Matthew 13:11-12 He answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.… I. THIS PRINCIPLE AS IT IS ILLUSTRATED IN THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER. II. IN REFERENCE TO THE EXPERIENCE OF ALL GRACIOUS SOULS. Let us give instances: 1. When a man believes the gospel in its most elementary form, that man will soon be taught the higher truths. Use starlight and you shall have sunlight soon. 2. And as it is with faith so is it with the possession of any genuine grace, Faith, love, zeal, increase by use. 3. The way in which this promise is carried out by our gracious God is worthy of observation. God gives more by a process of growth, as in parable of the sower. The main point is, have we the living principle? III. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRUTH as exemplified in the experience of the insincere. They who have heard the gospel from childhood, now give up hearing. No taste for it. Lost power to appreciate it. Others receive the grace of God, but not acting upon it, lose its power. (C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. |
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