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| 1. | 1 Corinthians 1:27-31, Thoughts on |
| All the foolishness of man, even of the saint, is the occasion of bringing out the wisdom of God; all thoughts are turned into good by Him; not that this is any excuse for our foolishness. There are two things brought out here: first, all that is of man is |
| 2. | 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Thoughts on |
| THERE is nothing perhaps more striking in reading either the gospels or the epistles, the sayings of the Lord Jesus Himself, or what, in some respects, are more wonderful, the statements of the apostles, than the entire familiarity that appears in them, with the highest divine things. It is never, |
| 3. | 1 Peter 1:1-7, Thoughts on |
| THE Spirit of God in the Epistles of Peter does not contemplate the Christian as united to Christ in heaven, but as running the course through the trials of this world toward heaven. Both things are true, and we need both. We are running through the wilderness towards it, and |
| 4. | 1 Samuel 8-13 |
| Saul is a solemn and sad illustration of the possession of a gift unaccompanied by life to God, a gift poured into an unpurged, unsanctified vessel. He was the fruit of the revolted heart of Israel. It was their departure from the Lord which called him forth. And accordingly the |
| 5. | 1 Timothy 1 |
| One is struck in reading the two epistles of St. Paul to Timothy with the thought, how exceedingly practical they are. One cannot fail to see that God has a purpose in his heart towards His people, and that purpose is of conforming them to heaven and to Christ. And |
| 6. | 2 Corinthians 5:9 |
| Paul labored to please Christ, whatever might be the class in which he would be found at the coming of the lord, whether among those who have fallen asleep before, or among those who will be still remaining, living on earth, when he comes. |
| 7. | Adam and Christ |
| Rom. 5:19 19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. (Romans 5:19) speaks of Adam and Christ as two heads of races subordinated to them, in contrast with law, showing that we must not confine Christ to those under law, since death and sin reigned where there was none—between Adam and Moses—over those who had not transgressed any covenant |
| 8. | Adam Created in Innocence |
| It is often said that Adam was created in righteousness and holiness. This is all erroneous. He was created in innocence. The new man is created in righteousness and true holiness—Christ, not Adam. (Eph. 4:24 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. (Ephesians 4:24).) |
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| 16. | Body and the Bride, The |
| Q. 1. Was Not the Truth of Christ and His Members-One Body-The Mystery Hid in Past Ages and Revealed to Paul? |
| 17. | Cast Down, To Be |
| To be cast down is not wrong, but it is so when the being cast down causes distrust. |
| 18. | Children and Parents |
| If a man were to teach or incite the children of a family to do anything he knew was displeasing to the parent, how could he say he loved the children for the father's sake? |
| 19. | Christ the Rule of Life |
| Law is a principle on which we cannot live to God, any more than we can be justified thereby. No doubt we cannot be justified by works of law; but there is much more than that. It condemns us positively if we are under it. It works wrath. It cannot |
| 20. | Christian and the Law, The |
| The man who puts a Christian under law destroys the authority of the law, or puts the Christian under the curse; for in many things we offend all. He fancies he establishes law, but destroys its authority. He only establishes the full, immutable authority of law, who declares that the |
| 21. | Christian Walk, The |
| We find in Eph. 4; 5, a very remarkable unfolding of the principles of the christian walk, of the height of the principles which ought to govern it, and of its moral elevation, to which I desire to draw the attention of your readers. In chapter 4 the apostle, |
| 22. | Christian's Nature and Relationship to God, The |
| There are two ways in which we may look at our relationship to God; and rightly. There is, first, our coming to Him; secondly, our souls may look at the counsels and dealings of God toward us. Of Abel it is said, God had respect unto his gifts-he came with |
| 23. | Christ's Life Has Two Parts |
| There were two parts of Christ's life: man's obedience to God's will, nay, to the law, if you will, for he came under the law; but there was another, the manifestation of God Himself in grace and graciousness. This is not law: it is God in goodness, not man in |
| 24. | Colossians 1:12-22, On |
| There are two ways in which we may approach the Gospel of the grace of God; first, the conscience convicted, and seeing how God has met the condition of man, as in Romans and secondly, the counsels of God from which it all flows. We may trace Him up from |
| 25. | Commandment |
| Some are afraid of the word, "commandments," as if it would weaken love and the idea of a new creation; scripture is not. Obedience and keeping the commandments of one we love is the proof of that love and the delight of the new creature. Did I do all right, |
| 26. | Comparison of Work Between the Persons of the Trinity |
| Q. Is this statement in accordance with God's Word? |
| 27. | Conferred Authority to Preach |
| 3. |
| 28. | Cross and the Crown, The |
| The cross and the crown go together: and, more than this, the cross and communion go together. The cross touches my natural will, and therefore it breaks down and takes away that which hinders communion. It was when peter rejected the thought of the cross that Jesus said, " get |
| 29. | Dead and Risen With Christ |
| Ir you examine the writings of Paul with a little care, you will find this principle at the root of all his teaching—that we are dead and risen with Christ. It is not only that He has died and risen for us, but that we are dead and risen with |
| 30. | Difference Between Two Greek Prepositions |
| 'Εκ has the force (not merely of " out of” but) of " from," as well as ἀπό. The difference, however, is according to the meaning of the words: ἐκ, out of, i.e., from going into; ἀπό, aloof or away from. Thus, ἐκ, in John 12:27 27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. (John 12:27); {vi |
| 31. | Discernment of Spirits |
| Three things are necessary to fellowship:- |
| 32. | Discipline: Elisha |
| THE first notice we have of Elisha is 1 Kings 19:16 16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. (1 Kings 19:16), when the Lord, rebuking Elijah for his despondency and self-importance in thinking that all testimony had failed, and that he himself was God's solitary witness on earth, directs him to anoint Elisha, the son of Shaphat, in his |
| 33. | Disproportion of Truth |
| Disproportion of truth is the thing we suffer from. Competency to judge of truth is the portion of every child of God. (1 John) |
| 34. | Egypt, Jacob in |
| In conflicts, as one has said, not only is Satan defeated, but the tried saint learns fresh secrets about his own feebleness and the resources and grace of God. So, I may add, in the wanderings of the heart, in departure from the power of faith and hope, not only |
| 35. | Entrance of Death |
| The skeptic examines the present condition of man's body, which Scripture declares and every one knows to be mortal; and states, that as it is constituted it must be so, and hence argues that it must have been so in a state which he knows nothing about. And that is |
| 36. | Ephesians 4:12-16, Remarks on |
| Although we have already dwelt upon the more remarkable forms in which the grace of Christ has displayed itself in the way of gift,—apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers,—we have not yet touched upon the object that our Lord had in view, that is, the general aim of ministry. This |
| 37. | Ephesians 4:17-27, Remarks on |
| The reader now enters upon the general walk of Christian men, as suitable to, and connected with, the doctrine of our epistle. Indeed there was already an exhortation in the beginning of chapter 5 to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith we are called. But the apostle here descends |
| 38. | Ephesians 4:28-30, Remarks on |
| In these exhortations, as in the doctrine of the epistle, there is no notion of bettering the nature of man. A new nature is shown to belong to the Christian—Christ is his life. The practical aim follows that this should be exercised and manifested. |
| 39. | Ephesians 4:31-32, Remarks on |
