DISCOURSE: 2342 COMPASSION TO THE DISTRESSED INCULCATED Hebrews 13:3. _Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body_. IN the first ages of Christianity persecution raged to a degree that we at this time have little concep... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2343 GODS PROMISED PRESENCE AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO DUTY Hebrews 13:5. _Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fea... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2344 THE GLORY OF CHRIST Hebrews 13:8. _Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever_ [Note: This was preached on occasion of the death of the Hon and Rev. William Bromley Cadogan, late Vicar of St. Giles’, Reading, on Jan. 29, 1797. But it may well be treated as a general s... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2345 CAUTION AGAINST FALSE DOCTRINES Hebrews 13:9. _Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace_. TRUTH lieth not on the surface, but must be sought after with diligence. This is true in every science; but most o... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2346 THE CHRISTIAN’S ALTAR Hebrews 13:10. _We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle_. CHRISTIANITY itself is simple; comprising two points, our fall in Adam, and our recovery by Christ. Yet it admits of an endless diversity of statement and illustrat... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2347 THE BURNT-SACRIFICES TYPICAL OF CHRIST Hebrews 13:11. _The bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high-priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without, the gat... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2348 THE CHRISTIAN’S PORTION Hebrews 13:14. _Here have we no continuing city; but we seek one to come_. ACCUSTOMED as we are to expect a future state of existence, we scarcely ever reflect on the source from which we have attained the knowledge of such a state. It was not from reason tha... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2349 THE SACRIFICES TO BE OFFERED BY CHRISTIANS Hebrews 13:15. _By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. But to do good, and to communicate, forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2350 THE DUTY OF PEOPLE, AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MINISTERS Hebrews 13:17. _Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you_. M... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2351 CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES IMPROVED IN PRAYER Hebrews 13:20. _Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that whi... [ Continue Reading ]