_Exhort one another_ RESTRAINING OF SPIRITUAL INTERCOURSE IN FAMILIES I. THE EVIL OF THE RESTRAINING AMONG NEAR RELATIVES OF FREE INTERCOURSE ABOUT THEIR SOULS, IS EVIDENT from this, first of all 1. That it is a breach of God’s express command in the text, “Exhort one another daily.” If this duty... [ Continue Reading ]
_We are made partakers of Christ_ PARTNERS OF CHRIST There is nothing that Christ hath, but we have part of it. His wisdom, holiness, His righteousness is ours; yea, His kingdom is ours. We are heirs, yea, co-heirs with Him of His kingdom. As the man at the day of marriage says to his wife, “With... [ Continue Reading ]
_To-day if ye will hear His voice_ TO-DAY I. TO-DAY: HOW RELATED TO YESTERDAY AND TO-MORROW. We are putting yesterday to its noblest use when we are using its experience to make the life of to-day better. We are preparing for the morrow in the truest way when we are striving with all our might to... [ Continue Reading ]
_Borne, when they had heard, did provoke_ SOME BUT NOT ALL BAD I. MANY HEAR THE WORD OR VOICE OF GOD TO NO ADVANTAGE, BUT ONLY TO AGGRAVATE THEIR SIN. Their hearing renders their sin provoking unto God, and destructive to their own souls. It is, I confess, a great privilege for men to have the Word... [ Continue Reading ]
_With whom was He grieved_ GOD’S LONG-SUFFERING Now where he saith, “With whom He was angry forty years,” we have here to learn what is the long-suffering of the Lord, who doth not straight punish the sinner, but as He endured the manners of the people of Israel forty years, so He beareth with us... [ Continue Reading ]