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| 1. | 1 Corinthians 13:12 |
| Clothed with this tabernacle still, |
| 2. | Adoption or Sonship |
| In the previous numbers of this series I have sought to present what is man's condition by nature and by regeneration. I would now seek to chew what are the position and the privileges accorded to him as regenerate or born of God. The first of these is assuredly Adoption |
| 3. | Aphorisms. on Being Kept From Falling |
| We do not by any means sufficiently realize the power of God to keep us from falling. There is so much levity of heart in Christians, (for I am not speaking of the unholy levity of the world but,) so much lightness of thought even in our best intercourse with |
| 4. | Assembly at Corinth and the Apostle Paul, The: A Contrast |
| When reading the Epistles to the Corinthians one cannot fail to remark the great contrast between the Corinthian converts and their spiritual father, the Apostle Paul, showing clearly that the' possession of gifts is no safeguard against error, and that those who most abound in them may be those |
| 5. | Charity |
| "Yet show I unto you a more excellent way."
" The end of the commandment is charity."- |
| 6. | Communion |
| It is often profitable and helpful to us that current expressions should take a defined form in our minds. Few expressions are more in vogue than those of communion and fellowship, and as the terms are scriptural and expressive of our highest calling and deepest spiritual feelings, they are well |
| 7. | Condition of Man by Nature, The |
| If we do not understand the nature of man we cannot adequately comprehend the aim and meaning of God's process in leading us unto Himself; therefore is it a subject of the highest importance. For many there are who know and acknowledge that Christ can alone be their sufficiency before |
| 8. | Desire |
| Jesus, my soul would nearer be |
| 9. | Divine Intercourse |
| How finely the voice from heaven varies its tone in the story of Saul's conversion, as given to us in Acts 9:1 1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, (Acts 9:1) |
| 10. | Divine Remedy for Earthly Hindrances and Discouragements |
| " Consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus." |
| 11. | Extract |
| Remember, there is a difference between form as proceeding, and that as superinduced; the latter is the death or imprisonment of the thing-the former is self-witnessing, and has a sphere of agency. |
| 12. | Fragment |
| God's provisions of grace are perfect and infinite. Perfect and infinite are they, if looked at in their absoluteness in Christ, as founding our happiness deeper than the deepest ruins of sin, and raising it in Him, in a life that is eternal, above all change, and time, and death, |
| 13. | Fragments |
| The single eye is receiving everything in the light of God. To view it so transmits as God views it. It is an apprehension of the word and mind and counsels of God judging all that is presented. The soul thus receives nothing but as judged of by God, and |
| 14. | Fragments |
| Abraham staggered not at the promise. " He trusted in God, who quickeneth the dead. In this aspect of his service-in a scene much higher than that of Moses forsaking the court of Pharaoh-he becomes our pattern. It is ours to let God choose our service, though it might |
| 15. | Fragments |
| " We are sanctified unto obedience."-1 Peter 1:2 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. (1 Peter 1:2). |
| 16. | God's Instruments for Bringing His People Through the Wilderness |
| THE WORD AND PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST.
