1 John 2:26-29

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 49 CHRIST COMFORTING HIS DISCIPLES (CONTINUED) John 14:12-20 Below is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. Christ’s cause furthered by His return to the Father, verse 12. 2. Praying in the name of Christ, verses 13, 14. 3. Love evidenced b... Read More

"He instructed him." So He does us. It was to instruct us that God, in His great mercy, gave us THE SCRIPTURES. He has not left us to grope our way in darkness, but has provided us with a lamp for our feet and a light for our path. Nor are we left to our own unaided powers in the study of the Word. ... Read More

"Now the God of peace. . . make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ." As previously intimated, there is a very close connection between this verse and the preceding one. Here we have the request that the apostle... Read More

Two evidences of the love of Christ for His people are mentioned in this prayer: His cleansing of them from their sins by His own blood, and His enriching of them by the dignities He bestows upon them. But there is also a third expression and manifestation of His love that, though not distinctly exp... Read More

REGENERATION OR THE NEW BIRTH Chapter 3 ITS EFFECTS "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit" (John 3:8). Though the wind be imperious in its action, man being unable ... Read More

Spiritual Growth 2. Its Root Before attempting to define and describe what the spiritual growth of a Christian consists of, we should first show what it is that is capable of growth, for spiritual growth necessarily supposes the presence of spiritual life: only a regenerated person can grow. Progres... Read More

STUDIES ON SAVING FAITH Part IV 15. ITS SUBJECTS Under this head we propose briefly to consider the character of those persons to whom the privilege of Christian assurance rightfully belongs. Here again there are two extremes to be guarded against. On the one hand is that class who have been deceive... Read More

The Antichrist Chapter 9 THE ANTICHRIST IN THE GOSPELS AND EPISTLES. The Old and New Testaments have many things in common—far more than some teachers of "dispensational" truth seem to be aware of—but there are also some noticeable contrasts between them. Speaking generally, the one is principally p... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF MAN’S IMPOTENCE Chapter 3 NATURE The doctrine we are now considering is a most solemn and forbidding one. Certainly it is one which could never have been invented by man, for it is far too humbling and distasteful. It is one which is most offensive to human pride, and at complete var... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF REVELATION Chapter 16 GOD’S SUBJECTIVE REVELATION THE HOLY SPIRIT MUST QUICKEN We have dwelt upon the revelation which God has made of Himself in the material universe, in the moral nature of man, in the shaping of human history, in His incarnate Son, and in the Holy Scriptures. We h... Read More