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Mat_1:18-25 Two Great Truths
Mat_1:21 Penalty Paid, Power Crushed
Mat_1:21 The Fulness of Salvation
Mat_1:21 Christ and His People
Mat_1:23 The Divine Presence
Mat_1:23 A Name of Comfort
Mat_1:23 Truth Stated and Applied
Mat_1:24 The Angel and the Guardian
Mat_2:1 The Goodness of Christ
Mat_2:1 The Men and their Guide
Mat_2:2 The King and His Crown
Mat_2:2 Little Knowledge, Much Faith
Mat_2:9 The Guiding Star
Mat_2:10 Stars as Types
Mat_2:10 God’s Dealings with Men
Mat_2:11 Christ in Common Life
Mat_2:11 The Threefold Gift
Mat_2:15 Called out of Egypt
Mat_2:16 Slain for Christ’s Sake
Mat_2:16 Sin and Suffering
Mat_2:18 The Cry of the Children
Mat_3:2 Repentance
Mat_3:2 The Coming of the Kingdom
Mat_3:8 Sins to be Repented of
Mat_3:11 Cleansing and Burning
Mat_3:11 Christ First
Mat_3:11 Manifested by Fire
Mat_3:12 Fan, Fire and Floor
Mat_3:12 Unquenchable Fire
Mat_3:16-17 The Voice of the Spirit
Mat_4:1 The Purpose of Lent
Mat_4:1 The Conflict and the Victory
Mat_4:1 ‘As Christ Overcame’
Mat_4:1 Christ’s Example
Mat_4:1 Being Tempted
Mat_4:1 Christ’s Sympathy with the Tempted
Mat_4:3 ‘The Son of God’
Mat_4:2-4 The Attack on Divine Sonship
Mat_4:5-7 Sin as a Voluntary Act
Mat_4:5-7 ‘I will keep thee’
Mat_4:8-10 The Path to Victory
Mat_4:8-10 The Greatest Danger in Life
Mat_4:11 A Lifelong Campaign
Mat_4:12-13 The Ministry Begun
Mat_4:17 Christ’s First Sermon
Mat_4:18 The Call of Andrew
Mat_4:18 Andrew’s Example
Mat_4:19 On Following Christ
Mat_4:19 The Christian Ministry
Mat_4:21-22 Christ’s Call Obeyed
Mat_4:23 What Christ joined together
Mat_5:3 Poor in Spirit
Mat_5:3 Characteristics of Poverty
Mat_5:4 Comfort for the Mourners
Mat_5:5 The Meek and their Reward
Mat_5:6 Hungering and Thirsting
Mat_5:7 Mercifulness in Principle and Practice
Mat_5:8 Purity of Heart
Mat_5:9 Peace and Peacemakers
Mat_5:10 The Persecuted
Mat_5:11-12 Protection on Earth: Reward in Heaven
Mat_5:13 The Christian in Society
Mat_5:14; Mat_5:16 The Influence of Christian Life
Mat_5:14 The City on the Hill
Mat_5:20 The Failure of the Pharisees
Mat_5:20 The Pharisees’ Righteousness
Mat_5:21-22 The Sin of Anger
Mat_5:21-22 The Old Law Revised
Mat_5:33-36 Reverence for the Holy Name
Mat_5:37 Christian Truthfulness
Mat_5:44 The Christian and His Enemies
Mat_5:44 Who are our Enemies?
