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It may disguise itself, but when detected it is hated and despised. FOR WHAT REASONS.1. In their expansion the Bible expands. The ground of human converse.8. THE LONGEST SWORD; and then the Mahometans must have it; and before them the great disturbers of mankind, whom we call conquerors, as Alexander and Caesar.II. The first lesson we have to learn is humility and unselfishness. The enemy everywhere followed him, sowing tares. There is no spirit for the pursuit unless we know that the guilty past is pardoned. In your life, for there you may best glorify Him.(W. Another illustration of the expansiveness is that IT IS NOT PRESENTED TO US IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IN ITS DEVELOPMENTS, BUT IN ITS GERMS. TO GOD.1. Such was Joseph's conduct to his brethren; such David's when he found Saul asleep, and took his spear away only and a piece of his garment; such Stephen's dying prayer, "Lay not this sin to their charge"; such His glorious charge, "Begin at Jerusalem." I. )The power of purityF. But this is to forget that God has made everything beautiful in its time and place. Because grace does not abolish so much of nature as is good, but refines and sublimates it, by causing us to act from higher principles and to higher ends.2. MORE CHARITABLE. Think and be thankful that you live in a world where these noble things can be done; and you can do them, if you suffer not little mercenary motives to blind your eyes and freeze your sensibilities. Word.2. In the intercourse of the world one is in constant danger of a certain miasma, the pollution of low, selfish, interested motive; it is drawn in naturally as the pure air; and unless we think of "whatsoever things are pure," and do like the Italian peasant, when the night comes on, get out of the low ground on to a hill above the reach of the miasma, we are in danger of losing the freshness and vigour of our spiritual life. *other. Another illustration of the expansiveness is that IT IS NOT PRESENTED TO US IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IN ITS DEVELOPMENTS, BUT IN ITS GERMS. If Debbie were here today, shed say, Oh, Jeff. But whatever is here is part of the heritage of our life.II. Hare. VENERABLE all that relates to the dignity of the high vocation to which God has called us, renouncing all frivolity and folly. It is, after all, my life is it not? There are flowers, and palms, and pools in the desert. Our enemies are surprised at this claim. It aims at the highest end, the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31; Philippians 1:11; Acts 24:14-16).III. WE are in the midst of our series entitled WHO AM I BECOMING? The bond of union.(B. You will be interested to know that, after fifty years of teaching, yours was the first letter of thanks I ever received from a former student. The woodland music of my great pine. Hall. These moralities are not small things; the glory of God, the safety of His people, the good of human society, and the evidence of our own sincerity being concerned in them.Conclusion:1. Falsehoods of whatever kind are prohibited.3. Not here. To your promises.3. There is beauty in winter as well as in spring, in the scarred, weather-beaten rock, as well as in the smiling landscape. The ground of human converse.8. Manner.III. All the disorders contrary to these limits and bounds by which our conversations are regulated, are condemned by the righteous law of God which is the rule of the new creature; and therefore they ought to be avoided by the good Christian (Matthew 5:19).6. (2) Think of these things with ardent love of them, with strenuous and prayerful effort after their attainment, and the exemplification of them in your con duct. So dwell on "these things" as to make them your own. M. Hare.The praises of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be.(J. The astronomical accuracy that can calculate the moment of an eclipse a hundred years hence the power of expediting communication, like lightning, to the ends of the earth the triumph over winds and waves the mighty faculty of the poet the genius of history, the gift of eloquence the prevention of disease, the alleviation of pain the "rise up and walk" of medical skill these, too, together with the awful and majestic in nature and art, whatsoever in mountain or sea or sky, whatsoever in painting or noble structure shows greatness of purpose, nobility of soul, and tends to bow our souls in admiration "think on these things."(B. )New truth unwelcomeGoldsmith.Men who have lived in traditional knowledge do not thank you for a new truth. And there was the observation by another columnist to the effect that Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. A man's power to help does not so much depend on his intentions as on his character and disposition. WE SHOULD LEARN OF ALL MEN WHATEVER IS VIRTUOUS OR PRAISEWORTHY IN THEIR LIFE. The most ferocious natures are soothed and tamed by innocence. So with Melanchthon and Luther. (Professor Eadie. How many of you have heard of their song Born To Be Wild? There is moral beauty in all different in type, but alike in origin and end.III. Standing alone they are a very poor possession. But that is no excuse for giving the world occasion to speak slightingly of the gospel. It no sooner stepped into heathen life than it commended the faith of centurions, Syro-Phoenician women, the endurance of Roman soldiers, and the self-denial of Grecian wrestlers and runners. D.)Praise from othersJ. Whichcote, B. D.I. The Bible says our hearts are deceptive. Another illustration of the expansiveness is that IT IS NOT PRESENTED TO US IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IN ITS DEVELOPMENTS, BUT IN ITS GERMS. The Bible grows in the experience of the individual. Detractors of another sort have put the stigma on the narrowness of our life. It derives them all from the highest fountain, the Spirit of sanctification, by whom we are fitted for these duties (Ephesians 5:9; Galatians 5:22).2. 