January 7
You have wondrous sympathies, and philanthropy. Carry out your greatness by determining: "I am meek and lowly of heart." Emma Curtis Hopkins
You have wondrous sympathies, and philanthropy. Carry out your greatness by determining: "I am meek and lowly of heart." Emma Curtis Hopkins
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For
my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."—Matthew
11:28-30.
REV. C.H. Spurgeon
at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
THE
single sentence which I have selected for my text consists of these
words:—"I am meek and lowly in heart." These words might be taken to
have three distinct bearings upon the context. They may be regarded as being the
lesson to be taught: "Learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart." One great lesson of the gospel is to teach us to be meek—to put
away our high and angry spirits, and to make us lowly in heart. Peradventure,
this is the meaning of the passage— that it we will but come to Christ's
school, he will teach us the hardest of all lessons,—how to be meek and lowly
in heart. Again; other expositors might consider this sentence to signify, that
is the only Spirit in which a man can learn of Jesus,— the Spirit which
is necessary if we would become Christ's scholars. We can learn nothing, even
of Christ himself, while we hold our heads up with pride, or exalt ourselves
with self-confidence. We must be meek and lowly in heart, otherwise we are
totally unfit to be taught by Christ. Empty vessels may be filled; but vessels
that are full already can receive no more. The man who knows his own emptiness
can receive abundance of knowledge, and wisdom, and grace, from Christ; but he
who glories in himself is not in a fit condition to receive anything from God.
I have no doubt that both of these interpretations are true, and might be borne
out by the connection. It is the lesson of Christ's school—it is the spirit
of Christ's disciples. But I choose, rather, this morning, to regard these
words as being a commendation of the Teacher himself. "Come unto me
and learn; for I am meek and lowly in heart." As much as to say, "I
can teach, and you will not find it hard to learn of me." In fact, the
subject of this morning's discourse is briefly this: the gentle, lovely
character of Christ should be a high and powerful inducement to sinners to come
to Christ. I intend so to use it: first of all, noticing the two qualities
which Christ here claims for himself. He is "meek;" and then
he is "lowly in heart;" and after we have observed these two
things, I shall come to push the conclusion home. Come unto him, all ye
that are labouring and are heavy laden; come unto him, and take his yoke upon
you; for he is meek and lowly in heart. The rest
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New International
Version (©1984) Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and
humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
King James Bible
(Cambridge Ed.) Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly
in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Aramaic Bible in Plain
English (©2010) Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am peaceful and
meek in my heart and you will find rest for your souls.
GOD'S WORD® Translation
(©1995) Place my yoke over your shoulders, and learn from me, because I am
gentle and humble. Then you will find rest for yourselves
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