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The guilt of forsaking God rests upon a fundamental truth: man is bound by the law of his nature to obey the Almighty Being who made him an intelligent and immortal creature.
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Exell observes that God, in His sovereignty, took them at their word—a principle demonstrated throughout Scripture.
The prophet employs striking, elevated language to convey God's gracious thoughts toward His erring but repentant people.
When comfort abandons us and earthly props crumble, the soul rises on wings of intercession toward Yahweh.
Yet Maclaren observes a deeper mercy in this barbarity: "Pitiable as the loss was, Samson was better blind than seeing.
The Heavenly Physician addresses those who neglect His healing: those depending upon their own moral virtue, those trusting in religious duties alone, and those resting in correct doctrine without transformation.
Yet Christ's call came sovereignly, without miracle or earthly inducement—only the attraction of personal authority and divine grace.
Wisdom speaks as a person in Scripture, and the New Testament declares, "Christ Jesus is made of God unto us Wisdom." Thus Christ the Son of God Himself teaches the fear of Yahweh in this text.
This breath infused intelligence in the brain and vitality in the heart, making man a moral being capable of virtue and responsible for his actions.
First comes the temporal: "Afterward, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh" (Joel 2:28).
David understood what many Christians experience: the connection between bodily ailment and spiritual distress.
De Witt Talmage, D.D., identified this threefold promise—banished crutch, loosed tongue, and waters in the wilderness—as Yahweh's comprehensive restoration.
The kiss signifies multiple progressive meanings in Scripture.
The Son of God, represented throughout Proverbs as *Wisdom* (Chokmah), extends this invitation universally: Elohim shows no partiality of persons.
(Proverbs 3:4) What constitutes a truly religious life?
In Solomon's day, famines were frequent and trade communications uncertain between nations.
The narrative refuses naturalistic explanation; it is supernatural or nothing.
Spiritual idleness consists of neglecting life's true mission: the soul's salvation and sanctification (*Phil.
This requirement demands clarification through five moral attributes of Elohim.
A godly person cannot maintain spiritual vitality while dwelling among those who mock the ways of Adonai.
There is a time for the divine decree to be issued against a nation; a time when, though Noah, Job, and Daniel should stand before Him, yet He will not be entreated; though they cry early, cry aloud, cry with...
Thomas Manton, D.D., identified seven purposes in temptation's discipline.
The Greek *ochlos* (ὄχλος), meaning "great multitude," designates not merely a numerical crowd but those without wealth, power, exalted rank, or intellectual refinement.
Exell's Victorian homiletic analysis illuminates two essential truths about spiritual sustenance.