Charles Simeon
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The volumes of Horae Homileticae have been called 'a valley of dry bones': be a prophet and they will live. — Charles Spurgeon
These expository outlines are not a verse-by-verse explanation of Galatians and Ephesians. Rather, they are a chapter-by-chapter study with explanations of the most important and instructive verses in each chapter. To this end, his expositions of Galatians and Ephesians are designed to maintain a focus on the more general aspects of a passage over and above possible treatments of particulars. His test for a sermon, as he teaches in Horae Homileticae, is threefold: does it humble the sinner, exalt the Saviour and promote holiness?
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GALATIANS
THE GREAT OBJECT OF CHRIST'S COMING - Galatians 1:3-4
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE - Galatians 1:8-9
MEN-PLEASERS REPROVED - Galatians 1:10
CONVERSION, AND ITS EFFECTS - Galatians 1:15-16
GOD GLORIFIED IN HIS PEOPLE - Galatians 1:23-24
CHRISTIAN AND UNCHRISTIAN FIRMNESS - Galatians 2:5
REMEMBERING THE POOR - Galatians 2:10
PETER REPROVED BY PAUL - Galatians 2:14-16
THE TRUE USE OF THE LAW - Galatians 2:19
THE CHRISTIAN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST - Galatians 2:20
DEPARTING FROM THE SIMPLE GOSPEL - Galatians 3:1
THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO ABRAHAM - Galatians 3:8-9
THE SPIRITUALITY AND SANCTIONS OF THE LAW - Galatians 3:10
REDEMPTION BY CHRIST - Galatians 3:13
THE PURPOSES OF THE LAW - Galatians 3:19
THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE LAW - Galatians 3:19
THE FIRST USE OF THE LAW - Galatians 3:19
THE SECOND USE OF THE LAW, AS A SCHOOLMASTER TO BRING US TO CHRIST - Galatians 3:24-25
THE THIRD USE OF THE LAW, AS A RULE OF LIFE - Galatians 3:19
THE TRUE USE OF THE LAW - Galatians 3:21-26
BENEFITS AND OBLIGATIONS OF BAPTISM - Galatians 3:26-29
THE TIME AND MANNER OF CHRIST'S INCARNATION - Galatians 4:4-5
THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION - Galatians 4:6
MINISTERS LABORING IN VAIN - Galatians 4:11
THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF CHRISTIAN ZEAL - Galatians 4:18
A MINISTER'S CHIEF WISH FOR HIS PEOPLE - Galatians 4:19-20
SARAH AND HAGAR TYPES - Galatians 4:22-24
JUSTIFICATION FAITH MAINTAINED - Galatians 4:30
LIBERTY OF THE CHRISTIAN - Galatians 5:1
SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS REPROVED - Galatians 5:2-4
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FAITH - Galatians 5:5
THE OFFICE AND OPERATION OF FAITH - Galatians 5:6
OFFENSE OF THE CROSS - Galatians 5:11
WALKING IN THE SPIRIT, A PRESERVATIVE FROM SIN - Galatians 5:16
THE PRINCIPLES OF FLESH AND SPIRIT CONSIDERED - Galatians 5:17
THE CHRISTIAN FREED FROM THE LAW - Galatians 5:18
THE FRUITS OF THE FLESH, AND OF THE SPIRIT CONTRASTED - Galatians 5:19-24
WALKING IN THE SPIRIT - Galatians 5:25
BENEVOLENCE RECOMMENDED - Galatians 6:2
AGAINST SELF-DECEIT - Galatians 6:3-5
THE GROUND OF GOD'S FINAL DECISION - Galatians 6:7-8
STEADFASTNESS IN DUTIES - Galatians 6:9
THE CROSS OF CHRIST - Galatians 6:14
EPHESIANS
THANKS TO GOD FOR HIS SOVEREIGN GRACE AND MERCY - Ephesians 1:3-12
THE WISDOM OF GOD IN REDEMPTION - Ephesians 1:7-8
THE SEALING OF THE SPIRIT - Ephesians 1:13-14
THE SPIRIT'S INFLUENCES AS A SPIRIT OF WISDOM - Ephesians 1:15-19
CHRIST THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH - Ephesians 1:18-23
ORIGINAL SIN STATED, AND IMPROVED - Ephesians 2:3
THE RICHES OF DIVINE GRACE DISPLAYED - Ephesians 2:4-7
SALVATION BY GRACE NOT HOSTILE TO GOOD WORKS - Ephesians 2:8-10
THE STATES OF THE REGENERATE AND THE UNREGENERATE CONTRASTED - Ephesians 2:12-13
ACCESS TO GOD BY THE PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST - Ephesians 2:18
THE EXALTED PRIVILEGES OF TRUE CHRISTIANS - Ephesians 2:19-22
ANGELS MADE WISER BY THE GOSPEL - Ephesians 3:10-11
PRAYER THE MEANS OF THE RICHEST BLESSINGS - Ephesians 3:14-19
GOD'S POWER TO BLESS HIS PEOPLE - Ephesians 3:20-21
A CONSISTENT WALK ENJOINED - Ephesians 4:1-3
CHRISTIAN UNITY - Ephesians 4:4-6
THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST - Ephesians 4:7-8
THE USE OF A STATED MINISTRY - Ephesians 4:11-16
EDUCATION AND WALK OF CHRISTIANS - Ephesians 4:20-21
THE OLD MAN, AND THE NEW - Ephesians 4:22-24
GRIEVING THE SPIRIT - Ephesians 4:30
FORGIVENESS OF SINS - Ephesians 4:32
CHRIST'S LOVE A PATTERN FOR OURS - Ephesians 5:2
FATAL CONSEQUENCES OF INDULGED SIN - Ephesians 5:5-7
A CONSISTENT WALK ENJOINED - Ephesians 5:8
PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY - Ephesians 5:9
AN EXHORTATION TO CARELESS SINNERS - Ephesians 5:14
REDEEMING THE TIME - Ephesians 5:15-16
THE BELIEVER FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT - Ephesians 5:18-20
WIVES AND HUSBANDS - Ephesians 5:22-33
THE PERFECTING OF THE CHURCH IS THE END OF ALL THAT CHRIST HAS DONE FOR IT - Ephesians 5:25-27
UNION WITH CHRIST - Ephesians 5:30
UNION BETWEEN CHRIST AND HIS PEOPLE - Ephesians 5:32
THE CHRISTIAN'S STRENGTH - Ephesians 6:10
THE MEANS OF WITHSTANDING SATAN'S WILES - Ephesians 6:11
TO WITHSTAND THE POWER OF SATAN - Ephesians 6:12-13
THE CHRISTIAN'S BELT - Ephesians 6:14
THE CHRISTIAN'S BREAST-PLATE - Ephesians 6:14
THE CHRISTIAN'S SHOES - Ephesians 6:15
THE CHRISTIAN'S SHIELD - Ephesians 6:16
THE CHRISTIAN'S HELMET - Ephesians 6:17
THE CHRISTIAN'S SWORD - Ephesians 6:17
THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER - Ephesians 6:18