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Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy.

Name: Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy.
Author: Maclaren, Alexander, 1826-1910

作者：Maclaren, Alexander, 1826-1910
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CHAPTERS I TO END
SECOND CORINTHIANS
CONTENTS
II. CORINTHIANS
HOPE AND HOLINESS (2 Cor. vii. 1) 1
SORROW ACCORDING TO GOD (2 Cor. vii. 10) 8
GIVING AND ASKING (2 Cor. viii. 1-12) 20
RICH YET POOR (2 Cor. viii. 9) 27
WILLING AND NOT DOING (2 Cor. viii. 11) 36
ALL GRACE ABOUNDING (2 Cor. ix. 8) 42
GOD'S UNSPEAKABLE GIFT (2 Cor. ix. 15) 50
A MILITANT MESSAGE (2 Cor. x. 5 and 6, R.V.) 57
SIMPLICITY TOWARDS CHRIST (2 Cor. xi. 3) 65
STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS (2 Cor. xii. 8, 9) 74
NOT YOURS BUT YOU (2 Cor. xii. 14) 83
GALATIANS
FROM CENTRE TO CIRCUMFERENCE (Gal. ii. 20) 91
THE EVIL EYE AND THE CHARM (Gal. iii. 1) 100
LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE (Gal. iii. 4) 109
THE UNIVERSAL PRISON (Gal. iii. 22) 116
THE SON SENT (Gal. iv. 4, 5, R.V.) 126
WHAT MAKES A CHRISTIAN: CIRCUMCISION OR FAITH? (Gal. v. 6) 136
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT (Gal. v. 22, 23) 162
BURDEN-BEARING (Gal. vi. 2-5) 171
DOING GOOD TO ALL (Gal. vi. 10) 180
THE OWNER'S BRAND (Gal. vi. 17) 189
PHILIPPIANS
LOVING GREETINGS (Phil. i. 1-8, R.V.) 200
A COMPREHENSIVE PRAYER (Phil. i. 9-11, R.V.) 206
A PRISONER'S TRIUMPH (Phil. i. 12-20, R.V.) 211
A STRAIT BETWIXT TWO (Phil. i. 21-25) 219
CITIZENS OF HEAVEN (Phil. i. 27, 28) 233
A PLEA FOR UNITY (Phil. ii. 1-4, R.V.) 244
THE DESCENT OF THE WORD (Phil. ii. 5-8, R.V.) 253
THE ASCENT OF JESUS (Phil. ii. 9-11, R.V.) 260
WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION (Phil. ii. 12, 13) 268
COPIES OF JESUS (Phil. ii. 14-16, R.V.) 281
A WILLING SACRIFICE (Phil. ii. 16-18, R.V.) 287
PAUL AND TIMOTHY (Phil. ii. 19-24, R.V.) 295
PAUL AND EPAPHRODITUS (Phil. ii. 25-30, R.V.) 305
PREPARING TO END (Phil. iii. 1-3, R.V.) 311
THE LOSS OF ALL (Phil. iii. 4-8, R.V.) 321
THE GAIN OF CHRIST (Phil. iii. 8, 9, R.V.) 328
SAVING KNOWLEDGE (Phil. iii. 10, 11, R.V.) 336
LAID HOLD OF AND LAYING HOLD (Phil. iii. 12) 348
THE RACE AND THE GOAL (Phil. iii. 13, 14) 359
THE SOUL'S PERFECTION (Phil. iii. 15) 369
THE RULE OF THE ROAD (Phil. iii. 16) 381
WARNINGS AND HOPES (Phil. iii. 17-21, R.V.) 391
II. CORINTHIANS
HOPE AND HOLINESS
I. A Christian life should be a life of constant self-purifying.
SORROW ACCORDING TO GOD
I. First, then, consider the true and the false sorrow for sin.
GIVING AND ASKING
RICH YET POOR
So then, we have here set before us the work of Christ in its--
II. Most mysterious and unique self-impoverishment.
The last thing here is--
III. The work of Christ set forth in its highest issue.
WILLING AND NOT DOING
I. I would have you consider the necessity of this commandment.
II. Consider the importance of this counsel.
ALL GRACE ABOUNDING
I. The Fountain.
II. The Basin.
And now, lastly, we have here what, adhering to my metaphor, I call
III. The stream.
GOD'S UNSPEAKABLE GIFT
I. The gift comes from unspeakable love.
II. The gift involves unspeakable sacrifice.
III. The gift brings with it unspeakable results.
A MILITANT MESSAGE
I. The opposing fortresses.
II. The casting down of fortresses.
III. The captives led away to another land.
IV. Fate of the disobedient.
SIMPLICITY TOWARDS CHRIST
STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS
NOT YOURS BUT YOU
I. So, then, first of all, I remark, Christ desires personal surrender.
II. Christ seeks personal service.
III. Lastly, and only a word. Christ seeks us, _and_ ours.
GALATIANS
FROM CENTRE TO CIRCUMFERENCE
III. And now, lastly, notice the life which is built upon this faith.
THE EVIL EYE AND THE CHARM
II. Now, think, secondly, of the fascinators that draw away the eyes.
LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE
I. The duty of retrospect.
II. The true test for the past.
III. The best issue of the retrospect.
THE UNIVERSAL PRISON
I. First, then, note the universal prison-house.
III. And so, lastly, the breaker of the prison-house.
THE SON SENT
I. The mystery of love that sent.
II. The miracle of lowliness that came.
III. The marvel of exaltation that results.
WHAT MAKES A CHRISTIAN: CIRCUMCISION OR FAITH?
