"All the commandments," saith he, "I have kept from my youth: What lack I yet?" He changes the earthly into the heavenly. The Day of Judgment will frustrate many expectations.(M. Instead of lands, he is sufficient to himself, having good fruit which cannot perish. But all Christians must share their spirit. He is the heavenly Bridegroom. 2. The reward of those who leave all for his sake. The security of those who are poor for the gospel's sake.2. He changes the corrupt into the spiritual. We must "use this world, as not abusing it" (1 Corinthians 7:31). 40). He raises the spiritually dead into a Divine life. ( Ambrose. They will not regard virtue as its own reward. A. But the Christian life is no mere negative thing the quenching of the love of the temporal; it is the following of Christ. What, then, led St. Peter to say, "What shall we have therefore?" God has made the family and cemented it with love. It is the overpowering force of the sun's attraction that regulates the motion of the planets; it is the overwhelming attraction of the earth that neutralizes the mutual attraction of things upon its surface, and prevents them from inconveniently clinging together. Watching from Sun City West, Arizona TRUMP 2024 . What, then, led St. Peter to say, "What shall we have therefore?" Is this honour to be confined to the original disciples? In the preceding verses we have an account of a young man who came running to our Lord, and kneeling down, not in hypocrisy, but in deep earnestness of soul, and said unto him, "Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" He is the fulness of all good. xix. It is not by abstract considerations we usually judge of duty, but by contemplating actual and living relations. As the first in their own and in the world's esteem should be really the last, so the last shall be first. He is all and in all. A man is not called upon to endanger his working capital, but to consecrate it. We are all under the most sacred obligation to hold the possession of earthly things in subservience to the service of Christ.2. But He who "for the joy which was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame" (Hebrews 12:2), permits the inquiry of the text when made in the spirit of hope and thankfulness. As the Son of God, He claims supreme homage and entire obedience: as Mediator, He has a peculiar claim, because we are the subjects of His all-prevailing intercession. It was as much as to say, "What condescension that thou hast chosen us, such as we are, for so great a vocation!" R. Day, D. D.)The hundred-fold recompenseH. We must look at the awful alternative. The fellowship of the saints. He will then fulfil the promise of eternal life. We should interpret Jesus' parables as making essentially one point. Chapter 12 Flashcards | Quizlet The outward acts of religion, necessary as they are, will not compensate for a worldly spirit. He is the boundless source of moral influence. Melvill, B. D.This reply of our Lord as furnishing guidance for us in our endeavours to act upon men and persuade them to give heed to religion. OUR LORD'S REPLY TO ST. PETER'S QUESTION WAS AN ENCOURAGING ONE. ^A Matt. "What shall we have therefore?" They will not regard virtue as its own reward. But further, instead of pride there was, we believe, humility in this utterance. But the duty is clear, and the difficulty of discharging it will not excuse its neglect. )What called forth this question? They judge others by their own standard and motives. He is the friend beloved. )The reward of self-sacrificeLapide.This implies 1. They felt the greatness of the love which had called them, and their own unworthiness of the dignity. Nor is it a sordid movement of soul to desire to look over the hills of time into the glories of the eternal world. Is it not true happiness to derive present and everlasting joy in the contemplation of so pre-eminent an object of love; to experience the transforming influence of His Spirit and truth changing us into His likeness; and to enter into living and effectual relation with Him, all whose names are significant of unlimited blessing? It is not necessary for a man to love God more that he love family less. THE CHRISTIAN DISCIPLE ENGAGED IN DUTIES OF CHRISTIAN PROFESSION. The rules of the gospel bend to wealth; and a Christian has a larger expectancy of possessing the good things of this life. Barker. He did not find fault with the question, knowing the purity of motive which prompted it. But the Christian life is no mere negative thing the quenching of the love of the temporal; it is the following of Christ. In what sense, then, will the Apostles sit with Christ and judge the world? They left everything and followed him Luke 5:1-11 - Sermons and Studies "What things were gain to them, these they counted loss for Christ."(J. WE MUST BE SAVED if we would serve the Lord. He changes the corrupt into the spiritual. It involved(1)being thrust out of synagogue;(2)ceaseless combat with the world opinions, fashions;(3)arduous labours.III. It is the overpowering force of the sun's attraction that regulates the motion of the planets; it is the overwhelming attraction of the earth that neutralizes the mutual attraction of things upon its surface, and prevents them from inconveniently clinging together. Pool.This is an awakening sentence to the best of men. THAT IN SUSTAINING THIS CHARACTER PAINFUL SACRIFICES MUST FREQUENTLY BE MADE. Watch NEWSMAX LIVE for the latest news and analysis on today's top stories, right here on Facebook. 