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| 1. | 1 Corinthians 15, Thoughts on |
| It is amazingly sweet that the very day on which we came together to remember Christ, and to show forth His death, speaks to the intelligent ear of eternal blessedness tells those who come at the bidding of the Lord Jesus that the great victory is won; that that is |
| 2. | 1 John 1, Notes on |
| THE great leading truth of all this Epistle is what is expressed in the first verse. That eternal life has come down-a real positive life. That eternal life that was with the Father, actually entered this world in the Person of Christ. The old thing-what the first Adam was, |
| 3. | 1 John 2:1-11, Notes on |
| THE two first verses connect themselves as a kind of supplement to the preceding chapter. He had put before them this privilege of fellowship with the Father and the Son, which must be in the light; and there was this perfect remedy, the blood of Christ, which presents us clean |
| 4. | 1 John 2:12-28, Notes on |
| This comes in now as breaking in upon the general course of the epistle, and giving an account of why he wrote, and what he felt in writing. |
| 5. | 1 John 2:28-29 and 3:1-11, Notes on |
| The apostle takes up again in this twenty-eighth verse all Christians in general, with an exhortation to abide in Him. You get here God in Christ so before the apostle's mind, that he says "Hun," without saying who He is. He had been talking about the anointing-" even as |
| 6. | 1 John 3:11-24 and 4:1-7, Notes on |
| WE again see in the first of these verses the proof of what "the beginning" is here. The great thing we have to look to, as regards life and what that life is, is Christ manifested in this world. " This is the message that ye have heard from the |
| 7. | 1 John 4:7-21, Notes on |
| 8. | 1 John 5, Notes on |
| There is a kind of summing up in this chapter of who these are: not what they are, but who they are, and what that is in which they have part. It was loving the brethren, for instance, we were seeing in a previous chapter. Now comes the inquiry, who |
| 9. | 1 Peter 1:1-9, Brief Thoughts on |
| 10. | 2 Chronicles 20 |
| Circumstances of outward trial and difficulty are what we have here. It is not a question of internal conflict, which is often really unbelief and the unjust power of the flesh. This is not the proper warfare of the Christian. Conflict in Scripture is the power of evil against us, |
| 11. | 2 Corinthians 1, A Word on |
| I do not pretend to say every Christian is practically in the state in which Paul was when he could say, " Death worketh in us, but life in you." (Chap. 4) Paul held himself as dead; life only was acting in him—the life of Christ was unhindered in |
| 12. | 2 John, Notes on |
| What specially characterizes the epistle, is the connection of the truth with the manifestation of love. Both the second and third epistles are occupied with the receiving of those who are going about preaching. The third epistle commends those who went forth for Christ's sake, to the love of the |
| 13. | 2 Peter 1 |
| WE were seeing a little lately into the place of the glorified Mau in heaven, and of those associated with Him in living union. |
| 14. | 3 John, Notes on |
| We have here the same great principle in general that we saw in the second epistle—that is, loving the truth. Only, there, John was warning against any one that transgressed the doctrine of Christ, and here he is rather encouraging gracious ways and liberality towards those that were going about |
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| 18. | All of One |
| All of One." (Heb. 2.) Christ, and those set apart for God by the Spirit, are all one company, in the same position before God. It is not one and the same Father: else it could not be said, " He is not ashamed to call them brethren;" for |
| 19. | Before Abraham Was, I Am |
| The Jews were immersed, not in the truth of their system, but in the mere ignorance of acting on present appearances. This is a deep, essential principle (-.): error, which one has to watch-not seeing God and things according to His mind, (which was exactly in question,) but the mind |
| 20. | Besetting Sin, Our |
| Q. What is our besetting sin, in Heb. 12:1 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, (Hebrews 12:1)? Is not unbelief the sin which so easily besets us all as saints? If what is popularly known as " besetting sin " was intended, would it not have been expressed thus—and the sins which |
| 21. | Born Again |
| John 3. |
| 22. | Christ, Having Suffered Here Below |
| Christ, having suffered here below, is ascended to heaven, "that he might fill all things." he came clown in grace; he is gone up in righteousness; He will come in glory. Thus, while the church is being formed by the Holy Ghost's personal presence here below, the two-fold truth comes |
| 23. | Christ Is All and in All |
| THE tendency is to satisfy our souls, even when we are born of God, with one of these truths, instead of enjoying them both. And although they are blessedly harmonious, as all truths must be, still there is a manifest difference between the two statements, "Christ is all," and Christ |
| 24. | Christ of God, The: The True Center of Union |
| The cross may gather all, both Jew and Gentile; but they are gathered to Christ, not to the cross: and the difference is a most important and essential one, because it is of all importance that the person of the Son of God have its place. Christ Himself, not |
| 25. | Christ the Propitiatory |
| The mercy-seat was the cover of the ark in the most holy place. There God dwelt in glory, The Shechinah, winch marked the presence of the God of Israel, was there. And upon the mercy-seat there was blood, the blood of a victim slain. upon the day of atonement. On |
| 26. | Christ the Truth |
| Christ on earth was the truth, as he is always. Truth exists before the church of God. His word is truth, and faith in the truth gathers the church by the Holy Ghost. But the church maintains the truth; and when the church is gone, men will fall into a |
