Book of Jeremiah
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In this sermon by Charles Finney expounds on Christ magnifying the law and still honouring the law. I believe the two key words here are "magnifying" and "honouring." Charles Finney wrote, Christ still honours the law by continuing to require its fulfillment as a condition of saving those for whom he died. He requires them first to confess and renounce their sins, and thus acknowledge the propriety of the law. The law is not evil; and those who continue in sin dishonour the law. They must repent; they must justify the law, and condemn themselves; they must, by a public act, renounce their sins--the act of renunciation must be as public as the act of rebellion. They must reverence the law; they must subscribe to it; they must obey it; they must exercise the love that it requires;--this is his condition of saving those for whom he hath already died. - end quote -
I believe the truth contained in this sermon will be a blessing to both Jews and Christians because it brings greater understanding of what Jesus Christ meant when he said:
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled (Matt.5:18).
"The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law and make it honourable." --Isaiah xlii. 21.
IN speaking from these words, I propose to consider--
I. OF WHOM THE PROPHET IS SPEAKING.
II. WHY HE SHOULD MAGNIFY THE LAW AND MAKE IT HONOURABLE.
III. HOW HE SHALL DO THIS.
And then conclude with some inferences and remarks.
I. Of whom the prophet is speaking. I believe it is agreed that these words are spoken of our Lord Jesus Christ: I know not that this is called in question. It is said, "The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake," the person spoken of here, then, is our Lord Jesus Christ. The next inquiry is--
II. Why he should magnify the law and make it honourable; and what law is this?
1. Here let me remark, that very much of the infidelity and skepticism in the world has originated in this fact, that so many men have never attained to clear conceptions of what the law of God really is, and its relation to themselves; they generally look no farther than the letter of the law, entirely overlooking its spirit; and regarding it as emanating simply from the arbitrary will of God, and that he can dispense with the execution of it at pleasure.
CHRIST MAGNIFYING THE LAW by Charles G. Finney
I believe the truth contained in this sermon will be a blessing to both Jews and Christians because it brings greater understanding of what Jesus Christ meant when he said:
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled (Matt.5:18).
CHRIST MAGNIFYING THE LAW
A SERMON
DELIVERED ON SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1850,
BY THE REV. C. G. FINNEY,
OF AMERICA
AT THE TABERNACLE, MOORFIELDS.
"The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law and make it honourable." --Isaiah xlii. 21.
IN speaking from these words, I propose to consider--
I. OF WHOM THE PROPHET IS SPEAKING.
II. WHY HE SHOULD MAGNIFY THE LAW AND MAKE IT HONOURABLE.
III. HOW HE SHALL DO THIS.
And then conclude with some inferences and remarks.
I. Of whom the prophet is speaking. I believe it is agreed that these words are spoken of our Lord Jesus Christ: I know not that this is called in question. It is said, "The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' sake," the person spoken of here, then, is our Lord Jesus Christ. The next inquiry is--
II. Why he should magnify the law and make it honourable; and what law is this?
1. Here let me remark, that very much of the infidelity and skepticism in the world has originated in this fact, that so many men have never attained to clear conceptions of what the law of God really is, and its relation to themselves; they generally look no farther than the letter of the law, entirely overlooking its spirit; and regarding it as emanating simply from the arbitrary will of God, and that he can dispense with the execution of it at pleasure.
CHRIST MAGNIFYING THE LAW by Charles G. Finney