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narrow and th a t to teach so is illiberal and bigoted.— J. F. & B. They are wolves. To tam p er w ith tru th in th e guise of lib erality is to play th e wolf in sheep’s clothing.— Gibson. v. 16. Know them by th e ir fru its. Those opinions come not from God th a t le^d to sin.— Sel. If we cannot know them by th e ir fru its, we m u st have recourse to th e g rea t touchstone, the Word of God—-“ to th e law and to the testim ony.” Do they speak according to th a t ru le?— Henry. Our Lord had especially in view those teachers who would lead th e ir disciples astray as to th e way of life, d aring to m ake th a t easy which He had shown to be straigh t, and who would set before th e ir h earers a broad p ath instead of th e narrow one which alone leads to life.— Expos. Bible. One cannot always tell by th e ir doctrine which so far as it su its th e ir purpose may be orthodox, b u t by th e ir works an d especially by th e ir covetousness which is an unfailing ch aracteristic of false prophets.—-Dummelow. Do men g a th e r g rapes of th o rn s? Many have had th e ir fingers pricked by the tho rn s and th istles th a t were supposed to be grapes and figs.-—Torrey. v. 17. A good tre e b ring eth fo rth good fru it. The w orth of th e Gospel h as been tested all down th e ages by th e characters which it has produced and which have been th e world’s salt and light. No o th er teaching has pro duced such resu lts.— Meyer. Doctrine lies a t th e basis of life. Your life can n o t be tru e if your teaching is bad. You are w hat you believe.— P ark er. v. 19. B ringeth n o t fo rth good fru it. The mere lack of bad fru it does not save one.— Sel. v. 20. By th e ir fru its. T ried by th is test, much th a t is lauded in our day as “ advanced th o u g h t” is found to be erro r.— Torrey. You cannot always distinguish them by th e ir b ark and leaves, nor th e spreading of th e ir boughs, b u t by th e ir fru its.—Henry. v. 21. Saith un to me, Lord, Lord.
Lip devotion signifies little here or hereafter.— Sel. H e th a t doeth th e w ill of my F a th e r. The doing of H is will is a h e a rt work, rooted in faith in Christ which is the beginning of the doing in every case according to His own word in ano th er place-—“This is th e work of God th a t ye believe in him whom he h ath sen t.”— Gibson. v. 22. In th y nam e h av e done many wonderful works. There are many today pointing to persons healed th rough th e ir m inistry as God’s seal of approval upon them . No am ount of wonders perform ed will prove one who n either holds th e doctrines nor mani fests the Spirit of Christ, a teach er sent from God.— Torrey. Divine grace will bring a man to heaven w ithout working m iracles, b u t working m iracles will never b ring men to heaven w ithout grace.— Sel. Christ does no t accept even th e work th a t appears m ightiest unless it springs from h e a rt obedience to Him.— Peloubet. God does some times, for th e sake of th e flock, con descend to bless th e work of evil shep herds whose lives are no t openly scan dalous, yet th e best and su rest work cannot be done by such men.—-One Yol. Com. v. 23. I n ev er k n ew you. A man may have gifts for the m inistry and may help others tow ard salvation and yet come sho rt of it himself.— Sel. A man may cast demons out of others and yet have a demon—may, and be a demon him self.— Origen. They had ju s t claimed intim acy w ith Christ, ju st w hat He repudiates and w ith a scornful dignity. The acquaintance was not broken for th e re never was any. 2 Tim. 2:19.—-Jam ieson. D epart from me. • F rom w hat a heigh t of hope men may fall into th e depths of misery! Men may go to hell by th e very gates of Heaven.—Henry. v. 26. Foolish m an b u ilt house upon sand. The house bu ilt upon th e sand of a mere profession and not th e Rock of Ages, will be swept away by th e judg-
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