| 27. | Christian Responsibility |
| Christian responsibility is founded on this—that God has delivered our souls, and that he mesas to have us with himself in heaven. Our conduct never flows from a pure and right spring, where it does not flow from the certainty of the favor of God, that has made us His |
| 28. | Church or Assembly |
| Q. Acts 7:38 38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: (Acts 7:38).—Is the word "church" right here? |
| 29. | Church?, What Is the |
| In order to judge what the church is, we must know, and be able to distinguish, the truth and the living God whose presence is there. |
| 30. | Church's Part |
| " Who will render to every man according to his deeds: to them who by patient continuance in well doing, seek for glory and honor and incorruptibility, eternal life, &c., &c.; but glory, honor, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the |
| 31. | Church's Part |
| The church’s part is to confess the truth when communicated, not to communicate it. God reveals to and by individuals, as apostles and prophets. Accordingly, the apostle says, not "where" but "of whom hast thou learned these things." |
| 32. | Cleansing Before Atoning, On |
| 33. | Coming and the Day of the Lord, The |
| 2 Peter 3. |
| 34. | Confession |
| CONFESSION and humiliation suit and, in a peculiar. become the children of God in the present day. Neither the glory of God, nor the honor of Christ, nor the presence of the Holy Ghost has been faithfully cared for by us; and the Church—Where is it! and what is its |
| 35. | Correspondence: Isaiah 53:11 and Daniel 12:3 |
| (To the Editor of the Bible Treasury.) |
| 36. | Correspondence: Objections to "The Banished One Bearing Our Banishment" |
| Dear brother, I do not at all desire to make your Bible Treasury the vehicle of controversial papers; but allow me to draw your attention to a paper in a magazine* supposed to be exclusively occupied with edification, or what was intended for it. It is so utterly without |
| 37. | Covenant, A |
| A covenant is a principle of relationship with god on the earth; conditions established by God, under which man is to live with him. The word may, perhaps, be used figuratively or by accommodation. It is applied to details of the relationship of God with Israel; but strictly speaking, there |
| 38. | Daniel 1, Remarks on |
| It must be evident to any attentive reader, that this first chapter is purely a preface to the book. It introduces us into the scene to which the prophecies, of which Daniel was either the interpreter or the vessel, are the great after-piece, the subject-matter which the Spirit of God |
| 39. | Daniel 10-11, Remarks on |
| IT is plain that chaps. 10. 11. and 12. are one continuous subject, and show us the circumstances in which Daniel received this last, and, in some respects, most remarkable of all his prophecies. For, in the whole compass of divine writ, there is no such circumstantial and minute statement |
| 40. | Daniel 11:36-45, Remarks on |
| FROM the twenty-first verse we have had the account of the king of the north, known in profane history as Antiochus Epiphanes. The Spirit of God has entered into much fuller detail in speaking of his history, because his conduct, specially at the close, in meddling with the Jews, and |
| 41. | Daniel 12, Remarks on |
| 42. | Daniel 2, Remarks on |
| Before entering upon my present subject, I would point out all obvious proof that chap. 1. has a prefatory character. The last verse of the chapter informs us that " Daniel continued unto the first year of King Cyrus." It is not merely an account of certain circumstances before we |
| 43. | Daniel 3, Remarks on |
| THE chapters which fill up the interval between chaps. 2. and 7. are devoted to the statement of historical facts, and therefore might not seem at first sight to have a prophetical character. But we must bear in mind that Scripture in general has an infinitely larger scope than the |
| 44. | Daniel 4, Remarks on |
| WE have seen, after the vision of the great image, that a chapter followed, presenting at first sight little appearance of connection with the prophecy, but which, I trust, was shown to have a very important bearing upon it, For in chap. 2 we had merely the general history of |
| 45. | Daniel 5, Remarks on |
| Dan. 5 and 6. form a part of the series of, what we may call, "moral" chapters. They are historical, but withal stamped with the character of a foreshadowing of the future, receiving light from and casting light upon the prophecies which precede and follow them. Of these practical |
| 46. | Daniel 6, Remarks on |
| WE have now another and final type of the Gentile powers brought upon the scene. But in looking at types we must always bear in mind that the question is not about the personal character of him that affords the type. Thus, Aaron officially was a type of Christ, but |
| 47. | Daniel 7, Remarks on |
| WE enter now upon the second great division of the book. The Spirit of God gives us here not merely the history or visions of heathen, such as Nebuchadnezzar or others, but communications from God to the prophet himself. Hence what related to the Jew as the object of God's |
| 48. | Daniel 8, Remarks on |
| THERE is a remarkable change which takes place at the point to which we are now arrived, and it may not be known to all readers of the Book of Daniel. The language in which the Spirit of God reveals this vision, and all that follow, is a different one |
| 49. | Daniel 9, Remarks on |
| Chap. 9. |
| 50. | Die With Jesus or With Lazarus? |
| Q. John 11:16 16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. (John 11:16). Did Thomas mean die with Jesus or Lazarus? |
| 51. | Discipline: Gideon |
| In order to understand and appreciate Gideon's history and line of service, we must survey the condition of God's people when he was called out to be a witness and a servant among them. |
| 52. | Discipline: Joshua |
| JOSHUA. |
| 53. | Discipline: Moses |
| MOSES. |