1. He is the way to the Father, and to the soul's everlasting home. )Hundredfold rewardM. 29 "Truly I tell you," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fieldsalong with persecutionsand in the age to come eternal life. They are two. As God, He claims our adoration: as Man, our lively affection. And besides this, by the judgment of approbation. Love, not selfishness, prompts all sacrifice made for Christ. It is the overpowering force of the sun's attraction that regulates the motion of the planets; it is the overwhelming attraction of the earth that neutralizes the mutual attraction of things upon its surface, and prevents them from inconveniently clinging together. )The first lastM. ^a 13 Then were there brought ^b 13 And they were bringing ^a unto him little children, { ^c also their babes,} that he should touch them: ^a that he should lay his hands on them, and pray [According to Buxtorf, children were often brought to the presidents of the synagogue in order that they might pray over them. C. NASB And Jesus said to them, 'Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in theregeneration when the Son of Man will sit onHis glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. They should have some great honour, some mysterious union with Christ in His exaltation, as they now had fellowship with Him on earth. A wild country is spread before us, with numerous paths, by-ways, and intersecting roads. They felt the greatness of the love which had called them, and their own unworthiness of the dignity. We Have Left Everything to Follow You! - Getting to Know Jesus An event had just taken place which had made a deep impression on the minds of the disciples.I. Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular. It is a new order of life - exalted being, enlarged capacity. Pool.We must not understand this of an hundredfold in specie, but in value. "My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me, saith the Lord, the Fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no waters" (Jeremiah 2:13). R. Day, D. D.)The hundred-fold recompenseH. Should we not forsake all to follow Him, and to be received into His everlasting friendship? This the final consummation. He has the joys of sense, and others much higher and richer in the green pastures. The security of those who are poor for the gospel's sake.2. It is not merely world-surrender, but self-surrender which Christ demands. Here, again, we must magnify the remunerative power of Him in whose cause the sacrifice is made, rather than depreciate the sacrifice itself. We must look at the awful alternative. )The Christian's possessionHe who has left all things begins to possess God; and he who has God for his portion is the possessor of all nature. There is a difference between that sacrifice which brings everything to God, to be regarded as His, and that slavery which dispossesses of all worldly goods and earthly affections in order to appease the heart of the infinite Creator. When a beloved friend arrives, business and pleasure are alike abandoned, for the joy of his society. 28 Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And besides this, by the judgment of approbation. An event had just taken place which had made a deep impression on the minds of the disciples. Melvill, B. D.This reply of our Lord as furnishing guidance for us in our endeavours to act upon men and persuade them to give heed to religion. Try by meditation to gain a clearer view of our Lord's example. He is the centre of all moral power. So with regard to worldly possessions. Luke 18:28 "Look," said Peter, "we have left all we had to follow You." What more blessed than Divine possession? As God, He claims our adoration: as Man, our lively affection. But at length a bright "way" appears, and it is seen to lead upwards, and to terminate in a glorious "city of habitation." Gray. But there will be a throne in the future world. They will be Christ's court, His princes, marked out from others by special glory and blessedness as the recompense of their allegiance to Him. Gray. They judge others by their own standard and motives. Jesus began by calling people to believe in him, to put their trust in him and follow him. But there will be a throne in the future world. They should have some great honour, some mysterious union with Christ in His exaltation, as they now had fellowship with Him on earth. The conflict is only apparent, as our true interest is always on the side of duty. It is " the attraction," not because of its mere novelty, but because it comprises all the subjects and all the excellences of every other work, and displays them with unrivalled power. )The joy of the virtuousIf, instead of the perturbation of anger and fury, you weigh the perpetual calmness of the mind; for the torment of anxiety and distraction, the quiet of security; for the fruitless and penal sadness of the world, the fruit of sorrow unto salvation; for the vanity of worldly joy, the richness of spiritual delight: you will perceive that the recompense of such an exchange is a hundredfold. He is the pre-eminent object of moral attraction. He is the boundless source of moral influence. We have no sympathy with such men. Is this honour to be confined to the original disciples? It involved(1)being thrust out of synagogue;(2)ceaseless combat with the world opinions, fashions;(3)arduous labours.III. He changes the earthly into the heavenly. H. Hatchings, M. He has the joys of sense, and others much higher and richer in the green pastures. They loved Him. It seems youre still carrying her in your heart.. (1)Present peace;(2)joy of discipleship;(3)anticipation of sharing in future results of all Christian work;(4)the final rest and reward.