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101 illustrations
It is the shepherd's mark distinguishing the flock of the Lord Jesus from the rest of the world.
This passage is prophetic of Christ, to whom "the path of life" was first opened.
Canon Liddon identified three marks of our Lord's words: the divine authority that speaks through them, their elevation above earthly discourse, and their awful depth that pierces the soul.
Lyth, D.D., structures this comparison across three critical dimensions.
This is no arbitrary decree, but a solemn declaration to which all holy spirits give their willing assent—an ordinance whose justice even the excluded themselves shall admit.
This architectural image was so revered in both pagan and Christian societies of the Roman Empire that centuries later, when Basilicas became models for Christian worship, the bishop's chair occupied the apse in the very position of the praetor's judgment...
The ground of the mistake lies in misinterpreting the word "remaineth": taken to point to rest after the sorrows of this life are finished.
By virtue of Christ's death and resurrection, Christians obtain the grace of a new life.
He invoked the risen Jesus directly: "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." This prayer reveals a cardinal truth that transcends doctrinal assertion—it emerges from the believer's lived experience.
The title "Lamb" applied to Christ appears nowhere else in Scripture save John's Gospel—this is no accident.
First, you must contend against yourself—the main battle rages within your own heart, where affections struggle for dominion.
We treat the present as though it shall never end, and eternity as though it shall never begin.
The parable of the wheat and tares reveals a profound truth: the beauty of the righteous man remains hidden in the present age.
Ye are of more value.—The worth of human nature flows from four sources, according to Dr. H. W. Williams: First, from the capacities inherent in that nature itself. Second, from the fact that mankind is the object of special regard...
This is not optical biology but moral vision.
When Socrates drank hemlock in Athens and Caesar fell upon the Roman senate floor, their deaths remained final.
One seasoned traveler, having witnessed wonders across distant lands, told his friends: "There is something more wonderful than anything I have yet known, which I still have to experience." When pressed, he replied, "It is the first five minutes after...
"The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick." In this world, ruined by sin, the whole head is sick and the whole heart faint.
The wisdom of religion is vindicated in the contrasting ends of good and evil men.
The present is intimately related to the future, and the future will faithfully reflect the character.
It is through blindness and inconsonsideration that any man becomes entangled in the snares of the foolish woman.
Paul applies this text to the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, revealing depths beyond the original words about humanity.
Joseph Exell's 1887 *Biblical Illustrator* frames this eschatological promise through three movements.
Paul, writing to the Hebrews, calls this inner barrier "the second veil," describing it as the threshold beyond which lay the most sacred articles of Jewish worship.