| 54. | Discipline: Moses |
| MOSES. |
| 55. | Discipline: Moses |
| 56. | Discipline: Ruth |
| To trace the history by which a woman is fitted to fill a place of testimony for God on earth must be a study both interesting and important to us, and one specially needed in these days, whether as applied to the individual or the church. |
| 57. | Discipline: Samson |
| Samson was the last of the judges; the last of that dynasty, as we say, during which the Lord was proving Israel as to their ability to trust in Hint for government without the intervention of any established order. |
| 58. | Discipline: Thoughts on Hebrews |
| Two things are the effect of being in the presence of God-alarm of conscience and encouragement. The presence of God keeps the conscience thoroughly alive, but it strengthens it to look above the evil while seeing the character of it. |
| 59. | Ephesians |
| In Ephesians, though the Holy Ghost is about to enter upon the subject of the church, He does not touch upon it until, individually, the saints are apprized of the astonishing depth of their privileges. He never enters upon our future privileges until our present standing is settled. What is |
| 60. | Ephesians 1:15-23, Brief Thoughts on |
| It is always good for our souls to draw near and review the proper starting point and pattern, if I may so say, of the blessing that God has given us. We are all apt to stop short. There are certain blessings that we cannot do without. We cannot go |
| 61. | Errata in No. 44 |
| Page I, col. 1. for "Ephesians" read, Ep. |
| 62. | Faithfulness of God Seen in His Ways With Balaam, The |
| 63. | Faithfulness of God Seen in His Ways With Balaam, The |
| (Concluded.) |
| 64. | Fragment: All the Saints Are Equally Free |
| The Editor Agrees |
| 65. | Fragment: Provision of the Word |
| There is not a maze of falsehood, not an error by which Satan has deluded man, and kept him thus from God, which is not met in the word there is not a maze of falsehood, not an error by which Satan has deluded man, and kept him thus from |
| 66. | Fragment: The Great Question |
| The great question of the day is, whether God is love, or love is God. |
| 67. | Fragment: The Testimony of the Church |
| If the church is only a delivered body, it is weak; it must be a delivering one to be a preserved one; because that is the power of God's presence in Christ. Mark the humblest assembly of saints, or an individual christian. If there is not energy of positive testimony, |
| 68. | Fragment: Walking With God |
| We cannot walk out of darkness but by walking in the light, that is, with God; and God is love: and were He not, we could not walk there |
| 69. | Fragments Gathered Up: Outside the Camp |
| Because a Christian has got heaven, he goes outside everything of the world. The Jew was outside the veil, but inside the camp; the Christian is inside the veil, and ought to be outside the camp. The "camp". is the world doing its best to honor God: that is just |
| 70. | Fruit-bearing, A Few Words on |
| There are two ways in which God displays Himself and His character: one is His grace—His grace shining in a dark world where there is nothing like it, nothing that even comprehends it, nothing that has sympathy with it, but on the contrary, where it is always rejected, always despised. |
| 71. | Galatians 3 |
| THE way in which the law is placed in contrast with promise and faith in Gal. 3 is very striking. It is not merely that man is a sinner and that there is a judgment, (a truth so solemnly revealed in Scripture) nor is it the operation of the |
| 72. | Galatians, The Epistle to the |
| The epistle to the Galatians was not written about discipline, nor could it be, but to bring back the whole body of the saints in many churches to sound doctrine. But it shows that false doctrine was more terrible than the most false conduct. There is not a wish of |
| 73. | Gentiles Not Under Law and Romans 3:19 |
| Q. Many Bible-Students hold, and perhaps rightly, that Gentiles are not under Law: if so, what is the meaning of Rom. 3:19 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. (Romans 3:19). " We know whatsoever things the Law saith, it saith to them that are under the Law; that all the world may become Guilty before God." Does |
| 74. | God Entering His Temples |
| A SOLEMN, holy subject, which the heart would reverence, while the pen traces it for a little through Scripture. |
| 75. | God Is Love or Love Is God - Which? |
| God's love in Christ is not only an object which gathers; it is an activity which does so. Love is relative; it acts and shows itself. Hence God has acted. It is not the silent depths of self-consciousness which heathenism made of God as mere intellect, though erroneously supposing matter |
| 76. | God's Dealings With Man |
| In regard to God's dealings with man since the fall, or rather, the flood, there have been three great epochs: first, the period before Christ came, died, and rose; secondly, the present interval; and thirdly, the age, after He comes again. There were many subdivisions during the first period, when |
| 77. | God's Nature: Holiness and Love |
| 78. | Grace for Grace? |
| Q. Jer. 31:22 22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. (Jeremiah 31:22). an Inquirer Asks What Is the Real Meaning. Is There Any Ground to Apply It, With Some Jews and Many Christians, to the Incarnation? |
| 79. | Grace Upon Grace: Correction |
| 80. | Habakkuk |
| WE must begin with God, as sinners, on the principle of faith, and go on with Him to the end, as saints, on the same principle. " The just shall live by faith." (See Rom. 1:17 17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. (Romans 1:17); Gal. 3:1111 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. (Galatians 3:11); Heb. 10:3838 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. (Hebrews 10:38); taken from Hab. 2:44 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. (Habakkuk 2:4).) |
| 81. | Haggai |
| This book is a witness how rapidly declension sets in, and fresh corruption follows upon restoration and blessing. |
