_How as touching things offered to idols._ LIBERTY AND LOVE 1. The question about meats necessarily arose in a society partly heathen and partly Christian. Every meal was dedicated to the household gods by laying some portion of it on the family altar. On a birthday, a marriage, or a safe return f... [ Continue Reading ]
_If any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know._ PRIDE VITIATES RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE St. Paul would teach those who placed a high estimate upon a philosophical comprehension of religious truth, and who therefore were liable to a spurious kind of knowledge, th... [ Continue Reading ]
_But if any man love God, the same is known of Him._ LOVE THE MEDIUM OF DIVINE KNOWLEDGE I. Its nature. 1. Whence it proceeds. 2. What it implies. 3. What its fruits. II. Its privilege. It secures-- 1. The favour of God. 2. Fellowship with Him. 3. The enlightening influence of His Holy Spir... [ Continue Reading ]
_We know that an idol is nothing in the world._ AN IDOL NOTHING IN THE WORLD A singular phenomenon, known as the Spectre of the Brocken, is seen on a certain mountain in Germany. The traveller who at dawn stands on the topmost ridge beholds a colossal shadowy spectre, moving on the summits of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge._ IGNORANCE 1. Great ignorance may consist with genuine piety. 2. Is a source of much unnecessary anxiety and peril. 3. Is to be deplored and pitied. 4. May find relief in the study of Divine truth. (_J. Lyth, D. D_.) CHRISTIAN LIBERTY I. Its... [ Continue Reading ]
_And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?_ SUFFERING, THE MEASURE OF WORTH I. The “weak brother” is not of much value in himself; but he is made valuable by the fact that Christ died for him. 1. How much of themselves men will give for one another, measures t... [ Continue Reading ]