Acts 21:26-33

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 40 CHRIST FEARED BY THE SANHEDRIN John 11:45-57 The following is submitted as an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. The effects of Christ’s great miracle, verses 45, 46. 2. The Council and their predicament, verses 47, 48. 3. Caiaphas and h... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 21 Its Scope-Concluded It is not sufficiently realized that sin is the one great divisive, disrupting and destructive agency at work in every part and stratum of our world. It was sin that separated man from God, which produced a breach between him and the holy... Read More

THE LAW AND THE SAINT 3. THE POSITIVE SIDE What is the relation of the Law (the Ten Commandments) to Christians? In our previous chapter we pointed out how that three radically different answers have been returned to this question. The first, that sinners become saints by obeying the Law. This is Le... Read More

"Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God" (Rom. 11:22). In the last chapter when treating of the Sovereignty of God the Father in Salvation, we examined seven passages which represent Him as making a choice from among the children of men, and predestinating certain ones to be conformed to ... Read More

"THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER" I. THE PROMISE: "I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH." A. To think, the Spirit of God upon a man. 1. I have seen men when spirit of fear. 2. I have seen spirit of happiness. 3. Spirit of sadness and depression. 4. Comprehend what this says the Spirit of God would com... Read More

THE AGREEMENT OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT A Sermon, Preached at a Wednesday’s Evening Lecture, in GREAT EAST-CHEAP, Mar. 24, 1756. Acts 26: 22, 23. Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great; saying none other things than those which the prop... Read More

A Willing Sacrifice By Paris Reidhead* Will you turn, please, to Acts, Chapter 21. I shall read the first 17 verses. You may feel that this portion is not as rich in meaning as you might wish. It is an account of travelling. Travelogues aren’t generally too interesting when they are just from point ... Read More

Return to Jerusalem By Paris Reidhead* I want you to turn, if you will please, to Acts, Chapter 21, and I shall begin reading with... well we will just arbitrarily begin with the 17th verse: “And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. 18And the day following Paul went in wi... Read More

“And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there.” (John 2:1) These words mark the close of that Second Week with which the ministry of Christ opened. The ‘third day” (see chapter 1, verses 29, 35, 43 for the first four) corresponds to the sabbatic rest o... Read More

Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. For the word of God is quick [i.e. living] and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discer... Read More