Category: Scripture Notes and Queries, by F G Patterson
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Question 32 & 33, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question 32: “Is it a correct expression, i.e. Scriptural ― to say that the Righteousness of God is His gift, as life is?” Answer 32: Romans 5:17 is clear as to this, where it speaks of righteousness as His gift: ― “Much more they which receive abundance of grace, and of…
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Question 31, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “Do John 13:2-4, and Matthew 26:20-26, refer to the same supper? Was Judas present? And if so (since unbelievers should not be admitted to the Lord’s table), why did the Lord, who knows the secrets of all hearts, admit him?” Answer: There is no reason to suppose that the two passages…
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Question 30, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “What is meant by eating and drinking ‘unworthily,’ of the bread and the cup, in 1st Corinthians 11:29? “ Answer: The “unworthily” refers to the manner of partaking of the Lord’s Supper, not so much to the person who partakes. Every believer, unless excluded by some discipline for sin, is worthy to partake, because…
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Question 29, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “William C, Skreen,” asks for an explanation of Ephesians 4:13: “Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.” “What is the perfect man?” Answer:…
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Question 28, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “How is one to know that one is baptized with the Holy Ghost?” Answer: By faith founded on the Word of God. It is a positive result to every one who has believed in Christ, and received the remission of sins. “In whom after that ye believed (or having…
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Question 27, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “What are we to learn by the Lord addressing Peter afterwards as ‘Simon, son of Jonas?’” Answer: I believe it is to show, that He is addressing him as the man ― the natural man, as he was in nature. Is he in nature still? Can the man in nature reckon…
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Question 26, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “Was Peter wrong in going a-fishing, and did he not draw others into it? What is the lesson?” Answer: It is plain that Peter’s going a-fishing was not in keeping with the commission given to him by our Lord in the previous chapter, “As my Father hath sent me,…
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Question 25, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: Ephesians 1:8, “Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence?” Answer: God has fully unfolded to us, in verses 3-5, His calling, as suited to His own counsels, and His own heart; which is “to the praise of the glory of His grace.” In these verses He does not take…
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Question 24, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “L. H., Jersey.” ― “In Ephesians 1: 1, we read, ‘To the saints, … and to the faithful,’ etc. Are these two classes of persons, or is one the standing and the other the walk? “ Answer: The word “saints” is a general term applicable to all who are Christ’s, at…
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Question 23, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “J. K. M.” — “If it be true that the Holy Ghost was not given to dwell in the bodies of believers, to unite them to Christ in Old Testament days; and that the personal presence of the Spirit in man after Pentecost, was a new thing previously unexampled…
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Question 22, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “C. A. S.” asks, “How, am I to endeavour to keep ‘the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace?’ What does it mean? “ Answer: The Holy Ghost came down from heaven personally on the day of Pentecost, and dwells in each member of Christ individually (1…
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Question 21, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “A. B.” ― “C.” ask: ― “Does 2 Corinthians 5:10, contemplate believers and unbelievers? Will the sins of believers, previous to their conversion, be manifested at the judgment seat of Christ? Will this manifestation be to the praise of divine grace? Will it be only the service of Christians which will then…
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Question 20, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “O.” ― “Is prayer to the Holy Ghost a Scriptural thought? “ Answer: The Holy Ghost is God ― a Divine person. When God, as such, without reference to the persons of the Godhead is addressed in prayer, it includes the Spirit, with the Father, and the Son. In the New Testament prayer…
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Question 19, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “What is the teaching of the Parable of the Unjust Steward? Why is the Spirit of the world held up for us to follow?” (Luke 16.) Answer: The principles which governed the Steward, leading him to sacrifice present for future advantages, are commended. He might have kept his master’s money; but instead of…
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Question 18, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “E. C.” ― “Does Hebrews 13:13 ― ‘Without the camp’ ― refer to Exodus 33, when Moses pitched the tent ί Without the camp, afar off?’ or, rather, is there an allusion to it; for I suppose there is no doubt the reference is to Leviticus 16? “ Answer: In the Gospel narratives…
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Question 17, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “E. C.” ― “What is the general meaning of 1 Peter 1:1-2; and why is obedience mentioned before blood? “ Answer: James, in his Epistle, addresses the scattered twelve tribes, as Israel had still the character of God’s people in his eye: and he recognises both the synagogue (c. 2:2),…
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Question 16, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “J. K. M.” ― The Olive Tree: ― Answer: It may help your understanding of the passages in Romans 11, to know that the first allusion to the Church, the Body of Christ, in the Epistle to the Romans is in chapter 12:5. Even there we do not find the…
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Question 15, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “J. K. M.” asks, “What is the difference between being quickened by the Holy Ghost, and being sealed; and when are we sealed? “ Answer: The difference is very great, and is of immense importance; it will account for the different states of soul one meets daily. The difference is that between the…
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Question 14, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “Eva” writes, “‘And Zaccheus stood and said unto the Lord, Behold, the half of my goods I give unto the poor: and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold’ (Luke 19:8-9). Do you think this the language of self-righteousness, or of…
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Question 13, Scripture Notes and Queries. by F G Patterson. Questions and Answers. Edited by Irv Risch
Question: “In what sense did Christ ‘learn obedience by the things which he suffered’! (Hebrews 5:8.) How is this to be taken?” Answer: It was an entirely new thing for the glorious Son of God to learn obedience. He who commanded all things from all eternity came into this world of sin, and took…
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