Character Study
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Submitted by F B Hole on Wed, 03/22/2006 - 06:00
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It is a remarkable fact, that Jacob is designated a "plain" or, as
the word is elsewhere translated, "perfect" man (Gen 25: 27). The
reference is, we believe, to the deep underlying current of
life-purpose which characterized him. On the surface his life was
marked by innumerable eddies and cross currents: no other of the
patriarchs had so chequered a career as he. Yet the redeeming feature
in his case was that from his early years he set his mind upon the
Divine blessing connected with...
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Submitted by F W Grant on Fri, 12/09/2005 - 06:00
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I . - KOHATH. The book of Numbers is the history of the wilderness, the type of our journey through the world to the rest that remaineth for the people of God. It is preceded necessarily by Leviticus, in which first we learn what suits God in the sanctuary before we come out to practise it in the world. Leviticus is therefore the priest’s book, as Numbers is that of the Levites: both are types of Christians, who as priests have access to God where now His glory is for us displayed, and as Levi...
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Submitted by F W Grant on Mon, 11/21/2005 - 06:00
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(Mark v. 1—20.)
"That which doth make manifest is light." The presence of
Jesus in the world made manifest its true condition. The various forms of human
wretchedness which met His eye and were ministered to by His hand, were not, in
general, unwonted or exceptional forms. Each had its place, and each gave some
distinctive feature to the picture of our poor fallen humanity as it lies
around us at this very hour. And therein lies for us much of the blessedness of
watching...
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Submitted by F W Grant on Mon, 11/21/2005 - 06:00
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A GOSPEL
ADDRESS.
(Joshua, chaps. ii. and vi.)
We have here, beloved friends, a beautiful picture of a
sinner saved by grace. Jericho is a type of the world. We know that the things
that happened to Israel, as the apostle tells us, "happened unto them for
types, and are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world have
come." (I Cor. x. 11.) Jericho is a type of the world under doom from God -
doom which is continually threatened by His word, which come...
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These words, "While he lingered," are some of the saddest and
most convicting words you will find in Scripture. They are stated in reference to Lot when
the city of Sodom was about to come under God’s judgment. We read, "then the
angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here;
lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city." (Gen. 19:15) A clearer warning of
the impending doom of this city could not be given. The end had come, and all that...
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The Bible's content is primarily
historical. God has chosen to reveal Himself in the histories of men and women,
nations and peoples. As they move across the stage of human history, our Bible
follows them and comments on them from God's perspective, thus giving us a revelation
of God and His ways with men. As history progresses from the beginning of time,
we see God's purposes unfolding until, in the end of time, He is all and in
all, and all glory and honor is given to...
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When I was a college student, learning the fundamental principles of historical
research and writing the need for editing in writing was stronger impressed upon me. One
of my professors-who himself had authored several historical books and countless
articles-maintained that even the best authors write numerous drafts. Many times I was
grateful for conscientious proofreaders who made necessary corrections to my various
research papers before the assignments were submitted to the merciless p...
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The call of the notable prophet Elisha is most instructive for modern day Christians. What
is the connection between a prophet who has been dead for almost 2,800 years and modern
man? Our contemporary world is not much different from the conditions that prevailed
during the lifetime of the aforementioned prophet. Elisha lived in a day when many of his
kinsmen had apostatized and turned to idols. Likewise, in our day idolatry (be they
literal icons of wood, stone, gold, and silver or more s...
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Being
by birth a Jew and as such being entitled to all the privileges of a
son of Abraham, it must have perplexed Nicodemus to be told that he
must be born again to see the kingdom of God. This was a total setting
aside of all his privileges and distinctions. A Pharisee, a ruler, a
master, was not one whit nearer to this heavenly kingdom than the most
disreputable.
If he could carry all his advantages and
distinctions with him, to have them placed to his credit in this new...
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The Call of God — Abraham and Lot. Genesis 12. C. H. Mackintosh. In a day of such widely extended profession as the present, it is specially important that Christians should be deeply impressed with the necessity of realising personally the call of God, without which there can be no permanence or steadiness in the Christian course. It is a comparatively easy thing to make a profession at a time when profession prevails; but it is never easy to walk by faith — it is never easy to give up present things, in the hope of "good things to come." Nothing but that mighty principle which the Apostle denominates "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Heb. 11: 1), can ever enable a man to persevere in a course which in a world where all is wrong — all out of order, must be thorny and difficult. We must feel "persuaded" of something yet to come — something worth waiting for — something that will reward all the toil of a pilgrim's protracted course, ere we rise up out of the circumstances of nature and the world, to "run with patience the race that is set before us" (Heb. 12: 1). All this is fully exemplified in Abraham, and the exemplification receives additional force from the contrast exhibited in the character of Lot and others who are introduced in the course of the narrative. |
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