Expository Thoughts on the Gospels

Volume 1: Matthew

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Weight 1.18 lbs
Dimensions 8.8 × 5.75 × 1 in
ISBN 9781848711280
Page Count

312

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Matthew

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Expository Thoughts on the Gospels (Clothbound)

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Jul 1, 2012

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Cloth-bound, eBook (ePub & Kindle), Cloth-bound & eBook (ePub & Kindle)

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Book

Original Pub Date

1856

Book Description

If the best way to understand the Christian faith is to read the Gospels, then the next most important books to read must be those which aid in the understanding of those Gospels. This is the aim of Ryle’s Expository Thoughts on the Gospels.

As the first Gospel in the New Testament, Matthew was, not surprisingly, the first to be published in J. C. Ryle’s series of Expository Thoughts on the Gospels (1856). Ryle’s expositions are a rich combination of doctrinal and practical comments on the Gospel text.

Ryle loved the Gospels because they were so full of the Lord Jesus Christ. ‘No part of the Bible is so important as this’, he wrote, ‘and no part is so full and complete. Four distinct Gospels tell us the story of Christ’s doings and dying. Four times we read the precious account of his works and words. How thankful we ought to be for this! To know Christ is to have peace with God. To follow Christ is to be a true Christian. To be with Christ will be heaven itself. We can never hear too much about the Lord Jesus Christ.’

Reprinted in fresh, new format Expository Thoughts will bring Ryle’s plain yet profound insights to a new generation.

Key Features

  • A rich combination of doctrinal and practical comment on the Gospel text
  • Excellent as a help in family worship, an aid in pastoral visitation, or simply as a companion in your private reading of Scripture
  • Plain yet profound and compelling insights
  • Reprinted in a fresh, new format (modern typeset)
  • Quality cloth-bound and Smyth-sewn; made to last for generations

