Bible Commentaries

1 Chronicles 21:13 — ALTERNATIVES OF PUNISHMENT OFFERED AND BALANCED ‘And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are His mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.’ 1 Chronicles 21:13 I. It is better to fall into the hand of God than into the hands of men, because in His whole treatment of human sin God is constantly seeking, not the destruction, but the salvation of the sinner.—God has never answered our sin merely

1 Chronicles 21:13 — ALTERNATIVAS DE CASTIGO OFRECIDAS Y EQUILIBRADAS 'Y David dijo a Gad: Estoy en una gran angustia; déjame caer ahora en la mano del Señor; porque muy grandes son sus misericordias, pero no dejes que yo caiga en manos de hombre. 1 Crónicas 21:13 I. Es mejor caer en las manos de Dios que en las manos de los hombres, porque en todo Su tratamiento del pecado humano, Dios busca constantemente, no la destrucción, sino la salvación del pecador. —Dios nunca ha respondido a nuestro pecado

Psalms 14:1-7 — ¡NO DIOS! "El baño de los tontos dijo en su corazón: No hay Dios". Salmo 14:1 Yo soy impío hasta que Cristo me redime. —'Dijo el necio en su corazón: No hay Dios '. No es que tenga la más mínima simpatía por el ateísmo especulativo y teórico. Pero, hasta que todas las cosas sean hechas nuevas, no tengo un Dios a quien pueda

Psalms 6:10 — AN INTOLERANT PSALMIST ‘Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.’ Psalms 6:10 I. Consider those passages in the Bible which are constantly objected to as most inconsistent with toleration—I mean the so-called imprecatory portions of the Psalms. (1) I see little reason for considering these psalms as the utterance of David’s

Psalms 72:8 — MESSIAH’S REIGN ‘He shall have dominion.’ Psalms 72:8 In all probability Solomon was the writer of this psalm. A Psalm of Solomon. It ends at the 17th verse. Then follows a short doxology, which in its breadth of prospect, in its mingled patriotism and humanity, and also in its grandeur of language, recalls David to our mind. The concluding verse was no doubt added after his death by another hand.

Isaiah 1:31 — THE SINNER AND HIS WORKS DESTROYED ‘And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it’ [his work] ‘as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.’ Isaiah 1:31 There are those who glory in outward greatness. They are (they think) ‘strong as the oaks,’ but that strength, when not supported by righteousness, is only like the coarse, unwoven flax, easily broken and easily consumed. Wickedness shall perish,

Isaiah 1:31 — EL PECADOR Y SUS OBRAS DESTRUIDAS 'Y el fuerte será como estopa, y el que lo hizo' [su obra] 'como una chispa, y ambos arderán a la vez, y nadie los apagará.' Isaías 1:31 Hay quienes se glorían en la grandeza exterior. Son (piensan) 'fuertes como los robles', pero esa fuerza, cuando no está sostenida por la justicia, es solo como el lino tosco y sin tejer, que se rompe fácilmente y se consume fácilmente. La maldad

Isaiah 29:1-9 — JERUSALEM’S IMPENDING HUMILIATION AND DELIVERANCE ‘Woe to Ariel,’ etc. Isaiah 29:1-9 I. The prophet sets forth in Isaiah 29:1-2 the theme of his discourse.—For he announces to Ariel, i.e. to the city of God, Jerusalem, that he will cause her after a time great distress, notwithstanding that she is Ariel, i.e. lion of God; that she

Hosea 14:2 — CHRISTIAN SACRIFICES ‘So will we render the calves of our lips.’ Hosea 14:2 There is but One Priest Who in His own right can approach God; but One Mediator, Who can plead His own goodness; and so there is but One propitiatory, expiatory sacrifice, even ‘the One full, perfect, and sufficient Sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction,’

Matthew 20:1 — THE HEAVENLY HOUSEHOLDER ‘An householder … went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.’ Matthew 20:1 Consider the details of this parable: I. Labourers required.—The Lord requires labour, not idleness, on the part of those whom He sends into His vineyard: for ( a) He goes out early in the morning to hire labourers ( Matthew 20:1-2), and again and

