Bible Commentaries

Genesis 11:9 — '¿QUÉ DIRÁN ESTOS BABBLEROS?' 'Por eso se llama su nombre Babel; porque allí el Señor confundió el lenguaje de toda la tierra '. Génesis 11:9 I. Dios no es Autor de confusión, sino de paz. —Sin embargo, una vez, en su sabia compasión, hizo confusión para prevenirla; Destruyó la paz para que al final pudiera restaurarla. La historia de Babel es mucho más que un registro del intento fallido

Genesis 12:1 — EL PADRE PEREGRINO Y el Señor le había dicho a Abram: Vete de tu tierra, de tu parentela y de la casa de tu padre, a la tierra que yo te mostraré. Génesis 12:1 Abraham fue el padre de los fieles, y aquí tenemos la primera prueba registrada a la que se sometió su fe. El primero y uno de los más grandes. I. La sustancia del llamado de Dios a Abraham. - (a) Fue llamado del reposo al peregrinaje — de su país,

Genesis 18:25 — EL JUEZ JUSTO "¿No hará bien el Juez de toda la tierra?" Génesis 18:25 Abraham había aprendido que dirigirse a la justicia de Dios era mejor incluso que apelar a Su misericordia. Y por esta razón, es una base más sólida. La justicia es algo más definido que la misericordia. Todo hombre que sienta sus pecados debe aferrarse

Genesis 2:9 — desaparecer como un fuego errante, el bien y el mal no habrán perdido su significado primordial, y las almas que han anhelado y trabajado para descansar en el hogar de los espíritus, encontrará ese descanso en Aquel que fue y será. Canon Ainger. Ilustración (1) 'El hombre, aunque creado sin pecado, no era, desde el mismo hecho de su existencia como criatura, autosuficiente, sino dependiente tanto en cuerpo como en alma, y ​​así los dos árboles de los que leemos en el texto correspondían a esas dos necesidades

Genesis 3:13 — LA EXCUSA DE LOS TENTADOS Y el Señor Dios dijo a la mujer: ¿Qué es esto que has hecho? Y la mujer dijo: La serpiente me engañó, y comí. Génesis 3:13 I. El registro que tenemos ante nosotros es la Historia del Primer Pecado. —No necesitó ninguna revelación para decirnos que el pecado es, que la humanidad es pecadora. Fuera, dentro, alrededor y dentro de nosotros, está el hecho, la experiencia, la

John 15:27 — QUALIFICATIONS FOR WITNESS ‘And ye also shall hear witness, because ye have been with Me from the beginning.’ John 15:27 Here we see for what our Lord has been preparing His Apostles all along during His ministry. They have been with Him from the beginning, very close to Him. They have been learning of Him; they have been initiated into the Divine mystery; they have

John 17:4 — THE WORK OF LIFE ‘I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do.’ John 17:4 If we might each choose his own epitaph, who would not choose this if he could? It is plain that before we can say to God that our work is finished we must be able to say it is begun; we must be clear that we have such a work. I. What, then, is

Acts 1:26 — THE ELECTION OF ST. MATTHIAS ‘The lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.’ Acts 1:26 The lesson of the festival of Matthias is emphatically one of encouragement. I. The electors.—First, note what a little band it was that gathered together to elect an Apostle in the place of the traitor Judas. The number of the disciples was about

Acts 11:13-14 — HISTORY OF CORNELIUS ‘He shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.’ Acts 11:13-14 Of the various characters portrayed in the historical sequel to the Gospels, Cornelius, the Roman centurion of Cæsarea, is certainly one of the most interesting. To understand this passage aright we need to read it in connection with Acts 10.

Acts 2:1 — PENTECOST ‘And when the day of Pentecost was fully come.’ Acts 2:1 Pentecost is not a splendid bit of past history, the record of a great long-ago event in the history of the Church. It was only the illuminated initial letter of the long and living record of God’s perpetual plan, and of God’s continuous workings in

1 Corinthians 15:35 — THE RESURRECTION BODY ‘With what body do they come?’ 1 Corinthians 15:35 The Prayer Book contains several phrases which express the Christian Faith as regard the future life: ‘I believe in the Resurrection of the body’ (Apostles’ Creed). ‘I look for the Resurrection of the dead’ (Nicene Creed). ‘Dost thou

1 Corinthians 15:54 — VICTORY! ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’ 1 Corinthians 15:54 There are very few who do not sometimes think about the life beyond that which they are living now. It is an instinct of the human race. Death forces itself on us as a universal fact. And in all ages and in every land men have been

Galatians 1:6-8 — gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.’ Galatians 1:6-8 The right of interpretation is embodied for us in what we call dogma. Many of us do not see the need of dogma, just because we are too apt to miss the true secret of Christian authority. If you are tempted to treat it as one among many influences,

Galatians 5:22-23 — new and increasing strength of the secret life within. There will be no sudden, violent transformation, after the one great momentous transplanting, when we were taken from the kingdom of darkness and placed in that of the Sun of His love ( Colossians 1:13), but a slow, silent, sure developing of the hidden life, till all the corruptions and leaves of self-righteousness drop off, not by any spasmodic efforts on our part, but by the irresistible force of the growing life within. This fruit of the Spirit,

1 Thessalonians 5:15 — THE GOLDEN RULE ‘See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.’ 1 Thessalonians 5:15 The Apostle is writing to the Thessalonian converts some very practical rules as to their manner of life as Christians. We do not know how long it was since they had accepted the message of the new and glorious life which he had

1 Thessalonians 5:17 — A CHRISTIAN’S DUTY ‘Pray without ceasing.’ 1 Thessalonians 5:17 How shall we use this help to holiness so that we may be able to get a tighter grasp of this sanctity that God has put within our reach? How shall we pray? I. We must pray with preparation.—We must not go into the audience-chamber

2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 — you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and every work of faith, with power; that the Name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.’ 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 (R.V.) These words of the Apostle Paul were a prayer for the infant Christian Church at Thessalonica, a church founded by him some twenty years after the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. St. Paul was wishing to encourage the Thessalonian Christians—a

2 Timothy 4:5 — preacher’s part to shrink not from declaring unto you ‘the whole counsel of God.’ It is your part to pray for your clergy and for those to whom they minister. This is fulfilling our ministry. And surely you will do it. —Rev. Dr. H. M. Butler. Illustrations (1) ‘We cannot hear the name of China, we can scarcely hear the name of India, or Uganda, or Nyassa, without being reminded that to “suffer hardship,” even in the most literal sense, may at any time become the lot—shall we not say the glorious privilege?—“before

Jude 1:21 — IN THE LOVE OF GOD ‘Keep yourselves in the love of God.’ Jude 1:21 There are many places and relationships in our human life in which it is honourable and a privilege to be—how suggestive to bring them one and all into comparison with this position, the position of being ‘in the love of God.’ This is supremely

Jude 1:24-25 — AND TO SAVE ‘Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.’ Jude 1:24-25 There is a notion among some persons that the soul once converted and justified is secure against all danger—is safe for ever; but half the warnings and promises in Scripture, addressed to pardoned believers, are grounded on the supposition that