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<35009E> 131 Ephesians 1 Here we have the thought of God about us - all that there is of blessing in Him for us. Angels, principalities, and powers, will learn through us the manifold wisdom of God. Then He unfolds it all. First our calling, then God's purpose as to Christ - His place then our inher... Read More

John 17:21 Luke 12: 36 Collected Writings of J. N. Darby, 1: 20-35, Dublin 1828 The writer of these pages – he trusts, not the author of them – would add whatever God might afford him in ministering to the progress of the Church through the various exercises to which its faith is exposed. He cannot ... Read More

We always find in the deliverances of God's people that God is also going to punish the world. He bears testimony against it, a universal testimony, without excepting anybody. The law distinguishes men according to their acts, but the Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, because they have not beli... Read More

It is easy to understand Israel's distress, - the sea before, shutting them in, and Pharaoh and his host pursuing, so that they were sore afraid, and cried unto the Lord, and said to Moses, "Because there were no graves in Egypt hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness?" Although, as we see,... Read More

After presenting a powerful teaching to His disciples concerning the Kingdom, Jesus left Galilee and traveled 20 miles west — home to Nazareth. In Nazareth, unbelief filled the hearts of His countrymen. Matthew ends this chapter saying of Jesus, ‘He did not many mighty works there because of their u... Read More

"In whom we have . . . the forgiveness of sins." Eph. 1:7. "Beware of the pleasant view of the Fatherhood of God—God is so kind and loving that of course He will forgive us. That sentiment has no place whatever in the New Testament. "The only ground on which God can forgive us is the tremendous trag... Read More

[This sermon was preached at Carnock, July 18th, 1730, before the administration of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.] "Nevertheless, he saved them for his name's sake."—Psalm 106:8. My friends, the sacramental cup that some of you have in view, is a cup of salvation; and those that adventure to t... Read More

"The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand." John 3:35. [What follows was delivered immediately before the celebration of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper at Dunfermline, June 27, 1731.] It is in the holy and over-ruling providence of him, in whose hand all things and all ... Read More

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 Jesus promises that if we follow him we don't have to wait until we die or until he comes back in glory to enter heaven. Heaven begins now. "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will ... Read More

"That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:" Ephesian... Read More