Sermons and Biblical Studies

Eph 2:19: The Commonwealth of Christ So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.'97Eph_2:19. 1. These words were addressed to Christians of Gentile birth who had been brought out of the darkness of paganism into Gospel light. The Apostle reminds them … Continue reading “461. EPH 2:19: THE COMMONWEALTH OF CHRIST”

Eph 2:10: God's Workmanship For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.'97Eph_2:10. This chapter contains an argument which is a good illustration of the two-edged way in which the sword of the Spirit cuts enemies who come from different directions. On … Continue reading “460. EPH 2:10: GOD’S WORKMANSHIP”

Eph 2:8: Salvation the Gift of God By grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.'97Eph_2:8. These are pregnant words to be written by a prisoner at Rome. St. Paul was always most free in spirit when he was most fettered in body. The longer … Continue reading “459. EPH 2:8: SALVATION THE GIFT OF GOD”

Eph 1:22-23: The Church The church, which is his body.'97Eph_1:22-23. 1. Every article of the Creed is the subject of controversy. There are those who challenge the existence of God; there are those who dispute the Divinity of our Lord; there are those who deny the personality and presence of the Holy Ghost. But those … Continue reading “458. EPH 1:22-23: THE CHURCH”

Autor: JAMES HASTINGS

Gal 6:17: The Marks of Jesus From henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear branded on my body the marks of Jesus.’97Gal_6:17. The Apostle was growing an old man. He was stamped and marked by life. The wounds of his conflicts, the furrows of his years, were on him. And all these wounds … Continue reading “456. GAL 6:17: THE MARKS OF JESUS”

Gal 6:14: Glorying in the Cross But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.'97Gal_6:14. 1. Early in the Apostolic age Judaizing teachers appeared in the churches, who, by the dissemination of principles … Continue reading “455. GAL 6:14: GLORYING IN THE CROSS”

Gal 6:9: Weariness in Well-Doing And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.'97Gal_6:9. 1. St. Paul had been amongst these Galatians. He had planted the gospel amongst them, and formed their churches, and knew how zealous they were at the outset for the glory … Continue reading “454. GAL 6:9: WEARINESS IN WELL-DOING”

Gal 6:7: Sowing and Reaping Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.'97Gal_6:7. 1. It is one of the characteristics of St. Paul that he enforces the commonest duties by the highest motives. When he urges the Corinthians to make a contribution for the poor saints … Continue reading “453. GAL 6:7: SOWING AND REAPING”

Gal 6:2; Gal_6:5: Burdens Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.'97Gal_6:2. For each man shall bear his own burden.'97Gal_6:5. The key-note of this Epistle, the key-note of Christianity, is struck in these two sentences. They seem to express a contradiction, but it is not really so. If we take them … Continue reading “452. GAL 6:2; GAL_6:5: BURDENS”