New Testament Sermons

At the beginning of the twentieth century, James Macdonald of Edinburgh purchased a box of old papers which had belonged to a preacher of around sixty years earlier. The contents might have seemed of little value, but to some they were altogether priceless. They were the notebooks and sermon notes of Robert Murray M’Cheyne (1813-43), the godly and devoted minister of St Peter’s Church, Dundee.

From these papers, lodged in the library of New College, Edinburgh, Dr Michael D. McMullen has transcribed New Testament Sermons.

They are indeed a precious treasure. Whether based on Old Testament or New, every sermon is full of Christ: the sinner’s need of Him, the fullness of His grace, the happiness of those who come to Him, and the danger of stopping short of genuine faith in Him. They will remind preachers and ordinary Christians alike that to preach Christ aright, one must first know Him, and live in the atmosphere of His love.

Contents

Foreword

1. The Marriage Feast (Matt. 22:1-14)
2. Jesus Took Bread (Matt. 26:26)
3. The Supper the Sweetest Ordinance (Matt. 26:26)
4. The Rent Veil (Matt. 27:51)
5. The Sabbath Made for Man (Mark 2:27)
6. Be Opened! (Mark 7:31-37)
7. Satan’s Palace (Luke 11:21-22)
8. Lost Sheep (Luke 15:1-7)
9. Christ Weeping over Jerusalem (Luke 19:41)
10. The Grace of God Seen at Antioch (Acts 11:22-24)
11. Almost Persuaded (Acts 11:22-24)
12. The Work of the Spirit in the Heart (Rom. 5:5)
13. Baptized into Christ (Rom. 6:3-4)
14. Dead to the Law by Christ (Rom. 7:4)
15. I Am Persuaded (Rom. 8:38-39)
16. On Not Loving Christ (1 Cor. 16:22)
17. The Gospel Ministry (2 Cor. 4: 1-6)
18. A New Creature in Understanding (2 Cor. 5:17)
19. A New Creature in Affections (2 Cor. 5:17)
20. Desiring to Depart and to Be with Christ (Phil. 1:23)
21. Peter the Apostle (1 Pet. 1:1-3)
22. Blessed Be God! (1 Pet. 1:3-4)
23. Kept by God’s Power (1 Pet. 1:5)
24. Rejoicing in Affliction (1 Pet. 1:6-7)
25. The Trial of Faith (1 Pet. 1:7)
26. Loving Christ Unseen (1 Pet. 1:8-9)
27. Salvation Long Promised (1 Pet. 1:10-12)
28. Gird Up the Loins of Your Mind (1 Pet. 1:13)
29. Obedient Children (1 Pet. 1:14-15)
30. Calling on the Father (1 Pet. 1:17)
31. Redeemed with Precious Blood (1 Pet. 1:18-19)
32. Christ Foreordained and Manifest (1 Pet. 1:20-21)
33. Obeying the Truth (1 Pet. 1:22)
34. Born Again (1 Pet. 1:23-25)
35. Tasting and Growing (1 Pet. 2:1-3)
36. Built on the Foundation (1 Pet. 2:4-5)
37. God’s Foundation Stone (1 Pet. 2:6-7)
38. Chosen (1 Pet. 2:9)
39. The People of God (1 Pet. 2:10)
40. Beseeching God’s People (1 Pet. 2:11)
41. Christian Behaviour (1 Pet. 2:12)
42. Submit to Earthly Rulers (1 Pet. 2:13-16)
43. Duties to God and Man (1 Pet. 2:17)
44. Masters and Servants (1 Pet. 2:18-23)
45. Christ Bore Our Sins (1 Pet. 2:24-25)
46. Believing Wives (1 Pet. 3:1-6)
47. Seeing the Unseen (1 Pet. 5:7-9)
48. New Creatures in Christ (John 3:4-10)