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A Person Who Is Sovereign – John 3. vv. 5-8

‘Rabbi’, Nicodemus brcam, though he did not really believe that Jesus was a Rabbi. After all, He held no licence to preach from the high priest. He had not been to the schools. B ...

Bernard Osborne

The Holy Spirit in the Gospel of John

1989 Volume 40 Issue 4

Exposition

A Presence Which Strengthens

Surely they must have misheard him? ‘Expedient for you that I go away’. How could that be? Surely He said ‘Expedient for Me’. That would be intelligible. It might be well f ...

Bernard Osborne

The Holy Spirit in the Gospel of John

1990 Volume 41 Issue 1

Exposition

A Promise Concerning the Spirit, John 1.32, 33

‘The same is He which bapttsrtm with the Holy Ghost’. The phenomenon of the descending dove identified the Messiah to John the Baptist. It had been a remarkable incident, involvi ...

Bernard Osborne

The Holy Spirit in the Gospel of John

1989 Volume 40 Issue 3

Exposition

A Provision Which Satisfies, John 7. 37-44.

It was the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles. Leviticus chapter 23 refers to it as one of the feasts of Jehovah. They were holy convocations, for their God was holy, vv. 2, 4. The ...

Bernard Osborne

The Holy Spirit in the Gospel of John

1989 Volume 40 Issue 5

Exposition

Are you in Doubting Castle?

In his immortal allegory, “Pilgrim’s Progress”, John Bunyan describes an experience which has befallen many believers. He tells how Christian and Hopeful, after their return fr ...

Bernard Osborne

1981 Volume 32 Issue 4

Young People’s and Bible Students’ Section

Eventides in the Life of the Lord Jesus in Mark’s Gospel – Introduction

John Mark was pre-eminently a serving one. Both the first and last mentions of his activities as a Christian portray him as a servant of others. Thus in Acts 13. 5 we read that Barna ...

Bernard Osborne

Eventides in the Life of the Lord Jesus in Mark’s Gospel

1977 Volume 28 Issue 6

Exposition

Last of all and servant of all … and He took a little child

It is said of the Lord that, ‘he took a child,’ and that He also said, ‘Suffer little children to come unto me’. Clearly, the Lord Jesus loved children and was especially int ...

Bernard Osborne

2004 Volume 59 Issue 3

Exposition

Shepherds

After the foot and mouth epidemic of 2001 in some parts of the UK where sheep once abounded there existed a strange silence. No bleating. Foot and mouth has taken its dreadful toll. ...

Bernard Osborne

2007 Volume 62 Issue 1

Exposition

The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved

In the second half of his gospel, the apostle John seems to delight in hiding his identity under the descriptive phrase “the disciple whom Jesus loved”. Such a description occurs ...

Bernard Osborne

1985 Volume 36 Issue 4

Young People’s and Bible Students’ Section

The Eventide of Parabolic Intent, Mark 11. 12–26

It is the Monday of the final week of the Lord’s life on earth, and there are two events which occupy Mark’s writing before the Lord retires in the eventide to rest outside the ...

Bernard Osborne

Eventides in the Life of the Lord Jesus in Mark’s Gospel

1978 Volume 29 Issue 5

Exposition

The Eventide of Passover Remembrance, Mark 14. 12–31

The Wednesday of Passover week would seem to have been spent by our Lord in deep seclusion at Bethany preparing Himself for the awfulness of the coming struggle, and is hidden by a ...

Bernard Osborne

Eventides in the Life of the Lord Jesus in Mark’s Gospel

1978 Volume 29 Issue 6

Exposition

The Eventide of Peaceful Repose, Mark 11. 1-11

The Lord has come to the commence-ment of the week of His passion, and He commenced that week with the triumphal entry into Jerusalem, “the city of the great King”. What a signif ...

Bernard Osborne

Eventides in the Life of the Lord Jesus in Mark’s Gospel

1978 Volume 29 Issue 4

Exposition

The Eventide of Phenomenal Healing, Mark 1. 32–34

This eventide occurs in a chapter which demonstrates the authority of God’s perfect Servant. In the first eleven verses of the chapter the authority of God’s Servant i ...

