Ephesians 1:17

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 57 CHRIST INTERCEDING John 17:1-5 The following is an Analysis of the first section of John 17: 1. The Son praying, verse 1. 2. His desire for the Father’s glory, verse 1. 3. His own glory subsidiary, verse 1. 4. The consequences of His glorification, verse 2... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 72 CONCLUSION Our happy task is finished, and it is with a real sense of regret that we take up our pen to add an appendix. Before he commenced this commentary the author devoted ten years of special study to John’s Gospel, having gone through it three times ... Read More

"For the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance" DEUT. 32:9 This verse brings before us a most blessed and wonderful line of truth, so wonderful that no human mind could possibly have invented it. It speaks of the mighty God having an "inheritance," and it tells us that th... Read More

STUDIES ON SAVING FAITH Part II 4. Its Communication From the human viewpoint, things are now in a bad state in the world. But from the spiritual viewpoint things are in a far worse state in the religious realm. Sad is it to see the anti-Christian cults flourishing on every side; but far more grievo... Read More

The Doctrine of Election 12. Its Publication During the last two or three generations the pulpit has given less and less prominence to doctrinal preaching, until today—with very rare exceptions—it has no place at all. In some quarters the cry from the pew was, We want living experience and not dry d... Read More

The Doctrine of Election 2. Its Source Accurately speaking, election is a branch of predestination, the latter being a more comprehensive term than the former. Predestination relates to all creatures, things, and events; but election is restricted to rational beings—angels and humans. As the word pr... 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 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 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

THE DOCTRINE OF REVELATION Chapter 19 REVELATION IN GLORY THE STATE OF SAINTS IN GLORY We have shown that there is a real and radical difference between the death of a believer and that of an unbeliever, and having contemplated some of the accompaniments of a Christian’s departure from this world we... Read More