DISCOURSE: 2462 THE COMMANDMENTS NOT GRIEVOUS 1 John 5:3. _His commandments are not grievous_. IT is a painful office which I have to discharge at this time. I must vindicate religion from an aspersion too generally cast upon it; and stand up in justification of Almighty God himself against the ac... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2463 OVERCOMING THE WORLD 1 John 5:4. _Whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?_ CHRISTIANITY is a warfare: every follower... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2464 JUSTIFICATION AND SANCTIFICATION BY CHRIST 1 John 5:6. _This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth_. THERE are in the Scriptures, and especially in the... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2465 THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY VINDICATED 1 John 5:7. _There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one_ [Note: Any one who should preach on this subject can use his own discretion about the mode of introducing it. If he be p... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2466 THE BELIEVER’S INWARD WITNESS 1 John 5:10. _He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself_. THE truth of our holy religion is confirmed by every kind of evidence that the heart of man can desire. Not only was it established by an appeal to prophecy, but by miracles... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2467 THE GOSPEL RECORD 1 John 5:11. _This is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life_. IN matters that are established by human testimony, we necessarily proportion... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2468 USE OF THE SCRIPTURES TO BELIEVERS 1 John 5:13. _These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God_. THE Scriptures of the New Testament were written doub... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2469 ANSWERS TO PRAYER 1 John 5:14. _This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him_. PRAYER is universally acknowled... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2470 THE CHRISTIAN’S KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST 1 John 5:20. _We know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life_. IT is thought by many,... [ Continue Reading ]