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19 illustrations for sermon preparation
Christ did not encourage this impetuous declaration but instead checked it—exposing the man's resolution as that of an unreflecting emotionalist and ambitious worldling.
This is not optical biology but moral vision.
Here stands a paradox of human nature: those nearest to salvation often reject it most vehemently.
To pray is to *ask* (*aiteo*) of God; the more childlike the asking, the better.
This is not blessing but irony—a sentence that cuts to the heart of human motivation.
First, God is Father by relation to Christ as the eternal Son, the fountain of Deity itself.
Luthardt identifies seven critical aspects: God's kingdom surpasses all earthly kingdoms; amidst the collapse of human rule, men seek one that endures; it is founded upon moral goodness rather than external might; it originated in Elohim's *protē noēsis* (primeval thought);...
First, even bodily wants must be subordinated to religious purposes—we do not live by bread alone, but by every word proceeding from Adonai.
When we pray this petition, we acknowledge five truths.
This truth dissolves anxiety through seven pillars of reasoning.
And when thou prayest—nine things pertain to the knowledge of true prayer: I. To know what prayer is. II. How many sorts of prayer there be. III. The necessity of prayer. Four things provoke us to pray: 1. God's commandment....
The preciousness of Christ's sympathy with our infirmities lies in His actual and personal union with our nature.
Thomas Manton, D.D., identified seven purposes in temptation's discipline.
The question naturally arises: Is not the Christian character a provident one?
God adorns the lilies and tulips with gorgeous apparel for a single day's duration, spun by divine providence, surpassing the tracery of the most splendid court—such magnificence that Solomon himself, with all his wisdom and wealth, could not match them.
It is impossible to serve two masters thus.
Fasting was not merely abstinence from food for a time, as health and duty allowed, but a spiritual discipline rooted in sorrow for sin and self-denial.
Rather, we are cautioned against over-valuing earthly possessions.
Yet beneath such plausible disguises lie spiritual impostures that demand our careful discernment.
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