PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Thessalonians
Paton James Gloag [1823–1906] · 127,583 words · 138 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — 1 Thessalonians — Section 121
Vers. 25--28.-0onclusion. I. HE ASKS FOR THEIB PRAYERS. He, the great apostle, begs for the prayers of these neophytes, these babes in Christ. It shows : 1. His humility. 2. The value of prayer. .A good man has said, "Prayer is possession. Faithful prayer is the sure possession of all that the redeemed will of man ca…
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LoBD 18 BUDDEN AND UllBXPEOTED DI' IT8 OOllllNG. "But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord eo cometh as a thief in the night.'' By the ea.me method which is followed in eh. iv. 9, tbe apostle seeks to impre…
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ing without being aeen. So those who have abundance of light in them and around them should not be surprised by the day of the Lord. The class from which - as Christians are excluded is that of those who are o/ the night and of dal'kne88, They are those who have moral night drawn Around them. They are those into whn…
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by encircling us with the Divine strength, which is &s thongh every part of our defenceless hearts were covered with armour. But faith only rightly defends when, at the same time, love gives Christ the possession of our hearts. It ie the world that tempts us to forget the Lord's coming, to make no preparation for death…
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anawering the enda of their being in a Christian eoclety. But let them go on, and not, - while only a little away from the starting-point, suppose that they have reached fino.lity. Let ua, too, make the end of our being in a Christian society comfort and, especially, edification to all the members.-R. F. Vers. 12-2…
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the great.eat (Mark ix. 34), and had turned against one who used Cbrlat'11 Name yet followed not them (Mark ix. 38), that they were exhorted to be at peace one with another (Mark ix. 60). John referA to a certain Diotrephee, in a Church to which be wrote, who loved to have the pre-eminence among them. 'fhere are those …
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like himself, and not merely in heaven. We cannot, indeed, have a light heart when we think of the evil in us and around us. But while sorrowful, we can always rejoice in the thought of our Christian advantages. "He that bath the inexhaustible Spring of good for his portion, that bath his welfare entrusted in God's m…
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Ch~ist Jesus, "o~er _the se.cri~ce of prai11e t.o ~od continue.Uy, ~he fruit of our lips"! Thie has the dlstmct1on of bemg the most delightful of all dut1e&. "For praise and thanksgiving are the most delectable business of hee.ven ; and God grant they may be our greatest delight, our frequent employment upon earth., (B…
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inspired, then, was no element to be nijected. Proving them could only mean learninj! to put due value upon them, partly in comparison with other Divine gifts. Ordinary teachingii have not all the true ring or composition. "0 holy simplicity I" exclaimed Huse, when he BRW an aged devout woman throwing a fagot on to …
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spirit nnd soul e.nd body be preserved entire, without blame e.t the coming of our Lord Jesus Ohrist." From the object or the jrayer God is here ne.med. the God of pee.ce, The pee.ce which takes a.way the discor or our nature and restores its harmony is his will and gift. But he is only the God of peace to us in our sa…
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Il. TD 1'11.ATBB GROUNDED IN THE FAITBFULNBIIII OF Go». "Faithful la he thal call~ you. who will also do It." There is a distinct covenanting on the part of God to brinp; about our sanctification. "For this is the covene.nt that I will make with the house of lsl'Bel e.fter those de.ye, se.ith the Lord; I will put my…
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without the common slgna which could be discerned by ordinary oblenation. To possess them would be to walk by eight. They are not given In order that faith may be exeroieed. (2) The world at large is better without these signs. They would dis- arrange all the necessary pursuits of life. Some would cry abjectly for merc…
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sinful indolence. The indifference of 1piritnally ignorant peo,rie is natural That of Christians on whom bas risen "the Dayspring from on high is n1onstrou11. 3. Sons of the day are expected to be sober. It is bad enough to be drunken in the night, but a debauch which is not shamed by ~he light of ~ay proves itself …
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III. THE END FOR WHICH THIS DIVINE APPOINTMENT u HADl!l. 1. Thia i, lhal we may live in fellowship with C!hrist. Strictly speaking, the fellowship with Christ is given u.s the object or the suffering of death by Christ. But the earlier part of the passa~e shows 11B the Divine appointment of salvation as secured through…
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Univertal thanksgiving ia pouibk through tlu perception that under all circum,tanceB b/e,ssings outnumber and outweigh trotd>~. We fix our thoughts on our trouble to the neglect of a thousand blessings. A fairer, wider consideration would call up more grateful thoughts. 2. Universal thanbgiving is possibl,e 1,y means o…
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accordance with his own practice. He speaks of himselr and his colleagues-" by the manifeetation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God" (2 Cor. iv. 2). Contrast the Koran with the New Testament. Moham- med dogmatizes; St. Paul reaHons. We cannot shelter ourselves in error under…
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It is not BO, for Obrist was sanctified (John xvii. 19), and he never needed to be purified. But the great hindrance to our consecration of ourselves to God or to any special Divine purpose, is sin. Therefore for us the one great preliminary is purifi- cation. ll. OBSERVE THE SCOPE OF SANCTIFIOA TION, It is to be c…
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CHAPTER I. CHAPTER Il TRBMB r.A.OR TRnr'II P..lG'll The Che.root.er of Christians 4 Motives of Action . . . 30 The Three Cardine.I Virtues 5 The True Pa.storate 30 The Entrance of the Gospel 5 Our High e.nd Holy Celling 30 The Imitation of Christ 5 The Gospel e. Divine Re,·"le.tion 30 The Union of Affliction with Joy 5…
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