The wheels in a clock move in contrary directions, yet all serve the end of the maker, to show the time. So in the world, the providence of God may seem to be opposed to His promises, yet all are accomplishing His will, and answer the purpose of God, Creator of all things.
Issue: Issue 8
THE WORLD How many errors have arisen in the interpretation of God’s Word, through men insisting that the word “world” be understood always in a absolutely universal sense. In the Gospels and in the Epistles of John, and in most other places of Scripture, the word is used with limitations. In I John 4.14, for …
POOR IN SPIRIT The Lord Jesus Christ gave this as the Alpha of His teaching. His first sermon, in the first Gospel, opened with these words – “Blessed are the poor in spirit.” (Mt. 5.3). It was also the Omega of Christ’s words. “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have …
So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall also confirm you unto the end that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ I Cor. 1.78.
CHRISTÂ’S TENDERNESS TO THE WEAK (2) It is commonly assumed that the lambs of Christ’s flock are new Christians, babes in Christ. It is likely that the term in Scripture refers rather to weak believers, the weaker brother. There is no necessary reference to age, natural or spiritual. Some who have been converted many years …
We might be spared the rod in Christ’s school if we were more docile learners of His Book. Many who have escaped the rocks of gross sins have been cast away on the sands of self-righteousness. A hungry man will be sure to find time for a meal; and a lively Christian will find time …