Category: Religion/Spirituality
The first chapter of first Thessalonians presents a very striking and beautiful picture of what we may truly call _genuine conversion_. We propose to study the picture in company with the reader. If we are not much mistaken, we shall find the study at once interesting and prof...
We are now called to consider the intensely interesting subject of Simon Peter's restoration, in which we shall find some points of the utmost practical importance. If in his fa...
20. xv. 3), lest the pure water should suffer in its passage from itsWe see the same thing in the First Epistle to the Thessalonians. "For this cause also," says the faithful servant of Christ, "thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye rece...
18. PART I.There are some passages of holy Scripture which seem to contain, in a line or two, an entire volume of most precious truth. The verse which we have just penned is one of such. I...
27. PART VII.We are now called to consider the deeply important subject of the _authority_ on which the great commission proceeds. This we have presented to us in that one commanding and mos...
21. PART II.Since writing our last paper, we have been much interested in the way in which repentance is presented in those inimitable parables in Luke XV. There we learn, in a manner the m...
28. PART VIII.In full keeping with all that has passed in review before us is the _sphere_ of "the great commission," as set forth in that comprehensive clause, "_Among all nations_." Such wa...
8. PART VIIIThe last words of our chapter--1 Thess. i.--now claim our attention. They furnish a very striking and forcible proof of the clearness, fulness, depth and comprehensiveness of th...
5. PART V.We are now called to consider what we may term the positive side of the great subject of conversion. We have seen that it is a turning _from_ idols--a turning from all those obj...
6. PART VI.The more we dwell on 1 Thess. i. 9, the more we are struck with its marvelous depth, fulness, and power. It seems like sinking a shaft into an inexhaustible mine. We have dwelt...
24. PART V.In pursuing our subject, we have yet to consider the _authority_ and the _sphere_ of "the great commission;" but ere proceeding to treat of these we must dwell a little longer o...
22. PART III.We shall now turn for a few moments to the ministry of the apostle of the Gentiles, and see how he fulfilled the great commission. We have already heard him on the subject of "r...
23. PART IV.Having in the former papers dwelt a little upon the _terms_ of "the great commission," we shall now, in dependence upon divine teaching, seek to unfold the truth as to the _basi...
26. chapter iii.: "The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the Godof our fathers, hath glorified His Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied Him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. But ye denied the Holy One an...
12. PART IV.The more deeply we ponder the history of professing Christians, whether as furnished by the pen of inspiration, or as coming within the range of personal observation, the more f...
4. PART IV.The last two verses of our chapter (1 Thess. i.) demand our very special attention. They furnish a remarkable statement of the real nature of conversion. They show, very distinc...
7. PART VII.We are now called to consider a deeply practical point in our subject. It is contained in the clause, "_To serve the living and true God_." This is full of interest to every tru...
16. PART VIII.We have now to follow our beloved apostle into the darkest and most humbling scene in his entire history--a scene which we could hardly understand or account for if we did not k...
15. PART VII.The close of Matt. xiv. presents a scene in the life of our apostle on which we may dwell with profit for a few moments. It furnishes a very fine illustration of his own touchin...
10. PART II.The notice which we have of our apostle, in John i., is very brief indeed, though, doubtless, there is much wrapped up in it. "Andrew first findeth his own brother, Simon, and s...
13. PART V.We must still linger a little over the deeply interesting and instructive scene in the sixteenth chapter of Matthew. It brings before us two great subjects, namely, "The Church,...
11. PART III.We closed our last paper with these suggestive words, "_They forsook all, and followed Him_"--words expressive, at once, of thorough separation from the things of time and of na...
2. PART II.In our previous paper, we have sought to set forth the absolute need, in every case, of conversion. Scripture establishes this point in such a way as to leave no possible ground...
1. PART I.The first chapter of first Thessalonians presents a very striking and beautiful picture of what we may truly call _genuine conversion_. We propose to study the picture in compan...
3. PART III.Having thus far seen the absolute necessity, in every case, of conversion, and having, in some measure, sought to point out what conversion is _not_, we have now to inquire what...
9. PART I.We propose, in dependence upon the Spirit's guidance, to write a few papers on the life and ministry of the blessed servant of Christ whose name stands at the head of this paper...
14. PART VI.At the close of John vi. we have a very clear and beautiful confession of Christ from the lips of our apostle--a confession rendered all the more touching and forcible by the ci...
19. PART II."And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling t...
25. PART VI.We have seen that the _basis_ of "the great commission" is the death and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. This must never be lost sight of. "It behooved Christ...