Exodus 21:2-6

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 45 CHRIST WASHING HIS DISCIPLES’ FEET John 13:1-11 Below is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. Christ’s unchanging love, verse 1. 2. Judas’s inveterate hatred, verse 2. 3. Christ’s return to the Father, verse 3. 4. Christ performing a sl... 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

We have now arrived at a stage of our subject which we fear is not likely to be of much interest to many of our readers; yet we would ask them to kindly bear with us for the sake of those who are anxious to have a systematic exposition thereof. We write, therefore, for those who desire answers to su... Read More

The Total Depravity of Man Chapter 13 REMEDY Perhaps some readers are inclined to demur thus: "Why devote a separate section to this? We already know all about it. The remedy for ruined man is to be found in God’s salvation." But that is a very superficial view, and a wrong one too; for the greatest... Read More

"THE PIERCED EAR" I. A SLAVE. A. How one became a slave. 1. Captured nations. 2. Sold. 3. Kidnapped. 4. Born. B. Conditions of a slave. 1. Food, clothes, shelter provided by master. 2. No possessions of their own. 3. No rights. 4. Submitted to will of another. C. A slave's state related to master. 1... Read More

A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 2—Chapter 9 OF THE PART THE SON OF GOD, THE SECOND PERSON, HAS TAKEN IN THE COVENANT. The part which the Son of God takes, and the place and office he has in the covenant of grace, are next to be considered. Christ has so great a concern in the covenant, that he is ... Read More

Reading: Ex. 21:5-6; Deut. 15:12-18. Here we have the ear of the servant, and right on the surface there lies the connection between love, the ear, and abiding service. Love here is connected with the bored ear, and becomes the basis of this continuous service which is something that is voluntarily ... Read More

ABRAHAM HAD TWO SONS The prophetic nature of Holy Scripture even in its personal and national histories is exemplified in the inspired use which the apostle Paul makes of the great domestic dilemma in the life of Abraham. In his remarkable allegory in Galatians 4, Paul presents the two sons of Abrah... Read More

"Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spew you not out. "And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. "B... Read More

Notice in the first place that the tabernacle has been set up. It is out of the tabernacle of the congregation that this instruction is given. It supposes God is there, and it is a question of approach to Him. There are two classes of sacrifices: those made by fire for a sweet savour; and the sin an... Read More