Sermons and Biblical Studies

Micah 7:8, 9 “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy; when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against Him.” IT very commonly happens that men, who in youth or early life … Continue reading “CHASTISEMENT AMID MERCY”

Eccles. 12:7 “The spirit shall return unto God, who gave it.” HERE we are told that upon death the spirit of man returns to God. The sacred writer is not speaking of good men only, or of God’s chosen people, but of men generally. In the case of all men, the soul, when severed from … Continue reading “THE INDIVIDUALITY OF THE SOUL”

Luke 17:10 “When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which was our duty to do.” IF, when we have done all, we are unprofitable, what are we when we have but a part? and then again, what are we, if that … Continue reading “RELIANCE ON RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES”

Luke 14:23 “And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” THE Parable of the Great Supper, from which these words are taken, is found also in St. Matthew’s Gospel, with this especial addition, that of the guests … Continue reading “ACCEPTANCE OF RELIGIOUS PRIVILEGES
COMPULSORY”

Numbers 32:23 “Be sure your sin will find you out.” THIS is one of those passages in the inspired writings, which, though introduced on a particular occasion and with a limited meaning, express a general truth, such as we seem at once to feel as being far greater than the context requires, and which we … Continue reading “MORAL CONSEQUENCES OF SINGLE SINS”

Numbers 22:38 “The word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.” WHEN we consider the Old Testament as written by divine inspiration, and preserved, beyond the time of its own Dispensation, for us Christians,—as acknowledged and delivered over to us by Christ Himself, and pronounced by St. Paul to be “profitable for … Continue reading “OBEDIENCE WITHOUT LOVE, AS INSTANCED IN
THE CHARACTER OF BALAAM”

Romans 6:18 “Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.” IN the passage of which these words form a part, St. Paul insists again and again on the great truth which they declare, that Christians are not their own, but bought with a price, and, as being so, are become the … Continue reading “THE STRICTNESS OF THE LAW OF CHRIST”

Rev. 6:11 “And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow-servants also, and their brethren that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.” IN taking these words as a text, I do not profess … Continue reading “THE INTERMEDIATE STATE”

Ephes. 6:18 “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.” EVERY one knows, who has any knowledge of the Gospel, that Prayer is one of its especial ordinances; but not every one, perhaps, has noticed what kind of prayer its inspired teachers … Continue reading “INTERCESSION”

ST. JAMES seems to imply in these words that there is that in religious worship which supplies all our spiritual need, which suits every mood of mind and every variety of circumstances, over and above the heavenly and supernatural assistance which we are allowed to expect from it. Prayer and praise seem in his view … Continue reading “IS ANY AMONG YOU AFFLICTED? LET HIMPRAY. IS ANY MERRY? LET HIM SING PSALMS”