Hebrews 12:9

"Despise not thou the chastening of the Lord nor faint when thou are rebuked of him" (HEBREWS 12:5). It is of first importance that we learn to draw a sharp distinction between Divine punishment and Divine chastisement - important for maintaining the honour and glory of God, and for the peace of min... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 58 CHRIST INTERCEDING (CONTINUED) John 17:6-12 The following is an Analysis of the second section of John 17: — 1. What Christ had done for God’s elect, verse 6. 2. The response of the elect, verses 6, 7. 3. The consequent assurance of the elect, verse 8. 4. ... 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

11 "And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and the... Read More

The Total Depravity of Man Chapter 2 ORIGIN That something is radically wrong with the world of mankind requires no labored argument to demonstrate. That such has been the case in all generations is plain from the annals of history. This is only another way of saying that something is radically wron... Read More

The Total Depravity of Man Chapter 5 TRANSMISSION In introducing this aspect of our subject we cannot do better than set before the reader what A. A. Hodge pointed out in Outlines of Theology as …the self-evident moral principles which must ever be certainly presupposed in every inquiry into the dea... Read More

Paul is talking about the diversities of the gifts of the Spirit and the various manifestations of the Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12:9, as he declares, To another faith by the same Spirit. This is the gift or the manifestation of faith. Now there are different kinds of faith. We talk about saving faith... Read More

1Cor 9:24-27 24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. 25 And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. 26 Therefo... Read More