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| 1. | 1 Timothy 3:15 and 2 Timothy 2:20, A Few Thoughts on |
| Both these passages present to us the church in the same aspect, though in very different conditions. We have "the house," and the "great house." The foundations of " the house " is laid in pure grace. Paul was a minister, and himself personally a witness of this great |
| 2. | Absent From the Body, Present With the Lord |
| 3. | Accepted in the Beloved |
| It is very wonderful to contemplate the way of the grace of God to a poor sinner; the depths from which it rescues him, and the heights in which it sets him. If we look only at ourselves, even after the knowledge of this grace has filled our hearts with |
| 4. | Access to God, and Soul Restoration |
| It is blessedly true that the believer's position is always inside the veil, where Jesus has gone by His own blood, and it is his sweet privilege to have access with confidence at all times. It is where divine grace has set him. Other scriptures show that he is made |
| 5. | Advocate, The |
| THE Advocate does two things: He pleads with the Father for us; He applies the word to us. The one maintains our cause if we sin, before the Father, against the accuser; the other brings up our practical state to our standing, which is always maintained without sin by the |
| 6. | Alone With Jesus |
| A POOR man, blind from his birth, gets his eyes anointed by the Lord and is sent to wash at Siloam. He goes-he washes-he sees. |
| 7. | Answers to Correspondents |
| 12. Q.-Will you please explain the passage (John 16:23 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. (John 16:23)), "And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he shall give it to you."To what time does "that day" refer? M. G. P., |
| 8. | Answers to Correspondents |
| 17. Q.-Will you explain Heb. 2:14 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; (Hebrews 2:14), especially the last clause, giving the force of the word, destroy? B. F. C. |
| 9. | Answers to Correspondents |
| 20. Q.-I have noticed your answer to C. E. S.'s Question 6, in the April number of "Words of Faith," in which you speak of 2 Cor. 4:2 2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. (2 Corinthians 4:2) as connected with actual death and resurrection; but I have the following difficulties, which I would like to |
| 10. | Answers to Correspondents |
| 21. Q.-What is the difference between ἀγαπάω and φιλέω? I am only quite a young Greek scholar, and know very little about it, yet I often get great help in understanding the scriptures from the Greek. 'Αλαπάω, seems, I think, the highest, for John only of the apostles |
| 11. | Answers to Correspondents |
| 23. Q.-Are the prophets spoken of in Ephesians 2 and 3, the same as those referred to in Luke 24 and Acts 3? S. H. |
| 12. | Answers to Correspondents: 2 and 3 John |
| 4. Q-In the second and third Epistles of John, does John mean himself when he writes, "the elder;" and what is the lesson saints to-day should learn from what John says as to Diotrephes? It would seem as if those in the assembly were afraid of him, but |
| 13. | Answers to Correspondents: Administrative and Governmental Forgiveness |
| Q.-What is the meaning of "administrative forgiveness," and is there any difference between it and "governmental forgiveness"? M. S. |
| 14. | Answers to Correspondents: Christ's Presence |
| 9. Q.-In the correspondence on the presence of the Holy Spirit, &c., in the April number of "Words of Faith," it is stated by X., page 102, that Christ's presence among the disciples, after resurrection and before ascension, is the same that we have now, where the two |
| 15. | Answers to Correspondents: Fig Tree and Vine |
| Q. Why does the Lord use the figure of the fig-tree in Luke 13:6 6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. (Luke 13:6), in speaking of Israel, instead of that of the _ vine, according to Isa. 5:11 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: (Isaiah 5:1) and Luke 20:99 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. (Luke 20:9)?-A. B. |
| 16. | Answers to Correspondents: Kingdom of Heaven and God; Typical Teaching of Red Sea |
| The Presbyterians profess to hold new birth by baptism in a worse way than Episcopacy, though they have no formulary to bring it under the eye. It was held by all the Reformers, but where sacramental grace is held, the root of popery and ecclesiastical hostility to the truth is |
| 17. | Answers to Correspondents: The Valley of the Shadow of Death |
| 3.-Q. What is the meaning of "the valley of the shadow of death "? R. T. C. |
| 18. | Apostle and High Priest of Our Profession, The |
| Our GOD, who spake in sundry ways, |
| 19. | Are We a Remnant? |
| "We" are not a remnant, except in the sense in which the character of a "remnant " morally ought to be that of each one of us individually. But it is the truth we are to witness to: and God will allow us to do that in grace until |
