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
Redeemed From the Curse of the Law By Paris Reidhead* My first introduction to the important subject of the Lord for the body or Christ our healer came when I was a student here in Minneapolis at Northwestern School. I was sick. I had been sick for some time. I couldn’t get my strength back, so I we... Read More
The Lord Our Healer – Part 2 By Paris Reidhead* Last week we considered from the Word of God, God’s willingness to make the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ extend to the whole man. We saw that text in 3rd John 1:2, Beloved, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for you is that you prosper and be in hea... Read More
From "The Work of the Ministry" - Volume 2 Reading: Revelation 3:7-11. You will notice that the words of our title are linked with the Lord's coming - "I come quickly". And with His coming imminent He addresses these words to His children. The issue, after all, at the end, in the coming of the Lord,... Read More
Reading: “He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things” Ephesians 4:10. We have been seeking already to see that into that last clause of a parenthesis the Lord’s servant has packed the mighty fulness of his apprehension of Christ. We have... Read More
Reading: Matthew 16:13-15. 'Who do you say that I am?' The answer that each one of us is able to give to that question will reveal the measure of our own spiritual life. Let me say, however, at the outset that, although our Lord was undoubtedly seeking the answer that Peter gave Him - a testimony to... Read More
Reading: Ps. 24:3; Rev. 14:1-5; Ps. 122:2-4. We have been led to look afresh at this whole matter of spiritual ascendency. We have looked at the vast expanses, seeing the thing very much as a whole. Now we get closer to some of the aspects of it. The Challenge of Ascendency But first of all there is... Read More
"Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod" or, "The Silent Soul with Sovereign Antidotes" by Thomas Brooks, 1659, London. "I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for You are the one who has done this!" Psalm 39:9 Objection 8. Oh! But God has deserted me! He has forsaken me! He who should comfort my s... Read More
"His soul entered into iron" (Ps. 105:18). Turn that about and render it in our language, and it reads thus, "Iron entered his soul." Is there not a truth in this? That sorrow and privation, the yoke borne in the youth, the soul's enforced restraint, are all conducive to an iron tenacity and strengt... Read More
Chapter IV. Verses 1-3 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you, to walk worthily of the calling wherewith you were called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Great has... Read More
Exposition of the Gospel of John CHAPTER 62 CHRIST BEFORE ANNAS
Redeemed From the Curse of the Law
The Lord Our Healer – Part 2
"I Have Loved Thee"
Emptying Unto Fulness
The Fundamental Importance of an Adequate Apprehension of Christ
The Nature and Motive of Spiritual Ascendency
Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod -Part 4
Iron Saints
Homily 9 on Ephesians