_The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah._ THE WORD I. THE DISTINGUISHING CAPACITY OF MAN, AND THE WONDERFUL CONDESCENSION OF GOD. 1. The distinguishing capacity of man. To receive the word of Jehovah. To receive a word from another is to appreciate its meaning. The word of the Lord comes... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will utterly consume all things from off the land._ THE MENACE OF ZEPHANIAH It would not be easy to find words more fully charged and surcharged with terror than these. Nor do they grow less sombre and dreadful as we consider either the men against whom they are launched, or the occasion that ga... [ Continue Reading ]
_And that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham _ THE DEMONSTRATIVENESS OF TRUE RELIGION In this text it is a sort of mixed religion that the Lord declares He will not tolerate. Impress t he necessity of decision in religion. What is the lowest amount of faith in Jesus Christ which will av... [ Continue Reading ]
_The day of the Lord is at hand._ THE DAY OF WAR, THE DAY OF HORRORS The war day is represented here-- I. As a day of enormous sacrifice. 1. Sacrifice of life. Among several classes. (1) Royalty. (2) Nobility. (3) Traders. (4) The masses. 2. Sacrifice of property. II. As a day of Divine re... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will punish. .. all such as are clothed with strange apparel _ THE SINFULNESS OF STRANGE APPAREL I_._ The criminals. Consider the principals, and the accessaries. II. The crime. Either wearing exotic and foreign apparel, or such as they had newly invented among themselves. III. The punishmen... [ Continue Reading ]
_At that time._ AT THAT TIME The day of the Lord is any season in which He reveals Himself in a special manner. Of the dealings of God with His visible Church on that day the text presents a striking description. I. The party here spoken of--jerusalem. 1. In the day of the Lord the visible Churc... [ Continue Reading ]
_The great day of the Lord is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord._ THE COMINGS OF THE LORD The times of King Josiah, about 606 years before Christ, were times of much religious awakening, like our own. The Book of the Lord had been found and studied, the idols had been... [ Continue Reading ]
_They shall walk like blind men._ THE SINNER A BLIND TRAVELLER The sinner is on a journey, step by step he is moving on to a destination. But how does he walk? The text tells us as a blind man. How does the blind man walk? I. Unnaturally. Though a few men may be born blind, vision is one of the c... [ Continue Reading ]