Luke 7:24-30

Luke 7:24-30

1. The first point that demands our notice in this passage, is the tender care which Jesus takes of the characters of His faithful servants.
2. The second point which demands our attention in these verses is, the vast superiority of the privileges enjoyed by believers under the New Testament, compared to those of believers under the Old.
3. The last point which demands our attention in these verses is, the solemn declaration which it makes about man's power to injure his own soul.

"Lies and false reports are the chosen weapons by which he labors to injure the Christian's usefulness, and destroy his peace. But let all who are assaulted in their characters rest in the thought that they have an Advocate in heaven who knows their sorrows."

"We little know how many blessed truths of the Gospel were at one time seen through a glass darkly, which now appear to us plain as noon-day. Our very familiarity with the Gospel makes us blind to the extent of our privileges."

"That every man possesses a power to ruin himself forever in hell is a great foundation truth of Scripture, and a truth which ought to be continually before our minds."

Questions:

1. Ryle tells us that slander and lies are one of Satan’s tools against a Christian’s usefulness. When are times this has happened in our lives, and do we believe the words of Jesus that, blessed are you when you are persecuted and reviled for his name’s sake?

2. Does Ryle’s explanation of John being the greatest and yet the least make us thankful for the knowledge we now have in the NT? Are we guilty of taking these truths we see now more clearly for granted?

3. Beloved listener, where does the conduct of our lives declare we are heading: on the straight and narrow road to heaven, or the broad and wide path to hell? Are we living the Bible we profess to believe?