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THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Chapter 31 Its Need Revisited-Concluded It might be thought that we had pretty well covered this aspect in the preceding section. Not so; there is another important phase of it which needs to be considered. Sin has not only alienated man from God, but man from man as w... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF RECONCILIATION Introduction Three considerations have influenced us in the selection of this theme. First, a desire to preserve the balance of Truth. In order to do this it is desirable that there should be an alternation between and a proportionate emphasis upon both the objective a... Read More

THE DOCTRINE OF REVELATION Chapter 14 GOD’S SUBJECTIVE REVELATION IN THE SOUL We would be woefully unfaithful to our calling and fail lamentably in the exercise of our present task did we not here issue a plain and solemn warning—one which we beg each reader, and especially the young preacher to ser... Read More

THE HOLY SPIRIT Chapter 14 The Spirit Comforting Several Sequential Steps The saving work of the Spirit in the heart of God’s elect is a gradual and progressive one, conducting the soul step by step in the due method and order of the Gospel to Christ. Where there is no self-condemnation and humiliat... Read More

THE LAW AND THE SAINT 2. THE NEGATIVE SIDE What is the relation between the Law and the saint? By the Law we refer to the Ten Commandments engraven upon the tables of stone by the finger of God; by the saint we mean, the believer living in the present dispensation. What, then, is the relation betwee... Read More

The Prophetic Parables of Matthew 13 Chapter 6: THE PARABLE OF THE PEARL. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it" (Matthew 13:45,46). First of all, let us deal bri... Read More

The Satisfaction of Christ Studies in the Atonement 12. Its Application-Concluded We cannot do better than begin this chapter by transcribing the opening words from chapter 1, book 3 of Calvin’s Institutes. "We are now to examine how we obtain the enjoyment of those blessings which the Father has co... Read More

The Satisfaction of Christ Studies in the Atonement 22. Its Proclamation We have now arrived at what is, from some standpoints, the most difficult aspect of our subject. Exactly what is it which the servant of God ought to preach? Or, more specifically, what constitutes the main item in his message ... Read More

The truth of God may well be likened to a narrow path skirted on either side by a dangerous and destructive precipice: in other words, it lies between two gulfs of error. The aptness of this figure may be seen in our proneness to sway from one extreme to another. Only the Holy Spirit’s enabling can ... Read More

"It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure" (Phil. 2: 13). Concerning the nature and the power of fallen man's will, the greatest confusion prevails today, and the most erroneous views are held, even by many of God's children. The popular idea now prevailing, and whi... Read More