DISCOURSE: 1911 DUTY TO CIVIL GOVERNORS Romans 13:1. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves d... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1912 THE NEARNESS OF SALVATION A MOTIVE TO DILIGENCE Romans 13:11. _Now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed_. SO contracted are the views which many have of the Gospel, that they account nothing worthy of that name, except what rel... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1913 VIGILANCE PRESCRIBED Romans 13:12. _The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light_. IT is the distinguished privilege of man that he is able to bring to his recollection things that are past, and t... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1914 PUTTING ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST Romans 13:14. _Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ; and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof_. IF too many reduce the whole of Christianity to a mere system of morals, it must be confessed, on the other hand, that there are not w... [ Continue Reading ]