_A SPIRIT OF COURAGE_ ‘Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee is the putting on of mg bands. For God bath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.’ 2 Timothy 1:6 These words were addressed by Paul the aged to... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LIVING AND THE DEAD_ ‘Our Saviour Jesus Christ, Who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel.’ 2 Timothy 1:10 Though the Lord thus brought life and immortality to light, He told us very little indeed about the present state of those who are amon... [ Continue Reading ]
_LIFE AND INCORRUPTION_ ‘Life and Incorruption.’ 2 Timothy 1:10 (R.V.) The more we contrast the conceptions of the life after death in the two Testaments, the more certain does it become that the life and incorruption of which our text speaks is absolutely a New Testament conception, and that it... [ Continue Reading ]
_DOCTRINE AND LIFE_ ‘I know Whom I have believed.’ 2 Timothy 1:12 In these words I find indicated the necessity, in the life of faith, of doctrinal clearness and decision, and the necessity, if that clearness and decision are not to be purely abortive, cause without effect, means without end, of... [ Continue Reading ]
_CHRISTIAN CONFIDENCE_ ‘I know Whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.’ 2 Timothy 1:12 St. Paul knows what none of the wise men of this world know. He knows his Saviour. Here we have an account of this knowledge and the... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE CHURCH AND ITS FAITH_ ‘That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost Which dwelleth in us.’ 2 Timothy 1:14 There is no Church throughout the world that has a nobler or more sublime faith than the Church of England. What are we doing to preserve the sublimity of this fa... [ Continue Reading ]