Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 46 CHRIST€™S EXAMPLE FOR US John 13:12-20 The following is given as an Analysis of the second section of John 13:— 1. Christ’s searching question, verse 12. 2. Christ’s dignity and authority, verse 13. 3. Christ’s example for us to follow, verses 14,... Read More
No thorough study of the prayers of the apostles, or of the prayers of the Bible as a whole, would be complete without an examination of the benedictions with which the apostles (James excepted), prefaced their Epistles. Those opening salutations were very different from a mere act of politeness, as... Read More
Spiritual Growth 10. Its Decline I First, its nature. That which we are here to be concerned with is what some writers term "backsliding"—a lucid and expressive word that is not employed so often as it should be or once was. Like most other theological terms this one has been made the occasion of no... Read More
The Word of God opens with a brief account of creation, the making of man, and his fall. From later Scripture we have no difficulty in ascertaining that the issue of the trial to which man was subjected in Eden had been divinely foreseen. “The Lamb slain (in the purpose of God) from the foundation o... Read More
The Satisfaction of Christ Studies in the Atonement 11. Its Application "If the righteous scarcely [literally "with difficulty"] be saved where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?" (1 Pet. 4:18). It seems that comparatively few of the Lord’s people have an adequate conception of the obstacles i... Read More
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THE SECOND COMMANDMENT "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God ... Read More
TEXT.--I Thess. 5:23, 24. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit, and soul, and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you who also will do it. Having examined a few of the promises in proof of the po... Read More
Text. 2 Pet. 1:4:--Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. In continuing this subject, I am to show, II. The design of the promises. The design of the p... Read More
We are looking at the manifestations of the gifts of the Holy Spirit as they are listed in 1 Corinthians 12. Paul speaks of the gift of prophecy. Now we realize immediately that the gift of prophecy is not something new to the New Testament, but that the gift of prophecy has been exercised throughou... Read More
In 1 Corinthians 12:28, Paul says, Now God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers. We are looking at the gift of teaching. As Paul was writing to the Ephesians concerning the ministry gifts within the church, again he said, "He gave some apostles; and som... Read More
Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 46 CHRIST€™S EXAMPLE FOR US
Prayer - 2 Peter 1:2, 3
Spiritual Growth 10. Its Decline
THE EVERLASTING COVENANT
The Satisfaction of Christ Studies in the Atonement 11. Its Application
The Second Commandment
Sanctification--no. 4
The Promises of God--no. 2
The Gift of Prophecy
The Gift of Teaching