I. There ought to be no conflict between the Divine and social claims. The family has its claims; society has its claims; God has His claims, and they are all righteous. They are all on the same line of rectitude. There ought to be no conflict between them. This conflict exists among us because the claims of society are often unjust. God's claims are never unjust.
II. Those who most devoutly recognize the Divine claims are the most faithful in their discharge of social claims.
III. The discharge of the one kind of claims should not be used as a pretext for the neglect of the others.
J. Owen, Christian World Pulpit,vol. xvi., p. 260.
References: Matthew 15:1-20. A. B. Bruce, The Training of the Twelve,p. 79; Parker, Inner Life of Christ,vol. ii., p. 321.Matthew 15:3-9. F. W. Robertson, The Human Race and Other Sermons,p. 297. Matthew 15:6. Clergyman's Magazine,vol. xviii., p. 22; Durrant, Thursday Penny Pulpit,vol. ii., p. 241.