2. But that is no excuse for giving the world occasion to speak slightingly of the gospel. (Archbishop Whately.)PraiseworthinessB. By all odds we are the most fortunate of Gods creatures. This suggests the need of "the blood of sprinkling," that our actions, motives, powers, prayers, may be cleansed of all vile, base admixtures. Thus we are taught to repent of our deviations, i.e., sin, missing the mark, going out of the way. Because these conduce to the honour of religion. In the family, in the Church, in the State; whatever is upright, observant of right, and struggles against wrong-doing, fraud, injustice, is the finger of God. Ogle.Think on these things and you will become I. (1) The world is least irritated by a good conversation (1 Peter 3:13; 1 Samuel 24:17). )Commendation better than scoldingLord Lytton.A word of praise warms the heart towards him who bestows it, and insensibly trains him who receives it to strive after what is praiseworthy; and as our lesser faults may be thus gently corrected, by disciplining some counter merits to stronger and steadier efforts to outgrow them, so it is, on the whole, not more pleasant than wise to keep any large expenditure of scolding for great occasions. It is so with the artist, with the pleasure seeker, and with the Christian. The remains of other and nobler times are articles of virtu, and he who has most acquaintance with them is a virtuoso, or man of virtue. Do something, someone. G. Horton, M. A platitude is a comment or statement that a person makes that is often flat or )Loyalty to truthB. It may disguise itself, but when detected it is hated and despised. View Philippians 4-4-8 Sermon.docx from MASS COMM 89 at Lyceum of the Philippines University. Someone wrote me that the turkey tasted great, but the plastic cup melted.. Our manner of life must be plain and simple, purged from the love of the world which, as a shadow, passes away.II. I. It sees professors doing disreputable things and immediately exclaims, "There is your religion for you." II. In the intercourse of the world one is in constant danger of a certain miasma, the pollution of low, selfish, interested motive; it is drawn in naturally as the pure air; and unless we think of "whatsoever things are pure," and do like the Italian peasant, when the night comes on, get out of the low ground on to a hill above the reach of the miasma, we are in danger of losing the freshness and vigour of our spiritual life. There are subjects worthy of winning the thoughts of thinkers the most profound. I had noticed them in her letters, too. It dazes and confounds their dim vision, which is unsuited to its reception. )LinksPhilippians 4:8 NIVPhilippians 4:8 NLTPhilippians 4:8 ESVPhilippians 4:8 NASBPhilippians 4:8 KJVPhilippians 4:8 Bible AppsPhilippians 4:8 ParallelPhilippians 4:8 Biblia ParalelaPhilippians 4:8 Chinese BiblePhilippians 4:8 French BiblePhilippians 4:8 German BiblePhilippians 4:8 CommentariesBible Hub, III.REQUIRES MUCH STUDY AND PRAYER.(J. Think that the capacity to enjoy the recital argues the ability to do them. (Dean Vaughan. )Whatsoever things are of good reportB. Such was Christ. This is when men, with a purpose to deceive, say what is false either by assertion (Acts 5:3) or promise (Proverbs 19:22). Some deny the originality of Christian truth, and say of some fragments of it, "It is in Seneca or Confucius." Virtue and praise, two things linked together. If religion adopts moralities into its constitution, we must not leave them out of our practice (Titus 3:8). In the philosophical writings of Greece it signifies all virtue, and not any special forms of it, as it does in Homer and others. Take your troubles to the Lord (vs. 6-7). Because we want to hear those sweet voices and see those wide smiles and sit again in the presence of two people who believed with their whole hearts that every breath was a gift not to be despised and always to be cherished. 3. THE EARLIEST ACTINGS OF CHRISTIAN LIFE WERE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THIS EXPANSIVENESS.1. My renewal subscription is on its way to you.. **All sermons are in condensed form*** W. Bray.In the service of God there is employment for every faculty and function; they each have a mission for the Master. Lying is (1)Most contrary to the nature of God, who is truth itself. There is a certain beauty even about the most rugged forms of moral strength. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in meput it into practice. It recognized in it the working of the Divine Spirit, heard its poets preluding the song of Christian brotherhood in the words, "Ye are God's offspring"; saw the glory of Roman law; and in Greek wisdom questions which God had helped to formulate, and God's Son had come to answer. I. David refusing to offer to the Lord "that which cost Him nothing"; the centurion's, "Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldest come under my roof, but speak the word only"; Mary, with her alabaster box of ointment (and "this that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her"); Paul's, "though the more I love you, the less I am beloved" "take back your runaway slave, Philemon, as a brother," and what he owes thee put down to me; that greatest deed in the history of the universe, how that when we were yet sinners Christ died for us.