| The doctrine of the Holy Spirit's presence in the individual believer, sealing him for redemption-day, has been already seen, and seems to be bound up in the closest way with practical holiness, as a motive and a guard, no less than as the power. For what more solemnly affecting than |
| 40. | Ephesians 5:1-6, Remarks on |
| WHAT a mighty principle opens here on the saints! “Be ye therefore followers of God as dear children.” What limits can there be if we are exhorted to imitate God Himself! Nor is it in any way now an assertion of claim, as the law was, on man, standing on |
| 41. | Ephesians 5:22-24, Remarks on |
| WE now enter upon the special earthly relations. The general exhortations we have had, which concern the saints of God as such—children of God, and members of Christ's body. But now the Holy Spirit shows that He is not indifferent to the relations which these saints may sustain, either towards |
| 42. | Ephesians 5:25-33, Remarks on |
| OF course, the death of Christ was essential, in order that the gospel should now be preached to the world. This, too, is the ground on which the heavens and earth will be cleared of all that now pollutes and defiles. Everything for the justification of God in the past, |
| 43. | Ephesians 5:8-21, Remarks on |
| THE eighth verse of our chapter gives another ground of appeal. The exhortation to walk is neither in view of the calling wherewith we are called (ch. 4:1), nor specially in contrast with other Gentiles, alienated from the life of God (ch. 4:17-18), nor yet in love only (ch. 5:27), |
| 44. | Ephesians 6:1-9, Remarks on |
| LET us briefly look at the relations of children and fathers, as well as of servants and masters. Here, obedience is the grand point pressed on the inferior in each case. As all saints are called to submit themselves one to another in the fear of Christ, and wives |
| 45. | Ephesians 6:10-12, Remarks on |
| WE now enter on the final exhortations of the Epistle, no longer occupied with the several relationships of the saints in their earthly circumstances, and hence looking at distinct classes, but addressed to all. “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.” It |
| 46. | Ephesians 6:13-17, Remarks on |
| Is these verses, after a prefatory resumption, we come to the particulars of the Christian's armor. “Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with |
| 47. | Ephesians 6:18-24, Remarks on |
| We have had the details of the panoply of God. But there is a hidden spring of power without which nothing avails; the expression of weakness, strange to say, but of weakness in dependence on God. Hence, the word is, “praying always with all prayer”—praying at every season. There is |
| 48. | Epistle of Christ, The |
| That which alone can make us “epistles of Christ" is looking unto Jesus, or as in verse 18, " with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord." The ministry of the Spirit is "taking of the things of Christ and showing them unto us." There |
| 49. | Errata |
| In No. 92, p. 2, col 1. line 7, read " xxvii." for "xvii." |
| 50. | Erratum |
| In page 156, col. 2, read, "But when we open the book of the Prophet Isaiah, and also the historic scriptures of the periods in which he prophesied, (2 Kings 15-20 Chron. 26-32,) and glance," &c, PRINTED BY GEORGE MORRISII, 24, WARWCONLANE, PATERNOSTER ROW, B.C. |
| 51. | Erratum |
| In page 176, col. 1, line 29, for "privilege," read "principle." |
| 52. | Erratum |
| in Page 180, Col. 1, for "Brethren," Read "Heathen." |
| 53. | Exodus 25:1-22 |
| The Lord gives instructions to Moses that the children of Israel should make Him a sanctuary that He might dwell among them. See verse 8. |
| 54. | Exodus 28 |
| THE apostle says, "Moses made all things according to the patterns showed to him in the mount;" and again, these " things were patterns of the heavenly things." The doctrines themselves are in the New Testament; the details of things connected with them are in the types. |
| 55. | Extracts From JND |
| The life of faith is always nourished and sustained according to the power of that which draws upon it, according to the difficulties through which it has to pass. |
| 56. | Ezekiel 38-39 |
| Q. Isa. 28; 29-If these chapters are mainly prophetic of the last days, how is it that the first attack of the Assyrian falls on Ephraim? Will the ten tribes be in the Holy Land when "the king of the north" comes against "the king?" Can his second attack |
| 57. | Faith and Failure |
| It Is Often After a Great Effort of Faith, That Failure Comes In. See the Case of Gideon |
| 58. | Feeble Light and Strength of Will Go Together |
| Where There Is Feeble Light, There Is Generally Great Strength of Will |
| 59. | Fellowship, Three Things Necessary to |
| It is not false doctrine abstractedly, neither is it a person, but evil spirits are at work, and this discernment of spirits is in question in 1 John 1-3. |
| 60. | Firm Foundation of God, The |
| Q. A correspondent questions both the translation and the meaning of " the firm foundation of God;" as given in the new version published by G. Morrish. He would render it substantially as the Authorized: "yet still the foundation of God stands firm," and argues that it can be nothing |
| 61. | Foundation, His |
| There is one truth that specially gives solid footing; there is no other thing, perhaps, that confers such stability upon creatures, weak, vacillating, impressed, easily moved, and carried away as we are: it is the consciousness of God's sovereign favor and choice of His will; of the place and portion |
| 62. | Fragment |
| If the life of the soul does not answer to the gifts, the exercise of power becomes only the forerunner of failure. It is thus that we see Elijah fleeing before Jezebel, after having done such great things before all Israel. |
| 63. | Fragment: Ability to Serve in the Church |
| After all, the more one gets on in the world, the less the ability to serve in the church. If the wheel is caught in a rut, the man who has on his working clothes is ready enough to put his shoulder to it, but the gentleman, with his nice |
| 64. | Fragment: Body a Living Sacrifice |
| You will never find a christian in a healthy state, who does not keep his body a living sacrifice for God. |
| 65. | Fragment: Bringing in of a Better Hope |
| To allege the impossibility that a holy, just, good, and perfect God can give any rule but one, is contrary to the plain facts and declarations of scripture. God did give another, which he has disannulled, because it made nothing perfect; and there is the bringing in of a better |
| 66. | Fragment: God Occupied With Us |
| To know that God in His grace is occupied with us is a wonderful check on will. |
| 67. | Fragment: History and Doctrine of the Bible |
| The history of the bible is the history of original sin: the doctrine of the bible is the doctrine of God's putting it away forever. |
| 68. | Fragment: In Christ and Christ in Me |
| The measure of my privilege is that I am in Christ; the measure of my responsibility is that Christ is in me. |
| 69. | Fragment: Nothing Good in Self |
| It is true that there are many amiable traits in human nature, but not when God is in question. Christ drew out all the wickedness of man. Peter learned that there was nothing good in himself when he had done his best, and no failure in Christ's love when he |
| 70. | Fragment: One Step at a Time With Christ |
| Let us not suffer the dread of what may be to hinder our present blessing. We can only, take one step at a time: let us take it with Christ. |
| 71. | Fragment: The Heart Occupied With the Lord |
| It is an easy thing to set sail and get fairly out into the ocean; but when many days have passed and no land is in sight, one is apt to weary. If the heart is not fully occupied with the Lord, something is taken on board to fill up |
| 72. | Fragment: Unity of Christians |
| It Is One of the Great Questions of the Day, Is the Unity of Christians to Be Founded on Love for the Truth's Sake, or on Indifference to It? |
| 73. | Fragments Gathered Up: Christ Between Myself and Satan |
| If I have got Christ between myself and Satan, I am strong against the enemy. But if Satan gets in between Christ and myself, then it becomes a question of my own strength, and I find that I am weakness itself. If any one, were it a poor weak woman, |
| 74. | Fragments Gathered Up: Christ Has Judged Sin |
| Christ has judged sin in its very principle. In baptism a man acknowledges that all he is is subject to the judgment of God. It is not merely that he has now new motives, but God has given him a divine conviction of the utter ruin of all he is. |
