The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 6:46
Good and bad building. In the moral and spiritual as well as in the material world there is good and bad, sound and unsound, safe and unsafe building We are all builders; we are all planning, preparing, laying our foundation, erecting our walls, putting on our topstone. I. THE FABRIC OF ENJOYMENT OR OF SUCCESS . That of enjoyment , of the gratification of indulgence, is indeed hardly worthy of the name of building; yet are there those who spend upon it a very large... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 6:46
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? It is evident from this heart-stirring appeal of Jesus that he had already obtained a large measure of recognition from the people. We should hardly be prepared to aver that any large number of the Palestinian inhabitants looked on him as Messiah, though probably some did; but that generally at this period he was looked on by the common folk, at all events, and by a few perhaps of their rulers, as a Being of no ordinary... read more