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which he had come down AFTER choosing
the twelve. He closes this discourse 10y
telling them that the main thing for each
one Is to be right with God himself before
be attempts 10 set his brother right lest
what seems like a beam in our brother
eye may be due 10 "a beam in our own eye
while there is but "a mote In our brothers
eye.
AZ. Cast out first the beam out of
thine own eve, and then shalt thou see
clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy
brothers eye" 1t Is too often the case
that in judging another we condemn our
selves, being guilty of the same things
from ii, u. In this very sermon, as well
as in the sermon on the mount (verse 81
and Math. vii, ~ He commands us to
'sjudge not, - and in / Cor. iv, D, by the
same spirit through Paul. He commands
us 20 "juvgo nothing before the time, UNI
til the Lord 90. a who will make manifest
the counsels of the hearts. - While we are
not to Judge others until we ourselves are
more like Christ, we are always at liberty
to Judge ourselves CT Cor. xi, 80 by the
light Of His,life and His law, and this we
should do continually, bat the best way
to do this is to set the Lord always before
US, and let His presence and approval DO
the constant test
43. 'For "a good tree bringeth not forth
corrupt fruit neither doth corrupt tree
bring forth good fruit" 1t seems to me
that it is not another, but ourselves, that
we are TO contemplate as the tree in ques
ton. Am a plant or tree of the Lords
plantingS For if not | shall some day be
surely rooted up (Math. XIV, l3)-in other
words, unless | am born from above
shall surely perish, but If / have become
child of God by faith in Christ Jesus then
am tree or plant of the Lords plant
ing, rooted and grounded in love (Eph.
Iii, ~, and am here to bear much fruit TO
His glory (John XIV, l-S).
A. "For every tree is known by his own
fruit, for of thorns men do not gather figs,
nor of bramble bush gather they grapes
When God created plants and trees, He
caused that each should yield fruit after
his kind (Gen. i, IL, l2). When He created
man, He made him in His image, after
His likeness, and commanded him to be
fruitful, but before man began to be fruit
full he sinned and fell and lost the image
of God and begat children in his own like
ness, after his image (Gen. i, %, rs; V, 81;
hence every child of Adam has been born
in sin, is corrupt tree (Rom. viii, z, 81,
and cannot bear fruit unto God until
made good tree by being born again.
45 "For of the abundance of the heart
his mouth speaketh.' A good man from
the good treasures therein and an evil
man from the evil treasures therein. There
Is no patchwork with God He does not
put new cloth upon an old garment nor
new wine into old bottles (chapter V, So
49, Not reformation, but regeneration, Is
the Lord IS way of saving men. If any man
be in Christ, he is u new creation, born OF
God. Christ has come to dwell in him,
his body has become temple of the Holy
Spirit and the old nature which once lived
in us and controlled all things is now to
be reckoned dead, wholly subdued.
46. "And why call we me Lord, Lord,
and do not the things which ] sayS" He
tells us in chapter xiii, 1927, that when
the door has been shut many will say,
"Lord, Lord open unto us, - to whom He
will have to say, Il tell you know you
not whence We are. In the sermon on
tho mount He said ''Not every one that
saith unto me, Lord Lord, shall enter in
to the kingdom Of heaven, but he that do
eth the will of my Father which is in
heaven" (Math. vii, 2I. James tells us
in chapter i, 22 that we are TO be doors Of
the word, and not hearers only, deceiying
our own selves. 1t is the plain and uni
versaI teaching of Scripture that we are
not saved by any works of ours, but Who'll
ly and only by the work of another, but it
is equally plain that being saved by His
work it is in order that He may then ac-
complish through us His pleasure.
AZ. whatsoever cometh to Me and hear
eth My sayings and doeth them, will
shew you to whom he is like. Salvation
Is seen here in the coming to Him. I"
Compare John vi, 81, for If we are not
cast out we are surely accepted. Then
comes the service included in hearing
and doing" See Eph. ii, s, 8, and Titus
Iii, 8, on salvation apart from any works
of ours then see Eph. H. 10, and Titus ill.,
8, on works as the result of that salvation.
James is as clear as Paul on the fact that
Abraham was saved by faith (see Rom.
iv, 3: Jas. ii. 23) but James, emphasizes
the fact that the faith which saved Abra-
ham was afterward manifest in his con-
duct (Jas ii, 81, 22). The faith which
does not prove its reality by works is like
light which does not shine, painted
light.
AS ''He is like a man which built an
house, and digged deep, and laid the foun-
dation on a rock. Such house will stand
because of its foundation. "Other founda-
ton can no man lay than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ" Q Cor. iii, ID. He
is the Rock, the only one on whom to
build or in whom to hidc-in other words
the only salvation is TO receive Him in
whom alone is salvation, but as truly as
He is received He will work in and through
that individual to the glory of God. See
Phil. ii, 10; Heb. xiii, 81. The soul that
has thus become part of Christ can only
be overthrown when Christ is oyerthrown.
49, ''But he that heareth and doeth not
is like man that without foundation
built an house upon the earth.' There is
no word about coming TO Christ" here,
and therefore there is no foundation. 1t
Is simply hearing, and the hearing does no
good because il is not mixed with faith
Heb iv, 81. There may be a beautiful
moral character, fair exterior. but with
out foundation all will be swept away.
"The hail shall sweep away the refuge of
lies and the waters shall overflow the hid
ing place lisa. xviii, 10. In Luke viii,
81, Jesus says, My mother and My breth-
rem are these which hear the word of God
and do it, . BY hearing and receiving we
are saved (John v, "a; Rom. 4, III. Then
oy keeping the word we bring forth fruit
with patience luke viii, I5).
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