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| 1. | 1 Chronicles 13-17, Notes on |
| God is graciously pleased to reveal Himself in different ways and at different times. He formerly made Himself known by prophets, but in these last times He has manifested Himself in His Son; and in whatever-way He has chosen to reveal Himself, He has been rejected in them all. |
| 2. | 1 Corinthians 10:1-11, Notes on |
| The apostle had warned the Corinthians against carelessness and self-indulgence, instancing himself as one who must be a reprobate if he preached without keeping the body under. He now makes a pointed application of Israelitish history in scripture to clench the exhortation. |
| 3. | 1 Corinthians 10:12-22, Notes on |
| The scriptural history of Israel is thus exceedingly solemn as well as instructive. It was so recounted by the Spirit as to be typical of us. " So then let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. No temptation hath taken you save a human one: but |
| 4. | 1 Corinthians 10:23 and 11:1, Notes on |
| Thus had the apostle shown the danger of idolatry, from the inveterate tendency, not of the Gentiles merely in their habitual worship of idols, but of the very people separated to Jehovah as His witnesses against it. He had also proved that to partake of sacrificial feasts in a heathen |
| 5. | 1 Corinthians 11:17-26, Notes on |
| The apostle had settled the point of comely order as respects women. He now turns to a still graver matter, the Lord's mind about His supper. From this the Corinthians had sadly departed there and then, slipping into the grossest evils, as we shall see. |
| 6. | 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, Notes on |
| It is not without instruction for us that the apostle can praise in the midst of so much too justly merited reproof. He loved to approve all he could. |
| 7. | 1 Corinthians 11:27-34, Notes on |
| Such is the institution and the aim of the Lord's supper. Let us pursue the consequences pressed by the apostle. |
| 8. | 1 Corinthians 12:1-6, Notes on |
| It may be well to remark here the wisdom of God in furnishing the revelation of the due object and order of the Lord's supper before He treats of the Spirit's presence and operations in the assembly. The observance of that holy feast is independent, not only of the presence |
| 9. | 1 Corinthians 12:14-25, Notes on |
| The apostle proceeds to employ the idea of the body to illustrate the assembly of God as now existing on earth. Doubtless it was in season for the state of things then in Corinth; but it is over needed while we are here below, and never more so than now, |
| 10. | 1 Corinthians 12:16-31, Notes on |
| We have seen, then, that God has so constituted the body of Christ, like the natural one, that there should be no division of interest, but the good of each in the good of all, and the care of each for every other member. |
| 11. | 1 Corinthians 12:7-13, Notes on |
| WE come next to individual distinctions, the special forms of the Spirit's working in Christians. |
| 12. | 1 Corinthians 13, Notes on |
| Love is the theme in hand, not " charity," for which we are indebted to Wiclif's too close following of the Vulgate. Tyndale and Cranmer gave " love," from which our Authorized translators often went back again to " charity." The apostle discourses on it worthily of Him who displayed |
| 13. | 1 Corinthians 14:1-12, Notes on |
| Here we come to the application of love. Blessed as is always and everywhere this energy of the new nature, it is in the assembly of God that it finds its largest and deepest exercise, so far as we are concerned. Nowhere else is it demanded so continually, and in |
| 14. | 1 Corinthians 14:13-25, Notes on |
| Edification, then, is rule absolute for what is said in the assembly. No matter how astonishing may be the exhibition of divine power answering to the name of Jesus, if it edify not, it has no rightful place there. For love edifies, as knowledge puffs up, and power startles or |
| 15. | 1 Corinthians 14:26-40, Notes on |
| The apostle now comes to the practical deductions from the 'divine principles laid down for regulating the assembly. The Corinthians had assumed absolute openness or really license for human will from the fact of the powers distributed to one and another by the Spirit. To control a meeting where He |
| 16. | 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Notes on |
| But there was another question of the deepest moment, and still more fundamental, which the apostle reserved for the last place. The resurrection of the dead was doubted and denied by some at Corinth. This was grave indeed; but it is incomparably more so now, after the ample testimony to |
| 17. | 1 Corinthians 15:12-19, Notes on |
| Having thus shown the immense care with which God had provided witnesses to the resurrection of Christ, as it was preached by the apostles, and believed by all Christians, he now proceeds to reason from it to the resurrection of the dead, and also from their denial of the resurrection |
| 18. | 1 Corinthians 15:20-28, Notes on |
| The apostle, having thus brought to a climax of absurdity the consequences that flow from the assumption that no dead rise, turns next to the facts of revelation, and triumphantly displays their blessedness in Christ, as contrasted with the first head of the race. |
| 19. | 1 Corinthians 15:29-34, Notes on |
| The apostle now resumes the reasoning interrupted by the great parenthesis of divine revelation in verses 20-28. Therein he had traced out the consequences of Christ's resurrection, and its connection with the kingdom to the end, when God shall be all in all. And the simple apprehension of the unquestionable |
| 20. | 1 Corinthians 15:35-49, Notes on |
| The apostle next turns from warning to meet objections in the shape of questions physical, as our Lord met the social difficulty raised by the Sadducees. These he quickly exposes in their true character. They are folly; or he rather is a fool who employs his avowed ignorance to reject |
| 21. | 1 Corinthians 15:50-58, Notes on |
| Thus the dying man and the Man of resurrection power stand in full contrast, as do those who are respectively theirs, with the glorious issue for such as once, the first man's, like others, became by grace of the Second, the last Adam. Adam became a sinner, and was sentenced |
| 22. | 1 Corinthians 16:1-12, Notes on |
| Another and a very different topic claimed the service of the apostle, because it fell under the Lord's care for the church. It might seem wholly a matter for the saints; but experience itself proves how much they need in it the guidance of the Spirit through the written word. |
