john-4:24

THE INNER MAN OF THE HEART Or, The Believer's Sphere of Life and Base of Operations There is no subject more vital in relation to fulness of life and effectiveness of service in Christ than this that we are now to consider. It embraces all the practical meanings and outworkings of the redemptive pur... Read More

The feature of intensification is inherent in all realms; the physical, the metaphysical, and the spiritual. In nature, harvest is the intensification of a process. The end is but the full outworking or development of what was inherent in the beginning. We are living in an age when, in every realm, ... Read More

"What sign shewest thou...? Jesus answered... Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up" (John 2:13-22). In our book, Discipleship in the School of Christ, we have pointed out two things as to the Gospel by John. One: that his peculiar name for miracles is "Signs", indicating that Jo... 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

The Gospel There is a connection between the Gospel, and the Epistles, and the Apocalypse -- books which God has given to us by means of His servant John -- which is of no little interest in these latter days. It is one and the same truth which is ever prominent in each of these three books; and the... Read More

"Will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee." This was the devout breathing of the king of Israel (the penman, too, of this little book to which we are now proposing, in the Lord's grace, to introduce ourselves), when the glory had... Read More

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am o jealous God, visiting the iniquity of t... Read More

'Thy kingdom come.' Matt 6: 10. A soul truly devoted to God, joins heartily in this petition, adveniat regnum tuum, thy kingdom come.' In these words it is implied that God is a king, for he who has a kingdom, can be no less than a king. God is the King of all the earth.' Psa 47: 7. He is a King upo... Read More

They shall see God. Matthew 5:8 These words are linked to the former and they are a great incentive to heart-purity. The pure heart shall see the pure God. There is a double sight which the saints have of God. 1. In this life; that is, spiritually by the eye of faith. Faith sees God's glorious attri... Read More

Worship Archibald Brown, September 6, 1891, Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, London. "God is a Spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth ." John 4:24 We shall only dwell on the one word 'worship'. I can almost imagine that I hear someone saying, 'Only one word? Wil... Read More