| 75. | Fragments Gathered Up: Guided by God's Eye |
| The pillar of cloud guided Israel; but we are not guided by providence. Yet, blessed be God for it, we surely are guided of Him; and we know there is not a single thing He allows to happen to us, but what shall prove to be one of the "all |
| 76. | Fragments Gathered Up: John 13 |
| John 13—scripture calls God light, and it calls Him love. He is not holiness, for that is relative; he is not righteousness, though he be holy and righteous. To be holy there must be a knowledge of good and evil; and so of righteousness. Evil cannot be in their |
| 77. | Fragments Gathered Up: Power to Heal |
| The Church ought to be able to heal everything. She is set to be a healer in the earth; but if she fail, God can make it turn to blessing. See the case of the young man whom the disciples could not heal. If they could have healed him, we |
| 78. | Fragments Gathered Up: Romans 3:19 |
| 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) is reckoned to prove that all men are under law. It is astonishing how any one could so little see the force of the apostle's argument. The apostle had proved Jews and gentiles under sin; and then turns back to the many advantages the Jews had. He |
| 79. | Fragments Gathered Up: The Christian and the Law |
| If law applies to the Christian, he is under the curse; for it brings a curse on every one who sins. Do I enfeeble its authority? I maintain it and establish it in the fullest way. I say, Have you to say to the law? Then you are under a |
| 80. | Fragments Gathered Up: The World's History in Scripture |
| I admit scripture ought to be accurate in everything, without going beyond the forms of knowledge of those to whom it was addressed at the time, or it would not have been suited to them. God does condescend to suit his instruction to us; as, if we know his grace, |
| 81. | Free Will, Letter on |
| Very Dear Brother, |
| 82. | Future Glory and Our Present Groaning in the Spirit, Our |
| It is comforting and instructive to notice the way in which the expected glory utterly outweighed the sufferings, in the mind of the apostle. It is not that he did not suffer—we must suffer, and sufferings are not pleasant; but suffering is soon over! "I reckon that the sufferings of |
| 83. | Galatians 3, Thoughts on |
| In speaking of redemption there are always two questions to be considered: first, the great truth of the work of Christ on the cross; and, secondly, the application of His work to us. The last is principally that in which Christians go astray. It is the manner of availing ourselves |
| 84. | Giving Up the World and the World Giving Us Up |
| Our business is to act on God's word, looking to Him for grace and strength as regards ourselves and others. |
| 85. | God for Us |
| IN this portion of Scripture the apostle sums up the exercises of heart, and the work of grace, first in these exercises of heart, and then in the revelation of real liberty through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, which we enjoy as redeemed from all that we were |
| 86. | God's Bringing in a New Power |
| When God brings in a new power, those who have clothed themselves with the old are the last to acknowledge the fresh way in which He is working. The Samaritan was the only one of the ten lepers who got to the source of the power, the divine person of |
| 87. | God's Call out of the Earth |
| he the midst of the increased and still growing corruption of the whole scene around us, and of the threatened dissolving of all things, it is much laid upon the mind to consider with simplicity and clearness the character of our calling. |
| 88. | God's Claim of the Earth |
| God's assertion of His title to the earth is one thing, as I have observed in the preceding paper, and God's call out of the earth is another. Both have been again and again exhibited in the progress of the divine dispensations. |
| 89. | God's Dwelling With Men |
| hr this part of the chapter we have the end of all things, when the mediatorial work of Christ, even as king in subduing all things, is finished, and He has given up the kingdom that God may be all in all; when the final result is produced in |
| 90. | God's Love and Christ's Love |
| Scripture is far more accurate than we think in its language. It is never said that God loved the church, nor that Christ loved the world. Christ's love of' the church is connected with relationship; God's love of the world with His character |
| 91. | God's Thoughts of the Blood of Christ, Not Ours |
| We must think not on our thoughts, but on God's thoughts of the blood of Christ. The Israelites were assured that He would see the Lamb's blood. |
| 92. | Grace |
| When we think of grace, we think of our interests in Christ; when we think of glory, we think of our interests with Christ. The first subject is really the deeper, the more personal and affectionate. It takes. us to the heart of the Lord; the second takes us to |
| 93. | Grace and Government |
| As soon as our hearts have personally found Christ connected with the glory of God, there are two things which we are called to enter into and distinguish. The first is the place of grace in which we stand as the children of God; in other words, the Church's or |
| 94. | Grieve Not the Holy Spirit of God |
| " Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God." when we taste the sweetness of such communion, how careful should we be! A few minutes', yea, but one minute's, allowance of vanity, worldliness, &c., how it will incapacitate for such enjoyment! |
| 95. | Guileless Israelite, The |
| After, the Spirit in the evangelist had introduced the blessed Son of God in a series of glories that are His, either in person or in office, causing Him to pass before us as He is in the Godhead, as He was before the world began, at creation, in patriarchal |
| 96. | Harmonies of the Gospels |
| I object totally to all harmonies of the gospels, as such; because they are the confusion of accounts which are each written with a distinct divine object. The facts are put together by the Holy Ghost with an evident purpose, each gospel presenting both Christ and the ways of God |
| 97. | Having Upon the Heart the Sufferings of the Church |
| If I have upon my heart the sufferings of the church, little or much, I suffer with Christ. It is a little "filling up of the sufferings of Christ." oh may we lay it to heart and bear as much of the burden as ever we can, and go on |
| 98. | Hebrews 11:1-6, On |
| We find in this chapter not exactly a definition of faith, but the effects of its power, brought before us; and this is to make things so present as that they are real to the soul. The things looked out for are as substantial to the soul as if possessed, |
| 99. | Heretic, A |
| Q. What is the meaning of Titus 3:10 10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; (Titus 3:10), " A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject; knowing that he that is such is subverted and sinneth, being condemned of himself." Does this refer to the holder of Wicked doctrine as to Christ |
| 100. | High Priest and Advocate, Distinction Between |
| Q. How *do you distinguish the office of High Priest and Advocate, especially as reference is made to sin? " If any man sin we have an advocate with the Father." |
| 101. | High Priest and Advocate, Distinction Between |
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| 102. | How We Should Act |
| When we give up the world, we despise it, but if we go on following Jesus, the world despises us, and then comes the trial. Paul, however, could say, "Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and have no certain dwelling-place." |
| 103. | Immanuel |
| IT may be profitable for our souls to meditate for awhile on this beautiful strain of the Prophet Isaiah, which we have called Immanuel." Blessed it is to have an "ear to hear" and a "heart to understand" our God, as He unfolds to us His counsel and faithfulness and |
| 104. | Infidel Opposition to Christianity |
| The kind of opposition men make to Christianity proves its truth in the main, proves the consciousness of a real claim of God in it on the soul. |
| 105. | Inspired History, The |
| Inspired history is true history, and gives -the evil us well as the good. A mere panegyrical history would prove itself not inspired, like the legends of the saints or a human biography. As to prophecy, it is, I may say, constant invective against evil. That the patience of God |
