Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Romans 6:12 It is always important to pay attention to connecting words like "therefore." You should always ask the question: "Why is the therefore there for?" What is its function in the overall argument? …
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. Song of Solomon 2:15 Just as we are not to despise the day of small things (cf. Zech. 4:10) in terms of God's work in us and for us, neither are we to trifle with those sins that seem small in our lives. …
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Psalm 19:10 We are to pray every day for the Lord to grant us our daily bread (Mt. 6:11), which I take to mean not only the provision for food but for all our earthly and physical necessities …
If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ. 1 Tim. 4:6 Philip Ryken, in his commentary on this passage, tells the story of the funeral of the nineteenth century Princeton theologian Charles Hodge. A champion for Biblical orthodoxy in a day …
Them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 1 Samuel 2:30 The world will often honor those who honor the spirit of the age. To be "on the right side of history" is just another way of saying that. It is the same thing as licking the finger to see which way …
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Eph. 4:30 This verse confronts us with the reality that the most important thing to a true Christian is to please God. “Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God.” That ought to be the greatest motivation to obedience …
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many …
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17 “Now unto the King . . . be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.” For Paul, theology always led to doxology. Meditating on God and the salvation through Christ moved …
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17 God is King. All the descriptions of God in verse 17 are describing God as King. This is the main thing in Paul’s mind as he praises God. He is King. But God is not just …
Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. . . . Yet they were not afraid , nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. …