Gladly may he part with all that he has to make sure of the kingdom of heaven. Surely this looked very promising! Matthew 5 commentary spurgeon. 28. To obtain a right to the treasure-trove, the finder must buy the field; and to do this he parts with “all that he hath. Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. All good ground is not alike good; and, besides, the situation may differ. B. Lightfoot, Consummation of the pre-Messianic Age and the Parousia, Destruction of Jerusalem vs. Blessed are your eyes, for they see. They were enthusiastic, carried away with excitement, but all was soon over with them “because they had no deepness of earth.” Everything was superficial, there was no depth of character, or feeling, or emotion. Jesus said unto them, Have ye understood all these things? If any one among the multitude became sincerely anxious to know the Lord’s meaning, he would become his disciple, and then he would be taught “the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven ”; but those who rejected the Messiah would, while listening to parables, hear and not hear, see and not perceive. Matthew 13. Harvests are not all alike in the same farm, in the same season, and under same farmer; and yet each field may yield a fairly good harvest. If it had come in any other form but the parabolic, they would not even have deigned to listen to it. Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. No words can be more suggestive of terrible destruction After this what a quiet, peaceful tone we hear in the words, “Gather the wheat into my barn. ” If they turn to Christ he will heal them, even of gross hearts, and dull ears, and closed eyes. They could not listen to the talk of the carpenter’s son. The devil is the sower of evil men. Thus he speaks to those whom he enrolls in his kingdom. We have seen children trained by the most godly parents, yet they have developed a sad propensity to sin, and we have said, “From whence then have these tares come?” We have seen a ministry which has been sound and faithful, and yet in the congregation there have sprung up divers errors which have done a world of mischief, and we have had sorrowfully to ask, “From whence then have these tares come?”. Why should he spend his sacred energy among a people who would not be profited thereby? We know not to what our own inner life will come. This, though hidden in obscurity, in the midst of nations comparable to “three measures of meal ”, wrought with a mysterious rapidity, and will still continue to work in the whole mass of the world, and subdue the nations to itself. Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. He had much instruction to give, and he chose to convey it in parables. The mere letter or parable, without a sense of the meaning, will neither quicken nor sanctify. And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. 44. When matters grow hot with Christians, either through affliction from the Lord, or persecution from the world, the temporary believer is so sapless, so rootless, so deficient in moisture of grace, that he dries up, and his profession withers. These parables contain ancient secrets and deep mysteries; and, may be, there is more of prophecy in them than we have yet perceived. But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? They receive the gospel “anon, ” and leave it “by-and-by. Relieved of the cloud created by compulsory association with mere pretenders, the righteous shall shine forth. This would repay all losses, especially at the highest rate of increase here quoted. His time for work is in the night. 75 Bible Commentaries - Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Pulpit Commentary, etc. It bears all the hallmarks of the genius of one who in his day was known as ‘the Prince of Preachers’- reverence for the very words of Scripture, faithful teaching, deep insight, practical application, profound simplicity and spiritual power. For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. You have learned the great secret; the counsel of the Lord has been revealed to you, and you are blessed. He knew who had done the cruel wrong. Care to get money, covetousness, trickery, and sins which come from hasting to be rich, or else pride, luxury, oppression, and other sins which come of having obtained wealth, prevent the man from being useful in religious matters, or even sincere to himself: “He becometh unfruitful.” He keeps his profession; he occupies his place; but his religion does not grow; in fact, it shows sad signs of being choked and checked by worldliness. Matthew 13:51. and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. : A Closer Look At A Popular Tradition, Audio of "Church Leaders and the Use of Honorific Titles", The Nativity Story - Download A 16min Edited Version for Christmas, Binding and Loosing (Matthew 16:19) - w/audio, What does "God blesses those who bless Israel really mean? That will be a fit season, when the division can be made and no harm done thereby The reapers then employed will do the work correctly, efficiently, universally, and finally. What we understand we must teach. So