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11 illustrations for sermon preparation
Exell's Victorian illustration captures this paradox through a striking nautical image: a boat that has sailed the salt ocean, battered by storms and half-filled with briny water, now navigates fresh river currents.
When Christ lived without sin, He exposed sin's nature.
Lyth, D.D., structures this comparison across three critical dimensions.
The word "wages" (*opsonion*) denotes "rations"—the daily bread supplied to a Roman soldier.
He possessed dominion over all terrestrial creatures and stood in a state of perfect communion with his Maker.
These are few, extraordinary, and universal in scope.
The benefit of trials is entirely lost when we despise the Lord's chastening or faint under His rebuke.
In the first, one offense brought condemnation upon all mankind by a just and inevitable law.
Yet these are not equal cases—they are a contrast wrapped in similarity.
Similarly, Adonai possesses many treasuries and secrets shut from carnal minds, yet he who walks in fellowship with Jesus holds the master-key admitting him to all covenant blessings—even to the very heart of God.
Sin is a tyrant usurping dominion where it was never meant to rule.
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