Bernard Osborne

Eventides in the Life of the Lord Jesus in Mark’s Gospel

1978 Volume 29 Issue 1

Exposition

The Eventide of Prayerful Intercession, Mark 6. 30-52

This passage deals with two related miracles accomplished by the Lord. The first was the feeding of the five thousand. The disciples had just returned from their first missionary jou ...

Bernard Osborne

Eventides in the Life of the Lord Jesus in Mark’s Gospel

1978 Volume 29 Issue 3

Exposition

The Eventide of Prophetic Fulfilment, Mark 15. 42-47

So we come to the last eventide of Mark’s Gospel, an eventide that was to be followed by a glorious tomorrow. Consider the passage as follows: 1. The Characters Present.< ...

Bernard Osborne

Eventides in the Life of the Lord Jesus in Mark’s Gospel

1979 Volume 30 Issue 1

Exposition

The Eventide of Prospective Deliverance, Mark 4. 35 to 5. 2

The Lord had toiled all day teaching the multitude who had lined the shore while He sat in the boat. It was now sunset and the multitude would be hastening to their homes for rest an ...

Bernard Osborne

Eventides in the Life of the Lord Jesus in Mark’s Gospel

1978 Volume 29 Issue 2

Exposition

The Fruit of the Spirit is

How soon autumn comes upon us. To some of us who are older, this rings true of life as we realize that we ourselves are now in the autumn of life. What kind of memories do past autum ...

Bernard Osborne

The Fruit Of The Spirit

2004 Volume 59 Issue 4

Exposition

The Fruit of the Spirit is Faith

Gal. 5. 22-23 This article is the seventh part of a series of studies on the fruit of the Spirit. Faith ...

Bernard Osborne

The Fruit Of The Spirit

2006 Volume 61 Issue 2

Exposition

The Fruit of the Spirit is Goodness

This article is the sixth part of a series of studies on the fruit of the Spirit. Gal. 5. 22-23 God is essentially and totall ...

Bernard Osborne

The Fruit Of The Spirit

2006 Volume 61 Issue 1

Exposition

The Fruit of the Spirit is Joy

‘Good tidings of great joy’. That is how the angel described the message he brought. It concerned the coming into this scene of the Redeemer, or, as the angel continued, ‘a Sav ...

Bernard Osborne

The Fruit Of The Spirit

2005 Volume 60 Issue 2

Exposition

The Fruit of the Spirit is Longsuffering Gentleness …

This article is the fifth part of a series of studies on the fruit of the Spirit.Gal. 5. 22-23 The f ...

Bernard Osborne

The Fruit Of The Spirit

2005 Volume 60 Issue 4

Exposition

The Fruit of the Spirit is Love

Paul’s introduction to his great hymn of love in 1 Corinthians chapter 13 is very searching. Basically it is as follows: 1. ‘If I have not love’- I have n ...

Bernard Osborne

The Fruit Of The Spirit

2005 Volume 60 Issue 1

Exposition

The Fruit of the Spirit is Meekness

This has been defined by TRENCH and VINE as ‘an inwrought grace of the mind’ (TRENCH - ‘soul’). It is translated ‘gentleness’ by RSV and NEB. It has connotations of goodn ...

Bernard Osborne

The Fruit Of The Spirit

2006 Volume 61 Issue 3

Exposition

The Fruit of the Spirit is Peace

Gal. 5. 22-23 ‘Peace on earth, goodwill to all men’. That was the message of the angels to the shepherds at Bethlehem. But the coming of Je ...

Bernard Osborne

The Fruit Of The Spirit

2005 Volume 60 Issue 3

Exposition

The Fruit of the Spirit is Self control

Gal. 5. 22-23 This article is the final part in this interesting series on the fruit of the Spirit. Temp ...

Bernard Osborne

The Fruit Of The Spirit

2006 Volume 61 Issue 4

Exposition

The Holy Spirit in the Gospel of John – Introduction

It has sometimes bern said that the best textbook on the subject of the Holy Spirit is the Gospel of John, with particular reference to chapters 14 to 16. There are other references ...

Bernard Osborne

The Holy Spirit in the Gospel of John

1989 Volume 40 Issue 2

Exposition

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