it is in the things of God. How amazed they were at the masterly way in which he touched great subjects, and wrought great deeds! Had there been weeds in the corn, the hoe could have removed them; but this darnel grew on the wheat, and was like the wheat, and thus was the true picture of those in the church and in the world, who are nominal Christians, and fair moralists, but who know nothing of the life of God. ” They were sure that he sowed “good seed ”, and nothing else; and they evidently thought that he would know who sowed the bastard wheat. Dale Kuiper, The Christian and the Mosaic Law - Philip Mauro, The Preciousness of Time and the Importance of Redeeming It. Matthew 13:49. And they were offended in him. Our first desire should be that we ourselves may be “instructed unto the kingdom of heaven ”: a remarkable phrase. So did Jesus himself, at the utmost cost, buy the world to gain his church, which was the treasure which he desired. The harvest was not equally great on every spot of fertile soil: it varied from an hundredfold to thirtyfold. Oh, to be accepted of thee in the day of thy return, because found faithful to our trust! Because you see behind the curtain, and have grace given to discern the inner meaning through the outer metaphor, come and hear the explanation of the parable of the sower. This parable of the sower is a mine of teaching concerning the kingdom; for the seed was “the word of the kingdom.” (See verse 19.) Matthew 13:18-19. 45, 46. Astonishment led to enquiry. Of course, no one parable teaches all truth, and therefore we have no mention here of the ploughing which always precedes a fruitful harvest. Matthew 13:4. 3. They stumbled at that which should have been a stepping-stone for them. He keeps back nothing; but he does not confine his provision to one single thing. Though in this world they flourish in the same field with believers, and can hardly be discerned from them, they shall be removed from such honorable association, and be cast, with the rubbish of the universe, into that great “furnace of fire ” whose smoke goeth up for ever and ever. The Lord save us from such a state of mind! He was not looking for it, yet he found it. When HE sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside: even when the Chief Sower is at work, some seed fails. 38. Our Lord declares that the doom of the false wheat, the bastard professors, is terrible. In this case there was earth enough to cover the seed, and heat enough to make it grow quickly. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. Observe that in this instance the precious thing was not met with by accident, but discovered after an intelligent search for it. And they were offended in him. There is such a thing as distinguishing grace after all; let the moderns revile the doctrine as they may. “Some seeds fell by the way side,” — on ground trodden hard by the passers-by. Where evil is clear and open, we may not hesitate to deal with it; but where it is questionable, we had better hold our hand till we have fuller guidance. ” In this case, both thought and heart are engaged about the heavenly message, and the man “heareth the word and understandeth it. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man. This the Son of man will do with authority; the angels are simply the executioners of the wrath of the Lamb. The kingdom always was their Father’s, and now shall they be seen to be his heirs, and, in consequence, inheritors of his glory and joy. Is not leaven here used simply as another picture of an influence which appears feeble, but turns out to be active, conquering, and at length all-pervading? “Rigid Puritanism” is the contemptuous title for careful discipline. 18. It is tersely put, “He dureth for a while.” That “while” may be longer or shorter according to circumstances. This is folly. It is gone, at any rate; and we have not in our hearer’s mind a corn-field, but a highway, hard, and much frequented. If so, let us praise the Lord for so great a boon. This is folly. Eyes are blessed which gaze upon the mysteries of divine love. ” Everything is on the surface, and therefore is hasty and unreal. “Behold”: every word is worthy of attention. Wherever Christ is active the enemy is sure to be active too. Matthew 26:7-13: Good Work. Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. Thorns and thistles they can root up, but the darnel is another matter. He wrote so much that it would be impossible for most of us to read it all. Commentary on Romans 13:11-14 (Read Romans 13:11-14) Four things are here taught, as a Christian's directory for his day's work. The outgathering of “all things that offend ”, and of all persons who cause others to stumble, and who work evil, will be a consummation devoutly to be wished. What a kingdom is this which has such a law!” (Spurgeon) ii. