DISCORSO: 2441 I CREDENTI SONO FIGLI DI DIO 1 Giovanni 3:1 . _Ecco, quale forma di amore ci ha concesso il Padre, affinché fossimo chiamati figli di Dio_ . RELIGIONE è tutto sommato un mistero: ogni sua parte è profondamente misteriosa. La restaurazione di un'anima caduta a Dio! I mezzi per effett... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 2442 THE INESTIMABLE PRIVILEGES OF BELIEVERS 1 Giovanni 3:2. _Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is_. OUR Lord was hated, reviled, and persecuted unto... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 2443 THE FRUITS AND EFFECTS OF HOPE 1 Giovanni 3:3. _Every man that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself, even as he is pure_. THE people of God are but little known to an ungodly world: instead of being considered according to their true character, they are regarded as hypocrites,... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 2444 CHRIST MANIFESTED TO TAKE AWAY SIN 1 Giovanni 3:5. _Ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin_. AMONGST the numberless advantages which the light of revelation has conferred upon us, one of particular importance is, the strength of the motives which... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 2445 THE END OF CHRISTS INCARNATION 1 Giovanni 3:8. _For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil_. THE author of this epistle survived all the other Apostles; so that, long before his death, the professed followers of Christ had had ample... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 2446 THE CHRISTIAN’S DELIVERANCE FROM SIN 1 Giovanni 3:9. _Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God_. MANY mistakes in religion arise from not considering sufficiently the style and manner in which the insp... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCORSO: 2447 AMORE DEI FRATELLI 1 Giovanni 3:14 . _Sappiamo di essere passati dalla morte alla vita, perché amiamo i fratelli_ . L'AMORE è detto “l'adempimento della legge”: ed è certamente anche il grande fine del Vangelo. Ma l'amore è di diversi tipi: c'è un amore di benevolenza, un amore di... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 2448 THE LOVE OF CHRIST A PATTERN FOR US, TO EACH OTHER 1 Giovanni 3:16. _Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren_. IN contemplating Christianity as a system, we scarcely know whether to admire more, t... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 2449 NO LOVE TO GOD WITHOUT LOVE TO MAN 1 Giovanni 3:17. _Whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?_ UNDER the law there were two great commandments: the first was, to love God w... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 2450 A GOOD AND EVIL CONSCIENCE 1 Giovanni 3:20. _If our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God_. IN the description given us of the day of judgment, we are informed that the Judge... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 2451 FAITH IN CHRIST ENJOINED 1 Giovanni 3:23. _This is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ_. SOME Christians, from a mistaken zeal for the Gospel, are ready to associate the idea of _legality_ with the very mention of the term “commandment;” forg... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 2452 THE MUTUAL IN-DWELLING OF GOD AND HIS PEOPLE 1 Giovanni 3:24. _He that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us_. THERE is, in the Epistles of St. John, a most remarkable simplicity, inso... [ Continua a leggere ]