DISCOURSE: 2475 EACH PERSON IN THE HOLY TRINITY TO BE ADDRESSED IN PRAYER Revelation 1:4. _John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; and from Jesus Chris... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2476 THE GROUNDS OF PRAISE TO CHRIST Revelation 1:5. _Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen_. WHILE men continue in a natural and unrenewed st... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2477 CHRIST COMING TO JUDGMENT Revelation 1:7. _Behold, he Cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen_. THE great subject of the book of Revelation seems to be, to predict the tr... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2478 BEING IN THE SPIRIT Revelation 1:10. _I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day_. WE are told by our blessed Lord, “Not to fear those who can only kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.” The truth is, that whilst men are wreaking their vengeance upon the body, they... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2479 ST. JOHN’S VISION Revelation 1:12. _And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a g... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2480 CHRIST’S POWER OVER THE INVISIBLE WORLD Revelation 1:17. _Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death_. MAN, while he continued in a state of innocence, communed freely w... [ Continue Reading ]