Category: Things Most Surely Believed, by J T Mawson
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Things Most Surely Believed, Part 12 of 12, by John Thomas Mawson,
12. The Judge of Quick and Dead “The only-begotten Son which is in the bosom of the father” became THE SON OF MAN that He might fulfil the whole will of the Triune God. His title of Son of Man is a glorious title. It carries with it universal dominion,…
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Things Most Surely Believed, Part 11 of 12, by John Thomas Mawson,
11. Our Great High Priest The closing words of Luke’s Gospel are most notable. They tell of the Lord Jesus being carried up into heaven and how His disciples “worshipped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God.” It is…
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Things Most Surely Believed, Part 10 of 12, by John Thomas Mawson,
10. The Exaltation of Christ The Old Testament Scriptures hold a riddle that the Jew cannot solve. They looked for — and still look for — a glorious Messiah, the Son of David, but there are many arresting passages in these Scriptures that tell of One who should come in…
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Things Most Surely Believed, Part 9 of 12, by John Thomas Mawson,
9. The Resurrection of Christ Never had brighter hopes been buried in any grave than in the grave of Jesus and never had hearts been more bereft than the hearts of the disciples and of those women that loved and followed Him. How they must have shuddered in their sorrow…
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Things Most Surely Believed, Part 8 of 12, by John Thomas Mawson,
8. Atonement by Blood “And behold a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne, and He that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone” (Revelation 4:2-3). It is my conviction that if the glorious and eternally blessed Occupant of that throne…
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Things Most Surely Believed, Part 7 of 12, by John Thomas Mawson,
7. The Deity of our Lord in the later Epistles (continued) It is not in Paul’s later Epistles only that the truth of the Deity of our Lord is emphasised, it is the fountain from which all his ministry flowed. “It is taken for granted all through his Epistles, and…
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Things Most Surely Believed, Part 6 of 12, by John Thomas Mawson,
6. The Deity of the Lord as seen in the opening of the New Testament It was not the business of earlier writers of the New Testament to prove that the Lord Jesus Christ is God. To them this great truth was not a matter of debate, it was their…
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Things Most Surely Believed, Part 5 of 12, by John Thomas Mawson,
5. The Deity of the Lord Jesus In the history of the church on earth no greater theologian than Athanasius ever arose to champion the truth of God against error, yet great and faithful as he was, he confessed that “whenever he forced his understanding to meditate on the Divinity…
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Things Most Surely Believed, Part 4 of 12, by John Thomas Mawson,
4. The Deity of the Lord Jesus — The Necessity for it We can understand the envy with which the kings of Egypt would view the rise and progress of Israel. They had held that nation as slaves for many generations but had been compelled by the will of Jehovah…
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Things Most Surely Believed, Part 3 of 12, by John Thomas Mawson,
3. The Temptations of the Lord Jesus Of what character were the temptations that the Lord Jesus endured? This question arises definitely out of the fact of His sinlessness, which was our subject in the last chapter. There are some who do not seem able to understand any other sort…
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Things Most Surely Believed, Part 2 of 12, by John Thomas Mawson,
2. The Sinlessness of the Lord Jesus It will be for our profit to consider what sin is as God shows it to us in His Word, for if we have superficial thoughts of it we shall not appreciate the sinlessness of our Lord, nor the necessity and significance of…
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Things Most Surely Believed, Part 1 of 12, by John Thomas Mawson,
1. The Miraculous Conception: the Fact and the reason for it In a recently published book a popular preacher gives his views as to the great facts of our Christian faith. He begins with the birth of our Lord and questions the miraculous conception and Virgin birth. His reasons are…
Down to Earth But Heavenly Minded 