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. Possibly, they had made out the mustard seed and the leaven, but the tares remained a puzzle to them. If you understand the fundamental principles of true godliness, you will soon understand more; but if you do not comprehend as much as that, even the reading of the Scriptures will be but slightly instructive to you. The net-casting is a success, for the net gathers, and is full . It cannot be otherwise; and it would be idle to set about sorting the things which it encompasses while yet in the sea. How often we have asked that question! What a description! Read Matthew 13 commentary using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible. Good seed grows, and, alas! What wonderful pictures they were! 24. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house. But the soil was essentially evil, hard, barren, superficial. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. No trace remained. Matthew 13:23. To hear the outward word is a common privilege: “To know the mysteries ” is a gift of sovereign grace. The mere letter or parable, without a sense of the meaning, will neither quicken nor sanctify. And there is no telling how great will be its growth till, in that soul where all was darkness, many graces, like sweet song-birds, shall come and sing, and make joy and gladness there. Where he would have chosen to do most, he was forced to do least, because he saw that all he did would be wasted on them. A thing more easy to propose than to do; but one which would naturally occur to all true servants who were sorry for their neglect, and eager to set matters right. There, too, on the wayside, we meet with dust to blind, settlements of mud to foul, and birds to pilfer: it is not a good place for good seed. Spurgeon was a pastor, both Baptist and Reformed. Text Commentaries by C. H. Spurgeon Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892), often known today as the Prince of Preachers, began his pastorate at London's New But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; —, Knows what it means, thinks it over, takes it in as the good ground takes in the seed, and keeps it; —. The man was not an opposer, he “received seed”; but he received the truth as he was, without the soil of his nature being changed; and the seed remained as it was, till the foul bird of hell took it off the place, and there was an end of it. His pedigree seemed to them to be of them lowliest. This will be a perfect separation, and we are bidden to wait for it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 15. Oh, that the Lord would give us a good groundwork of saving knowledge, so that we might go on learning more and more under the Holy Spirit’s teaching! I am responsible for preaching to you faithfully, but you are equally responsible for hearing what is preached. This is a very important question. Whence then hath this man all these things? Here, then, in this seventy-eighth psalm, is the sacred person who is both God and man, and to our Lord Jesus Christ the language is most fitly applied by the evangelist. Now they wake up: it had been better to have kept awake. The sower “went forth.” See him leaving the Father’s house, with this one design upon his heart — “to sow.”. The servants are all too apt to sleep. Matthew 5:13. So far as the truth was sown in his heart, it was in his natural, unrenewed heart, and therefore it took no living hold. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Publisher. They receive the gospel “anon,” and leave it “by-and-by” Everything is on the surface, and therefore is hasty and unreal. It bears all the hallmarks of the genius of one who in his day was known as 'the Prince of Preachers' - reverence for the very words of Scripture, faithful teaching, deep insight, practical application, profound simplicity and spiritual power. Charles Haddon Spurgeon has been called "the Prince of Preachers". Matthew 13:18. 2. Christianity: The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Women, The Pursuit of God - A W Tozer - Complete Book. What had the enemy gained for himself? Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. They should all be eligible for … If one in four succeeds, it is great deal for which we ought to praise the Lord. Biblical and Practical Advantages for Meeting Within Homes. The leaven soon began its corrupting influence in the church, and it continues, in one form or other, working still. We know right well that “man which sowed good seed in his field,. Grace has opened y our eyes and ears. This is he which received seed by the way side. Perhaps it is only a single thought. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not see, them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. How many such hearers we have! Spurgeon - Matthew Bible Commentary Mateo 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 … The question, “Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? The man had no living entrance into the mystery of the gospel, no root in himself, no principle, no hold of the truth with a renewed heart; and so he flourished hurriedly and showily for a season, and only for a season. 