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NASB | Matthew 5:41 "Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:41 "And whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two. |
Subject: Cheerful Service |
Bible Note: "The actual reference is to public transport service. The Roman troops had power to requisition able-bodied men. Marching through a district, they could compel men to act as porters or guides within a certain area or limit: an illustration of which we have in the case of Simon of Cyrene being compelled to bear the cross of Christ (Mark 15:21). Such service was not popular: often the demand was inconvenient as well as laborious, and was apt to be rendered in a reluctant and complaining spirit. Christ's command is that even when service is constrained and unreasonable, it should never be performed in a sullen and slavish spirit; but cheerfully and in excess of the demand. Happily there remain but few occasions when we are impressed into the service of the State. But in every life there are circumstances that force to unwelcome tasks; every man has duties which are undertaken not of choice but of necessity; they should be performed readily and cheerfully." --A. W. Pink, an Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, chapter 18 |
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