DISCOURSE: 1989 CHRIST A DYING AND A RISEN SAVIOUR 1 Corinthians 15:1. _Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1990 ALL OF GRACE 1 Corinthians 15:10. _By the grace of God I am what I am_. EVERY one, however exalted, may find points of comparison in which he is inferior to others; and, instead of envying the superiority of others in those respects, it becomes him contentedly to acquiesce in the Di... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1991 THE NECESSITY OF CHRIST’S RESURRECTION 1 Corinthians 15:17. _If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins: then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished_. THE wisest among the heathen philosophers could not speak with any certainty respecting... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1992 ADAM A TYPE OF CHRIST 1 Corinthians 15:22. _As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive_. THE fall of man in Adam, and his recovery in Christ, comprehend the whole circle of Divine truth: every part of the revealed will of God is so connected with these two doctri... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1993 DYING DAILY 1 Corinthians 15:31. _I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily_. THERE were many in the apostolic age who denied the resurrection of the dead [Note: ver. 12.]. St. Paul, in opposition to them, maintained the truth of that doctrine. I... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1994 THE SHAMEFULNESS OF BEING IGNORANT OF GOD 1 Corinthians 15:34. _Some hare not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame_. KNOWLEDGE is the foundation of all acceptable obedience. We must know whom we are to serve; and why we are to serve him; and what are the services that he... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1995 DEATH A CONQUERED ENEMY 1 Corinthians 15:51. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed... [ Continue Reading ]