| 20. | Behold I Come Quickly |
| OH! Lord, our hearts are list' ning, |
| 21. | Can a Christian Consistently Be a Soldier? |
| It is clear to me that a Christian, free in the matter, could never be a soldier, unless he were on the very lowest round of the ladder, and ignorant of the christian position. It is another thing when one is forced to it. In such case the question is |
| 22. | Chosen in Christ |
| If we look back in the depths of eternity, before the foundations of the world; God was occupied with the very thought that the Holy Ghost is speaking to our souls to-night. Yes, here we go back before our conversion; before the death of the Lord Jesus; before His incarnation; |
| 23. | Christ Made a Curse for Us |
| Your correspondent (whatever force he may attach to the word "curse"), in denying "that Christ died as a curse, either for Jew or Gentile," is at direct variance with scripture, for the statement in Gal. 3:13 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: (Galatians 3:13), relating, at any rate, to the Jew, is this: "Christ hath redeemed |
| 24. | Christ Our Life |
| CHRIST OUR LIFE.————Philippians 1:20,21 20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. (Philippians 1:20-21). |
| 25. | Colossians 2 |
| This chapter furnishes us with some important warnings against man's interference with so wonderful a revelation as God has given. It is well for the heart to have firm hold of the grand truth that all is from God, and therefore not to be reasoned about but received in faith; |
| 26. | Continue Thou |
| How wonderful is the word of the Lord, when we hear Him speaking to us! In these verses He speaks, then, two things. Let us hearken to Him. They are His words by the Spirit in the midst of the circumstances of these last days. The evil is fully described, |
| 27. | Declension and Its Course |
| IN a day of widespread declension, such as this, it may be useful to trace the steps by which a low point is reached, as the discovery of our real state and its exposure by the word is one of the means God uses in order to extricate from it. |
| 28. | Divine Love and Care |
| What characterized the life of Jesus (I speak not of what He was as God and for God, and thus for man) was the sense of divine love and care. What He lived in, as His own personal blessedness, as man, was what God His Father was to Himself. It |
| 29. | Divine Love and Care |
| In his unconverted condition, walking by sense and not by faith, man has no knowledge of this divine love and care. He lives, morally, outside God, "having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in" him. (Eph. 4:18 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: (Ephesians 4:18).) We say, morally |
| 30. | Emmaus |
| We were hearing, on a previous night, the state of Christendom; then the state of a believer; and last evening, the special kind of blessing attaching to those gathered in the name of Jesus. There is another side of this truth pressed upon me; and it is, as to |
| 31. | Extracts From Letters of J.N.D. |
| (* We have had it on our mind, and others have written to us on the subject, to collect and publish in our pages letters, and extracts of letters from this beloved servant of the Lord, and then, after a time, collect and issue them in one volume. We shall |
| 32. | Extracts From Letters of J.N.D. |
| (* We have had it on our mind, and others have written to us on the subject, to collect and publish in our pages letters, and extracts of letters from this beloved servant of the Lord, and then, after a time, collect and issue them in one volume. We shall |
| 33. | Extracts From Letters of J.N.D. |
| (* We have had it in our mind, and others have written to us on the subject, to collect and publish in our pages letters, and extracts of letters from this beloved servant of the Lord, and then, after a time, collect and issue them in one volume. We shall |
| 34. | Extracts From Letters of J.N.D. |
| (* We have had it in our mind, and others have written to us on the subject, to collect and publish in our pages, letters and extracts of letters from this beloved servant of the Lord, and then, after a time, collect and issue them in one volume. We shall |
| 35. | For Me and Thee |
| This chapter, when the connection is clearly seen, is of profound and touching interest. The transfiguration spoken of in the earlier part of the chapter was a turning point in the life and ministry of the blessed Lord. |
| 36. | Forty Days Elijah Traveled From Beersheba to Horeb, The |
| 19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called. (1 Kings 1:19)We have in this scripture an episode in the history of one of God's most remarkable servants. The place, too, where we find him had been the scene of several striking incidents, or at least that mountain range, of which this mount Horeb forms a part, in the |
