CCV. A Call to Light.
EPH. v. 14. "Wherefore He saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light." THE progress of men's thoughts in later times has…
CCIV. The Fruit of the Light.
EPH.v. 9. "The fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth." THIS should read "the fruit of the Light." God is light, and Jesus came into…
CCIII. Saints.
EPH. v. 3. "As becometh saints." MANY words are becoming lowered in their meaning. But this word seems a kind of exception, for it seems to be used in a…
CCII. Growth through the Truth.
EPH. iv. 15. "But speaking the truth in love, may grow up unto Him in all things, which is the Head, even Christ." OUR text suggests some reflections on the…
CCI. Grace and Gifts.
EPH. iv. 7. "'Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ." ST. PAUL is contrasting the unity of the faith and…
CC. Home Relations.
EPH. iii. 15. "Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named." THE right rendering here is "every family." St. Paul says, "For this cause I bow my…
CXCIX. Without God.
EPH. ii. 12. "Without God in the world." I AM told to believe that there is no God; and before doing so I wish to look on the world in…
CXCVIII. His Workmanship.
EPH. ii. 10. "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." THE apostle is teaching…
CXCVII. Perseverance in Well Doing.
GAL. vi. 9. "Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." I. OUR duty. There are two things in…
CXCVI. Sowing and Reaping.
GAL. vi. 7, 8. "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap, for he that soweth to his flesh shall of…