| 23. | 1 Corinthians 16:13-24, Notes on |
| After these details the apostle gives a few pithy words of exhortation " Watch, stand in the faith, play the man, be strong.* Let all your doings be in love." (Vers. 18, 14.) They are words eminently suited to the state of things at Corinth, besides being wholesome for all |
| 24. | 1 Corinthians 9:1-14, Notes on |
| The apostle now enters on the vindication of his office which some in Corinth had sought to undermine and of ministry in general which they tended to corrupt. Title is asserted, but with full room for grace. For ministry is of Christ the Lord, not of the first man, and |
| 25. | 1 Corinthians 9:15-27, Notes in |
| The apostle had now affirmed the principle. It was for others however, not for himself. He is careful to make this understood by the Corinthians. He had written in love for the glory of the Lord, " but," says he, "I have used none of these things. And I have |
| 26. | 2 Chronicles 18-20, Notes on |
| We have seen in 1 Kings 17; 18 that Ahab and Jezebel worshipped the idol Baal, and now we read the judgments of God on Ahab and apostate Israel. |
| 27. | Abraham: Chapter 22 |
| The last chapter closed that series of divine dealings with our patriarch winch opened with Gen. 15 We can readily see that it forms a natural conclusion. The long promised heir is come; the legal covenant and the child of flesh are cast out; the prince of the Gentiles |
| 28. | Abraham: Chapter 23 |
| The death of Sarah follows, and God takes special notice of it, not only for Abraham's sake, but, as it would seem, for its typical bearing, since it comes after the sacrifice and resurrection of the son, and before the call of the bride. In this point of view we |
| 29. | Abraham: Chapter 24 |
| It is not my purpose to dwell at length on the call of Bethuel's daughter to be the bride of Isaac, however attractive the subject may be, but would only point out in passing the striking propriety that here, after the death of Sarah, we should have the introduction of |
| 30. | Abraham: Chapter 25:1-10 |
| The first part of the chapter, comprehended in these verses, gives us the closing scenes of Abraham's eventful and instructive history. The Jewish tradition which identifies Keturah with Hagar is not only without proof but set aside by verse 6, which speaks of "the sons of the concubines which Abraham |
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| 36. | Advocate or the Accuser: Whose Side Do You Take?, The |
| THIS is a practical question for Christians in these days. It is not a question of whether we are Christians or not, though it may often test the fact. Happily, simple faith in the Person of the Son of God and His work settles that question. " Believe on the |
| 37. | Ascension of the Lord Private or Public |
| Q. John 20:17 17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. (John 20:17); Matt. 28:99 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. (Matthew 28:9). Is it true that there was a private ascension on the day the Lord rose, fulfilling Lev. 16:1717 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. (Leviticus 16:17), besides the public one forty days after? So say some, to avoid the difficulty; and this they try to sustain by the reception of |
| 38. | Atonement, On |
| Beloved Brother, |
| 39. | Breaking Bread and Preaching in the Same Room |
| Q. 1. Is it traversing the truth of the Holy Ghost's presence in the church and His distributing to or by whomsoever He will, for a brother to have the room, used to break bread in, for preaching the gospel, either doing it himself or asking another? |
| 40. | Christ a Sweet Savour to God for Us |
| The first sacrifice offered was one of sweet savor. For this there had to be taken of the cattle, from the herds, or the flocks, a male without blemish representing Christ without sin. On its head the offerer laid his hand when brought before the door of the tabernacle of |
| 41. | Christianity Viewed in Its Object |
| Christianity gives us a positive object; and this object is nothing less than God Himself. Human nature may discover the nature of that which is false. We scorn false gods and graven images; but we cannot get beyond ourselves, we cannot reveal anything to ourselves. One of the most renowned |
| 42. | Church, as the Body and the House, Brief Thoughts on the |
| As in science, so in scripture, one truth leads to another; and the more we learn, the simpler we become: for it is in human things the mastery of a subject that enables us to be simple. |
| 43. | Church Begin and What Are Its Privileges?, When Did the |
| My Dear M-, |
| 44. | Church History, Short Papers on |
| WE have long desired to bring this work before our readers; and the recent publication of a second volume, which brings the history from A.D. 814 down to 1529, gives the fitting opportunity. In a third volume, the hope is, if the Lord will, that it may be continued till |
| 45. | Colossians 1:15-18 |
| On the whole I should judge that πρὸ πάντων is not merely before all things in point of time, nor the head of them when taken up in power. Christ is πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως, He has this headship in place, because He had created them all. He must therefore have |
| 46. | Conflict in Heavenly Places |
| The very blessings of the church (as in Eph. 1:3 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: (Ephesians 1:3)) set us into a sort of conflict, which, without such blessings, we should not have. So the church is subject to more failure than either Jews or Gentiles were, because they were not called to the same blessing. A |
| 47. | Discipline in the House of God |
| The real object in every act in the long run will transpire, however concealed or disguised it may be at first. Hence the more important the act, the more conspicuously will the object come out as the course of the act proceeds. The object of Balaam is more and more |
| 48. | Divine Love in the Gospel and the Believer |
| The apostle in this part of the chapter returns to the great doctrine of the whole Epistle. It is not here so much the great work that sets the soul before God, but the truth we have when we are before God. We were before seeing the difference between Paul |
| 49. | Elijah, A Few Words on |
| These chapters set before us several important principles; and we see there pointed out several very different characters; we learn in them also the ways of God. |
| 50. | Errata |
| On page 99, ten lines from bottom, in text, read relegated for delegated. |
| 51. | Errata |
