Category: The Epistles of John
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The Second Lamp; Third Epistles of John. Lecture 9, by Williams Lincoln
I have to pursue a different plan somewhat in the exposition of these second and third epistles of St. John, to that I pursued in the exposition of the first epistle, because I must take some little time in showing you the exact relationship of the second epistles to the…
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The First Epistle of John. Lecture 8, by Williams Lincoln
We are now to look at the last chapter of the first epistle. I do not think I need say any more on the fourth chapter; I trust I made it perfectly apparent to everyone why the expression “God is love” occurs twice, and what is the difference between the…
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The First Epistle of John. Lecture 7, by Williams Lincoln
We have now come to the second section of the second part of this epistle. The first section of the second part shewed us the workings of the divine life; this section shows us how we get that life. How do we obtain it? Not by our getting up to…
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The First Epistle of John. Lecture 6, by Williams Lincoln
Well then, in the next verses, down some considerable part of our chapter, the life is developed in these two ways; first in the way of righteousness, down to the middle of the 10th verse, and then as to love. You know God’s character is two-fold. God’s character is light,…
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The First Epistle of John. Lecture 5, by Williams Lincoln
Now, as you are aware, we begin the second half of our epistle. The epistle, as I have already remarked, consists of two main parts. First, the children of God viewed as a family at home with their Father; and now, in the second half of the epistle, commencing at…
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The First Epistle of John. Lecture 4, by Williams Lincoln
Let me remind you again of the divisions of this epistle:—that the first two chapters speak of the family with their Father, and the last three chapters of the family in the world. You will observe, there are two words, both translated “little children,” in what we have read; one…
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The First Epistle of John. Lecture 3, by Williams Lincoln
We now come to the second division of the first part— a glance at the various stages of growth in God’s family. You can imagine the children at home. You go to a man’s house, and you say: “I would like to see the family.” You are shown into the room where…
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The First Epistle of John. Lecture 2, by Williams Lincoln
We have seen, that like as the gospel according to John is a picture of the Father and the Son; so the epistle of John is, necessarily, the account of the Father and the sons—the Father and His family, and the picture is put before us thus —the first two chapters treat…
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The First Epistle of John. Lecture 1, by Williams Lincoln
Revealing the Family of God; with their father, in the world, in the last days. Kilmarnock, Scotland:John Ritchie, Publisher of Christian Literature. Preface. These Lectures, delivered in Beresford Chapel and the Iron Room, Upper Clapton, were taken down in shorthand for the pages of a magazine for Christians, through which…