• Title Page
• Introduction
• Christ in the Pentateuch
• Christ in the Historical Books
• Christ in the Poetical Books
• Christ in the Prophets
• Christ in His Life on Earth
• Christ in Resurrection Power
  • Acts — The Risen Christ
  • Romans — The Gospel of Christ
  • 1 and 2 Corinthians — The Minister of Christ
  • Galatians — The Cross of Christ
  • Ephesians — Heavenly Places in Christ
  • Philippians — Rejoicing in Christ
  • Colossians — Christ Our Head
  • 1 and 2 Thessalonians — Christ Our Hope
  • 1 and 2 Timothy — The Doctrine of Christ
  • Titus — Christ Our Savior
  • Philemon — The Bonds of Christ
  • Hebrews — Christ Our High Priest
  • James — The Law of Christ for Daily Life
  • 1 and 2 Peter — Christ Our Precious Corner Stone
  • 1 John — Fellowship with Christ
  • 2 and 3 John — Christ the Truth
  • Jude — Christ Our Keeper
• Christ in Future Glory

Christ in Resurrection Power

Acts—The Risen Christ

In the Acts we see the risen, ascended, glorified Christ, still living and working on by the power of the Holy Spirit through His Church on earth. The Epistles, likewise, are the continuation of His teaching through the Holy spirit, according to His promise (John 16:12-14). There is no fundamental truth revealed in the Epistles which is not contained in germ in the Gospels. For instance, the Epistle to the Hebrews is one long commentary upon our Lord’s words: “This is My blood of the New Covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”

The teaching of the Epistles is one. The great theme is salvation through Christ. Like the Gospels they have the advantage of giving us different aspects of our Lord’s work by different writers. There is, moreover, a certain correspondence between the Gospels and Epistles. James reminds us of Matthew, especially the Sermon on the Mount. The teaching of Peter is grounded mainly on the example of Christ, and reminds us of Mark’s Gospel. There is an affinity between Paul and his companion Luke, whose Gospel is emphatically the Gospel for the sinner. “John in his Gospel tells us how the Divine life is exhibited in the person of Christ. In his Epistle he shows how it is imparted, and how it manifests itself” (Moorehead).

This book might be called “The Acts of the Holy Spirit,” or “The Acts of the Risen Savior.” Luke, in his Gospel, told us what Jesus “began,” and here what He continued both to do and to teach by the Holy Ghost, through the disciples.

Our Lord told His disciples that He would send the Spirit, “And He shall bear witness of Me; and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with Me from the beginning” (John 15:26-27). Our Lord fulfilled His promise on the day