| 106. | Is It Right for the Unconverted to Pray? |
| Q. Is it right for the unconverted to pray? And can we take Cornelius as an instance of an unconverted man praying and his prayer being answered? |
| 107. | Is the Christian in Adam or in Christ? and What Is the Result of This as Regards His Standing and Walk? |
| A deeply important questiou strikes the thoughtful christian mind at the present day, when words are multiplied without knowledge—a question which affects the whole tone and character of christian pratice, and the steady, solid peace of the soul. The question is, Is his standing before God in the first or |
| 108. | Isaiah 1-4, Notes on |
| There is no doubt that the Holy Ghost treats of Israel, more particularly of Judah and Jerusalem, throughout the visions of Isaiah. Often, it is true, we hear of judgments on, sometimes of divine grace toward, the Gentiles; and this last not merely when Israel shall be the center of |
| 109. | Isaiah 11-12, Notes on |
| In contrast with the destruction of the high and haughty Assyrian under the stroke of Jehovah, we have in the eleventh chapter a remarkable and full description of the Messiah; first, in a moral point of view; and, next, in His kingdom, its character and accompaniments, closed with a suited |
| 110. | Isaiah 13-14, Notes on |
| We begin now a very distinct section of our prophet, that is not occupied so much as before with Israel, though, of course, we find Israel therein; but still they are not the immediate object of the prophecy, but rather the nations and their judgment, running down from circumstances that |
| 111. | Isaiah 14:28-32, and Isaiah 15-16, Notes on |
| THE division of chapters is singularly unhappy here; for the last five verses of chapter 14. form a section to themselves, and the two following chapters are but one subject. What adds to the confusion is the insertion of the sign of the new paragraph at verse 29 of chapter |
| 112. | Isaiah 17, Notes on |
| ASSUMING that these prophecies, whatever past accomplishment they may have received, have for their center the day of the Lord, how are we to meet the difficulty about these various peoples and cities which once troubled Israel? How are we to account for these prophecies looking onward to a future |
| 113. | Isaiah 18, Notes on |
| Our chapter is connected with the overthrow of the nations, predicted at the close of the preceding section, and yet forms a scene sufficiently distinct to be treated separately. It is a deeply interesting appendix to it, as is plain from its being no new burden, which opens chapter six. |
| 114. | Isaiah 19-20, Notes on |
| The first of our chapters gives "the burden of Egypt," and is followed, in the second, by a personal sign enjoined on the prophet, as a token of the degradation soon to befall Egypt and Ethiopia. The general drift is so clear as to render prolonged remarks altogether needless. |
| 115. | Isaiah 21-22, Notes on |
| In the first of these chapters, and not a long one, are three sentences of judgment-on Babylon (ver. 1-10), on Dumah (ver. 11, 12), and on Arabia (ver. 13-17). |
| 116. | Isaiah 23, Notes on |
| The last of these local judgments here comes before us—" the burden of Tire." This city is the type of the world's commercial glory; wealthy, corrupt, and self-confident, but taken and destroyed, after a long siege, by Nebuchadnezzar. Such historically is the destruction announced, not here only, but in {vi |
| 117. | Isaiah 24, Notes on |
| The prophet now launches into a larger theme. hitherto we have bad ten "burdens," the burdens of the nations from Babylon to Tire, not without involving Jerusalem in those judgments which, starting from local circumstances, sweep on to the "end of the age," when God shall put down the rebellious |
| 118. | Isaiah 25, Notes on |
| The bearing of chapter 24 on the end of the age is entirely confirmed by that which follows and is now before us, where we have the prophet personifying the people raising their hearts to the Lord in praise. They are celebrating God for His wonderful doings, and own that |
| 119. | Isaiah 26, Notes on |
| Here we have another song which is to be sung in the land of Judah. That in the last chapter is not so called, yet was it an outburst of praise after the shaking of heaven and earth; in this we have the people still further celebrating what God has |
| 120. | Isaiah 27, Notes on |
| This is the closing portion of the series that has been occupying us. It is "in that day." Chapter 28 manifestly introduces a new part of the prophecy. |
| 121. | Isaiah 28, Notes on |
| This portion, which is intimately connected with chapter 29, gives us a clear, detailed view of the ways of God with His people and His laud, more especially with Jerusalem, in the last days. Israel is to fade as a flower, Jerusalem to be in sore displeasure, but delivered gloriously |
| 122. | Isaiah 29, Notes on |
| As the present chapter was to some extent anticipated in the remarks on the preceding one, one may speak the more briefly now. It opens with the final siege of Jerusalem by " the Assyrian," so familiar in the prophecies. " Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David |
| 123. | Isaiah 30-31, Notes on |
| There is a topic on which the Spirit of God enlarges much here, which has been scantily noticed hitherto. Inasmuch as it comes before us in the chapter now read, I will say a few words on it-the moral condition of Israel, as proved and brought home to them by |
| 124. | Isaiah 32, Notes on |
| The whole work being now finished at Jerusalem, the Lord is now shown us reigning, for He and no other is the personage spoken of here. " Behold a king shall reign in righteousness," &c. This is a totally different state of things from what prevails at present; for it |
| 125. | Isaiah 5-6, Notes on |
| These chapters illustrate most strikingly the ways of God in the judgment of His people. They are quite distinct. Indeed chapter 6 comes in abruptly in outward form, itself distinct from what follows down to the seventh verse inclusively of chapter 9, all which portion forms a sort of irregular |
| 126. | Isaiah 7, Notes on |
| IN the last chapter we saw the glory of Christ revealed, and the assurance of a holy seed after the judgment of the land and people. We have now a weighty sequel recounting facts which occurred not in the year King Uzziah died, nor even in the days of his |
| 127. | Isaiah 8 and 9:1-7, Notes on |
| WE, have already the two great parties of which the prophecy treats, Immanuel and the Assyrian. The virgin should conceive a Son—Messiah, Immanuel: Jehovah should bring upon the faithless son of David the ravaging King of Assyria, though with assured mercy to a remnant. |
| 128. | Isaiah 9:8-21 and Isaiah 10, Notes on |
| The prophet now resumes the dirge of judgment on the nation in general, begun in chapter 5., and interrupted by the two-fold episode of chapter 6. and of chapters 7., 8., 9:1-7. This last gave us the special development of Jehovah's ways with His people; the revelation of His glory |
| 129. | Isaiah, Notes on: Introduction |
| IT is proposed in the following series to communicate some thoughts on the most comprehensive as well as the grandest of all the prophets. Even if they contribute scarcely more than a copious table of contents, there are hearts thankful for the least real help to the better understanding of |
| 130. | Ishmael |
| I have been thinking a little of Ishmael now and again lately, not only as in the book of Genesis, but as in the New Testament, as in God's house as well as Abraham's. It is well to watch him closely and to deal with him decidedly, specially now-a-days, when |
| 131. | Jesus Christ Is the Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever |
| In one view of it, the Epistle to the Hebrews may be said to be a divine testimony to the truth of this short verse—" Jesus Christ the same yesterday, to day, and forever." For the thought of the Lord's stability pervades the epistle, the stability of all that He |
| 132. | Jesus Praying to the Father |
| MAN'S history was all but closed. The first man, Adam, had been tried with perfect divine patience. There was not a process that could be applied to the heart but what God had used. But even before new trials began, it was all too late. There might be millions on |
| 133. | John 16:1-15, Thoughts on |
| THE Gospel of John brings out specially that which refers to the person of Christ, in contrast to all that is Jewish. At the beginning of it, we see Him presenting Himself in divine right and power to " His own," while" His own received him not;" and towards |