| 37. | Forty Days of Moses on Mount Sinai, The |
| THE FORTY DAYS OF MOSES ON MOUNT SINAI. LAW AND MERCY. |
| 38. | Forty Days of Nineveh, The |
| "The word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord.” |
| 39. | Forty Days of the Flood, The |
| There are hardly any who have read the scriptures, with even a small measure of intelligence, who will not have remarked how constantly the period of "Forty days" occurs. Various interpretations have been suggested as to the typical meaning of the number "forty"—composed as it is of the multiple of |
| 40. | Forty Days of the Lord's Temptation, The |
| "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.” |
| 41. | Forty Days' Searching of Canaan Part 1, The |
| The Book of Numbers has a very peculiar place and significance in the word of God. It is the Book of the Wilderness: of the journeying or itinerary of the children of Israel, alter redemption was accomplished, and they had been brought out of Egypt, across the Red Sea, to |
| 42. | Forty Days' Searching of Canaan Part 2, The: Numbers 13-14 |
| Mark the end of this cloud of unbelief-no bigger that day than a man's hand; mark where the fruit of that day placed Israel, and where they still are seen. We read, "Yea, they... believed not his word; but murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the |
| 43. | Fragment: Christ |
| In life, Christ was God before man to win man's confidence. -Christ on the cross was man before God bearing the judgment of man's sin that He might bless him righteously with Himself in heaven. |
| 44. | Fragment: Christ Died for Sin |
| But, you say, I find that what ought to be dead in me is still alive. Well, did Christ die for the sin that you have not, or for the sin you have? The very sin you are daily finding out in yourself, this is the very sin for which |
| 45. | Fragment: Faith |
| In all its operations faith is mysterious and glorious. It acts something like God Himself. It acts in opposition to difficulties with the same ease as when there are none. God's word removes everything. It is delightfully and familiarly conversant with things above reason, infinities and incomprehensibilities. It wants |
| 46. | Fragment: Redemption and Blessing |
| Nothing but redemption can bring to the heart of a poor sinner what God's character is as love. God is God. Let Him have His own way; yes, let Him have it! There is nothing like it for His glory- nothing like it for our needs. He knew right well |
| 47. | Fragment: The Church |
| The time to come is the time of glory and perfection of church; the present, the time of faithfulness and faith, but of a faith which counts upon God, that the church by His power may manifest His glory, even in this world, by its entire superiority to all that |
| 48. | Fragment: The Place We Are Really In |
| My confidence is in the certainty of God's blessing, and maintaining us, if we take the place we are really in. That place is one of the general ruin of the dispensation. |
| 49. | Frankincense |
| THE perfectness of Christ in all His path was that He never did anything to be seen of men: it all went entirely up to God. The savor of it was sweet to the priests, but it all was addressed to God. Serving man, the Holy Ghost was |
| 50. | Gathered Together in His Name |
| With regard to our behavior in the house of God, which was brought before us last evening, it is surely of all importance that we know what it is to be truly gathered in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: for, of such, He is " in the midst." |
| 51. | Give Ye Them to Eat |
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| 52. | Ground and Nature of the Christian's Relationship With God, The |
| There are two points in connection with the believer's standing and relationship with God. One, as to the cause and ground of it; the other, as to the character of it. |
| 53. | He Was Moved With Compassion |
| " And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things." Mark 6:34 34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. (Mark 6:34).— |
| 54. | Hold Fast Till I Come |
| 25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. (Revelation 2:25) |
| 55. | House of Affliction, A Letter From the |
| With pleasure I write thanking you for your publication, WORDS OF FAITH, for the help and comfort of believers, so much needed in this day of evil. But I am especially pleased with your invitation to any servants of the Lord Jesus, because I believe this is precious to Himself. |
| 56. | "Ifs" of Scripture, The |
| THE word of God always maintains the responsibility of man; indeed it must, for no morally intelligent creature can be other than responsible. Grace and redemption may introduce principles and facts which modify the operation of the principle, but the principle remains true. But I think that the word casts |
| 57. | John 11:1-14, Notes of a Lecture on |