Mat_5:48 Moral Perfection
Mat_6:1-4 Almsgiving
Mat_6:6 Alone with God
Mat_6:6 Private Prayer
Mat_6:6 Prayer and its Answer
Mat_6:9 The Divine Fatherhood
Mat_6:9 The Father’s Love
Mat_6:9 The Hallowed Name
Mat_6:9 God’s Glory
Mat_6:10 God’s Kingdom
Mat_6:10 Extending the Kingdom
Mat_6:10 The Christian’s Aspiration
Mat_6:10 God’s Will in Worship and Work
Mat_6:10 The Obedience of Angels
Mat_6:11 Only Bread
Mat_6:11 As well for the Body as the Soul
Mat_6:11 The Christian and Temporal Gifts
Mat_6:12 Forgiveness for the Forgiving
Mat_6:12 God’s Forgiveness and Man’s Response
Mat_6:13 Sources of Temptation
Mat_6:13 The Conflict with Evil
Mat_6:13 Fourfold Power
Mat_6:13 The Grand Doxology
Mat_6:16 The Lenten Fast
Mat_6:16 The Discipline of the Body
Mat_6:20 Treasures in Heaven
Mat_6:21 Choosing the Best
Mat_6:22 Singleness of Eye
Mat_6:24 The Two Masters
Mat_6:25 Lessons from Nature
Mat_6:25 The Law of Proportion
Mat_6:28 Lessons from Lilies
Mat_6:28 A Children’s Flower Sermon
Mat_6:28 The Story of the Lilies
Mat_6:32 The Antidote to Anxiety
Mat_6:32 Divine Care
Mat_6:33 The Economic Precepts of Christ
Mat_6:33 The Principles of the Kingdom
Mat_6:33 The Promise and its Condition
Mat_6:34 One Day at a Time
Mat_6:34 The Universal Providence of God
Mat_7:1-2 Against Rash Judgment
Mat_7:6 That which is Holy
Mat_7:7 Ask and Receive
Mat_7:7 Seeking and Finding
Mat_7:12 The Golden Rule
Mat_7:13 Avoiding the Way of the Many
Mat_7:15-21 Beware!
Mat_7:18 The Tree and its Fruit
Mat_7:21 Nominal Discipleship
Mat_7:24-25 Building upon the Rock
Mat_7:28 The People Astonished
Mat_8:1 Law and Life
Mat_8:2 The Significant Unit
Mat_8:3 Sin and its Cleansing
Mat_8:3 The Leper and the Saviour
Mat_8:8-10 The Only True Faith
Mat_8:8-10 The Greatness of Faith
Mat_8:8-10 Faith and Righteousness
Mat_8:11-12 Home Citizens Defeated
Mat_8:11-12 The Heavenly Banquet
Mat_8:11-12 The Obligation of Privileges
Mat_8:13 Faith and its Power
Mat_8:16 The Divine Consoler
Mat_8:22 A Threefold Following
Mat_8:23-27 Christ in the Ship
Mat_8:24 Christ’s Power over Nature
Mat_8:26 The Secret of Calm
Mat_8:34 A Terrible Prayer
Mat_9:2 Co-operation in Religion
Mat_9:2 Healing for Body and Soul
Mat_9:2 Good Cheer
Mat_9:2-3 The Forgiveness of Sins
Mat_9:2-3 The Divine Healer
Mat_9:9 Steady Obedience
Mat_9:9 Conversion and Confession
Mat_9:9 Leaving All
Mat_9:13 Mercy not Sacrifice
Mat_9:15 Religious Observances
Mat_9:18 The Ruler who pleaded for his daughter
Mat_9:21 Worship and Superstition
Mat_9:24 Not dead, but sleeping
Mat_9:29 The Faith and the Gift
Mat_9:35 The Great Physician
Mat_9:36 Sheep without a Shepherd
Mat_9:36 Service—Prayer—Method
Mat_10:4 A chapter in Human Biography
Mat_10:12 The Salutation of Peace
Mat_10:23 A Counsel of Prudence
Mat_10:30 Hairs numbered
Mat_10:37 The Affections demanded
Mat_10:37 A Tremendous Claim
Mat_10:38 The Cross
Mat_11:2-3 The Baptist’s Doubt
Mat_11:2-3 The Question and the Answer
Mat_11:2-3 The Witness of the Miracles
Mat_11:4 Christianity and Human Sorrow
Mat_11:6 Mistakes about Religion
Mat_11:7 The Baptist’s Character
Mat_11:11 What is True Greatness?
