_The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene … unto the
sepulchre_
THE SEPULCHRE
There were more common and more noble sepulchres.
The common were in public burying places without the city. And through
that place no current of water was to be made, cattle were not to feed
there, nor wood to be... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_Then went in also that other disciple_
I.
ZEALOUS PURSUIT.
II. ENLARGED KNOWLEGE
III. INCREASED FAITH. (_S. S. Times_.)
UNCONSCIOUS INFLUENCE:
In this slight turn of history we see that men are ever touching
unconsciously the springs of motion in each other. Little does Peter
think, as he goe... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping_
LESSONS
1_._
Christians are often sorrowful, when, if they had clearer knowledge
and stronger faith, they would rejoice.
2. Angels sympathize with Christians in their sorrow. If they shed no
tears they are not indifferent to ours.
3. The thought... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_Two angels … say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou?_
THE WEEPING ONE TO WEEPING WOMANHOOD
1_._ Christians are often sorrowful when, if they had clearer
knowledge and stronger faith, they would rejoice. “Mary stood
without at the sepulchre weeping.” She wept because she thought He
was dead. But th... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_And when she had thus said, she turned herself back._
Why? Simply because she had now no care about glimpses of a mere
heaven--felt no interest in the discourse of mere angels, but only
longed to have her grief out uninterruptedly? Perhaps. But some of the
earliest teachers of the Church thought t... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou?_
THE RISEN CHRIST AND THE MAGDALENE
I. HOW JESUS WAS HIDDEN FROM MARY. There are times when friends are
unrecognized because of mental absorption or because of our belief
that they are elsewhere, or because of a supposed moral impossibility
that they... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_Jesus saith unto her, Mary_
CHRIST’S SALUTATION TO THE CHRISTIAN
No one ever used human language so eloquently as Jesus.
Men have spoken with such arguments, rhetoric and passion, as to
convince and move multitudes. But no one save Jesus could by simply
saying, “Follow Me,” draw any one from his... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_Jesus saith unto her, Touch Me not_
TOUCH NOT
What a strange thing that both the old world and the new should have
began with the same prohibition.
(_Dean Burgon_.)
NOLI ME TANGERE:
The lesson is to a soul brought into the conscious presence of the
Lord. Oh, to be in that condition! Mary Magda... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_Then the same day at evening_
THE FIRST LORD’S DAY EVENING
I. THE ANXIOUS COMPANY. The twelve, with the exception of Judas and
Thomas, were gathered and kept together by a community of interest in
Christ. They betook themselves to retirement from lack of sympathy
from without, and from fear of th... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_When He had so said, He shewed them His hands and His side_
THE WOUNDS OF THE RISEN CHRIST
I want to point out the significance of Christ’s action in showing
to these men His hands and His feet; and what we learn from it is
this.
I. CHRIST’S DESIRE THAT HIS DISCIPLES’ BELIEF IN HIS RESURRECTION
S... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_Then saith Jesus unto them … as My Father hath sent Me, even so
send I you_
THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE TWO MISSIONS
Christ is the Arch-Missionary and the Arch-Apostle (Hébreux 3:1), at
once both the Author and the first Bearer of the office; and the
apostles are His successors.
Christ came in... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_But Thomas, called Didymus … was not with them when Jesus came_
ST.
Thomas
Mark
I. HOW MUCH CHRISTIANS MAY LOSE BY NOT REGULARLY ATTENDING THE
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD’S PEOPLE.
1. Thomas was absent when Jesus appeared, and consequently missed a
blessing. He was kept in suspense and unbelief a whole... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord_
A SIGHT OF THE LORD--WHAT IT PRODUCES
I. AN EVER DEEPENING SENSE OF SIN. See Isaiah (Ésaïe 6:5); Job Job
42:5); Peter (Luc 5:8).
II. AN EVER ENLARGING MEASURE OF JOY. See David (Psaume 4:6; Psaume
16:11; Psaume 21:6), the discipl... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_Then after eight days again His disciples were within_
THE CHRISTIAN SABBATH
Jesus rose the first day of the week, and appeared to His disciples.
Then He appeared not again till the eighth day after, nor do we read
of the disciples meeting meanwhile. The day is thus mentioned for some
special en... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_Then said He to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger._
SIGNS AND EVIDENCES
1. How struck must Thomas have been when his Lord addressed to him the
very words which he had himself used (Jean 20:25)! Jesus knows how to
send the word home to us.
2. In the church of to-day we have many a Thomas,--slow, su... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_And Thomas answered and said unto Him, My Lord and my God_
MY LORD AND MY GOD
Let us consider
I. THE EXCLAMATION OF THOMAS. It is as much as a man could say if he
wished to assert dogmatically that Jesus is God and Lord (Psaume
35:23). To escape from the force of this confession some have charge... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen Me thou hast
believed: blessed are they that have not seen yet have believed_
WHO IS BLESSED?
Thomas’s conduct was strange but honest. How much better to be
doubting Thomas than the believing priests! They believed the
resurrection, or they wou... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_And many other signs truly did Jesus_
THE EVANGELIC RECORD
I. ITS PARTIALNESS (Jean 20:30).
1. Christ was a worker. He had a wonderful mission to discharge within
a brief time. Every day was crowded with deeds.
2. These deeds were signs
(1) Of His preternatural might.
(2) Of His matchless phi... [ Continuer la lecture ]