Song of Songs: The Greatest Love Story in the World

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For July 13        The Tears of Jesus -- Part II               Jesus wept--Joh. 11:35               He beheld the city, and wept over it--Luk. 19:41               Tears Shed for Death and for Life              The next difference which impresses me is this--and it is a suggestive and profound distinction--it is that the former tears were shed for death, and the latter tears were shed for life. There was something in the death of Lazarus which made a profound impression upon Christ. He was troubled; He groaned in spirit; He wept. Often He had been face to face with death before, with death in some of its most tragic aspects. He had looked on the still, co...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For July 12        The Tears of Jesus -- Part I               Jesus wept--Joh. 11:35               He beheld the city, and wept over it--Luk. 19:41               Only Two Occasions of Jesus Weeping Are Recorded              There are but two occasions in the Gospels on which we light upon our Savior weeping; only two instances in which we see His tears. It is true that in the Epistle to the Hebrews we have a glimpse into the inner life of Christ, and there we read that He made supplication with tears and strong crying unto God. But into that interior life of prayer when Father and Son had fellowship together, we cannot enter, for it is holy ground. The p...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For July 11        The Parable of the Pounds               And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading--Luk. 19:15               The Context of the Parable              The Gospel tells us what was the occasion of this parable. It was spoken to correct the false impression that the Kingdom of God should immediately appear. Roused by the miracles that they had seen so lately, and impressed by the crowds who were thronging around Jesus, the people (and it may be the disciples too) were stirred to hope that the Kingdom was at hand. They lit...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For July 10        Zacchaeus               And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was...And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him--Luk. 19:2-4               Jesus and Modern Man              The eighteenth chapter of Luke closed with Jesus giving sight to a blind man; Luk. 19:1-48 opens with the priceless story of Zacchaeus. And that swift passage from the blind beggar to this high official well illustrates the rapid changes that meet us in the life of Jesus Christ. We are prone sometimes to think of the lot of Jesus as a very limited and circumscribed one. We think there was little in it of th...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For July 3          Our Duty Toward Our Equals               And he was angry, and would not go in--Luk. 15:28               The Elder Brother's Duty toward His Younger Brother              The moral failure of the elder brother is very significant in one respect. It was a failure in the sphere of duty to an equal. As a son he had given every satisfaction, and with a good conscience he insists on that. Faithfully, and with creditable patience, he had served his father for these many years. Probably, too, no fault could be found with him in his practical management of the estate, nor in his conduct toward the servants on the farm. Toward his superiors--for in Jewish eyes the superiority of fatherhood is great--t...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For July 2        Refusing to Go In               And he was angry, and would not go in--Luke 15:28               An Inexhaustible Parable              I have often spoken on this beautiful parable, and I hope often to speak on it again. It is so full of teaching and so full of hope that in a lifetime one could not exhaust it. I think I have even spoken on this verse when discussing our duties to our equals. But now I choose it for a different purpose, and I want to put it in a different setting. I want to look at this brother in the parable as the type of the man who will not enter into a love that is too big for earth, and into a household that is home indeed. "And he was angry, and would not go in. "Are there no...

George H. Morrison - Devotional Sermons Devotional For July 1        The Elder Brother               Now his elder son was in the field--Luke 15:25               Seeing beneath the Regularities              There is not a little that is excellent in the character of the elder brother, and our Lord, with His eye for what is fine, is careful to bring that into the picture. For instance, the man was diligent--he was getting back from the field when all this happened. The prodigal was returning from debauchery: he was returning from his work. He had been busy on the farm since early morning, keeping a watchful eye on everything, and now at twilight he was getting home. Not only was he diligent; he had also been a pattern of obedience. He could assert, with a perfectly ...