_AGAINST CONTROVERSY_ ‘Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.’ Php_2:3-4 I. THERE ARE TWO GREAT NOTES in St. Paul’s Epistle to the Ph... [ Continue Reading ]
_CHRISTIAN HUMILITY_ ‘Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.’ Php_2:5 What is the humility for which the Christian must strive? If the Bible seems to give an uncertain answer, remember there is a great distinction between the teaching of the Old Testament and that of the New. I... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE HUMILIATION OF CHRIST_ ‘He humbled Himself.’ Php_2:8 Let me draw your attention to one or two points in the ‘humiliation’ of Christ. I. IT WAS ALL DONE, IN THE FULL SENSE, ALL ALONG, THAT HE WAS GOD’S CHILD.—With the exception of a moment or two, He never lost the fullest conviction that H... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST_ ‘And became obedient unto death.’ Php_2:8 There are four things which Christ obeyed. I. HE OBEYED THE LAW.—He had grand views of law. ‘Thy law is within my heart’ was the language of His whole life. Everything He did was an obedience of law. II. HE OBEYED INWARD PRIN... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE DEATH OF CHRIST_ ‘Even the death of the Cross.’ Php_2:8 I. THE CROSS OF CHRIST AFFORDS THE ONLY JUSTIFICATION FOR AN OPTIMIST OUTLOOK ON LIFE.—For the Spirit of God by which Christ was inspired and sustained is the same Spirit which is striving to influence the lives of all men. Whilst then... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE NAME OF JESUS_ ‘At the name of Jesus every knee should bow.’ Php_2:10 We cannot take the old Gospel story as a poetic symbol, as a mystical embodiment of an inner verity, free from the perils of historical inquiry. For what we hold in it is a deed done once for all, by which God forced for H... [ Continue Reading ]
_RELIGION AND HEALTH_ ‘Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God Which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.’ Php_2:12-13 You may divide the world roughly into three classes, (_a_) There are those who are looking for physical, moral, and social salva... [ Continue Reading ]