Sermons and Biblical Studies

Colossians 2:6. How God Has Made Possible What He Requires. As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him. Col_2:6 In reading these words we find ourselves in the same realm of ideas as that in which our thought has moved in the preceding meditation. The figure of walking is employed in … Continue reading “212. COLOSSIANS 2:6. HOW GOD HAS MADE POSSIBLE WHAT HE REQUIRES.”

Colossians 1:27. Christ In You, The Hope Of Glory. … to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory… Col_1:27 The text is part of a great argument. The words describe the central of … Continue reading “211. COLOSSIANS 1:27. CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY.”

Colossians 1:21-22. The Atonement. You, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, yet now hath He reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before Him. Col_1:21-22 There are two brief declarations in this Colossian letter which may … Continue reading “210. COLOSSIANS 1:21-22. THE ATONEMENT.”

Colossians 1:20. Peace By The Cross. Having made peace through the blood of His Cross. Col_1:20 Peace in human experience is the issue of pardon and purity. There can be no peace so long as sin is unforgiven; there can be no perfect peace so long as impurity remains in the life, dominant and influential. … Continue reading “209. COLOSSIANS 1:20. PEACE BY THE CROSS.”

Colossians 1:18. Church Ideals: The Church Governed. He is the Head of the Body, the Church: Who is the beginning, the Firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the pre-eminence. Col_1:18 It will at once be conceded that there are very many matters full of interest and full of value suggested … Continue reading “208. COLOSSIANS 1:18. CHURCH IDEALS: THE CHURCH GOVERNED.”

Colossians 1:14. Forgiveness. … the forgiveness of our sins. Col_1:14 These words constitute a phrase of interpretation. It stands in this verse in apposition to the word "redemption," and declares its fundamental value. "In Whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins." Redemption in its finality means far more than forgiveness of sins. … Continue reading “207. COLOSSIANS 1:14. FORGIVENESS.”

Philippians 3:10. A Good Friday Meditation. The fellowship of His sufferings. Php_3:10 We are gathered here this morning not so much to observe a day as to take advantage of it. This is a day which affords us one of those opportunities, all too rare, for the display of our oneness with the whole Catholic … Continue reading “206. PHILIPPIANS 3:10. A GOOD FRIDAY MEDITATION.”

Philippians 2:15. Holiness: A Present Possibility. That ye may be blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as lights in the world. Php_2:15 In our first study we attempted to understand the meaning of the term "holiness," and its relation … Continue reading “205. PHILIPPIANS 2:15. HOLINESS: A PRESENT POSSIBILITY.”

Philippians 2:9-11; Ephesians 1:20-23 The Exalted Christ. Wherefore God also highly exalted Him, and gave unto Him the name "which is above every name; that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in Heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus … Continue reading “204. PHILIPPIANS 2:9-11; EPHESIANS 1:20-23 THE EXALTED CHRIST.”

Philippians 2:5. The Mind Of Christ. Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. Php_2:5 The letter to the Philippians is pre-eminently the letter of Christian experience. It is most difficult to analyze, because it is so largely personal, and almost exclusively a love-letter, the letter of Paul the prisoner to his … Continue reading “203. PHILIPPIANS 2:5. THE MIND OF CHRIST.”