Classic Sermon Outlines (continued)
CLASSIC SERMON OUTLINES — Matthew Henry
III. THE PROVISION OF THE INVITATION.
A. The Substance of the Provision.
1. The substance stated. "Come and buy wine and milk,' which will not only quench the thirst, but nourish the body and revive the spirits. The world comes short of our expectations; we promise ourselves, at least, water in it, but we are disappointed of that. B es our expectal we come to the waters and would be glad a nen but we 2 find there wine and milk.
2. The truth taught. We must comé to Christ to have milk for babes, to nourish and cherish them that are but lately born again; and with Him strong men shall find that which will be a cordial to them; they shall have wine to make glad their hearts. We must part with our poison that we may procure this wine and milk.
B. The Communication of the Provision.
1. The freeness of the offer. "Buy wine and milk without money, and without price." A strange way of buying, not only without ready money (that is common enough), but without any money or the promise of any; yet it seems not so strange to those who have observed Christ's counsel to the Laodicean Church that was wretchedly poor, "and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich" (Revelation 3:17-18).
2. The implications of the freeness of the offer. Our buying without money intimates: (a) that the gifts offered are invaluable. (b) He makes these proposals, not because He has occasion to sell, but because He has a disposition to give. (c) The things offered are already bought and payment made. Christ paid the price of purchase. (d) We are welcome to the benefits of the promise, though we are utterly unworthy of them and unable to purchase them.