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| 1. | Name of Jesus, The |
| I own the name of Jesus, |
| 2. | Christ, the Wisdom of God |
| On Lord's day evening we had Proverbs 8. and were with Wisdom everywhere: "The Lord' possessed me " from before all His works, before He had laid the foundations of the earth and the worlds. The archangel announced His approach in Luke 1 to Mary, by " the |
| 3. | God's Great Ordinance |
| We may have observed in John's Gospel' the zealous and decided way in which the Lord Jesus sets aside all honor which man might bring to Him, in order that He may establish the grace of God, or the love of the Father, to poor sinners. In that Gospel, He |
| 4. | Hebrews |
| There is a divine wisdom stamped upon every part of the word of God, which needs only the key to its understanding and a heart subject to God, in order to the perception and the precious enjoyment of it. |
| 5. | Chosen Vessel, A: 1. the Vessel in the Potter, the Potter in the Vessel |
| "Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it." |
| 6. | Extract From a Letter |
| "....Truth is eternal and love endures forever; both are in our precious Savior: let us hold them fast through grace. In these last days everything comes out more plainly as the dawn of the day draws on; I can say that the truth of eternal things has a reality that |
| 7. | Because of His Importunity |
| (LUKE 11:8; 18:1 8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. (Luke 11:8)
1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; (Luke 18:1).) |
| 8. | Early Training |
| "A time to plant." "In the morning sow thy seed," &c. |
| 9. | Relationships of Parents and Children in the Light of Christianity, The |
| 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honor thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:1-4)How interesting it is to see the children of believers introduced as objects of the Holy Spirit's care, and viewed as subjects of the exhortations in the Lord, which belong to those who are within, who are no longer in this world, of which Satan is the prince. Sweet |
| 10. | Power of Faith, The |
| 24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young. (1 Samuel 1:24) 10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. (1 Samuel 2:10)It is only as we enter into the future that we, have power to walk firmly in the right path in the present. It is what is beyond the present scene that must take possession of the heart, and must form the basis of our spiritual power, |
| 11. | Chosen Vessel, A: 2. the End of Man's History |
| "Cut it down, why cumbereth it the ground?" |
| 12. | Marvelous Book, A |
| No other book in existence of such varied styles, composed by so many hands, and occupying so long a period in its compilation, is marked by so marvelous a unity. A single great scheme underlies, traverses and interpenetrates the Bible, a great and connected system of truth, as bone and |
| 13. | Jehovah-Jesus |
| Jehovah-Jesus: Man divine, |
| 14. | God Manifest in the Flesh |
| Throughout John's Gospel we may perceive that a sense of the glory of His person is ever present |
| 15. | Joying in God and Waiting for Christ |
| 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. (2 Thessalonians 3:5)There are two things, which constitute the joy of a Christian, to be his on the road, and the object constantly before his heart. The first is, the hope of the coming of the Lord; and the second is, present communion and fellowship with God the Father, and with |
| 16. | Chosen Vessel, A: 3. the Vessel Called the New Man |
| "He is a chosen vessel unto me."―ACTS. 9:15. |
| 17. | Lord's Love for His People, The |
| The Lord takes notice of every circumstance, every shade of difference in assemblies, as also in individuals in them, thus showing that He is not indifferent as to the state of His people by the way ―their daily steps―because He has secured blessing for them at the end. His love |
| 18. | Justification of Life |
| (Extract from a letter.) |
| 19. | Chosen Vessel, A: 4. the Vessel Set Free |
| " The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." (Rom. 8:2 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2).) |
| 20. | Fragment |
| ―God has a way in the world where Satan cannot touch us. This is the path where Jesus walked. Satan is the prince of this world; but there is a divine path through it, but only one, and there God's power is. The word is the revelation of it. So |
| 21. | Chosen Vessel, A: 5. Why Did God Permit the Entrance of Evil? |
| " By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin." (Rom. 5:12 12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (Romans 5:12).) |
| 22. | "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" |
| (See Ecclesiastes 1:2; 8:10 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. (Ecclesiastes 1:2)
10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. (Ecclesiastes 8:10).) |
| 23. | Heaven's Joy |
| Will it be the glory bright |
| 24. | Victory |
| There are two characters of relationship into which believers are brought: One is, union with Christ; and the other, relationship along with Christ to God as Father, He being the Firstborn of many brethren. " As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have |
| 25. | Father's Love, The |
| Blest Father! infinite in grace: |
| 26. | Father, The |
| " I have declared unto them Thy name, and will declare it." These words were spoken to the Father by Christ respecting the saints. They tell us that the great business of the Lord was to acquaint saints with the Father, that such had already been His business, and |
| 27. | New Creation, The |
| 13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. 14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. 16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. (2 Corinthians 5:13-21)It is blessed to see in this chapter how the thought of God comes out in the new creation. In this aspect man is gone as to his sins and responsibility―dead in them. The judgment of the first Adam is complete. The old thing is entirely gone. It is |