(B. Be true TO YOURSELVES to your better nature. Philippians 4:8-9 The world is compelled to respect truth, however lacking in grace. B. It grows in the experience of the Church. That is right, just. Kent. No one Church, however venerable in age, or fresh with the dew of youth, has a monopoly of the good things of God. Such persons are good judges of Paul's precept, however little they may believe in the possibility of obeying it. Hall.Not the common word for think, but the reckoning, counting up, dwelling repeatedly on these things. We have here. D.)Praise from othersJ. It dazes and confounds their dim vision, which is unsuited to its reception. The world is compelled to respect truth, however lacking in grace. Such persons are good judges of Paul's precept, however little they may believe in the possibility of obeying it. One might think that the easier life is, the greater the material wealth and abundance of friends, the greater the gratitude would be. IT IS JUST BY THESE THINGS THAT WE ARE JUDGED BY THE WORLD.1. THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING )The transforming power of thoughtJ. Then we turn angry and bitter and envious and disappointed and desperate, and cry out for justice. Think on them; they are; God does not leave Himself without a witness; there are more signs of righteous government in the world than many of us suspect. LOOK AT THE EXPANSIVE CHARACTER OF THE BOOK BY WHICH CHRISTIAN LIFE IS FED. Here is indeed a galaxy of virtues, yet when we come to examine them we find that they all turn on one point the conquest of self.1. To your promises.3. It may be distorted and disproportionate, like fruit that is ripe only on one side, or like trees with half their branches withered.3. When you give your life to Jesus, your life should be and will be different as we allow ourselves to be molded into the image of Jesus. The first lesson we have to learn is humility and unselfishness. In the philosophical writings of Greece it signifies all virtue, and not any special forms of it, as it does in Homer and others. As to the pine, it is represented in all zones, from the cedars of Lebanon to the fir bushes of the Scandinavian mountain tops. I wrote in a column that one should put a cup of liquid in the cavity of the Thanksgiving Then we turn angry and bitter and envious and disappointed and desperate, and cry out for justice. There are some things which have no express evil in them, but they are not of good fame (1 Thessalonians 5:22; 1 Peter 2:12).7. Thats how I feel today; thats how we all feel. It is the foe of man, to be crushed by a Diviner force if we are to attain to spiritual beauty.2. )The power of purityF. Hall. They are about our path if we will but open our eyes, and observe, and desire to see them. Thus the word has reference to what may and does defile; influences in the Church and the world which tend to stain our consciences; connivance at sin, excusing evil, insincere statements; having a bad motive underlying right conduct; preaching such a gospel as Paul rejoiced to know was preached, and yet not with cleanness of conscience. A youth may care very little about business; but presently he becomes interested in it, and it grows upon him until before middle age is reached he can scarcely think of anything else. Those who employ all their art in order to have the outward clothing of gentleness, elegance, and grace have their reward. THOUGHT IS A DUTY. But whatever is here is part of the heritage of our life.II. IT IS JUST BY THESE THINGS THAT WE ARE JUDGED BY THE WORLD.1. Christian graces are commonly grouped together in the Scriptures. Consciously or unconsciously it is doing His work; the vindication of human rights against oppression, ignorance, superstition, the devil, is working for and with Christ. )LinksPhilippians 4:8 NIVPhilippians 4:8 NLTPhilippians 4:8 ESVPhilippians 4:8 NASBPhilippians 4:8 KJVPhilippians 4:8 Bible AppsPhilippians 4:8 ParallelPhilippians 4:8 Biblia ParalelaPhilippians 4:8 Chinese BiblePhilippians 4:8 French BiblePhilippians 4:8 German BiblePhilippians 4:8 CommentariesBible Hub. )If there be any praiseSchleiermacher.We all consider what is thought of us by those around us as a substantial good. We should keep the integrity of a good conscience (Psalm 32:2; 2 Corinthians 1:12). "Every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself," etc. LOOK AT THE EXPANSIVE CHARACTER OF THE BOOK BY WHICH CHRISTIAN LIFE IS FED. Love of justice is the moral part of piety, as the love of truth is the intellectual part of it. Scripture: Philippians 4:8, John 3:16. TO YOUR NEIGHBOURS in 1. Falsehoods of whatever kind are prohibited.3. Thoughtlessness has wrought the ruin of our race. read more. Because these conduce to the honour of religion. Hence harsh judgments, suspicion, distrust. Whichcote, B. D.)False measures of truthB. There is moral beauty in all different in type, but alike in origin and end.III. In all cases where moral principles are involved, there is another part of our nature to be consulted. Liberty consequent upon it.5. They may not be classed as yet, but they belong to the kingdom of truth, and therefore to us.3. NOTE THE VARIETIES OF SPIRITUAL BEAUTY.1. Whichcote, B. D.1. Those who employ all their art in order to have the outward clothing of gentleness, elegance, and grace have their reward. It is leaven, seed, a new spiritual force, developing, penetrating, taking possession of, allying itself to all experiences, manners, customs, countries, races.IV. And if that responsibility cannot be desired; if "out of the heart the mouth speaketh," if by the heart the path of life is chosen and the course of life shaped; in short, if, in every sense of the words, "out of the heart are the issues of life," and according to the life must be the eternal judgment of each one of us; how terrible must it be to be unable from a moral impotency to obey the charge "keep that heart with all diligence"; to be compelled to let thought drift whither it will, and yet to know that thought guides action, and action may destroy the soul. Beholding these things with an open face, he will be naturally, insensibly, gradually changed into the same image.II. Consciously or unconsciously it is doing His work; the vindication of human rights against oppression, ignorance, superstition, the devil, is