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"To serve the living... God" (1 Thess. 1:9). 1. The Service - What It Is If the service of God is to be as immediately and fully fruitful and effectual as it can be it is essential that we should have its nature clearly defined. If asked what the service of God is, many different answers would be gi... Read More

Direction Ninth. The Several Pieces of the Whole Armour of God. Fifth Piece--The Christian's Helmet. 'And take the helmet of salvation' (Eph. 6:17). These words present us with another piece of the Christian's panoply--a helmet to cover his head in the day of battle--the helmet of salvation. It make... Read More

DIRECTION XI.--SECOND GENERAL PART. [How to perform the duty commanded--a directory for prayer.] 'Praying always with all prayer and supplication,' &c. (Eph. 6:18). Having despatched the duty of prayer in general, we now come to give an account of the several branches in the exhortation; which toget... Read More

...in Its Rule and Mode of Self-Regulation. In this paper I take it for granted that my reader has learnt from Scripture the elementary truths about the (so-called Church or) assembly of God upon earth; that he knows that it was formed, first, at Pentecost, on the descent of the Holy Spirit as the p... Read More

Ephesians 2: 4. Notes of a Lecture. "God, who is rich in mercy" -- rich in mercy. We have in the latter part of Ephesians 1 and beginning of Ephesians 2 God's expression of His grace and mercy. The former contains the expression of His grace, and goes on to show, as the result of it, the expression ... Read More

Eph. 6: 10. The contrast between the opening and the close of this epistle is striking. It is to my mind like one of those brilliant suns, which, on a dark, lowering day, suddenly pours forth its brightness, and the eye follows the broad beam of glory it casts, until it lights at last on some field,... Read More

What are its uses and applications by the Spirit in Scripture? If we read the contexts of the following references, we shall see, as to the blood of Jesus Christ, that -- 1. It connects the disciple with a covenant (Matt. 26: 28, etc.); 2. The knowledge of it is eternal life (John 6: 32-69); 3. It i... Read More

I proceed now to the second aphorism or conclusion, that the godly are in some sense already blessed. The saints are blessed not only when they are apprehended by God, but while they are travellers to glory. They are blessed before they are crowned. This seems a paradox to flesh and blood. What, rep... Read More

The Excellency of Heavenly Treasures! Ezekiel Hopkins, 1633-1690 Matthew 6:19-23 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven , where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves ... Read More

The Practical Implications of Calvinism Albert N. Martin (Albert Martin is the Senior Pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, Essex Fells, New Jersey. This material is the substance of an address which was transcribed with minor revisions from the tape.) The Experience of God B.B. Warfield describes Calvi... Read More