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10,045 illustrations — Lessons from history, biography, and world events
Exell identifies a devastating spiritual reality: the helplessness of idols abandoned by their worshippers.
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Our Lord justifies His parabolic teaching method on the principle that immediate revelation is not always desirable.
The children of Israel polluted Yahweh's inheritance by filling it with the carcases of their abominable things—idolatries, wicked inventions, and corrupt ways.
Christ's command divides into two classes of hearers: those dangerously unconcerned about salvation, whom the deceiver convinces that Elohim is too merciful to judge them; and those awakened by conscience, whom Satan now persuades that grace has expired and sin...
The text concerns those stern dealings of God which appear painful and unwelcome, yet contain dual truths we must grasp.
The Apostle compares gospel ministers to earthen vessels—common, fragile, ordinary clay—yet holding within them the supreme treasure of Elohim's redemptive truth.
The first reading seems to permit spiritual idleness—as if mere belief without works sufficed for righteousness.
The Hebrew Christians, like wilderness Israelites, were offered the gospel and eternal rest, yet required active faith to obtain it.
Moses' honesty is remarkable—he records the magicians' genuine successes in their experiments, lending credibility to the account.
Jesus hung 'in the midst' of two robbers—a placement orchestrated by Pilate's mockery, yet divine in its symbolism.
Blake notes this luminous title describes God Himself, not merely His attributes.
Joseph Parker, D.D., observes that instruction often begins with negatives—teaching children what they must not do.
The scorner dismisses all religious forms as hollow "cant," corrupting the young and weak-minded through cynical manipulation.
The Psalmist's declaration captures a profound spiritual truth: the transition from darkness to light, from despair to joy.
The disciples faced extraordinary demands: sacrifice of domestic ties, loss of property, surrender of their livelihood, and certainty of ridicule and persecution.
Under the Levitical dispensation, tithes, firstfruits, and firstlings were consecrated to the Lord.
First, consider the *doxa* (glory) of the Lord itself.
Among all earth's creatures, man alone is the worshipper.
In Oriental culture, appearing without the upper garment marked a man as naked—the costume of the robbed, the disgraced, the prisoner of war.
The Christian idea of life is founded on conscious dedication: "To the Lord we live; to the Lord we die." What all other men must do unconsciously, the Christian does with full awareness.
During inspection, workers discovered a live artillery shell wedged in a disused corner—a projectile that had remained concealed for over fourteen years.
The Lord expects to hear from you before you can expect to hear from Him.
Heathen moralists offered counsel but omitted humility; the word itself, before Christianity, signified baseness and shame.
Such prayer expresses profound need and longing desire after God Himself.