CCXXVII. Meetness for the Inheritance.
COL. i. 12, 13. "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: who hath delivered us from…
CCXXVI. Good Works.
COL. i. 10. "Fruitful in every good work." GOD has given to human nature the capacity to work—a power which becomes a blessing or a curse according to the heart…
CCXXV. Joy in the Soul.
PHIL. iv. 4. "Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice." OF all the Epistles of St. Paul, this to the Philippians is the brightest. There is throughout…
CCXXIV. The Glorious Destiny of the Human Body.
PHIL. iii. 20, 21. "The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He…
CCXXIII. Our Citizenship.
PHIL. iii. 20. "For our conversation is in heaven." "TELL me, art thou a Roman?" The inquirer's eye lights up with a glance of pride and envy: "Didst thou step…
CCXXII. Minding Earthly Things.
PHIL. iii. 19. " Who mind earthly things." I. WHAT Paul does not mean. 1. He does not hold out the slightest encouragement to neglecting plain obvious duties of daily…
CCXXI. Things Before.
PHIL. iii. 13. "Things which are before." I. THERE are certain things before every Christian. There is no growth before a self-deceiver, there is no growth in imitations; but before…
CCXX. Pressing to the Mark.
PHIL. iii. 13, 14. "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things…
CCXIX. Progress.
PHIL. iii. 13, 14. "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, for- getting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those…
CCXVIII. Paul’s Desire.
PHIL. iii. 10, 11. "That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; if by any…