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James 1:17: The Good Gifts of the Father Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above, coming down from the Father of lights.'97Jam_1:17. The Bible is full of truths which from their very obviousness are never realized: truths which to a religious mind are self-evident, incontrovertible, not susceptible of proof, lying so deep … Continue reading “520. JAMES 1:17: THE GOOD GIFTS OF THE FATHER”

James 5:16: The Prayer of a Righteous Man The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.'97Jam_5:16. 1. There is one writer in the New Testament who strikes us as being very modern. His great characteristic is robust common-sense. He descends from the mountain of theology to deal with very practical matters on … Continue reading “521. JAMES 5:16: THE PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN”

Autor: JAMES HASTINGS

Heb 12:1-2: The Race Set before Us Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a clo of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and … Continue reading “517. HEB 12:1-2: THE RACE SET BEFORE US”

Heb 13:8: The Unchanging Christ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day, yea and for ever.'97Heb_13:8. 1. The author of this Epistle wrote some thirty-five years after the crucifixion, almost at the climax of a time of change, when his fellow-Hebrews were isolated and disheartened. They had cast off the exclusive religion of the … Continue reading “518. HEB 13:8: THE UNCHANGING CHRIST”

Heb 11:24-26: The Choice of Moses By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to be evil entreated with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of … Continue reading “515. HEB 11:24-26: THE CHOICE OF MOSES”

Heb 11:27: Seeing the Invisible He endured, as seeing him who is invisible.'97Heb_11:27. 1. The reference of these striking words is to the lawgiver Moses, who has his place in the great procession of spiritual heroes by title of the faith which he exhibited when, as a young man, he chose rather to be evil … Continue reading “516. HEB 11:27: SEEING THE INVISIBLE”

Heb 10:19-22: The Way of Access Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; and having a great priest over the house of God; let us … Continue reading “513. HEB 10:19-22: THE WAY OF ACCESS”

Heb 11:1: Faith Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.'97Heb_11:1. 1. This is the only place in the Bible where we have what can be called a definition of faith. The text enjoys, indeed, the unique distinction of being the only approach to definition that we find … Continue reading “514. HEB 11:1: FAITH”

Heb 7:25: Salvation to the Uttermost Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.'97Heb_7:25. The Epistle to the Hebrews is largely occupied in declaring that the office and work of Jesus Christ, as the great High … Continue reading “511. HEB 7:25: SALVATION TO THE UTTERMOST”