DISCOURSE: 1108 CONVERSION, IN ITS COMMENCEMENT AND PROGRESS Ezekiel 20:37. _I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant_. THE precise import of these words is not clear at first sight. If we take them in connexion with the preceding context, they must... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1109 RESTORATION OF THE JEWS, AND THE CONVERSION OF A SOUL, COMPARED Ezekiel 20:40. In mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will. I accept them, and there will I requi... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1110 MEN’S TREATMENT OF THE GOSPEL Ezekiel 20:49. _Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?_ THE word of God, by whomsoever spoken, should be received with reverence and godly fear. Great care indeed should be taken to examine whether the word which is spoken... [ Continue Reading ]