Publisher's Synopsis
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. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ... NOTES FROM MY BIBLE. GENESIS. Adam illustrates Human nature. Cain Abel Enoch Noah Abraham Isaac Jacob Joseph The carnal mind. The spiritual mind. Communion. Regeneration. Faith. Sonship. Service. Suffering and glory. THE BOOK OF BEGINNINGS. Creation, chapter 1. Origin of Human Race, 1:26. "Sabbath, 2:2, 3. "Marriage, 2:18, 21-24. "Sin and Death, 2:16, 17; 3:4-7. "Sacrifice (grace), 3:21. "Covenant Promises, 8:20-22; 9:1-17. "Nations, Races, and Tongues, 10:11. "The Chosen People, 12:1-3. Genesis 1. How the world was made. Genesis 3. How lost. John 1. How redeemed. Rev. 20. How to be reconstructed. Gen. 1. Seven stages cf creation, illustrative of stages in the new creation: chaos, brooding of the Spirit, light, life, growth, fruit, rest. Creation, light, separation, growth, fruit-bearing. God creating, moving, speaking, observing, calling, dividing, blessing. ' It was so "-- seven times. "It was good"--seven times. "God" --Elohim -- thirty-one times; in every verse but five. Verse 1. God the Father. 2. God the Spirit. 3. God the Son. (See John 8:12.) 3. Conversion. 7. Separation. 12. Fruit-bearing. 1. The Bible opens without an apology. "I do not know anything more difficult to believe than just the first verse of the Bible. If we master this verse, anything else that happened in the heavens or in the earth which God created will not stumble us." ' Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God." Heb. 12:3. God first came down to create, then to save. To create, God had only to speak; to redeem, he had to suffer. He made man by His breath; He saved him by His blood. Rom. 5:9. 26. In bearing God's image, man could bear God's rule. He who gave His image to us must of necessity like to see His image in us. 1: 26....