CCLXXVII. The Tolerance and Intolerance of the Gospel.
1 JOHN iv. 3, 7. "And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not ofGod. Beloved, let us love one another." WE have…
1 JOHN iv. 3, 7. "And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not ofGod. Beloved, let us love one another." WE have…
1 JOHN ii. 1. "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus…
1 JOHN i. 4. "And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full." EVERYWHERE we turn in life, we see the law illustrated— that, in proportion…
2 PET. iii. 4. "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation." ST.…
2 PET. i. 3. "According as His Divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us…
1 PET. v. 7. "Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you." I. WHAT is care? It is not sorrow, not extreme desolation, not sharpness of anguish.…
1 PET. v. 6. "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time." I. THE kind of suffering which the text represents…
1 PET. iv. 13. "But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings." THE Christian faith gives dignity to every kind of suffer- ing. So the apostle says the…
1 Pet. Iii. 15. "Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts." THE age in which we are living is, without question, materialistic and superficial. How shall we meet our diffi-…
1 PET. ii. 19. "This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully." ST. PETER is writing here to one particular class of Chris- tians,…