Hosea 2:15 NIV

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 28 CHRIST AND THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN John 8:1-11 We begin with the customary Analysis:— 1. Jesus retires to the mount of Olives: verse 1. 2. Jesus teaching in the temple: verse 2. 3. The Pharisees confront Him with an adulterous woman: verses 3-6. 4. Christ tur... Read More

Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 6 CHRIST’S FIRST MIRACLE John 2:1-11 First of all we will give a brief and simple Analysis of the passage before us:— 1. The Occasion of the Miracle: a marriage in Cana, verse 1. 2. The Presence there of the Mother of Jesus, verse 1. 3. The Savior and His Dis... Read More

THE HOLY SPIRIT Chapter 14 The Spirit Comforting Several Sequential Steps The saving work of the Spirit in the heart of God’s elect is a gradual and progressive one, conducting the soul step by step in the due method and order of the Gospel to Christ. Where there is no self-condemnation and humiliat... Read More

"O my people, what have I done unto thee? And wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me." --Micah 6:3 This is indeed a most striking passage. God himself appeals to his backslidden people to say what he has done to them that can any way justify their course of conduct towards him. The connecti... Read More

A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 3—Chapter 7 OF SINGING PSALMS, AS A PART OF PUBLIC WORSHIP Next to prayer may be considered, singing the praises of God, as a religious duty: this may be done in a private manner, by a person singly and alone (James 5:13), and between two or more; so Paul and Silos ... Read More

2 Corinthians 11:1-3. The subject before me is affection for Christ, or the state of heart which the Spirit is here to produce in the saints, and by which they answer to the present thoughts of Christ. I am afraid that when we speak of being here for Christ it is often the thought of our service or ... Read More

"He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him" (Ps. 66:6). It is a striking assertion, "through the floods" (the place where we might have expected nothing but trembling and terror, anguish and dismay) "there," says the Psalmist, "did we rejoice i... Read More

"I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness…And I will give her her vineyards from thence" (Hosea 2:14-15). A strange place to find vineyards--in the wilderness! And can it be that the riches which a soul needs can be obtained in the wilderness, which stands for a lonely place, out of whic... Read More

Q.1 Who is the only self-existent Being? ANSWER. God is the only self-existent Being. Ex. 3. 14; Psa. 90. 2; Isa. 45. 5, 22; Jn. 8.58. Q.2 Ought everyone to believe that there is a God? ANSWER. Everyone ought to believe that there is a God, and it is their great sin and folly who do not. Psa. 9.17; ... Read More

Next, we have the account of Zacchaeus (chap. 19:1-10), for the Spirit of God did not tie Luke to the mere order of time; and morally viewed, it was the fitting sequel to the healing of the blind man. Found only in this Gospel, it is a striking illustration of the grace which receives a man, no matt... Read More