_A man named Zaccheus._ ZACCHEUS THE PUBLICAN I. THE GRACIOUS ENTRY. II. A COMMENDABLE CURIOSITY. 1. This curiosity unusual. (1) A rich man anxious to see Jesus. (2) A rich man overcoming hindrance that he might gratify such curiosity. (3) Are there any here anxious to see Jesus? (4) Are you... [ Continue Reading ]
_A certain nobleman went into a far country_ PARABLE OF THE POUNDS I. CHRIST’S ABSENCE IS A PERIOD OF PROBATION. II. THE NATURE OF THE PROBATION IS TWOFOLD. 1. The obligation to loyalty involved in Christ’s king ship and our citizenship. 2. The obligation to fidelity involved in Christ’s lordsh... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ascending up to Jerusalem_ CHRIST JOURNEYING TO JERUSALEM I. THE MANNER IN WHICH HE WENT. The only occasion on which we find Him riding. Fulfilment of a prophecy. II. THE RECEPTION HE MET WITH. III. THE SORROW OF WHICH HE WAS THE SUBJECT, NOTWITHSTANDING THE ACCLAMATIONS HE RECEIVED. 1. A bene... [ Continue Reading ]
_He beheld the city, and wept over it_ CHRIST WEEPING OVER JERUSALEM I. THE EXCLAMATION OF CHRIST, AND HIS TEARS IN THEIR REJECTION TO THE GUILTY CITY. 1. He remembered days of old. On these sinners the object of His mission seemed entirely lost. 2. But with the self-denying love of a patriot, a... [ Continue Reading ]
_My house is the house of prayer_ THE PURIFIED TEMPLE Regarding the Church as an institution, with its possessions, its laws, its days of worship, its rulers, its teachers, its outward services, we may find for ourselves a lesson in this incident. And that lesson is, that the spiritual character o... [ Continue Reading ]