by Charles Welch (with additional contributions from Stuart Allen)
Part 10 of a ten-part work, analysing terms related to the Christian’s practical walk.
(Click on An Alphabetical Analysis to access all ten parts of this set.)
AA Part 10 (PDF) Practical truth – Subject Index (a more detailed index is given below): The Way and the Walk and the Witness, Practical Aspects of the Scriptures (The Effectual Word), Fundamentals of Christian Practice, The Two Natures and the Soul, God’s Faithfulness (He Faileth Not), Sunday School lesson outlines (Our Young People), Paul and His Companions, Phases of Faith, Practical Aspects of Bible Reading (The Pulpit of the Opened Book), Reasonable Service, Symbols of Service, The Language of the KJV and Modern Translations (Tentative Translations Tested), Victory, Waiting on the Lord, Warfare, What is Truth?, Biblically-based service (What Manner of Persons), Skills in Critical Reading of the Bible (With All Thy Getting Get Understanding), Words in Season, Worship.
Detailed Contents Index:
INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
THE WAY……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7
THE WALK…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11
WITNESS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 21
THE EFFECTUAL WORD (Practical Aspects of the Scriptures)
“The Word of God which effectually worketh ” (I Thess. 2: 13). ………………………………… 32
“Able to make (a child) wise unto salvation” (2 Tim. 3:15). ………………………………………. 32
” Incorruptible seed” (I Pet. 1:23) ……………………………………………………………………………. 35
“The engrafted Word” (Jas. 1:21) ……………………………………………………………………………. 37
“The Word of His grace” (Acts 20:32) …………………………………………………………………….. 41
“Faith, and the hearing of the Word” (Rom. 10:17)……………………………………………………. 43
“The Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God” (Eph. 6:17) ……………………………….. 46
Essential conditions ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 48
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHRISTIAN PRACTICE
Prayer doctrinally and dispensationally considered …………………………………………………… 52
True prayer gives access to the Father ……………………………………………………………………… 54
True prayer gives fellowship and communion with God ……………………………………………. 54
True prayer puts God first, others second, and self last………………………………………………. 55
True prayer rests upon and claims God’ s promises …………………………………………………… 55
True prayer watches and waits for the Lord’s answer ………………………………………………… 56
True prayer has an intensity and earnestness behind it……………………………………………….. 56
True prayer is offered to God the Father in Christ’s Name………………………………………….. 57
True prayer is protective ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 57
True prayer makes doctrine real and experimental…………………………………………………….. 57
True prayer will conform to the will of God …………………………………………………………….. 57
Conditions that govern the answering of prayer ……………………………………………………….. 58
There must be an abandonment of all known sin in our lives ……………………………………… 58
There must be a practical realization of the truth of Sanctification………………………………. 58
There must be no self-motive in prayer …………………………………………………………………… 59
Undispensational praying ………………………………………………………………………………………. 59
There must be perseverance with our praying …………………………………………………………… 59
THE TWO NATURES AND THE SOUL
The Flesh …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 64
The Carnal Mind…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 64
The Old Man………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 65
The New Nature-spirit …………………………………………………………………………………………… 65
The New Man and the Inward Man …………………………………………………………………………. 66
Soul and Spirit ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 67
Sanctification and Consecration ……………………………………………………………………………… 69
HE FAILETH NOT (God’s Faithfulness)
“Doth His promise fail for evermore?” (Ps. 77:8). ……………………………………………………… 71
Unquenchable, Uncrushable and Upheld until Victory ………………………………………………. 73
God Who cannot Lie (Titus 1 :2) …………………………………………………………………………….. 81
Christ, the yea and Amen of All Promises (2 Cor. 1:20) ……………………………………………. 84
“For that He is strong in power, not one faileth” (Isa. 40:26)………………………………………. 86
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE (Sunday School lesson outlines)
Subject: The Holy Scriptures…………………………………………………………………………………. 89
Subject: Salvation …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 90
Subject: The Saviour …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 91
Subject: The Sin-Bearer…………………………………………………………………………………………. 91
Subject: Redemption …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 92
Subject: Faith ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 93
Subject: “Children of God”…………………………………………………………………………………….. 94
PAUL AND HIS COMPANIONS
Fellowship in service …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 95
Fellow-prisoners …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 96
Ananias, the man who said “brother” ………………………………………………………………………. 98
Barnabas, the encourager ……………………………………………………………………………………… 100
Silas, the succourer ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 103
Timothy, the son …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 105
Luke, the beloved physician ………………………………………………………………………………… 107
Aquila and Priscilla, or “Greater love hath no man than this” …………………………………… 109
PHASES OF FAITH
Faith says Amen to God ………………………………………………………………………………………. 111
Faith is the crediting of a Testimony ……………………………………………………………………… 112
” Historic” and ” Saving Faith” ……………………………………………………………………………… 114
A Few Sidelights …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 115
Head versus Heart ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 117
Repentance…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 119
Faith as a Fruit, a Gift, and Inwrought …………………………………………………………………… 120