| 82. | Hebrews 1, Thoughts on |
| 83. | Hebrews 10, Thoughts on |
| The practical conclusion is drawn in this chapter of what. is brought out in chapter 9—the unity of the sacrifice; one offering by which the foundation is laid for the new covenant. |
| 84. | Hebrews 11, Thoughts on |
| We have already seen in this epistle that the Hebrews, instead of walking by faith, were in danger of turning back to the things they could see-things suited to them as men in the flesh, such as ordinances and objects of outward importance, of which the Jewish system was full. |
| 85. | Hebrews 2, Thoughts on |
| The first four verses of this chapter are an exhortation founded on the preceding one. Observe, this epistle does not begin with an apostolic address, as the others do; but Paul puts himself entirely among these Jewish believers, and speaks of Christ as their Apostle, not himself; and, throughout, |
| 86. | Hebrews 3, Thoughts on |
| The first title of our Lord in this chapter is connected with the first part of the epistle; the second, viz., the priesthood, refers to what follows afterward. In chapter 1. also we have His qualification for being the Apostle; in chapter 2., His qualification for the priesthood. He was |
| 87. | Hebrews 4, Thoughts on |
| The word of God is connected with the apostleship. (Chap. 3:1.) In the last verses the priesthood of Christ the subject. These are the two means of our being carried through the wilderness-the word of God, and priesthood of Christ. Israel were treated as a people brought out of Egypt, |
| 88. | Hebrews 5-6, Thoughts on |
| It may be instructive to compare the different ways in which the Holy Ghost introduces our Lord's ministry in the gospels. And when I speak of His ministry. you will understand that I mean His public service, for there was much appertaining, to the Lord—miracles performed, and remarkable discourses uttered-before |
| 89. | Hebrews 5-6, Thoughts on |
| Perfection here means the state of a full-grown man. There is much, and, in a certain sense, more, contrast than similarity in the allusions in Hebrews to the Old Testament types. We are now in a different position; those things which went before were only a shadow, instead of their |
| 90. | Hebrews 7, Thoughts on |
| The apostle, being now on the ground of priesthood, shows the excellency of the Melchizedec priesthood of Christ, and uses it to bring back these Hebrews from that which was after the "carnal commandment to that which was "after the power of an endless life." |
| 91. | Hebrews 7:26-28 and Hebrews 8, Thoughts on |
| There are two great foundation principles connected with our coming unto God by Christ. 1st, The place, as giving the character of His priesthood; and, 2ndly, the non-repetition of the sacrifice. " Such an high priest became us," &c. Our place of meeting with God is above the heavens, and |
| 92. | Hebrews 9, Thoughts on |
| In the preceding chapter, the apostle has touched on a very important point, which, as regarded the Hebrews, (and, indeed, any of us,) was a most absorbing one: I allude to the two covenants. The first covenant made at Sinai had a very distinct character, viz., requiring man's righteousness, and |
| 93. | Holiness |
| Holiness is separation to God from evil. The new nature, besides its intrinsic character as being of God, has a positive object, and that is God in Christ. |
| 94. | Hosea |
| Hosea prophesied in the prospect of the breaking up of the kingdom of the ten tribes, and near the end of the house of Jehu. He is full of the thought of the ruin that was at hand; but he anticipates scenes of restoration and glory beyond it. As I |
| 95. | Humanity of Christ, On the |
| Dear sister,—the questions you put make me feel deeply all that there is sorrowful in the walk of one whom, nevertheless, I love very sincerely, our friend M. G. To enter upon subtle questions as to the person of Jesus tends to wither and trouble the soul, to destroy the |
| 96. | Jeremiah 31:22 - May It Be Applied to the Incarnation? |
| Q. John 1:16 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. (John 1:16). Grace for grace? |
| 97. | Job 9 |
| 98. | Joel |
| THE age of this prophet is not given to us. From this, we might say, it matters not when he flourished: but we may say the same also from the character of his prophecy. And thus the silence of the Spirit on that point is more than accounted for: it |
| 99. | John 1:29-39, On |
| 100. | John 7:39, Dr. M'Neille on |
| Sir, I have long thought that the doctrine which denies to the saints of God, since our Lord's death and resurrection, any special blessing beyond what was previously enjoyed, is not only untenable in itself, but also mischievous in its tendency. |
| 101. | John 7:39, Dr. M'Neille on |
| Q. On the supposition of a Jewish remnant, distinct from the Church of God, now in process of formation, and the object of God's dealing after we have been caught up, and before we appear with Christ in glory, how far will they all know Jesus? Will they |
| 102. | Jonah |
| Our moral corruption is very deep. It is complete. But at times it will betray itself in very repulsive shapes, from which, with all the knowledge of it which we have, we instinctively shrink, confounded at the thought that they belong to us. Privileges under God's own hand may only |
| 103. | Justification, Quickening, Raising |
| Q. Is it sound doctrine—that believers were justified, quickened, raised, &c., in and with Christ, when He died, and rose again, i.e., that they were justified before they were born, and that faith merely gives the knowledge of it? |
| 104. | Lord My Shepherd, The |
| THE blessings into which, as the Shepherd, the Lord leads the flock, are not merely temporal, but spiritual. The vail is now rent from top to bottom, and we are brought to God. God is not only caring for us all the way, but the exercise of our souls should |
| 105. | Luke 15, Extract on |
