jeremiah-1:1-10,-jeremiah-1:19-niv

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. You know that when you were Gentiles, you were led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever ye might be led. This whole place is very obscure: but the obscurity is produced by our ignorance of the facts referred to and by their ce... Read More

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in nowise precede them that are fallen asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God: and the ... Read More

Romans 1:1-2 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, separated unto the Gospel of God, (which He promised afore by His prophets in the Holy Scriptures.) Moses having written five books, has nowhere put his own name to them, neither have they who after him put together the history o... Read More

Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. 1. It is necessary for us to avoid alike all the passions which corrupt th... Read More

Jude 1:12 These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted: houtoi eisin (3PPAI) hoi en tais agapais humon spilades suneuochoumenoi ... Read More

The pulpit. The platform of prophets, where the eternal Word finds a human voice. Where Ezra explained the Torah to the returned captives by the Watergate. Where Jeremiah, standing before the Temple, warned of its imminent destruction. From earliest times, the pulpit has been a fountainhead of redem... Read More

The Christian Ministry By Samuel Davies, Hanover, Virginia, June 5, 1757; at the ordination of the Mr. John Martin, to the ministry of the gospel. "This is a true saying, if any man desires the office of a bishop—he desires a good work." 1 Timothy 3:1 "If any man desires the office of a bishop." The... Read More

1. Neither must this multitude's throng be defrauded, nor their infirmity burthened. Silence we ask, and quiet, in order that our voice, after yesterday's labour, be able with some little vigour to last out. It must be believed, that your love has met together in greater numbers today for nothing el... Read More

1. Understand, beloved, this Psalm, which I am about to explain, by the grace of God, of our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, and be of good cheer, because He who promised, will fulfil all, as He has fulfilled much: for it is not our own merit, but His mercy, that gives us confidence in Him. He Himsel... Read More

A. NATURE OF “ORACLE” 1. Speaking for God is authorized only in the capacity of being an oracle of God, I Pet. 4:11 2. An oracle is a “mouthpiece” speaking in behalf of someone else, Ex. 4:15-16 3. Such a mouthpiece, when speaking for God, is commonly called a prophet, Jer. 1:4-9 4. A prophet, there... Read More