Elijah appeared on the stage of public action during one of the darkest hours of Israel’s sad history. He is introduced to us at the beginning of 1 Kings 17, and we have but to read through the previous chapters to discover what a deplorable state God’s people were then in. Israel had grievously and... Read More
PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 3: Authority in Christian Practice Chapter 9 THE SUPREMACY OF GOD In one of his letters to Erasmus, Luther said, "Your thoughts of God are too human." Probably that renowned scholar resented such a rebuke, the more so since it proceeded from a miner’s son; nevertheless, i... Read More
THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD 5. THE SUPREMACY OF GOD In one of his letters to Erasmus, Luther said, "Your thoughts of God are too human." Probably that renowned scholar resented such a rebuke, the more so, since it proceeded from a miner’s son; nevertheless, it was thoroughly deserved. We too, though havin... Read More
The Prophetic Parables of Matthew 13 Chapter 4: THE PARABLE OF THE LEAVEN. "Another parable spoke he unto them: The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened" (v. 33). In the mercy of God we are not left to any human opi... Read More
In 1 Corinthians 12:10, as Paul is continuing the list of the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, he speaks about how the Spirit divides to each one of us severally as He wills of those gifts or manifestations. In verse 10 he said, "To another the working of miracles." We ... Read More
Friends,—You may read in the old world, how one family after another, till Noah's time, served the Lord God. And then from Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and their wives, and after Moses and Aaron had brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, and that they were come to be a great people, Moses ... Read More
A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 3—Chapter 4 OF THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD. The next external work of God is "Providence"; by which all the creatures God has made are preserved, governed, guided, and directed. The word itself is never used of the divine Being syllabically, or in so many syllables in scr... Read More
God’s rights concerning His house have always been challenged. God had created this earth as a place where His rights would be recognized. That is why He gave man certain commandments. He gave them to man to bring him to the place where he would respect God’s rights. Through the recognition of God’s... Read More
Reading: 1 Kings 17. What we have in view, of course, in the first place, is the servant of the Lord. Once more God is found reacting to a state of things amongst His Own people, rising up in Divine discontent, and, as always, laying His hand upon an instrument for recovery. So Elijah stands before ... Read More
Reading: 1 Kings 17. What we have in view, of course, in the first place, is the servant of the Lord. Once more God is found reacting to a state of things amongst His Own people, rising up in Divine discontent, and, as always, laying His hand upon an instrument for recovery. So Elijah stands before ... Read More
Elijah’s Dramatic Appearance
PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 3: Authority in Christian Practice Chapter 9 THE SUPREMACY OF GOD
THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD 5. THE SUPREMACY OF GOD
The Parable of the Leaven
The Gift of Miracles
Epistle 320
Of the Providence of God.
God’s Rights in His House
The Experience of Ministry... Pictured by Elijah
The Ministry of Elijah (1 Kings 17)