337 pages - Charles H. Welch
This book develops the conclusions reached in
Dispensational Truth. A dispensation is an
administration, or stewardship. Jew, Gentile, Church
of God, etc., provide dispensational distinctions as
dealt with by God. Our Lord, rejected by the Jews
during His lifetime was, after the crucifixion,
offered again by God conditional upon the repentance
of the nation. Our book reviews historical
conditions and considers the epistles written during
these years when God’s offer was open to the Jewish
nation and to such Gentiles who, as the figure
shows, were grafted into Israel’s olive tree.
Romans, Galatians, and 1 and 2 Corinthians all
contribute to the aspect of reconciliation.
Mr. Welch was born on April
25, 1880, in Bermondsey, England. His parents were
atheist, but were honest, kind and excellent parents
with the exception that the Word of God was not read
in their home. He was the oldest child and he had
six sisters. However, he was not shown any
favoritism and was required to do the same tasks
that his siblings performed.
Mr. Welch had no college training or social status
as his parents were poor and were not able to
provide the things that would appear to make one
qualified to write and teach the Bible. As he
compared his status to the Apostle Paul he seemed to
fall short in every way. These facts however did not
keep him from doing what he referred to as "The
Work".
Mr. Welch had several secular jobs as he provided
for himself and his family. He worked with leather
to make handbags, as Secretary of the Bible Training
College, he trained to be an artist, did
construction work, he owned and operated a green
house. He did these various tasks for the "The bread
that perishes". Then the real work, writing articles
for the "The Berean Expositor" as well as sharing
the Word of God where ever there was an open door.
Mr. Welch was saved when he was twenty years old in
November 1900. An American by the name of Dr.
Munhall was the speaker at the meeting he attended.
The text that was used was taken from the Gospel of
John, "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting
life." He states that "I passed from death unto life
upon believing that simple testimony." Mr.
Welch was born on April 25, 1880, in Bermondsey,
England. His parents were atheist, but were honest,
kind and excellent parents with the exception that
the Word of God was not read in their home. He was
the oldest child and he had six sisters. However, he
was not shown any favoritism and was required to do
the same tasks that his siblings performed.
Mr. Welch had no college training or social status
as his parents were poor and were not able to
provide the things that would appear to make one
qualified to write and teach the Bible. As he
compared his status to the Apostle Paul he seemed to
fall short in every way. These facts however did not
keep him from doing what he referred to as "The
Work".
Mr. Welch had several secular jobs as he provided
for himself and his family. He worked with leather
to make handbags, as Secretary of the Bible Training
College, he trained to be an artist, did
construction work, he owned and operated a green
house. He did these various tasks for the "The bread
that perishes". Then the real work, writing articles
for the "The Berean Expositor" as well as sharing
the Word of God where ever there was an open door.
Mr. Welch was saved when he was twenty years old in
November 1900. An American by the name of Dr.
Munhall was the speaker at the meeting he attended.
The text that was used was taken from the Gospel of
John, "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting
life." He states that "I passed from death unto life
upon believing that simple testimony."
42 pages - Charles H. Welch
An examination of three Scriptural terms: (1) The
Wife. (2) The Bride, and (3) The Body; from which it
is concluded that these signify three distinct
callings.
53 pages - Charles H. Welch
An exhaustive study worthy of the attention of
anyone who may be in doubt, or who has encountered
false doctrines concerning the Deity of Christ.
95 pages - Charles H. Welch
Ecclesiastes is a book which deals with the
circumstances of every passing hour, and much of its
teaching is as applicable today as when it was
written: a mirror of what life may come to mean if
light be given and rejected.
140 pages - Charles H. Welch
The basis of this book is the warning of the apostle
Paul against ‘a form of godliness’ (2 Tim. 3:5) as
contrasted with the necessity to hold fast the ‘form
of sound words’ which had been heard of him, and
which he expected Timothy to commit to faithful men
who would teach others also (2 Tim. 1:13, 2:2).
Other features such as ‘The inspiration of
Scripture’, ‘God manifest in the flesh’, and ‘Three
spheres of blessing’ are dealt with in the express
terms of Paul’s teaching.
A study of five spiritual values under the headings: All Spiritual Blessings,
Rags or Robes, All of One (Heb. 2:11), The Lord's Anointed, and Satisfied.
PREFACE
‘All Scripture is given by inspiration of God (theopneustos-God breathed), and
is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all
good works’ (2 Tim. 3:16,17).
Most of us have heard of the legend of King Solomon’s Mines but there is a Mine
that is not connected with legends, to which we have free access, namely, the
Word of God. This is His truth given to us, in which we can keep digging, and
unearth by the Spirit of God, gems that in splendour outshine all the glory of
Solomon; that reveal to us the One Who was, is, and always will be greater than
Solomon, Christ Himself, the One Who for a time, for us, gave up that glory and
all it signified, so that we might be manifested with Him in glory, redeemed by
His precious blood.
With the persistence and energy of the miner in mind we think of Charles Welch
and his labour and zeal over the many years, unearthing Truths in the Word of
God. In these days of apostasy, apathy and opposition to God and His wonderful
Salvation in Christ, I, and to be pertinent, all believers who desire to go on
to perfection (the end or goal) need so much the truths of his labours to build
us up in our most holy faith and that as set out in 1 Peter 3:15 we may sanctify
the Lord God in our hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man
that asks us a reason for the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear.
