_And Jesus went out and departed from the temple._ JUDGMENT OF JERUSALEM AND THE WORLD In this chapter the accounts of the destruction of Jerusalem, and of the “end” of the world are so interwoven, that it is not easy to distinguish between them. Many people have been puzzled because they could not... [ Continue Reading ]
_But the end is not yet._ THE END IS NOT YET I. So far as we have any means of judging, the end is not yet. The negative argument is that there are no conclusive indications of a speedy end, afforded either by the Word of God or the condition of the world. Such are alleged, but rest upon gratuitous... [ Continue Reading ]
_For nation shall rise against nation._ WAR FOR THOSE WHO REJECT PEACE See here the woeful effects of refusing God’s free offers of grace. They that would have none of the gospel of peace shall have the miseries of war. They that loathed the heavenly manna shall be hunger-starved. They that despise... [ Continue Reading ]
_The love of many shall wax cold._ THE LOVE OF THE SAINTS DESTROYED BY THE ABOUNDING OF INIQUITY I. When iniquity be said to abound. 1. When those who are set for the defence of the gospel can see its doctrines corrupted without emotion. 2. When those who live in total disregard of practical rel... [ Continue Reading ]
_And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness._ THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM I. “gospel”-good news, God spell-the information God has to tell us. An epitome of the news. Familiarity with the message takes aways its edge, and blunts its impressions. II. It is not me... [ Continue Reading ]
_When ye therefore shall the abomination of desolation._ THE GREAT JUDGMENT The prophecy was by no means exhausted by what happened to Jerusalem. Though it begins there, it does not stop there. History repeats itself. 1. Were the last days of Jerusalem calamitous days, times of great tribulation,... [ Continue Reading ]
_Not in the winter._ WINTER AND HOW TO MEET IT The winter season is especially full of temptation, because of the long evenings allowing such full swing for evil indulgences. You can hardly expect a young man to go into his room and sit there from seven to eleven o’clock in the evening, reading Mo... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ._ I. Let us settle what we really want in life, and we may safely shut our ears to many counsellors. II. Let us learn more and more of the true Christ, and we shall not be led astray by false Christs. III. Let us give ourselves to earnest pr... [ Continue Reading ]
_For as the lightning._ THE LAST CONFLAGRATION I. Christ’s advent shall be sudden. Unexpected by the masses; like the flash that leaps from the bosom of the black cloud, sweeps through the sky, and completes its journey in an instant. II. Christ’s advent will be with intense and vivid splendour.... [ Continue Reading ]
_For wherever the carcase is._ THE CARCASE AND THE VULTURES Our Lord says, wherever there is a rotting, dead society, a carcase hopelessly corrupt and evil, down upon it, as if drawn by some unerring attraction, will come the angel, the vulture of the Divine judgment. There are many “comings of th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Immediately after the tribulation of these days shall the sun be darkened._ THE MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST IN JUDGMENT I. There will be a manifestation of Christ in truth and unmistakable reality. Till the moment of His coming, it will be possible to deceive. False prophets were the bane of the old... [ Continue Reading ]
_But My words shall not pass away._ THE WORDS OF CHRIST The characteristics of our Lord’s words. 1. The authority which speaks in them. 2. Their elevation. 3. Their awful depth. (_Canon Liddon._) THE PERMANENCY OF CHRIST’S TEACHING 1. The words of Christ are abiding because of their special i... [ Continue Reading ]
_And took them all away._ THE MORAL OF ACCIDENTS I. What are we to think? Let us now collect and enumerate a few thoughts that we ought to think when we are considering sad things that happen. 1. How many accidents are but slight as to the hurt they do in comparison with the service of the lesson... [ Continue Reading ]
_Two women shall be grinding at the mill._ ROUTINE LIFE The text speaks of an experience which comes to all of us in our turn, as life gradually builds us round. At first, in our childhood, it is otherwise. This earth seems, then, to have no fixed hardness; the spot on which we stand melts off inde... [ Continue Reading ]
_Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come: _ THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN I. The warning. Christ’s coming is compared to that of a thief in the night. Seems disparaging, but is remarkably apt (1 Thessalonians 5:2). The dispensation under which we live is emphatically that of... [ Continue Reading ]
_Them be ye also ready._ I. The coming of the Son of Man. His title. His coming is death. There is certainty in His coming. II. That man in his unconverted state is unready for his coming. Man is not ready- 1. For he is born under the curse of the law. 2. For he is under the dominion of sin. 3.... [ Continue Reading ]
Who, then, is that faithful and wise servant. I. The particular relation in which we are here represented as standing to the one that is above us. II. The representation that is here given of that attitude in which the servant is found who is obedient to his Master. There are terms used particular... [ Continue Reading ]
Who, then, is that faithful and wise servant. I. The particular relation in which we are here represented as standing to the one that is above us. II. The representation that is here given of that attitude in which the servant is found who is obedient to his Master. There are terms used particular... [ Continue Reading ]