Plain Sermons, Preached at Archbishop Tenison's Chapel, Regent Street

Plain Sermons, Preached at Archbishop Tenison's Chapel, Regent Street

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on . . . Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. . . . Every one who has thoughtfully read that description of the Samaritans in the second book of Kingsthey feared the Lord and served their own godsmust have been struck with the mockery, the blasphemy, the absurdity of such a fear. Fear Him, who claims to be the only God, and yet regard many others as equally and independently gods! Worship Him, all whose service is pure, and innocent, and self-emptying, and righteous and yet worship Ashtaroth, the goddess of licentious pleasureMoloch, the god of crueltyChemosh, and his abominationsBelial, and his worldliness! This, my brethren, we all see is not simply a forbidden but an impossible service. The commands, the sanctions, the promises, the service of Jehovah, and of any one of these others, are so thoroughly opposite, so condemnatory of each other, that the p. 2man who attempts to observe them both, is far more impious and more foolish than the benighted heathen who carves an idol out of a block of wood or piece of stone and bows down to it alone in homage, and looks up only to it for blessings. If, then, mammon means a false godeither a deified human being, or a personified vice or virtue, or an actual dumb, senseless idol,we feel that Christ has rightly said, not ye shall not, but ye cannot serve it and God. There is no room for the question whether God will wink at a divided homage; whether, provided He is one of the objects of worship, He will not be over-severe with you for having other objects. The attempt to serve both is an attempt at what is impossible; not at what may not be, on account of certain commands and restrictions, but at what cannot be from the very nature of things. God altogetheror mammon altogether, if you will; but ye cannot serve God and mammon. You see this, you approve Christs teaching, you are ready to condemn, you do now condemnthe impiety, the folly of attempting to serve God and mammon. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 64743
Author: Cowan, James Galloway
Release Date: Mar 7, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English