Category: EXPOSITIONS

          ‘Thou . . . hast professed a good profession before          many witnesses. 13. I give thee charge in the          sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and          before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate          witnessed a good confession, 14. That thou keep          this commandment. . . .’–1 TIM. vi. 12-14.You will observe that ‘a good confession,’ or rather ‘the goodconfession,’…

    ‘Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them    that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go    out from me. And there stood no man with him, while    Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And he    wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh    heard. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am…

          ‘I bear in my body the marks of the Lord          Jesus.’–GAL. vi. 17.The reference in these words is probably to the cruel custom of brandingslaves as we do cattle, with initials or signs, to show their ownership.It is true that in old times criminals, and certain classes of Templeservants, and sometimes soldiers, were also so marked,…

          ‘Rejoice in the Lord alway; and again I say,          rejoice!’–PHIL. iv. 4.It has been well said that this whole epistle may be summed up in twoshort sentences: ‘I rejoice’; ‘Rejoice ye!’ The word and the thing cropup in every chapter, like some hidden brook, ever and anon sparkling outinto the sunshine from beneath the shadows. This…

    ‘And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land    of Egypt, saying, 2. This month shall be unto you the    beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the    year to you. 3. Speak ye unto all the congregation of    Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they    shall take to them every man…

          ‘For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,          that, though He was rich yet for your sakes He          became poor, that ye through His poverty might be          rich.’–2 COR. viii. 9.The Apostle has been speaking about a matter which, to us, seems verysmall, but to him was very great viz., a gathering of pecuniary helpfrom the…

    ‘And Abram passed through the land unto the place of    Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was    then in the land. And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and    said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there    builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto    him.’–GENESIS xii. 6, 7.Great epoch and man. Steps…

    ‘And the angel of God, which went before the camp of    Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of    the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind    them: 20. And it came between the camp of the Egyptians    and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness    to them, but it gave light…

          ‘If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those          things which are above, where Christ sitteth on          the right hand of God. Set your affection on          things above, not on things on the earth.’–COL.          iii. 1, 2.There are three aspects in which the New Testament treats theResurrection, and these three seem to have successively come into theconsciousness of the…

    ‘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…