| In page 300, line 26 from bottom, read smiting for "uniting." |
| 52. | Fragments: Two Classes in Psalms |
| I think we shall find all through the Psalms too classes: one, the faith which looks to God and trusts Him, and pleads for en answer in righteousness; and the other, the cry out of distress and in distress of heart under it, though the principle of faith be in |
| 53. | God's Dealings With His Children |
| I should like, beloved in the Lord, to endeavor, as God may enable me, to bring a little before your minds the outline which is given to us in scripture of God's dealings-the revelation of His own glory, and the name of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 54. | Gospel and the Church According to Scripture, The |
| Being A Review Of "Church Doctrine, Bible Truth," By The Revelation M. S. Sadler |
| 55. | Gospel and the Church According to Scripture, The |
| In result the gospel is founded on a series of mighty and divine facts, by which, through the foolishness of preaching, God, in the power of the Holy Ghost, does act on individual souls for salvation, and gather them into one. The church system makes of them a set of |
| 56. | Gospel and the Church According to Scripture, The |
| In the case of Cornelius, he received the Holy Ghost, God's proof that He would have him in His assembly, as formed down here, into which consequently Peter orders him to be admitted by baptism. Whether before or after, they are always distinct. So in Samaria they believed what Philip |
| 57. | Gospel and the Church According to Scripture, The |
| There is nothing a man so reluctantly allows as evil in himself; there is nothing he so much resents as another's saying evil of him, and leaving him no loophole of escape. So was it now with the Jews whom the Lord denied to be of God, as they heard |
| 58. | Gospel and the Church According to Scripture, The |
| The body of Christ, though set up manifestly and visibly on the earth, cannot have false members, because it is such by real union-by the Holy Ghost-with Christ its glorified Head. The baptism of the Holy Ghost formed it, not the baptism of water. It is the church which Christ |
| 59. | Gospel and the Church According to Scripture, The |
| Being a review of "church doctrine, bible truth," by the rev. M. S. Sadler. |
| 60. | Gospel and the Church According to Scripture, The |
| Here was a strange case: either all were ordained, and there were no laymen; or all laymen were preachers without any commission. And what makes it more striking is, that the hand of the Lord was with them, and many believed. Peter tells them, as every one had received the |
| 61. | Hebrews, Remarks on the |
| Two questions present themselves at the threshold of this epistle, Who was the writer? and to whom was it addressed? A great deal has been written in reply to these questions, and various conclusions have been arrived at, but most of them with little certainty or profit. That Paul, under |
| 62. | Holy Spirit's Ways, A Slight Sketch of the |
| The Spirit, τὸ πνεῦμα, the Holy Spirit, τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον, seldom τὸ Ἅγιον πνεῦμα, but very frequently, πνεῦμα Ἄγιον, is the Person in the Godhead mentioned last in order wherever the three are named (Matt. 28:19 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: (Matthew 28:19); 2 Cor. 13:1414 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. <<The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.>> (2 Corinthians 13:14)). |
| 63. | Holy Spirit's Ways, A Slight Sketch of the |
| With the Spirit's coming however was to commence the time when He would dwell with the Lord's people on earth, and also be in them, teaching them too all things, and reminding them likewise of all that the Lord had said unto them. (John 14) Moreover the Spirit would |
| 64. | In the Wilderness Alone With God |
| " I do not know whether my heart apprehends things in England aright as to the work of the Lord; and I would desire to see His thoughts ere I speak or write about a work in which His hand is engaged and which is either His own work and |
| 65. | Jacob, Thoughts on |
| " IF God will be with me.... so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then shall Jehovah be my God; this stone and.... shall be God's house, and... I will surely give the tenth unto thee." |
| 66. | Jacob, Thoughts on |
| Yet when judgment is in hand, it is the Lord's strange work: only two men are in view, and the Lord afar off, for "he went his way." Though He can visit thus and bless His saints, and the land through them, yet neither can He dwell with them, nor |
| 67. | Jacob, Thoughts on |
| " Ha loved righteousness, and hated lawlessness," though it cost His blood, and the forsaking and bruisings of God. " Therefore God, even his God, anointed him with oil of gladness above his companions." |
| 68. | Jacob, Thoughts on |
| Henceforth Jacob is a withered man, bearing about in the body the marks of God's judgment. If God gets glory men bear no mark; the smell of fire passes not upon them where faith is. |
| 69. | Jacob, Thoughts on |
| Does Jacob chide in wrath when Laban feels his stuff, and finds not his stolen gods, saying, " Thy rams have I not eaten: that which was torn I bare the loss of it... In the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night.... and my sleep departed |
| 70. | Jacob, Thoughts on |
| Paul, the faithful steward, thrice besought that the thorn for the flesh might depart from him: in this his will be done. The holy servant Jesus prayed intently three times, fearing the cup, "not My will, Thine be done." |
| 71. | Jacob, Thoughts on |
| God's long-suffering leaves him not until the utmost bounds are overstepped. Succoth is in the path of God though its limit. Still can He deal in grace. Jacob is not yet the die cast before the eyes of men, by which the beauty of God's moral ways should be esteemed, |
| 72. | Jacob, Thoughts on |
| And God said unto Jacob, " Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar unto God that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother." Jacob then was not two bands, but a man with nothing rightly of his own, |
| 73. | Jacob, Thoughts on |
| Jacob is cast away, but God will call His son Israel, the new man out of Egypt. As Jacob is passed over, no longer in God's reckoning as holding Canaan in fief, and Israel in faith, God's Israel, is alone in view in this promise, so God went up from |
| 74. | Jacob, Thoughts on |
| " AND Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem, and Jacob set a pillar upon her grave." From her came forth the son who carried into Egypt, was made ruler there-and thence Jacob's power begins-while the godly remnant mourns, as from the grave of |