working for and with Christ. What can the world think when men who profess to be sure of heaven grumble at everything that goes on in earth; when those who profess to have received mercy are unforgiving, close fisted, and hard to deal with. For indeed it is a very dreadful thing, when we reflect upon it a strong proof, were there no other, of our fallen and ruined state that a man should thus sit at a helm of which he has lost the rudder, should thus be responsible for the conduct of a mind over which practically he has no control. God will be with us animating our pursuit by the assurance of reconciliation. We recognize the loveliness of simple trust and absolute devotion in Magdalen in Gethsemane; but is there no beauty in the lofty heroism of Peter and John declaring that they would serve God rather than men? When the day is over we should get us up to the mountains, and converse with our Lord concerning the conduct of the day, and ask Him to see "if there is any wicked way in us, and to wash us, not our feet only, but also our hands and our head." Christ is the "Just One." 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your Doesnt belong to you. Philippians 4:6-7, Denomination: A corrupt heart in an hour elicits all that is bad in us; a spiritual one brings out and draws to itself all that is best and purest. David refusing to offer to the Lord "that which cost Him nothing"; the centurion's, "Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldest come under my roof, but speak the word only"; Mary, with her alabaster box of ointment (and "this that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her"); Paul's, "though the more I love you, the less I am beloved" "take back your runaway slave, Philemon, as a brother," and what he owes thee put down to me; that greatest deed in the history of the universe, how that when we were yet sinners Christ died for us.(B. Kent. )If there be any virtueProfessor Eadie.The clause is an emphatic and earnest summation. Barnabas seems to gather up in himself the things that are lovely, but do we find no spiritual beauty in the lion-like courage of Paul? Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching : Triumphant Joy #6: Keep Calm And Overcome Anxiety, Always Choose The High Road (Theres Less Traffic), Hope And Perspective When Were Dealing With Doubt. To your promises.3. )Purity inculcatedSchiller.Live in purity, my child, through this fair life, pure from every vice and every evil knowledge, as the lily lives in silent innocence, as the turtledove amid the branches, that thou, when the Father downward gazes, mayest be His beloved object on earth, as the unconscious wanderer gazes on the lovely star of even; that thou, when the sun dissolves thee, mayest show thyself a pearl of purest whiteness, that thy thoughts may be as the rose's perfume, that thy love may be like a glowing sunbeam, and thy life like shepherd's song of evening, like the tones his flute pours forth so softly.(Schiller. (1) Things lovely. There are some things which have no express evil in them, but they are not of good fame (1 Thessalonians 5:22; 1 Peter 2:12). The young man whom Jesus loved was the same. Such was Christ. If THE MOST VOICES; then the condemners of our Saviour must have it: for they all cry, Crucify, Crucify. )Whatsoever things are trueTruth hathB. The ground of human converse.8. To His claims.2. (2) Meditate on truth, especially Christian truth. Intro: The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. Many things in the world are praised which are not virtuous; such things are to be abhorred. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Grant, B. The apostle exhorts us to "cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." In God's works there is great variety, but everywhere beauty.2. In speech. Of good report. It is so with the artist, with the pleasure seeker, and with the Christian. Among actions which are good, some are held more specially in repute. (Archbishop Whately.)PraiseworthinessB. (), auspicious, sounding well, of good omen; silent deeds that, nevertheless, sound like a trumpet, and awaken our admiration, making us think better of human nature; things that come to us like good news, and "make our bones fat," and our eyes glisten, and our lips tremulous "things of good report." Which are not feigned, or invented to please, but which really subsist. But whatever true things are in any of the wise teachers of the past, we shall not resent their being found anterior to Christ. So only can we follow Christ. It is very true that the world is not discerning in its judgments. In your life, for there you may best glorify Him.(W. Some there are who are satisfied with few excellencies, forgetting that, though remarkable for one or two virtues, their character may still be egregiously defective. Thoughtlessness, and consequently ignorance, is what the Lord so pathetically lamented in His people Israel. OBJECTIVES: There is much that is praiseworthy even in brethren who have been overtaken in a fault. Every. "Whatsoever things are pure, unsullied, akin to holy. Whichcote, B. D.)Spheres of truthW. Can we find the things that are lovely only in peaceful homes and gracious ministries, and not also where hard battles are fought and victories won for Jesus Christ? Societies have claimed the one for their own, as some naturalists have claimed the other for northern climes. (1)Faith in Christ (Hebrews 11:6; Romans 7:4). 