Author: Administrador

“In a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.” IN these words St. Paul speaks of the Church as containing within it good and bad, after our Saviour’s pattern, who, in the parables of the … Continue reading “2 TIM. 2:20”

Heb. 12:1 “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us 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.” THE warning and consolation given by the Apostle to the Hebrews, … Continue reading “THE VISIBLE CHURCH AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO
FAITH”

2 Cor. 3:18 “We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” MOSES prayed for this one thing, that he might “see God’s glory;” and he was allowed to behold it … Continue reading “THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT”

Judges 5:31 “So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord; but let them that love Him, be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.” WHAT a contrast do these words present to the history which goes before them! “It came to pass,” says the sacred … Continue reading “JEWISH ZEAL, A PATTERN TO CHRISTIANS”

Prov. 4:24–27 “Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy … Continue reading “SUBMISSION TO CHURCH AUTHORITY”

Matt. 13:47, 48 “The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.” IN the Apostle’s age, the chief contest between Truth … Continue reading “CONTEST BETWEEN TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD IN
THE CHURCH”

John 11:34–36 “Jesus said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto Him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. Then said the Jews, Behold how He loved Him!” ON first reading these words the question naturally arises in the mind—why did our Lord weep at the grave of Lazarus? He knew He had power to … Continue reading “TEARS OF CHRIST AT THE GRAVE OF LAZARUS”

Colossians 1:24 “I fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for His body’s sake, which is the Church.” OUR Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ came by blood as well as by water, not only as a Fount of grace and truth—the source of spiritual light, joy, and salvation—but … Continue reading “BODILY SUFFERING”

OUR Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ came by blood as well as by water, not only as a Fount of grace and truth—the source of spiritual light, joy, and salvation—but as a combatant with Sin and Satan, who was “consecrated through suffering.” He was, as prophecy had marked Him out, “red in His apparel, and … Continue reading “I FILL UP THAT WHICH IS BEHIND OF THE AFFLICTIONS OF CHRIST IN MY FLESH FOR HIS BODY’S SAKE, WHICH IS THE CHURCH”

Hebrews 5:7, 8 “Who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared, though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered.” … Continue reading “THE HUMILIATION OF THE ETERNAL SON”