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1. The law causes the offense to abound by discovering sin to the soul. When once God the Holy Ghost applies the law to the conscience, secret sins are dragged to light, little sins are magnified to their true size, and things apparently harmless become exceedingly sinful. Before that dread searcher of the hearts and trier of the reins makes his entrance into the soul, it appears righteous, just,…

Quest. 5. But what is the true ordinance, of the dipping of Christ, and wherein doth it differ from children’s Dipping, which is the best way to shew the truth; and what benefit doth Believers receive by it. Answ. That Dipping whereof we speak, is Dipping, burying, or plunging a Believer in Water, he desiring of this Ordinance of an Apostle, Prophet or Evangelist, To whom Christ by his Church,…

CHAPTER 17 MATTHEW 17:14-21 THE KING RETURNING TO THE FIELD OF CONFLICT 14-16. And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire and oft into the water. And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. Down from communion…

Humanly speaking, one of the reasons people don’t come to Christ is simple . . . they think they don’t need to. After all, in everyday life it´s only sick people who need the doctor. Then there are others who feel they are decent and good and, therefore, qualified to approach God. But as Spurgeon says, “There are people who quite misunderstand the gospel; they think that their righteousness…

But, though it be easy, thus to admonish you to do, yet you shall find the practical part more difficult; wherefore, here it may not be amiss, if I add to these, another head of COUNSEL. Counsel Fifth, and lastly, Keep, to this end, those grounds, and evidences that God hath given you of your call to be partakers of this love, with all clearness upon your hearts, and in your minds. For he that…

“Wherein is the Sinaitic covenant related to the others, particularly to the everlasting covenant of grace and the Adamic covenant of works? — was it in harmony with the former or a renewal of the latter?” These questions raise an issue which presents the chief difficulty to be elucidated. In seeking its solution, several vital and basic considerations must needs be steadily borne in mind,…

II. Now we come to the second part of the subject, and that is THE ENTRANCE OF THE LAW INTO THE HEART. We have to deal carefully when we come to deal with internal things, it is not easy to talk about this little thing, the heart. When we begin to meddle with the law of their soul, many become indignant, but we do not fear their wrath. We are going to attack the hidden man this morning. The law…

Quest. 5. But what is the true ordinance, of the dipping of Christ, and wherein doth it differ from children’s Dipping, which is the best way to shew the truth; and what benefit doth Believers receive by it. Answ. That Dipping whereof we speak, is Dipping, burying, or plunging a Believer in Water, he desiring of this Ordinance of an Apostle, Prophet or Evangelist, To whom Christ by his Church,…

CHAPTER 17 MATTHEW 17:1-13 OUR KING TRANSFIGURED IN GLORY 1. AND after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun and his raiment was white as the light Were these “six days,” a week’s quiet interval, in which our Lord prepared himself for the singular transaction…

‟They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which being interpreted the place of the skull”) Mark 15:22. What sacrifice can we make that will impress God more than Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary? None! In the light of the one great sacrifice made by Christ Jesus, our best efforts at self-denial fade to oblivion. The great missionary, David Livingstone, sacrificed everything to bring the…

But, though it be easy, thus to admonish you to do, yet you shall find the practical part more difficult; wherefore, here it may not be amiss, if I add to these, another head of COUNSEL. Counsel Fourth, To this end, you must take root and be grounded in love; that is, you must be well settled, and stablished in this love, if indeed you would improve it. You must not be shaken as to the doctrine…

“Wherein is the Sinaitic covenant related to the others, particularly to the everlasting covenant of grace and the Adamic covenant of works? — was it in harmony with the former or a renewal of the latter?” These questions raise an issue which presents the chief difficulty to be elucidated. In seeking its solution, several vital and basic considerations must needs be steadily borne in mind,…

4. Grace excels sin in the numbers it brings beneath its sway. It is my firm belief that the number of the saved will be far greater than that of the damned. It is written that in all things Jesus shall have the preeminence; and why is this to be left out? Can we think that Satan will have more followers than Jesus? Oh, no; for while it; written that the redeemed are a number that no man can…

Quest. 5. But what is the true ordinance, of the dipping of Christ, and wherein doth it differ from children’s Dipping, which is the best way to shew the truth; and what benefit doth Believers receive by it. Answ. That Dipping whereof we speak, is Dipping, burying, or plunging a Believer in Water, he desiring of this Ordinance of an Apostle, Prophet or Evangelist, To whom Christ by his Church,…

CHAPTER 16 MATTHEW 16:13-28 THE KING ALONE WITH HIS FRIENDS 13. When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? Our Lord knew well enough what the people thought of him; but he asked his disciples the question that he might instruct them after the Socratic method by drawing out their own minds. Our Lord was about to…

“I am born for God only. Christ is nearer to me than father, or mother, or sister – a near relation, a more affectionate Friend; and I rejoice to follow Him, and to love Him. Blessed Jesus! You are all I want -a forerunner to me in all I ever shall go through as a Christian, a minister, or a missionary.” Henry Martyn: 19th Century Missionary to India and Persia “My sheep hear my voice, and they…

But, though it be easy, thus to admonish you to do, yet you shall find the practical part more difficult; wherefore, here it may not be amiss, if I add to these, another head of COUNSEL. Counsel Third, If thou wouldest improve this love, keep thyself in it. “Keep yourselves in the love of God” (Jude 21). This text looks as if it favoured the Socinians, but there is nothing of that in it. And so…