THE PULPIT OF THE OPENED BOOK (Practical aspects of Bible reading)
The Opened Book must be read …………………………………………………………………………… 123
The Opened Book must be “divided” …………………………………………………………………….. 124
The Opened Book speaks of Christ ………………………………………………………………………. 124
REASONABLE SERVICE
The Association of Sacrifice with Service ………………………………………………………………. 125
The Sacrifice of Open Avowal. (Heb. 13:15,16) ……………………………………………………… 127
Philippian gifts, an odour of a sweet smell …………………………………………………………….. 129
The Walk that is in love ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 131
The Drink Offering (Phil. 2:17; 2 Tim. 4:6) ……………………………………………………………. 133
The Afflictions of Christ (Col. 1:24). ……………………………………………………………………. 136
Suffering, Consolation and Exaltation (2 Cor. 1 and 12) …………………………………………… 139
SYMBOLS OF SERVICE
Ambassador, Apostle, Angel ……………………………………………………………………………….. 142
Bondservant, Builder, and Burden-bearer ………………………………………………………………. 143
Calling, Cleansing, and Committing ……………………………………………………………………… 146
Debtors and Disciples …………………………………………………………………………………………. 148
The Ear and the Eye…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 149
The Pierced Ear ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 150
The Consecrated Ear ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 150
The Opened Ear ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 151
Fishers, Forsakers and Followers ……………………………………………………………………… 151
Gatherers and Guides………………………………………………………………………………………… 153
The Guide ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 154
Helpers and Husbandmen ………………………………………………………………………………… 155
Husbandman ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 157
Interpreters and Intercessors ………………………………………………………………………….. 157
Joints and Bands ………………………………………………………………………………………… 159
The Keeper …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 160
The Labourer ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 162
Messengers and Ministers ……………………………………………………………………………….. 164
The Nursing-Mother and Nursing-Father …………………………………………………………. 166
Overseers ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 167
Perfecters and Preachers ………………………………………………………………………………… 168
The Refresher ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 169
Sharpeners and Sweeteners …………………………………………………………………………… 171
Teachers and Teaching…………………………………………………………………………………….. 172
Teaching and Practice ……………………………………………………………………………………. 174
Unmovable ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 174
Vessels ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 176
Witnesses ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 177
TENTATIVE TRANSLATIONS TESTED (The Language of the KJV and Modern Translations)
The extreme importance of usage demonstrated ………………………………………………… 180
VICTORY
The Words used in the New Testament……………………………………………………………….. 189
A survey of the field of battle ………………………………………………………………………….. 190
Essentials to Victory (Matt. 12:19,20) …………………………………………………………….. 190
WAITING ON THE LORD
The waiting upon God that is the waiting of a host under command …………………….. 200
mutual and eager expectation ……………………………………………………………………………. 200
The waiting upon God that implies faithful service ……………………………………………. 202
WARFARE
The power of His resurrection ……………………………………………………………………….. 205
The essential basis …………………………………………………………………………………………… 205
Are all the saved, soldiers? …………………………………………………………………………….. 206
Stand and Withstand ……………………………………………………………………………………. 207
The Complete Armour ………………………………………………………………………………… 211
Proved armour ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 212
WHAT IS TRUTH? …………………………………………………………………………………….. 214
The Relating of Relationships ……………………………………………………………………… 216
The Necessary Limitations of the Creature ………………………………………………………. 217
The Need for the Divine Inspiration of Scripture ………………………………………………… 219
Some Examples of the Proposition, Truth is Relationship ………………………………….. 221
WHAT MANNER OF PERSONS! (Biblically-based service)
His Service is Perfect Freedom (Chrysostom) …………………………………………………. 223
Pre-requisites for Service………………………………………………………………………………. 224
WITH ALL THY GETTING, GET UNDERSTANDING (Skills in Critical Reading of the Bible)
What constitutes a valid argument? ……………………………………………………………….. 226
Names: their place and importance …………………………………………………………………. 228
The constitution of an assertion ………………………………………………………………………. 231
The import of propositions ……………………………………………………………………………. 233
Classification ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 234
Definitions …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 236
Propositions ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 238
The Syllogism ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 240
From negative premises nothing can be inferred ……………………………………………… 242
The Fallacy ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 243
Fallacies classified ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 248
Some elements of crooked thinking ………………………………………………………………… 251
The importance of analogy …………………………………………………………………………… 253
The definition of analogy ……………………………………………………………………………… 255
Analogy, and the Image of God ……………………………………………………………………… 256
WORDS IN SEASON
A word fitly spoken …………………………………………………………………………………… 260
Be filled with the Spirit (Eph. 5:18) ………………………………………………………………….. 260
Faction, Fellowship, Faithfulness ……………………………………………………………………… 261
The Goal of a Ministry ………………………………………………………………………………….. 263
My Yoke is Easy …………………………………………………………………………………………. 264
Prefaces to Prayer ………………………………………………………………………………………. 265
Do You Wear a Vail? …………………………………………………………………………………… 267
WORSHIP
The homely character of the Church in the beginning …………………………………………. 271
Some of the adjuncts of acceptable worship …………………………………………………….. 272