DISCOURSE: 1471 CHRIST’S INCARNATION GLAD TIDINGS TO ALL Luke 2:10. _Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord_. IT has pleased God on many occasions to confer upon the poor s... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1472 THE ANGELS’ SONG Luke 2:13. _And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men_. THE circumstances of our Saviour’s birth characterize in a measure, the dispensation... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1473 INQUIRY INTO THE GOSPEL RECOMMENDED Luke 2:15. _Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us_. IT is a rich mercy to have a faithful instructor, who will declare unto us the whole counsel of God. But, to obtain a... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1474 THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST Luke 2:21. _And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called_ JESUS, _which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb_. THE naming of children has often been used, not merely for distinction’s... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1475 PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE Luke 2:22. _And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be call... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1476 CHRIST THE CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL Luke 2:25. _The same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel_. IN every age of the Church, there have been some distinguished from the common herd of professors, by their unfeigned zeal and piety. At the time when our blessed L... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1477 TESTIMONY BORNE TO JESUS IN THE TEMPLE Luke 2:28. _Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1478 THE ENDS AND EFFECTS OF CHRIST’S EXHIBITION TO THE WOULD Luke 2:34. _Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may b... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1479 CHRIST’S EARLY HABITS Luke 2:49. _And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me. wist ye not that I mutt be about my Father’s business?_ THE prophets and apostles of old are proposed to us as examples in a variety of respects: but we are to follow men no further than they thems... [ Continue Reading ]