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17 illustrations for sermon preparation
By virtue of Christ's death and resurrection, Christians obtain the grace of a new life.
This architectural image was so revered in both pagan and Christian societies of the Roman Empire that centuries later, when Basilicas became models for Christian worship, the bishop's chair occupied the apse in the very position of the praetor's judgment...
Consider any discipline of human knowledge: a man who disbelieves the principles of astronomy or geology yet pretends to teach these sciences will find his teaching rendered useless by his own heartlessness.
First, the *phobos* (fear) of preparation for judgment itself.
First, the gospel illuminates what was previously hidden.
There exist two worlds: the world of sense and the world of spirit.
He marks authentic ministry by three essential characteristics, each a renunciation of corrupted practice.
The gospel ministry operates as God's appointed means for reconciling sinners to Him.
we may be accepted of Him" (2 Corinthians 4:9), he did not mean he laboured to atone for sin—that would be treason against Him who "by one offering hath for ever perfected them that are sanctified" (Hebrews 10:14).
Being "in Christ" involves three dimensions of spiritual reality.
First, Christians are objects of *special Divine regard*.
This guilt universally carries a sense of demerit.
This love proves reasonable, soul-satisfying, and soul-ennobling in degree beyond all earthly affection.
Life and immortality have been brought to light through the gospel alone; without Christ's revelation, humanity possessed only feeble conjecture regarding the afterlife.
Life is not blind accident but the deliberate operation of the great Workman, and perceiving Elohim's purpose becomes our shield against sorrow, doubt, despondency, and fear.
The Apostle compares gospel ministers to earthen vessels—common, fragile, ordinary clay—yet holding within them the supreme treasure of Elohim's redemptive truth.
If only we possessed unbounded wealth, we imagine, how generously we would serve mankind.
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