Category: EXPOSITIONS

    ‘And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his    brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his    coat of many colours that was on him; And they took him,    and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there    was no water in it. And they sat down to eat bread: and    they lifted…

          ‘But I counted it necessary to send to you          Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow-worker and          fellow-soldier, and your messenger and minister to          my need. 26. Since he longed after you all, and          was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he          was sick. 27. For indeed he was sick nigh unto          death: but God had mercy on him; and not on…

          ‘Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained,          let us walk by the same rule.’–PHIL. iii. 16.Paul has just been laying down a great principle–viz. that if the maindirection of a life be right, God will reveal to a man the points inwhich he is wrong. But that principle is untrue and dangerous, unlesscarefully guarded. It may lead…

    ‘And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of    the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore    the name of it was called Marah. 24. And the people    murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?    25. And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord showed him    a tree, which when he had cast into the…

          ‘But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy          shortly unto you, that I also may be of good          comfort, when I know your state. 20. For I have no          man like-minded, who will care truly for your          state. 21. For they all seek their own, not the          things of Jesus Christ. 22. But ye know the proof          of him,…

    ‘These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man    and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with    God. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.    The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was    filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth,    and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted    His…

    ‘And Moses said unto the Lord, See, Thou sayest unto me,    Bring up this people: and Thou hast not let me know whom    Thou wilt send with me. Yet Thou hast said, I know thee    by name, and thou hast also found grace in My sight.    13. Now therefore, I pray Thee, if I have found grace    in Thy sight,…

          ‘I charge you, by the Lord, that this epistle be          read unto all the holy brethren,’–1 THESS. v. 27.If the books of the New Testament were arranged according to the datesof their composition, this epistle would stand first. It was writtensomewhere about twenty years after the Crucifixion, and long before anyof the existing Gospels. It is,…

          ‘ . . . The saints and faithful brethren in          Christ.’–COL. i. 2.‘The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch,’ says the Actsof the Apostles. It was a name given by outsiders, and like most of theinstances where a sect, or school, or party is labelled with the name ofits founder, it was given in scorn.…

          ‘Casting down imaginations, and every high thing          that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and          bringing every thought into captivity to the          obedience of Christ; and being in readiness to          avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall          be fulfilled.’–2 COR. x. 5 and 6 (R.V.).None of Paul’s letters are so full of personal feeling as this one is.It is…