| As regards the application of this chapter to a Christian turned aside. I have often heard it, but I reject it altogether. The fact of God's graciously receiving back a wandered Christian is, of course, true; but such is not the purpose of the parable of the prodigal. The first |
| 106. | Luke 15: The Proper Intention of This Chapter |
| Q. Luke 15. What Is the Proper Intention of This Chapter and Particularly of the Prodigal Soli? Is It Restoring Grace, or Salvation? Is the Best Robe Only Given Then? A Scripture Queries and Answers Q. Luke 15. What is the proper intention of this chapter and particularly |
| 107. | Malachi |
| Malachi closes the writings of the minor prophets, as they are called, and with them the volume of the Old Testament. This suggests and warrants a short review of things in the previous story of Israel. |
| 108. | Matthew 1, Remarks on |
| I HAVE thought it might be profitable to take up one of the gospels, and to trace, as simply as the Lord enables me, the general outline of the truth revealed there. It is my desire to point out the special object and design of the Holy Ghost, so as |
| 109. | Matthew 10, Remarks on |
| At the close of the chapter before, our Lord, in looking upon the lost sheep of the house of Israel, speaks of them, in deep pity, as sheep without a shepherd. He was now feeling what the Pharisees really were: not but what He knew it before; but the circumstances |
| 110. | Matthew 11:25-30, Thoughts on |
| The Lord, though deeply and thoroughly sensible of Israel's rejection of Him, bows completely to the will and wisdom of God in it. (See Isa. 49) " I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou halt hid these things from the wise and prudent, and |
| 111. | Matthew 2, Remarks on |
| I think we shall find, in the chapter before us, abundant confirmation of the account I have already given of the Holy Ghost's special design by St. Matthew. That is, we shall see proofs that there is a most careful presentation of Jesus as the true Messiah of God, and |
| 112. | Matthew 3, Remarks on |
| We are now carried forward from the return of our Lord into the holy land, to the clays when John the Baptist Came insisting upon the grand essential truth of repentance. But here John's ministry is viewed entirely in connection with the Lord's relation to Israel. It is interesting to |
| 113. | Matthew 4:1-11, Remarks on |
| There are two things that we may notice before our Lord is tempted of the devil. The first is, that He is most emphatically recognized as the Son of God by His Father; secondly, that He is anointed as man by the Holy Ghost. Now a similar thing is true |
| 114. | Matthew 5:1-17, Remarks on |
| It has been already explained, though briefly, that one reason which seems to have guided the Spirit of God, if we may reverently venture so to speak, in putting the sermon on the mount out of its historical place in Matthew, and giving it to us before many of the |
| 115. | Matthew 5:17-48, Remarks on |
| We have seen our Lord's statement of the character and then of the position proper to the heirs of the kingdom of heaven. We have found him pronouncing those '' blessed" whom man would have counted it folly to have so thought. Our Lord has shown us the perfect pattern |
| 116. | Matthew 6, Remarks on |
| There was one particular exhortation of our Lord, upon which, in the very cursory sketch given of the last chap., nothing was said; and as there was no intentional omission, and it has often raised a question of conscience, I may enter upon it a little now. Our Lord had |
| 117. | Matthew 7, Remarks on |
| We now come to a very distinct portion of our Lord's discourse. It is not so much the establishing of the right relations of a soul with God our Father-the hidden inner life of the Christian, that which alone is the true source from which strength in our ways before |
| 118. | Matthew 8, Remarks on |
| I can well understand a man who received and revered the Bible as the word of the living God, yet being at fault when he closely examines the gospels, which recount the Lord's ministry. A casual reader might find no difficulty; but at first, nothing would be more probable than |
| 119. | Matthew 9, Remarks on |
| Whoever attentively examines this chapter with the following one can hardly fail to see that the proper break is at the end of verse 25, the last three verses of chapter 9. forming properly the introduction to chapter 10. What we have in chapter 9., as far as I have |
| 120. | Micah |
| This prophet is mentioned and quoted in Jer. 26:18 18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. (Jeremiah 26:18). He was called to be one of the Lord's watchmen, much at the same time with Isaiah, and it was a marked time. The history of things in Judah was taking a peculiar character, and things in Israel were ripening |
| 121. | Miracles: Powers of the World to Come |
| Miracles are called, in Heb. 6., "powers of the world to come," because they were samples and signs of that energy of the Son of Man which will be so wonderfully displayed in " that clay." |
| 122. | Morning Star, The |
| CHRIST presents Himself to us as "the bright and Morning Star," which appears just before the day. Whatever manifestation of glory there may be, all glory is connected with the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. For " to him every knee shall bow;" and that it should be so, |
| 123. | Nahum |
| THE Ninevite was the first great man of the earth in the age of the kingdom, as I may speak; as Nimrod, the ancestor, as to territory, of the Ninevite, had been the great man of the earth in the earlier age of the fathers. Nimrod had affected |
| 124. | Nature and the Spirit |
| 125. | New Covenant With Israel and With Judah |
| Q. Heb. 8:10 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: (Hebrews 8:10). "a constant reader" (Ireland) wants to know the views entertained about the new covenant with Israel and Judah. Is it not made? If not yet, when and how is it to be ratified? The blood of bulls and goats is clearly unavailing to purge the conscience. |
| 126. | New Testament Synonyms: Children and Sons |
