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He is before all things. The Amen; the beginning of the creation of God. — The beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the pre‑eminence. The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ... Read More

I am my Beloved's, and His desire is toward me. I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. — I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to co... Read More

The Lord delighteth in thee. Thus saith the Lord that created thee, ... Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. — Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget t... Read More

ORATION II THE AUTHOR AND THE END OF THEOLOGY They who are conversant with the demonstrative species of oratory, and choose for themselves any subject of praise or blame, must generally be engaged in removing from themselves, what very readily assails the minds of their auditors, a suspicion that th... Read More

ADAM AND CHRIST ROMANS 5: 14-21 In the latter part of this chapter is exhibited strikingly the sin, and the consequences of that sin, wrought and incurred by Adam; and the grace that is manifested in Jesus Christ, as contrasted the one with the other. This is a very important position, as displaying... Read More

In the former part of this chapter we have the unsearchable riches of Christ contrasted with all that had been previously revealed. In all the Old Testament scriptures there had been nothing of the mystery as we get it here. There had been glimpses now and then, but nothing more. What strikes the ap... Read More

Genesis does not begin with any counsels nor even with the existence of God, though both are given in the New Testament. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth": this is the opening of the creation. There is nothing of counsels, but you are before the world, and also get more in the... Read More

A wonderful inquiry is this which is quoted from Psalm 8, "What is man, that thou art mindful of him?" - an inquiry founded on the nothingness of man in himself, but bringing out, as God's answer to it, all His counsels in Christ. "What is man, that thou art mindful of him?" Such is his littleness. ... Read More

We get here how the Lord humbled Himself, and associated us with Himself according to the counsels of God. The Deity of the Lord Jesus is the basis of everything for our souls. Without it God could not be known to us. Who could leave His place but a Divine Person? I say that because I desire this ev... Read More

This epistle gives us two practical characteristics of Christian life in which we find the true practical power of the life - the principle on which it passes through the world according to the mind of God. The Epistle is not doctrinal but, in it, we get the Christian path - Christian experience in ... Read More