| 28. | Chosen Vessel, A: 6. the New Man |
| " Created in righteousness and holiness of truth." ( EPHESIANS. 4:24.) |
| 29. | School, The |
| 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; (Matthew 13:3)Where is the school for each and all, |
| 30. | Chosen Vessel, A: 7. the Vessel Emptied of Human Strength |
| " Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." (2 Cor. 12.) |
| 31. | Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Motive, Wisdom and Power, The |
| How long it is before that believers in the Lord can understand that Christ must take the place of everything in and to the saints; that God's object in those " predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son" (He is the image of the invisible God, the |
| 32. | Fragments |
| Paul was a model man: a model-man, not of human perfectness, but of what divine grace and goodness could now make of a man who was led by the Spirit and walked with Christ. |
| 33. | Treasure, The |
| 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. (2 Corinthians 4:6-7).God in heaven hath a Treasure, |
| 34. | Chosen Vessel, A: 8. the Purpose of God in the Vessel |
| " For the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." (2 Cor. 4:6 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:6).) |
| 35. | What God Is to Us in Christ |
| "There are two ways in which we may look at our relationship to God, and rightly: first, our coming to Him; and, secondly, our souls looking at the dealings of God towards us. |
| 36. | Chosen Vessel, A: 9. God in the Vessel |
| " The sentence of death." (2 Corinthians. 1:10.) |
| 37. | Suffering and Trusting |
| In the narrative of this chapter, we have a picture of the spirit and character in which the godly remnant of Israel will pass through their trials. It is not to the character of their trials, however, the outward difficulties and deliverances here referred to, so much as to the |
| 38. | Fragment |
| The bitter waters of Marah must be tasted when the salt waters of the Red Sea have delivered us from Egypt forever and ever. Put the wood of the tree, the cross of Christ, into our cross, and all will be sweet. " Crucified " is terrible work―"crucified with Christ," |
| 39. | Outcast, The |
| For Him the wilderness did not sing, |
| 40. | Watcher and the Holy One, The |
| The present is a moment of great significance in the world's history. We often speak of other days as having been strongly characterized, and as of high importance in the progress of the way of man, and in the unfolding of the purposes of God. Were we but in the |
| 41. | Conquerors |
| When we look a little at the different agents of evil and of delusions exhibited in the book of Revelation, we wonder how any soul will escape. And' then, when we remember that though these agents have not yet been manifested, yet that the energies which are to animate and |
| 42. | "Sanctify the Lord God in Your Hearts" |
| We have to sanctify the Lord God in our hearts (1 Pet. 3:15 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: (1 Peter 3:15)). Failing this, we take refuge in " a confederacy " (Is. 8:12-14), some human scheme (whether of our own devising or that of others), for we are unable then to see things on God's side. |
| 43. | Christianity Objective, Not Subjective Only |
| The Lord says, that the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, which should come, should take the things that were His, and skew them to us (who through grace, are His own); and all that the Father has is His. All the infinitude of the unseen heavenly, and, I may say, divine |
| 44. | Ground of God's Dealings Now, The |
| Sin is the groundwork of all God's dealings now. Is not judgment in respect of sin? So much so that there could be none without it; hence in itself it can only be condemnation. If God judges His own workmanship as it came out of His hands, He |
| 45. | Faith Not Sight |
| The external plannings of men or Satan further God's plans they succeed, if not, they come to nothing; but what is really going on is inside them all. Thus they would not have taken Jesus on the Feast day, not to have uproar, but he was to be the Paschal |
| 46. | Is Scripture Typical? a Word on Interpretation |
| Symbolism means types of the Old Testament applicable to things in the New. Both concur in stating that this is so. Moses was commanded to make the tabernacle according to the pattern seen in the Mount. Now if God made such a system, ought we to expect no more |
| 47. | Hebich's Tub |
| EPH 7:16It is rather more than thirty years ago that a missionary of the Basle society, named Samuel Hebich, lived and labored on the west coast of India. |
| 48. | Christ in the Midst of the Church |
| He calls them His brethren, and sings in the midst of the Church. Think what it is!―not, You may sing now, for I have accomplished redemption, though this is true; but I will sing! Christ leads our praises: He has associated us with Himself now that He takes up all |
| 49. | Peace With Gibeon |
| If acting faithfully, to every step of faithfulness the Lord will surely add more light; only, it behooves us to take counsel of the Lord at every step. Peace with Gibeon only deprives us of victory, and brings upon us other wars and troubles; for the presence of what is |
| 50. | Night of This World, The |
| " It is high time to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed." The night of this world is the absence of the Sun of righteousness. Let us clearly conceive this. In the busy and pleasure seeking course of this world, for him |
| 51. | Widows Indeed |
| The widow is often seen in Scripture as the object of the thoughts of God. But it is not until we come to the epistle to Timothy that we have the different kinds specified, with the indication of those who are widows according to the divine mind, those, in a |
| 52. | Church as Widow and Bride, The |
| " He is not here." " I will come again." |