Mat_11:11 Greater than the Baptist
Mat_11:12 Heaven taken by Storm
Mat_11:16-19 The Portrait of an Age
Mat_11:19 In the World—not of it
Mat_11:25-30 The Revelation of the Gospel
Mat_11:26 The Lesson of Submission
Mat_11:28 Christ and Labour
Mat_11:28 Christ’s Invitation
Mat_11:28 The Promised Rest
Mat_11:29 Learning of Christ
Mat_11:30 The Yoke of Christ
Mat_12:8 Lord of the Sabbath
Mat_12:13 ‘Christ which Strengtheneth’
Mat_12:14-20 The Gentleness of Christ
Mat_12:24 Opponents of Religion
Mat_12:30 No Neutrality
Mat_12:32 The Unpardonable Sin
Mat_12:37 Judged by Words
Mat_12:41 Jonah’s Mission
Mat_12:43-45 The Devil Dethroned
Mat_12:43-45 Negative Religion
Mat_12:50 Christ’s Relations
Mat_13:3 Sowers of Seed
Mat_13:3 The Seed and the Soil
Mat_13:3 Hindrances to Growth
Mat_13:8-9 Preacher and People
Mat_13:16 Blessed Eyes and Blessed Ears
Mat_13:28 The Enemy in the Field
Mat_13:30 Growing Together
Mat_13:31-32 The Tree from the Seed
Mat_13:31-32 Life in the Seed
Mat_13:32 The Power of Leaven
Mat_13:32 The Transforming Power of the Gospel
Mat_13:39 What will the Harvest be?
Mat_13:44-45 Treasure and Merchant-Man
Mat_13:52 Things New and Old
Mat_13:58 The Sin of Unbelief
Mat_14:10 The Causes of Herod’s Sin
Mat_14:21 The Feeding of the Five Thousand
Mat_14:23 The Solitude of Christ
Mat_14:30 Beginning to Sink
Mat_15:13 Party Spirit
Mat_15:14 Unconscious Blindness
Mat_15:19 Evil Thoughts
Mat_15:22-28 The Woman of Canaan
Mat_15:22-28 The Importunity of Faith
Mat_15:23 Divine Silences
Mat_15:23 ‘He knows’
Mat_15:28 ‘Great Faith’
Mat_16:13-16 The Son of Man the Son of God
Mat_16:13-16 A Threefold Revelation
Mat_16:18 ‘Upon this Rock’
Mat_16:18 The Church
Mat_16:21-23 Presumption Rebuked
Mat_16:24 On Cross-Bearing
Mat_16:24 The Crosses of Life
Mat_16:24 Bearing the Cross
Mat_16:24 The Symbolism of the Cross
Mat_16:24 The Denial of Self
Mat_16:25 Life Saved and Lost
Mat_17:1-2 The Mount of Transfiguration
Mat_17:8 The Catholic Faith
Mat_17:8 None but Christ
Mat_17:8 All of Thee
Mat_17:19 Faith and Service
Mat_17:20 Limitations and Ranges of Faith
Mat_17:20 The Reason of Failure
Mat_17:27 The Christian Law of Love
Mat_18:1 Who is the Greatest?
Mat_18:3 A Misunderstood Term
Mat_18:3 The Disciples Rebuked
Mat_18:4 The Cultivation of Humility
Mat_18:7 Offences and Responsibilities
Mat_18:10 Sources of Contempt
Mat_18:19-20 The Believer’s Prayer
Mat_18:21-22 The Spirit of Forgiveness
Mat_18:23 The King and His Servants
Mat_18:32-33 The Essence of Christianity
Mat_18:35 The Unmerciful Servant
Mat_19:14 Of Such is the Kingdom
Mat_19:16 The Call to Youth
Mat_19:16 The Clear Command
Mat_19:21 Hindrances to Perfection
Mat_19:22 A Young Man’s Sorrow
Mat_19:30 Positions Reversed
Mat_20:1 The Heavenly Householder
Mat_20:6-7 The Reform of the Idler
Mat_20:6-7 A Parable within a Parable
Mat_20:8 At Eventide
Mat_20:16 Called and Chosen
Mat_20:21-22 A Mother’s Prayer
Mat_20:22 The Cup in Service
Mat_20:28 A Pattern of Ministry
Mat_20:32-33 Opened Eyes
Mat_21:3 Sincerity in Religion
Mat_21:3 The Lord’s Need
Mat_21:5 The Coming King
Mat_21:10 Who were Moved?
