29).(D. The dawn may be overcast, but the day still proceeds. THERE IS SOMETHING "WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY"; LET US INQUIRE WHAT IT IS. And though, in Scripture-phrase, it is to the delusions of Satan that this moral incapacity of men is frequently ascribed, yet this is never spoken by way of excuse, but always, on the contrary, of high aggravation.IV. Physical force is attained by a long series of efforts. Christianity is growth, continual, all-embracing, and unending.II. The experience of Christians, indeed, is various. Bring your metaphor of a victor down to the plain, hard, prose fact of doing Christ's work right away to the end of life. He bruises the head of Satan under our feet. Here they are set forth under the emblem of lustrous splendour. And what shall we say of its effect upon the world at large? The faithful reproof marks the line of conduct we are bound conscientiously to pursue in dealing with professors of the religion of Christ.II. What does this show but our constant liability to error, even though we should be exalted to the highest station in the Church of Christ? When it is said, "hold fast," it implies that there are certain fixed and determinate principles of truth, which we are on no account to let go. This promise of my text comes in to supplement the three preceding. The dignity of Christ, the efficacy of His sacrifice, the triumph of His mediation, the fact of His advent and coming again in glory, we are to give up only with our liven "Hold it fast" implies that there are certain means and instrumentalities to be employed. )The Church contaminated by doctrinal errorJ. It says, Night is done: day is coming; the sun is about to rise. The heart of man needs something to engross it, an object on which it can concentrate all its affections without self-reproach, and which by its admitted sway brings unity into its existence, and concord into all its purposes and aspirations. And as the shipwrecked mariner is encouraged to hold fast the rope which he has grasped, when he hears that the lifeboat is coming to convey him to the shore, so be you strengthened and encouraged by the announced approaching of your Lord, who even now is walking on the waters to conduct you to the desired haven.(J. THIS CHURCH, NOTWITHSTANDING ITS PREVIOUS HIGH MORAL CHARACTER, WAS CONTAMINATED BY DOCTRINAL ERROR THROUGH THE SEDUCTIVE INFLUENCE OF A CORRUPT WOMAN (ver. The dignity of Christ, the efficacy of His sacrifice, the triumph of His mediation, the fact of His advent and coming again in glory, we are to give up only with our liven "Hold it fast" implies that there are certain means and instrumentalities to be employed. 2. Milligan, D. D.)And I gave her space to repentA timely periodHomilist.God is the great giver; He gives life and food and happiness to all His creatures.I. She knew it to be the world that it was, but notwithstanding this she was content to be at peace, perhaps even to ally herself with it.(W. It was in this sense that Christ came as the light of the world. If we understand its inscription as to "The Unknown God," did not this proclaim God at large as still unknown? Burnet, M. A.I. I remark, THAT CHRIST IS TO HIS PEOPLE THE MORNING STAR OF TIME, AND WILL BE TO THEM THE MORNING STAR OF ETERNITY, BECAUSE HIS LIGHT TRANSCENDS ALL COMPARISON. (3)Perverseness and obstinacy. Hence Christ is not compared to the evening star, though it be in itself as bright as that of the morning, and indeed the same; because in that case the associations would be too gloomy, and the victory would seem to remain for a time on the side of darkness. We may be compromising our high and evangelical principles by unworthy and undignified concession to the errors of others, as effectually as did those deceived Christians of Thyatira; and there will never be wanting a Jezebel or a doctrine which that name will denote to assure us that it is right so to do, and that we thereby gain a universal esteem which will help us to extend our own particular views and influence.

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