PSALM 104:34.—“My meditation of Him shall be sweet.” THERE is no being with whom man stands in such close and important relations as with the invisible God, and yet there is no being with whom he finds it so difficult to have communication. The earth …
Category: Sermons To The Spiritual Man
CHRISTIAN MODERATION
PROVERBS 16:32.—“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.” THE book of Proverbs is the best of all manuals for the formation of a well-balanced mind. The object of Solomon …
THE SUPREME EXCELLENCE OF GOD
MATTHEW 19:16, 17.—“And behold, one came, and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is God.” THE eternal …
THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD
LUKE 16:25.—“But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things, but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.” AT first sight, it appears singular that the unbelieving and impenitent Dives, in the very place …
THE FUTURE VISION OF GOD
2 CORINTHIANS, 4:18.—“The things which are not seen are eternal.” THERE is a difference between things that are not seen, and things that are invisible. An object may not be seen at this particular moment, or under the present circumstances, and yet it may come …
GOD THE STRENGTH OF MAN
PSALM 84:5.—“Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee.” POWER and enjoyment are reciprocally related to each other. “To be weak is to be miserable,” said Satan to Beelzebub, as they lay weltering in the floods of tempestuous fire, after their expulsion from heaven; …
THE GLORIFICATION OF GOD
ISAIAH 42:8.—“I am the LORD; that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.” THE name of a thing, provided it is a true and adequate one, denotes the essential nature of that thing. When …
THE DUTY OF REFERENCE TO THE DIVINE WILL
JAMES 4:13–15.—“Go to now, ye that say, To-day, or to-morrow, we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell and get gain: Whereas, ye know not what shall be on the morrow: For what is your life? It …
THE CREATURE HAS NO ABSOLUTE MERIT
LUKE 17:10.—“When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which it was our duty to do.” IN this direction which our Lord gave his apostles, he announced a truth that is exceedingly …
FAITH WITH AND WITHOUT SIGHT
JOHN 20:29.—“Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.” THIS is one of the most comforting and encouraging passages in the whole Scripture, to a doubting and anxious Christian. …