DISCOURSE: 1400 THE FEARFUL PROSPECT OF THE IMPENITENT Matthew 26:24. _It had been good for that man if he had not been born_. “KNOWN unto God are all his works, from the foundation of the world.” But the fore-ordination of God does not in any degree affect the responsibility of man. Man is altoget... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1401 THE LORD’S SUPPER Matthew 26:29. _I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom_. THE great object for commemoration, under the Jewish dispensation, was, the redemption of that people out of... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1402 CHRIST’S APPREHENSION Matthew 26:53. _Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?_ THE Christian is by profession a soldier: he is to fight... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1403 CHRIST FORSAKEN BY HIS DISCIPLES Matthew 26:56. _Then all the Disciples forsook him, and fled_. NEXT to the presence of God, there is nothing so comforting in affliction as the sympathy of friends. The kind offices of those we love afford us tenfold pleasure in those seasons when tr... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1404 OUR LORD’S CONDEMNATION BY THE JEWISH COUNCIL Matthew 26:63. _And the high-priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou fell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said; nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter s... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1405 THE INDIGNITIES OFFERED TO CHRIST IN THE PALACE OF THE HIGH PRIEST Matthew 26:67. _Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ; who is he that smote thee?_ THE sufferings of our blessed... [ Continue Reading ]