The Sermon on the Mount: A Practical ExpositionGore, Charles
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The Sermon on the Mount: A Practical Exposition
Gore, Charles
Sermon on the mount
Carelessness, moral, 71
Character, 188‒9
in the new kingdom, 16
of Christ’s teaching, 16
Christian, in the world, 47‒53
of Christ, the best thing in the world, 108
of Pharisees, 164‒5
CHRIST,
His authority, 60
bearing our burdens, 30
character of, the most precious thing in the world, 108
Divine nature, 6, 56‒7, 179
only foundation of life, 193
His freedom from anxiety, 160
His freedom illustrated by Ps. cxxvii, 160
gives principles, not laws, 109
Judge of all, 191‒2
His methods, 92‒4
His method to give principles, 64, 67, 109
parable of unmerciful servant, 41
Prince of Peace, 44
principle of interpretation of all laws, 64
use of proverbs, 92‒3
proverbial manner, 159, 168
was He revolutionary? 54
saying about prayer, an uncanonical, 143
His superiority over other teachers, 180
His teaching unique, 15, 16, 180
teaching of truthfulness, 81
under semi-false accusation, 89
the WORD, 6
His words the foundation of life, 193
His words the foundation of the Church, 193
Church, test of, 196‒7
Conditions,
of power of reception of truth, 173‒4, 175
of the offer of spiritual privileges, 174
Conduct,
motive of, 107, 118
social, principle of, 181
Conscience, 155‒6
Conversation, 80
Courts of Law, Jewish, 62‒3
Covenant, old, check on savage human instincts, 86
Criticism,
the temper of, 165‒9
wrong, 167
right, 167
“Daily,” significance of the word in the Lord’s Prayer, 132
Dealing, laws of the Divine, 40‒1, 54‒5, 85, 134
“Detachment” = poverty of spirit, 25
“Detachment” of Christ in the Incarnation, 25
Devil, existence of, 136‒7
Discipline, of self, 69
Divorce, 72‒8
in law of the Church of England, 77
in the Eastern Church, 76
“innocent party” in, 76
Duty,
threefold, to God, neighbour, and self, 114‒5
to self, fasting the expression of, 115
to self = making the best of ourselves, 115
Education, of man, God’s method of, 56
Enlightenment of conscience, 153‒4
Fall of man, 179‒80
Fasting,
expression of duty to self, 115
abuse of, 122‒3
examples of practice, 123
Fictitious pity, 40
Forgiveness,
nature of, 133
for the past, by itself no real remedy, 199
Foundation,
of life, 193
of the Church, 193
Freedom, the end of self-discipline, 72
GOD,
centre of all in Christ’s teaching, 19
character of, 187
dealings with imperfection, 55
dealings with us, 40‒1, 54‒5, 85, 134
Fatherhood of, 129, 141‒2
love of, how learned, 153
and mammon, 154
method of education, 56
nature of, 154‒5
Name = His revelation, 129
not tied to His own ordinances, 191
Presence of, degrees of, 82
purpose, 55
seeing Him, 43‒4
sole object of new righteousness, 111
and the world, 22
Gradation of crime in Jewish law, 62
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