A Practical Exposition of the Gospel According to St. Matthew in the Form of Lectures: Intended to Assist the Practice of Domestic Instruction and Devotion

John Bird Sumner

J. Hatchard, 1847 - 573 pagini

Cuprins

• Matt i 117: 1
• The wise men worship Christ: 11
• Preaching of John the Baptist: 21
• Temptation of Christ: 30
• The blessings of the humble the penitent and the meek: 40
• The blessing of the merciful and the pure in heart: 50
• Persecution for righteousness sake: 58
• The extent of christian righteousness: 68
• The danger of indulging evil thoughts: 78
• Patience under injuries: 87
• Hypocrisy in almsgiving and prayer: 98
• v 4348: 103
• Hypocritical mortification: 107
• Reliance on Gods providential care: 117
• Discrimination to be used in propounding divine truth: 127
• vij 12: 137
• Warning against false teachers: 147
• The true foundation: 156
• Sickness healedAnswers to a scribe and a disciple: 166
• Unclean spirits cast into a herd of swine а: 176
• Sinners called to repentance: 186
• A sick woman healed and a child restored to life а: 196
• Appointment of the twelve: 205
• Commission of the Apostles: 212
• The Apostles instructed: 217
• The duty of confessing Christ: 223
• Answer to Johns disciples: 232
• Danger of rejecting the gospel: 242
• The meekness of Jesus: 252
• Danger of evil speaking: 261
• The blessedness of obedience to God: 271
• Danger of neglecting opportunities: 275
• Parable of the Tares Mustard Seed and Leaven: 285
• The hidden treasure and the precious pearl: 294
• The gospel compared to a net cast into the sea: 300
• Unbelief at Nazareth: 306
• The miracles of the loaves and fishes: 315
• xy 120: 325
• A multitude supplied with food: 335
• Peters confession of Jesus as the Son of God 311: 344
• Peter rebuked Necessity of selfdenial: 350
• Power of faith: 361
• Tenderness towards weak brethren: 370
• Proper treatment of offenders: 376
• Forgiveness of injuries enjoined by the parable of the unmer: 382
• Divorcement forbidden: 389
• Christ questioned by a young rich man: 399
• Parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard: 406
• Distinction requested for James and John: 412
• Humility enjoined Two blind men healed: 418
• The figtree withered: 426
• Parable of the Rebellious Husbandmen: 436
• Tribute due to God: 447
• The love of God and our neighbour: 456
• The right knowledge of Christ: 460
• Condemnation of the Pharisees continued: 469
• Destruction of the temple and persecution of the Apostles fore: 480
• Suddenness of the destruction of Jerusalem and of the end: 490
• Parable of the Foolish and the Wise Virgins: 496
• Parable of the Talents: 505
• The procedure of the last judgment described: 511
• Ointment poured upon the head of Jesus: 517
• The garden of Gethsemane: 528
• Jesus arraigned before Caiaphas Denied by Peter: 537
• Death of Judas Condemnation of Jesus 513: 543
• The Crucifixion 519: 549
• Signs attending the death of Jesus: 555
• The Resurrection: 564

Pasaje populare

Pagina 561 - Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

Pagina 217 - It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his Lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household...

Pagina 419 - But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. 26 But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; 27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant : 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Pagina 509 - Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth : lo, there thou hast that is thine.

Pagina 37 - And his fame went throughout all Syria : and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy ; and he healed them.

Pagina 229 - And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Pagina 268 - Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there : and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

Pagina 475 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes : and some of them ye shall kill and crucify ; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city...

Pagina 493 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

Pagina 426 - And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David ; they were sore displeased, 16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say?

Informații bibliografice

• Titlu: A Practical Exposition of the Gospel According to St. Matthew in the Form of Lectures: Intended to Assist the Practice of Domestic Instruction and Devotion
• Autor: John Bird Sumner
• Ediție: 7
• Editor: J. Hatchard, 1847
• Exemplar original de la: Universitatea din California
• Scanată la: 25 sep. 2007
• Lungime: 573 pagini