(J. He raises the spiritually dead into a Divine life. They loved Him. ( Ambrose. )The reward of self-sacrificeLapide.This implies 1. Yes, it was not much, but it was all, and the sacrifice is to be measured not by the amount which is surrendered, but by the love which prompted it. Many of these tracks are toilsome, but supposed to lead to the possession of some profit and gain; many are pleasant, but of doubtful issue; many are perilous; many are evidently ways of perdition. Exemption from eternal death, and the inheritance of everlasting life. Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table . It is difficult to treat of the virtue of the soul, which is called Continence, in a manner fully suitable and worthy; but He, whose great gift this virtue is, will help our littleness under the burden of so great a weight. Christ had bidden the rich youth to give up all, and St. Peter now says, "'We have done this we have forsaken all. If thou wouldest be perfect.'--ST. "What shall we have therefore?" It will not do, constituted as men are, to enlarge to them abstractedly on the beauty of holiness and on the satisfaction derivable from a conscience at rest. Then comes another question: If I am a follower of Christ, what is to be my attitude towards the world's amusements and pleasures. Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. Barker. Pool.This is an awakening sentence to the best of men. He is the way to the Father, and to the soul's everlasting home. Many of these tracks are toilsome, but supposed to lead to the possession of some profit and gain; many are pleasant, but of doubtful issue; many are perilous; many are evidently ways of perdition. xix. The last in their own esteem. Looking forward to an inspiring day! But there will come a time when the text will have a certain literalness about it, when "there will be no question as to what we leave, but what we are going to find? Is there anything else the Lord is inviting us to let go of? No teacher nor doctrine can produce a transformation like this; the all-powerful influence is with Christ alone. Then some people think that if they love Jesus Christ, they must be careful not to love wife and children too much. What shall we have? Unlike most rabbis, Jesus takes the initiative when calling his disciples. You are reluctant to lose the pleasures of earth. R. Day, D. D.)The hundred-fold recompenseH. He was the first American that we know of who died in Syria fighting for ISIS, the Islamic State. [4875] From the mention of Galilee by St. Matthew, and by St. Luke of Samaria and Galilee - or more correctly, between (along the frontiers of) Samaria and Galilee,' we may conjecture that, on leaving Ephraim, Christ made a very brief detour along the northern, As we near the goal, the wondrous story seems to grow in tenderness and pathos. The fellowship of the saints. https://gettingtoknowjesus.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/SEPTEMBER-GTKJ-15_1-2-PODCAST.mp3, http://gettingtoknowjesus.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/SEPTEMBER-GTKJ-07_1-2-PODCAST.mp3, The Lords Prayer: Understanding the Deeper Meaning. He raises the spiritually dead into a Divine life. Contentment. The nearest place to Christ and most perfect union with Him.5. Pool.). They should have some great honour, some mysterious union with Christ in His exaltation, as they now had fellowship with Him on earth. We have no sympathy with such men. Im sure weve all left something at the river in order to follow Jesus our family, our career plans, a relationship, a sinful habit, or perhaps our pride. Jesus comes, He calls to us; He announces the joyful news of reconciliation with God. The Faith To Follow Everyone has the gift of faith. Our sacrifices have been joys to achieve in faith and love. In a gallery of paintings, comprising portraits, allegories, historic scenes, and ideal creations, one grand masterpiece, long concealed, is at length uncovered and disclosed to view. 15-17. He is the fulness of all good. Melvill, B. D.This reply of our Lord as furnishing guidance for us in our endeavours to act upon men and persuade them to give heed to religion. Our sacrifices have been joys to achieve in faith and love. Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural. The other was just a novice, having joined the monastery only a few months ago. We have no sympathy with such men. Detachment from the creature is useless unless it leads to attachment to the Creator. In what sense, then, will the Apostles sit with Christ and judge the world? It is the overpowering force of the sun's attraction that regulates the motion of the planets; it is the overwhelming attraction of the earth that neutralizes the mutual attraction of things upon its surface, and prevents them from inconveniently clinging together. As God, He claims our adoration: as Man, our lively affection. All things are delivered unto Me of My Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him." Try by meditation to gain a clearer view of our Lord's example. An infinite compensation; a blissful result of self-denial. )Hundredfold rewardM. 