| 75. | Jesus the Shepherd |
| Jesus was the light of the world, but men knew Him nut. They perceived not the light, for they were born spiritually blind. By nature they were incapable of discerning Him, whose glory was " as of the only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." Even the Jews, |
| 76. | Job 1-2, Notes on |
| The Spirit of God opens the book with a lovely picture of Job's character, family, and position. We see himself, his sons, and his daughters in all the intimacy of private life, and this in him ruled by the fear of God. " There was a man in the land |
| 77. | Job 11-14, Notes on |
| Chapter 11.—First Discourse Of Zophar. |
| 78. | Job 15-17, Notes on |
| The second series of discussion now opens with the appeal of Eliphaz, who lets out with less reserve the increasing sense his soul had that Job must lack integrity. As before, there is- weighty truth in what he urges, and it is urged with great force; but the application to |
| 79. | Job 18-19, Notes on |
| Bildad's Second Discourse |
| 80. | Job 20-21, Notes on |
| The last of the three comes forward once more, even avowing the haste, if not irritation, under which he sought to deal with Job. Zophar's main point is the transient character of the evil-doer's triumph. If such an one seem to rise up fast to the highest pinnacle of prosperity, |
| 81. | Job 22, Notes on |
| The third series in the discussion opens with a discourse from Eliphaz, in which he sets forth the superiority of God to all results from the service of man, however noble in his own eyes. Provoked by the pertinacity of Job in the denial of hidden sin, he launches out |
| 82. | Job 23-24, Notes on |
| The tone of the answer is calmer, and somewhat more comely, though he says that today also his complaint is rebellion (or bitter), and his stroke heavier than his groaning. But his desire is, as before, to draw near to God, and have His decision, in the face of all |
| 83. | Job 25-26, Notes on |
| This brief chapter contains the final discourse of Bildad. It is plain that the three friends are all but silenced. We shall see are long that Zophar has not a word more to add. Job has much in proof that they, none of them, saw aright even the surface of |
| 84. | Job 27, Notes on |
| Bildad has been answered as well as Eliphaz; and now Zophar, the remaining or third censor, is silent. Not so Job; he has more to say, to which he gives a sententious form. He swears by the living God that, though he had not been vindicated as yet by Him, |
| 85. | Job 3-7, Notes on |
| The complaint of job. |
| 86. | Job 8-10, Notes on |
| The second of the three friends takes up Job next. He is inferior to Eliphaz in calm dignity, and less temperate in his insinuations, because more prone to judge by the sight-of his eyes and the experience of mankind, and se be ashes in where angels would fear to tread, |
| 87. | Job, Notes on |
| THE book before us is as isolated in form as underneath it is bound up by the closest ties with all scripture. In it we breathe the fresh and free air of desert life, in the strongest antithesis to the settled polity of Israel in Canaan; yet is it quite |
| 88. | John 10:1-10, Notes on |
| The Lord proceeds to set forth the consequences of His rejection, spite of His dignity, under a variety of forms. It is the disclosure of His grace to and for the sheep, from His humiliation as man and servant even to the laying down His life in all its intrinsic |
| 89. | John 10:11-28, Notes on |
| The Lord next presents Himself in the beautiful character of the good Shepherd; a most affecting and expressive proof of His lowly love, when we think who He is, and what we are. |
| 90. | John 10:19-30, Notes on |
| These wondrous words were not without effect even then among the Jews. Love unknown before, the lowliness of a servant, the dignity of One consciously divine, wrought in some consciences, while they roused others to a deeper hatred. So it is, and must be, in a world of sinful men, |
| 91. | John 10:31-42, Notes on |
| Thus did the Lord assume and imply divine glory as His, no less than the Father's, spite of the place of man de had taken in the humiliation of love, in order to undo the works of the devil, and deliver guilty sinners who hear His voice from the bondage |
| 92. | John 11:1-10, Notes on |
| The Lord was rejected, rejected in His words, rejected in His works. Both were perfect, but man felt that God was brought near to them by both; and, an enemy of God, he increasingly musters hatred against His Son, His image. |
| 93. | John 11:11-29, Notes on |
| THE Lord would exercise the hearts of His own. As His abiding in the same place for two days was not the impulse of human feeling, and His going to the place of deadly hatred was according to the light He walked in and was, so He has more to |
| 94. | John 11:30-44, Notes on |
| There was not the smallest haste in the movements of our Lord. Indeed we may rather note His calm bearing in presence of the one sister, so quick to go before she was called, and of the other when she was. Jesus abides the same, a man, yet in the |
| 95. | John 11:45-57, Notes on |
| Mighty as was the work of thus raising Lazarus, we see here, as everywhere, how dependent man is on grace. Sin makes him the slave of Satan, little as he suspects it. His will is against God, in His goodness or in His judgment, in His word or His works; |
| 96. | John 12:1-11, Notes on |
| Such was the testimony God gave to the Lord Jesus as the Son in resurrection power, with the plain result of deadly hatred in those that bowed not in faith. Here, before a fresh witness is given, we are permitted to see Him in the home of those He loved |
| 97. | John 12:12-26, Notes on |
| Mary had not at all misread the position of the Lord. The crisis was at hand. Perfectly did He understand to what point every current was flowing; lie knew what was in man, in Satan, and in God, and that as the malice of the creature would thus push to |
| 98. | John 12:27-36, Notes on |
| The Lord reverts to thoughts of His approaching death. There is no avoidance of contemplating that which it was part of His perfection to feel, as no man ever did.' He estimates it rightly and fully as before, instead of braving it as men do who cannot escape. To Him |
| 99. | John 12:37-50, Notes on |
| The close was at hand, and a token even then was given, that the light would not be always there. " Jesus spoke these things and, going away, hid himself from them. But though he had done so many signs before them, they did not believe on him, that the |
