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Exell (1887) distinguishes three dimensions of this mystery.
Their prejudice—the conviction that miracles *must* conform to established precedent—nearly blinded them to Elohim's work.
Yet the cross became a threshold of transformation for one man while confirming the other's damnation.
The prophet addresses Judah's futile reliance upon Egypt for military aid—a covenant forbidden by Adonai and spiritually ruinous.
The legalists nullify grace by rejecting Christ as the sole means of salvation, seeking righteousness through works of the law—which can only intensify consciousness of sin rather than remove it.
Justification means being brought into right relation with Elohim and all law-keeping beings.
His spirit had ascended—climbing Jacob's ladder toward glory and immortality—only to descend again into the melancholy fact of his countrymen's spiritual expatriation.
First, consider the *doxa* (glory) of the Lord itself.
Before Damascus Road, Paul served God sincerely yet ignorantly.
The prophet teaches that an evangelical law—the law of Christ, the law of faith (Isaiah 42:3)—proceeds from God Himself, bringing both righteousness and salvation to the children of men.
The apostle Paul grounds predestination in God's eternal foreknowledge—a decree that turns all things to the good of those called according to Elohim's plan.
First, the accomplishment itself: "salvation." Not partial deliverance, not merely an escape from consequences, but complete salvation—a word *yeshuah* meaning wholeness, safety, and triumph.
Christ's command divides into two classes of hearers: those dangerously unconcerned about salvation, whom the deceiver convinces that Elohim is too merciful to judge them; and those awakened by conscience, whom Satan now persuades that grace has expired and sin...
As we reflect on Romans 8:28, we encounter a promise that echoes through the corridors of our lives: "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according...
God perpetually separates the worthy from the unworthy through trials: the Exodus tested Israel so that only two men entered Canaan; the Babylonian Captivity refined the exiles; persecution purified the infant Church.
Each was made according to His sovereign purpose, functioning as links between His eternal decrees and His redemptive acts—the voice of the decree becoming the herald of the act.
This promise encompasses science, literature, arts, commerce, and above all, religion itself—all shall be renewed.
Exell observed that all genuine religion involves mystery in relation to the infinite and Divine; false mystery belongs only to superstition.
Exell, in his 1887 *Biblical Illustrator*, offers a vivid comparison: as the thirsty man needs only be directed to water—"There's the water, drink"—so the anxious soul requires but one directive: "Faith cometh by hearing." Elaborate explanations about reservoirs and river...
In Galatians 5:22-23, the Apostle Paul offers a beautiful portrait of the fruit of the Spirit, emphasizing that a life transformed by grace is marked by love, joy, peace, and a host of other virtues. This passage invites us to...
Bishop Ryle offers a piercing parallel: the bankrupt cannot finance another's recovery; the imprisoned cannot liberate a fellow prisoner; the shipwrecked sailor cannot rescue his drowning comrade.
Not yet are all things in subjection to humanity, yet this sovereignty shall come.
Five fortresses stand against Him: indifference ("What shall we eat?" matters more than salvation), false doctrine inherited from childhood, self-sufficiency ("I can find Him without His help"), spiritual pride ("the gospel is outworn"), and despair ("I can never know Him").
To those imprisoned both in darkness and in chains, the Lord Jesus speaks: "Show yourselves; rise, and come out of the darkness; hide away no longer, come forth into the light, and enjoy it." Consider the characters mentioned in this...