Adventuring Through The General Epistles

"Adventuring Through the Bible," the complete one-volume guide to the entire Bible, has been a popular Bible study tool since it was first published in 1997. Now this popular commentary and Bible study tool has been divided into individual handbooks, by theme and category, and is available in a new, easy-to-carry, handy-to-use design. Beginning with three volumes, featuring the life of Christ (the Gospels and Acts), Paul's epistles (Romans to Philemon), and the general epistles (Hebrews to Jude), this reader-friendly Bible study tool is both helpful and convenient.

Adventuring Through the Bible, the complete one-volume guide to the entire Bible, has been a popular Bible study tool since it was first published in 1997. Now this popular commentary and Bible study tool has been divided into individual handbooks, by theme and category, and is available in a new, easy-to-carry, handy-to-use design. Beginning with three volumes, featuring the life of Christ (the Gospels and Acts), Paul’s epistles (Romans to Philemon), and the general epistles (Hebrews to Jude), this reader-friendly Bible study tool is both helpful and convenient.

Presents a guide to the Gospels and Acts, providing the key verses and themes in the life of Christ and how they can be applied to everyday life.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Excerpt from The General Epistles: An Exposition Among all the letters of the world, those written in the first century by the followers of Christ, and preserved for us in the New Testament, are regarded as supreme. By way of eminence they are called epistles. This word, of course, might be applied to any series of letters; yet fortunately its use is being restricted to these which are of such surpassing dignity and value and which have exercised such an incomparable in uence upon the history of the race. Of these epistles those which bear the names of James, Peter, John, and Jude, have been placed in a group by themselves and for many centuries have been known as the catholic or General Epistles. The exact meaning of the title has been a matter of some uncertainty. It may refer to their authorship, their contents, or their destina tion. The authorship of all other New Testament epistles has popularly been assigned to Paul, but in this group of General Epistles we find the products of a number of different writers. Of these, James and Jude were own brothers of Jesus and the other two, Peter and John, were his most prominent apostles. It is of interest to note that we find here the writings of two men who had shared the experiences of the home in Nazareth and of two other men, who had been most intimate with Christ in the days of his earthly ministry and who after his ascension were most closely united in the work of establishing his Church. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... THE FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN Are you certain that you are a Christian? Are you conscious of fellowship with the Father and with his Son? Are you confident that by faith in Christ you have been "born again" and that you are a true "child of God?" To answer such questions this epistle was composed. The writer states his purpose quite clearly: "These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God." The phrase "eternal life" does not mean merely endless existence; it denotes not only the length, but also the kind, of life; it suggests a relation, not to time, but to God; it describes the life revealed in Christ and shared by those who put their trust in him. The assurance that one has this "life" is not mystical or mysterious. The knowledge is based upon grounds which are simple and plain. They are chiefly three: faith and righteousness and love. They correspond to three great affirmations in reference to God made by the writer: "God is light," "He is righteous," "God is love." If such is the nature of the Father, then his children will be like him; they will believe in his Son who is "the light of the world"; they will be righteous "even as he is righteous"; they will "love the children of God"; and they will "love God and do his commandments." Thus belief and righteousness and love are declared to be tests of "eternal life." They can be absent from the experience of no real Christian. The epistle, however, is much more than a mere series of tests. So conscious are we of the imperfection of our faith and holiness and love, that such tests might be applied in such a way as to tease and torment the truest follower of Christ. The writer aims to comfort and to...