IX. The Righteousness of the Pharisees.
MATT. v. 20. “Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteous- ness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.” THE sermon on the Mount may be regarded as Jesus Christ’s first formal…
VIII. Christ not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
MATT. v. 17. “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” THIS is one of those sayings of our Lord which exhibit “His enormous personal pretensions,”…
VII. The Christian’s Light.
MATT. v. 16. “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” CHRIST, the Light of the world, says to His followers, “Ye are the light of…
VI. A City set on a Hill.
MATT. v. 14. “A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.” CHRISTIANS must be, to a certain extent, the light of the world before they can be its salt. They must illuminate it before they can save…
V. The Christian Motive.
MATT. v. 11. “For My sake.” THE words specially bring before us the relation of the Christian to his living and loving Lord. I. Let us seek to get a clearer view of the influence of the Christian motive. The…
IV. Mercy.
MATT. v. 7. “Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.” THIS beatitude implies that mankind are not naturally merciful, or, at least, that they are imperfectly so. There is something strange in that; for if there is one…
III. The Star in the East.
MATT. ii. I, 2. “Behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is He that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east and are come to worship Him.”…
II. The Birth of Christ.
MATT. i. 22, 23. “Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child.” MANY readers of the Bible must have been struck…
I. The Name of Jesus.
MATT. i. 21. “Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins.” ALMOST every historic person in the Bible bears an ap- propriate name; thus the name came to be identified with the person….