LIVING MESSAGES

OF THE

BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

WORKS BY

G. CAMPBELL MORGAN, D. D.

The Parables and Metaphors of Our Lord
The Voice of the Devil

The Bible Four Hundred Years after 1538
Voices of Twelve Hebrew Prophets

Peter and the Church

The Great Physician

Preaching

God's Last Word to Man (Hebrews)

The Answers of Jesus to Job

Great Chapters of the Bible

Hosea: The Heart and Holiness of God
Studies in the Prophecy of Jeremiah
Studies of the Four Gospels.

The Gospel according to Matthew.
The Gospel according to Mark.
The Gospel according to Luke.

The Gospel according to John.
The Set 4 Vols. Boxed.

The Acts of the Apostles
The Teaching of Christ

The Crises of the Christ

Living Messages of the Books of the Bible
Now Complete in Two Volumes.

Vol. I, O. T.-Genesis to Malachi.

Vol. II, N. T.-Matthew to Revelation.

The Analyzed Bible

Introduction to Matthew-Revelation

Wherein Have We Robbed God?

The Ten Commandments

Discipleship

DEVOTIONAL

"Behold, He Cometh!"

The Practice of Prayer

Christ and the Bible-Paper-Boards

"All Things New." A Message to New Converts.

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The Living Messages

of the Books of the Bible

By G. CAMPBELL MORGAN, D.D.

Dr. Morgan here presents in a most scholarly
series of Expositions the truly Spiritual Messages
or Key-notes of each of the separate books of the
Bible, applying their various messages to the in-
dividual, the Church and the nation to-day in a
practical and convincing manner. Carefully ar-
ranged detailed charts accompany each of the
sixty-six divisions, showing their essential mes-
sages and applications.

THE SPIRITUAL MESSAGES TO
OUR OWN TIMES

United Presbyterian: "They are messages
from God to man, to men of the time to which
they were written, but beyond them to men of
every age-messages of sin, judgment, divine
love and salvation."

VOL. I. GENESIS-MALACHI. (Old Testament
Complete in One Vol.)

VOL. II. MATTHEW-REVELATION. (New Tes-
tament Complete in One Vol.)

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INTRODUCTION

ITH regard to the Scriptures of the Old Testament, Paul wrote, "Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the Scriptures we might have hope."

He thus clearly revealed the true mission of these sacred writings in our day, as he declared that they "were written for our learning, that we might have hope." Their mission is that of teaching, in order to the inspiration of hope.

This view of the value of the Old Testament Scriptures reveals a most important conception. of their nature. The apostle did not suggest that the writers of olden times wrote with the men of later ages in their thought. They wrote for their own age, and for the men by whom they were surrounded. Nevertheless the apostle declared that these things were written for us. It is evident, therefore, that he believed that behind the authors there was an Author; that

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