(Read Heb. 3 and iv.) |
| 17. | Golden Word, The |
| 18. | Heaven |
| " No man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven."-John 3:13 13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. (John 3:13). |
| 19. | How the Believer Is Made Superior to Everything |
| The whole of this epistle brings before us, in a remarkable way, the superiority of the saint to everything around him. A person walking in the Spirit is superior to everything, whether it be the flesh, the world, persecutions, cares-everything. |
| 20. | How the Understanding Is Enlightened |
| It must be a matter of inquiry to every thoughtful soul why it is that, whatever be the measure of our faith, we so continually betray ignorance of God's mind, and as much inability to judge as if no light gleamed from our faith to help us. |
| 21. | Intimacy With the Lord |
| The position in which Abraham is presented in this chapter gives a very descriptive display of the ground of intimacy with Himself on which the Lord has set His people. In many respects it is a positive blessing to be brought into association with the Lord, as we find in |
| 22. | Joy of Heaven, The |
| How blessed to get into the sounds of the heavenly kingdom It made them wonderfully happy, in the Father's house, when the prodigal was received. We, poor lost ones that we were, are necessary for the display of His grace-jewels from the darkest depths-pearls from the most unsightly |
| 23. | Law, The |
| Wondrous are the premonitions we get in the Old Testament of the richer and fuller disclosures of the New. The old is the dawn or twilight of the noontide that shines in the new. Among other instances, or samples of this, I might mention " the law;" for we get |
| 24. | Object of Faith, The |
| The non-apprehension of Christ's glory is positive loss of blessing. A wrong apprehension of Christ places people out of the reach of blessing. A right apprehension of Him is life eternal. The carpenter's Son was the secret source of all power; but the Jews failed to |
| 25. | One Thing I Do |
| 26. | Our Hope |
| The man who bears one living hope, |
| 27. | Path of Life, The |
| 1 John 5 |
| 28. | Peter |
| Great variety of natural character, and of moral temperament, we see in the apostles who were gathered round the Lord. There was the reasoning Thomas and the uncalculating Peter, and the John who had his resources rather alone or in communion, and the same Peter again, who was active and |
| 29. | Philippians 2, 3 |
| MY DEAR BROTHER, |
| 30. | Prayer |
| Prayer is nothing else than a fervent mind settled upon God. |
| 31. | Praying in the Holy Ghost |
| We do this when in praying we are conscious of His presence, and conscious, too, that we are asking according to His will. Even if our understandings cannot fully unfold to us what we need, we may be thus conscious of desires according to His mind, according to {vi 28143}Rom. |
| 32. | Preeminence of Christ, The |
| " That in all things he might have the pre-eminence." (Col. 1:18 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. (Colossians 1:18).) Such is the statement of the inspired word concerning the Lord Jesus Christ. It may not be without interest briefly to see how this is carried out. |
| 33. | Psalm 1, Notes on |
| The name of the Book of Psalms means praise in Hebrew. Had we more of the secrets of wisdom to see each psalm in its proper light, we might find each to be praise. It is a great secret to put things as God puts them. That which, |
| 34. | Psalm 1, Notes on |
| It is needful to have the foot firmly grounded on the Rock Christ, free grace being the ground on which we are saved. Then there will be the going on to walk " in the comfort of the Holy Ghost." The saints begin in free grace. Then they try, and |
| 35. | Regeneration and Its Characteristics |
| The terms regeneration, quickening, and being born again, are used in Scripture to express that change or new existence, which is originated in a child of Adam when he is vitally, or from the heart, turned to God. We have seen in the paper on " Man's Condition by Nature," |
| 36. | Resurrection, The |
| Familiar as we are all obliged to be with death, and in nature shrinking from it, still feeling it inevitable, it is strange that the heart is no more impressed and the thoughts and feelings no more molded by the wonderful revelation of God, which presents the only possible remedy |
| 37. | Retribution, Chastening, and Purging |
| The more we apply our hearts unto wisdom the better shall we understand God's dealings with us; and if we are attentive to the bearing and purpose of those dealings we shall find that most of them are comprised under these three heads, each of which is distinct in its |
| 38. | Revelation 4 |
| There are two points I desire to notice in this chapter-the perfect peace of soul which belongs to the redeemed, and the consequent spirit and character of their worship. We evidently see that the character of this book is that of judgment, for with the exception of the Church in |
| 39. | Sanctification |
| To a mind that has become accustomed to draw all its conclusions directly from the inestimable word of God, and to do homage to the authority of that word alone, there is something unspeakably empty and unsatisfactory in the dogmas of systematic theology-those systematic reasonings of learned men by which |
| 40. | Success of Faith, The |
| " Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein."-Hos. 14:9 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. (Hosea 14:9). |
| 41. | Trust in God |
| God tested Abraham, to see whether he was trusting in Isaac, or resting |
| 42. | Walk of a Believer, The |
| That as believers we are " to walk and to please God" is a truth which none who have known the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ for themselves will be disposed to deny. But the admission of this truth in very few minds perhaps amounts to more than a |
| 43. | Walk of Faith, The |
| (Heb. 11:8-10,17-19 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. (Hebrews 11:8-10)
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. (Hebrews 11:17-19).) |
| 44. | Watchers, The |
| Through the slow-rolling hours of the desolate night, |