DISCOURSE: 1624
THE MAN HEALED AT THE POOL OF BETHESDA
John 5:14. _Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto
him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come
unto thee_.
MOST men will make good resolutions in a season of affliction; but few
carry them into exec... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1625
CHRIST’S EQUALITY WITH THE FATHER
John 5:17. _Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I
work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not
only had broken the Sabbath, but said also that God was his Father,
making himself equal with God_.
THE whole Chr... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1626
CHRIST’S VINDICATION OF HIS OWN DIVINE CHARACTER
John 5:21. _As the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them;
even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. For the Father judgeth no
man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: that all men should
honour the Son, even as they... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1627
THE BELIEVER’S HAPPY STATE
John 5:24. _Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word,
and believeth on Him that sent we, hath everlasting life, and shall
not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life_.
THAT there will be a future judgment, we all know: and... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1628
THE RESURRECTION
John 5:28. _The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the
graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done
good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil,
unto the resurrection of damnation_.
FROM the resurrection of... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1629
JOHN BAPTIST’S CHARACTER
John 5:35. _He was a burning and a shining light_.
IT might well be expected that the advent of the Messiah should be
marked by such concurrent circumstances, as should carry conviction,
to every dispassionate mind, that the person assuming that character
wa... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1630
CHRIST’S APPEAL TO THE SCRIPTURES
John 5:39. _Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have
eternal life: and they are they which testify of me_.
WHEN our Lord professed himself to be the promised Messiah, and
claimed an authority equal to that of Almighty God, it was necessar... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1631
THE TRUE REASON OF MEN’S DESTRUCTION
John 5:40. _Ye will not come to me, that ye might have life_.
TO doubt whether men wish to be saved or not, may appear absurd. No
man would hesitate to answer such a question in the affirmative. But
though every one would prefer happiness to mis... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1632
MEN’S WANT OF LOVE TO GOD
John 5:42. _I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you_.
OUR blessed Lord “needed not that any should testify of man: for he
himself knew perfectly what was in man [Note: John 2:24.];” and,
consequently, without any reference to overt acts, could d... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1633
FAITH INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE LOVE OF MAN’S APPLAUSE
John 5:44. _How can ye believe, who receive honour one of another, and
seek not the honour that cometh from God only?_
IT is certain that great care is requisite in interpreting the Holy
Scriptures; lest, on the one hand, we explain... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1634
UNBELIEF REBUKED
John 5:45. _Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there
is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye
believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me_.
THERE is nothing more painful to a pious Minister, than to reflect... [ Continue Reading ]