| Τέκνον appears to me, as applied to Christians, to set forth the family-name towards God; νἰός the character of the standing before the world. The latter therefore is rather the term of dignity and privilege, as contrasted (see Gal. 4:6, 7 6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. (Galatians 4:6-7)) with the servant or slave under the law |
| 127. | Notes of a Discourse |
| 1:4-7; 22:16-17 |
| 128. | Obadiah |
| The spirit in the prophets constantly looks beyond Israel and Judah, taking notice of the nations of the Gentiles. "An ambassador," as Obadiah speaks "is sent among the heathen," how and again. Thus, Nahum was sent to Nineveh, and now Obadiah is sent to Edom. |
| 129. | Object of Prophecy |
| In ordinary works on prophecy it is assumed as an admitted, incontestable truth, and the church is specially regarded in Daniel; and now, many believe that a Godly Jewish remnant is in question, and cite the word in proof. This is a capital point. Why not discuss it g Why |
| 130. | Offerings |
| 2. |
| 131. | Oh That My Bark Were Safe on Shore |
| 132. | Others |
| 3. |
| 133. | Partakers of the Divine Nature |
| 1. |
| 134. | Passage of the Jordan, The |
| We often lose a good deal of the practical value of the teaching that is given us hi this book, from thoughts that we have probably received from the days of childhood. Thus fife passing of the Jordan is often thought to mean passing the boundary that divides us from |
| 135. | Preaching, A Few Words on |
| (FROM A LETTER) |
| 136. | Presence of the Comforter, The |
| Having spoken on other occasions, first, of the quickening of the Spirit, secondly, of the Spirit as a " |
| 137. | Psalm 8 |
| In Psa. 1 we saw the righteous man, delighting in the law and the normal results of the earthly government of God as to just and unjust. Then, Psa. 2 declared that, in spite of all the world, He will bring in His incarnate Son, and set Him |
| 138. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| My purpose in this series of papers is not to interpret the Psalms, but to draw from them some portion of the spiritual instruction and edification they afford our souls. The interpretation has been sought to be given elsewhere. The Psalms afford us special light on the government of God |
| 139. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| THE fifth Psalm furnishes the occasion of saying a word on the calls for judgment which are many times found in the book, and with that I shall pass it over. There is constancy of cry in the presence of enemies. It is to Jehovah the tried one looks; but |
| 140. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| I PASS over the 9th and 10th Psalms—the former celebrating the judgment of the enemies of Israel, the latter descriptive of the wickedness of their oppressors. They express the consciousness during the oppression that God does see it, and does not forget the humble; and then, on the deliverance, celebrate |
| 141. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| IT is evident that Psa. 12 is written under the pressure of extreme wrong and violence and the feeling of being isolated. Human power, and those that have confidence in it, are all against the soul. It is rare to be in such a case rightly—that is, to have |
| 142. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| I may here remark a distinct characteristic of this psalm which comes into greater relief by the contrast of the one which follows. It touches on no circumstances, though it supposes them. It is divine life with God and knows and lives in the present consciousness of only Him. We |
| 143. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| 144. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| Psa. 18 is of the deepest interest, as regards the interpretation, presenting, as it does, the sufferings of Christ as the center of all the deliverances of Israel. His cry there called out upon. Israel all the favor of God in power. But I have not a great deal |
| 145. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| In commenting on Psa. 22, our part here is not to unfold the blessed doctrine contained in it, in the introduction of grace on a wholly new footing, (viz., redemption, and the death of Christ,) winch rose above and closed all mere human responsibilities in grace. We have rather |
| 146. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| In Psa. 25 we have, for the first time, the definite confession of sin. This, with 26, the declaration and consciousness of integrity of heart, form the subjective basis of all their experiences: the two following the objective. Jehovah, light and salvation, and present distress, through the pressure of |
| 147. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| Psa. 29 does not call for much remark connected with the way we are now viewing them. It is a summons to the mighty of the earth to own and give glory to Jehovah—the honor due to His name. The only point I would notice is the connection of |
| 148. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| Psa. 33 I have only a few principles to note in speaking of this psalm. All the psalms to the end of 39. unfold the moral state of the Jewish remnant in the last days. I say the moral state, more than their condition under oppression, and the thought |
| 149. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| Psa. 37 is very distinctly in connection with the display of the direct government of God in this world, as it will be made good when the meek shall inherit the land and the wicked be cut off. We have already seen that the epistles of Peter especially furnish |
| 150. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| In the early part of this second book of the Psalms there is an element which gives a very distinct character to its spiritual as well as its prophetical import-the absence of the covenant-name of God (the transition to Jehovah, is in psalm 46). Whatever the distresses and sorrows |
| 151. | Publishing |
