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Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 12:15

Luke 12:15 Business its Dangers and Safeguards. I. There can be no doubt at all that the average business man's temptation must chiefly lie in this direction: to exaggerate the relative value of the thing he deals with that is money; and in consequence, to under-estimate whatever cannot be appraised by that conventional standard of the market. To be safe, therefore, the young man embarking on a commercial life is bound to keep this risk of his calling before his eyes. He must refuse to fall... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 12:19

Luke 12:19 The Privileges of Youth. I. The spirit of the boast contained in the text is nowhere more common than in the hearts of the young. They say to themselves, as much as persons at any age, "Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years." If we consider a little we shall see what these goods are. (1) There is the great good of time. A young person thinks that he has this in plenty. (2) Another good, which youth feels no less sure of, is health and strength. (3) Belonging to these two... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 12:21

Luke 12:21 I. Consider the sinfulness of the rich man, as gathered from his address to his soul. The rich man addressed his soul when forming his plan for a long course of selfishness. "I will say to my soul, Soul thou has much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry." And what had the soul to do with the indulgences and enjoyments which he thus thought that his riches would procure? Had he addressed his body, and thus seemed forgetful or ignorant of its being... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 12:23-24

Luke 12:23-24 Man's Future Destiny. I. Since the Resurrection, since Jesus came out of the sepulchre with the same or like body with which He entered into it, with the same faculties and senses, the future has ceased to be a practical question to discuss; both because of what we know and of what we do not know. We know enough to know that the changes which death makes will not be so very considerable. As the man is at night, so shall he be in the morning, although when the sun set he was living... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 12:32

Luke 12:32 The Kingdom for the Children. It is to comfort and assure "the little flock" that our Lord means when He says these words. And you will observe that His argument is twofold one in the nature of their Father, and the other in the character of the Father's gift. I. You cannot observe the workings of any mind without seeing that there is a strong tendency to treat God as if He were anything else rather than a Father, as if He were a God unwilling to love us and save us. Because we are... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 12:1

DISCOURSE: 1524CAUTION AGAINST HYPOCRISYLuke 12:1. In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his Disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.RARELY, if ever, can we find a greater instance of fidelity than in the history before us. Our Lord had been dining with a Pharisee, and, even whilst he was at dinner, he upbraided the whole sect of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 12:4-5

DISCOURSE: 1525GOD TO BE FEARED, BUT NOT MANLuke 12:4-5. I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.AN undue regard to the good opinion of mankind operates to the production of two apparently opposite effects, namely, a hypocritical assumption of the religious character, and a cowardly... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 12:15

DISCOURSE: 1526CAUTION AGAINST COVETOUSNESSLuke 12:15. And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness.THE instructions which our Lord conveyed to his Disciples almost always arose out of something that was immediately before him; so attentive was he to improve every occasion for their good. This was fraught with many advantages; for it tended to impress every truth more forcibly on their minds, and to shew them how to render all events subservient to their own spiritual welfare.... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 12:20-21

DISCOURSE: 1527THE RICH FOOLLuke 12:20-21. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.HEAR we the voice of a gloomy enthusiast, a deluded bigot, or an imperious tyrant? Are these reproachful menaces the wild effusions of intemperate zeal? No: the text presents to us the just expressions of Jehovah’s indignation. Covetousness,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 12:32

DISCOURSE: 1528THE PRIVILEGES OF CHRIST’S FLOCKLuke 12:32. Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.AMONG the many faculties which exalt man above the brute creation, that of being able to look into futurity is by no means the least: but while this in many instances elevates him with hope, in many other instances it depresses him with fear. Hence he is often filled with anxiety to secure the good he hopes for, and to avert the evil which he dreads.... read more

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