A ROMANS.

`Doctrine and Instruction'. The Gospel of God: never hidden, but `promised afore'. God's justification of Jew

and Gentile individually - dead and risen with Christ (1 to 8). Their relation dispensationally (9 to 11). The

subjective foundation of the mystery.

B CORINTHIANS.

`Reproof'. Practical failure to exhibit the teaching of Romans through not seeing their standing as having

died and risen with Christ. `Leaven' in practice (1 Cor. 5:6).

C GALATIANS.

`Correction'. Doctrinal failure as to the teaching of Romans. Beginning with the truth of the new

nature (`spirit'), they were soon removed (1:6), and sought to be made perfect in the old nature (`flesh')

(3:3). `Leaven' in doctrine (5:9).

A EPHESIANS.

`Doctrine and Instruction'. The Mystery of God, always hidden, never before revealed. Jews and Gentiles

collectively made `one new man' in Christ. Seated in the heavenlies with Christ.

B PHILIPPIANS.

`Reproof'. Practical failure to exhibit the teaching of Ephesians in manifesting `the mind of Christ' as

members of the one Body.

C COLOSSIANS.

`Correction'. Doctrinal failure as to the teaching of Ephesians. Wrong doctrines which come from

`not holding the Head' (2:19) and not seeing their completeness and perfection in Christ (2:8-10).

A THESSALONIANS.

`Doctrine and Instruction'. Not only `dead and risen with Christ' (as in Romans); not only seated in the

heavenlies with Christ (as in Ephesians); but `caught up to meet the Lord in the air, so to be for ever with the

Lord'. In Romans, justified in Christ; in Ephesians, sanctified in Christ; in Thessalonians glorified with Christ.

No `reproof'. No `correction'. All praise and thanksgiving. A typical church.

It will be seen that Thessalonians comes last, and is looked upon as the crown and climax of both Romans and

`Not only seated in the heavenlies with Christ (as in Ephesians); but "caught up to meet the Lord in the air, so to

be for ever with the Lord"`.

Following this outline is the comment:

`And now we see another reason why Thessalonians comes last. There are no epistles beyond this, because there

is no higher truth to be taught. The consummation is reached'.

This was the issue which was raised at that critical interview with the Doctor in 1908, where, although he had

written the above, he was gracious enough to admit that there was fuller light dawning and did not despise the

exceedingly earthen vessel through which the gleam shone. Believing that the record of the Acts supplies the time

and place, and that the epistles written during the period contain the doctrine, calling and hope that was true

dispensationally for that same time, I felt that it was impossible to end with Thessalonians in this way. Accordingly

when the interview at Bury Street took place, the following outline taken from Volume 1, page 83 was suggested:

1 Thessalonians

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2 Thessalonians

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53

Pentecostal and

1 Corinthians

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57

Transitional Period.

2 Corinthians

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57

Kingdom truth and

A.D.

57

preparatory teaching by

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Paul for the impending