The Death of the Traitor

I. Judas’ Repentance
II. Judas’ Suicide




Introducing the Great Tribulation

THE LAST JUDGMENT

And therefore the consideration of this judgment is justly terrible and dreadful to the wicked and ungodly, but most desirable and comfortable to the righteous and the elect; because then their full deliverance shall be perfected, and there they shall receive the fruits of their labor and trouble which they have borne. Their innocence shall be known to all, and they shall see the terrible vengeance which God shall execute on the wicked, who most cruelly persecuted, oppressed, and tormented them in this world; and who shall be convicted by the testimony of their own consciences, and, being immortal, shall be tormented in that everlasting fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels.
But on the contrary, the faithful and elect shall be crowned with glory and honor; and the Son of God will confess their names before God His Father and His elect angels; all tears shall be wiped from their eyes; and their cause, which is now condemned by many judges and magistrates as heretical and impious, will then be known to be the cause of the Son of God. And for a gracious reward, the Lord will cause them to possess such a glory as never entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Therefore we expect that great day with a most ardent desire, to the end that we may fully enjoy the promises of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus (Rev. 22:20).




(11) Search the Scriptures!

I. The Meaning
II. The Reproof
III. The Doctrine




The Fifth Commandment

I. The Calling
II. The Basis
III. The Motivation




Hallowing the Sabbath

I. Hallowing It as a Special Gift
II. Hallowing It as a Perpetual Sign
III. Hallowing It as a Means of Sanctification
 




(10) The Father’s Witness to the Son

I. Two Characteristics
II. Two Negatives
III. The Explanation




Honouring God’s Name

I. The Glorious Name
II. The Horrible Sins
III. The Holy Duty




(9) The Witness of Christ’s Works

I .The Important Comparison
II. The Profound Meaning
III. The Implied Calling

The Gospel According to John Includes 7 of Jesus’ Miracles

Turning water into wine (2:1-11)
Healing the nobleman’s dying son (4:46-54)
Healing the lame man at the pool of Bethesda (5:1-17)
Feeding the five thousand (6:1-15)
Walking on water (6:16-21)
Healing the man born blind (9:1-41)
Raising Lazarus from the dead (11:1-47)

“This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him” (2:11).
“This is again the second miracle that Jesus did [i.e., healing the nobleman’s dying son], when he was come out of Judæa into Galilee” (4:54).
“Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles [including the seven highlighted in the Gospel According to John]” (11:47).
John gives his and God’s purpose in highlighting these seven signs: “And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: but these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name” (20:30-31).




Why Is There Apostasy?

THE LAST JUDGMENT
Finally, we believe, according to the Word of God, when the time appointed by the Lord (which is unknown to all creatures) is come, and the number of the elect complete, that our Lord Jesus Christ will come from heaven, corporally and visibly, as He ascended, with great glory and majesty to declare Himself Judge of the quick and the dead, burning this old world with fire and flame to cleanse it.
Then all men will personally appear before this great Judge, both men and women and children, that have been from the beginning of the world to the end thereof, being summoned by the voice of the archangel and by the sound of the trumpet of God. For all the dead shall be raised out of the earth, and their souls joined and united with their proper bodies in which they formerly lived. As for those who shall then be living, they shall not die as the others, but be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and from corruptible become incorruptible. Then the books (that is to say, the consciences) shall be opened, and the dead judged according to what they shall have done in this world, whether it be good or evil. Nay, all men shall give an account of every idle word they have spoken, which the world only counts amusement and jest; and then the secrets and hypocrisy of men shall be disclosed and laid open before all.
And therefore the consideration of this judgment is justly terrible and dreadful to the wicked and ungodly, but most desirable and comfortable to the righteous and the elect; because then their full deliverance shall be perfected, and there they shall receive the fruits of their labor and trouble which they have borne. Their innocence shall be known to all, and they shall see the terrible vengeance which God shall execute on the wicked, who most cruelly persecuted, oppressed, and tormented them in this world; and who shall be convicted by the testimony of their own consciences, and, being immortal, shall be tormented in that everlasting fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels.
But on the contrary, the faithful and elect shall be crowned with glory and honor; and the Son of God will confess their names before God His Father and His elect angels; all tears shall be wiped from their eyes; and their cause, which is now condemned by many judges and magistrates as heretical and impious, will then be known to be the cause of the Son of God. And for a gracious reward, the Lord will cause them to possess such a glory as never entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Therefore we expect that great day with a most ardent desire, to the end that we may fully enjoy the promises of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus (Rev. 22:20).




The Samaritan Woman and the First Two Commandments

I. The First Commandment
II. The Second Commandment
III. The Gracious Salvation