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An Example Of Parents Explaining The Gospel To Their Child
The Setting: It is morning and the family is busy preparing for work and school. Though the hour is running late, the father insists on reading a portion from the Bible before leaving the house: FATHER: Come, my dear, bring me the Bible. CHILD: Father, it is now nine o'clock, and if I stop while you read and pray I shall get scolded, for I ought to have been at school before now. FATHER: True, child, you ought to have been at school by this time; but I have been detained this morning, and I am not willing you should go before I have read part of God's word, and taken up a little time in prayer and thanksgiving to the God of all our…
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An Example Of A Mother Explaining The Gospel To Her Child
The Setting: The child has attended the house of God with his/her parents, and was dazzled by the fashionable outfits worn by the members. Upon returning home, the child enquires: CHILD: Mother, did you see what handsome bonnet Miss Dressy had on at the chapel this morning? MOTHER: Child, your mind runs upon nothing but pride and nonsense. Do you suppose that I have nothing to do at chapel but to notice what people wear? Did you ever ask yourself what you went to chapel for? CHILD: Indeed, mother, I never thought of such a thing? What do people go for? MOTHER: Child, it is not a very easy thing to say what ends people have in view. Some go because their parents go; some…
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An Example Of A Father Explaining The Gospel To His Child
The Setting: As expected, the child is very excited about the prospect of Christmas holidays, and so is singing over a little nonsense that he/she has picked up amongst his/her companions. Henceforth, the Father observes: FATHER: Child, what frothy nonsense are you running over? What can induce you to be so childish and foolish. CHILD: Why, father, I was only pleased to think what sport I shall have at Christmas. FATHER: Pleased, indeed! and what sport do you expect to have at Christmas. CHILD: Why, father, do you know that next week we are to break up the school, and have a parting for Christmas holidays? FATHER: But what sport is there in that? CHILD: Why, father, there will be fiddling, and dancing, and such…
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64 An Exposition: Preaching Good Tidings Unto The Meek
“The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek.”—Isaiah 61:1-3 What a divine cluster of immortal blessings rests in the Man Christ Jesus; and how blessed it is for poor sinners that he is appointed to give them these blessings and is filled with the Spirit without measure, that he might give them in measure to such poor vile sinners, loathsome sinners, God dishonoring sinners as we; and his blessed Majesty has to deal out these blessings to these poor sinners. However men may despise these poor hobbling creatures, the Lord will find them out, in some corner or another. God's method is to deal out his pity to these poor, forlorn…
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Chapter 27: It Should Be Openly Preached – Part 1
Showing That The Scripture Doctrine Of Predestination Should Be Openly Preached And Insisted On, And For What Reasons. Upon the whole, it is evident that the doctrine of God's eternal and unchangeable predestination should neither be wholly suppressed and laid aside, nor yet be confined to the disquisition of the learned and speculative only; but likewise should be publicly taught from the pulpit and the press, that even the meanest of the people may not be ignorant of a truth which reflects such glory on God, and is the very foundation of happiness to man. Let it, however, be preached with judgment and discretion, i.e., delivered by the preacher as it is delivered in Scripture, and no otherwise. By which means, it can neither be…
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Chapter 28: It Should Be Openly Preached – Part 2
And now why should not this doctrine be preached and insisted upon in public?—a doctrine which is of express revelation, a doctrine that makes wholly for the glory of God, which conduces, in a most peculiar manner, to the conversion, comfort and sanctification of the elect, and leaves even the ungodly themselves without excuse. But perhaps you may still be inclined to question whether predestination be indeed a Scripture doctrine. If so, let me by way of sample beg you to consider the following declarations—first, of Christ; secondly, of His apostles. "If the mighty works that have been done in thee had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented," etc. (Matt. 11), whence it is evident that the Tyrians and Sidonians, at…
