ephesians-4:26-27

For this morning now we return to 2 Timothy chapter 2 and our concluding look at the first seven verses. Last week we began an examination of 2 Timothy 2:1 through 7, this morning we're going to bring that to completion. This week I happened to be doing a little bit of reading and I came across quit... Read More

It's our joy now to study together the Word of God. Open your Bible, if you will, to 1 Thessalonians chapter 5. We begin to embark upon a study of what is the last major section of this wonderful letter from Paul to the Christians in Thessalonica. We're looking at a section that begins in verse 12 a... Read More

This morning we are going to return to our study of Paul's epistle to the Thessalonian church, 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 and we're going to begin a look at verses 4 through 11. And the title of our message is "Night people/day people." And we all know that some people are night people, just in the n... Read More

The epistle of I Timothy was written to instruct Timothy on how to minister to the church at Ephesus. The key phrase appears in verse 6: "Thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ. "Minister" is the translation of the Greek word diakonos, from which we get the English word deacon. It means "serv... Read More

DEFINITIONS of this deeper level of Christian experience, as well as the way of apprehending it, have sharply divided the most earnest seekers after Christ's fullness. Some say [1] as we have just pointed out, that the believer has all in Christ at regeneration; there is no second crisis. These then... Read More

MAN'S freedom of will [1] is the central point of his creation in the image of God. It is this that makes him a son and not a creature. God has in him his "fellow" with whom He can have "fellowship", not a. relationship of mechanical compulsion, but the loving intercourse of free hearts and minds. W... Read More

"To another the word of knowledge, by the same Spirit; to another faith, by the same Spirit" (1 Cor. 12:8, 9). We have not passed this way hitherto. I believe that Satan has many devices and that they are worse today than ever before; but I also believe that there is to be a full manifestation on th... Read More

Direction Tenth. The Several Pieces of the Whole Armour of God. Sixth Piece--The Christian's Sword. 'And the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God' (Eph. 6:17). Here we have the sixth and last piece in the Christian's panoply brought to our hand--a sword; and that of the right make--'the swo... Read More

Division Third.--The Inward Principle of Prayer. 'In the Spirit.' We are come to the third division in the apostle's directory for prayer--the principle or spring from whence they are to flow--the Spirit, 'praying...in the Spirit.' In proceeding to the consideration of this topic, the first point is... Read More

Direction Twelfth. The Duty of every Christian in complete Armour to aid by Prayer the Public Ministers of Christ. 'And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds' (Eph. 6:19, 20). The a... Read More