Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Rom. 8:12-13 When someone does something good to us, we will often say that we owe them a debt …
And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. Mk. 7:28 This is the answer of the Syrophenician woman to the comment of our Lord that it was not fitting to take the children's bread and feed it to the dogs (27). She had asked him to free …
And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? Mk. 5:30 There were many people pressing in to get close to Jesus; many hands were no doubt touching him. In the middle of this multitude came this woman with …
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down to the ground, and worshipped. Job 1:20 This is the response of Job to the news that he had just lost everything. Everything! And he had not only lost all his material possessions but also everyone of his children in a violent …
And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? Mk. 4:41 Our Lord rebuked the disciples for their fear of the wind and the sea. This is because their question, "Master, carest thou not that we perish?" (38) was motivated by …
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal with thee: I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my …
When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Mk. 2:17 What does this mean? It means that part of conversion to Christ involves a real understanding that we are …
For therein [in the gospel] the righteousness of God is revealed. . . . For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. Rom. 1:17-18 There are two revelations in these two verses which summarize the message of Romans and of the gospel. First, there …
And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. Mt. 28:17 The last part of the sentence of our text is remarkable. For who did they see but the risen Christ? They did not read about him or hear someone else tell them about him, but with their own eyes they saw him, Jesus, risen from …
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve. Acts 27:23 Listen to the way the apostle described God. God is the one "whose I am." Paul belonged to God, body and soul, and every moment of his existence reflected that. He was a slave of Jesus Christ (Rom. 1:1). Of …