Mark 12:34 - Homilies By A.f. Muir

"Not far from the kingdom of God "

I. THE HIGHEST INTERPRETATION OF HUMAN DUTY APPROACHES THE GOSPEL , BUT FALLS SHORT OF IT .

II. THE CONDITIONS OF ENTRANCE INTO CHRIST 'S KINGDOM ARE MORAL , AND NOT MERELY INTELLECTUAL . Faith; obedience; love. The heart, or central being.

III. NO MAN OUGHT TO BE SATISFIED WITH MERELY BEING " NOT FAR " FROM THE KINGDOM .

1 . To stop there is to stultify our highest spiritual instincts and tendencies.

2 . To stop there is to fail of salvation.

3 . To stop there is to aggravate our misery and sin.— M.