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Fig Trees, Church, Mustard Seed of Jesus: Souls are healed, made Straight (Our Lord Jesus Christ Book 9)

Fig Trees, Church, Mustard Seed of Jesus: Souls are healed, made Straight (Our Lord Jesus Christ Book 9)

St. Luke Evangelist Doctor Luke
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1. It must moderate our censure, not only that we are sinners, but that we are as great sinners as they, have as much sin to repent of as they had to suffer for. That therefore we are all concerned to repent, to be sorry for what we have done amiss, and to do so no more.
2. That repentance is the way to escape perishing, and it is a sure way: so iniquity shall not be your ruin, but upon no other terms. That, if we repent not, we shall certainly perish, as others have done before us.
3. This fig-tree belonged to a certain man, that owned it, and was at expense upon it. The church of God is his vineyard, distinguished from the common, and fenced about. We are fig-trees planted in this vineyard by our baptism; we have a place and a name in the visible church, and this is our privilege and happiness. It is a distinguishing favor:
4. Reprieves may be obtained by the prayers of others for us, but not pardons; there must be our own faith, and repentance, and prayers, else no pardon. How he promises to improve this reprieve, if it be obtained:Till I shall dig about it, and dung it, In general, our prayers must always be seconded with our endeaours.
5. They can in no wise lift up themselves to God and heaven; the bent of the soul, in its natural state, is the quite contrary way. Such crooked souls seek not to Our Lord Jesus Christ; but he calls them to him, lays the hand of his power and grace upon them, speaks a healing word to them, by which he looses them from their infirmity, makes the soul straight, reduces it to order, raises it above worldly regards, and directs its affections and aims heavenward.
6. It would be a barbarous thing not to do it; for a merciful man regards the life of his beast, his own beast that serves him. Letting the cattle rest on the sabbath day, as the law directed, would be worse than working them, if they must be made to fast on that day, as the Ninevites’ cattle on their fast-day, that were not permitted to feed nor drink water.
7. "You expect it will appear great, and will arrive at its perfection all of a sudden; but you are mistaken, it is like a grain of mustard-seed, a little thing, takes up but little room, makes but a little figure, and promises but little; yet, when sown in soil proper to receive it, it waxes a great tree,’’
8. We have a question put to our Lord Jesus Christ. Who it was that put it we are not told, whether a friend or a foe; for he both gave a great liberty of questioning him and returned answers to the thoughts and intents of the heart. The question was, Are there few that are saved?: ei oligoi hoi sozomenoi —"If the saved be few? Master, I have heard thou shouldest say so; is it true?’’
9. They had been Our Lord Jesus Christ’s guests, had had an intimate converse with him, and had shared in his favors: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, at thy table. Judas Iscariot ate bread with Our Lord Jesus Christ, dipped with him in the dish. Hypocrites, under the disguise of their external profession, receive the Lord’s supper, and in it partake of the children’s bread, as if they were children.
10. "I know that I must die, and must die shortly; I expect it, and count upon it, the third day,’’ that is, "very shortly; my hour is at hand.’’ It will help us very much above the fear of death, and of them that have the power of death, to make death familiar to us, to expect it, think of it, and converse with it, and see it at the door. "If Herod should kill me, he will not surprise me.’’
Language
English
Pages
29
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Fidelis I. Omegbu
Release
February 03, 2014

Fig Trees, Church, Mustard Seed of Jesus: Souls are healed, made Straight (Our Lord Jesus Christ Book 9)

St. Luke Evangelist Doctor Luke
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1. It must moderate our censure, not only that we are sinners, but that we are as great sinners as they, have as much sin to repent of as they had to suffer for. That therefore we are all concerned to repent, to be sorry for what we have done amiss, and to do so no more.
2. That repentance is the way to escape perishing, and it is a sure way: so iniquity shall not be your ruin, but upon no other terms. That, if we repent not, we shall certainly perish, as others have done before us.
3. This fig-tree belonged to a certain man, that owned it, and was at expense upon it. The church of God is his vineyard, distinguished from the common, and fenced about. We are fig-trees planted in this vineyard by our baptism; we have a place and a name in the visible church, and this is our privilege and happiness. It is a distinguishing favor:
4. Reprieves may be obtained by the prayers of others for us, but not pardons; there must be our own faith, and repentance, and prayers, else no pardon. How he promises to improve this reprieve, if it be obtained:Till I shall dig about it, and dung it, In general, our prayers must always be seconded with our endeaours.
5. They can in no wise lift up themselves to God and heaven; the bent of the soul, in its natural state, is the quite contrary way. Such crooked souls seek not to Our Lord Jesus Christ; but he calls them to him, lays the hand of his power and grace upon them, speaks a healing word to them, by which he looses them from their infirmity, makes the soul straight, reduces it to order, raises it above worldly regards, and directs its affections and aims heavenward.
6. It would be a barbarous thing not to do it; for a merciful man regards the life of his beast, his own beast that serves him. Letting the cattle rest on the sabbath day, as the law directed, would be worse than working them, if they must be made to fast on that day, as the Ninevites’ cattle on their fast-day, that were not permitted to feed nor drink water.
7. "You expect it will appear great, and will arrive at its perfection all of a sudden; but you are mistaken, it is like a grain of mustard-seed, a little thing, takes up but little room, makes but a little figure, and promises but little; yet, when sown in soil proper to receive it, it waxes a great tree,’’
8. We have a question put to our Lord Jesus Christ. Who it was that put it we are not told, whether a friend or a foe; for he both gave a great liberty of questioning him and returned answers to the thoughts and intents of the heart. The question was, Are there few that are saved?: ei oligoi hoi sozomenoi —"If the saved be few? Master, I have heard thou shouldest say so; is it true?’’
9. They had been Our Lord Jesus Christ’s guests, had had an intimate converse with him, and had shared in his favors: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, at thy table. Judas Iscariot ate bread with Our Lord Jesus Christ, dipped with him in the dish. Hypocrites, under the disguise of their external profession, receive the Lord’s supper, and in it partake of the children’s bread, as if they were children.
10. "I know that I must die, and must die shortly; I expect it, and count upon it, the third day,’’ that is, "very shortly; my hour is at hand.’’ It will help us very much above the fear of death, and of them that have the power of death, to make death familiar to us, to expect it, think of it, and converse with it, and see it at the door. "If Herod should kill me, he will not surprise me.’’
Language
English
Pages
29
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Fidelis I. Omegbu
Release
February 03, 2014

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