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10 illustrations for sermon preparation
An able minister requires two foundational elements: natural endowments and spiritual qualities.
Exell observed in *The Biblical Illustrator* (1887), "All help is dangerous for any of us when there is absence of mutuality." Consider a household where one daughter bears all the work while others remain idle; such arrangement breeds neither health...
We are not merely *beholding* (*theaomai*) Christ's glory as observers; we are ourselves becoming mirrors that *reflect* His image.
There is no tribulation—in kind or degree—that Elohim cannot comfort.
This reversal of suffering's apparent meaninglessness constitutes the heart of 2 Corinthians 1:6-11.
Our sufferings are not the same as Christ's, yet we suffer.
This inward witness operates with formidable power, speaking either for or against the person in whom it resides.
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.
First, it may occur suddenly—a vivid impression of Divine grace received in conversion that never fades.
The Greek word *kapeleuo* (to peddle or retail for profit) originally described tavern keepers who adulterated wine—blending inferior stock, falsifying measures, deceiving customers for gain.
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