Bible Commentaries

Genesis 6:5-7 — AN AWFUL SIGHT ‘And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually,’ etc. Genesis 6:5-7 I. ‘In these verses,’ it will be said, ‘ we see the results of

Jeremiah 33:16 — THE RIGHTEOUS CITY ‘[Jerusalem] shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.’ Jeremiah 33:16 I. All God’s promises are at the same time fulfilled by the true man, the Son of Man, the pure sprout of David.—He will be a King, in whom we have perfect

Ezekiel 18:20 — PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY ‘The soul that sinneth, it shall die.’ Ezekiel 18:20 I. Does Holy Writ really affirm, despite the sound of certain familiar but isolated texts and the use that has been made of them, that we must all die, and die for ever,

Malachi 4:5-6 — THE SECOND ELIJAH ‘Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord … lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.’ Malachi 4:5-6 Let us look a little into the state of things when Malachi

Matthew 11:7 — THE BAPTIST’S CHARACTER ‘What went ye out into the wilderness for to see?’ Matthew 11:7 ‘What went ye out for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? A man clothed in soft raiment? A prophet?’ Three classes of objects are here presented as contained

Matthew 5:20 — THE FAILURE OF THE PHARISEES ‘For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.’ Matthew 5:20 Though many of the Pharisees, and

Matthew 5:6 — HUNGERING AND THIRSTING ‘Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall he filled.’ Matthew 5:6 What does this mean for us? I. For ourselves.—Remember that the blessing, the high place in the Kingdom, the real

Luke 16:1-8 — THE MAN WHO ACTED WISELY ‘There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; … And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely.’ Luke 16:1-8 This parable draws a lesson from the conduct of a worldly man. Not that we are advised

John 14:27 — THE PEACE OF CHRIST ‘My peace I give unto you.’ John 14:27 The word peace in the Hebrew seems to have the idea of completeness—something which if a man has, he wants no more; it is a word in which all good is summed up; we should call it happiness. ‘My

John 16:8 — THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE WORLD ‘And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.’ John 16:8 We are prepared to understand how it is that our Saviour should put His finger, as it were, upon the sin of

John 2:5 — KNOWLEDGE FROM OBEDIENCE ‘Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it.’ John 2:5 Mary, the mother of our Lord, speaks only on three occasions (in the sacred records), and those three utterances of hers are like three clear notes of a bell—of metal sound,

Acts 11:9 — THE CATHOLICITY OF THE GOSPEL ‘What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.’ Acts 11:9 What a beautiful instance we have here of the Saviour speaking from heaven. Therefore it has peculiar force. It testifies as to what Jesus had done: ‘what

Acts 4:19 — THE DECISIVE TEST ‘Whether it be right in the sight of God.’ Acts 4:19 This decisive test must always be used as to every action, ‘Whether it be right.’ And the world wanted then, and the world wants to-day, sons and daughters who are bold enough

Romans 4:8 — THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE BELIEVER ‘Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.’ Romans 4:8 The text is a part of the quotation from David ( Psalms 32:1-2), and it suggests these questions, viz.— I. To whom will the Lord not impute sin?—The

Romans 6:22 — THE GREAT CHANGE ‘But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. Romans 6:22 I. Consider the practical lessons contained in the text:— ( a) It speaks of those who are

Romans 9:30 — FAITH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS ‘The righteousness which is of faith.’ Romans 9:30 There are two aspects of this ‘righteousness which is of faith’ needful for us to keep clearly in view. One is the aspect of righteousness as a relationship or standing

1 John 1:8-9 — CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS ‘If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.’ 1 John 1:8-9 The world

1 John 3:2 — THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SONS OF GOD ‘It doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.’ 1 John 3:2 Believers stand to God in an endearing and enduring relationship.

Revelation 1:17-18 — JOHN’S SIGHT OF CHRIST ‘And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and

1 Samuel 12:20 — THE ONLY WAY TO NATIONAL PROSPERITY ‘And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not; ye have done all this wickedness; yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.’ 1 Samuel 12:20 It is the special and most perilous