I. What it is to walk in the Spirit.
II. Such walking in the Spirit conquers the flesh.
III. Such a life is not freed from the necessity of struggle.
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
I. The threefold elements of character here.
II. The unity of the fruit.
III. The culture of the tree which secures the fruit.
IV. How this is the only worthy fruit.
BURDEN-BEARING
II. Jesus Christ is the Burden-bearer for both sorts of burdens.
DOING GOOD TO ALL
I. Let me ask you to look at the obligation that is thus suggested.
THE OWNER'S BRAND
II. And so now a word in the next place about these marks of ownership.
III. Now, once more notice the glorying in the slavery and its signs.
PHILIPPIANS
LOVING GREETINGS
II. Thankful, glad prayer flows from such co-operation.
III. Confidence is born of love and common service.
IV. Our love is hallowed and greatened in the love of Christ.
A COMPREHENSIVE PRAYER
I. The growth in keenness of conscience founded on growth in love.
III. The great Name in which this completeness is secured.
A PRISONER'S TRIUMPH
II. The magnetism or contagion of enthusiasm.
III. The wide tolerance of such enthusiasm.
IV. The calm fronting of life and death as equally magnifying Christ.
A STRAIT BETWIXT TWO
CITIZENS OF HEAVEN
I. Keep fresh the sense of belonging to the mother city.
IV. The last exhortation to the colonists is, Be sure of victory.
A PLEA FOR UNITY
I. The motives and bonds of Christian unity.
II. The fair ideal which would complete the Apostle's joy.
III. The hindrances and helps to being of the same mind.
THE DESCENT OF THE WORD
I. The height from which Jesus descended.
II. The wondrous act of descent.
III. The obedience which attended the descent.
THE ASCENT OF JESUS
We have
II. The glory of the name of Jesus.
III. The universal glory of the name.
IV. The glory of the Father in the glory of the name of Jesus.
WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION
II. In the second place, God works all in us, and yet we have to work.
COPIES OF JESUS
I. We note the one great duty of cheerful yielding to God's will.
II. The conscious aim in all our activity.
III. The solemn reason for this aim.
A WILLING SACRIFICE
I. The Philippians' faithfulness Paul's glory in the day of Christ.
II. Paul's death an aid to the Philippians' faith.
PAUL AND TIMOTHY
I. The prisoner's longing and hope.
II. The prisoner solitary among self-seeking men.
III. The prisoner's joy in loving co-operation.
PAUL AND EPAPHRODITUS
PREPARING TO END
I. The crowning injunction as to the duty of Christian gladness.
II. Paul's apology for reiteration.
III. Paul's warning against teachers of a ceremonial religion.
THE LOSS OF ALL
I. The treasures that were discovered to be worthless.
II. The discovery of their worthlessness.
III. The continuous repetition of the discovery.
THE GAIN OF CHRIST
II. Paul's life's aim was righteousness to be received.
III. Paul's life's aim stretches beyond this life.
SAVING KNOWLEDGE
I. Paul's life's aim was the knowledge of Christ.
II. That knowledge involves knowing the power of His Resurrection.
IV. The end attained.
LAID HOLD OF AND LAYING HOLD
I. What Christ has laid His grip on us for.
