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The linen material—simple, natural—typifies the human nature Christ wears in His glorified state, in which He executes all services of His exalted Priesthood as our Representative.
Here stood a cup-bearer in the Persian court of Artaxerxes at Shushan, a man whose position required such intimate access to power that he could omit the king's name from his record—assuming every reader knew his magnitude.
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...
First, *metanoia* (repentance)—literally "to perceive afterwards"—demanded an entire reversal of opinion respecting Jesus Christ.
Luther hesitated to expound such texts before congregations, fearing appearance of avarice, yet acknowledged the duty remains: believers must understand what honor and support they owe their teachers.
Christ lays His hand upon every form of human love—the family bond, the marriage covenant, and the precious thing of friendship itself.
First, the *phobos* (fear) of preparation for judgment itself.
Christian discipleship originates not in human preference but in Divine initiative.
It is not a kingdom of earthly splendour.
The text, "How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?
All persons are born in a state of ignorance and darkness as to spiritual things; therefore all young persons need instruction.
Three characteristics defined him: cruelty, determination, and worldliness.
The Nature of Christian Confession requires four elements: an open avowal of Jesus as Messiah; conscious adherence to fundamental Christian doctrine; declaration of benefits received through His Person; and zealous promotion of Christian truth in the world.
The repetition *houtos* (this very one) marks a decisive moment in Israel's history.
The wisdom of Solomon stands in sharp contrast to our modern systems, which often direct men's attention everywhere but inward.
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.
For six days, Israel performed what appeared utterly useless—a silent, circular procession around an impregnable fortress.
Maclaren observes that the repetition is not accidental.
Yet Christ's response cuts through all such speculation with sovereign authority: 'If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
Yet we must consider the mangled victims left in their wake—those who trafficked in cunning and deception, proving specially obnoxious to the Almighty.
The commission 'Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature' was not spoken to the eleven apostles alone, but to all generations of Christ's Church.
The warm-hearted, impulsive fisherman who once denied knowing Jesus now speaks with 'calm, fixed determination, which wastes no words, but in its very brevity impresses the hearers as being immovable.' Maclaren observes that this man—once prone to wrong-headedness—has laid down...
The human mind naturally divides into two warring camps.
Almighty God can and often does overrule evil actions toward His own glory and to cause bad means to conduce to a good end.