CCLXXIV. The Promise of His Coming.
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.…
CCLXXIII. God Calling us by His Glory and Virtue.
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…
CCLXXII. The Burden of Care.
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.…
CCLXXI. Humility and its Reward.
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…
CCLXX. Partaking Christ’s Suffering.
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…
CCLXIX. A Consecrated Thought,
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-…
CCLXVIII. Suffering.
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,…
CCLXVII. Servants of God.
1 PET. ii. 16. "As the servants of God." THE title servant or slave of God does not appear for the first time in the New Testament. God Himself speaks…
CCLXVI. True Freedom,
1 PET. ii. 16. "As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God." FREEDOM is one of those words which need…
CCLXV. Blessings at Christ’s Appearing.
1 PET. i. 13. "For the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ." GRACE was brought to men when Jesus Christ first came…