1 corinthians 15:58 sermon

THE MANNER IN WHICH THIS DUTY SHOULD BE PERFORMED.1. a. CorrectionThe Corinthian church was full of carnality (chapters 1-6). Know what you know, and, knowing it, cling to it. THANKS BE TO GOD, WHICH GIVETH US THE VICTORY. And then at the end of His career, "I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do." INTRODUCTION How many baptized Christians have no doubt of another life, and yet live and die as if this world were all? "The sting of death is sin." One reason why many are always learning and never coming to a knowledge of the truth is that they have no set intent and purpose to use truth. "My grace is sufficient for you." The subjects of its government are immortal. It either creates warmth and energy or it creates indigestion. If a man has once tasted honey, all the scientific men in the world cannot persuade him that it is not sweet.3. "Because God has said to me, 'Fear not. It will be your right course to be unmoveable, that your adversary may see that his sophisms are of no avail. It assumes the forms of pleasure, interest, nay, sometimes of virtue. Be ye not corrupted by evil communications. Therefore it is that the apostle says, "Be ye steadfast, unmoveable." And there are hundreds of men who, in doing the work of the Lord, have had to bear a heavy cross. The conquerors of death. It shall not be unsuccessful The language of the text implies (1) Natural tendency. 3. EXPLAIN THIS QUALIFICATION.1. Think 1. Consider who it is that says this. The journey is ended, the immortal candidate is on life's last shore. I think that there can be no doubt that good, solid Biblical truth does not agree with some constitutions. Unbelievers, of course, labour under no uncertainty. Satan. There must be a perseverance in every work we undertake for Christ, and there must be an endeavour to have Christ's glory continually before us. You hear nothing of them except when some revival is on. I. THE REWARD. He is not only hindered from doing what he wants to do, he is compelled to do something very different. If Christ has not risen, then we are the dupes of an imposition, and let us give it up. what inward warmth it creates! "God is not unrighteous," etc. 17). Thomas, D.D. Now, put all together, and you will understand the force of the expression, "The strength of sin is the law." Neither is this presumptuous confidence, or hope that will make ashamed. )The last triumphant conflictJ. "(Little's Historical Lights. (2) Through His arrangements and preparations. it is Christ that died." See! The gospel alone dares to reveal sin, because it gives us the power to conquer it. The law being spiritual, it is quite impossible for us to live without sin. But what is this victory? But THE GRAVE! Everything which does good to the bodies, minds, souls of men is the work of the Lord; and "they also serve who only stand and wait." But you say, Did He not fall in the struggle? Besides the pursuit of our own personal salvation, we are enjoined to seek the advancement of Christ's cause.3. In the believer's conflict with death the feelings may be wounded, and the body is always laid low for a time. He certainly conquers death (1) Who is not and cannot be injured by it, and to whom it is therefore expressly harmless. He speaks as if the believer had already entered into the heavenly temple, in both body and soul perfectly conformed to the image of the Saviour, to dwell for ever with the Lord. (5) The deliverance over into eternity, which we have deserved, should be infinitely miserable to us.II. II. His people consider sin as their chief enemy, and they rejoice that their Saviour gave Himself for them "to redeem them from all iniquity," etc. It is the prerogative of a Christian to be conqueror over (1) Doubt. --I COR. 2. (2) The fear of death. "Death; don't talk to me of death," was the reply, "it will unnerve me." Dr. Arnold, of Rugby, said that the work of the Lord was to make earth like heaven and every man like God. An experience of Divine grace is the cause of this triumph. As a stimulus to gratitude. If there be no standard to which we are bound to be conformed, there can be no such thing as want of conformity. Fear at the prospect of meeting God.4. Misery and guilt, look which way you will, till the heart gets sick with looking at it. read more. 10; Romans 16:12; Philippians 4:3).2. No. Most men think that sin has no strength at all. 3. Death and the grave are distressing and destructive to those who become their prey. )Steadfastness, work, and hopeCanon Miller.There are many places in St. Paul's writings where the "therefores" are to be carefully noted. That aloe-plant has been in Mr. C 's garden for many a long year, but it never attracted my attention before. CONSIDER THE ENEMIES HERE VIEWED BY THE SOUL, AND WHICH ARE THE OBJECTS OF ITS TRIUMPH. How much does it concern us, living and dying, to exercise faith upon our Lord Jesus Christ!(J. Rarely, indeed, does the conqueror win without injury. CONFIDENCE: "Forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord." A "victory." Will he not then remember the "agony and bloody sweat," and not be filled with horror at his ingratitude? Two things are wanted in a good soldier, steadiness under fire and enthusiasm during a charge. The truth of Jesus' resurrection. If He had only died, then death had the mastery over Him; we must be still crushed under the burden of sin, for we have no atonement; there is no righteousness in which we can be clothed; we cannot be partakers of a new life, since there is no source of life for us. Any man who thinks or feels at all about sin knows that it is the strongest principle within him. Its rigour is never abated. The inquiry here arises, What are those discoveries of faith which have such a transporting influence on the soul? It either creates warmth and energy or it creates indigestion. Christ says, "I have died for you." The circumstances and the situation of believers in a present world, render this grace needful, give occasion for its exercise, and manifest its strength and excellency. Hath not the law nerved sin with such a power that all thy strength cannot hope to wipe away thy transgression?2. The greater part survived; some, evidently a very few, had died. (3) He is to be "always abounding." But the apostle presses you further. This it is which makes every other encouragement tell. Under the dominion of love you are not asked for an Eight Hours Bill. If the law had no curse for sin, sin would not be terrible, though it would be hateful.II. Our principles are true. How many baptized Christians have no doubt of another life, and yet live and die as if this world were all? Death is by sin (Romans 