_CHRIST’S LAW OF INTERCESSION_ ‘I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority.’ 1 Timothy 2:1 We cannot, certainly, be Christians without believing in the power and efficacy of... [ Continue Reading ]
_BISHOPS AND PEOPLE_ ‘I exhort … that … prayers … be made … for all that are in authority.’ 1 Timothy 2:1 It is a hard thing to be in authority. The man in authority must live his whole life in the fierce glare of public criticism. It also appears hard to realise that we have a duty to those in a... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE ONE MEDIATOR_ ‘One Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.’ 1 Timothy 2:5 St. Paul here describes not a creed but an experience. These words are not the utterance of an apostolic dogma, but the utterance of the Apostle’s feeling. He is not insisting on something to be held as bel... [ Continue Reading ]
_‘PRAY, ALWAYS PRAY’_ ‘I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.’ 1 Timothy 2:8 If there be one feeling more strongly fixed in man than another it is that of dependence. Pride may exist, but one still feels dependent. One objection heard agains... [ Continue Reading ]