The Philippian epistle is a divine commentary on the latter half of Ephesians, and, like it, is especially concerned with the deportment demanded by the transcendent doctrines developed in the first half of the Ephesian letter. This is the key to its contents. It does not deal with doctrines, but with deportment. This will illumine…

The zenith of divine revelation, this heavenly epistle, leaving the earth, where the Christ is repudiated by His own people Israel, seats us among the celestials, where He is enthroned at God’s right hand (1:20). His saints, blessed with every spiritual blessing in Him (1:3) in heaven (2:6), are an object lesson to manifest God’s…

Paul’s Galatian epistle is the divine commentary on the doctrine of justification as set forth in the first four chapters of his epistle to the Romans. Some time after Paul had been severed (Ac.13:2) and had gone among the nations preaching justification by faith (Ac.13:39) and had returned to Antioch, Judaising teachers came down from…

Second Corinthians is an epistle for the heart. It engages us with the fond solicitude which stirs the affections of the apostle for his much loved Corinth. It was written because he wished to spare them and dreaded the severity which his presence might demand. This loving epistle reveals an aspect of the evangel which…

Paul’s first epistle to the Corinthians is a divine commentary on the conduct inculcated in the epistle to the Romans. The secret of a life well pleasing to God lies in the crucifixion of the flesh and resurrection by the power of the spirit (Rom. 6:6-11). The Corinthians failed in both of these requisites, as…

Paul’s Epistles are for the present. All the rest of Scripture finds its interpretation and application either before or after the present secret administration. Paul alone gives the truth for the ecclesia which is the body of Christ. This is found nowhere outside of his writings. Israel and the nations occupy all other parts of…

  Sinner, would you know how to be just before God? Read Romans! Saint, would you be at perfect peace with God? Ponder Romans! The writer of these words became acquainted with God through a study of this epistle. It is emphatically the portion of God’s word which is adapted to show all men God’s…

The Acts is a continuation of Luke’s Account. No longer does the Son of Mankind Himself make known the evangel, but by the Spirit of God through His apostles. He prayed, “Father, forgive them, for they are not aware what they are doing.” Thus the unbelieving nation once more hears the evangel of the kingdom,…

THIS ACCOUNT presents our Lord in the character of the Son of God. Matthew portrays Him as the Son of David and the Son of Abraham. Luke impresses us with His humanity, Mark with His service, but here we rise above these lesser glories, and learn of His divine relationship. The genealogies of Matthew and…

THE HUMANITY of our Lord is most prominent in this portrayal. Matthew’s genealogy records His regal ancestry through Joseph, His mother’s husband, to David and Abraham. Luke traces His descent through Mary and her father Heli to Adam and God. One places the emphasis on the King, the Son of David, the other sets Him…