DISCOURSE: 1624 THE MAN HEALED AT THE POOL OF BETHESDA John 5:14. _Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee_. MOST men will make good resolutions in a season of affliction; but few carry them into exec... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1625 CHRIST’S EQUALITY WITH THE FATHER John 5:17. _Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the Sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God_. THE whole Chr... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1626 CHRIST’S VINDICATION OF HIS OWN DIVINE CHARACTER John 5:21. _As the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: that all men should honour the Son, even as they... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1627 THE BELIEVER’S HAPPY STATE John 5:24. _Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on Him that sent we, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life_. THAT there will be a future judgment, we all know: and... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1628 THE RESURRECTION John 5:28. _The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation_. FROM the resurrection of... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1629 JOHN BAPTIST’S CHARACTER John 5:35. _He was a burning and a shining light_. IT might well be expected that the advent of the Messiah should be marked by such concurrent circumstances, as should carry conviction, to every dispassionate mind, that the person assuming that character wa... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1630 CHRIST’S APPEAL TO THE SCRIPTURES John 5:39. _Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me_. WHEN our Lord professed himself to be the promised Messiah, and claimed an authority equal to that of Almighty God, it was necessar... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1631 THE TRUE REASON OF MEN’S DESTRUCTION John 5:40. _Ye will not come to me, that ye might have life_. TO doubt whether men wish to be saved or not, may appear absurd. No man would hesitate to answer such a question in the affirmative. But though every one would prefer happiness to mis... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1632 MEN’S WANT OF LOVE TO GOD John 5:42. _I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you_. OUR blessed Lord “needed not that any should testify of man: for he himself knew perfectly what was in man [Note: John 2:24.];” and, consequently, without any reference to overt acts, could d... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1633 FAITH INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE LOVE OF MAN’S APPLAUSE John 5:44. _How can ye believe, who receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?_ IT is certain that great care is requisite in interpreting the Holy Scriptures; lest, on the one hand, we explain... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1634 UNBELIEF REBUKED John 5:45. _Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me_. THERE is nothing more painful to a pious Minister, than to reflect... [ Continue Reading ]