October 29, 2017

A CHEERY WORD IN TROUBLOUS TIMES.   “Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.”— Acts xxvii. 25.   THE presence of a brave man in the hour of danger is a very great comfort to his companions. It is a grand thing to observe Paul so bold, …

Acts:27:25

January 1, 1970

Pressing Questions of an Awakened Mind   “Who art thou, Lord?.... What wilt thou have me to do?” — Acts ix. 5, 6.   PAUL fell to the ground overcome by the brightness of the light which outshone the mid-day sun, and as he lay there he cried, “Who art thou, Lord?” After receiving an answer to his first …

Acts:9:5-6

September 20, 1891

Lydia, the First European Convert   “And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto things which were spoken of Paul.”—Acts xvi.14.   WE may laudably exercise curiosity with regard to the first proclamation of the gospel in our …

Acts:16:14

October 19, 1890

His own Funeral Sermon   “For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep.” — Acts xiii. 36.   IT is remarkable that David should say, in the sixteenth Psalm, “Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption,” and yet that Paul …

Acts:13:36

April 6, 1890

The Prince of Life   “And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.” — Acts iii. 15.   PETER does not conceal the death of Christ: he is not ashamed of the fact that his Lord was crucified. God forbid that any of us should be ashamed of the cross: …

Acts:3:15

March 23, 1890

 The Shank-bone Sermon; or, True Believers and their Helpers   “Who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace.” — Acts xviii. 27.   APOLLOS is not Paul, and Paul is not Apollos. To blend the two in one would be to spoil each one of the two, without producing a good third. It is …

Acts:18:27

February 9, 1890

Belief, Baptism, Blessing   “And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.”— Acts xvi. 33, 34.   THE gospel, attended by the …

Acts:16:33, 34

September 1, 1889

"Pricked in Their Heart"   “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we …

Acts:2:36-37

August 29, 1889

Witnessing Better than Knowing the Future   “When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But …

Acts:1:6-8

March 3, 1889

Two Essential Things   “Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.”— Acts xx. 21.   THIS was the practical drift of Paul’s teaching at Ephesus, and everywhere else. He kept back nothing which was profitable to them; and the main profit he expected them to derive …

Acts:20:21