Expositions Of Holy Scripture
EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
CONTENTS
PHILEMON 10
Philemon 1:19--OWING OURSELVES TO CHRIST 10
HEBREWS 17
Hebrews 2:1—DRIFTING 17
Hebrews 2:8, 9—MANHOOD CROWNED IN JESUS 23
Hebrews 2:10—CHRIST’S PERFECTING BY SUFFERING 37
Hebrews 2:11-13—THE BROTHERHOOD OF CHRIST 45
Hebrews 2:17—WHAT BEHOVED CHRIST 54
Hebrews 3:1—CONSIDER JESUS 61
Hebrews 3:6—CONFIDENCE AND REJOICING OF HOPE 70
Hebrews 3:7, 8—HEAR HIS VOICE 76
Hebrews 3:13—THE LIES OF THE TEMPTRESS 84
Hebrews 3:14—A MOMENTOUS ‘IF’ 93
Hebrews 4:3—THE REST OF FAITH 99
Hebrews 4:9, 10—ENTRANCE INTO GOD’S REST 107
Hebrews 4:11—MAN’S SHARE IN GOD’S REST 117
Hebrews 4:16—THE THRONE OF GRACE 125
Hebrews 5:7—GETHSEMANE 133
Hebrews 6:7—A FIELD WHICH THE LORD HATH BLESSED 138
Hebrews 6:9—THE QUEEN AND THE VIRGINS THAT FOLLOW HER 147
Hebrews 6:11—SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE 153
Hebrews 6:12—SLOTHFULNESS AND ITS CURE 162
Hebrews 6:18—FLEEING AND CLINGING 168
Hebrews 6:19—THE ANCHOR OF THE SOUL 176
Hebrews 7:2—RIGHTEOUSNESS FIRST, PEACE SECOND 184
Hebrews 7:26—THE PRIEST WHOM WE NEED 193
Hebrews 8:1, 2—THE ENTHRONED SERVANT CHRIST 201
Hebrews 8:5—THE TRUE IDEAL 209
Hebrews 8:10 — I. THE ARTICLES OF THE NEW COVENANT: GOD’S WELTING ON THE HEART 214
Hebrews 8:18—II. THEIR GOD, MY PEOPLE 223
Hebrews 8:11—III. ‘ALL SHALL KNOW ME’ 229
Hebrews 8:12—IV. FORGIVENESS THE FUNDAMENTAL BLESSING 237
Hebrews 9:11-14, 24-28—THE PRIEST IN THE HOLY PLACE 245
Hebrews 10:12—THE ENTHRONED CHRIST 249
Hebrews 10:14— PERFECTED AND BEING SANCTIFIED 255
Hebrews 10:34—A BETTER AND AN ENDURING SUBSTANCE 262
Hebrews 10:30—HOW TO OWN OURSELVES 267
Hebrews 11:6—SEEKING GOD 274
Hebrews 11:7—NOAH’S FAITH AND OURS 279
Hebrews 11:9, 10—THE CITY AND THE TENT 286
Hebrews 11:13 — THE ATTACHMENTS AND DETACHMENTS OF FAITH 294
Hebrews 11:14—SEEKING THE FATHERLAND 301
Hebrews 11:16—THE FUTURE WHICH VINDICATES GOD 309
Hebrews 11:24-27—THE FAITH OF MOSES 316
Hebrews 12:1, 2—THE CLOUD OF WITNESSES AND THEIR LEADER 324
Hebrews 12:1—THE CHRISTIAN LIFE A RACE 334
Hebrews 12:1—WEIGHTS AND SINS 341
Hebrews 12:2—THE PERFECTER OF FAITH 352
Hebrews 12:4—RESISTING UNTO BLOOD 360
Hebrews 12:10—A FATHER’S DISCIPLINE 369
Hebrews 12:17—ESAU’S VAIN TEARS 376
Hebrews 12:22, 23—WITH WHOM FAITH LIVES 384
Hebrews 12:23—FAITH’S ACCESS TO THE JUDGE, AND HIS ATTENDANTS 393
Hebrews 12:24—THE MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT AND ITS SEAT 401
Hebrews 12:25—Hebrews 12:25—REFUSING GOD’S VOICE 410
Hebrews 13:5, 6—GOD’S VOICE AND MAN’S ECHO 418
Hebrews 13:8—THE UNCHANGING CHRIST 424
Hebrews 13:9—AN ESTABLISHED HEART 432
Hebrews 13:10, 15—OUR ALTAR 440
Hebrews 13:13, 14 —‘WITHOUT THE CAMP’ 448
Hebrews 13:15, 16—CHRISTIAN SACRIFICE 456
Hebrews 13:20—GREAT HOPES A GREAT DUTY 464
Hebrews 13:21—GREAT PRAYER BASED ON GREAT PLEAS 472
JAMES 480
James 1:4--PATIENCE AND HER WORK 480
James 1:5--DIVINE WISDOM, AND HOW TO GET IT 487
James 1:12--THE CROWN 494
James 1:18 --‘FIRST-FRUITS OF HIS CREATURES’ 501
James 1:25--THE PERFECT LAW AND ITS DOERS 510
James 1:27--PURE WORSHIP 519
James 2:1--FAITH IN HIS NAME 527
James 2:14-23--FAITH WITHOUT WORKS 534
James 2:23--GOD’S FRIENDS 540
James 3:1-15--A WATCH ON THE DOOR OF THE LIPS 548
I. PETER 553
1 Peter i. 1— SOJOURNERS OF THE DISPERSION 553
1 Peter i. 5— BY, THROUGH, UNTO 558
1 Peter i. 6— SORROWFUL, YET ALWAYS REJOICING 566
1 Peter i. 7— THE TRUE GOLD AND ITS TESTING 574
1 Peter i. 8— JOY IN BELIEVING 581
1 Peter i. 10, 11, 12— CHRIST AND HIS CROSS THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE 587
1 Peter i. 13— HOPE PERFECTLY 595
1 Peter i. 15— THE FAMILY LIKENESS 604
1 Peter i. 17— FATHER AND JUDGE 610
1 Peter i. 22— PURIFYING THE SOUL 616
1 Peter ii. 4, 5— LIVING STONES ON THE LIVING FOUNDATION STONE 624
1 Peter ii. 5— SPIRITUAL SACRIFICES 629
1 Peter ii. 9— MIRRORS OF GOD 637
1 Peter ii. 21— CHRIST THE EXEMPLAR 642
1 Peter iii. 14, 15— HALLOWING CHRIST 650
1 Peter iv. 1-8— CHRISTIAN ASCETICISM 655
1 Peter v. 5— THE SLAVE'S GIRDLE 662
1 Peter v. 12 — SYLVANUS 668
1 Peter v. 12— AN APOSTOLIC TESTIMONY AND EXHORTATION 675
1 Peter v. 13— THE CHURCH IN BABYLON 682
1 Peter v. 13— MARCUS, MY SON 687