DISCOURSE: 1742 THE CRIPPLE HEALED Acts 3:6. _Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ancle bones received strength. And... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1743 CHRIST REJECTED Acts 3:14. _Ye denied the Holy One and the Just and desired a murderer to be granted unto you: and killed the Prince of life_. IN the Apostles of our Lord we behold an admirable mixture of wisdom and firmness. On no occasion did they withhold the truth from their mos... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1744 REPENTANCE ENCOURAGED Acts 3:19. _Repent and be converted, that your sins may be blotted our, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord_. REPENTANCE is thought, by many, to be a legal rather than an evangelical duty. But it belongs properly to the Gospel:... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1745 MOSES AND CHRIST COMPARED IN THEIR PROPHETICAL OFFICE Acts 3:22. _Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1746 HOLINESS THE GREATEST BLESSING Acts 3:26. _Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities_. THE ground on which the Jews rejected our blessed Lord was, that, in their estimation, he opposed Moses. The A... [ Continue Reading ]