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| 1. | 1 Peter 4:14-16 |
| 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: 5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. 6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging. 10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. 16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. (1 Peter 4:4-16)" As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: but as He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy, for I am holy." |
| 2. | 1 Timothy 4:1-3 |
| 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. (1 Timothy 4:1-3)Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath |
| 3. | 2 Kings 8:13 |
| "The Lord hath showed me that thou shalt be King over Syria." |
| 4. | 2 Peter 3:7-14 |
| 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. (2 Peter 3:7-14)THE heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, |
| 5. | 2 Timothy 3:1-9 |
| 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. (2 Timothy 3:1-9)This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boast, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unh without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, into vent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, he highminded, lovers |
| 6. | Adam With Noah, Comparison of |
| THE first earth and the first heavens, having been overflowed by the waters of a Deluge, perished under the judgment of God. They yielded their place to the heavens and the earth which are now (2 Peter 3:6,7 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:6-7)). In the Holy Scripture the beginning and the end of both |
| 7. | Amos |
| AMOThe prophecy of Amos is one of those that speak of the moral condition of the people, and especially of Israel, who, as we have already seen in the historical books, represents more particularly the people, as such; while Judah was but as an appanage of the house of David, |
| 8. | Connection of the Cross With the Entire Development of God's Ways With Man |
| Whatever brings out the perfectness of the blessed Lord's work, and the way in which it is adapted to the whole moral condition of man, while glorifying God in respect of that condition, and thus bringing man into association with God's glory-whatever skews the connection of the sacrifice of the |
| 9. | Dispensations, The |
| Genesis informs us that Creation was completed in six days, and that God rested on the seventh. |
| 10. | Ephesians, Notes on the Epistle to the |
| Chap. 1. |
| 11. | Fragment: Circumstances and the Holy Spirit |
| God has prepared in each time circumstances suited to the impulse which his Spirit would give. All the circumstances were prepared for the reformation. Just so were they all also prepared for Christianity. The blindness of philosophy can only see the circumstances, and cannot see the power of God which |
| 12. | Fragment: Good News |
| The Gospel of God's Son is good news: good news of His person: blessed expression! All until the gospel was a claim upon man. A claim can never be good news. The gospel never alters the claim of God upon man, but maintains it; and chews that all |
| 13. | Fragment: Leading Heads of Psalms |
| Leading Heads Of Psalms. |
| 14. | Fragment: Leading Heads of Psalms |
| Leading Heads Of Psa. 3 |
| 15. | Fragment: Leading Heads of Psalms |
| Leading Heads Of Psalms. |
| 16. | Fragment: Leading Heads of Psalms |
| Leading Heads Of Psalms. |
| 17. | Fragment: Leading Heads of the Psalms |
| Leading Heads Of Psalms. |
| 18. | Fragment: The Son's Work in John |
| How perfect the Son does His work in John's gospel. He takes up one sinner after another throughout chapters 1-10, and does not leave them for the hand of any other; but one and all He perfects Himself, giving them the sense of this, that on leaving His |
| 19. | Fragments |
| Grace free, full, generous, large-hearted mercy and forgiveness, "the kindness of God," is the leading idea in Christianity. And there is no spring of virtue or of service like this. |
| 20. | Fragments |
| In Lev. 6 the trespass committed against the Lord, has its immediate expression in a man's own want of righteousness and grace towards his neighbor. His act was, chewing what he himself was: though against the Lord, still it was unto his neighbor: the immediate question was between him |
| 21. | Fragments |
| Sacred and common biography are not the same. In the holy volume, the faults even of the best of men are impartially set down, and there we are informed how even such faults were graciously overruled to bring about good. But memoirs written by uninspired men, are apt to dwell |
| 22. | Fragments |
| That which is hidden in darkness is not so effectually hidden as that which is hidden in light: for "God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all." What BE hides in His own light, no creature can Ind. The creature can grope in darkness and |
| 23. | Fragments |
| Leading Heads Of Psalms. |
| 24. | Gathering Together of the Children of God as Such in Our Days.*, The |
| That it is God Himself who forms churches by the converting of souls through faith in His Son, is a principle that the Christian can hardly deny. Thus, here at Nice (or elsewhere), supposing we were to find one or two hundred persons converted? Those persons would collectively be the |
| 25. | Habakkuk |
| HABHow diverse and perfect is the development of the ways of God in His word! Not only does it contain the great events that establish the fact of His government, and the character of that government, not only the proofs of His fidelity to His people, and his estimate of |
| 26. | Haggai |
| HAGTHE three last prophets prophesied after the Babylonish captivity. God, as we have seen in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, brought back a small remnant of His people, who were re-established in Jerusalem and in the land; but the throne of God was not again set up there, neither |
| 27. | Hebrews 13:9-14 |
| 9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. 10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. 11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. 12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. 14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. (Hebrews 13:9-14)Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the |
| 28. | Hosea |
