We preach here in the pulpit; but what can we do, unless you preach yonder at home? Obeying Christ's Orders June 13th, 1889 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it." John 2:5. "We shall see him as he is."1 John 3:2. Luke-Acts We recommend Pilgrim Publications, where the Ages disk may be purchased at a discount. The Case for Conditional Immortality - J. W. Wenham, The Bible, Slavery, and America's Founders, The Biological and Biblical Dangers of Problem-Centered Counseling, The Urgent Need For Reformation in Pastoral Ministry, Problems and Limitations He set his face like a flint that he would do the right; and he did the right. If we shall, each one, take his time from the sun, we shall all be right. This is one of the great objects of all that is written by inspiration, that we may be kept from sin. What does it mean to take the Lord's name in vain? 1 John 2:15. How holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners is the man who tries to walk even as Christ walked. (1,2) The purifying influence of the hope of seeing Christ, and the danger of pretending to this, and living in sin. 4-6). As it was the truth that was revealed to them at the first, there was no need of a later revelation to correct the mistakes of the first, as some foolishly and falsely teach nowadays. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point many of the antichrists came out of the church; they sprang up from among the followers of Christ: They went out from us, . God sent his Son to lay down his life for his sheep. January 1, 1970. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. What can we do to glorify Christ if we do not walk even as he walked? Surely, beyond any other quality, we see in the career of the Son of God the perfection of self-abnegation. Such self-denial as may be helpful to the weak you ought to practise. At last the good man answered, "No, I shall not hear you, nor shall you hear me; but let us both sit down and hear the word of the Lord." 1 John 2:21. 1 John 2:4-6. And now, little children, abide in him;-How John continues to urge us to stand fast in Christ. 10. 2 My dear children, I write this letter to you so that you will not sin. Love's Climax "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." 1 John iv. That is the drift of the plan of grace, the aim of the covenant. Luke-Acts Luke-Acts That which is new in the gospel, in one sense, is not new in another; for, though John was about to write what he called a new commandment, yet, at the same time, he was writing something which was not novel, something which was not grafted upon the gospel, but which grows naturally out of it, namely, the law of love. And you and I also must delight in God. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point The New Testament He delighted in God. If I came and preached to you, and if I had the tongues of men and of angels, yet if I did not seek to do as my Master did, what avails all that I can say? God grant that you may, and then I may include you also in the blessed instruction of the text. 1 John 2 Commentary; ANONYMOUS. Historical Books Come ye, then, to Christ for pardon, whether ye are Jews or Gentiles, whether ye are saints or sinners, whether ye are old or young, whether ye are moral or immoral, for God is both able and willing to forgive all manner of sin because of the propitiation offered by his well-beloved Son Jesus Christ the righteous.. You must love your enemies, or you will die with the Creed in your throats. Love is the true test of light, that light which leads us to love God, to love Christ, to love the truth, to love Gods people, ay, and to love the whole world of men for their good, this is the love that attests the light we have to be the very light of God. John 3:16, Jesus faith love), The Whole Bible Scriptural Evidence for the Necessity of Obedience in Salvation, The Doctrine of Immortality in the Early Church - John H. Roller, Luther's views on soul sleep and the after life, Make Good Use of Your Servitude - Observations on Biblical Slavery, The Consensus of Current Scholarship: The Soul is Not Immortal, Killing the Canaanites - A Response to the New Atheism's "Divine Genocide" Claims. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. Their Worm Does Not Die: Annihilation and Mark 9:48, Evidence for the Resurrection - William Lane Craig -Text and Audio, The Evidence for Jesus - William Lane Craig - Text and Video. It is ours to walk in cheerful subservience to the mind of the Father, even as Jesus did. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. Oh, no, far from it; it is a sad case, but there is a remedy for it: and if any man sin,-. C.H. (Read 1 John 2:24-29) The truth of Christ, abiding in us, is a means to sever from sin, and unites us to the Son of God, John 15:3,4. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. And how was this? Life and Immortality - Basil Atkinson, M.A., PhD. And so it is with unholy Christians, too. As the poet says, You cannot be right in the rest Unless you think rightly of him., 1 John 2:23-28. Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. Verses 1-11. He cannot be a Christian unless this be true of him, and be cannot fully enjoy his religion unless he assuredly knows that he is in Christ, and can boldly say as much. And now we abide in Christ in this sense, that we are joined to him : as the stone is, in the wall, as the wave is in the sea, as the branch is in the vine, so are we in Christ. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Christ ought to be glorified by us, and therefore we ought to be like him, for if we are not, we cannot glorify him, but must dishonor him. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. "Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again." Never saw these seas a pilot so able to steer according to his own judgment, and never one so carefully to follow the channel as marked down in the chart. 1 John 2:1. 1 John 2:16-17. The New Testament Documents: Are they Reliable? Early Religious Impressions. The worst of men go out from among the best of men, the antichrists go out from the church of Christ. Wisdom Literature Many a sweet night he spent in those prayer-times of his in fellowship with the Father. I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. From Spurgeon's Autobiography. These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. Pauline Epistles General Epistles I know that there are some here who cannot say that they are in Christ. A Protest - Joseph Agar Beet D.D. 2 Jesus is the way our sins are taken away. - Herman Hanko, Problems and Limitations of the Traditional "Sermon" Concept, Quitting Church: Why the Faithful Are Fleeing - Ingrid Schlueter, Should One Man Be The Dominant, Focal-Point Of A Church Service. How it should humble us before the mercy-seat! Jesus ChristUnique Savior or Average Fraud? Consolation Proportionate to Spiritual Sufferings, The Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness, The Question of Fear and the Answer of Faith, Confession of SinA Sermon with Seven Texts, The Desolations of the Lord, the Consolation of His Saints, Christ Glorified as the Builder of His Church, The Wicked Man's Life, Funeral, and Epitaph, The Ceremony of Laying the First Stone of the New Tabernacle, A Blast of the Trumpet Against False Peace, The Beginning, Increase, and End of the Divine Life, The High Priest Standing Between the Dead and the Living. Gender Revolution - What are they teaching your kids? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Preaching! Some persons think very much of the doctrine of Christ, but very little of the Spirit of Christ. I should think not. Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New . Is My Church Really A New Testament Church? 1 John 5:1. Why is the church losing its young people? We are in Christ, dear brethren, as the manslayer was in the city of refuge: I hope that we can say we abide in him as our sanctuary and shelter. It ought not, then, to be difficult to make a choice between these fleeting shadows and the everlasting substance. They would lead you astray if they could so beware of them. ", Counterfeit Cross - Bear or Burn: The Fruit of Obedience in the Parables of Christ - updated, Counterfeit Cross - What is a "Carnal Christian"? Our Saviour had lived on the earth for thirty years, and had worked no miracle. Observe, And this, beloved, again, must all be the fruit of the one Spirit that is in Christ and in us. He is anxious that they should not sin, he knows they do, and that if they say they do not, they lie. Think of that. The Spirit of God, wherever He works, works according to the mind of God; and God is hymned as "Holy, holy, holy," by those pure spirits who know him best. We each one sing, and our heart goes with the words, "Rock of ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee. The Immortality of the Soul: The beginning of John 1:1 is profound: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. A Protest - Joseph Agar Beet D.D. The mercy is that you are not past hope. Email / username or password was incorrect! 1 John 2:15. But we are in him vitally, and therefore we dare ask the question, "Who shall separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord?" He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. You cannot give out sweet waters so long as the fountains are impure. 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