C. H. Brown, 1963 I. Introduction Reading, and introductory comments. There are some rather dark things in this little epistle. Some gross failure on the part of Diotrephes, and yet the Apostle John, the dear aged servant of the Lord, uses the lovely word, “beloved.” It is a wonderful thing to belong to the beloved…
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The Law of Liberty
R. A. Huebner “So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty” (James 2:12). A law, in Scripture, is a fixed principle of operation. For example, an apple falls from a tree and stays there. It does not defy gravity to re-attach itself to the tree from…
Confessing the Lord Jesus Christ (1 John 4:2)
“Hereby ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses Jesus Christ come in flesh is of God.” It is the confession of a Person — and not just a fact about the Person. John 16 – The work of the Spirit is to glorify Christ and make those things of His known to…
Christ’s Glory in Two Spheres
Roy A. Huebner “Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him.” Ephesians…
The Word Dispensation: A Scriptural Inquiry
Roy A. Huebner Luke 16:3 “And the steward said within himself, What shall I do; for my lord is taking the stewardship from me?…” The man was the steward (administrator) of the house, and he was to take care of the ordering of that house. He was to administer the affairs of that house in…
The First and Last Adam (1 Cor. 15)
Roy A. Huebner The First Man Adam, and the Last Adam “Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit. But that which is spiritual was not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual: the first man out of the earth,…
A Dispensational Principle
“…For the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus” (Revelation 19:10). Roy A. Huebner “God gives a promise, and then He presents the thing to man’s responsibility, and man subsequently fails with respect to it. Then, at some point, God implements His promise by sovereign grace and sovereign power. We see this fulfilled in…
Dispensational Helps on Matthew
Roy A. Huebner Notice: Extensive notes are provided to accompany the audio ministry below as some of these concepts would lead to further meditation on behalf of the interested and exercised listener. “But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be glory both now and forever…
Preparing His Own, and Eternal Life (John 17)
P. Johnson “And I am no longer in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one as we” (John 17:11). “And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only…
Seeking to Give the Holy Spirit His Place
E. Smith This audio file (full transcript) presents the recounting of a brother’s first experience among those so-called ‘Brethren.’ What was impressed upon him that day was the importance of giving the Holy Spirit His place to operate freely in the assembly. Some quotes that are notable : The Church, an Organism — and Giving…