Hebrews 12:11

“Man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward” (Job 5:7). How can it be otherwise, living as he is in a world which is under the curse that Adam’s sin entailed, and, what is worse, under God’s judgment because of its casting out of His beloved Son. Yet the subject of “trouble” needs to be “righ... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 31 CHRIST AND THE BLIND BEGGAR John 9:1-7 Below will be found an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. Jesus beholds the man born blind: verse 1. 2. The disciples’ question: verse 2. 3. Christ’s answer: verses 3-5. 4. Christ anoints the blind ... Read More

PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 4: God’s Best in the Christian Life Chapter 13 ENJOYING GOD’S BEST Introduction Since God has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass, to speak of an enjoying of His best (rather than His second or third best) and missing His best, strikes some as meaningless if not erroneo... Read More

"My Son despise not thou the chastening of the Lord nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him" (HEBREWS 12:5). Not all chastisement is sanctified to the recipients of it. Some are hardened thereby; others are crushed beneath it. Much depends on the spirit in which afflictions are received. There is no ... Read More

Spiritual Growth 6. Its Seasonableness I "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. . . . He hath made everything beautiful in his time" (Eccl. 3:1, 11). If the whole of these eleven verses be read consecutively it will be seen that they furnish a full outline of... Read More

THE BEATITUDES THE SECOND BEATITUDE "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted" Matthew 5:4 is hateful and irksome to poor human nature. From suffering and sadness our spirits instinctively shrink. By nature we seek the society of the cheerful and joyous. Our text presents an anomaly ... Read More

The Doctrine of Election 9. Its Perception Thus far we have dwelt mainly upon the doctrinal side of election; now we turn more directly to its experimental and practical aspect. The entire doctrine of Scripture is a perfect and harmonious unit, yet for our clearer apprehension thereof it may be cons... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF REVELATION Chapter 17 REVELATION IN GLORY THIS LIFE AND LIFE HEREAFTER We have now arrived at the grand climax of our subject, and well may we beg the Lord to enlarge our hearts that we may take in a soul-rapturing view thereof. Having traced out—most imperfectly—the revelation which... Read More

The Doctrine of Sanctification 14. Its Procurer (COMPLETED) There is a perfect sanctification in Christ which became ours the moment we first believed in Him—little though we realized it at the time. There will also be a perfect conformity to this in us, an actual making good thereof, when we shall ... Read More

The Doctrine of Sanctification 8. ITS NATURE We have now reached what is, in several respects, the most important aspect of our theme. It is very necessary that we should seek after a clear and comprehensive view of the character of sanctification itself, what it really consists of; or, at best, Our... Read More