Acts 9:1

ATTRIBUTES OF GOD 13. THE GRACE OF GOD Grace is a perfection of the Divine character which is exercised only toward the elect. Neither in the Old Testament nor in the New is the grace of God ever mentioned in connection with mankind generally, still less with the lower orders of His creatures. In th... 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

THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 1 Its Distinctions Before taking up our subject in a positive and constructive manner it seems advisable that we should endeavor to remove a misapprehension under which a number of our readers are laboring, and which requires to be cleared up before they will b... Read More

I would like to continue tonight in our study on the baptism of the Holy Spirit. First of all, we will look at the promises of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. In Matthew 3:11, John the Baptist said, I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whos... 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

A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 1—Chapter 15 OF THE LONGSUFFERING OF GOD. The longsuffering of God, the same with his forbearance and patience, arises from his mercy, is a display of it, or is one way in which mercy shows itself; and so, by the Cabalistic Jews, it is said to belong to the predicam... Read More

The Free Grace of God Exalted In The Character Of The Apostle Paul Occasioned by the Death of Mr. John Brine, Baptist Minister. Preached at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, May 26, 1765. But by the grace of God, I am what I am. —1 Corinthians 15:10 The apostle is treating in the context of the important d... Read More

"His great love wherewith he loved us" (Eph. 2:4). We come now to the close of the New Testament, the consummation in the book of the Revelation. A great deal of reading ought to take place at this point for which we have not the time. Will you open the Word at the beginning of the book of the Revel... Read More

Reading: Colossians 1:9-29. The clause in the thirteenth verse very largely represents what has been laid on my heart for this time: "The Son of his love"; then that which follows, the position which He occupies according to the will of the Father - "He is before all things, and in him all things co... Read More

"Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod" or, "The Silent Soul with Sovereign Antidotes" by Thomas Brooks, 1659, London. "I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for You are the one who has done this!" Psalm 39:9 (A Christian with an Olive Leaf in his mouth, when he is under the greatest afflictions,... Read More