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The Greek word *ergastērion* (workshop) reveals where this transaction occurs—in the very matrix of falsehood itself.
God's anger burns hotter against His covenant people because they sin beneath a greater light.
First, constancy: they required no sound of his voice or echo of his steps to remember their duties toward him.
All judgments which come upon men in the present are indicative of the final judgment which is to come, and are warnings of that awful event, so that we may not be unprepared to meet it.
Note three truths: First, Elohim hath already given the very greatest thing to set before salvation: what every parent who had but one beloved son would surely feel as the greatest of his treasures.
Punishment Threatened To masters who wrong their servants: (1) By defrauding them of clothing, food, or wages; (2) By imposing labours beyond their strength; (3) By afflicting them with reproaches and unjust stripes.
Exell observed in *The Biblical Illustrator* (1887) that we might divide any land into three parts: open enemies, false professors, and genuine Christians.
When the prophet confronted Israel's transgressions, they protested their innocence, citing their diligent worship attendance.
Rather than dismiss these prayers as expressions of unholy personal malice, Exell proposes a principle: examine what Yahweh Himself declares about such utterances.
Isaiah 58:16 declares: "Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles." This remarkable promise describes the Church's sustenance through the wealth, power, and resources that nations and kings willingly contribute to her growth. The imagery is maternal, not predatory....
When you restrain prayer before God, you act in opposition to your own conscience and confession of what is right.
why tarry the wheels of his chariots?" This cry of Sisera's mother—hoping yet half-despairing—echoes through the hearts of multitudes in the stern fight of existence and the moral campaign of consecrated life.
Their judgment surpasses that of Sodom, for they rejected not ignorance but revealed truth.
Ancient Canaan typified heaven in four essential respects: it was a promised land whose possession rested upon Adonai's covenant word; it was territory where Elohim dwelt peculiarly present; it offered fruition and abundance; and it came as a free gift,...
God announces Himself the witness and judge of all mankind.
John Locke defined it as "the uneasiness which a man feels within him on the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries delight with it." Our desires reveal our destiny.
The moral and ceremonial commandments bear comparison with the gospel law.
Before we can comprehend Divine truths, there must be prudence and wisdom illuminating the mind from within.
We are not merely *beholding* (*theaomai*) Christ's glory as observers; we are ourselves becoming mirrors that *reflect* His image.
Her posture reveals the soul's constraint in desolation—constrained to cling to One who sticks closer than a brother.
First, the physical: Yahweh fashioned our sensory organs, yet some men deny His authorship, attributing ear and eye to gradual evolutionary development.
Yet Yahweh's declaration cuts through judgment with remarkable grace: "My people shall never be ashamed." This promise rests upon a peculiar appropriation—God claims them as *His people*, not by merit but by covenant.
Some approached without special interest, moved merely by custom.
Since He is full of mercy Himself, He delights when we exercise the same toward our fellow creatures.