Bible Treasury, Volume 3, 2nd Edition, May 1860.
(1st. Edition, May [03 1860 080])
Q. John 1:16. Grace for grace?
A. There are two ways of interpreting this passage; both, however, amount to grace answering to grace. The question is, in what sense does grace answer grace? Either
(1) by grace succeeding to grace — one grace, so to speak, following another — grace upon grace; or
(2) grace in the effect answering to, i.e., equalling in quality, the grace in the cause — grace in the stream answering to grace in the fountain.
Thus in Christ there is infinite fullness; and what we receive out of that fullness is abundant, precious, lasting, divine, heavenly, according to those qualities which exists in the source.
The Lord will give grace and glory. (Ps. 84.) But the gift of glory is one form of grace. To what, then, does an inheritance of glory answer? To His glory. (See Phil. 3:21; 1 John 3:2.) Again, the value of a promise depends upon the power and faithfulness of the party that promises, just as the value of a banknote depends upon the credit of the bank that issued it. Why do men prefer a Bank of England note to a provincial banknote? Because they have more confidence in the Bank of England than in a country bank.
Correspondence.
Bible Treasury, Volume 3, 2nd Edition, July 1860.
(1st. Edition, July [03 1860 111])
(See Scripture Queries and Answers, [03:064])
[03:112] The Editor agrees with G.H.L. that the believing Gentile can now claim in principle all the benefits of Christ's redemption, though he may not have to be delivered from the law like the Jew, who was in bondage to it. All the saints are equally free. The death of Christ puts all on the same ground, both as to sin and as to grace.
Fragments.
Bible Treasury, Volume 3, 2nd Edition, August 1860.
(1st. Edition, August [03 1860 114])
Holiness is separation to God from evil. The new nature, besides its intrinsic character as being of God, has a positive object and that is God in Christ.
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This is the true character of the Church for worship in its full sense: it remembers the cross, it worships (the world left out, and all known in heaven before God).
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We cannot walk out of darkness but by walking in the light, that is, with God;. and God is love: and were He not, we could not walk there. [J. N. Darby]
Fragments Gathered Up.
Bible Treasury, Volume 3, 2nd Edition, November 1860.
(1st. Edition, November [03 1860 176])
The great question of the day is, whether God is love, or love is God.