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Pentecostal Illustrations

The immediate, experiential work of the Holy Spirit and the expectation of spiritual gifts.

Key question: “How does this text reveal the present-day work and power of the Holy Spirit?”

25,762 sermon illustrations through the Pentecostal lens

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Nature Illustration: Sabbath Land and Jubilee

The sun began to set over the rolling hills of a small farm, casting a golden hue over the fields that seemed to pulse with life. Old Jacob, a farmer who had tilled this land for decades, watched as the...

Romans 1:20Universal

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The Neglected Voice: Instruction Refused and Its Reckoning

Most possess considerable advantages: the pure teaching of Scripture, the living voices of parents and ministers, and the Spirit of Elohim unfolding truth to conscience.

Proverbs 5:13Universalconsequence of disobediencemoral accountability

Joseph S. Exell

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Sufficient unto the Day: Why Anxiety Denies God's Providence

Christ teaches that "sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof"—Matthew 6:34—grounding our freedom from anxiety in three essential truths.

Matthew 6:84Universaltrusting God's sovereigntypresent-moment focus

Joseph S. Exell

The Wicked Know No Peace: God's Standard Unchanging

Wickedness and peace are mutually destructive terms—not because God arbitrarily withholds peace, but because wickedness itself is incompatible with it.

Isaiah 57:21UniversalGod's unchanging standardinternal consequences of sin

Joseph S. Exell

Departing from Evil Company to Preserve Piety

A godly person cannot maintain spiritual vitality while dwelling among those who mock the ways of Adonai.

Psalms 119:115Universalseparation from evilspiritual integrity

Charles H. Spurgeon

Duty First, Cost Second: The Right Order of Questions

When the prophet of Elohim commanded him to dismiss his Israelite mercenaries, the king's immediate protest was not 'Is this right?' but 'What about the hundred talents of silver I have already paid?' He made consequences his first question when...

2 Chronicles 25:9Universalthe ordering of priorities in faithduty before consequences

Alexander Maclaren

Hearing Instruction: The Divine Command to Receive God's Word

The contempt of God's Sabbaths and disregard of ministerial instruction mark our age as spiritually perilous.

Proverbs 5:33Universalthe authority of Scripturethe necessity of spiritual instruction

Joseph S. Exell

Meditation on God's Testimonies: The Path to True Wisdom

Spurgeon identifies here the surest way to excellence in spiritual knowledge.

Psalms 119:99Universalmeditation as spiritual disciplineGod's Word as supreme authority

Charles H. Spurgeon

Divine Abandonment and the Mystery of Spiritual Hardening

The conduct of Yahweh toward those who have rejected Him is terrible, yet just and adorable.

Mark 4:13Universaldivine judgmentspiritual blindness

Joseph S. Exell

What Strangers Observe in the Christian Household

Before such strangers, it was supremely important to exhibit nothing that would dishonour Yahweh.

Isaiah 39:4Universalwitness through domestic lifeconsistency between belief and conduct

Joseph S. Exell

The Remnant's Character: Holiness, Faithfulness, and Divine Protection

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.

Ezekiel 3:13Universaldivine refinement through sufferingmoral transformation of believers

Joseph S. Exell

When God Withdraws Mercy: The Consequence of Abuse

There is a time for the divine decree to be issued against a nation; a time when, though Noah, Job, and Daniel should stand before Him, yet He will not be entreated; though they cry early, cry aloud, cry with...

Ezekiel 1:6Universaldivine justiceconsequences of rejecting grace

Joseph S. Exell

Distress as a Divine Invitation to Prayer

And mark again the wondrous readiness of mercy, that when we call, He heareth us.

Psalms 120:1Universaldistress as invitation to prayermercy's readiness

Charles H. Spurgeon

The Temple's Shelter: God's Lovingkindness Abundantly Displayed

The believer's refuge under God's *hesed* (covenant love) mirrors the sanctuary's protective design.

Psalms 36:7Universaldivine protectionGod's abundance

Charles H. Spurgeon

The Plowman Overtakes the Reaper: God's Promise of Supernatural Harvest

This promise speaks of revival with four unmistakable marks.

Ezekiel 9:13UniversalGod's sovereigntyspiritual harvest

Joseph S. Exell

Man's Coming Dominion Under Christ's Sovereignty

Not yet are all things in subjection to humanity, yet this sovereignty shall come.

Hebrews 1:9UniversalChrist's sovereigntyhuman dignity and destiny

Joseph S. Exell

Nations as a Drop: God's Particular Providence Over All

The Biblical Illustrator (1887) expounds two crucial truths: First, God's greatness manifests in His constant governance of the world He made.

Isaiah 39:15Universaldivine sovereigntyGod's intimate care

Joseph S. Exell

Love the Truth and Peace: Three Categories of Religious Indifference

This admonition addressed the spiritual lethargy of post-exilic Judah and remains urgently applicable to baptized Christians today.

Ezekiel 5:19Universalcommitment to divine truthcritique of religious indifference

Joseph S. Exell

The Church Nourished by Nations and Kings

Isaiah 58:16 declares: "Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles." This remarkable promise describes the Church's sustenance through the wealth, power, and resources that nations and kings willingly contribute to her growth. The imagery is maternal, not predatory....

Isaiah 58:16Universaldivine provision through nationsthe Church's perpetual blessing

Joseph S. Exell

God's Long-Suffering Love Pleads with the Rebellious Heart

Yet before presenting the king, he made one final appeal to the people—a last attempt, 'all but hopeless,' to persuade them to abandon their rebellious desire for monarchy.

1 Samuel 10:17-27Universaldivine patiencemerciful appeal

Alexander Maclaren

The Imprecatory Psalms: Divine Justice, Not Personal Vindictiveness

Rather than dismiss these prayers as expressions of unholy personal malice, Exell proposes a principle: examine what Yahweh Himself declares about such utterances.

Joshua 5:31Universaldivine justice versus human vindictivenessscriptural integrity

Joseph S. Exell

Why Stand Ye Idle All the Day?

Spiritual idleness consists of neglecting life's true mission: the soul's salvation and sanctification (*Phil.

Matthew 20:6Universalspiritual idleness versus active faiththe cost of procrastination in God's work

Joseph S. Exell

Moses' Intercession: Prayer That Turns Away Divine Judgment

What man could expect by prayer to make Elohim alter His decree?

Exodus 32:14Universalintercessory prayerdivine mercy tempered with justice

Joseph S. Exell

Length of Days in Wisdom's Right Hand

The Victorian homiletics of Joseph Exell (1887) pressed a crucial distinction: godliness genuinely lengthens life, not through magic, but through obedience to Yahweh's wholesome laws.

Proverbs 3:16Universaldivine promise and earthly realitypreparation for eternity

Joseph S. Exell