DISCOURSE: 1589 THE NECESSITY OF CHRIST’S SUFFERINGS AND EXALTATION Luke 24:26. _Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?_ AN ignorance of the Scriptures is far more injurious to us than we are apt to imagine; for it lies at the root of all our errors both in fai... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1590 BLESSEDNESS OF COMMUNION WITH CHRIST Luke 24:32. _And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scriptures?_ THE divine authority of the Christian religion was chiefly to be proved by the resurrectio... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1591 CHRIST’S RESURRECTION Luke 24:33 : _And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, saying, The Lord is risen indeed_. AMONG the various proofs of the truth of Christianity, that which arises from the c... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1592 THE GOSPEL TO BE FIRST PREACHED AT JERUSALEM Luke 24:46. _Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem_. THE Apost... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1593 THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST Luke 24:50. _And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great... [ Continue Reading ]