matthew-11:28-29

Acts II. 22 You men of Israel, hear these my words. [He men of Israel]: it is not for flattery that he uses this term; but, as he has borne hard upon them, he relaxes a little, and puts them in mind of their great ancestor [Israel]. Here again he begins with an introduction, that they may not become... Read More

Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end. 1. Be imitators of me, said Paul, as I also am of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1 For on this acc... Read More

19. Do not then merely set forth your sins being your own accuser, but as one who ought to be justified by the method of repentance; for thus you will be able to put your soul, which makes its confession, to shame, so that it falls no more into the same sins. For to accuse ourselves vehemently and c... Read More

This chapter is a continuation of the same subject. All Israel were baptised unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual meat, and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of the spiritual Rock that followed them; and that Rock was Christ. But with many o... Read More

I apprehend that the Gospel of Mark, which brings under our view the service of Christ, and particularly His prophetic service, and, hence, records simply the accomplishment of that service, as the events arose, is that of the three first Gospels, which gives generally the chronological order of eve... Read More

We must remember that all these things which are written "happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come." This expression, "ends of the world," has its importance as also this, "once in the end of the world," etc. (Heb. 9:26). It i... Read More

From that hour we find the definitive judgment of the nation, not indeed as yet openly declared (that is in chapter 12), nor by the cessation of Christ's ministry, which wrought, notwithstanding the opposition of the nation, in gathering out the remnant, and in the still more important effect of the... Read More

STEM Publishing: J. N. Darby: Pilgrim Portions Pilgrim Portions J. N. Darby. Contents 1 — Sin 2 — Grace 3 — The word of God 4 — The Holy Spirit 5 — The Perfections of Christ 6 — Faith 7 — Peace 8 — Guidance 9 — Humility 10 — Trial 11 — Communion 12 — Conflict 13 — Devotedness 14 — Unbelieving fears.... Read More

Twenty-First Week It is a terrible thing . . . when God's presence, in the place of being the home of our hearts, is terror and distress. I have no doubt that you will find hundreds of Christians who, instead of feeling away from home when they have got out of God's presence, are at ease. We are cal... Read More

*These are verbatim notes of Readings in Belfast some years ago. Condensations of these have already appeared, but hitherto the full report has never been printed. It is hoped to give others as opportunity offers. — ED. A Reading on 1 Corinthians 2. Well now, we get the apostle's use of all this, an... Read More