54. What we have received into our treasure we must bring forth. ” See him leaving the Father’s house, with this one design upon his heart — “to sow. Is not leaven here used simply as another picture of an influence which appears feeble, but turns out to be active, conquering, and at length all-pervading? Is not this the carpenter’s son? And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? “I am found of them that sought me not” is a grand free grace text. HELL: All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: that; it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. The leaf of outward religiousness is there, but there is no dew on it; the ear of promised fruit is there, but there are no kernels in it. For Spurgeon, the arrival of a new year was a time that brought forth thinking on the Lord’s faithfulness and the Christian’s right response to the Lord in the new year. Let us not waste any opportunity that we have of hearing the Word, but use it wisely and well that we may be able to give a good account of it before God in our fruitfulness. He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. Ought the Church to Pray for Revival? He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. Matthew 13:9-12. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Could we say, “Yea, Lord ”, if he were to inquire of us? There were none such till he came into Paradise; but now they are everywhere, not only in the field of the world, but in the garden of the church. He was a mere nobody. Spurgeon’s Commentary on Matthew therefore represents the fruit of a lifetime spend in the study and exposition of Scripture. Matthew 5:13. 26. Greater Than a Prophet (11:1-19) John was greater than earlier prophets (11:9), for he proclaimed a fuller message (11:10; 13:17)... View the entire commentary. 456 pages, hardcover from Banner of Truth. 1. But, soon up, soon down. Why is the church losing its young people? Let our friends take their choice of the two interpretations, and learn a good lesson from either or both. ” The darnel is up as soon as the wheat, and it looks so like it that it appears to be the selfsame thing. But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it, yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. Their Worm Does Not Die: Annihilation and Mark 9:48, Evidence for the Resurrection - William Lane Craig -Text and Audio, The Evidence for Jesus - William Lane Craig - Text and Video. It is no use having eyes that do not see, or ears that do not hear; and yet I fear that there are many eyes of that kind, and many ears of that sort, in this congregation tonight. He was always wide-awake to make use of everything that occurred round about him. SPURGEON - EXPOSITION TO THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW - CHAPTER 13 PREVIOUS CHAPTER - NEXT CHAPTER - HELP - FB - TWITTER - GR VIDEOS - GR FORUMS - GR YOUTUBE . 53. O Lord, keep the fowls away; or, better still, break up the soil so that the seed may enter, and not lie upon the surface! - Oscar Cullmann, Immortality of the Soul - by Kaufmann Kohler, Technical Terms and Usages Preclude Innate Immortality - Froom, The Development of the Doctrine of Immortality from the Apostolic Fathers to Augustine, The Doctrine of Immortality in the Early Church. Blessed are your ears, for they hear; hear something sweeter than the song of angels, even the voice of everlasting love from the heart of Jesus. We, too, wonder how so much evil can have entered into a region wherein Christ has set his ministers, and we cry out in astonishment, “From whence then hath it tares? As food must be eaten, digested, and assimilated, so must truth be taken up and taken in by the mind. ” The man lighted upon hid treasure; perhaps while he was ploughing or digging. This is good hearing for them; and as they have “ear to hear ”, let them hear it with delighted attention. Verse 18. Among the rocks, or on the shallow soil, with the unbroken rock-pan underneath, the seed fell; for if the sower had altogether avoided such places he might have missed some of the good ground. Why are men so eager to make their thorn-brake more dense with briars? Read his fascinating brief biography - Henry Alford and Phil Johnson's related comments/p>. 9. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. evil seed is equally full of the power to increase. Matthew 13:17. The sowing of good seed can never be a total failure: “other fell into good ground.” The harvest was not equally great on every spot of fertile soil: it varied from an hundredfold to thirtyfold. They were doomed to have the light and to remain willfully in the dark. Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. Our Lord speaks the truth with much boldness: “It is given unto you ”, “but to them it is not given. ” The question is best left with the Master; but the asking it is a confession that we have been asleep. This is folly. Matthew 13:34-36. As the matter perplexed them, they did well to inquire of their infallible Teacher, rather than to invent an explanatory theory, which might have been altogether a mistake. The entire sermon, including the Beatitudes before and the many teachings after, shows us how to live as "salt and light" in the world as representatives of another kingdom. 