DISCOURSE: 2158 STEADFASTNESS IN GOD Philippians 4:1. _My brethren, dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved_. ST. PAUL was a man of feeling, a man of love. He felt for all: for those whom he saw perishing in sin, he would willingly have endured... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2159 CHRISTIAN MODERATION Philippians 4:5. _Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand_. TO lay the foundation of a sinner’s hope, is the first duty of a minister: but he must proceed to raise the superstructure also, even such a practice as the Gospel is intended ult... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2160 A DISSUASIVE FROM CAREFULNESS Philippians 4:6. _Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Je... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2161 THE EXTENT OF A CHRISTIAN’S DUTY Philippians 4:8. _Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2162 PAUL AN EXAMPLE FOR US Philippians 4:9. _Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and. seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you_. NO man was ever move averse to boasting than the Apostle Paul: and, when compelled to declare what God had done i... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2163 CONTENTMENT Philippians 4:11. _I have learned, in whatsoever slate I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need_. ST. PAUL was... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2164 EXTENT AND SOURCE OF THE CHRISTIAN’S POWER Philippians 4:13. _I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me_. THERE are in the sacred writings many various, and apparently opposite, representations of the Christian’s state: he is mournful, yet happy; sinful, yet holy; w... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2165 ALL NEEDFUL SUPPLIES THROUGH CHRIST Philippians 4:19. _My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus_. AS it is a pleasing reflection to a generous man, that the object whom he relieves will have his condition meliorated, so is it a most delightf... [ Continue Reading ]