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Jacob's heart was exceedingly set on Joseph. His very life was bound up in the life of the lad. Now, when the supposed death of the child was brought to him, how did he respond? And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him (Genesis 37:34-35). Here, as in a looking glass, the effects of excessive love for a child are represented.

When the Lord saw the moaning and weeping of this distressed mother, he was moved in tender compassion and had more pity in his heart for her than could be in her heart for her dear and only son. In these words, we will consider both the condition of the woman and the counsel of Christ concerning her condition. The Condition of the Woman She appears to be very heartbroken and distressed.

The sermon centers on Christ's prophetic office of spiritual illumination, emphasizing that true understanding of Scripture is not merely intellectual but requires divine opening of both mind and heart by the Holy Spirit. It argues that natural reason and even diligent study cannot produce saving knowledge, as spiritual truths are beyond human comprehension apart from Christ's supernatural work, which alone dispels spiritual blindness and enables the soul to perceive the glory of Christ. The text underscores the necessity of Christ's personal intervention—through the Word and Spirit—to transform the heart, making the gospel effectual, and contrasts the temporary, prideful light of worldly wisdom with the humbling, life-changing, and eternal light of saving grace. Ultimately, the sermon calls believers to recognize their dependence on Christ for illumination, to respond with gratitude and obedience, and to labor diligently in the means of grace, knowing that only He can open eyes to see the light of salvation.

A study of the Nicene Creed: I believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, light of light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made. Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried; and the third day he rose again in according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven; and sits on the right hand of the Father; and he will come again, with glory, to judge the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end....