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William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:8

1 John 3:8 Why Christ came. I. We are carried here into the very heart of the Gospel; we are told why Christ came, why there is a gospel. Some one may say that the object of the Gospel is to destroy the works of the devil, which is, I suppose, a Hebrew form of words for sin, and thus the amount of it all is that the one aim of the Gospel is to teach men to lead moral lives. In this tone you hear men speak of the Christian morals as higher and purer than those of other religions or other... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 3:14

1 John 3:14 Our True Orbit. I. History tells us for how many thousand years men believed that the sun went round the earth. History tells us how men went on century after century inventing new theories to account for the different new facts which this belief had to account for as their knowledge grew. And for how many centuries have men practically set aside the similar truth we are now looking at, the truth that we must not make ourselves the central point of our life, must not look to self... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 John 3:1

DISCOURSE: 2441BELIEVERS ARE SONS OF GOD1 John 3:1. Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.RELIGION is altogether a mystery: every part of it is deeply mysterious. The restoration of a fallen soul to God! The means of effecting that restoration — the death of God’s only dear Son, as a sacrifice for sin; and the operation of his Spirit in the sinner’s heart! The effect produced—the translation of a soul from the family of Satan to... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 John 3:2

DISCOURSE: 2442THE INESTIMABLE PRIVILEGES OF BELIEVERS1 John 3:2. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.OUR Lord was hated, reviled, and persecuted unto death: but we see how glorious was his person, and how exalted his character. In the same manner his followers are treated with contempt: but God declares their state to be the most honourable upon earth. To... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 John 3:3

DISCOURSE: 2443THE FRUITS AND EFFECTS OF HOPE1 John 3:3. Every man that hath this hope in him, purifieth himself, even as he is pure.THE people of God are but little known to an ungodly world: instead of being considered according to their true character, they are regarded as hypocrites, enthusiasts, and disturbers of their brethren’s peace. But this is easily accounted for: the world know not God; and therefore it is no wonder that they know not his people. But the saints themselves have a... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 John 3:5

DISCOURSE: 2444CHRIST MANIFESTED TO TAKE AWAY SIN1 John 3:5. Ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.AMONGST the numberless advantages which the light of revelation has conferred upon us, one of particular importance is, the strength of the motives which it suggests to us for the mortification of sin. A heathen could devise no argument beyond what related to our own welfare, and that of society at large. But Christianity discovers to us wonders, of which... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 John 3:8

DISCOURSE: 2445THE END OF CHRISTS INCARNATION1 John 3:8. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.THE author of this epistle survived all the other Apostles; so that, long before his death, the professed followers of Christ had had ample opportunity of shewing what the effects of religious principle would be, after that the impulse of novelty should have ceased: in some the sacred fire would burn with undiminished ardour; but in others it... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 John 3:9

DISCOURSE: 2446THE CHRISTIAN’S DELIVERANCE FROM SIN1 John 3:9. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.MANY mistakes in religion arise from not considering sufficiently the style and manner in which the inspired writers are wont to express themselves. They speak strongly on all subjects; and never contemplate, for a moment, the niceties of criticism; or dream of their words being weighed in a balance, so as that... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 John 3:14

DISCOURSE: 2447LOVE OF THE BRETHREN1 John 3:14. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.LOVE is said to be “the fulfilling of the law:” and it certainly is also the great end of the Gospel. But love is of different kinds: there is a love of benevolence, a love of beneficence, and a love of complacency. The two former are due to all mankind: the latter is due to the saints alone; because they alone possess that character in which God delights, or in which... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - 1 John 3:1

world kosmos = mankind. (See Scofield " :-") . read more

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