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eternal life by doing (Gal. 2:16).—Tor- rey. v. 21, Go and sell. It is not what'we take up but what we give, up that makes us rich.—Beecher. The ruler knew not how much he loved himself and his edSy life. The socialist would justify by this command of Jesus a universal con fiscation, but he forgets th a t the spirit which seizes ail is different from that which gives/ all freely.—Chadwick. Clearly it is a surgical case. The medi cine of the commandments will not do. There must be the insertion of the knife—“Go and, sell.”—Gibson. The law has failed to accomplish one of its chief purposes in th a t it has not taughi him his sinfulness,'—¡Horn. Com. Come, follow me. The rich young man would go part of the way but not to the end. That peril is upon us all. We offer Him our house but we m ark some rooms “Private.” The joy of the Lord begins when we hand over the last key.— Jpwett. ' v. 22. Went away sorrowful. He goes back to the world sorrowfully, per haps feèling more acutely than ever that it could not satisfy him. .He loves it.,too well to'give it up but. not enough to’ feel th a t'it is enough. We may hope that he found no rest till he cast away all else to make Christ his own.—Ibid. v. 23. Rich shall hardly enter. Few men are both rich and humble before God.—Manning. Worldly wealth is the devil’s bait.—Burton. Riches may be taken into..possession but not into the affections.—Charron. Riches are the prettiest and least worthy gifts which God can give a man. What are they to God’s Word?—Luther. ,W. 24. Easier for a camel. It has been suggested th a t “needle’s eye” was an expression, in common use for a nar row gate into a city, intended for foot passengers only. However, the object of Jesus’ statement is to stamp on the mind the idea ot. extreme difficulty.— Fraser. v. 25. Who then can be saved? ' Since everyone h as more’ or less of the same love of the..world.—DeWette. The dis ciples, took their Master to be referring not to men of great wealth alone but to a much larger class.—-Duckworth. v. 27. What shall we have? There is something in Peter’s question that-be trays his spiritual imperfection. There Was ïôo gréât eagerness for reward.— Morrison. v. 28.- In the regeneration. The “re newal of things,” otherwise called “the
had no deep sense of the full force of his own words. To say He was good was to say He was God, for no man is good (Mk. 10:18), and th a t Jesús was God the young man did not see.—Tor- rey. By “good” the man meant no more than th a t he sought instruction from a teacher of. great reputation-— Plumniier. Jesus is either repudiating the*'notion of His own sinlessnesé or claiming to be filled with God; Either He is God manifest in the flesh or He is not God.—Maclaren. Jesus had one object—to ra ise ; .the youth’s idea of Himself as not to be classed merely with other good teachers and declining to recognize the title ap art from the One who is, essentially, and only good.—J. F. & B. When one calls Christ good, He would have him mean thereby that he looked upon Him to be God,'for if He was not what He claimed, He could not. be good.—Henry. Keep the com mandments. Jesus always sends the self confident to the law. Those who know they are sinners He sends to the Gospel Cl Tim. 1:15).—Sel. The ques tioner is answered as from his own point of view, If eternal life is to be won by doing,1 there was no need to come to a new teacher for a new precept.—Plump- tre. .i. Y. .20, All these have I kept. In this; though, entirely honest, he was thor oughly mistaken. It did not take Jesus long to show him th a t he had' not kept them.—Sel. According ; to his' own statement he had a good record behind him but man’s estimate of the worth of his actions and God’s estimate are two different things. God weighs man’s ac tions in the scales of the sanctuary and the verdict of every doing of man is “come short’’ (Rom. 3:23').-—'Marsh. There are men exact enough to preside over a theological perdition b u t Who* are not Christians.—Parker; I The good ness which thinks itself upon the sum mit,, will never toil much farther.— Chadwick. He called Jesus;good and now he puts himself in theisam e class. —Exp. Bible. ' Wliat lack I yet? The young man had great possessions (v. 22>., exalted position (Lk. 18:1-8), cul ture, exemplary- morality (v. 20), note worthy amiabHity¿f-Mk. lo':21), intense eatfiestness .'(Sffir'h.0: 1 7 ) ,' great itípral cduráge (Mk. "W T ? ),‘ recognized piety (Lk. 18:18), noble aspiráfións (v. 16), large-benevolences.-’ T et a ll’these things together did ho t -saye him and will not save anyohe. fío man ever,! obtained
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