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15. The Union Between Christ And His Church
“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free, and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.”—1 Corinthians 12:13 May I entreat you to ask your consciences this important question. As you have read from the Word of God, that Christ is the Head of the church, and that his people are the members of his mystical body, “Am I really one of these members?” Some deny the baptism of the Spirit, yet admit the baptism of water. Others believe the baptism of the Spirit to be all that is needful, and deny the baptism of water. But I am not, this morning, going to speak of baptism, but…
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16 Christ And His Church, One
“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body being many, are one body; so also is Christ.”—1 Corinthians 12:18 The inseparable union which subsists between Christ and his church is a most glorious part of the dispensation of God's matchless grace. The blessed Lord Jesus Christ, as the Christ, and his church, are one, and always were one. They never were, never will be, two. In the eternal purpose of the glorious Trinity, Christ and his church sprang up together, as one glorious body, the Lamb and his wife, having all grace and glory secured in the Head, for the eternal blessedness of every member, and the declaration of the glory of all the perfections…
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19 The Benediction
A Sermon Preached By William Gadsby On Tuesday Evening, June 1st, 1841, In Gower Street Chapel, London, On taking Leave At The Close Of His Annual Visit. “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.”—2 Corinthians 13:14 If God is graciously pleased to grant you and me the sweet unction of the blessings contained in the passage read as a text, we possess the rarest blessings it is in the power of God to bestow upon creatures. Angels do not enter into the glorious mystery of some part of it; and therefore we have a song to sing more divinely glorious than that of the angels in heaven. Some…
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20 Paul And James
Galatians 2:16: “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.”James 2:24: “Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.” Paul and James appear to clash with each other; for Paul says we are justified without works and James says we are justified by our works. But the fact is, the one was speaking of what justified us in the sight of God and the other of what justified…
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21 The Glory Of God’s Grace
"To the praise of the glory of his grace.”—Ephesians 1:6 As the Lord shall be graciously pleased to give me wisdom and strength, I shall endeavor to call your attention to three leading particulars; I. What is grace, God's rich and free grace. II. Point out some branches of the glory of God's grace. III. Make a few remarks on some things as connected with our text, which the Lord has done to the praise of the glory of his grace. I. What then is God's free grace? The word grace is in almost everybody's mouth who makes a profession of religion. "Salvation is all of grace; we must be saved my grace," are words frequently spoken. But if you will allow the bulk of…
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22 At That Time Ye Were Without Christ
Preached November, 17th, 1842. “That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.”—Ephesians 2:12 A very trifling alteration of the words of our text would make it applicable, I greatly fear, to many before me to-night. If we were to read, “At this time ye are without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.” What an awful state you are in, if such be your case! And of others we may adopt the language of God's Word in another place, and say, “And such were some…