Matthew 20:1 — EL AMO DE HOGAR CELESTIAL "Un padre de familia ... salió temprano en la mañana para contratar obreros en su viñedo". Mateo 20:1 Considere los detalles de esta parábola: I. Obreros requeridos — El Señor requiere trabajo , no ociosidad, de parte de los que envía a su viña: porque ( a ) sale temprano en la mañana para contratar obreros ( Mateo 20:1 ), y una y otra vez contrata

Deuteronomy 29:1-29 — PERMANECER ANTE DIOS "Vosotros estáis hoy todos delante del Señor vuestro Dios". Deuteronomio 29:10 Intensas en su significado, frescas en su solemnidad, como cuando Moisés las pronunció a las multitudes que escuchaban en la otra orilla del Jordán, el eco de estas palabras de advertencia nos llega a través de los siglos. Expresan el principio formativo,

Deuteronomy 29:10 — STANDING BEFORE GOD ‘Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God.’ Deuteronomy 29:10 Intense in their significance, fresh in their solemnity, as when Moses uttered them to the listening multitudes on the farther shore of Jordan, the echo of these warning words rolls to us across the centuries. They express the formative principle,

Mark 10:50 — PRENDAS PARA SER RETIRADAS "Él, arrojando su manto, se levantó y vino a Jesús". Marco 10:50 Todos usamos tal prenda exterior envuelta alrededor de nuestra alma. Los hábitos (la palabra hábito significa prenda, algo que se usa), más o menos confirmados, pueden no solo impedir nuestro progreso, sino hacernos tropezar y hacernos caer. I.

Mark 12:9 — THE LOST VINEYARD ‘The will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.’ Mark 12:9 Palestine was a land of vineyards (especially Judæa; Deuteronomy 8:8). The slopes of the hills even now show traces of vine cultivation; on some old coins the vine is the emblem of the country. It was natural, therefore, for our Lord to allude to

Luke 8:5 — for good works. But perhaps we fail to add, with sufficient emphasis, that good works are the only evidence of real faith, of genuine conversion; ‘They bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.’ —Bishop G. A. Chadwick. Illustrations (1) ‘In Mark’s version of this parable we read ( Mark 4:3) that our Lord prefaced it thus, “Hearken! Behold!” “Hearken,” Jesus said, to impress on men that His simple story conveyed more than met their ears; protesting in advance against fatalistic abuses

Luke 8:5-7 — fortaleza para las buenas obras. Pero tal vez no agreguemos, con suficiente énfasis, que las buenas obras son la única evidencia de una fe real, de una conversión genuina; "Dan fruto, treinta y sesenta y cien veces". —Obispo GA Chadwick. Ilustraciones (1) 'En la versión de Marcos de esta parábola, leemos ( Marco 4:3 ) que nuestro Señor lo introdujo así: “¡Escuchen! ¡Mirad!" “Escuchen”, dijo Jesús, para impresionar a los hombres de que su sencilla historia transmitía más de lo que oían; protestar de

1 Thessalonians 4:17 — WORDS OF COMFORT ‘So shall we ever be with the Lord.’ 1 Thessalonians 4:17 These words come to us as words of comfort, words of hope, in our hours of bereavement. They emphasise one of the great lessons taught us by the Resurrection, that because Christ rose from the dead the future of the believer is assured.

1 John 2:1 — OUR ADVOCATE ‘If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.’ 1 John 2:1 In the great Arbitration between God and man, Jesus, being God, lays His hand on God, and Jesus, being Man, lays His hand on every believing man, and brings them together in peace. I. Christ is an authoritative Advocate.—‘All power,’ He said,

1 John 2:1 — NUESTRO ABOGADO "Si alguno hubiere pecado, abogado tenemos para con el Padre, a Jesucristo el justo". 1 Juan 2:1 En el gran Arbitraje entre Dios y el hombre, Jesús, siendo Dios, pone Su mano sobre Dios, y Jesús, siendo Hombre, pone Su mano sobre todo creyente y los reúne en paz. I. Cristo es un Abogado autorizado. —'Todo el poder ', dijo,' Me es dado