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Jesus' Need
"And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?"
(Matt. 26:40)
There is always that danger in religion,--the danger of regarding God as a servant, rather than as One u ... read more
Receiving the Reward
"They have received their reward"
(Matt. 6:2).
By demanding that worldliness should not be allowed even worldly success, we land ourselves with an insoluble problem: directly we discover that life does not work like that at all. The prosperity and ... read more
Sympathizing With Others
"Son, be of good cheer, thy sins are forgiven"
(Matt. 9:2).
I do not find for one moment that my sinfulness makes it easier for me to fathom and to sympathize with the moral need of others. Quite the contrary I find that my own harsh judgments o ... read more
Testing Our Weakness
"And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water"
(Matt. 14:28).
None of us knows what his weaknesses and his powers are, nor how exactly life will test them; but it is quite certain that we shall never k ... read more
The Nature of the Heart
"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these"
(Matt. 6:28-29).
The beauty of the flowers reveals something about the ... read more
The Tragedy of Success
"Woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation"
(Luke 6:24).
To Jesus the terrible thing about having wrong values in life and pursuing wrong things, is not that you are doomed to bitter disappointment, but that you are not; ... read more
Two Worlds
"Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?...They say unto him, We are able"
(Matt. 20:22).
There is always a certain obliquity, a certain element of cross-purpose, a certain displacement of perspective and vision, between a leader ... read more
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