Table of Contents Expand ↓

1:1-17 The genealogy of Christ 1
1:18-25 The incarnation and name of Christ 4
2:1-12 The wise men from the East 7
2:13-23 The flight into Egypt, and subsequent abode at Nazareth 11
3:1-12 The ministry of John the Baptist 14
3:13-17 The baptism of Christ 17
4:1-11 The temptation 19
4:12-25 The beginning of Christ’s ministry, and the calling of the first disciples 22
5:1-12 The beatitudes 25
5:13-20 The character of true Christians, and the connection between the teaching of Christ and the Old Testament 29
5:21-37 Spirituality of the law proved by three examples 32
5:38-48 The Christian law of love set forth 35
6:1-8 Ostentation in almsgiving and prayer forbidden 38
6:9-15 The Lord’s Prayer and the duty of forgiving one another 40
6:16-24 The right manner of fasting,—treasure in heaven,—the single eye 45
6:25-34 Over-carefulness about this world forbidden 47
7:1-11 Censoriousness forbidden,—prayer encouraged 50
7:12-20 The rule of duty towards others,—the two gates,—warning against false prophets 53
7:21-29 Uselessness of profession without practice, — the two builders 56
8:1-15 Miraculous healing of a leprosy, a palsy, and a fever 59
8:16-27 Christ’s wisdom in dealing with professors, the storm on the lake calmed 62
8:28-34 The devil cast out of a man in the country of the Gergesenes 65
9:1-13 A palsied man healed,—the calling of Matthew the publican 67
9:14-26 New wine and new bottles,—the Ruler’s daughter raised to life 70
9:27-38 Two blind men healed,—Christ’s compassion on the multitude,—the duty of disciples 73
10:1-15 The sending forth of the first Christian preachers 76
10:16-23 Instructions to the first Christian preachers 79
10:24-33 Warnings to the first Christian preachers 82
10:34-42 Cheering words to the first Christian preachers 85
11:1-15 Christ’s testimony about John the Baptist 88
11:16-24 Unreasonableness of unbelievers exposed,— danger of not using the light 91
11:25-30 Greatness of Christ,—fulness of gospel invitations 94
12:1-13 The true doctrine of the Sabbath cleared from Jewish error 98
12:14-21 Wickedness of the Pharisees,—encouraging description of Christ’s character 101
12:22-37 Blasphemy of Christ’s enemies,—sins against knowledge,—idle words 104
12:38-50 Power of unbelief,—danger of imperfect and incomplete reformation,—Christ’s love to his disciples 109
13:1-23 Parable of the sower 113
13:24-43 Parable of the wheat and tares 118
13:44-50 Parables of the treasure, the pearl, and the net 122
13:51-58 Christ’s treatment in his own country,— danger of unbelief 125
14:1-12 Martyrdom of John the Baptist 128
14:13-21 Miracle of the loaves and fishes 131
14:22-36 Christ walking on the sea 134
15:1-9 Hypocrisy of scribes and Pharisees,— danger of traditions 138
15:10-20 False teachers,—the heart the source of sin 141
15:21-28 The Canaanitish mother 144
15:29-39 Christ’s miracles of healing 148
16:1-12 Enmity of the scribes and Pharisees,— Christ’s warning against them 151
16:13-20 Peter’s noble confession 155
16:21-23 Peter rebuked 160
16:24-28 Necessity of self-denial,—value of the soul 162
17:1-13 The transfiguration 164
17:14-21 The young man possessed with a devil healed 169
17:22-27 The fish and the tribute money 172
18:1-14 Necessity of conversion and humility,— reality of hell 176
18:15-20 Rule for settling differences among Christians,—nature of church discipline 180
18:21-35 Parable of the unforgiving servant 184
19:1-15 Christ’s judgment about divorces,—Christ’s tenderness to little children 187
19:16-22 The rich young man 190
19:23-30 Danger of riches,—encouragement to forsake all for Christ 194
20:1-16 Parable of the labourers in the vineyard 197
20:17-23 Christ’s announcement of his coming death— mixture of ignorance and faith in true disciples 201
20:24-28 True standard of greatness among Christians 205
20:29-34 Healing of two blind men 208
21:1-11 Christ’s public entry into Jerusalem 211
21:12-22 Christ casting the buyers and sellers out of the temple,—the barren fig tree 214
21:23-32 Christ’s reply to the Pharisees demanding his authority,—the two sons 218
21:33-46 Parable of the wicked husbandmen 221
22:1-14 Parable of the great supper 224
22:15-22 The Pharisees’ question about paying tribute 228
22:23-33 The Sadducees’ question about the resurrection 231
22:34-46 The lawyer’s question about the great commandment,—Christ’s question to his enemies 234
23:1-12 Christ’s warning against the teaching of the scribes and Pharisees 238
23:13-33 Eight charges against the scribes and Pharisees 241
23:34-39 Christ’s last public words to the Jews 246
24:1-14 Prophecy on the Mount of Olives,—about the destruction of Jerusalem, Christ’s second coming, and the end of the world 250
24:15-28 Prophecy continued, about miseries to come at the first and second sieges of Jerusalem 253
24:29-35 Second advent of Christ described 257
24:36-51 Time just before second advent described, and watchfulness enjoined 261
25:1-13 Parable of the ten virgins 264
25:14-30 Parable of the talents 268
25:31-46 Last judgment 272
26:1-13 The woman who anointed our Lord’s head 276
26:14-25 The false apostle, and his besetting sin 280
26:26-35 The Lord’s supper and the first communicants 284
26:36-46 The agony in the garden 289
26:47-56 The false apostle’s kiss,—the voluntary submission of Christ 293
26:57-68 Christ before the Jewish Council 297
26:69-75 Peter’s denial of his Master 300
27:1-10 The end of Judas Iscariot 304
27:11-26 Christ condemned before Pilate 308
27:27-44 Christ’s sufferings in the hands of the soldiers, and crucifixion 311
27:45-56 Christ’s death, and signs accompanying it 315
27:57-66 Christ’s burial, and vain precautions of his enemies to prevent his resurrection 319
28:1-10 Christ’s resurrection 323
28:11-20 Christ’s parting charge to his disciples 327

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    This book will help you love your Lord Jesus more. Easily one of the best devotional books I have ever read. Read a chapter a day alongside your daily Bible reading and it will encourage you and deepen your fellowship with our kind, incomparable Savior.

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