DISCOURSE: 1981 NO KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST BUT BY THE SPIRIT 1 Corinthians 12:3. _I give you to understand, that ….. no man can say, that Jesus is the Lord, bat by the Holy Ghost_. WE trust that amongst us there are none so hostile to the name of Christ, as to “call Jesus accursed;” and therefore we om... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1982 THE OPERATIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 1 Corinthians 12:11. _All these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will_. THE Corinthian Church was richly endowed with gifts: but the persons so endowed were not pro-portionably enriched with grace. Hen... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1983 CHRISTIANS ONE IN HEART 1 Corinthians 12:13. _By one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit_. IT has been said, to the reproach of Christianity, that the professors of it h... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1984 GIFTS AND GRACES COMPARED 1 Corinthians 12:31. _Covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way_. SUCH is the weakness of human nature, that we can scarcely possess any thing that distinguishes us from others, without priding ourselves in it; as though i... [ Continue Reading ]