Mat_21:10 A Great Question Answered
Mat_21:10 More than a Prophet
Mat_21:10 Our Appreciation of Christ
Mat_21:25 The Baptism of Goodness
Mat_21:28 The Master’s Call
Mat_21:28-31 The Two Sons
Mat_21:28-31 Personal Religion
Mat_21:42 Christ the Headstone
Mat_22:2-3 The Laws of the Kingdom
Mat_22:4 God’s Readiness
Mat_22:4-5 The Invitation Ignored
Mat_22:4-5 Trifling with Religion
Mat_22:12 The Wedding Garment
Mat_22:14 Clad in the Garment
Mat_22:14 Selection and Election
Mat_22:21 God’s Claim
Mat_22:37 The Character of Love
Mat_22:37 God and my Neighbour
Mat_22:37 The Central Commandment
Mat_22:42 The Question of Questions
Mat_22:42 Thoughts on Christ
Mat_22:42 Prophet, Priest, and King
Mat_22:42 The Importance of the Question
Mat_23:12 Characteristics of a Christian
Mat_23:23 Sins of Omission
Mat_23:29 Pharisaic Sins
Mat_23:34 The Christian in the World
Mat_23:35 Contrast and Type
Mat_23:37 The Call Rejected
Mat_24:4 The End of the Age
Mat_24:13 Hindrances to Endurance
Mat_24:14 The Gospel of the Kingdom
Mat_24:34-35 Abiding Words
Mat_24:34-35 The Words of Christ
Mat_24:34-35 The Words of Christ for the World’s Need
Mat_24:34-35 Things which Endure
Mat_24:34-35 Characteristics of Christ’s Words
Mat_25:1 To Meet the Bridegroom
Mat_25:8 Lamps Burning Low
Mat_25:10 The Penalty of Neglect
Mat_25:10 The Closed Door
Mat_25:21 Found Faithful
Mat_25:24-25 The Disused Talent
Mat_25:29 The Philosophy of Life
Mat_25:30 No Neutrality
Mat_25:34 The Call to Glory
Mat_25:40 Christ in His Poor
Mat_25:46 Eternal Punishment
Mat_26:6-7 The Discipleship of Love
Mat_26:8 The Best is not too good
Mat_26:21-22 Is it I?
Mat_26:31 Over-Confidence
Mat_26:38 Fellowship with Christ
Mat_26:38 The Agony in the Garden
Mat_26:41 Watch and Pray
Mat_26:41 To Stand when Flesh is Weak
Mat_26:63 The High Priest’s Question
Mat_26:64 The Advents of Christ
Mat_27:1 The Passion
Mat_27:22 Pilate’s Question
Mat_27:22 The Right Answer
Mat_27:34 Christ Refusing Help
Mat_27:38 On the Cross
Mat_27:42 Apparent Failure
Mat_27:46 Christ forsaken
Mat_27:46 The Cry of Agony
Mat_27:46 The Mysterious Cry
Mat_27:59-60 ‘He Descended into Hell’
Mat_18:5 Easter Fear and Easter Joy
Mat_28:6 As He Said
Mat_28:6 The Empty Tomb
Mat_28:6 The Place Where the Lord Lay
Mat_28:18-19 The Last Command
Mat_28:18-19 The Evidential Value of Missions
Mat_28:18-19 Authority, Commission, and Support
Mat_28:20 The Presence of the Risen Lord
Mat_28:20 Christ’s Promise
Mat_28:20 A Fixed Axiom of Life
Mat_28:20 Alive for Evermore