Matthew 11:12
From the time of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence, and violent people are snatching at it.
Treated in 11 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Second Stage cites Matt. 11:12
…So after he had received and given many wounds to those that attempted to keep him out, Matt. 11:12; Acts 14:22; he cut his way through them all, and pressed forward into the palace; at…
- Practical Religion ·
Self-Exertion cites Matt xi. 12
…to be reached without the cross and the battle. The "violent take the kingdom by force." (Matt xi. 12.) A man must "strive." "STRIVE" teaches that it is worth while for a man to seek…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The First Stage cites Matt. 11:12
…all my life; I thought you would come in by a violent hand, or take the kingdom by storm. Matt. 11:12. Mercy: Alas! to be in my case, who that so was could but have done so? You saw that the…
- The Key Teachings of John Bunyan ·
The Interpreter’s House cites MATTHEW 11:12
…until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. MATTHEW 11:12 In the other, in a very dark room, sits a man in an iron cage, sighing as if his heart…
- The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards ·
Pressing into the Kingdom cites MATTHEW 11:12
…until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. MATTHEW 11:12 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.8 The Eighth Commandment cites Matt 11: 12
…Mark 10: 19. This is not the violence which takes the ‘kingdom of heaven by force.’ Matt 11: 12. (2) The house-thief, who purloins and filches out of his master’s cash, or steals his…
- The Bruised Reed ·
Tenderness required in ministers toward young beginners cites Mat. xi. 12
…themselves for the good of the meanest. What made the kingdom of heaven suffer violence, Mat. xi. 12, after John the Baptist’s time, but that comfortable truths were with that plainness and…
- Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards ·
Ruth’s Resolution cites Matt. xi. 12
…in the use of means, and to do what we do with our might, and to persevere in it. Matt. xi. 12, “The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.” 2. A…
- Selected Sermons of George Whitefield ·
The Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing Needful cites Matt. 11:12
…of God, that “the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force,” Matt. 11:12, and are therefore exhorted to “strive,” with the greatest intenseness, and eagerness of…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Christian Perfection cites Matt. 11:12
…of heaven,” here, (as in the following verse, where it is said to be taken by force.) [Matt. 11:12] or, “the kingdom of God,” as St. Luke expresses it, — is that kingdom of God on earth…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ's Humiliation in His Incarnation cites Matt 11:12
…striving to enter in at the strait gate, and offering violence to the kingdom of heaven. Matt 11:12. By this we may know Christ is formed in us. This is the only comfort, that as Christ was…