_Now before the feast of the Passover._ A THREE-FOLD MARVEL I. A MARVELLOUS LOVE: that of Christ for His own. Marvellous in respect of 1. Its time. (1) Before the feast of the Passover, when His thoughts might have been occupied with its memories. (2) Before His departure, when He might have be... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_I speak not of you all_ A LAST APPEAL I. A SOLEMN ANNOUNCEMENT. 1. The reason of it. (1) To indicate Christ’s knowledge of the human heart, and to show that He had not been mistaken in Judas (Jean 13:18). Had it not been made it would have appeared as though Christ were not omniscient. (2) To... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night_ JUDAS AND THE SOP The subject suggests I. THE TWO-FOLD AND EVEN CONTRASTED SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SAME THING. 1. The giving of the sop meant one thing to John, viz., who was the betrayer? It does not seem to have been fully un... [ Continuer la lecture ]
(See Dr. Maclaren’s sermon on Jean 7:33). LITTLE CHILDREN.-- NEEDING I. CARE. II. INSTRUCTION. III. GUIDANCE. IV. PROTECTION. (_S. S. Times._) WHITHER I GO, YE CANNOT COME … NOW.-- I. A picture of THE CHRISTIAN’S PRESENT CONDITION. II. A promise of THE CHRISTIAN’S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. (_S. S... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_A new commandment I give unto you_ THE NEW COMMANDMENT I. WHY IS THIS CALLED NEW? 1. Negatively. Not as if it was not enjoined before (1 Jean 2:7; Lévitique 19:18). 2. Positively. (1) Newly freed from the false glosses of the Jews (Matthieu 5:43). (2) Newly infused into the heart as well as c... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples_ THE SOCIAL PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIANITY (2):--How seldom is this test of true discipleship to Christ appealed to. We look for orthodoxy of sentiment, moral character, denominational zeal, attention to ordinances, but we are apt to overlook the o... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_Lord, whither goest Thou?_ UNLAWFUL CURIOSITY It is a common fault among us to be more inquisitive concerning things secret, which belong to God only, than concerning things revealed, which belong to us and to our children--more desirous to have our curiosity gratified, than our conscience direct... [ Continuer la lecture ]