Mark 8

5. God has exalted Christ in constituting him Judge of the whole world (John 5:22): The Father has committed all judgment to the Son. At that day of judgment shall Christ be exalted super-eminently; he shall come in the glory of his Father (Mark 8:38). He shall wear the same emb…

His first coming in the flesh was obscure (Isaiah 53:2). He was like a prince in disguise; but his second coming will be illustrious, he shall come in the glory of his Father, with the holy angels (Mark 8:38). O what a bright day will that be, when such a number of angels, those…

10. Lastly, If God be our Father let us own our Heavenly Father in the worst times, stand up in his cause, defend his truths. Athanasius owned God when most of the world turned Arians: If sufferings come do not deny God: He is a bad son who denies his Father: Such as are ashamed…

Question 8. Can I look Christ in the face at the day of judgment, if I desert him now? 'He that is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him shall the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels' — Mark…

2. It was a hard law that Christ subjected himself to; that die he must; Heaven, Angels, the World could not save his life; this fair rose had life and greenness in abundance, and yet it must wither; this fountain of heaven had seas of waters, yet dried up it must be; this beaut…

And the persons of a man’s household shall be his enemies. Mark 8:38 38. For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

And so the grace of Christ, which had formerly been poured out suddenly on others, flowed by drops, as it were, on this man. Mark 8:24. I see men. Our Lord had put the question to the blind man for the sake of his disciples, to inform them that the man had received something, bu…

36. Then he enjoined them not to tell it to any person; but the more he enjoined them, so much the more they published it: 37. And were amazed beyond measure, saying, He has done all things well; he makes both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak. Mark 8:1-10 1. In those days,…

And he left them, and departed. Mark 8:11-13 11. And the Pharisees came, and began to dispute with him, requesting from him a sign from heaven tempting him.

19. And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Mark 8:27-29 27. And Jesus departed, and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea…

28. Verily I say to you, There are some standing here, who will not taste death till they have seen the Son of man coming in his kingdom. Mark 8:30-37 30. And he threatened, and forbade them to tell any one concerning him.

12. Then they understood that he did not bid them beware of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. Mark 8:14-21 14. And they had neglected to take bread, and had not more than one loaf with them in the ship.

Not your bashfulness and modesty: For will it not be a far greater shame to you, that those whom you govern, and perhaps overawe even by your rash and unreasonable passions, should be able to overawe you from so excellent and necessary a duty. Be ashamed to sin before them; be a…

Wisdom's children should take all occasions to justify wisdom, and vindicate it from the aspersions that are cast upon it. Read the doom of him that is ashamed of Christ and of his words in this adulterous generation (Mark 8:38): of him shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when he c…

When they fainted under affliction, the cause is intimated, Hebrews 12:5. Have you forgotten the exhortation, that speaks to you as to children? Distrust in straits, is from the same source, Mark 8:13. They remembered not the miracle of the loaves, for their hearts were hardened…

Salvi esse non possumus, (said Austin) nisi ad salutem proximorum etiam ore profiteamur Fidem: We cannot be saved, unless we profess the faith that we have. On the other side, the neglect of profession either out of shame or fear is threatened with the greatest penalties (Mark 8…

(1 Peter 2:7) That your faith may be found to praise, glory, and honor, at Christ's coming. On the other side, if we are ashamed of Christ, Christ will be ashamed of us for evermore, (Mark 8:38), Whoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful…

Say not, you have royal blood running in your veins, and are begotten of God, except you can prove your pedigree by this heroick spirit, to dare to be holy in spite of men and devils. The Eagle tries her young ones by the Sun, Christ tries his children by their courage, that dar…

2. Sins of Thomas, refusing to believe the resurrection of Christ, and of Peter denying the Lord before men, and the Gospel-sins of believers, after they are justified, and are enlightened, must be sins against the Covenant of Grace, as well as against the Law. And the denying o…

He was most compassionate to sinners, inviting them to come (Matthew 11:28-29), crying and shouting with a loud voice to the thirsty (John 7:37), journeyed from heaven to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10), came to serve them with his heart blood (Matthew 20:28), his bowels…

Nor does Scripture ever commend Christ's love to us in sealing the Gospel with his blood as the only way to life, or making this the most strong argument to move us to believe in God, and obey Christ, because Christ died for sinners, and rose again to make the Gospel credible an…

And he who is ashamed of Christ, Christ will be ashamed of him. Mark 8:38. Whosoever shall be ashamed of me and my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him shall the son of man be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his father with his holy Angels.

Grace renews nature; glory perfects grace; and so the whole soul is brought to its rest in God. We have an image of it in the blind man whom our Savior healed (Mark 8:22–24). He was absolutely blind, born so without doubt.

If a man have a weak small Faith in this Life, with little Evidence, and no Assurance, so that he doubts of all things, questions all things, and has no Comfort from what he does believe; if afterwards through supplyes of Grace, he has a mighty prevailing Evidence of the things…

Besides, the King of glory has told you, that he that will save his life shall lose it. And he that comes after him, and hates not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, indeed, and his own life also, he cannot be his disciple (Mark 8:38; John…

Fourth, Your sin tends towards the sin against the Holy Ghost, that shall never be forgiven, neither in this world nor in that which is to come: for you have been a person (I hear) much enlightened, and now wilfully cast off God, and Religion, pray read these Scriptures (Hebrews…