Category: Religion/Spirituality

The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian faith

Transcriber's Notes: Words in italics in the original are surrounded by _underscores_. Words in bold in the original are surrounded by +plus signs+. A complete list of corrections as well as other notes follows the text.

Chapters

1. Part 1

Transcriber's Notes: Words in italics in the original are surrounded by _underscores_. Words in bold in the original are surrounded by +plus signs+. A complete list of correctio...

2. Part 2

Turning now to the old Testament we read in 2 Sam. 23:2 this assertion by David regarding the things that he said and wrote: +"The Spirit of Jehovah spake by me, and his word wa...

3. Part 3

Our subject this morning is "The Christian Conception of God, or The God of the Bible as Distinguished from the God of Christian Science and the God of Modern Philosophy." I hav...

4. Part 4

The God of the Bible is to be clearly distinguished not merely from the God of the Pantheists who has no existence separate from His creation, but also from the God of the Deist...

5. Part 5

In these two sermons on "The Christian Conception of God" we have very inadequately stated that conception. This conception of God runs through the whole Bible from the first ch...

6. Part 6

1. Our Lord Jesus says in Matt. 11:28, +"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."+ Now any one that makes a promise like that must either...

7. Part 7

But some one may ask, "How shall we reconcile the Bible doctrine of the true Deity of Jesus Christ with the Bible doctrine of the real human nature of Jesus Christ, the doctrine...

8. Part 8

(5) Turn now to a passage in the Old Testament. Neh. 9:20. +"Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them w...

9. Part 9

In this same precious truth there is a cure for a broken heart. Oh, how many broken-hearted people there are in the world to-day, especially in these days of war and bloodshed a...

10. Part 10

5. _The fifth_ and last, and, if possible, more decisive way _in which the Deity of the Holy Spirit is taught in the Bible is that the Holy Spirit in so many words is called God...

11. Part 11

1. First of all, the Bible distinctly and repeatedly tells us by direct statement, and by countless typical reference in the Old Testament, that _He died as a vicarious offering...

12. Part 12

The first thing for us to understand clearly is just what justification is. It is at this point that many go astray in their study of this great truth. There are two fundamental...

13. Part 13

There remains one question still to consider, though we have really answered it in what has already been said, and that is, the time of justification, or when a believer is just...

14. Part 14

The question, therefore, confronts each one of you, Have you been born again? There is no more important question that you could possibly face. Face it in these pages and don't...

15. Part 15

6. The sixth part of the answer to the question, how men are sanctified, is found in 1 Cor. 1:30, +"But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and...

16. Part 16

3. The next thing that we are told about _our resurrection bodies_ is that they _will not be flesh and blood_. In I Cor. 15:50, 51 we read, +"Now this I say, brethren, that fles...

17. Part 17

2. The second thing that the Bible teaches as to the nature of the Devil, is that, _the Devil is a being of very great power and authority_. This comes out in the verses we have...

18. Part 18

We cannot settle the question by reasoning as to what such a being as God must do, for how can finite and foolish man judge what an infinitely holy and infinitely wise God would...

19. Part 19

Next Sunday night we will take up the question, Is the Punishment of the Wicked Everlasting, but we must stop at this point to-night. Sherman said, "War is hell." Of course, in...

20. Part 20

4. Still another passage that is urged is Eph. 1:9, 10, where we read: +"Having made known unto us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Hi...