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| 1. | 1 John 2:12-27, Notes on |
| " I write unto you, children" [not " little children," but all saints], " because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake." It is a settled thing; you are not Christians at all without your sins are forgiven you. The poor jailor wanted salvation and that is |
| 2. | 1 John 2:8, Notes on |
| All God's ways now are presenting His moral manifestation. It will next be His judicial manifestation. If the moral manifestation is not received, " the word that I have spoken shall judge him at the last day." The Lord did not accompany the word with judgment when it |
| 3. | Abba Father |
| Is there not a lack of a due knowledge of the Father in most saved souls?-a lack of the knowledge of their relationship as sons?-a want of filial affection and of communion with the name, and grace, and love of our heavenly Father? Surely there is, and a consequent |
| 4. | Authority of Scripture, and the Grounds on Which It Is to Be Received, The |
| I desire to present a few thoughts on the subject of the authority of Scripture, and the grounds on which it claims to be received by us as divine. |
| 5. | Chain of Truth in John's Gospel, The |
| At the end of chapter xx. it is written, " These things are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and believing, ye might have life through his name." This distinctly informs us that it is one piece of truth that is opened |
| 6. | Coming Again of the Lord Jesus, The |
| "Unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation."- Heb, ix. 28. |
| 7. | Coming Again of the Lord Jesus, The |
| In resuming the subject of the coming again of the Lord Jesus, I shall take up in their order the various testimonies of the Gospels and the Acts, and the other books of the New Testament, to this wonderful event, so full of terror to the world, because of its |
| 8. | Coming Again of the Lord Jesus, The |
| In the order of Scripture, which, in the prosecution of my subject, I have proposed to make the order of my remarks, the next passage which presents its testimony in the gospels to the coming again of the Lord, is Luke 21. |
| 9. | Coming Again of the Lord Jesus, The |
| It was intended, when the series of papers bearing this title was commenced, to have gone through the sum of the |
| 10. | Coming of the Lord, The |
| If we rightly understood and weighed the circumstances under which the Lord took his seat on high; the state of things here; the sense of His rejection which led Him at the close of His ministry (Matt. xxii. 43, &c.) to quote Psalm 110 as indicating the course He |
| 11. | End of the Age, The |
| On us the age's end is come, |
| 12. | History of God's Testimony, The: 6. Isaac and Jacob |
| Isaac was seventy-five years old at the death of his father. He was married at forty years of age. His two sons, Esau and Jacob, were born in his sixtieth year, and they were at the age of fifteen at the death of Abraham. |
| 13. | History of God's Testimony, The: 6. Isaac and Jacob |
| Oh! may not some of us lay this to heart while we may trace in our own histories the will and self-seeking that has driven us from the path of testimony to the distant land in which we have had to endure discipline for the carnality which proved our incompetence |
| 14. | History of God's Testimony, The: 7. Joseph |
| The testimony connected with Joseph properly begins from the time he is made governor of Egypt; and this event occurred shortly after the death of Isaac. Jacob is now dwelling in the land wherein his father was a stranger. Isaac dies, and Jacob occupies the place of testimony; but before |
| 15. | I Will Consider Thy Testimonies |
| How varied and precious are the " considerations" set before us in the Epistle to the Hebrews, striking chord after chord in our hearts, and producing note after note of praise! In the first chapter the personal and official dignities and glories of the Lord Jesus Christ crowd themselves together |
| 16. | Liberty and Subjection |
| " Ye have been called unto liberty, only use not your liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another." (Gal. 5:13 13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. (Galatians 5:13).) " Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." (2 Cor. 3:1717 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. (2 Corinthians 3:17).) |
| 17. | Popery and Pantheism |
| Popery knows how to make use of the loosening of men's minds from the authority of Scripture, which is now so extensively going on. Infidelity in every form is only negative in its character. But the human mind is not formed to find a rest in negative conclusions. |
| 18. | Promise of the Lord, The |
| It is a point not to be lost sight of in the study or ministry of the divine word that particular passages of Scripture ordinarily mainly depend for their-force and bearing and their legitimate application on the connections in which they are found. The force of any given passage may |
| 19. | Song of Solomon, The |
| [I send you a brief paper on this interesting book of Scripture. It may differ in its character from your ordinary communications, but I trust it may not on that account be uninteresting or unuseful to your readers.] |
| 20. | Summary of the Epistle to the Romans |
| I fear the following brief opening up of the structure of the Epistle to the Romans will be very dry; and, with a view to edification, I should prefer to add more by way of application to the heart and conscience. At present that is not possible, and I think |
| 21. | We Have a Great High Priest |
| We are told in Hebrews that " we have a great high Priest, who is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God;" and again, " We have such an high Priest who is set on the right hand of the majesty in the heavens;" and again, " If |