Zechariah 3:9 NASB

THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Introduction Three considerations have influenced us in the selection of this theme. First, a desire to preserve the balance of Truth. In order to do this it is desirable that there should be an alternation between and a proportionate emphasis upon both the objective a... Read More

The Word of God opens with a brief account of creation, the making of man, and his fall. From later Scripture we have no difficulty in ascertaining that the issue of the trial to which man was subjected in Eden had been divinely foreseen. “The Lamb slain (in the purpose of God) from the foundation o... Read More

The Satisfaction of Christ Studies in the Atonement 11. Its Application "If the righteous scarcely [literally "with difficulty"] be saved where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?" (1 Pet. 4:18). It seems that comparatively few of the Lord’s people have an adequate conception of the obstacles i... Read More

JEHOVAH’S PREROGATIVE AND HIS LOVE TO PUT AWAY THE SINS OF HIS PEOPLE 2 SAMUEL 12:13 —And Nathan said unto David, the Lord also hath put away thy Sin; thou shall not die. In the preceding chapter we have an account of the sin of David, which is here recited. I need not name it, it is too well known;... Read More

Reading: Zechariah 3:1-10; Revelation 12:1-12. "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death." (R.V.) One clause of that verse sums up everything else and is sufficient - "because of the blood of the... Read More

"And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, when a land sinneth against Me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out My hand upon it, and break the staff of the bread thereof, and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast; though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job,... Read More

Letter of an Inquirer 1. Beloved, I send you inquiries and questions, for I am compelled to seek further instruction of you on many points. Do not refuse to hear me. My spirit urges me to warn you about many topics that you may unfold for me the spiritual perceptions of your mind, and may show me of... Read More

p47 [From the French.] G V Wigram, I do not quite like that expression, "Christ has obtained justification from God," because it presents God as unwilling and even opposed to the thing, while it is the will and the heart of God which has provided the sacrifice and all. It is true that the righteousn... Read More

In each of the seven churches, the character attached to Christ has reference to the condition of the church, as shewn in its being warned, or else by threat of judgment, or by promise. In Smyrna, some would be put to death, so Christ is there presented as, "The first, and the last, which was dead, ... Read More

Jude 1:9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!": ho de Michael o archaggelos hote to diaboloo diakrinomenos (PMPMSN) dielegeto (3SIMI) peri tou Mouseos soma... Read More