| 100. | John 7:1-13, Notes on |
| The Lord had thus propounded His humiliation and His death, with His ascension to heaven, completely setting aside the carnal expectations then prevalent as to His kingdom. He had done more than this; He had taught the absolute necessity of appropriating Himself, both incarnate and dying, for eternal life. He |
| 101. | John 7:14-31, Notes on |
| That the Lord had a deeper purpose in view was soon apparent. He had refused to go with His brethren; He had affirmed that the fit moment for displaying Himself to the world was not come. But God had a present mission for His Son, and He goes to Jerusalem |
| 102. | John 7:32-39, Notes on |
| The religious leaders are disturbed at any impression made on the multitude and show their fear as well as their enmity. They dislike the truth they did not themselves possess and would gladly get rid of Him who told it out. "The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about |
| 103. | John 7:40-52, Notes on |
| We have had, then, the Lord's anticipative declaration of the power of the Spirit which the believer was about to receive, which he did receive at Pentecost and thenceforward: not the quickening of the unbeliever, nor yet power rising up in worship, but flowing forth abundantly from the inner man |
| 104. | John 7:53 and 8:1-11, Notes on |
| We are now arrived at a section of our Gospel, the external condition of which is to the reflecting mind a solemn evidence of human unbelief, here as daring as usually it appears to hesitate. No evangelist has suffered as much in this way, not even Mark, whose close disappears |
| 105. | John 8:12-20, Notes on |
| The Lord continues His teaching of the people, bat not without allusion to the incident which had just occurred, or rather to the character in which He had dealt with it. Nothing can be more evident than the True Light which was then shining and lightening every man. It is |
| 106. | John 8:21-29, Notes on |
| The next discourse turns on our Lord's announcement of His departure-a truth of the most solemn import, especially for Israel responsible to receive Him as their Messiah. |
| 107. | John 8:30-46, Notes on |
| It is an encouraging fact that a time of unbelieving detraction may be used of God to work extensively in souls. " While he was speaking these things, many believed on him." (Ver. 30.) But faith, where divinely given, is inseparable from life, exercises itself in liberty, and is subject |
| 108. | John 9:1-12, Notes on |
| The light of God had shone in Jesus (light, not of Jews only, but of the world); yet was He rejected, increasingly and utterly, and with deadly hatred. There was no miracle wrought; it was emphatically His words that we hear, but asserting at length the divine glory of His |
| 109. | John 9:13-25, Notes on |
| Whenever God acts, the men of religion set up to judge, and the neighbors fear their displeasure more than they pitied the blind man or rejoiced in his healing. Such men are accredited of the world, and count it their province to decide such questions, while others love to have |
| 110. | John 9:26-41, Notes on |
| The pertinacity of the Pharisees finds in the man a quiet courage, which stands out in contrast with the fears of his parents and even urges the claims of Him who had wrought so good and great a deed on His adversaries in a way they could not resist. They |
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| 113. | Kingdom in Man's Hand and God's Purpose, Thoughts on the |
| The first parable does apply closely to the church as a professing thing under responsibility to God, add the professing church will indeed meet with the fate of the evil bondsman; but the church-the bride-can never be said to have gone forth to meet the Bridegroom,* and probably the second |
| 114. | Kingdom in Man's Hand and God's Purpose, Thoughts on the |
| Forty days docs the Philistine present himself in triumph, but meanwhile God is preparing Himself a champion to take up the challenge. He is feeding the flock of God in the place of Rachel's sorrow and grave, of Ruth's fruitfulness and joy, from whence between the time of the smiting |
| 115. | Kingdom in Man's Hand and God's Purpose, Thoughts on the |
| So great is the honor in which the church is held of all the people (Acts 5:13 13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. (Acts 5:13), 1 Sam. 18:1616 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. (1 Samuel 18:16)), going out and coming in before them, that the Jewish council find that it is not politic openly to persecute them further ({vi 27039-27040;27084;27086;27088}Acts 4:16, 17; 5:24, 26, |
| 116. | Kingdom in Man's Hand and God's Purpose, Thoughts on the |
| Saul having been safely shipped away to a far-off place, the Jews recognize that they have nothing to fear from the rest, and consequently leave the assemblies throughout the whole of Judaea, Galilee, and Samaria in peace: but the time has come for the other sheep, not of the Jewish |
| 117. | Kingdom in Man's Hand and God's Purpose, Thoughts on the |
| The assembly at Jerusalem seems to have been brought at this time specially under the notice of Herod, perhaps in consequence of the character of their witness for Jesus as the Messiah of the Jews, which would excite his jealousy and enmity. The apostles seem also to have been still |
| 118. | Kingdom in Man's Hand and God's Purpose, Thoughts on the |
| Thus, first and last, from beginning unto everlasting, for all trials, temptations, times, and circumstances, the strength and victory of the believer is in trust in God, who so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, and commends His love to us, in that while we were |
| 119. | Kingdom in Man's Hand and God's Purpose, Thoughts on the |
| Paul's method of action, in the case of the preaching at Ephesus, is stated in 1 Cor. 9:19-23 19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; 21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. 22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. 23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. (1 Corinthians 9:19-23). To the Jews he became as a Jew, in order that he might gain Jews: to those under law asunder law, that he might gain those who were under law: to |
| 120. | Kingdom in Man's Hand and God's Purpose, Thoughts on the |
| The Epistle to Ephesians thus shows this new man complete, as seen in its Head in heaven, perfect after His perfection, and urges to corresponding walk down here. The Philippians takes it up here, and contemplates it going on to completeness in the day when the Head is revealed, though |
