I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Rom. 12:1 To be a living sacrifice is essentially to give oneself up to God completely. Sacrifices are offered to God, and are given …
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. Rom. 11:36 Of God are all things: he is the creator of all that exists. Every particle, all energy and matter, all the laws of physics have their origin in God. The law of gravity cannot actually do anything; …
And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. Mk. 10:26-27 The apostles were no doubt astonished that such a good prospect for the kingdom …
O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, why hast thou made me thus? Rom. 9:20 This expostulation was raised against those who objected to God's sovereignty in salvation. Those who charge God with injustice for loving Jacob and hating Esau, …
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 …
Is anything too hard for the LORD? Gen. 18:14 Like Sarah, Abraham's wife, we are sometimes apt to laugh at the thought that certain of God's promises can be fulfilled. Of course, also like Sarah, we are similarly prepared to deny our reluctance to take God at his word. But if you don't think this …