DISCOURSE: 1788 PROOFS THAT JESUS IS THE MESSIAH Acts 17:2. _And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures, opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1789 THE GOOD EFFECTS OF A CANDID ATTENTION TO THE GOSPEL Acts 17:11. _These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Therefore many of them believed_. THE clam... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1790 REPENTANCE ENJOINED Acts 17:30. _The times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent_. THIS is one of the most celebrated discourses in all the inspired volume. Being delivered to heathen philosophers, he did not make any appeal to the Jewish... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1791 A DAY APPOINTED FOE CHRIST TO JUDGE THE WORLD Acts 17:31. _He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead_. IN order to form a ju... [ Continue Reading ]