DISCOURSE: 2363 GOD’S DISTINGUISHED REGARD FOR THE POOR James 2:5. _Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?_ IT is a duty incumbent on all ministers to discountenance any errors, w... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2364 THE LAW OF LIBERTY James 2:12. _So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty_. THE law of works contained in the Ten Commandments is continued in force under the Gospel dispensation, _as a rule of life_. This appears from the frequent reference which is... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2365 JUSTIFICATION BY WORKS EXPLAINED James 2:24. _Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only_. CERTAINLY, of all the questions that can occupy the human mind, the first and greatest is, “How shall man be just before God [Note: Job 9:2.]?” On this subject me... [ Continue Reading ]