_The worlds were framed by the word of God_ SPIRIT IN MATTER: The whole order of the natural world and man’s physical being may be said to be the expression of chemical combination, and of the various forces resulting therefrom. The whole is presented to us, after scientific examination, as a most... [ Continue Reading ]
_By faith Abel offered_ EXTERNAL WORSHIP RENDERED BY TWO KINDS OF MEN I. CARNAL MEN MAY JOIN WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN EXTERNAL DUTIES OF WORSHIP. 1. Natural conscience will put men upon worship. 2. Custom will direct to the worship then in use and fashion. 3. Carnal impulses will add force and... [ Continue Reading ]
_Enoch was translated._ ENOCH: I. A CAREER DISTINGUISHED FOR ITS GODLINESS. “Walked with God.” His life was an embodiment of the Divine. 1. Devoted to God. (1) Intimately acquainted with God. (2) In constant fellowship with God. (3) Full of confidence in God. (4) Engaged in active service for... [ Continue Reading ]
_Without faith it is impossible to please Him_ THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF FAITH I. THIS NATURE OF FAITH IN GENERAL. NOW the term, faith, “expresses a confidence or persuasion of the truth of anything not self-evident, received upon the testimony of another.” To have faith in the subjects of human... [ Continue Reading ]
_Noah_ FAITH MOVING TO OBEDIENCE I. IT IS A HIGH COMMENDATION TO FAITH, TO RELIEVE THINGS ON THE WORD OF GOD, THAT IN THEMSELVES AND ALL SECOND CAUSES ARE INVISIBLE, AND SEEM IMPOSSIBLE (Romans 4:17). II. No OBSTACLE CAN STAND IN THE WAY OF FAITH WHEN IT FIXETH ITSELF ON THE ALMIGHTY POWER OF GOD... [ Continue Reading ]
_Abraham_ THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM I. THE FAITH EXHIBITED BY ABRAHAM IN HIS OBEDIENCE TO THE DIVINE CALL. It was neither poverty, nor restless discontent with the monotony of daily toil, that sent him out of Ur of the Chaldees. Nor does Scripture drop any hint of persecution. The simple urgent reason w... [ Continue Reading ]
_They were stoned_ MARTYRDOM: The word “martyr” properly means “a witness,” but is used to denote exclusively one who has suffered death for the Christian faith. Our Lord Jesus Christ is the chief and most glorious of Martyrs, as having “before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession” (1 Timoth... [ Continue Reading ]
_These all … received not the promise_ WHAT OF THE SAINTLY DEAD PRIOR TO THE COMING OF CHRIST? It is altogether probable that among the Jewish Christians there would be great anxiety to know what had been the condition, in the unseen world, of their saintly forefathers who had died before the comi... [ Continue Reading ]