Sermons and Biblical Studies

Mark 14:31 “But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with Thee, I will not deny Thee in any wise.” IT is not my intention to make St. Peter’s fall the direct subject of our consideration to-day, though I have taken this text; but to suggest to you an important truth, which that … Continue reading “RELIGIOUS
EMOTION”

Matthew 21:28–30 “A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not; but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, Sir; and went … Continue reading “PROMISING
WITHOUT DOING”

Matthew 5:14 “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.” OUR Saviour gives us a command, in this passage of His Sermon on the Mount, to manifest our religious profession before all men. “Ye are the light of the world,” He says to His disciples; … Continue reading “PROFESSION
WITHOUT OSTENTATION”

Galatians 3:27 “As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” IT is surely most necessary to beware, as our Lord solemnly bids us, of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. We may be infected with it, even though we are not conscious of our insincerity; for they … Continue reading “PROFESSION
WITHOUT HYPOCRISY”

Luke 12:1 “When there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, He began to say unto His disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.” HYPOCRISY is a serious word. We are accustomed to consider the hypocrite as a hateful, … Continue reading “PROFESSION
WITHOUT PRACTICE”

Luke 8:38, 39 “The man out of whom the devils were departed besought Him that he might be with Him; but Jesus sent him away, saying, Return to thine own house, and show how great things God hath done unto thee.” IT was very natural in the man whom our Lord had set free from … Continue reading “THE RELIGIOUS
USE OF EXCITED FEELINGS”

1 John 5:3 “This is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not grievous.” IT must ever be borne in mind, that it is a very great and arduous thing to attain to heaven. “Many are called, few are chosen.” “Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way.” … Continue reading “GOD’S
COMMANDMENTS NOT GRIEVOUS”

Hebrews 10:22 “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.” AMONG the reasons which may be assigned for the observance of prayer at stated times, there is one which is very obvious, and yet perhaps … Continue reading “SINS OF
IGNORANCE AND WEAKNESS”

1 Cor. 4:20 “The kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.” HOW are we the better for being members of the Christian Church? This is a question which has ever claims on our attention; but it is right from time to time to examine our hearts with more than usual care, to … Continue reading “THE SPIRITUAL
MIND”

Romans 13:11 “Now it is high time to awake out of sleep” BY “sleep,” in this passage, St. Paul means a state of insensibility to things as they really are in God’s sight. When we are asleep, we are absent from this world’s action, as if we were no longer concerned in it. It goes … Continue reading “SELF-DENIAL THE
TEST OF RELIGIOUS EARNESTNESS”