DISCOURSE: 2097
ORIGINAL SIN STATED, AND IMPROVED
Ephesians 2:3. _And were by nature the children of wrath, even as
others_.
AMONG the many beautiful traits which mark the character of St. Paul,
we cannot but notice particularly his readiness to place himself on a
level with the least and lowest of... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2098
THE RICHES OF DIVINE GRACE DISPLAYED
Ephesians 2:4. _But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love
wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened
us together with Christ ……and hath raised us up together, and made
us sit together in heavenly places in Chris... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2099
SALVATION BY GRACE NOT HOSTILE TO GOOD WORKS
Ephesians 2:8. _By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should
boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good
works, which God hath before or... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2100
THE STATES OF THE REGENERATE AND THE UNREGENERATE CONTRASTED
Ephesians 2:12. _Ye were without Christ, being aliens from the
commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise,
having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus
ye who sometimes wer... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2101
ACCESS TO GOD BY THE PRIESTHOOD
Ephesians 2:18. _Through him we both have access by one Spirit unto
the Father_.
AS there is no question more important, so there is none more beyond
the reach of unassisted reason, than that which Balak put to Balaam,
“Wherewith shall I come before t... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2102
THE EXALTED PRIVILEGES OF TRUE CHRISTIANS
Ephesians 2:19. _Now therefore ye are no more strangers and
foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household
of God; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief co... [ Continue Reading ]