| EEcho du Temoignage, recueil consacre a Petude. d’apres la parole de Dieu, des divers sujects concernant l’ eglise et la prophetic. Premiere livraison. Paris: Librarie Meyrneis Rue de Rivoli, 171. December, 1860 |
| 152. | Publishing |
| Price Pave Halfpence, One Body and One Spirit Second Edition, Price Pave Halfpence, ONE BODY AND ONE SPIRIT. |
| 153. | Question and Answer: 1 Corinthians 14:21-31 |
| Q. 1 Cor. 15:21-31 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. 25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? 30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. (1 Corinthians 15:21-31). Is verse 30 an injunction to the second prophet to wait till the first has held his peace, or to the one speaking to be silent, because of something revealed to him that sitteth by? |
| 154. | Question and Answer: The Word Redemption |
| Q. T. E. asks if it is right to say of those who die in their sins, that they were redeemed by the blood of Jesus. The purchase of a slave, he remarks, is never called his redemption, unless he is bought for the express purpose of being set Free. |
| 155. | Reality |
| THE power which draws saints into communion, by the faith of a once crucified but now glorified Lord is the Holy Ghost. It will be found that it is the purpose of the haul to walk with God alone, which is the inward: fitness for communion of |
| 156. | Rest That Remaineth, The |
| It is a natural thing for the heart of man to seek present rest; it is a snare even to the saint in one form or another. And happy are they who, by the power of the Spirit of God., are able to detect and watch against it. But it |
| 157. | Resurrection and the Life, The |
| The Lord had been now rejected, both in His words and His works. In chap. viii. He convicts by His word. " Before Abraham was, I am." There was in that the full manifestation of who He was; but they rejected it. In chap. 9., He shows His works; but |
| 158. | Revelation 1-6, Brief Thoughts on |
| THE book is prophetic; it does not deal with the Church in respect of itself, as in relationship with God, save incidentally in the preface (chap, i. 5,6), and conclusion (chap. xxii. 16,17.) it is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. The address, though of grace |
| 159. | Revelation 4 |
| The saint in glory is glad that there should be something above himself there. He can strip himself of glory that the Lord should have it all. What it contrast to the spirit of infidelity in the heart! The saint can delight in the character and honor of God, in |
| 160. | Revelation 7-22, Brief Thoughts on |
| BUT special things, a scene of special dealings and judgment, were first to come in, yet part of the general history, i.e., not the beasts of chap. 13. But before this new scene is opened, the perfect remnant of Israel is sealed. The angel cause from-was connected with -the dawn |
| 161. | Revelation, Sketch on |
| BY THE AUTHOR OF A TRACT ENTITLED "FAITH AND WORKS." |
| 162. | Revelation, Sketch on |
| BY THE AUTHOR OF A TRACT ENTITLED "KUM AND WORKS." |
| 163. | Righteousness |
| Especially when connected with character and honor, is rigid and repulsive, because it is afraid of itself and for itself. Grace which dwells his perfect righteousness, being above the thought of self, because it is divine in its nature, and being secure in perfect righteousness within, is gracious in tone |
| 164. | Righteousness of God, The |
| (FRAGMENTS OF A DISCOURSE, OCTOBER, 1860.) |
| 165. | Rivers of Living Water |
| In this gospel we get not only the testimony to the Jewish people of the Messiah and the message of the kingdom, but the glorious doctrine of the person of Christ, the rejection of which rendered it more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah than for them. |
| 166. | Romans 5:18-19 |
| "As by one act of offense [it was] unto all men for condemnation, (i.e., it was unto all men to condemnation,) even so by one accomplished righteousness [it was] unto all men for justification of life." So it runs literally. The meaning may be thus explained. Supposing you had only |
| 167. | Romans 7, On |
| It is a grand thing for our souls, on the one hand, to be firmly established in the grace of God towards us, to allow no insinuation of the enemy to raise a question touching the efficacy of what Christ has wrought for us-the fullness of the redemption that is |
| 168. | Saints Caught Away |
| Q. 1. Whether will the saints be caught away ere vengeance bursts upon the professors. If so, how is Matt. 13:41, 43, 49 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; (Matthew 13:41)
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. (Matthew 13:43)
49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, (Matthew 13:49) to he explained and is it not a matter for joy when they are called upon to suffer unto death for it is name |
| 169. | Scripture Is the Expression of God's Mind |
| The scriptures are the permanent expression of God's mind and will, furnished as such with His authority. They are His expression of His own thoughts. Not only is the truth given in them by inspiration, but they are inspired, and are the standard by which every spoken word is to |
| 170. | Scripture Queries and Answers: Baptism |
| Q. I. Is the instruction in 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), to baptize "in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost," the formula of baptism for the Church? |
| 171. | Scripture Queries and Answers: The Pouring Out of the Spirit |
| Q. The Spirit is said to have been poured out on Cornelius and his house, i.e., the Gentiles, as well as on the believing Jews at Pentecost—why not now also? |
| 172. | Scripture Queries and Answers: Those Come Out of the Tribulation, Before the Throne |
| Q. Rev. 7. What is the meaning of this tribulation? If it be not the Church, properly so called, which comes out of it, of what other saved Gentiles does the Spirit speak? Is it of those converted during the millenium? Whence come the rebel Gentiles at the close? |
| 173. | Separation, A Letter on |
