DISCOURSE: 1635 CHRIST’S MESSIAHSHIP PROVED John 6:14. _Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world_. THE friends of infidelity wish it to be thought, that the Gospel which they reject is not supported by such... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1636 LABOURING FOR HEAVEN John 6:27. _Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed_. OUR blessed Lord never failed to improve any occasion that was afforded hi... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1637 THE NECESSITY OF FAITH IN CHRIST John 6:28. _Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent_. THE real scope of these words is more clearly seen in t... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1638 THE LIVING BREAD John 6:34. _Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread_. A FANCIED approbation of the Gospel will consist with rooted enmity against it. But such an approbation always arises from carnal, or partial views of the truth. Many love God under the idea “t... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1639 CHRIST’S WILLINGNESS TO RECEIVE SINNERS John 6:37. _Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out_. IT is a pleasing reflection that there is a people secured to Christ, who, having been given to him by the Father, shall, each in his appointed time, “be gathered unto Shiloh,” to... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1640 MAN’S INABILITY TO COME TO CHRIST John 6:44. _No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him_. THERE are in the Holy Scriptures many doctrines which prove an offence and a stumbling-block to the world: but the reason of their exciting disgust and aversion, must... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1641 THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING BY FAITH ON CHRIST John 6:53. _Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. F... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1642 THE GOSPEL A GROUND OF OFFENCE John 6:60. _Many therefore of his Disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?_ THE Gospel, to those who have obtained just views of it, is simplicity itself: but to those who are not taught of God, it is utter fo... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1643 CHRIST THE ONE SOURCE OF ETERNAL LIFE John 6:67. _Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God_.... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1645 ONE OF THE APOSTLES A DEVIL John 6:70. _Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?_ OUR blessed Lord and Saviour, in the whole of his deportment, was meek and gentle: yet, when occasion called to it, he exercised a holy fidelity even towards his be... [ Continue Reading ]