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…
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…
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…
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…
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;…
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…
XIX. The Easy Yoke and the Light Burden.
MATT. xi. 30. "For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light." I. THE yoke of Christ is easy, and His burden is light, because we bear it with…
XVIII. Learning of Christ.
MATT. xi. 29. "Learn of Me." JESUS is the Great Teacher, but that will be of no avail unless we are also great learners. We may "learn of," or, as…
XVII. The Gospel to the Poor.
MATT. xi. 5. "The poor have the gospel preached to them." THESE words are part of a message sent by Christ to one who was beginning to be offended in…
XVI. Looking for Another Christ.
MATT. xi. 3. "Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another." THE question does not imply any failure of faith in Christ; it implies a doubt…