DISCOURSE: 1351 CHRIST GREATER THAN THE TEMPLE Matthew 12:6. _I say unto you, that in this place is One greater than the Temple_. IT is said, concerning our blessed Lord, that he “endured, in a most extraordinary degree, the contradiction of sinners against himself [Note: Hebrews 12:3.].” And in re... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1352 THE COMPASSION OF CHRIST TOWARDS THE WEAK Matthew 12:18. _Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice i... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1353 THE BLIND AND DUMB DΖMONIAC HEALED Matthew 12:22. _Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?_ IN establishing t... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1354 THE NECESSITY OF A DECIDED ADHERENCE TO CHRIST Matthew 12:30. _He that is not with me, is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth abroad_. TO inculcate a devotedness of heart to God, and to insist upon it as indispensably necessary to salvation, is generally deemed... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1355 THE SIN AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST Matthew 12:31. _I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men_. THE sins of men have, in all the ages of the world, been the means and occasions of di... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1356 IDLE WORDS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR Matthew 12:36. _I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment: for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned_. THERE is not any plainer or more ack... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1357 JONAH A TYPE OF CHRIST Matthew 12:39. _But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the Prophet Jonas. For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly, so shall t... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1358 THE RELAPSED DΖMONIAC Matthew 12:43. _When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out, and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1359 CHRIST’S REGARD TO HIS OBEDIENT FOLLOWERS Matthew 12:46. _While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. But he a... [ Continue Reading ]