| 134. | John 6 |
| The early chapters of John's Gospel strikingly chew us that the Son of God, when on earth, would be received as a Savior, or not at all. The mother understood Him as a doer of wonders, Nicodemus as a teacher of heavenly secrets, His brethren as baying power to |
| 135. | John - the Penman of Revelation |
| In the progress of this book we see John moved by different affections. He trembles in chapter 1:17; he weeps in chapter 5:4; he wonders with great admiration in chapter 17:6; he loses himself in worshipping delight in chapters 19:10 and 22:8. |
| 136. | Joshua 4, A Few Thoughts on |
| IN this chapter we find two remarkable facts: the setting up of twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, and twelve stones taken out and set up at Gilgal on the Canaan side. All this has its voice for us. As God would have the children of Israel forever |
| 137. | King in Daniel, The |
| Q. Can we take "the king" in Dan. 11:36 36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. (Daniel 11:36), as the king of the north, and understand verse 40 as meaning that the king of the south shall push at him: (i.e., the king of the north:) and the king of the north shall come against him, (i.e., the |
| 138. | Law Not the Measure of God's Acting in Grace |
| Law may be the perfect rule of man's duty toward God and his neighbor: that, no doubt, Christ fulfilled. But it is not the measure of God's actings in grace toward man, and that Christ displayed too; and yet did so in obedience to His father. But no law of |
| 139. | Luke 9:37-43 |
| The disciples ought to have been able to use the power of Christ against the enemy. Their being unable to profit by it, becomes an occasion for judgment. Since it was so, it was therefore useless for Christ to remain on the earth. "how long shall I be with you, |
| 140. | Mark 10:1-16, Remarks on |
| Our Lord now starts on His last journey, leaving Galilee for the borders of Judea, by the other side of the Jordan. When crowds resort to Him, He, as He was wont, again taught. And full of moral value and divine light His teaching is. May our souls weigh it |
| 141. | Mark 10:17-31, Remarks on |
| The Lord had vindicated marriage according to its beginning from God against the Pharisees. He had blessed babes in spite of rebuking but now rebuked disciples. We have Him next eagerly sought out by the rich young ruler. "And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one |
| 142. | Mark 10:3-45, Remarks on |
| That were now on the road to Jerusalem, where the disciples well knew enmity to their Master was most deadly. Hence when Jesus went before them, " they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid." They were not more astonished at His calm facing the danger than they |
| 143. | Mark 1:1-13, Remarks on |
| Mark gives us the ministry of the Lord. His account is brief; and there are few events which are not recorded by Matthew and Luke. Nevertheless, what a gap there would be in our view of the Savior's life and work here below, if we had not Mark! In none |
| 144. | Mark 1:14-39, Remarks on |
| We have seen thus far in Christ the great preparations for the service of God, the first of them, at least and of course, modified by His intrinsic and absolute sinlessness. And such, I believe, to be, in measure, true of every one whom the Lord calls to follow in |
| 145. | Mark 1:40-45, Remarks on |
| Before we speak of the cleansing of the leper, let us consider a little the structure of our Gospel as compared with the others. A close inspection will soon satisfy the reader that Mark follows the order of the facts, as does John, with a very slight exception, so far |
| 146. | Mark 2:1-23, Remarks on |
| WE have seen the Lord formally introduced and entering on His public gospel ministry, endowed with the power of the Spirit and tempted in vain though to the uttermost by the devil. We have seen Him, after calling chosen witnesses, expose and expel the unclean spirit which possessed a man. |
| 147. | Mark 2:23-28, Remarks on |
| THE incident of the first Sabbath-day is here recorded, which, in point of fact, took place at this very time; for we must constantly bear in mind that Mark pursues the thread of history. Our Lord is intimating the break that was about to take place with Judaism and the |
| 148. | Mark 3:1-16, Remarks on |
| JESUS is in the synagogue upon another Sabbath day; and there was a man there which had a withered hand, and they watched Him whether He would heal him on the Sabbath-day, that they might accuse Him. How remarkable it is that Satan gets an instinctive sense of what the |
| 149. | Mark 3:7-35, Remarks on |
| JESUS was now made manifest in the holy grace and power of His ministry, the vanquisher of Satan, and -withal subject to God, superior to ordinances even as Son of man and the asserter of God's right to do good in an evil world. Much as man might like to |
| 150. | Mark 4, Remarks on |
| The Lord Jesus had been announced as the Messiah by His forerunner, had manifested Himself fully as such, so that all were responsible from the chief authorities down to the people at large. The last chapter showed what the result would be, the crowning testimony of the Spirit rejected as |
| 151. | Mark 5, Remarks on |
| WE have still an unfolding of the service of Jesus. In this chapter, it is not simply the ministration of the word with its various hindrances and measures of success as far as God is pleased to work both in quickening power and fruitfulness, and this to the end. Neither |
| 152. | Mark 6:1-29, Remarks on |
| THERE are three divisions I would make in the portion before us, in order to examine it more conveniently: first, the unbelieving rejection of Christ in " His own country;" secondly, the mission of the twelve; thirdly, the power, yet alas! fatal weakness withal, of an unpurged conscience, as illustrated |
| 153. | Mark 6:30-56, Remarks on |
| THE latter part of the chapter, as well as the former, is singularly full of instruction for the service of the Lord. First of all, we had the Lord's own portion. Not only was He refused in His title of King or the Messiah, but despised as God's servant. They |
| 154. | Mark 7:1-13, Remarks on |
| In this chapter the scene is totally changed. It is no longer the accomplishment of promise, nor merely the retiring before the oppressive cruelty of him that was then in the place of outward authority. We have here the Lord morally dealing with, and judging, the religious chiefs of Jerusalem |
| 155. | Mark 7:14-37, Remarks on |
| Now we turn to another subject—the condition of man. We are first shown that religion without Christ is but hypocrisy, and that man's interference in divine things ends in setting God's word aside to keep his own tradition. The next thing we see is what man really is, religious or |
| 156. | Mark 8:1-21, Remarks on |
| In the second miracle of the feeding of the multitude we have, of course, a repeated testimony to Christ as the Messiah, the Shepherd of Israel, viewed in the beneficence of His power. It was, indeed, no more than what is predicted of Him: "I will abundantly bless her provision: |
| 157. | Mark 8:22-38, Remarks on |
| The cure of the blind man of Bethsaida is not only a striking but a sweetly instructive lesson. Our blessed Lord shows, if I may so say, all possible interest in the case, both before the miracle was wrought and in the mode of cure. " He took the blind |
| 158. | Mark 9:1-13, Remarks on |
| The verse which opens our chapter clearly belongs to the discourse at the end of chapter viii. Our Lord's promise was fulfilled on “the holy mount." Some of those who stood as He spoke were permitted to see "the kingdom of God come with power." The reference to the siege |
| 159. | Mark 9:14-50, Remarks on |
| The foot of the mountain presented a far different scene from the transfiguration glimpse of the kingdom, the disciples encircled by a vast multitude, the scribes questioning with them, and the power of Satan in man unremoved. Christ comes down, and all the people in amazement saluted him. Christ challenges |
| 160. | Matthew 17:24-27 |
| The tribute-money in the fish's mouth is one of the most beautiful and perfect of the New-Testament incidents. Christ had just been opening to His disciples the closing of His career of ministry among the Jews, had forbidden them to speak of His being the Christ to them, for He |
| 161. | Matthew 5:17 |