| This account presents a magnificent picture of the way of the Lord Jesus, when down here, and gives us an insight into the path of the Man Christ Jesus. And, let me here say, that the study of the path of the Son of God, is not only that which |
| 58. | Law and Mercy |
| A paper upon the same subject, in a recent number of "Words of Faith," has suggested, as will easily be seen, the present one, in which any difference of statement that may be found, or any real divergence of thought, may help to bring out the more (for |
| 59. | Law of Liberty, The |
| If I tell my child to remain in the house when he wishes to go out, he may obey; but it is not a law of liberty to him-he restrains his will. But if I afterward say, Now go where you wish to go, he obeys, and it is a |
| 60. | Letter From Mr. Darby |
| I feel, in undertaking to say a few words here, on the one hand a great responsibility, but on the other a real joy of heart, when my mind turns towards that which, I believe, the Spirit of God calls for. |
| 61. | Light of the Sanctuary, The |
| I trust, beloved brethren, most of us are somewhat familiar with what we have here. It is the light provided for the inside of the tabernacle where the priests served, where no exterior light entered: I am not talking of the holiest of holies. It is as heavenly people that |
| 62. | Love of God, and Its Objects, The |
| A discovery and a belief of God's love to us, when sinners, rebels, and traitors, only can produce love in our hearts to Him. But the belief in this love of God to us in all its freeness, fullness, immensity, and eternity, worketh by love to Him with invincible strength, |
| 63. | Man's So-Called Freewill |
| This re-appearance of the doctrine of freewill serves to support that of the pretension of the natural man to be not irremediably fallen, for this is what such doctrine tends to. All who have never been deeply convicted of sin, all persons in whom this conviction is based on gross |
| 64. | Midnight Cry, The |
| "BEHOLD, the Bridegroom cometh," |
| 65. | Notes of a Meeting at Bournemouth, May 2nd, 1882 |
| Amid a chastened and subdued sense of God's presence, W. T. P. W. gave out-"Rest of the saints above," which was sung with much feeling. |
| 66. | Notes of a Reading at Bournemouth on May 3rd, 1882 |
| HYMN 186-" Jesus of Thee we ne'er would tire "-was given out by C. S. |
| 67. | Our Path and Our Associations |
| IT is a very simple, and yet a very important thing, to realize that the path for each of us must be an individual one. Many may, in fact, be in company with us, but to be right it must be the identity of the path that brings us |
| 68. | Poor Man of Psalm 41, The |
| THE application of Psa. 41 to Christ is one that has been naturally shrunk from. Yet I would venture here to recall attention to it, as what alone gives proper meaning to this close of the wonderful first book of the " Pentateuch of David." |
| 69. | Precious Blood of Christ, The |
| Scripture gives us various lines of instruction concerning the blood. They are largely referred to in the types given in the books of Moses, as well as in the apostles' ministry in their epistles. We now propose to look briefly at three aspects of the blood of Christ which speak |
| 70. | Presence and Acting of the Holy Ghost in the Assembly, The |
| 1.-The question of the "leading of the Spirit in the assembly," has been raised here, and it seems to me there is a deal of semi-quakerism amongst us, and that the presence of the Spirit, as a semi-distinct person, corporally present, as the Leader of the assembly, is confounded with |
| 71. | Rest, the Well, and the River, The |
| In connection with what our brother has said on Matt. 18:20 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Matthew 18:20), I would like to ask you to turn for a moment to the words of Jesus in Matt. 11 " I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from |
| 72. | Revelation 2, 3, A Few Thoughts on |
| If, as we believe, the Spirit of God has given us in the epistles to the seven churches, a picture of the moral phases of the church's history from the time of its departure in heart from Christ, until its utter rejection by Him, must we not look for a |
| 73. | Sacrifice in the Ways of God*, The Place of |
| If we take the history of the garden of Eden as a whole, we shall see it is such a whole, and, in brief, a complete picture of the ways of God. Man was placed under responsibility, and even under law failed and broke it, was sinful, and an actual |
| 74. | Salvation and Atonement |
| We are all learners, if indeed we have a teachable spirit, and any progress in the knowledge of what the word of God contains is only an approximation to a fuller comprehension of the truth, which was taught by the apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ. More than what was |
| 75. | Salvation and Atonement |
| Remarks on an Article in the Swedish Magazine "Pietisten," for September, 1881 |