| HOSThe prophet Hosea prophesied during the same period of time as Isaiah; but he is more occupied with the existing condition of the people-and especially of Israel -although he often speaks of Judah likewise. His prophecy is more simple, in its character, than that of Isaiah. His style, on the |
| 29. | Joel |
| JOEThe import of the book of Joel is sufficiently plain, although a few passages may be obscure. |
| 30. | John 20, Thoughts on |
| "For as yet they knew not the scripture that He must rise again from the dead?' |
| 31. | Jonah |
| The prophet Jonah gives us the opportunity of applying his history to many sentiments that arise in the human heart in all ages. His personal history-the history of a man who was upright in the main, but who had not courage to follow out the will of God boldly-is so |
| 32. | Lamb's Wife, The |
| In the Revelation, the Lord is much spoken of as "the Lamb"—a title which suggests the thought of suffering and atonement. But in this Book of the Revelation, He is neither suffering nor doing the work of atonement. All that is over and perfected, as we know; He is rather |
| 33. | Little Child, The |
| We must receive the kingdom of God as a little child. Yes, indeed; and the moral of that thought is very beautiful. |
| 34. | Luke, Some Observations on a Peculiar Exhibition of Truth in |
| God is always true to Himself; and therefore (and that in the perfectness of divine wisdom) if any line of His dealings be given in the word, misdirection is guarded against, and His dealing put in such contrast to the peculiar range of truth exhibited, as that there shall be |
| 35. | Malachi |
| MALThe great moral principle unfolded in the book of Malachi, is the insensibility of the people to that which the Lord was for them, and to their own iniquity with respect to the Lord; their want of reverence for God, their despisal of the Lord. Alas! this insensibility had reached |
| 36. | Matthew 16 |
| "Every plant that my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up" (Matt. 15:13 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. (Matthew 15:13)). |
| 37. | Micah |
| The prophecy of Micah is of the same date, and, up to a certain point, has the same character as that of Isaiah: that is to say, it treats especially of the introduction of the Messiah into the scene of the development of God's dealings towards Israel; and even speaks |
| 38. | Minor Prophets, Introduction to the |
| Before entering on the study of the minor prophets, I will avail myself of the opportunity they afford to make a few remarks on the prophetic writings in general, pointing out the subjects of which they treat. We may divide these books into four principal classes, according to the subjects |
| 39. | Nahum |
| NAHIf we were to examine closely the different characters of the nations who have been connected with the people of God, we should, perhaps, find in each a specific form of evil pretty clearly delineated. At all events it is so in the principal enemies of that people. Egypt, Babylon, |
| 40. | Obadiah |
| OBAEdom is frequently spoken of in the prophets. This people who, as well as Jacob, were descended from Isaac, had an inveterate hatred to the posterity of the younger son, who were favored as the people of the Lord. Psa. 137 tells of this hatred, in the seventh verse. |
| 41. | Patriarchal Faith |
| The Patriarchs had come forth from the place of nature or of the flesh, in the faith of a promised inheritance in the land of Canaan. And what is to be noticed in the strength and victory of their faith is this-they cling to that promise, in spite of two |
| 42. | Prayers in Paul's Epistles, Notes on the |
| In the Epistles of the Apostle Paul we may find five prayers for the saints, which follow in remarkable order. |
| 43. | Praying in the Holy Ghost |
| 20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, (Jude 20)The great practical security of the believer against the evil working of the enemy is, that he is himself indwelt of God. As it is the fearful, but also the universal character of the natural man to obey the influence of him who is the prince of |
| 44. | Prophecy: No Salvation for Those Not Interested in It |
| I use the term prophecy here in its widest and most popular sense, as being equivalent to prediction given by God-or the communication by God to man of the knowledge of events long before they take place.* |
| 45. | Puseyism, Remarks on |
| I am satisfied that. the great business of the Christian, the great utility of such a. work as " The Present Testimony," is to bring before the saints, and the world, if they will read it, the great principles of Christianity, and more particularly when they have been buried under |
| 46. | Remarks and Notes on John's Writings: John's |
| The Gospel. |
| 47. | Songs of Praise in the Old Testament, Notes on the |
| There are found in the Old Testament seven songs which may be studied for the profit and comfort of our souls, |
| 48. | Stephen's Sight of the Glory |
| We may observe, to the comfort of our souls, how fully as at home both Paul and Stephen found themselves to be when brought into the presence of the glory; though, as we may remember, that glory had always been proving itself too powerful and overwhelming for the stoutest |
| 49. | True Position Is Power - Departure From It Is Weakness |
| In grace, where alone, as lost and ruined, we could stand, we learn that all our blessings are accomplished by Christ and vested in Him. To possess and to enjoy remain with us. Simple as this truth appears, none is practically so embarrassing to our legal and self-dependent spirits. To |
| 50. | Want of Sympathy in Believers Towards the Lord Jesus Christ |
| If I am not deceived in my judgment, and if I have not mistaken the statements of the Divine Word, there is such a thing, and there ought to be, as sympathy between the members of the body of Christ and Christ Himself, who is the Head of His |
| 51. | Zechariah |
| ZEC Zechariah is more occupied with the Gentile kingdoms, under whose yoke the Jews were placed, and with the establishment in its perfection of the glorious system that was to accompany the presence of the Messiah; and on the other hand, with the rejection of that Messiah, by the remnant |
| 52. | Zephaniah |
| ZEPZephaniah sets before us the judgment of the Spirit of God, with respect to the condition of the testimony rendered to the name of God in this world, at a moment when there was some outward restoration by means of a king who feared God. |
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