| 121. | Kingdom in Man's Hand and God's Purpose, Thoughts on the |
| Yet when the trade of those who lived upon the folly, weakness, and credulity of their fellows is found to suffer, through the righteous energy of the word in those that believed, then the whole city is filled with the madness of rampant covetousness and selfishness; for the reason of |
| 122. | Kingdom in Man's Hand and God's Purpose, Thoughts on the |
| THE requirements of truth and justice, trodden down of the people in the blind fury of religious zeal, are to be more willfully, deliberately and hypocritically set aside by their rulers, yet not without a witness from among themselves of what is due to the truth of God, to be |
| 123. | Lord's Supper, The: A Memorial of Christ |
| The Lord's supper is to be eaten as a memorial or remembrance of Christ. |
| 124. | Love of God and of Saints and Overcoming the World |
| God's love, in contrast with man's, is distinguished by this, that while man must have-something to draw out his love, (as it is said, "For a good man some would even dare to die; but God commendeth his love to us-ward, in. that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died |
| 125. | Matthew 13, Notes on |
| In these parables we have the character and importance of the word shown, and its effects. The object of revealing truth in this manner is made known to us by the Lord in His answer to the disciples, saying, " Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries |
| 126. | Most High, The |
| I have been looking into the force of [Hebrew word]. That it ultimately refers to God in the millennium as the supreme God then manifested, to the exclusion of what is false, is evident. This is the force of the word-One who, to the exclusion of, and superiority over, all |
| 127. | Natural and Supernatural |
| "Natural" is that system or κόσμος in which we are placed, and which follows constant natural laws; and therewith man's agency, placed in that system, and in power over the lower part of it, according to his measure-a sphere whose laws are the subject of man's will, and in which |
| 128. | Not Ashamed of the Gospel |
| The apostle had met with many trials and difficulties; " in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft!" &c. He had known privations more than most for the gospel's sake; yet he says, " I am not ashamed of the gospel." There was |
| 129. | Notes on Greek Tenses, Moods, and Prepositions |
| In 1 Peter 2:23, 24 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (1 Peter 2:23-24), ἀνένεγκεν is an aorist, the three preceding verbs imperfects, these referring to what Christ was during His life, that to what He did once for all on the cross. |
| 130. | Olive, the Vine, and the Fig Tree, The |
| I trust, dear brethren, that our souls may be directed to the importance of speaking as before the Lord. What we are speaking of is not merely like man's thoughts and circumstances, bat the things of the Lord. May we all keep this in mind. I would take up in |
| 131. | Palestine Re-Peopled, Neil's: Review |
| PALESTINE RE-PEOPLED; OR SCATTERED ISRAEL'S GATHERING. By the REV. J. NEIL, B.A., formerly Incumbent of Christ Church, Jerusalem. Third [now Fifth] Edition, revised. London J. NISBET & CO., 21, Berners Street, W. 1877. |
| 132. | Peace |
| " Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus, and stood in their midnt, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you." |
| 133. | Power in the Church, Not Imitation but Obedience in the Sense of Present Ruin, On |
| I feel a little difficulty, my dear friends, in taking up a subject in which my mind is exercised with you all. There is exceeding grace of expression in that word in Nehemiah, " The joy of Jehovah is your strength." The mere principle of imitation, as regards power, |
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| The Bible Treasury is published by George Morrish, 24, Warwick Lane, |
| 135. | Prophecy, Elements of: 10. the General Design of the Apocalypse |
| From early times scarce any consent has been more general than to view the Revelation as a comprehensive prophecy which extends from the days of the apostle to the end of time. A few, chiefly since the Reformation, would confine most of it to the fall of Jerusalem; a few |
| 136. | Prophecy, Elements of: 11. the General Design of the Apocalypse |
| It must be owned that the actual state of Apocalyptic interpretation is humiliating. The book has been treated with silent Blight or turned into an arena for busy conjecture rather than found to be a rich source of blessing according to the promise of the Lord. Not that God's grace |
| 137. | Prophecy, Elements of: 11. the General Scope of the Apocalypse |
| VII. The date and place of the prophecy are supposed to yield further and very distinct signs of its true meaning. It was revealed to the last of the twelve apostles, as the fullest evidence shows, under the last of the twelve Caesars. The first century was closing, the temple |
| 138. | Prophecy, Elements of: 12. on the Year-Day Theory |
| It has now been shown that, though there may be special characteristics in the symbolical visions of Daniel and the Revelation, there is no ground for the notion that they relate to gospel times, still less that they present the church's predicted history on earth from the close of the |
| 139. | Prophecy, Elements of: 13. the Year-Day Theory Continued |
| The General Indications of a Figurative Meaning Having Been Briefly Discussed, Let Us Now as Briefly Notice the Special Evidence for the Year-day System |
| 140. | Prophecy, Elements of: 15. the Year-Day Theory Concluded |
| The direct arguments for the denial of the future crisis, in order to make out the protracted historical reckoning of prophetic times as the true meaning of scripture, have now been briefly met; and many of the usual pleas have been shown to be groundless. But there are a few |
| 141. | Prophecy, Elements of: 16. Concluding Observations |
| We have now briefly examined the leading assumptions of the historical school; we have tested what is peculiar to the system, and have given sufficient evidence to show its lack of spiritual intelligence, even when, as of late, reasserted with considerable confidence to oppose further light which God has caused |
| 142. | Prophecy, Elements of: Appendix a and B |
| The prophecies of holy writ may be divided broadly into these two classes: those like Isaiah's, which were addressed to the people of Israel while standing in recognized relation with Jehovah as His people; and those like Daniel's, which suppose the Jews disowned for a season till grace restore them |
