Luke 11:33-36 No man, when he has lighted a candle, puts it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick… I. Consider the nature of human actions, and what dependence they have upon the directing principle, upon the light or understanding that is in the mind of man. II. Show what power men have over their own actions with regard to the influence of that light or understanding by which they are to be directed. III. Consider of what consequence it is in matters of religion that men fail not in this first and grand Foundation of all, in the Root, the Spring, the universal Guide and Director of their actions. "Take heed that the light which is in thee be not darkness." (S. Clarke, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. |
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