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To apprehend God's loving-kindness means to duly perceive it, believe it with persuasion, esteem it above all treasures, and consider it with serious remembrance.
This principle governs both body and spirit: we lose taste for what satisfies us to excess.
All persons are born in a state of ignorance and darkness as to spiritual things; therefore all young persons need instruction.
Joseph Exell's *Biblical Illustrator* identifies three categories of doubt worthy of pastoral attention.
Matthew Henry observed her strategy: she calls them "simple" and "wanting understanding," inviting them to her school under pretense of refinement.
Paul describes the Christian not merely in metaphor but in literal reality as a soldier surrounded by enemies.
The wisdom of Solomon stands in sharp contrast to our modern systems, which often direct men's attention everywhere but inward.
If they are driven hard one day, all the animals will die.' He did not demand that his reconciled brother match his slower journey, but instead stated his reason openly so he would not be thought unkind.
The abuses of the tongue are manifold, and malignity ranks foremost among them.
Its acquisition presents such difficulties that it is seldom truly found in our age.
He receives Nathanael's confession—'Thou art the Son of God; Thou art the King of Israel!'—along with the magnificent titles bestowed by others: John's 'Lamb of God,' the disciples' 'Messias, which is the Christ.' These crowns, placed upon His head by...
Trusting in riches is spiritually unsatisfactory and necessarily evanescent.
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.
Man's true wisdom is a pattern of God's wisdom.
As Maclaren observes, this Roman official embodied the practical man's contempt for mere ideas, the statesman's faith in visible force and authority alone.
His counsel to leave the apostles unmolested was not born from sympathy with Christian truth, but from a shrewd political calculus: the Pharisees and Sadducees were locked in bitter theological combat over the resurrection, and these Galileans preaching *anastasis* (resurrection)...
At the base of those ancient fortifications lie five or six courses of massive, squared blocks, 'the wonders of the world yet; well jointed, well laid, well cemented.' These represent gold, silver, and precious stones—the solid verities of Christ proclaimed...
It refuses both the cynic's delight in exposing hidden corruption and the melancholic's despair at universal failure.
Years before, Elijah had anointed him king over Syria—a word that had festered in his ambitious heart while the decrepit Ben-hadad still nominally held the throne.
Maclaren observes that 'one coat of paint is not enough, it soon rubs off'—a homely image that captures how readily doctrinal knowledge slides from memory without constant reinforcement.
Yet Christ Himself declared He came not with peace, but with a sword.
While our Lord spoke of the Holy Spirit's aid and the blessing of angels' acknowledgment, this hearer's mind never left his father's inheritance dispute.
Proverbs 4:25 commands us to keep our eyes "right on" and our eyelids "straight before thee." The wise man, whom commentators identify as Solomon, exhorts careful stewardship of every faculty—each member of our nature requires vigilant guardianship lest any become...
Almighty God can and often does overrule evil actions toward His own glory and to cause bad means to conduce to a good end.