Apocalipsis 1:1-17 RVA

Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:13

Revelation 1:13 Objective Faith. I. If we were asked to fix upon the most prominent want in the spiritual life of the present time, we might perhaps not untruly say that it is the want of objective faith. We fail to grasp the realities of the spiritual world, and live in shadows. Visions pass before us, and we believe that in them is our life, but where is the entranced consciousness of their reality? Where is the abiding feeling of their substance, their power? Where is the fresh, warm faith... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:17

Revelation 1:17 The Keys of Hell and of Death. I. Looking back upon His incarnate course below, our Lord testifies that He, the Eternal, Living One, died in the verity of His human nature. The solemnity and grandeur of this allusion to His death and the wonderful way in which it is connected with His person as the fountain of life conspire to make this testimony of the ascended Lord unspeakably impressive. We cannot but be struck with the fact that, in His review of His past among men, our Lord... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Revelation 1:4-5

DISCOURSE: 2475EACH PERSON IN THE HOLY TRINITY TO BE ADDRESSED IN PRAYERRevelation 1:4-5. John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.THE revelations of St. John are doubtless extremely difficult to be understood: but yet a... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Revelation 1:5-6

DISCOURSE: 2476THE GROUNDS OF PRAISE TO CHRISTRevelation 1:5-6. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.WHILE men continue in a natural and unrenewed state, they feel very little gratitude for the mercies of Providence, and are altogether unmindful of the blessings of redemption. But when the grace of God has wrought effectually on their hearts, they... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Revelation 1:7

DISCOURSE: 2477CHRIST COMING TO JUDGMENTRevelation 1:7. Behold, he Cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.THE great subject of the book of Revelation seems to be, to predict the trials and deliverances of God’s Church to the end of time. To a superficial observer, it would appear strange that God should permit his enemies to triumph for so long a period, and in so awful a degree.... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Revelation 1:10

DISCOURSE: 2478BEING IN THE SPIRITRevelation 1:10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day.WE are told by our blessed Lord, “Not to fear those who can only kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.” The truth is, that whilst men are wreaking their vengeance upon the body, they cannot obstruct God’s communications to the soul, or destroy the happiness of those whom they desire to torment. Paul and Silas have borne testimony to this: for, with their feet fastened in the stocks,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Revelation 1:12-17

DISCOURSE: 2479ST. JOHN’S VISIONRevelation 1:12-17. And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Revelation 1:17-18

DISCOURSE: 2480CHRIST’S POWER OVER THE INVISIBLE WORLDRevelation 1:17-18. Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.MAN, while he continued in a state of innocence, communed freely with his Maker face to face: but from the time that sin entered into the world, he has dreaded the presence of the Most High, and fled from it with fear and trembling. Whenever God has been pleased to... read more

C.I. Scofield