2. Where there is no room for reverence there is no room for life. Observe THE ENTIRENESS OF THE APOSTLE'S LANGUAGE. Can we find the things that are lovely only in peaceful homes and gracious ministries, and not also where hard battles are fought and victories won for Jesus Christ? Because we want to hear those sweet voices and see those wide smiles and sit again in the presence of two people who believed with their whole hearts that every breath was a gift not to be despised and always to be cherished. He looked at his father with a quivering lip, and said: "Father, I cannot tell a lie: I did it." In the dictates of an enlightened conscience, we find a code to which not only the outward actions, but the appetites, propensities, and affections, are amenable, and which prescribes the limits of their just exercise. )New truth unwelcomeGoldsmith.Men who have lived in traditional knowledge do not thank you for a new truth. The apostle nowhere else uses it it had been too much debased and soiled in some of the schools, and ideas were often attached to it very different from that moral excellence which with him was virtue. So some think now that the highest good is only to be found in truth, scientific facts; others in the noble and self-denying; in the romantic aspect of things. Of good report. There are certain things which are not only commanded by God, but are grateful to men, such as affability, peaceableness, usefulness (Romans 45:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Acts 2:46-47).6. It is true that the regenerate are taught of God, and have the Spirit to guide them; but this is not to supersede the use of their own faculties. Thoughtlessness, and consequently ignorance, is what the Lord so pathetically lamented in His people Israel. Herman Masius. "And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them;" there is a sounding deed! The original signification of the term was custom order social rule, in opposition to the unmannered life of wild tribes, who are swayed by inclination, passion, caprice. To obey the suggestions of the desire of esteem, in opposition to the requisitions of conscience, would be to subvert the order of our mental constitution, and to transfer the responsibility to the supreme command of a mere sentinel of the outposts. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things. Liberty consequent upon it.5. Our peace and safety are concerned in it. It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most on Divine truth that will prove the choicest, wisest, strongest Christian.(J. Manner.III. In common English, a woman's virtue is simply and alone her chastity, as being first and indispensable; and with the Scotch formerly it was thrift or industry. Still, when we think of things lovely, we refer to qualities by which the more severe attributes of character are softened. "Whatsoever things are pure, unsullied, akin to holy. Grant, B. As that creature lives chiefly in the dark, so its eyes seem formed for the gloominess of its abode; and you have only to light a candle unexpectedly, and it becomes so dazed that it cannot find its way back to its retreat.(Goldsmith. It makes them to grow out of proper principles. The apostle exhorts us to "cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." 2. )The difficulty and importance of continuous thoughtDean Vaughan.How many persons are made and kept frivolous by an inability to prescribe the subjects on which their mind shall run! The reason is, that they have all one root and originating source; and where one exists the rest may be looked for. Trust in our uprightness of character, belief in our abilities, and the desire that arises from this to be more intimately connected with us, and to gain our good opinion everything of this kind is often a more valuable treasure than great riches.The esteem of othersT. what we think is what we become. The large, full, free life is that which philosophy, art, science, literature, and travel make possible. His hand is in them all. Daille1. Just. And every new application is a discovery of the wealth that remains to be dug out of the Book of God.V. Men who say that "It is all over with Christian life. If religion adopts moralities into its constitution, we must not leave them out of our practice (Titus 3:8). But all things here are beforehand in Christ. As Garrison Keillor puts it, A good Lutheran guilt is the gift that keeps on giving. So here is an invitation. We are to think, but not at random. Long winded sermons/get here/fight the devil LOVELY. 9).4. A true Christian will bemoan nothing more feelingly than the constant detection of impure, low motive in his spiritual life. read more, Scripture: It derives them all from the highest fountain, the Spirit of sanctification, by whom we are fitted for these duties (Ephesians 5:9; Galatians 5:22).2. Thoughtlessness has wrought the ruin of our race. Herman Masius.Moral truth in its universality is like the pine tree. The warlike Romans placed their virtue in military courage; while their successors, the modern degenerate Italians, often apply it to a knowledge of antiquities or fine arts. "And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them;" there is a sounding deed! Christian graces are commonly grouped together in the Scriptures. He stood in the presence of impurity, and men and women became pure.(F. The result of this constant study is the education of the spiritual taste into a high pitch of delicacy. Barnabas seems to gather up in himself the things that are lovely, but do we find no spiritual beauty in the lion-like courage of Paul? It dazes and confounds their dim vision, which is unsuited to its reception. Of good report. Who has taught us this lesson better than these two? Philippians 4:4-7, 9 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. It directs by the highest rule, God's mind revealed in His Word, the absolute rule of right and wrong.4. THE LONGEST SWORD; and then the Mahometans must have it; and before them the great disturbers of mankind, whom we call conquerors, as Alexander and Caesar.II. Moreover, such an insatiate student delights to consider the lives of these who have gone before him in the narrow way Christ the supreme standard and pattern of the result; Paul and others as examples of the process. Here is an answer to those who ask wherein must we be holy and obedient.