| 76. | Servant and Savior |
| 13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. 14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider. 1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isaiah 52:13-53:12)The Pentateuch-the object of the enemy's attack in the present day- more and more presents itself to me as the basis of all scripture. Even in its very form I do not doubt it to be so. Take, for instance, the New Testament, its twenty-seven books fall naturally into |
| 77. | Servant and Savior Part 1 |
| "Behold, my servant shall act wisely: he is exalted, and raised up, and become very high." |
| 78. | Servant and Savior Part 2 |
| "Who bath believed our report? and to whom is Jehovah's arm revealed? For he groweth up before him as a tender shoot, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and we see him, and there is no beauty that we should |
| 79. | Servant and Savior Part 3 |
| We are come now to the central section of the prophecy, and doctrinally, also, the very heart of the whole. We are now to learn the true character of those sufferings once so misconceived. It is Israel's voice that we are listening to, the confession that they will yet make |
| 80. | Servant and Savior Part 4 |
| We come now, in the fourth section of this prophecy to see this same blessed Person tested in every possible way by all this through which He passed, and every fresh test only bringing out some fresh perfection. |
| 81. | Servant and Savior Part 5 |
| We are prepared now, therefore, to see where the path of the perfect Servant terminates. This is the fitting and necessary close of the prophecy, the Deuteronomic ending of this Isaian Pentateuch. |
| 82. | Some Last Words |
| " I am very, very weak," he remarked; "and, humanly speaking, my life is gone from the earth, but the Lord holds the thread of it." |
| 83. | Time of Innocence, The |
| A time so different from anything we ourselves have known as is the primitive time of innocence in Eden, there is necessarily difficulty in realizing or interpreting aright. Innocence we have lost, and can never regain. Nor is there anything really like it to be found in such a state |
| 84. | Trial by Human Government, The |
| The failure is on two sides, that of the governed and that of the governors alike, for both are men. On the part of those in authority is found weakness, the want of self-government, as in Noah, which exposes it to the contempt of those who need most the |
| 85. | Trial of Conscience in the Age Before the Flood, The |
| With Adam fallen- even from the first moment of his fall- we enter upon a new period. Sin and death, now come into the world, necessitate new dealings of God with man, if, indeed, judgment do not bring all to a sudden close. And this was not in His mind, |
| 86. | Trial of Conscience in the Age Before the Flood, The |
| We see that, after the fall, God purposed no new trial to man whatever. He revealed the coming of that Seed of the woman who should bruise the serpent's head. He instituted sacrifice, and thus not obscurely intimated the way of blessing and acceptance for man. He declared actually His |
| 87. | Trial of Human Government, The |
| Judgment was executed and over, and in Noah and his family the human race began anew the history of the world. There are many features of difference from the former beginnings, whether inside paradise or without. It was now first that on the fallen earth the trial of man formally |
| 88. | Trial of Innocence, The |
| (Continued.) |
| 89. | Two Desires of Christ for His Own |
| JON 17:24-26 At the close of this marvelous chapter, there are two desires of peculiar sweetness, both in themselves and in their connection with each other. The one is in verse 24, and the other in verse 26. In the former the Lord desires for His own, that they may |
| 90. | Unity of the Spirit, The |
| THAT the Holy Spirit has formed the church in its double character as the house of God (1 Cor. 3:9-17 9 For we are laborers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. 10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. 14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. (1 Corinthians 3:9-17)), and -the body of Christ (2 Cor. 12:13-27), no intelligent reader of the word of God can refuse to acknowledge. It is not left for inference, nor is it |
| 91. | Word in Season, A |
| The Lord has been giving blessing in the young little gathering here, so that two have been added since I went away, and they seem to be nice earnest souls, now feeding on the word. I do think that the Lord has given us an open door here, and I |
| 92. | World, The |
| The world is corrupt, it lies in sin, it has rejected the Savior-God come in grace. It is not only that man has been cast out of Eden because he was a sinner-which is true, and suffices for his condemnation-but there is more. God has done much to reclaim him. |