XXX. The Head Stone of the Corner.
MATT. Xxi. 42. “The stone which the builders rejected, the same is be-
come the head of the corner : this is the Lord’s doing, and it is
marvellous in our eyes.”
This text describes very clearly what the proper place
of Christ ought …
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 of the gospel should …
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 were
first …
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 an angel is …
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 startling antithesis and 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 we possess a treasure, and …
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 …
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
water, to go to …
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, sometimes reflecting, sometimes
counterfeiting the pearl …
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
reveal Him. Come unto …