Expositions Of Holy Scripture
EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
CONTENTS
THE ACTS 11
ACTS i. 1-14— THE ASCENSION 11
ACTS i. 1, 2— THE THEME OF ACTS 17
ACTS i. 3— THE FORTY DAYS 26
ACTS i. 7— THE UNKNOWN TO-MORROW 31
ACTS i. 21, 22— THE APOSTOLIC WITNESSES 35
ACTS ii. 1-13— THE ABIDING GIFT AND ITS TRANSITORY ACCOMPANIMENTS 47
ACTS ii. 2, 3, 17, 1 JOHN ii. 20— THE FOURFOLD SYMBOLS OF THE SPIRIT 53
ACTS ii. 32-47— PETER'S FIRST SERMON 62
ACTS ii. 36— THE NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME 69
ACTS ii. 42— A FOURFOLD CORD 79
ACTS ii. 47— A PURE CHURCH AN INCREASING CHURCH 87
ACTS iii. 1-16— 'THEN SHALL THE LAME MAN LEAP AS AN HART' 95
ACTS iii. 14, 15— 'THE PRINCE OF LIFE' 101
ACTS iii. 16— THE HEALING POWER OF THE NAME 107
ACTS iii. 26— THE SERVANT OF THE LORD 114
ACTS iv. 1-14— THE FIRST BLAST OF TEMPEST 122
ACTS iv. 13— WITH AND LIKE CHRIST 128
ACTS iv. 19-31— OBEDIENT DISOBEDIENCE 136
ACTS iv. 20— IMPOSSIBLE SILENCE 143
ACTS iv. 26, 27, 29— THE SERVANT AND THE SLAVES 151
ACTS iv. 32— THE WHEAT AND THE TARES 159
ACTS v. 17-32— WHOM TO OBEY,—ANNAS OR ANGEL? 165
ACTS v. 31— OUR CAPTAIN 171
ACTS v. 38, 39— GAMALIEL'S COUNSEL 180
ACTS vi. 3, 5, 8— FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT 185
ACTS vii. 56— STEPHEN'S VISION 193
ACTS vii. 59, 60— THE DEATH OF THE MASTER AND THE DEATH OF THE SERVANT 205
ACTS viii. 1-17— SEED SCATTERED AND TAKING ROOT 213
ACTS viii. 21— SIMON THE SORCERER 219
ACTS viii. 26-40— A MEETING IN THE DESERT 225
ACTS viii. 40— PHILIP THE EVANGELIST 231
ACTS ix. 1-12; 17-20— GRACE TRIUMPHANT 237
ACTS ix. 2— 'THIS WAY' 243
ACTS ix. 31 — A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE EARLY CHURCH 252
ACTS ix. 34, 40— COPIES OF CHRIST'S MANNER 259
ACTS x. 1-20— WHAT GOD HATH CLEANSED 265
ACTS x. 30-44— 'GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS' 273
ACTS xi. 1-18— PETER'S APOLOGIA 279
ACTS xi. 20, 21— THE FIRST PREACHING AT ANTIOCH 283
ACTS xi, 24— WHAT A GOOD MAN IS, AND HOW HE BECOMES SO 307
ACTS xi. 26— A NICKNAME ACCEPTED 317
ACTS xii. 2— THE MARTYRDOM OF JAMES 327
ACTS xii. 5 — PETER'S DELIVERANCE FROM PRISON 333
ACTS xii. 7, 23— THE ANGEL'S TOUCH 338
ACTS xii. 11— 'SOBER CERTAINTY' 341
ACTS xii 13— RHODA 344
ACTS xii. 17— PETER AFTER HIS ESCAPE 350
ACTS xiii. 1-13— TO THE REGIONS BEYOND 353
ACTS xiii. 9— WHY SAUL BECAME PAUL 359
ACTS xiii. 13— JOHN MARK 367
ACTS xiii. 26-39— THE FIRST PREACHING IN ASIA MINOR 376
ACTS xiii. 36, 37— LUTHER—A STONE ON THE CAIRN 380
ACTS xiii. 44-52; xiv. 1-7— JEWISH REJECTERS AND GENTILE RECEIVERS 391
ACTS xiii. 46— UNWORTHY OF LIFE 398
ACTS xiii. 52— 'FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST' 401
ACTS xiv. 11-22— DEIFIED AND STONED 409
ACTS xiv. 11— DREAM AND REALITY 416
ACTS xiv. 27— 'THE DOOR OF FAITH' 419
ACTS xv. 1-6— THE BREAKING OUT OF DISCORD 421
ACTS xv. 12-29— THE CHARTER OF GENTILE LIBERTY 425
ACTS xv. 37, 38— A GOOD MAN'S FAULTS 432
ACTS xvi. 10, 11— HOW TO SECURE A PROSPEROUS VOYAGE 438
ACTS xvi. 13 — PAUL AT PHILIPPI 445
ACTS xvi. 19-34— THE RIOT AT PHILIPPI 452
ACTS xvi. 30, 31— THE GREAT QUESTION AND THE PLAIN ANSWER 459
ACTS xvii. 1-12— THESSALONICA AND BEREA 467
ACTS xvii. 22-34— PAUL AT ATHENS 473
ACTS xvii. 31— THE MAN WHO IS JUDGE 480
ACTS xviii. 1-11— PAUL AT CORINTH 483
ACTS xviii. 5— 'CONSTRAINED BY THE WORD' 489
ACTS xviii. 14, 15— GALLIO 497
ACTS xix. 1-12— TWO FRUITFUL YEARS 500
ACTS xix. 15— WOULD-BE EXORCISTS 506
ACTS xix. 21-34— THE FIGHT WITH WILD BEASTS AT EPHESUS 510
ACTS xx. 22-35— PARTING COUNSELS 516
ACTS xx. 24, 2 TIM. iv. 7— A FULFILLED ASPIRATION 523
ACTS xx. 35— THE BLESSEDNESS OF GIVING 538
ACTS xxi. 1-15— DRAWING NEARER TO THE STORM 541
ACTS xxi. 8— PHILIP THE EVANGELIST 547
ACTS xxi. 16— AN OLD DISCIPLE 555
ACTS xxi. 27-39— PAUL IN THE TEMPLE 562
ACTS xxii. 6-16— PAUL ON HIS OWN CONVERSION 568
ACTS xxii. 17-30— ROME PROTECTS PAUL 572
ACTS xxiii. 11— CHRIST'S WITNESSES 577
ACTS xxiii. 12-22— A PLOT DETECTED 586
ACTS xxiv. 2-3— A LOYAL TRIBUTE 590
ACTS xxiv. 10-25— PAUL BEFORE FELIX 598
ACTS xxiv. 25— FELIX BEFORE PAUL 603
ACTS xxvi. 14— CHRIST'S REMONSTRANCES 613
ACTS xxvi. 18— FAITH IN CHRIST 621
ACTS xxvi. 19-32— 'BEFORE GOVERNORS AND KINGS' 633
ACTS xxvi. 19— 'THE HEAVENLY VISION' 638
ACTS xxvi 28— 'ME A CHRISTIAN!' 646
ACTS xxvii. 13-26— TEMPEST AND TRUST 655
ACTS xxvii. 23— A SHORT CONFESSION OF FAITH 661
ACTS xxvii 30-44— A TOTAL WRECK, ALL HANDS SAVED 668
ACTS xxviii. 1-16— AFTER THE WRECK 674
ACTS xxviii. 17-31— THE LAST GLIMPSE OF PAUL 680
ACTS xxviii. 30, 31— PAUL IN ROME 686