“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.” Rom. 8:16 I. 1. None who believe the Scriptures to be the word of God, can doubt the importance of such a truth as this; — a truth revealed therein, not once only, not obscurely, not incidentally; but frequently, and…
Category: John Wesley
Sermon 10 – The Witness Of The Spirit: Discourse One One
“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.” Rom. 8:16 1. How many vain men, not understanding what they spake, neither whereof they affirmed, have wrested this Scripture to the great loss if not the destruction of their souls! How many have mistaken the voice of their own…
Sermon 9 – The Spirit Of Bondage And Of Adoption
“Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba, Father.” Romans 8:15. 1. ST. PAUL here speaks to those who are the children of God by faith. “Ye,” saith he, who are indeed his children, have drank into his Spirit; “ye…
Sermon 8 – The First Fruits Of The Spirit
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” Rom. 8:1 1. By “them which are in Christ Jesus,” St. Paul evidently means, those who truly believe in him; those who, “being justified by faith, have peace with God through our…
Sermon 7 – The Way To The Kingdom
“The kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” Mark 1:15 These words naturally lead us to consider, First, the nature of true religion, here termed by our Lord, “the kingdom of God,” which, saith he, “is at hand;” and, Secondly, the way thereto, which he points out in those words,…
Sermon 6 – The Righteousness Of Faith
“Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) Or, Who shall descend into the…
Sermon 5 – Justification By Faith
“To him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” Romans 4:5. 1. How a sinner may be justified before God, the Lord and Judge of all, is a question of no common importance to every child of man. It contains the foundation of all our…
Sermon 4 – Scriptural Christianity
Preached at St. Mary’s, Oxford, before the university, August 24, 1744. [This Sermon was originally published in a separate pamphlet, accompanied by the following address “to the reader,” to which was affixed the author’s signature: “It was not my design, when I wrote, ever to print the latter part of the following Sermon: But the…
Sermon 3 – Awake, Thou That Sleepest
Preached on Sunday April 4, 1742, before the University of Oxford, by the Rev. Charles Wesley, M.A. student of Christ-Church “Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.” Eph. 5:14. In discoursing on these words, I shall, with the help of God, — First. Describe the sleepers, to…
Sermon 2 – The Almost Christian
Preached at St. Mary’s, Oxford, before the university, on July 25, 1741. “Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.” Acts 26.28. AND many there are who go thus far: ever since the Christian religion was in the world, there have been many in every age and nation who were almost persuaded to be Christians.…