MATTHEW 6:22.—“The light of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.” THE human eye is the most striking and expressive feature in the human constitution. Of all the physical organs, it is the …
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THE REALITY OF HEAVEN
JOHN 14:2.—“In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.” ALL Scripture is profitable, and conduces to the growth of the Christian. But some portions of it seem to be more particularly adapted than others to certain …
FAITH WITH AND WITHOUT SIGHT
JOHN 20:29.—“Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.” THIS is one of the most comforting and encouraging passages in the whole Scripture, to a doubting and anxious Christian. …
THE CREATURE HAS NO ABSOLUTE MERIT
LUKE 17:10.—“When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which it was our duty to do.” IN this direction which our Lord gave his apostles, he announced a truth that is exceedingly …
THE DUTY OF REFERENCE TO THE DIVINE WILL
JAMES 4:13–15.—“Go to now, ye that say, To-day, or to-morrow, we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell and get gain: Whereas, ye know not what shall be on the morrow: For what is your life? It …
THE GLORIFICATION OF GOD
ISAIAH 42:8.—“I am the LORD; that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.” THE name of a thing, provided it is a true and adequate one, denotes the essential nature of that thing. When …
The Beginning Of Time
The Manichees are accustomed to find fault in the following way with the first book of the Old Testament, which is entitled, Genesis. About the words, “In the beginning God made heaven and earth,” they ask, “In what beginning?” They say, “If God made heaven …
THE CHRISTIAN’S REASONABLE SERVICE – X
Anthropology: The Doctrine of Man Concerning Man, Particularly the Soul Having discussed the most eminent creatures of heaven, the angels, we will now proceed to consider the most eminent creature upon earth, man. In the original language, the Hebrew tongue, man is called אדם …
GOD THE STRENGTH OF MAN
PSALM 84:5.—“Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee.” POWER and enjoyment are reciprocally related to each other. “To be weak is to be miserable,” said Satan to Beelzebub, as they lay weltering in the floods of tempestuous fire, after their expulsion from heaven; …
THE CHRISTIAN’S REASONABLE SERVICE – IX
Angels and Devils Since angels and men have the highest measure of perfection among all creatures, we shall consider them separately. First, we shall consider the angels. The Name “Angel” Defined The name Angel (Hebrew: מלאך Maleach) is used for a variety of persons in …