(T. Herman Masius. He walks there. In the dictates of an enlightened conscience, we find a code to which not only the outward actions, but the appetites, propensities, and affections, are amenable, and which prescribes the limits of their just exercise. There is beauty in winter as well as in spring, in the scarred, weather-beaten rock, as well as in the smiling landscape. As to the pine, it is represented in all zones, from the cedars of Lebanon to the fir bushes of the Scandinavian mountain tops. Whichcote, B. D.1. Where there is no room for reverence there is no room for life. marg.) In your hearts, for truth is required in the inward parts.4. The term is only here used by St. Paul. IN WHAT MANNER DOTH CHRISTIANITY ENFORCE THEM.1. In actions. I highly recommend them to anyone in my situation, who needs sermon assistance week after week. Much of our unity, success, comfort as communities, depend on our cultivating this habit.III. Whenever a young man is seen exhibiting an utter disregard for the approbation of others, the most unfavourable anticipations may be formed of him; he has annihilated one of the greatest restraints on an evil course which a kind Providence has implanted within us; and exposes himself to the hazard of unmistakable vice and misery.(T. Philippians 4:1-23, FIVE WAYS TO COMBAT FEAR, WORRY, STRESS TO GOD.1. Defence in itself.3. Thoughtlessness, and consequently ignorance, is what the Lord so pathetically lamented in His people Israel. It is so with the artist, with the pleasure seeker, and with the Christian. Think that the capacity to enjoy the recital argues the ability to do them. "When I consider Thy heavens," etc.II. Some deny the originality of Christian truth, and say of some fragments of it, "It is in Seneca or Confucius." Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. )Loyalty to truthB. There is an assimilating process by which the graces or virtues we have specified are stamped deeply upon Christian character. Hymn Lists, Every November we celebrate an annual Holiday dedicated to turkey and touchdowns. Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl died on September 2 at the age of 93. It is as if having unfolded tract after tract the vision suddenly expanded, and a sense of the boundlessness of that life came over the apostle, and then under the stress of that feeling he pours the fulness of his soul into one utterance, emphasizing its breadth by the six-fold repetition of "whatsoever things." They are favourites of the social circle; and yet they may be lacking in the first elements of spiritual nobility. . OPEN: Years ago, there was popular rock group named Steppenwolf. The virtues of this verse are parts of one organic whole; they so hang together that the absence of one goes far to destroy the value of the other. Liberty consequent upon it.5. The chorus went like this (I sang it for LOOK AT THE EXPANSIVE CHARACTER OF THE BOOK BY WHICH CHRISTIAN LIFE IS FED. )Whatsoever things are of good reportB. So only can we follow Christ. M. Hare.The praises of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be.(J. To obey the suggestions of the desire of esteem, in opposition to the requisitions of conscience, would be to subvert the order of our mental constitution, and to transfer the responsibility to the supreme command of a mere sentinel of the outposts. "Lay hands suddenly on no mankeep thyself pure." Taking Control Of Our Thinking - Philippians 4:8-9. If, however, we would lay aside this tendency and "take account of" (R.V. Think on the things in society that are conformed to this rule of order and right. We must be free from lying. Faith means trusting ourselves, and those we love, to our God, to the one who gives life. FOR WHAT REASONS.1. Christian graces are commonly grouped together in the Scriptures. This is especially true of "things honest and just." M. Hare.The praises of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be.(J. THIS HAS A PRACTICAL BEARING ON THE ATTITUDE OF CHURCHES TO EACH OTHER.1. INTRODUCTION The credit of religion depends much on the credit of its professors (Ezekiel 36:20-21; 2 Samuel 12:14; 2 Peter 2:2; Titus 2:10).3. "Lay hands suddenly on no mankeep thyself pure." The power to think is the prerogative distinctly peculiar to man.I. Experiencing peace in our lives means keeping an open connection with the God of all peace through prayer. Here is indeed a galaxy of virtues, yet when we come to examine them we find that they all turn on one point the conquest of self.1. And there was the observation by another columnist to the effect that Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. It no sooner stepped into heathen life than it commended the faith of centurions, Syro-Phoenician women, the endurance of Roman soldiers, and the self-denial of Grecian wrestlers and runners. Think that the capacity to enjoy the recital argues the ability to do them. There is a certain beauty even about the most rugged forms of moral strength. C. Upham, LL. We recognize the loveliness of simple trust and absolute devotion in Magdalen in Gethsemane; but is there no beauty in the lofty heroism of Peter and John declaring that they would serve God rather than men? We should be careful not only to preserve our bodies from pollution, but our hearts, tongues, eyes, dress, cultivating modesty, and avoiding every species of dissoluteness.V. They really will. Hence harsh judgments, suspicion, distrust. There are subjects worthy of winning the thoughts of thinkers the most profound.(J. "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me."(B. The poetry of life the sphere music audible amidst the groans of creation. The Bible grows in the experience of the individual. JUST.1. In God's works there is great variety, but everywhere beauty.2. (3)To society, for commerce is kept up by truth.2. But the signification has been modified by national character and temperament. Some get depressed. Let him think on "whatsoever things are true," etc., and the more attractive they will become; the larger place will they occupy in his heart, and the mightier will be their influence on his life. