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LESSON 013 – Luke 10:42

A Sermon
(No. 1015)
Delivered on Lord’s-day Morning, October 15th, 1871 by

C. H. SPURGEON
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington

“But one thing is needful.”— Luke 10:42

WE HAVE no difficulty whatever in deciding what the one thing is. We are not allowed to say that it is the Saviour, for he is not a thing; and we are not permitted to say that it is attention to our own salvation, for although that would be true, it is not mentioned in the context. The one thing needful evidently is that which Mary chose—that good part which should not be taken away from her. Very clearly this was to sit at Jesus’ feet and hear his word. This and nothing less, this and nothing more.

The Weight Of Glory

By C.S. Lewis

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Preached originally as a sermon in the

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford,

on June 8, 1942: published in

THEOLOGY, November, 1941,

and by the S.P.C.K, 1942

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If you asked twenty good men to-day

what they thought the highest of

the virtues, nineteen of them would

reply, Unselfishness. But if you asked

almost any of the great Christians of old he

would have replied, Love. You see what

has happened? A negative term has been

substituted for a positive, and this is of

more than philological importance. The

negative ideal of Unselfishness carries with

it the suggestion not primarily of securing

good things for others, but of going

without them ourselves, as if our

abstinence and not their happiness was the

important point. I do not think this is the

Christian virtue of Love. The New

Testament has lots to say about self-denial,

but not about self-denial as an end in itself.

We are told to deny ourselves and to take

up our crosses in order that we may follow

Christ; and nearly every description of

what we shall ultimately find if we do so

contains an appeal to desire. If there lurks

in most modern minds the notion that to

desire our own good and earnestly to hope

for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I

submit that this notion has crept in from

Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the

Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the

unblushing promises of reward and the

staggering nature of the rewards promised

in the Gospels, it would seem that Our

Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but

too weak. We are half-hearted creatures,

fooling about with drink and sex and

ambition when infinite joy is offered us,

like an ignorant child who wants to go on

making mud pies in a slum because he

cannot imagine what is meant by the offer

of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily

pleased.

LESSON 012 – Matthew 15:21-28

A Lesson In Humility

We have here the famous story of Christ casting the devil out of the Canaanite woman’s daughter. Here is a gleam of that light which was to lighten the Gentiles (Luke 2:32). Christ came to his own, and his own received him not, but many of them quarrelled with him, and were offended in him, and observe what follows in verse 21.

The Amen

“For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” (2 Corinthians 1:20)

The word “amen” is a most remarkable word. It is transliterated directly from the Hebrew into the Greek of the New Testament, then into Latin and into English and many other languages so that it is practically a universal word. It has been called the best-known word in human speech.

The word is directly related–in fact, almost identical–to the Hebrew word for “believe” (aman), or “faithful.” Thus, it came to mean “sure” or “truly,” an expression of absolute trust and confidence. The root meaning of the Hebrew word is “stability”. When one believes God, he indicates his faith by an “amen.” When God makes a promise, the believer’s response is “amen”–”so it will be!” In the New Testament it is often translated “verily” or “truly.” When we pray according to His Word and His will, we know God will answer, so we close with an “amen,” and so also do we conclude a great hymn or anthem of praise and faith.

The word is even a title of Christ Himself. The last of His letters to the seven churches begins with a remarkable salutation by the glorified Lord: “These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God” (Revelation 3:14). We can be preeminently certain that His Word is always faithful and true because He is none other than the Creator of all things, and thus He is our eternal “Amen.”

As our text reminds us, every promise of God in Christ is “yea and amen,” as strong an affirmation of truth as can be expressed in the Greek language.

It is, therefore, profoundly meaningful that the entire Bible closes with an “amen.” “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen” (Revelation 22:21 ), assuring everyone who reads these words that the whole Book is absolutely true and trustworthy. Amen

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“For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” (2 Corinthians 1:20)

The word “amen” is a most remarkable word. It is transliterated directly from the Hebrew into the Greek of the New Testament, then into Latin and into English and many other languages so that it is practically a universal word. It has been called the best-known word in human speech.

The word is directly related–in fact, almost identical–to the Hebrew word for “believe” (aman), or “faithful.” Thus, it came to mean “sure” or “truly,” an expression of absolute trust and confidence. The root meaning of the Hebrew word is “stability”. When one believes God, he indicates his faith by an “amen.” When God makes a promise, the believer’s response is “amen”–”so it will be!” In the New Testament it is often translated “verily” or “truly.” When we pray according to His Word and His will, we know God will answer, so we close with an “amen,” and so also do we conclude a great hymn or anthem of praise and faith.

The word is even a title of Christ Himself. The last of His letters to the seven churches begins with a remarkable salutation by the glorified Lord: “These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God” (Revelation 3:14). We can be preeminently certain that His Word is always faithful and true because He is none other than the Creator of all things, and thus He is our eternal “Amen.”

As our text reminds us, every promise of God in Christ is “yea and amen,” as strong an affirmation of truth as can be expressed in the Greek language.

It is, therefore, profoundly meaningful that the entire Bible closes with an “amen.” “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen” (Revelation 22:21) assuring everyone who reads these words that the whole Book is absolutely true and trustworthy. Amen

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Taditionally, mathematics has been called the language of science. Scientists and engineers use the language of mathematics to describe the world and to understand and predict the behavior of physical systems. For several centuries, mankind has been learning to use ever more complicated systems of equations to increase the accuracy and fidelity existing between the mathematical description of reality and reality itself. This improved and developed understanding has been used to harness the energy of nature for the benefit of man. The scientific and technological wonders we enjoy and depend on today were made possible by the advanced understanding of our world developed by mathematics.

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