"The
care (anxiety) for all the churches" (2 Cor. 11:28).
1. The
Problem of Sin - The Letter to the Romans.
A. Human
Responsibility.
a. Its
Universality.
b. Its
Nature.
c. Its
Consequences.
B. The
Divine Solution - God's undertaking.
a. The
Provision.
b. The
Method.
c. The
Result.
2. The
Problem of Christian Discipline - The Letter to the
Corinthians.
a. The
Conditions.
b. The
Cause.
d. The
Effects.
a. The
basic Principle: "Christ Crucified".
b. The
Essential Demand: The Spirit.
c. The
All-governing Law: Love.
3. The
Problem of Dead Works - The Letter to the Galatians.
a. Its
Nature.
b. Its
Instrument.
c. Its
Consequences.
a. The
Exposure from History.
b. The
Cross and Its Meaning.
c. The
Principle.
4. The
Problem of the Church's Decline - The Letter to the Ephesians.
A.
a. The
Implied or Stated Trends (Acts 20:29; 1 Tim. 1:3; 2 Tim. 1:18;
Rev. 2:1-6, etc.).
b. The
Descent to Earth and Its Effects.
c. The
Involved Possibility.
B. The Divine Solution.
a. The
Immense Unveiling.
b. The
Position to be Apprehended.
c. The
Power that Works in us.
d. The
Provision for the Conflict.
5. The
Problem of the Natural Mind – The Letter to the Philippians.
A
beautiful garden, and Satan set on its ruin.
A.
a. The
Problem presented (Phil. 2:1-4,14).
b. The
Problem Focussed (Phil. 4:2).
c. The
Principle of the Problem (Phil. 2:1-4,11).
B. The Divine Solution.
a. The
Sublime Example (Phil. 2).
b. The
Example among them (Phil. 3).
c. The
Elevation if Mentality (Phil. 4).
6. The
Problem of false Spirituality – The Letter to the
Colossians.
A. The Problem Indicated.
a. Dangerous
Knowledge.
b. False
Knowledge.
c. Iniquitous
Knowledge.
B. The Divine Solution.
a. The
Supremacy of Christ.
b. The
Headship of Christ.
c. The
Circumcision of Christ.
From previously unpublished manuscripts.