II. Notice, again, our laying hold because we have been laid hold of.
III. Lastly, the text suggests the incompleteness of our grasp.
THE RACE AND THE GOAL
I. First, then, I would say, make God's aim your aim.
II. Secondly, let me say, concentrate all effort on this one aim.
III. Pursue this end with a wise forgetfulness.
IV. So, lastly, pursue the aim with a wise, eager reaching forward.
THE SOUL'S PERFECTION
THE RULE OF THE ROAD
III. The Apostle's injunction may be cast into this form, Be yourselves.
WARNINGS AND HOPES
I. Our true metropolis.
II. The colonists looking for the King.
III. The Christian sharing in Christ's glory.
CONTENTS
PHILIPPIANS
A TENDER EXHORTATION (Phil. iv. 1) 1
NAMES IN THE BOOK OF LIFE (Phil. iv. 3) 11
REJOICE EVERMORE (Phil. iv. 4) 21
HOW TO OBEY AN IMPOSSIBLE INJUNCTION (Phil. iv. 6) 31
THE WARRIOR PEACE (Phil. iv. 7) 39
THINK ON THESE THINGS (Phil. iv. 8) 48
HOW TO SAY 'THANK YOU' (Phil. iv. 10-14, R.V.) 58
GIFTS GIVEN, SEED SOWN (Phil. iv. 15-19, R.V.) 66
FAREWELL WORDS (Phil. iv. 20-23, R.V.) 74
COLOSSIANS
SAINTS, BELIEVERS, BRETHREN (Col. i. 2) 82
THE GOSPEL-HOPE (Col. i. 5) 92
THANKFUL FOR INHERITANCE (Col. i. 12, R.V.) 106
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR (Col. i. 29) 114
CHRISTIAN PROGRESS (Col. ii. 6, 7, R.V.) 124
RISEN WITH CHRIST (Col. iii. 1-15) 127
RISEN WITH CHRIST (Col. iii. 1, 2) 134
WITHOUT AND WITHIN (Col. iv. 5) 143
I. THESSALONIANS
FAITH, LOVE, HOPE, AND THEIR FRUITS (1 Thess. i. 3) 155
GOD'S TRUMPET (1 Thess. i. 8) 164
WALKING WORTHILY (1 Thess. ii. 12) 170
SMALL DUTIES AND THE GREAT HOPE (1 Thess. iv. 9-18; v. 1, 2) 183
SLEEPING THROUGH JESUS (1 Thess. iv. 14) 190
THE WORK AND ARMOUR OF THE CHILDREN OF THE DAY (1 Thess. v. 8) 198
WAKING AND SLEEPING (1 Thess. v. 10) 210
EDIFICATION (1 Thess. v. 11) 220
CONTINUAL PRAYER AND ITS EFFECTS (1 Thess. v. 16-18) 229
PAUL'S EARLIEST TEACHING (1 Thess. v. 27) 237
II. THESSALONIANS
CHRIST GLORIFIED IN GLORIFIED MEN (2 Thess. i. 10) 248
WORTHY OF YOUR CALLING (2 Thess. i. 11, 12) 256
EVERLASTING CONSOLATION AND GOOD HOPE (2 Thess. ii. 16, 17) 267
THE HEART'S HOME AND GUIDE (2 Thess. iii. 5) 277
THE LORD OF PEACE AND THE PEACE OF THE LORD (2 Thess. iii. 16) 288
I. TIMOTHY
THE END OF THE COMMANDMENT (1 Tim. i. 5) 298
THE GOSPEL IN SMALL (1 Tim. i. 15) 316
THE CHIEF OF SINNERS (1 Tim. i. 15) 326
A TEST CASE (1 Tim. i. 16) 335
THE GLORY OF THE KING (1 Tim. i. 17) 344
WHERE AND HOW TO PRAY (1 Tim. ii. 8) 353
SPIRITUAL ATHLETICS (1 Tim. iv. 7) 361
THE ONE WITNESS, THE MANY CONFESSORS (1 Tim. vi. 12-14) 370
THE CONDUCT THAT SECURES THE REAL LIFE (1 Tim. vi. 19) 379
A TENDER EXHORTATION
NAMES IN THE BOOK OF LIFE
I. The first of them is Citizenship.
REJOICE EVERMORE
II. So, secondly, notice that this joy is capable of being continuous.
III. Lastly, such gladness is an important part of Christian duty.
HOW TO OBEY AN IMPOSSIBLE INJUNCTION
I. An apparently impossible advice.
THE WARRIOR PEACE
I. Mark, then, first, this peace of God.
II. So notice, in the next place, what the peace of God does.
III. Now, lastly, notice how we get the peace of God.
THINK ON THESE THINGS
I. _What_, then, is the counsel here?
III. Now, lastly, _how_ is this precept best obeyed?
HOW TO SAY 'THANK YOU'
