DISCOURSE: 1373 AGAINST FORMALITY AND INDIFFERENCE Matthew 16:6. _Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees_. EVERY object around us is capable of affording us much important instruction. Our blessed Lord took occasion from all the common a... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1374 PETER’S CONFESSION OF CHRIST REWARDED Matthew 16:15. _He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: for flesh and blood hath no... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1375 PETER’S MISTAKEN TENDERNESS REPROVED Matthew 16:21. _From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third dag. Then Peter to... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1376 THE EXTENT AND IMPORTANCE OF A CHRISTIAN’S DUTY Matthew 16:24. _Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1377 THE WORTH OF THE SOUL Matthew 16:26. _What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?_ THE precepts of the Gospel oppose our natural inclination. They are also in many respects adverse to our worldly inte... [ Continue Reading ]