Predestination [N] [B]This word is properly used only with reference to God's plan or purpose of salvation. The Greek word rendered predestinate is fo...
II. HUMILITY: THE SECRET OF REDEMPTION. Have this mind in you which was also in Christ Jesus: who emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant; a...
Ezekiel 40:7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad, &c.] The length and breadth were equal, three yards and a half long and b...
Luke 12:47 And that servant which knew his Lord's will Not his secret, but his revealed will; the will of God, which lies in the declarations of his g...
Mystery [E] Scripture frequently describes God as one who knows all things, even that which the human mind could never know or finds incomprehensible....
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.?Psalm xci. 1. IHAVE read this verse, but I desir...
Letter CXXXIX(1) Letter CXXXIX(1) To the Alexandrians.(2) 1. I Have already heard of the persecution in Alexandria and the rest of Egypt, and, as mig...
Without controversy (omologoumenw). Old adverb from the participle omologoumeno from omologew. Here only in N.T. Confessedly. Great (mega). See Ephe...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 12. Thou sellest thy people for nought. As men sell merchandise to any one who cares to have it, so the Lord seemed to hand over his ...
Chapter?46 The idols could not save themselves, but God saves his people. (1-4) The folly of worshipping idols. (5-13) Verses 1-4 The heathen ...
His eyes were like a flame of fire His eyes match the description which John saw in his first vision of the glorified Christ (Rev. Rev. 1:14+ cf. Rev...
1 Corinthians 1:1 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ The author, or rather the writer of the following epistle; for the Holy Ghost was the a...
1 Samuel 2:35 And I will raise up a faithful priest Not Samuel, as some, for he was not of the seed of Aaron, and of the priestly race; nor had he a s...
Chapter 2525:1 These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the a men of Hezekiah king of Judah b copied out. (a) Whom Hezekiah appointed for this purp...
Chapter 2424:1 Behold, the LORD maketh the a earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants. (a) ...
NOTE E.?Chap. VII Nothing of Myself One would think that no words could make it plainer than the words of the Covenant state it?that the one diffe...
?EXPOSITION Verse 3. When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. The bravest spirit is sometimes sorely put to it. A heavy fo...
Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper God may cover a man's sins, and it is an instance of his grace, and it is the glory of it t...
2 Timothy 1:1 Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ Not of men, nor by men, but by Jesus Christ, from whom he was sent; by whom he was qualified; in whose n...
Chapter?9 Elisha sends to anoint Jehu. (1-10) Jehu and the captains. (11-15) Joram and Ahaziah slain by Jehu. (16-29) Jezebel eaten by dogs. (30-37) ...