James Nisbet Commentary - Luke 23:28 - 23:28

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TRUE PATRIOTISM

‘Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.’

Luk_23:28

He came to His own full of griefs, full of love, of purpose, and lofty inspiration. His own received Him not, and, by rejecting Him, prepared their fall.

What lessons should we learn from this part of our Saviour’s bitter Passion?

I. We should learn to imitate His tenderness towards the guilty race who slew Him.—Our Church has placed upon Good Friday a collect for the Jews. It is most suitable, for Jesus bears no malice, and we profess to follow Him.

II. Christ’s love for His own nation is an encouragement to us to cherish patriotic feelings.—To care not simply for our personal and petty interests, but for the honour of our country, and for the well-being and safety of the Church of which we are privileged members. We should not merely confess our personal sins and plead for personal forgiveness, but we should remember the needs of (a) our nation, (b) our Church, and (c) the cause of Jesus Christ throughout the world.

Rev. H. A. Birks.

Illustration

‘O that the Lord’s salvation

Were out of Zion come;

To heal His ancient nation

To lead His outcasts home!

How long the holy city

Shall heathen feet profane?

Return, O Lord, in pity

Rebuild her walls again.

‘Let fall Thy rod of terror,

Thy saving grace impart,

Roll back the veil of error,

Release the fettered heart.

Let Israel, home returning,

Her lost Messiah see,

Give oil of joy for mourning,

And bring Thy Church to Thee.’