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First, *believing prayer* speaks of deliverance and help, looking to God alone as the sole source of rescue.
First, when God's threatenings produce no alarm in us—when warnings of wrath fail to compel flight—we prove ourselves mockers.
Christians remain exposed to divine curse if guilty of the sins to which it appertains—not the curse of condemnation for believers, but the curse retained on record for those who practice wickedness.
First, he is blessed domestically—in wife and children—a sight so rare and beautiful that the Psalmist calls all to witness it.
This proverb exposes the merchant who deprecates goods to negotiate a lower price, then brags of his shrewd bargain once the transaction concludes.
The Spirit speaking to the Church reveals three foundational truths: First, certain great moral elements alone determine the character of individuals or communities.
The crowds, seeing their bellies filled, wanted to make Him king—a prophet useful for material provision.
The desire of the righteous shall be granted (Proverbs 11:23), yet wisdom often demands restraint in speech. A prudent man concealeth knowledge in six distinct circumstances. First, when it is opportune to withhold. Our Lord Jesus said, "I have yet...
Yet these are not equal cases—they are a contrast wrapped in similarity.
The Hebrew *chazon* (vision) encompasses prophecy itself: the preaching, expounding, and applying of Elohim's Word.
Yet the narrative turns without hesitation from that lonely sepulcher to the bustling camp and a new leader.
The original Hebrew *musar* (discipline, instruction) paired with the rod establishes wisdom in a child; conversely, a child left to himself brings shame upon his mother.
Exell's Victorian commentary unpacks reproof as an obligation rooted in love for our neighbours.
but Israel doth not know." The prophet addressed a people surrounded by idolatrous nations, prone to regarding Jehovah as merely one god among many, or worse, as a provincial deity rather than the God of all the earth.
Achan's sin was not mere theft; it was *maʿal* (breach of trust), that treacherous departure from God described throughout the Pentateuch.
There’s a story that comes to mind from our own community—a story of a young mother named Lisa who found herself in a storm of life. She was juggling a job, raising two children, and dealing with the illness of...
The Almighty does not merely tolerate the godly; He loves them as His dearest friends, entrusting them with His very secrets.
God does not pronounce judgment until men have first abused His benevolence and provoked His intervention.
The principle rests on two foundations: love to Christ involving obedience to His word, and living not unto ourselves but unto God and for others' welfare.
He labours most against our faith, and therefore we should labour most in fortifying it.
When men and women engage their ambitions with fierce determination, they unwittingly declare independence from Elohim, attempting to wrest the government of the universe from His hand.
This intervention—born of her troubling dream—stands as a threefold testimony: the testimony of women to Christ, the testimony of dreams to Christ, and the testimony of suffering to Christ.
Matthew 10:2 presents a roster that, examined officially, reveals Yahweh's sovereign hand in history's transformation.
The world has perpetually revolted against two great truths of Elohim's government.