Luk_14:17. The Gospel Invitation<\/p>\n
"Come, for all things are now ready."’97Luk_14:17.<\/p>\n
Blessed are our eyes for what they see, &c. How superior the dispensation under which we live! Not an age of shadows, &c. Not an economy of sacrifices, &c. Now we have a Gospel-day, a day of grace, and of glad tidings to sinners, of salvation to a lost world. Now the arrangements of mercy are completed, and the heralds of the cross are sent forth to say "Come, for all things are now ready."<\/p>\n
Observe,<\/p>\n
I. The Feast.<\/p>\n
II. The Invitation.<\/p>\n
And,<\/p>\n
III. The Motive urged.<\/p>\n
Observe,<\/p>\n
I. The Feast.<\/p>\n
Notice,<\/p>\n
1. The author of his feast.<\/p>\n
The blessed God The Father of mercies, &c. See Pro_9:1; Isa_25:6; Mat_22:1.<\/p>\n
Notice,<\/p>\n
2. The provisions of this feast.<\/p>\n
(1) It is abundant. God is the God of abundance. Nature, providence, and grace all teem with it. Blessings of the Gospel are infinite and inexhaustible.<\/p>\n
(2) It is various. And as such, meets man’s varied wants, as guilty, polluted, wretched, lost, &c.<\/p>\n
(3) It is suitable. Nothing else is Learning, wisdom, dignity, riches, &c., all unavailing. He requires the bread and water of life. Gilead’s balm, &c.<\/p>\n
"Stung by the scorpion, sin," &c.<\/p>\n
Then notice,<\/p>\n
3. The characteristics of the feast.<\/p>\n
And, observe,<\/p>\n
(1) It is a sacrificial feast. All the ancient feasts were connected with sacrifices. This with the offering of Christ as of a lamb slain, &c. We should have had no bread of life, &c., if he had not given himself for the life of the world.<\/p>\n
(2) It is a great and universal feast. For the universal family of man. The whole world.<\/p>\n
(3) It is a gratuitous feast. Without money, &c. All of grace, &c.<\/p>\n
(4) It is a heavenly feast. Author, blessings, influence, &c., all heavenly.<\/p>\n
Mark,<\/p>\n
II. The Invitation.<\/p>\n
"Come." Now this implies distance. All men far from God, &c. Prodigal.<\/p>\n
1. To what must they come?<\/p>\n
To the word of God. To the preached Gospel. Rom_10:15. To the cross, look; and be ye saved, &c. To the throne of grace, "Let us draw near," &c. To the church of Christ; for first they gave themselves to God, and then to his people, &c.<\/p>\n
2. How must they come?<\/p>\n
By repentance. Humbly, believingly, unreservedly, immediately. For "behold now," &c.<\/p>\n
3. To whom may this invitation be addressed?<\/p>\n
To the young, middle-aged, and to the old. To the moralist, profligate, and backslider. To the rich and poor, the learned and illiterate. In one word, so all. "Ho! every one," &c.<\/p>\n
Notice,<\/p>\n
III. The Motive urged<\/p>\n
"For all things are now ready."<\/p>\n
1. The Father is ready. To embrace the repenting prodigal.<\/p>\n
2. The Son is ready. To speak forgiveness and peace.<\/p>\n
3. The Spirit is ready. To regenerate and save.<\/p>\n
4. Ministers are ready. "And now then as ambassadors," &c.<\/p>\n
5. The ordinances are ready. And you are freely welcome.<\/p>\n
6. The church is ready. To own you as her sons, &c.<\/p>\n
7. Angels are ready. To bear the tidings of your repentance to glory.<\/p>\n
"All heaven is ready to resound,<\/p>\n
The dead’s alive, the lost is found!"<\/p>\n
Autor: JABEZ BURNS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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