XXIX. The Mission of Christ.
MATT. xx. 28. “Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many.” THE mission of Christ into the world was distinct and definite. The ministry…
XXVIII. Reversals.
MATT. xix. 30. “But many that art first shall be last, and the last shall be first.” I. I SHALL endeavour to enforce this saying with respect to the final judgment. 1. In the judgment of reason, many things that…
XXVII. The Angels, their Mission and Sphere.
MATT, xviii. 10. “Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of My Father.” AN angel is a created being, and yet…
XXVI. Offences.
MATT, xviii. 7. “It must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!” THIS passage is at once very transparent and very abstruse. A child may understand it, and yet it involves a…
XXV. The Secret of Power.
MATT. xvii. 19, 20. “Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief.” WE have success enough in Christian work to assure us that…
XXIV. Hear Christ.
MATT, xvii 5. “Hear ye Him.” I. WHY should we hear Him? 1. Because God Himself commands us. 2. Because He deserves to be heard. 3. Because the message He has come to communicate concerns our most solemn interests. 4….
XXIII. Mixed Experience.
MATT. xiv. 28. “And Peter answered Him and said, Lord, if it be Thou, bid me come unto Thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the…
XXII. Goodly Pearls.
MATT. xiii. 46. “One pearl of great price.” No heart is at this moment quite vacant, quite listless, quite objectless. We will not speak of men whose goodly pearl is mere thoughtless self-indulgence. But we speak of three goodly pearls,…
XXI. Persuasives to Christ.
MATT. xi. 27, 28. ” All things are delivered unto Me of My Father : and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knowetlt any man the Father; save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will…
XX. Jonah and Jesus.
MATT, xii 41. “The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.” I. WE are shown that there…