DISCOURSE: 1933 CHRIST CRUCIFIED, OR EVANGELICAL RELIGION DESCRIBED 1 Corinthians 2:2. _I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified_. IN different ages of the world it has pleased God to reveal himself to men in different ways; sometimes by visions, sometimes... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1934 THE FEELINGS OF A FAITHFUL MINISTER 1 Corinthians 2:3. _I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling_. THERE was one subject on which St. Paul delighted chiefly to expatiate, which was, “Christ crucified;” a subject which to the Jews was a stumbling-block, and to t... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1935 APOSTOLIC PREACHING 1 Corinthians 2:4. _My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God_. IN the education of persons for the minis... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1936 WISDOM OF THE GOSPEL 1 Corinthians 2:6. _We speak wisdom among them that are perfect_. THESE words appear, at first sight, to have an air of conceit and arrogance: and, if uttered by an uninspired man in reference to lucubrations of his own, they might perhaps be not unjustly condem... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1937 MYSTERIOUSNESS OF THE GOSPEL 1 Corinthians 2:7 To explain and vindicate his conduct in reference to this matter, we will shew, I. The principle by which the Christian is actuated— He fixes his eye, not on things visible and temporal, but on things invisible and eternal— [This is d... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1938 IGNORANCE OF THE GOSPEL, FATAL 1 Corinthians 2:8. _Had they known if, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory_. IT has been supposed, that there is such a transcendent excellence in virtue, that if it were embodied upon earth, it would be universally revered and honoured. Bu... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1939 THE GOSPEL A STUPENDOUS MYSTERY 1 Corinthians 2:9. _It is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit_. THE former part of this pass... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1940 THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD 1 Corinthians 2:10. _The Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God_. IN the verse immediately preceding our text, which is a citation from the Prophet Isaiah, there is a remarkable difference between the words, as uttered by the Prophet, and as... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1941 INFLUENCES OF THE SPIRIT 1 Corinthians 2:12. _Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1942 THE NATURAL MAN’S IGNORANCE OF DIVINE THINGS 1 Corinthians 2:14. _The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned_. CHRISTIANITY, as far as relates to its provisions, i... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1943 ADVANTAGES OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN 1 Corinthians 2:15. _He that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ_. TO claim, in the behalf of any person, a pre-eminence... [ Continue Reading ]