These works are not only good; they are also “prepared.”“Good works which God hath before ordained [prepared] that we should walk in them” (Eph. 2: 10). The only other time this word is used in the New Testament is in Romans 9: 23: “vessels of mercy, which he had afore pr...
We hold these treasures in earthen vessels that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us. We are afflicted in every way but not constrained, perplexed but not driven to despair, persecuted but not abandoned, struck down but not destroyed, always carrying about int he body the dyi...
For the wings of the vessels are the churches; and the sea is the world, in which the Church is set, like a ship tossed in the deep, but not destroyed; for she has with her the skilled Pilot, Christ. And she bears in her midst also the trophy (which is erected) over death; for...
1. When the psalmist says: "The Lord God is a sun and shield" (Psa.84:11), he means that God is to all his creatures the source of life and blessedness, and their almighty protector; but this meaning he conveysunder the figureof a sun and a shield. When, again, the apostle James...
Rom. 5:12 – description of death and sin entering into the world is similar to Wisdom 2:24. Rom. 9:21 – usage of the potter and the clay, making two kinds of vessels follows Wisdom 15:7. 1 Cor. 2:16 – Paul’s question, “who has known the mind of the Lord?” references ...
Consider the circulatory system made up primarily of the heart, blood, and blood vessels that transport oxygen to the cells. This is going on right now as you read this. Which came first in the long time of evolution? The heart? What did it pump if blood was not yet evolved? How did...
But it is not normal, nor is it wise, to use the temple vessels from the Temple of Solomon as serving-dishes. It is perfectly normal that a man might wish for a cradle for his newborn baby. But it is not normal that he should expect to be allowed to use the Ark of the Covenant...
20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. 21 Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every go...
Another example is your circulatory system of blood, heart, and vessels to carry the blood. Which came first? If the heart, then what did it pump? If the blood, how did it move? If the vessels, what was in it? All had to be present at once in a body for life to work. The id...
and with their vessels empty, but every one who seeks for that Fountain of salvation shall draw from it with joy. It is as impossible that a heart which desires Jesus Christ shall not have Him, as it is that lungs dilated shall not fill with air, or as it is that an empty vessel ...