DISCOURSE: 2135 A WORK OF GRACE Philippians 1:6. _Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ_. THERE is a just mixture of hope and fear, which every Christian should cherish in contemplating his own experience, and t... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2136 GROWTH IN GRACE Philippians 1:8. _God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may he sincere an... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2137 DECISION OF CHARACTER RECOMMENDED Philippians 1:17. _I am set for the defence of the Gospel_. THE Gospel is a revelation of mercy to sinful man, and the most stupendous display of God’s wisdom and grace that ever was given to his intelligent creation — — — It might naturally have be... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2138 PREACHING OF CHRIST, A GROUND OF JOY Philippians 1:18. _Christ is preached: and I therein do rejoice, yea and will rejoice_. WHEN our blessed Lord came into the world, it was said concerning him, that he was “set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, that the thoughts of... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2139 CHRIST MAGNIFIED IN OUR BODY Philippians 1:20. _Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death_. WHILST the great mass of mankind, like a ship driven with fierce winds and tossed upon tempestuous waves, are uncertain what may be the event of their trials, t... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2140 ST. PAUL’S DILEMMA Philippians 1:21. _To me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and. to be with Christ; which is far better:... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2141 A HOLY CONVERSATION RECOMMENDED Philippians 1:27. _Only let your conversation be as it becometh the Gospel of Christ; that whether I come and see you. or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of th... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2142 SUFFERING FOR CHRIST’S SAKE, A GIFT OF GOD Philippians 1:29. _Unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake_. THE chief obstacles to a holy and consistent conduct arise perhaps from within, from the evil propensities of our... [ Continue Reading ]