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirableif . The word chivalry seems to embody most of the virtues included in the phrase of the text: reverence for God and for all that is godlike in man, sympathy for all goodness, pity for all weakness, courage to face all danger, generous consideration for others dictated by true respect for self. Liberty consequent upon it.5. These are just the virtues which the Christian should strive by the grace of God to develop.(J. The large, full, free life is that which philosophy, art, science, literature, and travel make possible. Consciously or unconsciously it is doing His work; the vindication of human rights against oppression, ignorance, superstition, the devil, is working for and with Christ. Where there is no room for reverence there is no room for life. Manner.III. Manton, D. D.)Expansiveness of Christian lifeA. For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable Peace. Kent.A father found a favourite cherry tree hacked and ruined. A true Christian will bemoan nothing more feelingly than the constant detection of impure, low motive in his spiritual life. It aims at the highest end, the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31; Philippians 1:11; Acts 24:14-16).III. How watchful and prayerful we should be that it does not misjudge the Master through us? (1)Faith in Christ (Hebrews 11:6; Romans 7:4). )Whatsoever things are of good reportB. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. It has sometimes been supposed that different regions of goodness might be separated from each other; religion from morality; truth from beauty. The word is often used to signify due appreciation, and it bids us here with strong emphasis estimate rightly the place morality holds in the gospel. TO GOD.1. The real life the life of the future has its roots in material forces, and in the views, hopes, and aims to which these forces are giving shape." Barnabas seems to gather up in himself the things that are lovely, but do we find no spiritual beauty in the lion-like courage of Paul? (2)Love to God (Galatians 5:6; Titus 2:11-12).3. "Whatsoever things are pure, unsullied, akin to holy. Peace. It is as if having unfolded tract after tract the vision suddenly expanded, and a sense of the boundlessness of that life came over the apostle, and then under the stress of that feeling he pours the fulness of his soul into one utterance, emphasizing its breadth by the six-fold repetition of "whatsoever things." Consciously or unconsciously it is doing His work; the vindication of human rights against oppression, ignorance, superstition, the devil, is working for and with Christ. (1) Things of truth: of honesty, i.e., honour ableness, respect worthiness: of justice: of purity: of amiability, or such as win the esteem and love of others: and of good report. )CommendationArchbishop Whately.The tendency of the love of commendation is to make a man exert himself; of the love of admiration to make him puff himself. And this is possible. The large, full, free life is that which philosophy, art, science, literature, and travel make possible. "When I consider Thy heavens," etc.II. A. And I am sure he does not mean, Go around telling people how considerate you are., The joy that isnt shared, Ive heard, dies young. CONTEMPLATE THE THINGS THAT ARE LOWLY (Colossians 3:12-15). Constant Joy in God the Duty of Christians, The Difficulty and Importance of Continuous Thought, The difficulty and importance of continuous thought. And the least grateful are those who seem to have it made. It is therefore here employed in its widest and highest sense of moral excellence virtus, that which becomes a man redeemed by the blood of Christ and tenanted by the Holy Spirit. New circumstances demand new aspects of truth, new applications of principle. Sin-gle. It is as if having unfolded tract after tract the vision suddenly expanded, and a sense of the boundlessness of that life came over the apostle, and then under the stress of that feeling he pours the fulness of his soul into one utterance, emphasizing its breadth by the six-fold repetition of "whatsoever things." I will say it again: Rejoice! No one Church, however venerable in age, or fresh with the dew of youth, has a monopoly of the good things of God. What a man thinks most about grows upon him. Why does this way of viewing life seem so rare? 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing."i That's a strong finish. Note how ALL THE REGIONS OF GOODNESS FIT INTO EACH OTHER. Believe it and find peace in your life. Because these conduce to the honour of religion. Praise is worth nothing if it be not founded on truth. What God commands us to render unto men, whether honour, deference, and obedience to our superiors in the state or the family; the guidance and protection of inferiors; friendship and assistance towards equals, or kindness towards all.2. (2)Love to God (Galatians 5:6; Titus 2:11-12).3. The bond of union.(B. Paul counted his virtues loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ, and nothing but that knowledge will save your soul.(R. Some there are who are satisfied with few excellencies, forgetting that, though remarkable for one or two virtues, their character may still be egregiously defective. Although all virtues are excellent in themselves, yet some are more pleasing than others; even as we see amongst the stars, though all are beautiful, yet some shine with a brighter lustre. M. Paul counted his virtues loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ, and nothing but that knowledge will save your soul.