Matthew 1:1 Note some points in the genealogy of our Lord. I. Amongst those whom St. Matthew records as the ancestors of Christ according to the flesh, there are only four female names introduced, and they are precisely those four which a merely human historian, anxious to throw in everything which... [ Continue Reading ]
Matthew 1:16 I. We are reminded here that our Blessed Lord has a human ancestry. II. Our Lord's ancestry was both Jewish and Gentile. III. Our Lord's ancestry was lowly. IV. Our Lord had a royal ancestry. V. The Saviour has an immortal ancestry. J. N. Norton, _Golden Truths,_p. 46. References... [ Continue Reading ]
Matthew 1:21 I. Salvation from sin is the great necessity for man. This is a fact of universal observation. It is also a fact of universal consciousness. Men are so constituted that they cannot doubt that ultimate happiness is impossible unless they can be delivered from that which they know to be... [ Continue Reading ]
Matthew 1:23 The great essential doctrine of Christianity lies in these few words, _God with us._To hear of Christ having come on this earth for a little time, and then having gone away again, would not be to us glad tidings of great joy. The first apostles would not have won men to the Gospel if t... [ Continue Reading ]
Matthew 1:24 I. No man that we read of in Scripture was so highly favoured as St. Joseph, in respect of being constantly near the person of our Saviour. From Christ's birth to His own death, which was at least more than twelve years, and very likely a good deal longer, Joseph was the entrusted guar... [ Continue Reading ]