DISCOURSE: 1919 SELF-DENYING LOVE INCULCATED Romans 15:1. _We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1920 PREFERRING THE GOOD OF OTHERS Romans 15:5. _Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ_. [Note: A Sketch extemporaneous... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1921 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHRIST’S KINGDOM Romans 15:8. _Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, for this cause I will confe... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1922 THE HOLY GHOST THE AUTHOR OF HOPE Romans 15:13. _Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost_. CHRISTIANS, even in the purest ages of the Church, have been too ready to indulge a spirit of bigotry... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1923 MINISTERING TO THE GENTILES, A GOOD WORK Romans 15:15. [_The_] _grace_ [_that_] _is given to me of God, that I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the Gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Hol... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1924 CHRISTIANS DEBTORS TO THE JEWS Romans 15:26. _It hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spirit... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1925 THE GOSPEL A SOURCE OF BLESSINGS Romans 15:29. _I am sure, that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ_. OF all the Apostles, St. Paul was by far the most abundant in labours. In this chapter he mentions the almost incredible pains... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1926 PRAYER FOR MINISTERS Romans 15:30. _I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me_. LITTLE do men imagine how great is the efficacy of intercession [Note: If this were a subjec... [ Continue Reading ]