1 Peter 1:6-9

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 48 CHRIST COMFORTING HIS DISCIPLES John 14:1-11 Below is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us: — 1. Christ’s call to faith in Himself, verse 1. 2. Christ’s teaching about Heaven, verse 2. 3. Christ’s precious promises, verses 3, 4. 4. Thomas’ q... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 51 CHRIST THE TRUE VINE John 15:1-6 The following is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. The vine and the husbandman, verse 1. 2. The fruitless branch cared for, verse 2. 3. The purging of fruitless branches, verse 2. 4. Clean through the... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 67 CHRIST RISEN FROM THE DEAD John 20:1-10 Below is an Analysis of the first section of John 20:— 1. The stone removed from the sepulcher, verse 1. 2. Mary Magdalene’s appeal to the two disciples, verse 2. 3. Love’s race to the sepulcher, verses 3, 4. 4. John... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 68 CHRIST APPEARING TO HIS OWN. John 20:11-23 Below is an Analysis of our present passage:— 1. Mary at the sepulcher, verses 11-13. 2. Christ revealing Himself to Mary, verses 14-16. 3. Christ commissioning Mary, verses 17-18. 4. The apostles in the upper roo... Read More

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 1: The Christian’s Beginning Chapter 1 SAVING FAITH "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned" (Mark 16:16). These are the words of Christ, the risen Christ, and are the last that He uttered ere He left this earth. None m... Read More

Having considered in the two previous chapters the supplicant, setting, Object, and plea of this prayer, let us now contemplate, fifthly, its petition: "the God of all grace… make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." The proper force of the Greek grammar would make the petition read like ... Read More

The exercises of soul and pangs of heart find expression in sighs and sobs, in moans and groans, yet such as mere nature never produced. The word "sigh" has a much stronger force in its Scriptural usage than in our ordinary conversation, or we should say, in more modern speech, for three hundred yea... Read More

STUDIES ON SAVING FAITH Part II 2. Its Nature "There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness" (Prov. 30:12). A great many suppose that such a verse as this applies only to those who are trusting in something other than Christ for their acceptance ... Read More

STUDIES ON SAVING FAITH Part II 5. Its Evidences The great majority of those who read this will, doubtless, be they who profess to be in possession of a saving faith. To all such we would put the questions. Where is your proof? What effects has it produced in you? A tree is known by its fruits, and ... Read More

In this chapter the apostle does two things: First, he shows what is not and what is the Law’s relation to the believer—judicially, the believer is emancipated from the curse or penalty of the Law (7:1-6); morally, the believer is under bonds to obey the Law (vv. 22, 25). Secondly, he guards against... Read More