Sermons and Biblical Studies

1 Cor. 15:10 “By the grace of God I am what I am: and His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain.” WE can hardly conceive that grace, such as that given to the great Apostle who speaks in the text, would have been given in vain; that is, we should not … Continue reading “SUDDEN
CONVERSIONS”

Mark 12:34 “When Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, He said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.” THE answer of the scribe, which our blessed Lord here commends, was occasioned by Christ’s setting before him the two great commandments of the Law. When He had declared the love of God … Continue reading “OBEDIENCE TO
GOD THE WAY TO FAITH IN CHRIST”

2 Tim. 4:4 “They shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” FROM these words of the blessed Apostle, written shortly before he suffered martyrdom, we learn, that there is such a thing as religious truth, and therefore there is such a thing as religious error. We learn that … Continue reading “TRUTH HIDDEN
WHEN NOT SOUGHT AFTER”

1 John 3:1 “The world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not.” OF St. Simon and St. Jude, the Saints whom we this day commemorate, little is known1. St. Jude, indeed, still lives in the Church in his Catholic epistle; but of his history we only know that he was brother to St. James … Continue reading “VANITY OF HUMAN
GLORY”

1 Cor. 10:31 “Whether, therefore, ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” WHEN persons are convinced that life is short, that it is unequal to any great purpose, that it does not display adequately, or bring to perfection the true Christian, when they feel that the next … Continue reading “DOING GLORY TO
GOD IN PURSUITS OF THE WORLD”

Ezekiel 2:6 “And thou, son of man, he not afraid of them; neither be afraid of their words, though briars and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions; be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.” WHAT is here implied, as the … Continue reading “ENDURANCE OF
THE WORLD’S CENSURE”

Jeremiah 1:8 “Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.” THE Prophets were ever ungratefully treated by the Israelites; they were resisted, their warnings neglected, their good services forgotten. But there was this difference between the earlier and the later Prophets; the earlier lived and died … Continue reading “JEREMIAH, A
LESSON FOR THE DISAPPOINTED”

Psalm 119:99, 100 “I have more understanding than my teachers, for Thy testimonies are my study; I am wiser than the aged, because I keep Thy Commandments.” IN these words the Psalmist declares, that in consequence of having obeyed God’s commandments he had obtained more wisdom and understanding than those who had first enlightened his … Continue reading “INWARD WITNESS
TO THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL”

2 Kings 22:19, 20 “Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before Me; I also have heard thee, saith … Continue reading “JOSIAH, A
PATTERN FOR THE IGNORANT”

Numbers 14:11 “And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke Me? and how long will it be ere they believe Me, for all the signs which I have showed among them?” NOTHING, I suppose, is more surprising to us at first reading, than the history of God’s chosen people; nay, on … Continue reading “MIRACLES NO
REMEDY FOR UNBELIEF”