DISCOURSE: 1951 MINISTERS, THE LORD’S STEWARDS 1 Corinthians 4:1. _Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God, Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful_. THE apostolic Churches were not so blameless as we are apt to imagi... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1952 PAUL’S INDIFFERENCE TO MEN’S JUDGMENT 1 Corinthians 4:3. _With me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord, Therefore... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1953 GOD TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED IN EVERY THING 1 Corinthians 4:7. _Who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if than didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?_ IF there are advantages derived from education, the... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1954 PAUL’S MEEKNESS 1 Corinthians 4:12. _Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the earth, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day_. AS there is a wide difference between the characters of the wicked an... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1955 AN IMPORTANT ALTERNATIVE 1 Corinthians 4:21. _What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod. or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?_ AT Corinth, religion was at a very low ebb. Great were the abuses which obtained there, even amongst the professed followers of Christ. Yet to th... [ Continue Reading ]