DISCOURSE: 2370 FRIENDSHIP OF THE WORLD IS ENMITY WITH GOD James 4:4. _Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God_. THERE is a boldness of speech, which not only comports well... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2371 REPENTANCE URGED [Note: For Ash-Wednesday.] James 4:8. _Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Hu... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2372 THE FOLLY OF UNDUE SECURITY James 4:13. _Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth fo... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2373 SINS OF OMISSION CONSIDERED James 4:17. _To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin_. THERE is not any thing of which men are more convinced, than the shortness and uncertainty of life: yet in the habit of their minds they live as if they were certain of man... [ Continue Reading ]