse temptation to turn bread into stone!" "The inspired Word is to us spirit & life, & we cannot afford to have it hardened" "...sublime, but cold; majestic, but lifeless; (C. H. Spurgeon.)" "Vers. 9-11. How much more shall your Father." "He feels the tenderest concern for us. We have freedom of access to Him." "God surpasses every earthly parent in His nearness & observation." "The love of parents is far exceeded by the love of God." "Ver. 12. That men should do to you, do ye even so to them." "Labour to understand truly every man's condition so far as you have opportunity." "The golden rule" "That we practise toward our neighbour in such a manner as our hearts & consciences would think it reasonable he should practise towards us in a like case." "Vers. 13, 14. Enter ye in at the strait gate. - The strait gate not a shut gate" "God has told us the way is difficult." "If you are in the narrow way be thankful. (Dr. J. Matthews.)" "The broad way is easiest." "THE WAY OF DESTRUCTION. 1. The gate into it is wide. 2. The way itself is broad. 3. It is the way along which the great bulk of mankind are traveling." "THE WAY OF LIFE. 1. The gate into is is strait. 2. The way itself is narrow. 3. It is a way little traveled." "LET US JUDGE AS TO WHICH WAY WE ARE WALKING IN. (E. Cooper.)" "The way of sin easy: - You have nothing more to do than lie like a withered leaf upon the stream, & without a thought or an effort you are carried quickly down. Sinners do not find it difficult to sin." "Ver. 15. Beware of false prophets. - The false & the true" "A false prophet is one who assumes the office without a call from God, or who puts forward his own thoughts as if they had Divine sanction." "Vers. 16-20. Know them by their fruits." "By their FRUITS ye shall know them."
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September 2023
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