“Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And I will be to you a Father, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” 2 Cor. 6:17, 18. 1. How exceeding few in the religious world…
Category: John Wesley
Sermon 80 – On Friendship With The World
“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of this world is enmity with God Whosoever therefore desireth to be a friend of the world is an enemy of God.” Jam. 4:4. 1. There is a passage in St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, which has been often supposed to be of the…
Sermon 79 – On Dissipation
“This I speak — that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.” 1 Cor. 7:35. 1. Almost in every part of our nation, more especially in the large and populous towns, we hear a general complaint among sensible persons, of the still increasing dissipation. It is observed to diffuse itself more and more, in…
Sermon 78 – Spiritual Idolatry
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols.” 1 John 5:21. 1. There are two words that occur several times in this Epistle, — paidia and teknia, — both of which our translators render by the same expression, little children. But their meaning is very different. The former is very properly rendered little children; for it means,…
Sermon 77 – Spiritual Worship
“This is the true God, and eternal life.” 1 John 5:20. 1. In this Epistle St. John speaks not to any particular Church, but to all the Christians of that age; although more especially to them among whom he then resided. And in them he speaks to the whole Christian Church in all succeeding ages.…
Sermon 76 – On Perfection
“Let us go on to perfection.” Heb. 6:1. The whole sentence runs thus: “Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection: Not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God;” which he had just before termed, “the first principles of the oracles…
Sermon 75 – On Schism
“That there might be no schism in the body.” 1 Cor. 12:25. 1. If there be any word in the English tongue as ambiguous and indeterminate in its meaning as the word Church, it is one that is nearly allied to it, — the word Schism. it has been the subject of innumerable disputes for…
Sermon 74 – Of The Church
“I beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of…
Sermon 73 – Of Hell
“Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.” Mark 9:48. 1. Every truth which is revealed in the oracles of God is undoubtedly of great importance. Yet it may be allowed that some of those which are revealed therein are of greater importance than others, as being more immediately conducive to the…
Sermon 72 – Of Evil Angels
“We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against wicked spirits in heavenly places.” Eph. 6:12. 1. It has been frequently observed that there are no gaps or chasms in the creation of God, but that all the parts of it are…