Category: Writings by John Thomas Mawson
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The Light and the Truth, by John Thomas Mawson,
“O send out Thy light and Thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me to Thy holy hill, and to Thy tabernacles. Then will I go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy yea upon the harp will I praise Thee, O God my God”…
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The Life that Overcomes, by John Thomas Mawson,
QUESTION — “If a believer has a new life and nature and also the indwelling of the Holy Ghost, why is it that he is so often overcome by sin and more or less in the struggle described in Romans 7“? The following report of Addresses on Romans 8:1-4, given in Sydney,…
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“The Law of Liberty”, by John Thomas Mawson,
“The law of liberty” sounds almost like a contradiction of terms, and James, “the Just” is not the man to whom at first thought we should have gone to learn the secret of a life of liberty. With his bridle for the tongue and denunciation of so many things that…
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The Law and Grace, by John Thomas Mawson,
Correspondence has been proceeding in “The Christian” on the intensely important subject of the Law given by Moses, its meaning and use and its value in this day of Grace. We venture to pass on to our readers some thoughts gathered up from the study of the subject. In the…
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The Last Two Epistles, by John Thomas Mawson,
Holding the Fort and Helping the Truth Holding the Fort (2 John) “If there come any to you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed” (2 John 10). An inspired epistle to A LADY AND HER CHILDREN! Here is something that…
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The Last Miracle, by John Thomas Mawson,
Notes of an address “When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said to him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear” (Luke 22:49-50). The servant of the high priest…
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The Lack of Zeal on the Part of Christian Young Men, by John Thomas Mawson,
In our August issue the following question appeared: — “What is the cause of so much want of zeal on the part of many who have passed safely through the dangers of the past five years? I have in my mind a few whose lethargy, or ‘fed-upness’ (the words one…
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The Knowledge of Salvation, by John Thomas Mawson,
In studying such a subject as salvation it is helpful to begin with the first mention or illustration of it in Scripture because the earliest references to any subject often contain the key to it. Noah is the first man with whom salvation is connected in the Bible. He “prepared…
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The Kingdoms of this World, the Lord’s Kingdom, and War, by John Thomas Mawson,
There seems to be considerable confusion of thought on the part of many as to the nations of this world and true Christianity. It is supposed that because the nations of Europe, for instance, profess Christianity they are Christian nations, and, being so, that it ought to be possible for…
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The Kingdom of the Prince of Peace, by John Thomas Mawson,
Notes of an address We may continue to pray “Thy kingdom come,” earnestly and with importunity, for it were never more needed than now, and we have the sure and certain hope that the answer cannot long be delayed. But that prayer will not be answered, nor will that longed-for…
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The Judgment Which The King Had Judged, by John Thomas Mawson,
“And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged, and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment” (1 Kings 3:28). The story was a sordid one in its beginning, but it gave to King Solomon the…
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The Jews and Canaan, by John Thomas Mawson,
“Thy land, O Immanuel” (Isaiah 8:8). We fear that some of our friends who are endeavouring to interpret prophecy by current events, and in their enthusiasm for the Jews, are very likely to lose sight of the Lord’s right in the earth, and this specially as regards Canaan and the…
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The Invariable God, by John Thomas Mawson,
James 1 James, the servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, is reckoned the most austere of all the New Testament writers, and certainly he is most sternly unsparing in his denunciation of sin and folly; but how attractively he presents God to us in the first chapter…
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The Indwelling of the Holy Ghost, by John Thomas Mawson,
If you searched the New Testament you could not find a more arresting challenge than that made in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. “What! Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For…
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The Imprisoned Eagle, by John Thomas Mawson,
I saw a pathetic sight when last in Scotland. It was a great eagle in a massive cage. The sun shining brilliantly in the heavens seemed to be calling to it to rise from the earth and rejoice in its natural element, and the royal bird in response to the…
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The Image and Likeness of God, by John Thomas Mawson,
It is interesting and encouraging to see how the yearnings of the saints of God of Old Testament times are answered by the truth of the New Testament. Who told Job for instance, that, raised up from the corruption of death, he would see God? Yet this was the faith…
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The Hope of the Gospel, by John Thomas Mawson,
“The hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel” (Colossians 1:5). The patient efforts of the peace-loving rulers of the nations and the prayers of multitudes of God’s children have failed to hold in check the…
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The Honour That Comes From God, by John Thomas Mawson,
When a man is raised to the peerage by the King, we may be sure that he has shown his fitness for the honour by some distinguished public service, and also that he has the means to maintain the dignity of the title. A chimney sweep might be a most honourable…
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The Holy Spirit in the Epistle to the Galatians, by John Thomas Mawson,
Notes on a Bible Reading, Revised The Christians in Galatia had been bewitched by a perverted gospel, which is a very popular gospel today, but in reality is no gospel at all, for it had removed them from Him who had called them to the grace of Christ. This false…
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The Holy Ghost, by John Thomas Mawson,
It is important to see that the coming of the Lord Jesus into this world introduced an entirety new era in the ways of God with men, and that this new era is marked by the presence of the Holy Ghost in a way that was never known before. In…
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