1 I. Jesus Who Chose The Fishermen, Himself also useth a net, and changeth place for place. He changes the earthly into the heavenly. Why? There is a difference between that sacrifice which brings everything to God, to be regarded as His, and that slavery which dispossesses of all worldly goods and earthly affections in order to appease the heart of the infinite Creator. BREAKING FOX NEWS July 26, 2023 | Fox News - Facebook They will not regard virtue as its own reward. Our sacrifices have been joys to achieve in faith and love. Here is an advantage promised as to the present life. We remind you of the inexhaustibleness of God; He is the Proprietor of both worlds. He was impetuous, affectionate, generous. It is not merely world-surrender, but self-surrender which Christ demands. Christ had bidden the rich youth to give up all, and St. Peter now says, "'We have done this we have forsaken all. But he views himself as the steward of God, and does not allow it to imperil his soul's salvation. But He who "for the joy which was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame" (Hebrews 12:2), permits the inquiry of the text when made in the spirit of hope and thankfulness. We are not called, as Apostles were, actually to forsake all, and to follow Christ. He was thrilled with gratitude at the thought of the grace which had enabled him to do what others had not done. We must "use this world, as not abusing it" (1 Corinthians 7:31). )The gain greater than the lossJ. They will not regard virtue as its own reward. Melvill, B. D.)Forsaking all to follow ChristJ. To accompany, attend, follow. It is not by abstract considerations we usually judge of duty, but by contemplating actual and living relations. So with regard to worldly possessions. We do not wish to deprecate these; all your senses are against our arguments. He is all and in all. If any man has a right to the pleasures of the earth, it is His disciple; he has a right to inherit its fruits, blessings. H. Hatchings, M. So with regard to worldly possessions. Joy in the Holy Ghost, peace of conscience, the sense of God's love; so as, with the Apostles, they shall rejoice that the)" are thought worthy to suffer for Christ.2. Christ had bidden the rich youth to give up all, and St. Peter now says, "'We have done this we have forsaken all. It is 1. It was a progressive love.II. The rules of the gospel bend to wealth; and a Christian has a larger expectancy of possessing the good things of this life. He was thrilled with gratitude at the thought of the grace which had enabled him to do what others had not done. MATTHEW xix 21. Jesus comes, He calls to us; He announces the joyful news of reconciliation with God. But if he follows duty as against apparent interest, we assert that he engages on his side all the aids of Providence, if you cannot be religious but through bankruptcy, let not your name in the Gazette scare you from inscribing it in the Lamb's book of life. He was impetuous, affectionate, generous. We are all under the most sacred obligation to hold the possession of earthly things in subservience to the service of Christ.2. This is a mistake. Here there is to be sacrifice, toil, poverty, martyrdom. What more blessed than Divine possession? We remind you of the inexhaustibleness of God; He is the Proprietor of both worlds. He was thrilled with gratitude at the thought of the grace which had enabled him to do what others had not done. This was the second thing which our Lord demanded of the rich youth. [2066] To whom He saith, "Not all receive this saying. )What called forth this question? OUR LORD'S REPLY TO ST. PETER'S QUESTION WAS AN ENCOURAGING ONE. "My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me, saith the Lord, the Fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no waters" (Jeremiah 2:13). The last in worldly esteem. It is the apparent conflict between duty and interest which causes us in a variety of cases to disobey God and withstand the pleadings of conscience. Behold! For what is more precious than God? A principality of grace, happiness, and glory, that inasmuch as they are princes of the kingdom of heaven, they should have the right of judging, and of admitting into it those who are worthy, and excluding the unworthy. I shall notice, first of all, the command; secondly, I shall try and bring some reasons for your obedience to it; and afterwards, I shall draw some suggestions from the law itself. Perfect does not consist in the mere abandonment of external goods. The nearest place to Christ and most perfect union with Him.5. It was as much as to say, "What condescension that thou hast chosen us, such as we are, for so great a vocation!" )The reward of self-sacrificeLapide.This implies 1. Barker., W. H. Hatchings, M. A.I. 27 Peter answered him, "We have left everything to follow you! He was thrilled with gratitude at the thought of the grace which had enabled him to do what others had not done. 28 Then Peter spoke up, "We have left everything to follow you !" 