Category: New Testament

A sixth motive, especially serving to stir up ministers to be watchful in their calling: as every man in his calling, so namely a minister (who is set over the Lord’s people as a steward to give the children the bread of life in due season) shall be blessed, if he be faithful, and found…

A fifth motive: watchfulness makes a man ready, even though the Lord shall come in an hour when men think not. Therefore watch ye that ye may be ready. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651) Matthew 24:44 Meaning – In such an hour as ye…

The fourth motive, set down in an example, teaches us in sense thus much: if men will watch for the avoiding of temporal inconveniences, much more should Christ’s disciples watch to eschew eternal destruction: and if they do not watch, then the world’s diligence in worldly things will condemn their negligence in spiritual things. Dickson,…

The third motive teaches us that the Lord has of set purpose kept from our knowledge the time when Christ shall come. Therefore all should watch and be ready, come when he will. Matthew 24:42 Meaning – Watch therefore The uncertainty of the day is an argument for watchfulness, not for indifference. Robertson, A.T. – Commentary…

This second motive of watchfulness teaches: Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651) Matthew 24:40-41 Meaning – Field, Mill That at the day of judgment they who have lived in near fellowship shall be shed one from another; as, for example, they who had been joined…

Matthew 24:39 Meaning – They knew not Whatsoever truth men do not believe when it is told them, that they do not rightly know, though they conceive the meaning of the Word told them; for it is said, They knew not. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to…

Matthew 24:38 Meaning – They were eating When men believe not things concerning the day of judgment and another life, no wonder they be given over unto and drowned in the matters of this life, for They were eating, &c., that is, This and the like was all their care. Dickson, David – A Brief…