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While our Lord spoke of the Holy Spirit's aid and the blessing of angels' acknowledgment, this hearer's mind never left his father's inheritance dispute.
The 'stronger' believer—he who correctly judges that eating meat offered to idols involves no moral guilt—must nonetheless abstain if his eating becomes a *skandalon* (stumbling-block) or *proskamma* (occasion to fall) in another's path.
Yet Luke captures something more profound than fearlessness: John's perfect humility before Christ.
He depicts "them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death"—not wanderers moving frantically, but travelers *benighted*, huddled together, afraid to move.
By virtue of Christ's death and resurrection, Christians obtain the grace of a new life.
Canon Liddon identified three marks of our Lord's words: the divine authority that speaks through them, their elevation above earthly discourse, and their awful depth that pierces the soul.
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...
In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indy faces the "leap of faith"—a chasm with no visible bridge. His dying father's only hope is the Holy Grail on the other side.
Before conversion, the Galatians possessed neither natural knowledge of God—imperfect and weak as it is—nor revealed knowledge through Christ.
Luther hesitated to expound such texts before congregations, fearing appearance of avarice, yet acknowledged the duty remains: believers must understand what honor and support they owe their teachers.
This seems counterintuitive until we understand what Spurgeon observed: the subjects of God's people's joy extend far beyond comfort and blessing.
This distinguishes His Church from every other society—without Christ present, there is no Church.
How could the man who saw the descending dove and heard the voice proclaim 'This is My beloved Son' ever waver?
Critics who say 'Give me his ethics, keep his dogmas' commit a fatal severance that destroys both.
This principle governs both body and spirit: we lose taste for what satisfies us to excess.
In His humanity, Christ emerges as the Rod from Jesse's stem, the Branch from his roots (Jeremiah 23:5; Zechariah 3:8).
He means it with deliberate, reiterated assurance to that handful of poor, ignorant fishermen who knew Him so dimly.
All persons are born in a state of ignorance and darkness as to spiritual things; therefore all young persons need instruction.
They possessed nothing—no influence, no numbers, no world support.
Matthew Henry observed her strategy: she calls them "simple" and "wanting understanding," inviting them to her school under pretense of refinement.
First, recognize what we desperately need: the King of Glory dwelling within.
God's purpose is explicit: "God hath sent His Son into the world, that the world through Him might be saved." Yet formidable obstacles obscure this gracious design.
He uses a striking geographical image: 'The springs lie close together up in the hills, the rivers may be parted by half a continent.' What begins as unity at the source becomes division at the mouth.
This narrative reveals the desperate calculus of faith.