Jehovah, the Covenant Name of God; Or, God in Christ, in the Name of Jehovah. Or, God in Christ, in the Name of Jehovah (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873. Excerpt: ... into the living reality--the kingdom of God. I say, I am not going into all this detail of St. Paul's work, but shall simply note the foundation, the firm basis on which he himself stood to fight the battle of truth, to wade through the conflict, and to lead on to deliverance and victory. What an enigma was the rejection of the Jew, and the calling of the Gentile world. Who but a converted Jew could explain that mystery? Who but a witness of the risen Lord and Saviour could explain the hope of the true Israel concerning the resurrection of the dead? Who could proclaim the new era of the Spirit but he who had been dead in sin, and "born out of due time?" But I repeat I am not going into all this detail, but simply to sketch an outline of doctrine and precept, to show the Godhead in Christ as St. Paul saw it, and taught it. This first Epistle to the Corinthians was written from Ephesus, in the year 56. St. Paul had resided at Corinth eighteen months, and formed a Church there, principally of converts from heathenism, and hence the character of the epistle. It is from the last chapter (1 Cor. xvi. 5-8, 19) that we learn the epistle was written from Ephesus, although some compiler of the Scriptures has added at the end of the epistle that it was written from Philippi: the mistake may have arisen from the second epistle having been written from that city. The apostle opens all his epistles with the same commendation of his office; not in any way from pride or arrogance, for in this very epistle he said: "I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God" (1 Cor. xv. 9); nor would I say it was from a strong assurance of his Divine calling, but from the perfect knowledge he had of it. He had received...