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A.W. Pink

THE BEATITUDES CONCLUSION The Beatitudes and Christ

A.W. PinkTHE BEATITUDES CONCLUSION The Beatitudes and Christ meditations upon the Beatitudes would not be complete unless they turned our thoughts to the Person of our blessed Lord. As we have endeavored to show, they describe the character and conduct of a Christian. Since Christian character is formed in u... Read More
A.W. Pink

The Doctrine of Election 3. Its Grand Original

A.W. PinkThe Doctrine of Election 3. Its Grand Original The decrees of God, His eternal purpose, the inscrutable counsels of His will, are indeed a great deep; yet this we know, that from first to last they have a definite relation to Christ, for He is the Alpha and the Omega in all covenant transactions. Be... Read More
A.W. Pink

THE DOCTRINE OF REVELATION Chapter 11 THE HOLY BIBLE ITS FULFILLED PROPHECIES

A.W. PinkTHE DOCTRINE OF REVELATION Chapter 11 THE HOLY BIBLE ITS FULFILLED PROPHECIES If the Bible is a human invention it ought not to require very much perspicuity to discover and demonstrate its imposture. The Scriptures claim to be of Divine inspiration, but if that claim is an empty and unfounded one, ... Read More
A.W. Pink

The Gospel of Luke

A.W. PinkWhy Four Gospels? 3. THE GOSPEL OF LUKE The numerical position which Luke occupies in the Sacred Canon, supplies a sure key to its interpretation. It is the third book in the New Testament, and the forty-second in the Bible as a whole. Each of these numbers are profoundly significant and suggestive ... Read More
A.W. Pink

The Satisfaction of Christ Studies in the Atonement 7. Its Nature-Continued

A.W. PinkThe Satisfaction of Christ Studies in the Atonement 7. Its Nature-Continued Rightly has it been said that, "The doctrine of the Atonement is put in its proper light only when it is regarded as the central truth of Christianity, the great theme of Scripture. The principal object of Revelation was to ... Read More
John Gill

Of the Creation of Man.

John GillA Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 3—Chapter 3 OF THE CREATION OF MAN. Man was made last of all the creatures, being the chief and masterpiece of the whole creation on earth, whom God had principally and first in view in making the world, and all things in it; according to that known rule, that what ... Read More
John Gill

Of the Grace of Love.

John GillA Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 1—Chapter 9 OF THE GRACE OF LOVE After faith and hope follows love; for in this order they stand, "now abide faith, hope, charity," or love, "these three" (1 Cor. 13:13), "but the greatest of these is charity," or "love;" not that it is of greater use than the other... Read More
John Gill

Of the Kingly Office of Christ.

John GillA Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 5—Chapter 13 OF THE KINGLY OFFICE OF CHRIST The prophetic and priestly offices of Christ having been considered; the kingly office of Christ is next to be treated of. Christ is king in a twofold sense: he is a king by nature; as he is God, he, is God over all; as th... Read More
John Gill

Of the Millennium, or Personal Reign of Christ with the Saints on the New Earth a Thousand Years.

John GillA Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 7—Chapter 8 Of the Millennium, OR PERSONAL REIGN OF CHRIST WITH THE SAINTS on the New Earth a Thousand Years I have treated already of the kingly office of Christ, as executed by him in various dispensations, particularly under the gospel dispensation, and have obse... Read More
John Gill

Of the Prophetic Office of Christ.

John GillA Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 5—Chapter 9 OF THE PROPHETIC OFFICE OF CHRIST Having gone through Christ’s estates of humiliation and exaltation, I shall next consider the offices sustained and executed by him in those estates. His office in general is that of Mediator, which is but one; the branc... Read More

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