The Plan of Redemption
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue. 2 Peter 1:3. The plan of salvation is but dimly comprehended by the Christian world. Man, as now taught by men who claim to have […]
The Principle of Love in the Law
We love him, because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19. There is no evidence of genuine repentance unless it works reformation. If he restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, confess his sins, and love God and his fellowmen, the sinner may be sure that he has passed from death unto life. […]
The Royal Law Measures Character
If you really fulfil the royal law, according to scripture, … you do well. James 2:8, RSV. The standard by which to measure character is the royal law. The law is the sin detector. By the law is the knowledge of sin. But the sinner is constantly being drawn to Jesus by the wonderful manifestation […]
All May Wear the Crown
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 1 Corinthians 9:24. The competitors in the ancient games, after they had submitted to self-denial and rigid discipline, were not even then sure of the victory. “Know ye not,” Paul asked, “that […]
Christ’s New Commandment
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. John 13:34. Do you in your words, in your spirit, in your actions, resemble Christ? If in word and spirit you represent the character of Christ, then you are Christians; for to […]
The Law and Gospel in Harmony
We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18. After Christ died on the cross as a sin offering, the ceremonial law could have no force. Yet it […]
