DISCORSO: 1933 CRISTO CROCIFISSO, O DESCRITTA RELIGIONE EVANGELICA 1 Corinzi 2:2 . _Ho deciso di non sapere nulla tra voi, salvo Gesù Cristo, e lui crocifisso_ . IN diverse epoche del mondo è piaciuto a Dio rivelarsi agli uomini in modi diversi; a volte con visioni, ora con voci, ora con suggesti... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 1934 THE FEELINGS OF A FAITHFUL MINISTER 1 Corinzi 2:3. _I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling_. THERE was one subject on which St. Paul delighted chiefly to expatiate, which was, “Christ crucified;” a subject which to the Jews was a stumbling-block, and to the... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 1935 APOSTOLIC PREACHING 1 Corinzi 2:4. _My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God_. IN the education of persons for the ministry... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 1936 WISDOM OF THE GOSPEL 1 Corinzi 2:6. _We speak wisdom among them that are perfect_. THESE words appear, at first sight, to have an air of conceit and arrogance: and, if uttered by an uninspired man in reference to lucubrations of his own, they might perhaps be not unjustly condemned... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 1937 MYSTERIOUSNESS OF THE GOSPEL 1 Corinzi 2:7 To explain and vindicate his conduct in reference to this matter, we will shew, I. The principle by which the Christian is actuated— He fixes his eye, not on things visible and temporal, but on things invisible and eternal— [This is decl... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCORSO: 1938 IGNORANZA DEL VANGELO, FATALE 1 Corinzi 2:8 . _Se l'avessero saputo, non avrebbero crocifisso il Signore della Gloria_ . Si è supposto che vi sia una tale eccellenza trascendente nella virtù, che se fosse incarnata sulla terra, sarebbe universalmente venerata e onorata. Ma la virtù... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 1939 THE GOSPEL A STUPENDOUS MYSTERY 1 Corinzi 2:9. _It is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit_. THE former part of this passage... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 1940 THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD 1 Corinzi 2:10. _The Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God_. IN the verse immediately preceding our text, which is a citation from the Prophet Isaiah, there is a remarkable difference between the words, as uttered by the Prophet, and as cit... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 1941 INFLUENCES OF THE SPIRIT 1 Corinzi 2:12. _Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 1942 THE NATURAL MAN’S IGNORANCE OF DIVINE THINGS 1 Corinzi 2:14. _The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned_. CHRISTIANITY, as far as relates to its provisions, is f... [ Continua a leggere ]
DISCOURSE: 1943 ADVANTAGES OF THE SPIRITUAL MAN 1 Corinzi 2:15. _He that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ_. TO claim, in the behalf of any person, a pre-eminence an... [ Continua a leggere ]