Ephesians 1:6-10

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 21 CHRIST WALKING ON THE SEA John 6:14-27 We begin with our customary Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. The Response of the people to the miracle of the loaves: verses 14, 15. 2. The Retirement of Christ to the mount: verse 15. 3. The Disc... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 60 CHRIST INTERCEDING (CONCLUDED) John 17:20-26 The following is an Analysis of the dosing section of John 17:— 1. Christ’s heart embracing all the redeemed, verse 20. 2. Christ’s prayer for their unity, verse 21. 3. Christ’s imparting to them His glory, vers... 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

"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus" (ROMANS 8:1) "(There is) therefore now no condemnation." The eighth chapter of the epistle to the Romans concludes the first section of that wonderful epistle. Its opening word "Therefore" ("There is" is in italics, because s... Read More

Certain extremists among the Dispensationalists assert and insist that the last seven epistles of the New Testament (Hebrews through Jude) pertain not to all those who are members of the mystical body of Christ, but are entirely Jewish, penned by the apostles to the Circumcision and meant for them o... Read More

Spiritual Growth 3. Its Necessity I We commenced the last chapter by pointing out that none can possibly make any progress in the Christian life unless he first be a Christian and then devoted the remainder to defining and describing what a "Christian" is. It is indeed striking to note that this tit... Read More

THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD 2. THE DECREES OF GOD The decree of God is His purpose or determination with respect to future things. We have used the singular number as Scripture does (Rom 8:28, Eph 3:11), because there was only one act of His infinite mind about future things. But we speak as if there had ... Read More

THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD 4. THE FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD What controversies have been engendered by this subject in the past! But what truth of Holy Scripture is there which has not been made the occasion of theological and ecclesiastical battles? The deity of Christ, His virgin birth, His atoning death, H... Read More

THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD 8. THE HOLINESS OF GOD "Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? for Thou only art holy" (Rev. 15:4). He only is independently, infinitely, immutably holy. In Scripture He is frequently styled "The Holy One": He is so because the sum of all moral excellency is fou... Read More