DISCOURSE: 1400
THE FEARFUL PROSPECT OF THE IMPENITENT
Matthew 26:24. _It had been good for that man if he had not been
born_.
“KNOWN unto God are all his works, from the foundation of the
world.” But the fore-ordination of God does not in any degree affect
the responsibility of man. Man is altoget... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1401
THE LORD’S SUPPER
Matthew 26:29. _I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this
fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my
Father’s kingdom_.
THE great object for commemoration, under the Jewish dispensation,
was, the redemption of that people out of... [ Continue Reading ]
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CHRIST’S APPREHENSION
Matthew 26:53. _Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and
he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how
then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?_
THE Christian is by profession a soldier: he is to fight... [ Continue Reading ]
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CHRIST FORSAKEN BY HIS DISCIPLES
Matthew 26:56. _Then all the Disciples forsook him, and fled_.
NEXT to the presence of God, there is nothing so comforting in
affliction as the sympathy of friends. The kind offices of those we
love afford us tenfold pleasure in those seasons when tr... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1404
OUR LORD’S CONDEMNATION BY THE JEWISH COUNCIL
Matthew 26:63. _And the high-priest answered and said unto him, I
adjure thee by the living God, that thou fell us whether thou be the
Christ, the Son of God. Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said;
nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter s... [ Continue Reading ]
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THE INDIGNITIES OFFERED TO CHRIST IN THE PALACE OF THE HIGH PRIEST
Matthew 26:67. _Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and
others smote him with the palms of their hands, saying, Prophesy unto
us, thou Christ; who is he that smote thee?_
THE sufferings of our blessed... [ Continue Reading ]