_It is impossible but that offences will come_ WHERE SIN OCCURS, GOD CANNOT WISELY PREVENT IT The doctrine of this text is that sin, under the government of God, cannot be prevented. 1. When we say IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREVENT SIN UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD, the statement still calls for another i... [ Continue Reading ]
_Increase our faith_ INCREASED FAITH PRAYED FOR 1. Observe, that faith is susceptible of being increased. 2. There are important reasons why an increase of faith should be desired, (1) An increase of faith is connected with an increase of holiness. (2) The increase of faith is connected with t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Faith as a grain of mustard seed_ THE FORCE OF FAITH We must not imagine that these words give any encouragement to an idle and childish expectation of any startling and ostentatious outcome of a true faith in Jesus Christ; as though God’s grace could ever be used to win for any one the wonder an... [ Continue Reading ]
_But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle_ THE PLOUGHING SERVANT The one thing on which our Lord wishes to concentrate our attention is not the spirit in which God deals with His servants, but rather the spirit in which we should serve God--not what God thinks of our work, but... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ten men that were lepers_ THE TEN LEPERS I. THEIR ORIGINAL CONDITION. Defiled. Separated. II. THEIR APPLICATION TO CHRIST. 1. Observe the distance they kept from His person. 2. The earnestness of their prayer. 3. The unanimity of their application. 4. The reverence and faith they evinced. I... [ Continue Reading ]
_The kingdom of God is within you_ THE KINGDOM OF GOD It is a kingdom of the mind, the will, the feeling, and the conduct. “My kingdom is not of this world,” formed in a material fashion, resting on visible forces, but within, seated in the heart, the intellect, and feeling. Give over, then, stra... [ Continue Reading ]
_One of the days of the Son of Man_ MISTAKEN DESIRES FOR JESUS I. JESUS FORESHADOWS A CHANGE OF FEELING ON THE PART OF HIS DISCIPLES IN REFERENCE TO HIS APPEARING. They will desire to see one day a visible appearance of the Son of Man. If you have the spirit of Jesus, if He has come to you so that... [ Continue Reading ]
_As it was in the days of Noe_ WHEREIN ARE WE ENDANGERED BY THINGS LAWFUL? I. WHEN DO LAWFUL THINGS BECOME SIN TO US? 1. When they become hindrances in our way to heaven, instead of helps as they were intended to be. 2. When our hearts are wrapped up in them. II. HOW WE MAY JUDGE OF OUR HEARTS,... [ Continue Reading ]
_Remember Lot’__S WIFE_ Almost saved, yet lost Lot’s wife--a nameless sinner in a half-forgotten age! I. WHAT IS THERE TO REMEMBER IN THE CASE OF LOT’S WIFE? See Genesis 19:26. So soon and so sudden is her disappearance from the stage of history. She only appears long enough to disappear again. S... [ Continue Reading ]
_Shall lose it_ LIFE THROUGH DEATH I. IT IS COMMONLY REQUIRED OF US TO SACRIFICE A LOWER GOOD, IN ORDER TO GAIN A HIGHER. Not always, but almost always. The good things of this world are of several sorts, very unlike one another. Consider the sensualist, the man of pleasure, what is called the man... [ Continue Reading ]
_The one shall be taken, and the other shall be left_ ONE TAKEN, AND THE OTHER LEFT Every great act of God has the effect of dividing, separating, and judging men. So great are the diversities among men, so various their characters, so various by nature, and so endlessly varied by education and ha... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wheresoever the body is_ GOD’S JUDGMENTS The twofold inquiry that always greets the prophet is Where? and When? These two questions are prompted by curiosity and self-interest. The passionate desires of human nature to know the future are testified to by the whole history of superstition and imp... [ Continue Reading ]