I. The exuberant expression of thanks, 'I rejoice in the Lord greatly.'
III. The renewed thanks for the loving sympathy expressed in the gift.
GIFTS GIVEN, SEED SOWN
I. We may note here Paul's money relations with the churches.
II. The lofty view here taken of such service.
III. The gift that supplies the givers.
FAREWELL WORDS
I. The Doxology.
II. The Greetings.
III. The Parting Benediction.
COLOSSIANS
SAINTS, BELIEVERS, BRETHREN
I. They were 'Disciples' first of all.
Now turn to the second--
II. The Disciples must be Believers.
III. The believing Disciple is a 'Saint.'
IV. The believing Saints are 'Brethren.'
THE GOSPEL-HOPE
I. What does it hope for?
II. The grounds on which the hope of the Gospel rests.
III. What the hope of the Gospel is and does for us.
I. The many-sided strength which may be ours.
II. The measure of the strength.
III. The great purpose of this strength.
THANKFUL FOR INHERITANCE
I. The Inheritance.
II. The Fatherly preparation for the Inheritance.
III. The thankfulness which these thoughts should evoke.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR
I. The solemn universal Christian obligation.
Now one word as to the other thought that is here, and that is
II. The all-sufficient Christian gift.
CHRISTIAN PROGRESS
I. The origin of all, or how Christian progress begins.
II. The manner of Christian progress or in what it consists.
III. The means, or how it is accomplished.
RISEN WITH CHRIST
RISEN WITH CHRIST
Then we have here
I. The Christian life considered as a risen life.
Let me turn, secondly, to
II. The consequent aims of the Christian life.
Lastly, we have here--
WITHOUT AND WITHIN
I. THESSALONIANS
FAITH, LOVE, HOPE, AND THEIR FRUITS
I. The three foundation-stones.
And now a word or two, in the second place, about
II. The fair building which rises on them.
GOD'S TRUMPET
I. This metaphor suggests the great purpose of the Church.
WALKING WORTHILY
SMALL DUTIES AND THE GREAT HOPE
SLEEPING THROUGH JESUS
II. Note the ground of this softened aspect.
THE WORK AND ARMOUR OF THE CHILDREN OF THE DAY
WAKING AND SLEEPING
I. Note the death which is the foundation of life.
III. The united life of all who live with Christ.
EDIFICATION
I. First, self-edification.
II. We have to consider united edification.
CONTINUAL PRAYER AND ITS EFFECTS
I. The duty of continual prayer.
II. The duty of continual rejoicing.
III. Lastly, the duty of continual thankfulness.
PAUL'S EARLIEST TEACHING
I. First of all, then, let us hear its witness to the divine Christ.
II. THESSALONIANS
CHRIST GLORIFIED IN GLORIFIED MEN
IV. And lastly, look at men's path to this glorifying.
WORTHY OF YOUR CALLING
II. Note, here, the divine help to meet the test.
III. Lastly, note the divine glory of the worthy.
EVERLASTING CONSOLATION AND GOOD HOPE
I. First of all, then, note the divine hearers of the prayer.
II. Secondly, note the great fact on which this prayer builds itself.
THE HEART'S HOME AND GUIDE
I. The first thought that it suggests to me is, the home of the heart.
II. Now notice, secondly, the Guide of the heart to its home.
III. Lastly, notice the heart's yielding to its guide.
THE LORD OF PEACE AND THE PEACE OF THE LORD
I. The deepest longing of every human soul is for peace.
III. So note, thirdly, that the peace of the Lord of Peace is perfect.
IV. Lastly, 'the Lord of Peace' gives it by giving His own presence.
I. TIMOTHY
THE END OF THE COMMANDMENT
I. First of all, what God speaks to us for.
III. Lastly, notice the condition of such purifying.
THE GOSPEL IN SMALL
I. Note, then, first, here the Gospel in a nutshell.
II. Now, secondly, note the reliableness of this condensed Gospel.
III. Lastly, notice the consequent wisdom and duty of acceptance.
THE CHIEF OF SINNERS
I. And so I ask you to note, first, what this man thinks of himself.
II. Note how this man comes to such an estimate of himself.
III. Lastly, note what this judgment of himself did for this man.
A TEST CASE
THE GLORY OF THE KING
I. First, then, notice the God who is glorified by Paul's salvation.
WHERE AND HOW TO PRAY
SPIRITUAL ATHLETICS
II. Notice the discipline which such an aim demands.
ONE WITNESS, MANY CONFESSORS
I. We have the great Witness and His confession.
III. Lastly, we have here the practical issue of all this.
THE CONDUCT THAT SECURES THE REAL LIFE
I. First, then, he says that the real life is the future life.
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