Category: Religion/Spirituality
Thus far, we have been occupied with that aspect of the work of Christ which bears upon the question of the forgiveness of sins, and we earnestly trust that the reader is thoroughly clear and settled on this grand point. It is assuredly his happy privilege so to be, if only he...
If the reader has been enabled, through grace, to make his own of what has passed before our minds in this series of papers, he will have a perfect remedy for all uneasiness of...
7. xvii. In this chapter, we find God, in His grace, establishing Hisservant in the kingdom, and the people of God acknowledging him therein. Jehoshaphat's first act was to "strengthen himself against Israel." This is worthy of notice. Israel and...
12. PART VWe feel it to be of real moment to insist upon this principle, namely, that the _only_ ground on which we can believe any doctrine is its being revealed in the divine Word. It i...
9. PART II.In studying the history of Josiah and his times, we learn one special and priceless lesson, namely, _the value and authority of the word of God_. It would be utterly impossible...
10. PART III.The various periods in the life of Josiah are very strongly marked. "In the _eighth_ year of his reign, he began to seek after the God of David his father;" "in the _twelfth_ ye...
11. PART IVIt is deeply interesting and instructive to mark the actings of Josiah when his heart and conscience had been brought under the powerful influence of the word of God. He not onl...
13. PART VIIt may here be proper to inquire what is the suited attitude of the Christian in view of the grand foundation-truth of the unity of the body. That it is a truth distinctly laid...
8. xxi. 1), as we feel assured, that he has at last got beyond the reachof the enemy's snares and devices; and further, that he comes under the Spirit's benediction, "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord; for they rest from their labors,"--yes...
3. PART IIIFrom what has already passed before as, we learn that the grand result of the work of Christ in the past is to give us a divinely perfect standing before God. "He has perfected...
1. PART IIThus far, we have been occupied with that aspect of the work of Christ which bears upon the question of the forgiveness of sins, and we earnestly trust that the reader is thorou...
14. PART VIIIn closing our remarks on "the life and times of Josiah," we shall in few words advert, first, to the fact of his celebration of the passover; and secondly, to the solemn close...
5. xvii. Let us hear from His lips the truth as to our portion, ourposition, and our path in this world. He says, addressing the Father, "I have given them Thy Word; and the world hath hated them, because _they are not of the world, even as I a...
4. PART IVHaving, in the three preceding papers of this series, sought to unfold the grand foundation-truths connected with the work of Christ for us--His work in the past and His work in...
2. chapter iii. 21 to chapter v. 11 we have the work of Christ applied tothe question of _sins_; and from chapter v. 12 to the end of chapter viii. we have another aspect of that work, namely, its application to the question of _sin_--"our old man"--...