Almost all of this comes from Rev. Geordie Menzies-Grierson. There is a short quote at the bottom that was selected by Bishop Jerry. If you don't really enjoy this, read it again. Hap
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Ministry Minute. Commentary on Sunday's Gospel- Theme:
Quotes Of Interest
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Thanksgiving is the vibration of
the soul's heart-strings under the soft touch of God's benevolence.
Anon.
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Thankless men are like swine
feeding on acorns, which, though they fall upon their heads, never make them
look up to the tree from which they come.
Jean Daille
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MINISTRY MINUTE
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"Christ is a complete
Saviour" by J. C. Ryle
"Christ is a Saviour. He did
not come on earth to be a conqueror, or a philosopher, or a mere teacher of
morality. He came to save sinners. He came to do that which man could never do
for himself,—to do that which money and learning can never obtain,—to do that
which is essential to man’s real happiness,—He came to 'take away sin.'
Christ is a complete Saviour. He
'taketh away sin.' He did not merely make vague proclamations of pardon, mercy,
and forgiveness. He 'took' our sins upon Himself, and carried them away. He
allowed them to be laid upon Himself, and 'bore them in His own body on the
tree.' (1 Pet. 2:24.) The sins of every one that believes on Jesus are made as
though they had never been sinned at all. The Lamb of God has taken them clean
away.
Christ is an almighty Saviour,
and a Saviour for all mankind. He 'taketh away the sin of the world.' He did
not die for the Jews only, but for the Gentile as well as the Jew. He did not
suffer for a few persons only, but for all mankind.
The payment that He made on the
cross was more than enough to make satisfaction for the debts of all. The blood
that He shed was precious enough to wash away the sins of all. His atonement on
the cross was sufficient for all mankind, though efficient only to them that
believe. The sin that He took up and bore on the cross was the sin of the whole
world."
--J. C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts
on John, Vol. 1 (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1869/2012), 40-41. Ryle is
commenting on John 1:29-34.
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Commentary on Sunday's Gospel Luke
17:11-18
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11-18. Ten lepers cleansed
(peculiar to Lk). For leprosy see on Mat 8:1-4. The healing of a Samaritan, and
the stress laid upon his greater gratitude, is in keeping with the character of
this Gentile Gospel.
11. Through the midst of (or,
rather, 'between') Samaria and Galilee] 'The caravans of Galilee took either
the Samaritan route or the Peræan. Jesus follows neither, but travels along the
boundary between Samaria and Galilee. He directed His steps from W. To E.
Towards the Jordan, which He must cross to enter Peræa' (Godet). 'He seems to
have crossed the Jordan at Scythopolis, where there was a bridge, and to have
descended along the bank of Jordan in Peræa, until He crossed again near
Jericho' (Wetstein).
14. Unto the priests] The Jews
probably went to Jerusalem, because of the necessary sacrifices; the Samaritan
to Mt. Gerizim, unless we are to suppose that he became a Jewish proselyte. As
they went] The healing was delayed to test their faith.
From: A Commentary on the Holy
Bible Edited By J. R. Dummelow
Rev. Geordie Menzies-Grierson
I have learned – I shall never
unlearn – lessons that, after all, our sole power lies in the true, simple,
sincere, setting forth the living Christ, and I have abjured, forevermore, all
the rubbish of “intellectual preaching.”
I would rather serve out slops for people to live upon than lumps of
stone cut into the form of loaves. – Alexander Maclaren (1826-1910)
Jerry L. Ogles
+Jerry L. Ogles, D.D.
Presiding Bishop,
Anglican Orthodox Communion
Worldwide & Chancellor, Faith Theological Seminary