| 143. | Prophecy, Elements of: Appendix B |
| As further evidence of the immense importance of rightly seizing the christian hope, not only for the soul's fellowship with the Lord but for the due intelligence of prophecy, I present to the reader two letters I had from the late Mr. E. B. Elliott in 1851. From them it |
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| 145. | Quotations |
| Passages of the Old Testament cited, as they are, in all parts of the New, with many and many a glance, or tacit unexpressed reference, link all the parts of the Volume together, and give it a character of unity and completeness. The contents themselves of the Volume do the |
| 146. | Receiving the Holy Ghost |
| Till the advent of the Lord Jesus in humiliation none had ever received the Holy Ghost, though in all ages the Spirit had worked, and at times had made use of men as instruments for the display of His power. Γη apostolic days believers did receive the Holy Ghost. Do |
| 147. | Receiving the Spirit, Letter on |
| Ma. EDITOR, |
| 148. | Receiving the Spirit, Letter on |
| Dear Mr. Editor, |
| 149. | Record and Christian Standard, The |
| Under the head of " The Mildmay Hall Annual Conferences," these two journals venture to circulate, what a correspondent justly calls, an outrageous libel. They speak of threats issued against Dr. H. Bonar and the eight who censured Mr. Pearsall Smith by "Plymouth Brethren of the Darby School." How is |
| 150. | Rent Veil, Dr. Bonar's |
| I do not withdraw anything I have said as to Dr. Bonar. I have never seen him, have no motive for passion or anger against him; but when a man publishes abroad that God did not allow Christ to sleep in Jerusalem, because it was a holy place, and that |
| 151. | Responsibility, On |
| 1.—Introductory. |
| 152. | Responsibility: the Establishment of Responsibility, On |
| 8.-The Establishment of Responsibility. |
| 153. | Responsibility: the Establishment of Responsibility, On |
| 3.-The Establishment of Responsibility. |
| 154. | Responsibility: the History of Responsibility, On |
| 4.-The History of Responsibility |
| 155. | Responsibility: the History of Responsibility, On |
| In Noah we reach an important landmark in the history of responsibility, for we are shown, in what the word of God gives of his history, divine principles concerning two most important relationships then mentioned for the first time. These are government, or the relation of what we may call |
| 156. | Resurrection of the Body, The |
| " I believe in the resurrection of the body." This has been in substance an article of the common creed of Christendom from the earliest days of the church's existence nom earth. The ancient creeds made mention of the resurrection of the flesh. Scripture teaches us of the resurrection of |
| 157. | Resurrection of the Body, The |
| Now by no amount of ingenuity can we evade this conclusion. The words are so clear. " The dead" is the term in verse 25, where soul-quickening is mentioned. „" All in the tombs" is the designation, in verse 28, of those that shall hear the voice of the Son |
| 158. | Resurrection of the Body, The |
| Of His own resurrection He had several times spoken (John 2:20, 21 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? 21 But he spake of the temple of his body. (John 2:20-21); Matt. 16:21; 17:9, 23; 20:19; 26:3221 From that time forth began Jesus to show unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. (Matthew 16:21)
9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead. (Matthew 17:9)
23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry. (Matthew 17:23)
19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. (Matthew 20:19)
32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. (Matthew 26:32); Mark 8:31; 9:9, 31; 10:3431 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. (Mark 8:31)
9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. (Mark 9:9)
31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. (Mark 9:31)
34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again. (Mark 10:34); Luke 9:22; 18:33; 24:722 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. (Luke 9:22)
33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. (Luke 18:33)
7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. (Luke 24:7)), and His enemies understood by His words that He predicted the raising of His body; for they asked Pilate |
| 159. | Resurrection of the Lord Jesus, The |
| All Christians are agreed that the death of Christ is the basis of all our blessings. Of this there can be no doubt, for " without shedding of blood is no remission." Without the death of Christ we could never be with Him-" Except a corn of wheat fall into |
| 160. | Reviews |
| The Gospel Of Our Salvation: Eph. 1:18 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, (Ephesians 1:18) H. F. Witherby. London: Alfred Holness, 21, Paternoster Row. |
| 161. | Rich Men (Duplicate), The Two |
| How beautifully the incidents recorded in the Evan-lists exhibit the workings of nature and of grace. They are short and familiar, but full of matter for the meditation of our hearts, that we may be either warned or comforted. |
| 162. | Romans 7-8 |
| Q. Rom. 7; 8-Does every one that receives life, or is born again, receive resurrection life? I mean is there such a thing in this dispensation as being born again without having resurrection-life communicated by the Holy Ghost When we say, " That soul has life," do we mean |
| 163. | Rome, Turkey, and Jerusalem |
| The excellent author draws the attention of the reader to the prophecies which bear chiefly on " the time of the end." Much that he says is correct and important; but he does not seem to distinguish the coming of the Lord from the manifestation of His coming. ({vi 29663;29670}2 |
| 164. | Sardis and Philadelphia |
| THE contrast between the addresses to the church at Sardis and Philadelphia is similar to that in 1 Thess. 5 So here, as to the world, the coming of Christ is spoken of as a thief in the night, but not so to saints in the world, " Of |
| 165. | Saviour and the Sinner, The |
| This is one of the passages found here and there in scripture which bring out in strong relief the grace of God, and what is in man's heart too. |
| 166. | Scripture Knowledge, The Value of |
| (* The above was the address of J. N. D. [" 1840 R. H. L. E."] Monday Evening, June 3, on the Value of Scripture Knowledge- how may we discern that which is of the Spirit's teaching from that which is merely intellectual attainment?-ed. Β. T.) |
