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First, Christ freed this ancient law from false Jewish glosses that had corrupted its meaning (Matthew 23:43-44).
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He that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done (Philippians 4:25). I. Punishment Threatened. To Masters: Imperious masters wrong their servants by defrauding them of clothing, food, or wages; by imposing labours beyond their strength; by...
The Nature of Christian Confession requires four elements: an open avowal of Jesus as Messiah; conscious adherence to fundamental Christian doctrine; declaration of benefits received through His Person; and zealous promotion of Christian truth in the world.
Maclaren asks the penetrating question: why did they not seize Him?
Yet understand: there is no opposition between Christ and His people requiring conquest.
The prophets have sung of a golden age, the saints have prayed for one, and the Bible distinctly teaches that one will come.
Yet Luke captures something more profound than fearlessness: John's perfect humility before Christ.
Within twenty-four hours of His crucifixion—knowing the agony and baptism of sorrow awaiting Him—not one word escaped His lips concerning His personal pain.
Consider any discipline of human knowledge: a man who disbelieves the principles of astronomy or geology yet pretends to teach these sciences will find his teaching rendered useless by his own heartlessness.
Throughout this epistle, Paul has wielded the rod of remonstrance, irony, and indignation.
Trusting in riches is spiritually unsatisfactory and necessarily evanescent.
The abuses of the tongue are manifold, and malignity ranks foremost among them.
The exiles' return to Jerusalem embodies this metaphor.
The devil seizes every advantage, working relentlessly through these vulnerabilities.
Yet he 'obeyed at once,' unburdened by ignorance of his destination.
This image reveals two dimensions of His fastening hold upon humanity.
The accumulation of light things becomes overwhelmingly ponderous.
The Victorian preacher recognized winter as uniquely perilous—not merely because of physical suffering, but because lengthy evenings create moral vulnerability.
Where other evangelists might spare us the indignity, John insists on recording Christ's thirst upon the Cross and His weariness at Jacob's well.
Yet Christ Himself declared He came not with peace, but with a sword.
Maclaren observes that the repetition is not accidental.
It is the shepherd's mark distinguishing the flock of the Lord Jesus from the rest of the world.
Thirty years later, when Jesus began His ministry, the wonder seemed utterly forgotten.
Here stands a paradox of human nature: those nearest to salvation often reject it most vehemently.