_Behold, I am against thee._ A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT I. The prophet’s compellation, or title--“Son of man.” There are but two persons in Scripture which have eminently this name--the one is our Saviour, the other Ezekiel. For our Saviour, it was not without very good reason--namely, as hereby to dis... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wherefore sighest thou?_ .. .For the tidings. SIGHING BECAUSE OF SORROWFUL TIDINGS “The tidings” were, in the first place, of dishonour done to God, and, in the second place, of ruin which the transgressors were bringing upon themselves; and we think to show you that the tidings were such as mig... [ Continue Reading ]
_Should we then make mirth?_ MIRTH UNREASONABLE IN THE UNCONVERTED I. Because they are under condemnation. The sword is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter. Should we then make mirth? It is unreasonable in a condemned malefactor to make mirth. Would it not great... [ Continue Reading ]
_Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set._ RELIGIOUS DECISION I. The nature of religious decision. In general terms, this may be said to be an inflexible regard for the will and honour of God--a firm adherence under all circumstances to that... [ Continue Reading ]
_The parting of the ways._ WHICH WAY When you have been wandering in the country you have sometimes come to where two roads branched away from the one you were on--like the two arms of the letter Y--and then you stood puzzled which to take; for the one would take you where you wanted to go, and the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown._ THE CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY OF REVOLUTION The true philosophical history of man is that which reveals to us the causes and progress, first, of his depravity and deterioration; and secondly, of his return towards that state of holine... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: and it shall be no more, until He come whose right it is; and I will give it Him._ WAR, A MEANS OF ADVANCING THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST I. War. 1. War has its own work to accomplish. It is not a chance. It is of God (1 Chronicles 5:22). War, like pestilence or... [ Continue Reading ]