A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 1—Chapter 3 OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD Since the knowledge of God and of divine things is a part and branch of true godliness, or of experimental religion, and a very essential one too, it is first to be considered; for without it there can be no good disposition in th... Read More
Chapter 1 His Youth and Preparation for the Ministry Many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord. Luke 1:14,15 In the midst of the restless activity of such a day as ours, we feel it would be useful for ministers of Christ to trace the steps of one who during the ... Read More
There are times in the, life of a believer when he is like a traveller who has arrived at some high eminence; he can look back on the way he has gone and the way he has yet to go. So this is a passage where God tells us what he has done and what he will yet do. The history of a believer is wonderful... Read More
Reading: Luke 1:5-25,57-67. The Lord is ever desirous of making His people know His real purpose in fulness concerning them. We need to come to a very settled position on this matter. It is not a question of how the Lord's people may be at any given time. It may be that, as we have read here concern... Read More
Reading: 1 Kings 19:9,10,14; 2 Kings 19:29-31; Isaiah 59:17; John 2:14-17. The key to the life of Elijah may very well be found in this utterance of his: “I have been very jealous for the Lord...” (1 Kings 19:14). I think those two words explain Elijah—“very jealous.” That jealousy was related to th... Read More
Reading: 1 Kings 19:9-10,14; 2 Kings 19:29-31; Isaiah 59:17; John 2:14-17. The key to the life of Elijah may very well be found in this utterance of his: “I have been very jealous for the Lord…” (1 Kings 19:14). I think those two words explain Elijah — “very jealous”. That jealousy was related to th... Read More
NOTE. - The term ‘reaction’, as employed in these chapters, means that acting-again on the part of God when that which ostensibly represents Him no longer truly represents Him, either vitally or adequately. He reacts AGAINST what is merely ostensible and FOR what is living and wholly according to Hi... Read More
The exemplification of this zeal in the life of Elisha Reading: 1 Kings 19:9-10,14; 2 Kings 19:29-31; Isaiah 59:17; John 2:14-17. The key to the life of Elijah may very well be found in this utterance of his: “I have been very jealous for the Lord…” (1 Kings 19:14). I think those two words explain E... Read More
God by nature is uncompounded, joined to nothing, composed of nothing, to whom nothing happens by accident; but only possessing in His own nature that which is divine, enclosing all things, Himself closed out of nothing, penetrating all things, Himself never penetrable, everywhere complete, everywhe... Read More
Luke 1:37: For with God nothing shall be impossible. Mary's surprise and disbelief lay in the fact that God was to be made man, and that she should be the instrument whereby this would be achieved. The nation of the Jews two thousand years ago refused to believe it, and as a nation have refused to b... Read More
Of the Knowledge of God.
Memoirs: 1. His Youth, and Preparation for the Ministry 1
The Lord's Dealings With His People
Some Lessons from Zacharias
The Exemplification of this Zeal in the Life of Elijah
The Exemplification of This Zeal in the Life of Elisha
The New Thing Which is Old
The Way to Heavenly Fullness - Part 2
Ambrose of Milan Quotes
The Incarnation Part 3 - "With God, Nothing Is Impossible"