| I do not believe the law or the law's authority is destroyed. Those who have sinned under it will be judged by it. It will be written in the heart of Judah and Israel hereafter under the new covenant, the substance of which we have in spirit though not in |
| 162. | May Bread and Wine Be Called Emblems? |
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| 163. | Millennium, Remarks on Dr. Brown's |
| As regards the state of the Millennium, Dr. Brown (on the Second Advent, Part II.,) has no apprehension of the great leading truths as to it at all; he loses himself in details, finding differences in teachers -cannot, as it is said, see the wood for the trees. Nor does |
| 164. | Millennium, Remarks on Dr. Brown's |
| (Concluded from page 60.) |
| 165. | Mixed Marriages, Reflection on |
| [THE following remarks were made on a particularly solemn instance, where a young sister (converted in 1853) fell into the snare of accepting an offer of marriage made by a worldly man. This she had contrived to conceal from the assembly of Christians where she lived; but a delay, which |
| 166. | Moses |
| The intelligence and decision of Moses' soul in Ex. 33 is much to be observed. There was a good deal to solicit his confidence, had he not been fully persuaded that nothing but “sovereign grace" would reach his need. |
| 167. | Names of God |
| This name, which has been rendered " Sovereign Ruler," Master, Lord, is applied to the Lord, as God the Savior, I apprehend, in four passages of the word of God, in a peculiarly solemn way in connection with judgment—the irresistible judgment which the Lord will bring. The writer would just |
| 168. | Names of God |
| That God, in the revelation of Himself, employs different names for the purposes of that revelation, which bring out some particular character in which He is pleased to act in the display of Himself, every one who has paid the least attention to Scripture is perfectly aware of. |
| 169. | No Contradiction in God's Ways Now and of Old |
| Of old God, in patient grace, did deal with man on lower grounds than the gospel—put them under the schoolmaster up to Christ. But there was no contradiction in it. It took the ground of man's responsibility to God; and God dealt in partial temporal judgments, and even in cutting |
| 170. | Note |
| At the Time We Speak Of, We Find That in That Day a Fountain Shall Be Opened for All Sin and Uncleanness for This " House of David," So Long Noted for Its Unfaithfulness, Which Had Been the Chief Cause of the Ruin of the Nation. (Comp. Zech. 13:1 1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. (Zechariah 13:1).) |
| 171. | Notice |
| Dialogs on the Essays and Reviews, by one who rabies Christianity for its own sake, and believes in it as a revelation from God. London: W. H. Broom, 34, Paternoster Row. |
| 172. | Notice |
| Justification and Acceptance with God; or, an Inquiry into the relative value of the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ, and of the Law. By a Student of Scripture. London: G. Morrish, 24, Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, Ex. |
| 173. | Original Sin and Christianity |
| The history of the Bible is the history of original sin; the doctrine of the Bible is the doctrine of God's putting it away forever. Does not the history of our races (I do not say our creation) begin with the declaration that Adam, fallen and driven out |
| 174. | Path in Days of Difficulty, The |
| Our present path is a very simple one. There may he all sorts of evil here and there, and even God's people are so mixed up with it that we may not be able to say who are His and who are not. "Nevertheless, the foundation of God standeth sure, |
| 175. | Paul and of John, Writings of |
| The writings of Paul bring out the doctrines of Christ; those of John, the person of the Lord. God is light and God is love. |
| 176. | Paul at Miletus |
| We have, in the progress of scripture, several instances of dying saints and servants of God taking leave of the scene here, and of their ministry in it. Jacob does so, and so Moses, and Joshua, and David. And among them Samuel also, in a very affecting scene recorded in |
| 177. | Peace - My Peace |
| Two things are brought before us here. The first is the fact of peace. It may not be earthly blessing and prosperity, like the Jews, but trouble outwardly. The second is that which characterizes the peace. "My peace" is what He has Himself, and the extent of it. Its being |
| 178. | Philippians 1:1-2, Notes on |
| Let us seek, with the blessing of God, to develop a little the special features of this epistle on which we now enter. For the better understanding of what comes before us, we may also compare its character with that of others, features of which may be gathered from the |
| 179. | Philippians 1:12-20, Notes on |
| From the introduction, which bears ample witness of the apostle's love in the Spirit to the Philippian saints, of his confidence in them and his earnest desire for them, we enter on the first great topic on which he writes—his own condition at Rome. He felt that it was needful |
| 180. | Philippians 1:21-30, Notes on |
| We have seen the expectation and hope of the apostle that in nothing he should be ashamed but in all boldness, as always, now also Christ should be magnified in his body whether by life or by death. His eye was thus on Christ, not for the beginning and the |
| 181. | Philippians 1:3-11, Notes on |
| Before he opens the epistle, the apostle breaks forth in thanksgiving to God. " I thank my God," an expression often used in this epistle. It also is individual, knowing now the God in whom he trusted, besides being the expression of affection and of nearness. First, says the apostle, |
| 182. | Philippians 2:1-4, Notes on |
| We saw, in chapter 1, how refreshing to the apostle was the state of the Philippians, looked at as a whole; for, undoubtedly, there was that which needed correction in particular cases. Still their practical condition, and more especially as shown in the fellowship of the gospel, drew out powerfully |
| 183. | Philippians 2:12-18, Notes on |
| As a whole, we have seen that the state of the Philippian saints was good and healthy. It was not with them as with the Galatians, over whose speedy lapse into error—and what error it was!—the apostle had to marvel and mourn. And as in doctrine, so in practice, what |
| 184. | Philippians 2:19-30, Notes on |
| “But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state." What a beautiful sample of the same self-denying love which the apostle had pointed out in Christ and was seeking to form in the |
| 185. | Philippians 2:5-11, Notes on |
| The apostle proceeds to enforce lowliness in love, by setting the way of the Lord Himself before their eyes. This is the true " rule of life" for the believer since His manifestation; not even all the written word alone, but that word seen livingly in Christ, who is made |
| 186. | Philippians 3:1-11, Notes on |
| THE apostle had touched on various sources of joy to himself and the saints he was addressing. It was with joy he made supplication for them all. (Chap. 1:4) It was with joy, and ever new joy, that he beheld his very bonds giving a fresh impulse to the preaching |
| 187. | Philippians 3:12-21, Notes on |
| Whatever the pathway might be, the apostle intimated, as we have seen, that he must be there. Such was the value of the resurrection of the just in his eyes. Like the Israelite in Psa. 84 on his way to Jerusalem, the ways were in his heart. He loved |
| 188. | Philippians 4:1-5, Notes on |
| The main truth which was in the mind of the apostle and which the Lord was using him to lay upon the hearts of the Philippian saints was now clearly expressed and enforced. The rest of the epistle, this last chapter, consists rather in the connected exhortations and practical use |
| 189. | Philippians 4:5-23, Notes on |
| "Let your moderation [mildness] be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful [anxious] about nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." (Ver. 5, 6.) To prayer is added thanksgiving, because the Lord is entitled to |
| 190. | Pilgrim Fathers |
| What is declared in these verses of the Epistle to the Hebrews of the fathers in the book of Genesis, is beautifully exhibited and thereby fully verified by their histories. I feel anxious to consider this a little carefully, the Lord leading the heart (as through circumstances I trust He |
| 191. | Power of the World to Come, The Moral |
| I have specially taken pleasure of late in considering the moral happiness of heaven and of the Millennium. For what a relief it must be to be free of the selfishness and pride which so spoils the pleasures of the heart now, and of many and many a |
