1 Peter 4:1-8

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 53 CHRIST FORTIFYING HIS DISCIPLES John 15:17-27 The following is an Analysis of the closing section of John 15:— 1. Christians commanded to love one another, verse 17. 2. Christians warned of the world’s hatred, verse 18. 3. Causes of the world’s hatred, ver... Read More

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 2: Progress in the Christian Life Chapter 8 THE WORK OF THE LORD Our present design is twofold: to censure a misuse, and to explain the meaning of the following verse: "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; f... Read More

The prayer that is now to engage our attention is a particularly arresting one, but its beauty and blessedness appear even more conspicuously when it is examined in connection with its somber background. It concludes the most solemn Epistle in the New Testament, one that is to be read with fear and ... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 31 Its Need Revisited-Concluded It might be thought that we had pretty well covered this aspect in the preceding section. Not so; there is another important phase of it which needs to be considered. Sin has not only alienated man from God, but man from man as w... Read More

The Redeemer’s Return THE IMMINENCY OF THE REDEEMER’S RETURN Chapter 5 "For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry" Hebrews 10:37 In the previous chapter we sought to do nothing more than prove that our Redeemer would return before the Millennium, the date of His re... Read More

THE LORD’S PRAYER Chapter 4 The Third Petition "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven" Matthew 6:10 The connection between this third petition and the preceding ones is not difficult to trace. The first concern of our hearts, as well as our prayers, must be for God’s glory. Longings after Go... Read More

Dear friends, who are captives in Algiers, whom the Lord hath enlightened with his day spring from on high [Luke 1:78], and visited you with his tender mercies in your slavery and captivity, that you may know his will, and do it in his light, grace, truth, and spirit, that you may serve and worship ... Read More

"Now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13). LOVE is rightly called "the Queen of Christian graces." "The goal of this command," says Paul, "is love" (1 Timothy 1:5). It is a grace which all people profess to admire. It seems a plain practi... Read More

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST PETER That Simon, called Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, was the writer of this epistle, is not questioned by any; nor was the genuineness and authenticity of it ever made a doubt of. Eusebius says {a}, that it had been confessed by all, and received without controversy; and... Read More

INTRODUCTION TO I PETER 4 In this chapter the apostle goes on to exhort to an holy life and conversation, and to the several duties of religion, and to suffer cheerfully for the sake of Christ. From the consideration of Christ's sufferings, he exhorts the saints to arm themselves with the same mind,... Read More