i. “When he came to think upon it, it was either so mysterious that he could not comprehend it, or the matter of it was so sad that it gave him great trouble.” (Poole) ii. Any effective communicator of God’s Word has experienced both the sweetness and bitterness that is associated...
iv. Israel even had ancient versions of the two Christian sacraments we receive to this day: baptism and communion. The wordsacramentwas used for the oath of allegiance that the soldiers of the Roman legion took to their emperor. The early Christians considered communion and baptism to be an ...
“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’”’ therefore prophesy, and say, ‘Thus ...
He often simply made mention of a church or a person in prayer (Romans 1:9, Ephesians 1:16, Philemon 1:4). i. “And not Paul alone. The plural implies that all three missionaries prayed together.” (Moffatt) 3. (3-4) Why Paul gave thanks to God for the Thessalonian Christians....
As Romans 1 points out, in judgment God may give a man up to the depravity of his heart, to his pleasure in unrighteousness. i. “They think that they are acting in defiance of Him. But in the end they find that those very acts in which they expressed their defiance were the ...
iii. This is the great resolution and deliverance that even the creation groans for (Romans 8:18-22), the day when every wrong will be righted and every matter resolved according to God’s holy love and justice. iv. Bruce onthe fullness of the times: “When the time is ripe for the...
a.Therefore we do not lose heart: Paul began the chapter (2 Corinthians 4:1) by declaringsince we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. Then in the chapter he described all the death-like sufferings he had to endure in the ministry. It is as if Paul...
iii. However, Paul means much more here than only marrying an unbeliever. It really applies to any environment where we let the world influence our thinking. When we are beingconformed to this worldand are not beingtransformed by the renewing of your mind(Romans 12:2), we join together wit...
v.That the Lord is very compassionate: “I wish we could all read the original Greek; for this word, ‘The Lord is very pitiful,’ is a specially remarkable one. It means literally that the Lord hath ‘many bowels,’ or a great heart, and so it indicates great tenderness.” (Spurgeon...
a. Now I, Paul, myself am pleading with you: Paul introduces this chapter with a change of tone. Some have even thought that 2 Corinthians 10 through 13 really make up a different letter that was added to the end of 2 Corinthians 1 through 9. This isn’t likely, but it does show...