Category: EXPOSITIONS

    ‘And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him,    saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you,    and with your seed after you; And with every living    creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle,    and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that    go out of the ark, to…

          ‘Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in          me first Jesus Christ might show forth all          long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should          hereafter believe.’–1 TIM. i. 16.The smallest of God’s creatures, if it were only a gnat dancing in asunbeam, has a right to have its well-being considered as an end ofGod’s dealings. But no…

          ‘Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and          mark them which so walk even as ye have us for an          ensample. For many walk, of whom I told you often,          and now tell you even weeping, that they are the          enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is          perdition, whose God is the belly, and whose glory          is in their…

          ‘But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent          beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds          should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in          Christ.’–2 COR. xi. 3.The Revised Version, amongst other alterations, reads, ‘the simplicitythat is _towards_ Christ.’The inaccurate rendering of the Authorised Version is responsible for amistake in the meaning of these words,…

          ‘Giving thanks unto the Father, who made us meet          to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints          in light.’–COL. i. 12 (R.V.)It is interesting to notice how much the thought of inheritance seems tohave been filling the Apostle’s mind during his writing of Ephesians andColossians. Its recurrence is one of the points of contact between them.For…

          ‘The peace of God, which passeth all          understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds          through Christ Jesus.’–PHIL. iv. 7.The great Mosque of Constantinople was once a Christian church,dedicated to the Holy Wisdom. Over its western portal may still be read,graven on a brazen plate, the words, ‘Come unto Me, all ye that labourand are heavy-laden, and I…

    ‘… Forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and    that will by no means clear the guilty….’–EXODUS xxiv. 7.The former chapter tells us of the majesty of the divine revelation asit was made to Moses on ‘the mount of God.’ Let us notice that,whatever was the visible pomp of the external Theophany to the senses,the true revelation…

          ‘ . . . Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever          things are honest, whatsoever things are just,          whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are          lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if          there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,          think on these things.’–PHIL. iv. 8.I am half afraid that some of you may think, as I have at…

    ‘Then came the children of Israel, even the whole    congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first    month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died    there, and was buried there. 2. And there was no water    for the congregation: and they gathered themselves    together against Moses and against Aaron. 3. And the    people chode with Moses, and spake,…

    ‘And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up,    and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they    brought the Lord’s offering to the work….’    –EXODUS xxxv. 21.This is the beginning of the catalogue of contributions towards theerection of the Tabernacle in the wilderness. It emphasises the purelyspontaneous and voluntary character of the gifts. There was…