(R. From any and every quarter let whatsoever is of good report be welcomed.IV. The highest object of admiration to the Roman was what was just. V. THIS HAS A PRACTICAL BEARING ON THE ATTITUDE OF CHURCHES TO EACH OTHER. W. Thoughtlessness has wrought the ruin of our race. It must thrive everywhere, because suited to and intended for the world.(Dr. If religion adopts moralities into its constitution, we must not leave them out of our practice (Titus 3:8). (2) Think of these things with ardent love of them, with strenuous and prayerful effort after their attainment, and the exemplification of them in your con duct. This is especially true of "things honest and just." There is His righteousness; we must be clothed with it. We want the business habits, direct dealing, and honour among her commercial men; the free play and force of her public opinion, her respect for rights, her forbearance; the noble self-renunciation of her soldiers and sailors; the enthusiasm of her men of science, and the gravity of her lawyers.(A. Hare. The Lord is near. BETTER. Philippians 4:8-9 . G. Horton, M. A.I. PH 4 VS 4-9 (Professor Eadie. 9).4. Whichcote, B. D.)False measures of truthB. The pure heart becomes a centre of attraction, round which similar atoms gather, and from which dissimilar ones are repelled. But all things here are beforehand in Christ. All the disorders contrary to these limits and bounds by which our conversations are regulated, are condemned by the righteous law of God which is the rule of the new creature; and therefore they ought to be avoided by the good Christian (Matthew 5:19).6. Shell Point Baptist Church Many things in the world are praised which are not virtuous; such things are to be abhorred. The young man whom Jesus loved was the same. As thinking must not terminate in itself, so practice must be the diligent regulation of our life according to all the principles of holiness. But mainly we would speak of the thoughts as tending to form character. G. Horton, M. It is an old-world story, a thing past and done. Kent., B. Kent.observant of the rule of right equal. He cried sternly to his son: "George, who did this?" J. Lynd, B. Thoughts are either indicative of character, or formative of it. His hand is in them all. PEACE IS BELIEVING THAT GOD IS WITH YOU "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me."(B. There is His righteousness; we must be clothed with it. It no sooner stepped into heathen life than it commended the faith of centurions, Syro-Phoenician women, the endurance of Roman soldiers, and the self-denial of Grecian wrestlers and runners. Herman Masius. Here is indeed a galaxy of virtues, yet when we come to examine them we find that they all turn on one point the conquest of self.1. Yet the operation of this principle within due limits is favourable to human well-being. THE EARLIEST ACTINGS OF CHRISTIAN LIFE WERE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THIS EXPANSIVENESS.1. "When I consider Thy heavens," etc.II. GET YOUR FOUR FREE SAMPLES! Not done to be reported well of, but done for love and dear honour's sake; and which can no more be hid than one can "hide the wind." With just as much justice as if after Satan had transformed himself into an angel of light, he again assumed his demoniacal form you were to say, "There's your angel for you."2. Because grace does not abolish so much of nature as is good, but refines and sublimates it, by causing us to act from higher principles and to higher ends.2. W. Christians ought to remember the words, "Let not your good be evil spoken of." Of course there must be a foundation, and a good one; but it is poor sort of work to be always laying foundations with so few buildings showing signs of growth, much less of completeness.3. Such thoughts are those voluntary ones which we choose to indulge.1. The virtues of this verse are parts of one organic whole; they so hang together that the absence of one goes far to destroy the value of the other. 2. A. And so with human beings there is a delicacy so pure that vicious men in its presence become almost pure; all of purity that is in them being brought out; like attaches itself to like. Think of them think that you never experience such a thrill of pleasure as when you read of such things then what must it be to do them! TRUE. There is a Divine order in this world, amid all our confusions. Kent.A father found a favourite cherry tree hacked and ruined. The apostle nowhere else uses it it had been too much debased and soiled in some of the schools, and ideas were often attached to it very different from that moral excellence which with him was virtue. In the former light they may serve as a test of our real state to ourselves. The way she dressed and the way she sparkled put flight to any suspicion of loneliness. Think of everything, in your deportment, which is becoming to the dignity of a Christian character.3. The way she dressed and the way she sparkled put flight to any suspicion of loneliness. There is the way of the righteous King. There are flowers, and palms, and pools in the desert. Amid such national variations, and the unsettled metaphysical disquisitions as to what forms virtue and what is its basis, it needed that He who created man for Himself should tell him what best became him what he was made for and what he should aspire to. Those who employ all their art in order to have the outward clothing of gentleness, elegance, and grace have their reward. The presence of a good man a man who has "thought on these things" until they have become part of himself, always acts like a tonic on weaker souls. IN WHAT MANNER DOTH CHRISTIANITY ENFORCE THEM. Thieves robbed Matthew Henry, the one who wrote a commentary on the Bible that many still use today. A. In their expansion the Bible expands. 2. The poetry of life the sphere music audible amidst the groans of creation. 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