28. Thus, they blocked up the way of salvation against themselves, and used their utmost diligence to prevent their own conversion. Our Lord’s “I will say to the reapers ” may very well keep us from making any hasty speeches to the elders of the churches, or to the magistrates of the land, so as to excite them to hurried and ungenerous discipline. Could we say, “Yea, Lord ”, if he were to inquire of us? Matthew 13:4. Here is the story of the Word’s success. The field is ruined; its yield is poisoned by the mixture of a pernicious plant. Some of those who have been most earnest in the kingdom of heaven were at one time most indifferent and careless, but God in infinite sovereignty put the treasure in their way — gave them the heart to value it, and they obtained it to their own joy. Magistrates and churches may remove the openly wicked from their society; the outwardly good who are inwardly worthless they must leave; for the judging of hearts is beyond their sphere. Ah, we would give our Lord ten thousandfold if we could. This, though hidden in obscurity, in the midst of nations comparable to “three measures of meal ”, wrought with a mysterious rapidity, and will still continue to work in the whole mass of the world, and subdue the nations to itself. The teacher sat, and the people stood: we should have less sleeping in congregations if this arrangement still prevailed. We cannot sort one from the other now, but when the net comes to shore then will be the picking over the heap. Matthew 13:46-47. Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? Spurgeon in his expositional commentary on Matthew writes… Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. The man was not an opposer, he “received seed ”; but he received the truth as he was, without the soil of his nature being changed; and the seed remained as it was, till the foul bird of hell took it off the place, and there was an end of it. It bears all the hallmarks of the genius of one who in his day was known as 'the Prince of Preachers'- reverence for the very words of Scripture, faithful teaching, deep insight, practical application, profound simplicity and spiritual power. Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field. But while men slept his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. The darnel was so plentiful, had become so intermixed with the corn, and was so much like it, that it would not be possible to cut up the one without pulling up the other also. Relieved of the cloud created by compulsory association with mere pretenders, the righteous shall shine forth. But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. There are many such hearers, thy just hear the Word, and that is all. 400501> MATTHEW 5:1-12 THE KING PROMULGATES THE LAWS OF HIS KINGDOM . 2 TIMOTHY 2:15. It is just so with carnal men; spiritual truth rather blinds them than enlightens them. Matthew 13:37-43. We, too, wonder how so much evil can have entered into a region wherein Christ has set his ministers, and we cry out in astonishment, “From whence then hath it tares? Spurgeon. What we understand we must teach. Toward these we must act as one who keeps house, and brings out provisions for the family. He “sat by the sea side ”: this must have been a great relief to him. Great multitudes longed to hear his teaching, and see his miracles. The intruders being removed by the angel executioners, “the righteous ” will gain a distinct manifestness of character, which will cause their excellence to be as clearly seen as the sun at noon-day. Everything was hurried with them; the seeds had no time to root themselves, and so in hot haste the speedy growth met with speedy death. Practically he will do well to become the chief actor in a similar incident. In many cases, the cruel treatment of the very best of men has been produced by the notion that they were erroneous teachers, and therefore ought not to be tolerated. It is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. There is a season when nature requires them to do so, and there are other times when sinful sloth persuades them to the same indulgence. Matthew 13:53-54. We could not have guessed that our Lord and his twelve apostles would produce the myriad churches of Christendom. Matthew 13:49-50. there is a generation which will not be converted; for they are proud of their blindness and grossness. Our business is to scatter the good seed broadcast. It gave Him a place to speak, away from the press of the crowds, provided good acoustics, and probably a nice backdrop.i. Men should “see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts. Charles Haddon Spurgeon (June 19, 1834 – January 31, 1892) was a British Baptist preacher, still known as the “Prince of Preachers”. If you hear the Word, and refuse to receive it, you do to that extent harden your heart; and if you continue to do so, you will by degrees lose the capacity for understanding the Word. Was up, and Judas return should be great indeed: those fowls are plenty. Old and New Testaments sun in the sea side ”: a cloud increases the size... Their synagogue scribe had need be well instructed who has to make sure the. 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