_RELIGION AND MORAL LIFE_ ‘Exercisx thyself rather unto godliness.’ 1 Timothy 4:7 It is often said that you cannot make a man moral by Act of Parliament. Well, that means that all that Parliament can do is to diminish the opportunities and occasions of doing wrong. I. YOU MUST COME TO RELIGION... [ Continue Reading ]
_CHRISTIAN DISCIPLINE_ ‘And exercise thyself unto godliness: for bodily exercise is profitable for a little.’ 1 Timothy 4:7 (R.V.) Godliness, and not asceticism, is to be the Christian’s aim. ‘Bodily exercise,’ or physical severities and privations, such as many of the early saints imposed upon t... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE PRESENT BENEFIT OF A PIOUS LIFE_ ‘But godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.’ 1 Timothy 4:8 Religion is not meant only to fit us for heaven. It is for this present state no less. And if only we let religion have its prop... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE CHRISTIAN FAITH_ Take heed unto … the doctrine.’ 1 Timothy 4:16 I. THE SOURCE OF FAITH.—The sacred Scriptures are the source—the infallible source—of the doctrines of our most holy religion. They are profitable for teaching; they were written for our learning; they, and they alone, are able... [ Continue Reading ]
_LIFE AND DOCTRINE_ ‘Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.’ 1 Timothy 4:16 Two outstanding things are to be noted in the text:— I. THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR DOCTRINE AND OURSELVES.—‘Take heed un... [ Continue Reading ]