CCXXXVII. The Mystery of Godliness.
1 TIM. iii. 16. "And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh." WITHOUT doubt Paul here points to Jesus Christ. We may develop…
1 TIM. iii. 16. "And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh." WITHOUT doubt Paul here points to Jesus Christ. We may develop…
1 TIM. i. 15. "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." WE have given us here the…
1 TIM. i. 11. "The glorious gospel of the blessed God." IT should be the gospel of the glory. The word "blessed" expresses the blessedness of the Divine nature in…
2 THESS. ii. 16, 17. "Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us ever- lasting consolation and good hope…
1 THESS. v. 25. "Brethren, pray for us." OUR object is to turn our impression of the difficulty of missionary work into this particular channel of prayer. I. Consider the…
1 THESS. v. 21. "Hold fast that which is good." THE religion of Jesus Christ is good, and it is our duty to hold it fast. Religion is not theology.…
1. THESS. v. 21. "Prove all things; holdfast that which is good." AFTER Jesus Christ, the most prominent figure in the New Testament is the Apostle Paul. There are many…
1 THESS. v. 2. "The day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night." IF Scripture did not warrant this figure, in which the second coming of…
COL. iii. 2, 3, 4. "Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.…
COL. i. 15. "The image of the invisible God." IT is quite clear that without a great effort, both of the heart and the intellect, we can never attain a…