DISCOURSE: 1418 THE PARALYTIC HEALED Mark 2:8. _And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1419 THE WHOLE AND THE SICK, THE RIGHTEOUS AND SINNERS, DESCRIBED Mark 2:17. _They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance_. THERE is no action, however benevolent, which cavillers may not censure.... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1420 THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE SABBATH Mark 2:27. _And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath_. IN nothing is the force of prejudice more strongly seen, than in the blame cast by the world upon the followers of Christ for the most trifling offence,... [ Continue Reading ]