Plans of Sermons Mark 10:23-27 And Jesus looked round about, and said to his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!… I. THE SNARES OF AFFLUENCE. 1. It begets on inordinate love of pleasure. 2. It banishes from the memory all considerations of God and religion. 3. It produces an insensibility to the attractions of the gospel. II. THE PRACTICAL REFLECTIONS THAT ARE SUGGESTED BY THE SNARES OF AFFLUENCE. 1. Affluence is not a proof of a state of grace. 2. The loss of wealth may be a spiritual gain. 3. Both religion and happiness abound most in the middle region, between extreme wealth and extreme poverty. 4. The hope of heaven should reconcile us to present hardship. (Plans of Sermons.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! |
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