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Not yet are all things in subjection to humanity, yet this sovereignty shall come.
This breath infused intelligence in the brain and vitality in the heart, making man a moral being capable of virtue and responsible for his actions.
The body is a bad master, though it may be a good servant.
The fear of God operates as a restraining influence upon the heart.
The Spirit speaking to the Church reveals three foundational truths: First, certain great moral elements alone determine the character of individuals or communities.
This is not labored knowledge but native breath—religion so integrated into His nature that He prays and speaks as naturally as breathing.
This proverb exposes the merchant who deprecates goods to negotiate a lower price, then brags of his shrewd bargain once the transaction concludes.
Our Lord justifies His parabolic teaching method on the principle that immediate revelation is not always desirable.
The Lord keeps His people in six distinct ways.
The human heart reveals its corruption most plainly in how it despises true Christianity while admiring false religion's pageantry.
We are not merely *beholding* (*theaomai*) Christ's glory as observers; we are ourselves becoming mirrors that *reflect* His image.
This is not peculiar to Christianity—the ancient Greeks inscribed "Know thyself" on their noblest public buildings.
Since He is full of mercy Himself, He delights when we exercise the same toward our fellow creatures.
Exell identifies the distinguishing mark of such hollow speech: the avoidance of Scripture's most penetrating term—*sin* (*hamartia*, missing the mark before God).
The Church exists for the world's sake more than for its own comfort.
Hunger and thirst are primitive, involuntary appetites that govern survival itself; Jesus elevates moral longing to this primacy.
What distinguishes Christian righteousness from mere external morality?
The prophet addresses Israel's subtle compromise—they may have claimed fidelity to Yahweh while crafting images to aid worship, reasoning that visible objects focused devotion like those of neighboring nations.
Yet our feelings regarding His appearing reveal the true condition of our hearts before Elohim.
The apostle deliberately substitutes "is known of Him" for "knows Him"—a rhetorical choice that elevates God's initiative above human capability.
Under the Levitical dispensation, tithes, firstfruits, and firstlings were consecrated to the Lord.
The Christian idea of life is founded on conscious dedication: "To the Lord we live; to the Lord we die." What all other men must do unconsciously, the Christian does with full awareness.
This blessedness demands our attention to what purity truly means.
This creature burrows deep into the soil but journeys nightly to the sea to bathe in salt water.