Not only does the author ‘dig’ with all his energy, but, like the lapidary, he
polishes and makes these gems of Truth scintillate with a foretaste of the glory
that is to be ours in due time.
In this book he has ranged through the Scriptures dealing with such subjects as
‘Satisfaction’, ‘Immortality’, ‘Oneness’, ‘Forgiveness’, ‘Bread of Life’,
‘Redemption’, ‘Deity of Christ’ etc.
His aim and object, as it has been throughout his life, is to glorify God and
His Son our Lord Jesus Christ in all the Scriptures; to be an earthen vessel,
always in his writings and expositions, exalting Christ. Here is an exposition
of Dispensational, Doctrinal and Practical truth not to be ignored by those who
love the Lord Jesus Christ, a book not to be hastily read, and placed in the
library, but to be perused and studied with the Scriptures beside one, for the
author’s aim and object is to lead us to be ‘Throughly Furnished’. This can only
be accomplished by recourse to the Scriptures themselves, but we also should
praise God and thank Him for men such as Mr.Welch, who have given us the aids to
understanding the Word of God.
With grateful thanks which I am sure will be echoed by all who study this book,
I pray for the author and all associated with him in this publication.
This work probes the problem of suffering as it is
presented to us in the Book of Job. Here we find the
enmity between the two seeds which underlies the
problem of the ages, and the over-ruling grace of
God bending all things to the accomplishing of His
‘end result', so that the sufferer will finally
‘come forth as gold'.
In this book, C.H. Welch sheds much light on the
great unfolding purpose of the ages. We are here
brought face to face, not only with the problem of
suffering, but with the problem of evil and its
relation to the creation of man. He who would stand
fast amid the pressure of events must learn the
lessons taught in this great book of Job.
At the outset we are brought to the very heart of
things. The author draws back the curtain and shows
how this ancient record came into the hands of one
‘learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians’. Here,
Moses would read for the first time truths that form
part of the book of Genesis; Adam’s sin, the Sons of
God, the majesty of the Creator and the vastness of
His handiwork. Not only so, but here he would read
of a Redeemer who lived, of a Ransom provided, and
of a hope that through Him man may be raised from
sleep in the dust of the earth. The conclusion is
inescapable that such a book would not only
influence but impart power and wisdom to the man
chosen to be the deliverer and lawgiver of Israel.
To many the book of Job is a record of unrelieved
gloom, with Job longing to be where ‘the wicked
cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest’.
This however is only part of the truth revealed.
Suffering is answered by comfort and consolation,
reproach and loss give place to honour and blessing.
The fruits of victory are given to one who by his
faith endured and overcame.
The reader’s conviction steadily deepens that the
truth of this ancient book applies in principle to
his own day. In conclusion, we find here keys to
unlock some of life’s enigmas: Genesis 3 will be
read with new understanding, and the veil is drawn
aside as we see the adversary of man in his
corrupting, spoiling work. Not only do we perceive
the cause of Job’s sufferings, but we are enabled to
view the history of Israel in a fresh light. Though
God may speak in divers ways and manners, we
perceive one underlying purpose, a consistent unity
and integrity throughout the inspired range of
revealed truth. Here indeed is a work that will
build up the believer and give an inheritance among
all that are sanctified.
The Prison Epistles are the only Scriptures which reveal the dispensation of the Mystery, and as that glorious truth is the peculiar burden of our ministry, we have placed great stress upon these special epistles. They are five in number, but as Philemon is personal in character, we often speak of the "Four Prison Epistles", meaning by this statement that these contain the complete revelation of the Mystery. Now two false conclusions have been drawn from our emphasis upon these epistles. One circulated by a well known speaker in Ayrshire - where we were taking meetings - was that we have no room for such an epistle as the "Romans". This is completely refuted by the publication in 1948 of the book entitled "Just and the Justifier" , and whether the charge is made out of ignorance or malice it is misleading in the extreme. We do most certainly distinguish between the doctrinal teaching of Romans, such as "justification by faith", which is as true for the church of the Mystery as it was when first written, and such dispensational teaching as "the Jew first" of Romans 1:16, or "the olive tree" of Romans the eleventh chapter, which teaching has no relation to the church of Ephesians, being truth for the time then present.
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The blessed truth connected with the heavenly places is a fitting witness to the "riches of His grace," and the "glory of His grace." There are not a few who seek to discredit the emphasis upon the peculiar and exclusive teaching of the Prison epistles by the remark that the word translated "heavenly places" occurs in other passages of Scripture, particularly in Hebrews. Twenty times in all the word occurs in the New Testament, distributed as follows: in the Gospels, twice; in the Epistles before Acts
xxviii., five times (grace); in the Prison Epistles, seven times (spiritual perfection); and in Hebrews, six times (the number of man, imperfection, and of that age which immediately precedes the new creation, viz., the millennial kingdom).
There is, however, a most important distinction to be noticed between the five occurrences in Ephesians, and the fifteen elsewhere.
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