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47 illustrations for sermon preparation
A great many cannot afford to have Christ.
Our Lord exhorts His disciples to cultivate strength of character—but never at the expense of brotherly love.
This outburst reveals the nature of evil's opposition to Christ.
Our Lord moves far in advance of His followers, His fixed purpose stamped upon His face, a strange haste in His stride that casts astonishment and awe over the silent, uncomprehending disciples.
His words carry three essential truths for the believer.
The *tablinum*—the grand reception chamber with marble or alabaster benches—held the Sanhedrin's formal proceeding against Jesus.
It is not a kingdom of earthly splendour.
Three characteristics defined him: cruelty, determination, and worldliness.
Christ was the reputed son of a village carpenter, a poor despised Nazarene—yet His fame spread abroad.
Not the hermit's withdrawal, nor pride's cold refusal, nor sentiment's complaint of misunderstanding.
This transaction teaches us not to be too forward in our professions, or too confident in our own strength, lest confidence increase the guilt and shame of failure.
First, in Creation, Christ's operations display order, regularity, and perfect adaptation.
Jesus appeared distant in the man's apprehension, yet he was far from God in four critical ways: in character—separated by the gulf between holiness and sin; in knowledge—aware of Jesus but ignorant of His love; in hope—the demons had extinguished...
Exell observed that sleep's dominion is absolute—even the mightiest minds cannot resist it.
Their *sedulity*—their persistent, uninterrupted devotion—admitted no indifference in their religious offices.
Everything depends upon the prevailing sentiment of the hour.
Mark 13:11 reveals three essential principles for disciples facing trial.
You cannot awake one morning in glad surprise to find it finished to the turret stone.
When he brought his watch to a deacon who was a watchmaker, asking for repair, the deacon asked, "What is the difficulty with your watch?" The youth replied, "It has lost time lately." The deacon fixed him with a steady,...
Men must comprehend when their main business is to apprehend.
Christ's command divides into two classes of hearers: those dangerously unconcerned about salvation, whom the deceiver convinces that Elohim is too merciful to judge them; and those awakened by conscience, whom Satan now persuades that grace has expired and sin...
The true child embodies six essential qualities that reprove adult ambition.
Christ performed this miracle only twice: feeding five thousand with five loaves and two fishes, and four thousand with seven loaves.
"Ye know not what ye ask," Christ replied—not to rebuke their boldness, but to illuminate their blindness.
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