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Maclaren observes that 'the fugitive's cave was a good preparation for the king's palace,' a paradox that cuts to the heart of how God prepares His servants for dignity and duty.
The hereditary monarchy secured peaceful succession but never guaranteed continuity of godly policy.
Yet he 'obeyed at once,' unburdened by ignorance of his destination.
Basil observed that these saints possessed such extraordinary courage and confidence amid their sufferings that watching heathens witnessed their heroic zeal and constancy—and turned to Christ themselves.
The ground of the mistake lies in misinterpreting the word "remaineth": taken to point to rest after the sorrows of this life are finished.
First, consider the effect of the gospel truly preached.
The margin reads, "Set your heart to her bulwarks." This is no passing glance or negligent inspection; it demands wholehearted attention and deliberate investigation.
These heresy-hunters positioned themselves apart from the crowd at Peter's house, near enough to observe but far enough to demonstrate their separation from what they deemed vulgar enthusiasm.
This is not optical biology but moral vision.
For six days, Israel performed what appeared utterly useless—a silent, circular procession around an impregnable fortress.
The material vine one might observe by the wayside becomes merely shadow; the truth resides in Him alone.
The Greek word *parakletos* means 'one who is summoned to the side of another'—a Champion clad in celestial armour, dispatched directly from God's throne.
So too the soul suffers from inherent liability to weakness, weariness, mistrust of God, and inability to rest upon His precious promises.
Yet the most penetrating insight concerns what seems like deprivation—that He shall depart.
Nothing gives the believer such joy as fellowship with Christ.
The parable of the wheat and tares reveals a profound truth: the beauty of the righteous man remains hidden in the present age.
First, Christ in us is the foundation of our hope, elected before the creation of the world (Ephesians 1:3–4; 1 Timothy 1:9).
This supernatural eclipse during the crucifixion carries five profound theological meanings, as exposited by Dean Stanley and W.
To the officers sent by the Pharisees—men animated by hatred, restrained only by inexplicable awe—His declaration 'Whither I go, ye cannot come' becomes a triumphant assertion of invulnerability.
Among those who reverently buried the martyr were devout men—not disciples, but Hellenistic Jews, perhaps from the very synagogue whose members had disputed with Stephen and dragged him before the council.
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.
Yet when the earthquake shattered the prison doors and loosed the chains, something far more profound than physical tremor seized him.
He names it twice in his opening movement (verses 1 and 4), and again when addressing the Corinthians themselves (verses 6-7).
First, recognize what we desperately need: the King of Glory dwelling within.