Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 62 CHRIST BEFORE ANNAS John 18:12-27 Below is an Analysis of the second section of John 18: — 1. Christ bound and led to Annas, verses 12-14. 2. Peter follows and is admitted to the palace, verses 15, 16. 3. Peter’s first denial of Christ, verses 17, 18. 4. A... Read More
Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 9 CHRIST AND NICODEMUS (CONCLUDED) John 3:9-21 We begin with an Analysis of the passage which is before us:— 1. The Dullness of Nicodemus, verses 9, 10. 2. The Unbelief of Nicodemus, verses 11, 12. 3. The Omnipresence of Christ, verse 13. 4. The Necessity of ... Read More
PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 2: Progress in the Christian Life Chapter 8 THE WORK OF THE LORD Our present design is twofold: to censure a misuse, and to explain the meaning of the following verse: "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord; f... Read More
"Now the God of peace. . . make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ." As previously intimated, there is a very close connection between this verse and the preceding one. Here we have the request that the apostle... 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 DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION 10. ITS RESULTS The justification of the believer is absolute, complete, final. "It is God that justifieth" (Rom. 8:33), and "I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it" (Eccl. 3:14). So absolute and in... Read More
THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION 5. ITS NATURE Justification, strictly speaking, consists in God’s imputing to His elect the righteousness of Christ, that alone being the meritorious cause or formal ground on which He pronounces them righteous: the righteousness of Christ is that to which God has respe... Read More
THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION 8. ITS INSTRUMENT "Being justified freely by his grace" (Rom. 3:24); "being now justified by His blood" (Rom. 5:9); "being now justified by faith" (Rom. 5:1). A full exposition of the doctrine of justification requires that each of these propositions should be interpret... Read More
THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 1 Its Distinctions Before taking up our subject in a positive and constructive manner it seems advisable that we should endeavor to remove a misapprehension under which a number of our readers are laboring, and which requires to be cleared up before they will b... Read More
THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 11 Its Effectuation-Continued That which is here to engage our attention is the work performed by the Mediator in order to heal the breach between a righteous God and His sinful people and thus effect a mutual reconciliation. This will bring before us the most ... Read More
Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 62 CHRIST BEFORE ANNAS
Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 9 CHRIST AND NICODEMUS (CONCLUDED)
PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Part 2: Progress in the Christian Life Chapter 8 THE WORK OF THE LORD
Prayer - Hebrews 13:20, 21, Part 3
Spiritual Growth 10. Its Decline
THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION 10. ITS RESULTS
THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION 5. ITS NATURE
THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION 8. ITS INSTRUMENT
THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 1 Its Distinctions
THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 11 Its Effectuation-Continued