| 192. | Prayer in Ephesians 3 Compared With Ephesians 1 |
| In Eph. 1 we have our standing in Christ: this must not be weakened. There must be no turning aside from our place before God in Him. There I get to know that all I was as the old man is for faith gone. I see that I am |
| 193. | Priesthood |
| There is a desire at all times in the people of God, whether in Jewish ignorance or Christian life, that they should always have God dwelling with them. Thus, in Ex. 15, as soon as Moses had come out of Egypt, he said, "He is my God; I will |
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| 196. | Psalm 16 |
| I need hardly say that there are many aspects under which we may consider the Lord Jesus. There was His glory with the Father before the world was as Son of God; He is Son of man; He is High Priest of His people. He was the manifestation of truth, |
| 197. | Psalms, Especially 110, A Few Thoughts on the |
| The character of the fourth book of Psalms is marked by the bringing in of the "only-begotten" into the world again. But first He is cut off, and He who was cut off is Jehovah the Creator. The fifth and last book is the only one which speaks of Christ |
| 198. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| Psa. 90 is in a special manner Israel's cry for mercy and restoration in the last days, after their long affliction. But we will apply its principles as usual. It contemplates two things in the government of God: discipline, properly speaking, and satisfying mercy. But both are founded on |
| 199. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| ON these psalms, though they are very striking ones, I have very little to say with my present object, because they treat nut of the exercises of the heart in the time of trial, but of the coming in of power to put an end to that time. They are |
| 200. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| Psa. 102 is one of the most profoundly interesting in the whole book of Psalms, but I have no remark to make on it here. It applies' especially to the Lord Jesus Himself, whatever occasion circumstances of individual sorrow may have furnished to its composition. The citation of it |
| 201. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| IN the last Book of Psalms we find, besides many songs of praise, all the moral circumstances of Israel on their return to blessing. The first psalm in it stamps this character on it. It looks at them as gathered back, but traces the various scenes through which they might |
| 202. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| (Psa. 114-118) |
| 203. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| Psa. 119 is the expression of the effect of the law written in the heart of Israel, when they had long erred from God's ways and were sorrowing under the effects of it. It is one of the psalms which pronounces blessedness. We will examine some of the elements |
| 204. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| He who seeks to follow God's ways will find himself often in evil days-days when the power of evil prevails and presses upon his spirit. What then marks faithfulness is that the heart does not turn aside to an easier path or other comforts, but looks to God and His |
| 205. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| The soul looks now to God as dependent for man's very being on God, so that He should surely direct and guide it, as Peter wrote, " Committing the keeping of our souls to him in well doing as unto a faithful Creator." The heart alone, which knows Him in |
| 206. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| Ver. 121-128. There are three points in this section. He is fully in the presence of tire power of evil, his regard is to Jehovah Himself; the energy of evil in its moral character only attaches him increasedly to God's word and testimonies. This is the effect of nearness to |
| 207. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| Psa. 120 These psalms of degrees all treat the circumstances of the restored but undelivered remnant; our part now is to inquire into their moral bearing. The first psalm declares their state and resource. "In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, and he heard me." The character of evil |
| 208. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| Psa. 132 This psalm is important as showing the position which all these psalms of degrees occupy. We have, indeed, the house, as in Psa. 122 and 127, the former of which seems to refer to the temple; yet I think hardly there as yet accepted and built |
| 209. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| Psa. 135 gives the more general praise of Israel, not so much priestly praise, but then it consequently brings out the place of the people as such with God. They are in the courts of God, there as His people, praise Him, for He is good, and it is |
| 210. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| I pass over here the desires of judgment as dispensational, as we have often seen. In this we have the soul bowed down under the trouble, but in principle set right with God as one chastened for sin, only in the midst of those hostile, but brought to uprightness. It |
| 211. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| Psa. 139 Bat it is not without the most thorough searching out of all that we are. But this, where there is confidence, is a great grace; for He who alone can do it, and does it according to His own perfectness, does it to purify us from all |
| 212. | Psalms, Practical Reflections on the |
| The following psalms are the hallelujahs of a delivered people. Some elements of God's ways in general may be however found here, because God in the deliverance has shown whom Ile thought of and His care for them. |
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| 220. | Rahab |
| What an instance does the case of Rahab afford us of the long-suffering of God being salvation, as Peter speaks! |
| 221. | Records of Inspiration, The |
| I BELIEVE in the fullest way in the inspiration of Scripture; but that does not mean, that all that it contains was inspired in the mouths of those who uttered it. We have Satan's words, wicked men's words, human accounts of divers facts recorded by inspiration, but not themselves |
| 222. | Repentance - What Is It? |
| I judge repentance to be a much deeper thing than is thought. It is the judgment of the new man in divine light and grace on all that he who repents has been or done in flesh. Law may be the means of bringing the soul to it; but, though |
| 223. | Resurrection |
| There are two very distinct ways in which resurrection is viewed in Scripture, not only in the person of Christ, but also as affecting us. In the first portion that was brought before us, (1 Cor. 15:20-28 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 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. (1 Corinthians 15:20-28),) we have one of these aspects, and in the verses just read, |
| 224. | Revelation 4, Thoughts on |
| The fourth and fifth chapters of this book help us to understand the present heavenly character and position of the saints, being descriptive of their actual position during the time of the judgments being poured out. The Church is not actually seen as such, until she appears as the Bride |
| 225. | Revelation 5, Thoughts on |
| WE saw, in the fourth chapter, the throne of God set in heaven, the great purpose of which was to bring into the world the Heir of all things—as is expressed in Heb. 1, " when He bringeth in again the Firstbegotten into the world." This purpose, for which |
| 226. | Revelation 6-7, Thoughts on |
| The ways of God with the church and with the world are always intended to have a practical application to our own individual souls. The expectation of the coming of the Lord changes the moral bearing of everything. There may be many a detail we are incompetent to explain, but |
| 227. | Righteousness and Law |
| Further Remarks open Righteousness and Law, with Answers to different Objections. London: W. H. Broom. |
| 228. | Righteousness, Christ Is |
| Christ is righteousness, and if is imputed to us, for it is not our own bring. But the point -which is always avoided is, that imputing righteousness has the sense in scripture of accounting the man righteous (and not seeing this is at the root of the fallacy of all |
| 229. | Scripture Queries and Answers: 2 Peter 1:19-21 |
| Q 1. Is the similitude of Christ’s service in heaven after the order of Melchisedec or after the order of Aaron? |