| 167. | Scripture Queries and Answers |
| Q. 2. Is it not possible to deceive one's self, by applying this doctrine to a sort of holding yourself in the place of a dead man, so as to be afraid really to do anything, lest it should be your own life acting? |
| 168. | Scripture Queries and Answers |
| Q. 1 Tim. 5:17 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine. (1 Timothy 5:17). (1) Is an elder or bishop the question when brethren wish to begin a breaking of bread where there is none? (2) Ought they to cease when trial, weakness, or scandal exists? |
| 169. | Scripture Queries and Answers |
| Will you do me the favor of clearing up one or two of my difficulties? |
| 170. | Scripture Queries and Answers: 1 Corinthians 6:2 |
| Q. 1 Cor. 6:2 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? (1 Corinthians 6:2). Έν ὑμῖν is by competent scholars translated " before you." May not this decide the meaning of the world and even angels being judged? That is, not by the saints as assessors with Christ but as witnesses in whose presence the |
| 171. | Scripture Queries and Answers: Being Dead |
| Q. 7. Is it profitable to ask a Christian, " Are you dead!" since scripture says, " Ye are dead?" Does it not tend to throw one on feelings and experiences? |
| 172. | Scripture Queries and Answers: Eternal Life |
| Q. 3. Is eternal life not a thing but a Person (Christ)? and is it true that a Christian has no life, inasmuch as Christ is in heaven? |
| 173. | Scripture Queries and Answers: Greek |
| Do the words, εἰς τὸ διηνεκές, in Heb. 10:1 1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. (Hebrews 10:1), refer to the sacrifices as continually offered, or to the inability of such sacrifices to perfect in perpetuity those who offered them; that is to say, Do the words relate to the offerings, or to the offerers? |
| 174. | Scripture Queries and Answers: Romans 6 |
| Q. 1. Rom. 6 Does scripture anywhere, in speaking of the Christian being dead, separate it from his having died in Christ? |
| 175. | Scripture Queries and Answers: Romans 6 |
| Q. 6. Does Rom. 6 teach that the old man was crucified with Christ, but that the new I died with Him? Is there such a distinction between " crucified" and " died? |
| 176. | Scripture Queries and Answers: Romans 6:7 |
| Q. 4. Is it true reasoning to argue that because Rom. 6:7 7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. (Romans 6:7) says, " He that is dead is justified from sin," it must be the new I that is spoken of as dead, inasmuch as no one could say that the old I is |
| 177. | Scripture Queries and Answers: The New I and the New Man |
| Q. 5. Can you understand a distinction being made between the new I and the new man, and would you say that the former is spoken of as dead, and the latter not? Does scripture use the expression new I at all? |
| 178. | Scripture Queries and Answers: "Two or Three" |
| Q. Matt. 18:18-20 18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Matthew 18:18-20). In a company of 40 or 50 saints gathered to the Lord's name, can 11 two or three" be said to constitute the assembly to the exclusion of the rest? Is the decision of a few to be regarded as that of God's assembly, and binding |
| 179. | Scripture Query and Answer: Romans 8:9 |
| Q. Rom. 8:9 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. (Romans 8:9). What is the difference between the Spirit of Christ and the Spirit of God? and how can one have the former, and yet not have the latter? E. C. |
| 180. | Smyrna and Pergamos |
| The failure of man, of the church even, does not touch the source of divine grace. From Adam downwards everything that was placed in the hands of man has failed; but the very evil and failure has only been made an opportunity by God for showing more and richer grace. |
| 181. | Son, The |
| "God.... hath in these lost days spoken to us in [the person of the] Son."-Heb. 1:2 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; (Hebrews 1:2) |
| 182. | Spirit of God and the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, The |
| IN order to understand these subjects of divine revelation, and yet to distinguish them in dispensational action, it is necessary to learn from the word of God the present standing and relations of a believer in Christ to the Father and to the Son, as compared with the previous calling |
| 183. | Spirit of God and the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, The |
| We may now return to the Acts, to witness, as a matter of fact, the descent of the Holy Ghost, which " filled all the house" where the men who tarried were sitting. His coming was not what they had to pray for then or now (as some affirm), when |
| 184. | Spirit of God and the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, The |
| Tea recognition of this " baptism of the Holy Ghost" is the church's responsibility, and should, in these days of departure from the truth, be acknowledged and carried out, by a withdrawment from all the sects of Christendom, the existence of which violates this " unity of the Spirit," and |
| 185. | Sufferings of Christ, Letter on the |
| 9th June, 1866 |
| 186. | Sufferings of Christ, The |
| My Dear Brother, |
| 187. | Superiority of Christ Over Circumstances |
| It is a great thing to have the spirit so free from everything else, as to be able to be thus occupied with " these things." It is not a healthy thing to be occupied with evil, though of course we must be sometimes. |
| 188. | Tenets of the (So-Called) Plymouth Brethren, Reply to Tract on the |
| There is sufficient fairness in the statement of Mr. Marshall, in rejecting the greater part of the stupid charges in the paper he quotes, to make it easy as well as pleasant to deal calmly with his objections on other heads of doctrine. Though on one head Mr. Marshall is |
| 189. | Tenets of the (So-Called) Plymouth Brethren, Reply to Tract on the |
| I will now take notice of the Judge's remarks. In the first place, Mr. Marshall's statements make quite plain that, if we are under the law at all, we are under it not merely as a rule of life, but as a question of righteousness or condemnation. He says expressly |
| 190. | Tenets of the (So-Called) Plymouth Brethren, Reply to Tract on the |
| But our business is to show that the church did not exist. " Church" is an unhappy word, because nobody knows what it means. Say " assembly," and all is plain. Every gathering together of people is an assembly, but God's assembly is a distinct thing. Now Adam, nor any |
| 191. | Two Adams, The |
| The thought on my heart is to speak a little as to the two Adams, as here brought before us. |