DISCOURSE: 1485 OUR LORD’S FIRST SERMON AT NAZARETH Luke 4:21. _And he began to say unto them, This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth_. THE Sabbath was appointed as a day of rest; yet not altog... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1486 PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF Luke 4:23. _And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself_. WE are told that “Solomon spake three thousand proverbs [Note: 1 Kings 4:32.].” To condense the results of general observation in some brief sentence, was a... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1487 CHRIST ESCAPES FROM HIS BLOOD-THIRSTY PERSECUTORS Luke 4:28. _And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast hi... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1488 AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT CAST OUT Luke 4:33. _And in the synagogue there was a man which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth?_ IF any doubt the existence and agency of devils, the hist... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1489 PETER’S WIFE’S MOTHER CURED Luke 4:38. _And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simons house. And Simons wife’s mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her. And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose, a... [ Continue Reading ]