5:12). The desire we thought we had beaten down, the passions we thought we had conquered, will reassert their mastery. Some Christians are full of activity and effort one day, when they have taken up something new; but when the novelty has gone off there is a collapse. We must never become proud, but remember that it is God's work, and whatever we accomplish is accomplished rather by God in us than by us for God.II. "The law entered, that the offence might abound; not that men might sin, but see the abounding of their sins. The most difficult employment for the Master is performed with a great deal of interest. "Whose I am, and whom I serve."II. Death had no sting for man, and the grave no victory, till sin entered into the world; but now "death hath passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 1. He acts naturally, he acts holily, and when he sins he is uneasy, because sin is unnatural to a renewed heart. "Your faith is vain." )Motives for steadfastnessC. At first sight it appears strange that this should be said to be the strength of sin. God, in raising Him from the dead, has not only proclaimed that He has accepted the propitiation, but has exalted Him to be a Prince and a Saviour to lift off from us the burden of guilt, and to pour into our diseased spirits the life of His resurrection, the life of His Spirit, that we may gain the victory over sin. But Raphael would not have altered the masterpieces of his pencil to please a blind critic, nor Handel his "Messiah" at the suggestion of one who was ignorant of music. The "law of sin" is the sole inward principle that rules him, and his service of sin is spontaneous and willing.3. ask God's blessing. (2) Ultimate and general efficiency. It is not in vain.1. But Christ satisfied, discharged, magnified this law, and thus vanquished the death which had its strange behests to do. Felons died on the scaffold like men; soldiers can be hired by tens of thousands, for a few pence a day, to front death in its worst form. The words of the apostle express victorious faith. A GREAT DUTY Thankfulness. (1) The instinctive cleaving of everything that lives to its own existence. 2. A day was coming when this sad world was to put off for ever its misery, and the grave was to be robbed of its victory. 1. The victory over death consists simply in being too strong for him. What could remove guilt from the conscience, but faith in His sacrifice? Is he in the presence of the Son? We can hardly conceive that grace, such as that given to the great Apostle who speaks in the text, would have been given in vain; that is, we should not expect that it would have been given, had it been foreseen and designed by the Almighty Giver that it would have been in vain. It is eternal. PAUL THUS DESCRIBES himself. 15 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. The work which the Lord has commanded. Therefore it is that the apostle says, "Be ye steadfast, unmoveable." (2) His sacrificial death. Instead of sting and victory, has rapture and triumph. There are two kinds of vain labour (1) That which aims at a worthless end. Try to get him a shop. (2) But the manner of death is a part of the sting, and many consequently are afraid of their supports failing them in the last encounter their mind's decay, their adversary's concentrated strength and malice. 3. God works in nature, providence, and grace. There we shall find words of hope and consolation. When the Eternal Father gave us Christ He gave us one who is pre-harmonised to our necessities. Death separates friends, etc. for ever with Himself. A fair character and unsullied reputation carry a man forward in the world, and contribute more effectually to promote his prosperity than all the unworthy arts of falsehood and dishonesty.2. The great God our Saviour has "said it, and He will do it; He has spoken, and He will make it good.". You have mighty foes. The best way in which a scholar can testify the honour of his tutor is by his proficiency. Death has a sting.2. 2. FAITH CONQUERING IN DEATH1. Hope in the Midst of Despair Death overcome, there is nothing between him and life. The dominion of death, and the power of the grave, form a part of the righteous dispensation of God. But THE GRAVE! Gratitude consists in the return of a benefit received, and though we cannot make an adequate return, yet we may make a suitable return. (2) But the manner of death is a part of the sting, and many consequently are afraid of their supports failing them in the last encounter their mind's decay, their adversary's concentrated strength and malice. )The believer's victoryJ. To such an application the apostle has directed us (2 Corinthians 5:1).2. but you are a backslider now. Then work becomes a joy. It will not abate one tittle of its stern demands. "The law entered, that the offence might abound; not that men might sin, but see the abounding of their sins. He does not require our thanks, but He will accept them. ; build these all round you, and then when the sweep of the wave comes you will be "unmoveable. 1. There is no judge to deliver us to the officer. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. He seeks to be the master and the tyrant; he is reduced to the state of a slave, and is forced to co-operate with the angels in translating the believer to heaven. If, indeed, we were not permitted to look beyond the present world for our reward, we should find it here. Lutheran, In this final sermon (#6) of the "What Am I Missing Here?" Canghey. Love can never do enough. It is this glorious and joyful event to which the apostle looks forward in the preceding verses. When any of us work for the approval and applause of men rather than out of a feeling of service to God we shall have our reward, but it will never satisfy us. Jay.I. It is an awful thing to die; above all, if we do not know where we are going.1. They are like the great fruitful laws that work and weave in the world of nature. Neither is the Christian entirely free from them, The best have much to answer for. The first particular in the text is steadfastness, which refers both to doctrine and practice. It has been a pathetic delusion, beautiful, but empty as a bubble, and collapsing at, "By the grace of God I am what I am: and His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain." And remember that as you will rise again, so those whom you come in contact with will also rise.(C. In Him rest.II. That is the common receptacle for the subjects of death, and as such is noticed in the text. By his sin every one of us become subject to the penalty of death.2. 58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
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