| 230. | Scripture Queries and Answers: Christ's Service in Heaven |
| Q. 1. How is John 2:20 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? (John 2:20) to be reconciled with Dan. 9? |
| 231. | Scripture Queries and Answers: Difference Between the Church and the Body |
| Q. In Eph. 1:23 23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. (Ephesians 1:23) the Church is said to be the body of Christ. Is it correct therefore to say the Church is in ruins? or is there a difference between the Church and the body? H. C. P. |
| 232. | Scripture Queries and Answers: Isaiah 28-29 |
| Q. 2 Peter 1:19-21 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. (2 Peter 1:19-21).—Can the prophetic word here be said in any just sense to include the revelation of the mystery? or is it not rather in contrast? Why the change from " we" to "ye" in verse 19? What is the meaning of " the day dawn" and |
| 233. | Scripture Queries and Answers: Luke 18:10-14 |
| Luke 18:10-14 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. (Luke 18:10-14). |
| 234. | Second Corinthians, Thoughts on |
| In the midst of the fears and warnings of the Spirit concerning the churches, we may observe that He is alarmed for them on several and different grounds, as expressed in different epistles and by different apostles. |
| 235. | See God, To |
| In reading 1 John 4:12-15 12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. (1 John 4:12-15), notice that if no man hath seen God at any time, yet faith enables the apostle, and should enable us, to say, we have seen God; and so seeing Him in the gift of Jesus, we can testify too. |
| 236. | Self-Occupation Degrades a Saint |
| Occupation with self is real degradation in a saint of God; exaltation morally is the humility that abandons self to be filled with Christ. |
| 237. | Service for Christ and His Love to Me |
| It is an unspeakable privilege to have any work to do for Christ; but if He sees in me something tending to exalt my flesh, He must lay me by and make me to be satisfied with His approbation, He may say, as to Philadelphia, "I know thy works," and |
| 238. | Sheaf of First-fruits, The |
| The sheaf of firstfruits was, typically, Christ risen. " On the morrow after the sabbath" it was waved, and that was the first or resurrection-day. |
| 239. | Sinning-Remedy, Christian's |
| Q. Do not the Epistles of John clearly prove that a Christian does not live without sinning, and that when he sins he ought to confess his sin to God? |
| 240. | Spirit, There Is One Body and One |
| The Lord Jesus, both before His death and after His resurrection, had told His disciples of the promise of the Father—that other Comforter who should come, given of the Father and sent of the Son. (John 14 xv. xvi.) " It is expedient for you that I go away; |
| 241. | Testimony of God, The |
| Or, the Trial of Man, the Grace and the Government of God. |
| 242. | Testimony of God; Or, the Trial of Man, the Grace and the Government of God, The |
| NOTHING, unless it be personal salvation and the communion of the soul with our God, can be of greater importance, or of higher interest for the Christian, than the testimony which God has given to Himself in this world of darkness. After all, salvation and communion depend on this testimony. |
| 243. | Testimony of Paul, The |
| The testimony of Paul takes up man as wholly ruined in nature, and reveals a heavenly man and a new creation. It associates those called during the rejection of the true heavenly man with him in heaven; so that they are heavenly. He is the Lord from heaven. They, as |
| 244. | The Value of Moral and Miraculous Evidences |
| EVIDENCES suppose either reluctance to receive or difficulties inherent in man as to the reception of truth. If man's mind met the truth as such at once, there would be no need of any evidences, no need of our new school investigating so much. But men do reason to prove |
| 245. | Three Ways of Looking at Christ |
| There are three ways of looking at Christ. |
| 246. | Titus 1:1-4 |
| IT is at the beginning of this chapter that the Spirit of God marks with an especial character that on which I desire to speak—the eternal thought of God towards us which we find in verses 2, 3. Evil had come in, the Spirit takes notice of it, and the |
| 247. | Tribulation, Rapture Before the |
| Q. Is there anything in such Scriptures as Rev. 7:9; 11:15-18 9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; (Revelation 7:9)
15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. 18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. (Revelation 11:15-18) and 20:4, which justify the inference that the Church will not be caught up before the tribulation of the last days? What appears to be the strong, plain, and sure conclusion forced on us by a due consideration |
| 248. | True Servant, The |
| It is a consoling thought, not only that God has served us in the beginning of our history as self-ruined sinners, but that He will serve us at the end of our history as glorified saints. He serves us, as one has said, in our ruins and in our glories. |
| 249. | Unity of Christ's Body, The |
| The unity of Christ's body being the ground assumed, all Christians have, in principle, a title to be there, the Lord's name being maintained as to doctrine and discipline. If you insist on a certain standard of intelligence beyond Christ, before receiving them, you prove that you are not |
| 250. | Veil, The Rending of the |
| UNDER the Jewish system God had conferred benefits, given laws, sanctioned them by judgments; but man had been kept at a distance: God had never revealed Himself. He dwelt "in the thick darkness;" and if He condescended to dwell amongst men, He was within the veil, where none could approach-in |
| 251. | Washing of Water, The |
| The display of the grace in Christ did not hinder the wickedness in Judas, and the display of Judas' wickedness did not hinder the Lord's grace. |
| 252. | Water of Purification, The |
| How rare it is to find the child of God walking in the consciousness of his true position before Him! Numbers there are (and we bless God for the numbers) whose souls have felt the sting of sin, and who are trusting in Jesus, but who have not yet realized |
| 253. | Ways of God, The: 1. Government, Grace, and Glory |
| AT a time like the present, so full of events crowding themselves together in the history of this present age -an age which ends with consequences so deep and solemn to the world, and so full of blessing to the Christian, and to the Church of God-it is a blessing |
| 254. | Ways of God, The: 2. the Past History of the People of Israel |
| II-The Past History of the People of Israel |
| 255. | Ways of God, The: 3. the Times of the Gentiles and Her Judgment |
| III.—The Times of the Gentiles, and Their Judgment. |
| 256. | Ways of God, The: 4. the Calling of the Church and Her Glory |
| We turn to Psa. 2 and we read, “Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and his anointed (or, Christ), saying, Let us break their bands asunder and |
| 257. | Ways of God, The: 5. the Corruption of Christendom |
| V—The Corruption of Christendom. |
| 258. | Ways of God, The: 6. the Judgment of Israel and the Nations Introductive of the Kingdom |
| VI-The Judgment of Israel and the Nations Introductive of the Kingdom |
| 259. | Ways of God, The: 6. the Judgment of Israel and the Nations Introductive of the Kingdom Continued |
| Now consider the testimony of Scripture as to the third point proposed. Turn to Deut. 32 In the closing verses of chapter 31. Moses gathers the elders and officers of the people of Israel together to recite in their ears the prophetic song given to him by the Lord |
| 260. | Ways of God, The: 6. the Judgment of Israel and the Nations Introductive of the Kingdom Continued |
| Dan. 12 We have before seen that the time of the great tribulation, spoken of here, is that to which the Lord Himself alludes, as happening at the time the abomination of desolation is set up in the temple, and which ends by the coming of the Lord Himself, |
| 261. | What God Is to Us |
| God is to us "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" as much in what He does not give, as in what He does. |
| 262. | When One Walks With the World |
| One may say, I shall have no intercourse with such an one; he is quarrelsome, disagreeable, vain, proud, or a tale-bearer. But if one is living with saints, there is no such turning one's back. There is still love as being one family—God's family—and the need of patience, forbearance, &c. |