Bøger udgivet af Open Bible Trust

The basis for this book was a Bible Reading given by Dr. E W Bullinger at the Mildmay Conference on the afternoon of Thursday June 23, 1893. He opened the conference with various definitions of 'grace' and concluded that: "Grace is the favour of God when there is nothing to draw it forth, nothing to elicit it any way - the uninfluenced favour of God - and in this view creation was at any rate, in a sense, a work of grace." He then went on to say that there was no reason why God should have created; so far as we know for we are not told. There was no necessity upon His part, for "all things are of God." Continuing on, he stated that it is just the same in the new creation. The rest of the Bible Reading, and the rest of this book, draws many parallels between the original physical creation recorded in Genesis 1 and 2, and the acts of salvation which results in those who believe in Christ becoming a new creation.

The times and seasons and dispensations are clearly distinguished in the Word of God, and the work of the student of the Bible is to "rightly to divide" them. God has given a name to each, and we must believe that He means what He says, when, in His "Word of Truth," He speaks of four days, and calls them respectively, Man's Day, The Day of Christ, The Day of the Lord, andThe Day of God. These are not meaningless expressions. Each marks a separate and distinct period of time. Each has a morning and an evening, and its own definite duration.

We must always seek the interpretation of a passage first, before we look for any applications. This is just what Bullinger does in this book. He first of all gives us the interpterion of The Potters House, as found in Jeremiah 18:1-4, with respect to Israel. But then he seeks to apply it to Christians and the Church, and he has eight such applications. The CovenantsOrdinancesThe PriesthoodThe KingsManThe Human BodyThe Heavens and the EarthThe Church This is a book which will make us look again at what goes on in Christendom today.

The Hebrew Sheol and its Greek equivalent Hades require careful study as few words are more obscured in our English Versions of the Bible then these two. This is so because of the various ways in which they are treated in translation. The two words have different etymologies, yet they are identical in their use in Holy Scripture. Sheol belongs to the Hebrew Bible, and is coined, so to speak, by the Holy Spirit Himself. It can be understood only by observing the way in which He has used it in the Scriptures; learning from there we can discover the meaning which He has Himself given it. However, the Greek Hades is different. It had a history and a meaning long before it was used by the Holy Spirit in the New Testament. Hades comes to us with all its associations in Greek literature and, in particular, its connection with heathen Mythology. It comes pervaded and permeated with all its heathen traditions. However, when we consider it in the New Testament, all of these must be discarded, and set forever aside. In the New Testament, Hades represents the Old Testament word Sheol. Hence in New Testament it can mean only what its Hebrew equivalent (Sheol) means in the Old Testament. In his usual through and detailed style the author does an excellent job in explaining and clarifying these two words, touching upon every occurrence of each in the Scriptures.

This book is focused on the Holy Spirit, but not in isolation from the Father and the Son. There is a unity of purpose in the three 'manifestations' of God that demonstrate that One God is presented to us in three 'roles'. - The Father sends the Spirit;- The Spirit comes to the disciples; and- The Spirit bears witness to Jesus the Messiah. This unity of purpose involves each of the 'Three' playing their 'role' in calling the sinner to embrace "the salvation that is in Christ Jesus". The Trinity, and specifically the Holy Spirit, is related to 'man's' place in that purpose. Initially the author examines the role of the Spirit in regard to all mankind, believers or otherwise, for His ministry involves not just Christians but mankind in general. He also goes on to show that what has been revealed of the Holy Spirit in the Bible developed as we move through the pages on Scripture. We find His ministry changes according to God's plan and purpose.

Studies in Philemon: Historically; Theologically; Practically Paul's little letter to his friend Philemon, concerning Philemon's runaway slave Onesimus, may, at first glance, have little to do with modern man in the twenty-first century. However, nothing could be further from the truth. - This publication first sets the scene historically, enabling the reader to more fully understand the background which caused Paul to write this letter.- Next the author gives a theological exposition of these twenty five verses, ensuring the reader understands what Paul has written.- Lastly, this letter is reviewed with present-day applications in mine and six important lessons are drawn from its pages, lessons from which all Christians can benefit and learn.