DISCOURSE: 1662 THE GOOD SHEPHERD John 10:9. _I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture_. THE importance of sound doctrine cannot be too strongly insisted on. Error, especially in the fundamentals of religion, is as destructive as vice. I... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1663 LIFE ABUNDANTLY BY CHRIST John 10:10. _I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly_. THE parables of our blessed Lord, though exceedingly clear and striking, lose much of their force by reason of the difference of our habits from those which obta... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1664 VOLUNTARINESS OF CHRIST’S UNDERTAKING John 10:17. _Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1665 SECURITY OF CHRIST’S SHEEP John 10:27. _My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand_. WHILST we acknowledge with gratitude the powers of reason in investi... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1666 CHRIST ONE WITH THE FATHER John 10:30. _I and my Father are one_. IT might well be expected, that, if God should reveal his will to man, there would be many things disclosed by him, which exceed the narrow limits of human reason. This might more particularly be expected in whatsoeve... [ Continue Reading ]