| I WRITE rather because of the importance of the point than for any immediate occasion of circumstances; I mean leaving an assembly, or setting up, as it is called, another table. I am not so afraid of it as some other brethren, but I must explain my reasons. If such |
| 174. | Servant, My |
| Q. Isa. 42:19 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord's servant? (Isaiah 42:19). Who is meant by "my servant" here? E. |
| 175. | Service, Thoughts on |
| The closing exhortations—i.e., of our chapter—are full of importance, and are, as might be expected from all previously seen, in view of the path in this world proper to the saints, who have Christ appearing in the presence of God for them. They do not consequently rise to the height |
| 176. | Service, Thoughts on |
| One great object of the Holy Ghost in this epistle is, to make known Christ to us as the servant, and this He does, that He may produce in us true-hearted service. God has his own way of doing this, as He has of doing everything: it must be suited |
| 177. | Strength Made Perfect in Weakness |
| 2 Cor. 12:8, 9 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (2 Corinthians 12:8-9). |
| 178. | Suffering in Temptation |
| The flesh takes pleasure in the things by which it is tempted. Jesus suffered, being tempted, and is able to succor them that are tempted. So the saint also suffers when, in the light of the Holy Ghost, and the spirit of obedience, the attacks of the enemy, whether subtle |
| 179. | Swearing |
| Q. What does James 5:12 12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. (James 5:12) take in? Is not swearing or taking an oath, for any purpose or in any place, positively forbidden by this scripture? And ought not a christian, in a court of justice, as well as in his daily walk amongst men, to let his yea |
| 180. | Table of the Lord, The |
| (AN EXTRACT.) |
| 181. | That Blessed Hope |
| Q. Rev. 22:16 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. (Revelation 22:16). Is it to the Church the Lord presents Himself as the morning star? If so, when? Is it on earth, after all the judgments? F. C. |
| 182. | That Blessed Hope |
| Q. A mislaid note inquires whether " that blessed hope" is equivalent to, or distinct from, "the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ." |
| 183. | They Are Not of the World |
| In the first of the apocalyptic assemblies, this had ceased to be for his glory. In the last of them, when the church has entirely lost its character as such, Christ, in the fullest way, presents himself, before taking the inheritance, and takes up the character which should have been |
| 184. | They Are Not of the World |
| This sweeps away every principle of conduct which cannot connect us with the world rejected Christ.. The world hates what is heavenly, neither can it bear the testimony of what it has done. We must be content to be despised and find Christ such a portion as to have no |
| 185. | To Correspondents |
| A. B. C. (Portishead) is referred to a series of papers " The Sufferings of Christ," in various Nos. |
| 186. | To Correspondents |
| W. P. (Charlton) is thanked for the investigation, which is returned as directed, to the publisher |
| 187. | To Correspondents: The Seventy Weeks of Daniel |
| If " G.H.L." were to send his statement of evidence as to the seventy weeks of Daniel, the editor might be enabled to form a better judgment whether its publication would tend to profit. But, he cannot for a moment allow that to deny symbols in the prophecies is a |
| 188. | True Character of the Church, This Is the |
| This is the true character of the church for worship in its full sense: it remembers the cross, it worships (the world left out, and all known in heaven before God). |
| 189. | Two-Fold Way of God Brought Before Us in Psalm 77, A Few Words on the |
| A FEW WORDS ON THE TWO-FOLD "WAY" OF GOD BROUGHT BEFORE US IN THIS PSALM. |
| 190. | Way of Grace, The |
| By looking at the fact, that grace was manifested in Christ, and reigned through righteousness, we see that God cannot be known, or practically enjoyed, but in Him, who was the expression of His grace. Sin reigned through the law, and must be judged by the law. Grace cannot judge, |
| 191. | Ways of Grace, The |
| IT is a serious thing, while full of comfort and warning to our souls as well, that there is nothing that so condemns sin as grace. The law condemns it, no doubt, but the law, in itself, never judges the nature, It condemns acts. If applied by the Spirit of |
| 192. | Well of Water, The |
| In John 3 we had the quickening power of the Spirit, the contrast of the old and the new creation. Here we have another thing, the dwelling of the Spirit in the believer. " The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of |
| 193. | What Ground Is There for the Rhemish Version and Note: Staff or Bed? |
| A. The difference between the Hebrew copies and the sense given by the Septuagint is simply a question of the points (i.e., between ncp, a staff, and מנוח, a bed, both being derived from the root rrca which means to lead as well as to stretch.) There |
| 194. | Who Is a Priest and What Is a Priest? |
| IN the New Testament the Jewish priests are often spoken of and their high and chief priests too. The priest of Jupiter is spoken of, who would have offered sacrifice to Paul and Barnabas as gods. Melchisedec and his priesthood are spoken of. Christ Himself is spoken of as a |
| 195. | Woman's Part at Meetings |
| Q. What Is the Woman's Part at Religious Meetings? |
| 196. | Zechariah |
| Zechariah was a companion with Haggai in that energy and gift of the Spirit which was animating the returned captive in the building of the temple. But, under that inspiration, Haggai applies himself more exclusively to that one object. All he says he addresses to the captives by way of |
| 197. | Zephaniah |
| Very commonly in the prophets, glory touches judgment. These are their themes, with the iniquity that provokes the judgment, and the characters that attach to the glory that follows |