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Exell's Victorian commentary unpacks reproof as an obligation rooted in love for our neighbours.
The Psalmist's cry, "Let me not be put to shame" (Psalm 25:2), rests upon confidence that those who wait upon Jehovah will not be abandoned.
Repentance (*metanoia*—a turning around of the mind) in Scripture holds three distinct meanings.
His death reveals four dimensions of Christian triumph: First, Stephen displayed boldness in confession—his enemies could not resist the power radiating from his unwavering testimony before the council.
The human heart reveals its corruption most plainly in how it despises true Christianity while admiring false religion's pageantry.
This truth dissolves anxiety through seven pillars of reasoning.
The Lord God sends forth His Spirit not as a subordinate, but as His own extension of power—note how Professors Davidson and Driver observed in Isaiah 40-46 that the Divine Spirit appears as a separate personality, yet remains inseparable from...
Each was made according to His sovereign purpose, functioning as links between His eternal decrees and His redemptive acts—the voice of the decree becoming the herald of the act.
This intervention—born of her troubling dream—stands as a threefold testimony: the testimony of women to Christ, the testimony of dreams to Christ, and the testimony of suffering to Christ.
The kiss signifies multiple progressive meanings in Scripture.
This is not mere formality—it establishes three pillars of authentic church unity.
Bishop Butler clarifies this critical distinction: resentment becomes sinful only when it exceeds its proper end.
We may lawfully wish for one another extended years; this desire is no infirmity.
Exell, in his 1887 *Biblical Illustrator*, offers a vivid comparison: as the thirsty man needs only be directed to water—"There's the water, drink"—so the anxious soul requires but one directive: "Faith cometh by hearing." Elaborate explanations about reservoirs and river...
Rees preached last in North Wales, a friend said to him—one of those who are always reminding people that they are getting old—"You are whitening fast, Dr.
This teaching rests upon nature's own law—that no creature exists in isolation, but all things experience mutual action and reaction within Elohim's creation.
Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?" (Judges 5:28).
Bishop Ryle offers a piercing parallel: the bankrupt cannot finance another's recovery; the imprisoned cannot liberate a fellow prisoner; the shipwrecked sailor cannot rescue his drowning comrade.
The Lord does not merely turn away; He *releases Himself* (*aphistemi*), detaches Himself, shakes off an encumbrance without righteousness.
The Preacher warns against an obsession with others' opinions that fragments the soul.
Not yet are all things in subjection to humanity, yet this sovereignty shall come.
To those imprisoned both in darkness and in chains, the Lord Jesus speaks: "Show yourselves; rise, and come out of the darkness; hide away no longer, come forth into the light, and enjoy it." Consider the characters mentioned in this...
First, it suggests the true measure of workers in the Church's progress.
Mark records their astonishment at His doctrine, for it bore the unmistakable stamp of divine power.