_TRINITY BLESSINGS_ ‘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 Christ, Who is the faithful Witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the Prince of the kings of the earth.’ Reve... [ Continue Reading ]
_BACK TO CHRIST_ ‘Behold, He cometh.’ Revelation 1:7 These words give us an Advent message. ‘Back to Christ,’ that is the motto of to-day. We commemorate in the Advent season that the Lord has come, that the Lord will come, that the Lord is here. Many have been His comings since He came a child t... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD’S DAY_ ‘I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day.’ Revelation 1:10 Our subject is the question of Sunday observance as distinct from Sabbath observance, the Christian institution of the Lord’s Day, and its place in our religious life. I. THAT IT WAS NOT REGARDED AS THE TRUE SUCCESSOR of t... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE FIRST AND THE LAST_ ‘I am Alpha and Omega … What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia.… And I turned to see the Voice that spake with me.’ Revelation 1:11 Christ is here brought before us as the first and last letter of the Greek alphabet. Is it... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE PRESENT LORD_ ‘And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of Man.’ Revelation 1:13 This vision of St. John in Patmos, granted to him ‘on the Lord’s day,’ brings before us— I. A LIVING LORD.—It is not a mere historical personage, to whose great deeds we look back with... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE ‘FEAR NOTS’ OF THE NEW TESTAMENT_ ‘Fear not!’ Revelation 1:17 My purpose is to ask your attention to the seven ‘Fear nots’ of the New Testament. I. WE TAKE OUR FIRST ‘FEAR NOT!’ FROM ST. Luke 8:15.—‘But when Jesus heard it, He answered him, saying, Fear not! believe only, and she shall be... [ Continue Reading ]
_JOHN’S SIGHT OF CHRIST_ ‘And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me, 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.’ Revelation 1:... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE RESURRECTION CHANGE_ ‘I am He that liveth and was dead; and behold I am alive for evermore.’ Revelation 1:18 What should be our theme as we stand beside the empty tomb? There are many aspects of the Resurrection which might well engage our attention. We will think of the great changes effect... [ Continue Reading ]