...a. His coming was not to destroy or lose men's obligations to the law. The word "destroy" means to tear down, dismantle, and bring to ruin. We do this to build something else in its place. He did not come to abrogate or to deny its divine authority and to set the people free from their obligation to obey them. His coming was to set the Law in its proper place, to give back to it the High and Holy place from which the hands of wicked men, that is the Pharisee's and the scribes, which had taken it and reduced it to a means of self-righteous and boasting...

1. The ministry of light is to all that are in the house and who occupy the city. 2. The ministry of light dispels all darkness. 3. The ministry of Light brings us to good health and life. High Light, Low Light or No Light, v15. A Warning for the Church.

This is all of the known world, wherever the gospel is preached it results in fruit, real evidence of the power and effectual working of the Spirit of God in the hearts of God's elect. This fruit is not of a temporal nature, it keeps on bearing fruit. What gospel should be preached to the unbelieving? What gospel was presented to the woman at the well in John 4? Is it different than the gospel preached to the believing? Something we often forget is that those who are saved under our preaching or witnessing are only manifesting the work of regeneration already performed in their heart by the Holy Spirit.

As in verse 1, it appears that this beast was by nature subtle. This cunning behavior or shrewdness is demonstrated by being skilled in deception. It appears that this beast is able to deceive its pray by some sort of deception, either in camouflage, stealth, or perhaps in appearing non-aggressive and benign for we see no dread or fear in the heart of Adam or Eve.

We should offer up thanksgiving and prayers for the Saints and churches who are in destress or facing some difficulty. Those threatened with false doctrine or are facing internal troubles because of unruly members. Some, because of some unscriptural prejudices, won't fellowship with other of the saints.

There is no varying degrees of shinning. We don't shine and then dim and then shine brighter. We as the light shine because Christ is in our midst, it is a steady and brilliant light.

We must ask, what activities mark out a 'holy people' from others, even religious others? I think that the words 'and faithful brethren' stand out as indicating these as saints, holy brethren. Thee word "saint" is not an adjective that describes some attributes of a man, but rather a noun stating what the man is. These are saints!

That which Lord has as a distinctive title which appropriates to himself he applies to his church, a title expressly said to be unsuitable even to the highest and greatest of all the prophets, John the Baptist...

2. It was this heavenly man, the mediator between God and man, the Great High Priest, who stood in eternity, in His heavenly manhood, as our Surety, and Lamb before the throne of God; that appeared on the earth to Adam, to Abraham, to Jacob, to Moses, the fourth man in the fiery furnace, and throughout the O.T. where God appears to man. He was not created either in his heavenly form or in his earthly form. Even though he took on human flesh, that flesh was not created but fitted and formed by the Father, Heb 10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: