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Why Four Gospels? 4. THE GOSPEL OF JOHN As we turn to the fourth Gospel we come to entirely different ground from that which we have traversed in the other three. True, the period of time which is covered by it, is the same as in the others; true, that some of the incidents that have already been lo... Read More

THE HOLY SPIRIT Chapter 30 The Spirit Fructifying In the Song of Solomon Far more is said in Scripture upon this aspect of our many-sided subject than is generally supposed—different figures being used, especially in the Old Testament, to express the graces and virtues which the Spirit imparts to an... Read More

The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross 7. THE WORD OF CONTENTMENT "And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up his spirit" Luke 23:46 "AND WHEN JESUS HAD cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy ha... Read More

"These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might abide in you, and that your joy might be full. --JOHN 15:11 ABIDING fully in Christ is a life of exquisite and overflowing happiness. As Christ gets more complete possession of the soul, it enters into the joy of its Lord. His own joy, the joy ... Read More

Every Branch in me that Beareth Not Fruit, He taketh It away—John 15.2 Here we have one of the chief words of the parable—branch. A vine needs branches: without branches it can do nothing, can bear no fruit. As important as it is to know about the Vine, and the Husbandman, it is to realize what the ... Read More

Every Branch That Beareth Fruit, He Cleanseth It, That It May Bear More Fruit—John 15.2 There are two remarkable things about the vine. There is not a plant of which the fruit has so much spirit in it, of which spirit can be so abundantly distilled as the vine. And there is not a plant which so soon... Read More

Every Branch in me That Beareth Not Fruit, He Taketh It Away—John 15.2 Fruit.—This is the next great word we have: the Vine, the Husbandman, the branch, the fruit. What has our Lord to say to us of fruit? Simply this—that fruit is the one thing the branch is for, and that if it bear not fruit, the h... Read More

Bring Forth Fruit I. Parable of the vineyard. A. Immediately in their minds they would associate this with Isaiah 5. "For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel." 1. The parable in Isaiah 5 is the vineyard that had been given every advantage and benefit, yet it failed to produce go... Read More

It is the purpose of this series of studies to bring you into a close, intimate, personal relationship with the Holy Spirit. Our study last Thursday night dealt with the person of the Holy Spirit showing that, from the Scriptures, He has all the characteristics of personality and He is referred to w... Read More

Rev 12:1-6 There was a great sign in heaven, a woman "clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars". There are two main commentaries on this passage, (1) that the woman refers to Israel, the man Child to Jesus and the twelve stars refer to the twelve t... Read More