29 "Truly I tell you," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields along. The privilege of judging.3. As if truly it could be easily unfolded in words, how greatly profiteth what the Lord, in answer to that rich man who was seeking counsel of laying hold on eternal life, told him to do if he would fain be perfect: sell that he had, distribute all to the indigence, 1. Try by meditation to gain a clearer view of our Lord's example. 30, xx. 1. God sometimes repays them in this life, as He restored Job after his trial to greater riches.(M. What more blessed than Divine possession? False. Melvill, B. D.This reply of our Lord as furnishing guidance for us in our endeavours to act upon men and persuade them to give heed to religion. He is the realization of every Divine idea. As the first in their own and in the world's esteem should be really the last, so the last shall be first. An event had just taken place which had made a deep impression on the minds of the disciples.I. It is Difficult to Treat of the virtue of the Soul1. Take the case of the YOUNG. God has made the family and cemented it with love. 5:11. )The first lastM. The reward they anticipate. It is the divinely appointed condition of salvation. But further, instead of pride there was, we believe, humility in this utterance. "What shall we have therefore?" They shall have a contented frame of spirit with the little that is left to them; though they have not so much to drink as they had, yet they shall have less thirst (Philippians 4:11, 12).3. We are all under the most sacred obligation to hold the possession of earthly things in subservience to the service of Christ. Joy in the Holy Ghost, peace of conscience, the sense of God's love; so as, with the Apostles, they shall rejoice that the)" are thought worthy to suffer for Christ.2. Here, again, we must magnify the remunerative power of Him in whose cause the sacrifice is made, rather than depreciate the sacrifice itself. This the final consummation. He is the fulness of all good. They can have no share in His judiciary authority. Some say "that a Christian must renounce all the world, all its gains, and pleasure." What does it mean to follow Jesus Christ? What shall we have? We ought first to know that there are no good works except those which God has commanded, even as there is no sin except that which God has forbidden. It is " the attraction," not because of its mere novelty, but because it comprises all the subjects and all the excellences of every other work, and displays them with unrivalled power. Should we not forsake all to follow Him, and to be received into His everlasting friendship? It is not merely world-surrender, but self-surrender which Christ demands. He is the realization of every Divine idea. Here, again, we must magnify the remunerative power of Him in whose cause the sacrifice is made, rather than depreciate the sacrifice itself. The bride forsakes her father's house, her country, her early associates for the bridegroom.2. xix. [2094] Take ye each his sacrifices, and enter ye into the courts [2095] of the Lord, not of necessity, having power over your own will. A man says he must sell his goods on the Sabbath in order to support his family, his interest demands it. Then some people think that if they love Jesus Christ, they must be careful not to love wife and children too much. CHRIST IS THE PRE-EMINENT OBJECT AND THE BOUNDLESS SOURCE OF ALL MORAL ATTRACTION AND INFLUENCE.1. xix. They should have some great honour, some mysterious union with Christ in His exaltation, as they now had fellowship with Him on earth. )What called forth this question? Immediately all others are forsaken; the admiring gaze is directed to this. He was impetuous, affectionate, generous. Jesus comes, He calls to us; He announces the joyful news of reconciliation with God. The forsaking is the preliminary of the following. We must "use this world, as not abusing it" (1 Corinthians 7:31). For many that are first in profession, first in the opinion of others, first in their own opinion and confidence, at the Day of Judgment will be found to be last in Mine and My Father's esteem and reckoning; and many who make not so great a noise, nor have so great a name and repute in the world, and who have the lowest and meanest opinion of themselves will be found first and highest in My favour. It is not by abstract considerations we usually judge of duty, but by contemplating actual and living relations. A principality of grace, happiness, and glory, that inasmuch as they are princes of the kingdom of heaven, they should have the right of judging, and of admitting into it those who are worthy, and excluding the unworthy.(Lapide. Whatever St. Peter's faults may have been, certainly he was the last man to think of payment for service, or of reward. If any man has a right to the pleasures of the earth, it is His disciple; he has a right to inherit its fruits, blessings. It is 1. They will be Christ's court, His princes, marked out from others by special glory and blessedness as the recompense of their allegiance to Him. I left everything to follow You. Not only that He may gain more of those who love God by His visitation; but also, as it seems to me, that He may hallow more places.

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