Bible Commentaries

Genesis 31:48 — EL MONTÓN DE TESTIGO "Y Labán dijo: Este montón es un montón de testimonio entre tú y yo hoy". Génesis 31:48 I. Dios se le apareció a Labán la noche anterior y le advirtió que no le hiciera ningún daño a Jacob. Obligado así a abandonar su verdadero objeto, no puede sino explicar la prisa con que ha perseguido a su sobrino, con tanta pérdida de tiempo y

2 Kings 22:3-20 — struck by a common fear, moved by a common impulse, feeling the majesty and jealous love of God as they had never felt it in their lives before, turned from their sin to serve their great Deliverer, and entered into covenant with Him. Illustrations (1) ‘John Newton was very wild and wicked when he was young. But his mother also was Jedidah—“beloved,” and when he became a Christian he used to say this. He used to say, “Even when I was very wild, I could never forget my mother’s soft hand. When going

Psalms 42:1 — ATHIRST FOR GOD ‘As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.’ Psalms 42:1 Religion in some form or other is inseparable from man. The hunger of the human spirit is raised in prayer and in worship. I. Mental and moral aspiration.—What does the Psalmist mean by using the language of bodily appetite to describe the needs of

Daniel 9:24 — me to the history of the world to-day, nineteen centuries since that crucifixion? Does that look like making an end of sin? Is this prophecy half fulfilled? In one sense it is; in another sense not quite yet; and in a third sense, scarcely at all. (1) Jesus, Son of God, was also the Son of Man, the representative of humanity, and He bears the transgression of humanity, and dies the death of humanity. In His person, as our representative, He has made an end of sin. This is an important fulfilment

Numbers 14:8 — LA TIERRA EXCEDENTE BUENA "Si el Señor se agrada de nosotros, nos traerá a esta tierra y nos la dará". Números 14:8 Notemos en referencia a la Canaán celestial: I. Quiénes son en quienes el Señor se deleita. - (1) No se deleita en el pecador no perdonado. ¿Cómo debería hacerlo? La mente carnal es enemistad contra Dios. El inconverso es enemigo de Dios por sus

Matthew 3:2 — the children of Israel that they go forward,’ then we can advance, even through the Red Sea, towards our promised land; but, on the other hand, ‘except the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost that build it.’ —Canon Newbolt. Illustration (1) ‘A modern writer, speaking of the impression left on his mind by a visit to the Grande Chartreuse, in the days when it was still occupied by its devoted band of religious men, describes to us the solemnity of the night offices and the suggestiveness

Matthew 9:2-3 — the human race and who had a brother’s heart. IV. What is forgiveness?—Not mere remission of penalties, but restoration to the forfeited position,—the being made right again with him whom we have wronged. Prebendary Gordon Calthrop. Illustrations (1) ‘Blasphemy consists in hurting the fame, good name or reputation of another. The word is specially applied to anything said, that expresses or implies what is greatly derogatory to the character or prerogative of God. The blasphemer was to be put to

Mark 11:3 — ‘THE NEEDS OF GOD’ ‘And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him.’ Mark 11:3 Our Lord’s words illustrate the deliberateness with which He moved forward to His agony and death. I. The first step to Calvary.—When He sent the disciples for the colt which was tied up in the street of Bethphage, He was, as He knew, taking the

Mark 4:35-41 — CHRIST IN THE TEMPEST ‘And the same day, when the even was come, He saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.… What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?’ Mark 4:35-41 Let us see what lessons concerning Christ and His Church may be gathered from this incident. I. The terror of the disciples.—The Rationalism of the present day sees nothing in the narrative but the account of a passing squall. Yet, if this be so,

Mark 8:34 — every hour of every life that can justly be called Christian. Here, then, is the precept: ‘Deny thyself, bear thy duty, and bear it in the spirit of love and obedience in which Christ moved towards His death for us.’ —Archbishop Thomson. Illustration (1) ‘The Church Pastoral Aid Society’s Magazine, acknowledging a poor pensioner’s gift, says that it is touching to hear of the self-denial of the Christian poor. “We confess that we acknowledge with peculiar pleasure the gift which has just come to us

Luke 15:8 — THE LOST COIN ‘Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it.’ Luke 15:8 Dust flying, confusion reigning, a woman, with a lighted candle, searching in the dark corners of the house—it is a strange picture certainly. But it is one of the most striking that the Divine Artist ever painted. I. The lost coin.—Observe, this

Romans 2:14-15 — CONSCIENCE ‘When the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness.’ Romans 2:14-15 Nothing is sadder than St. Paul’s impeachment of the heathen world as shown in this letter to the Romans. Its sadness arises from its absolute truth as witnessed to by the confessions of the heathen themselves. To St. Paul the heathen world appeared

1 Corinthians 12:18 — CHRUCH REFORM ‘But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased Him.’ 1 Corinthians 12:18 (R. V.) What is meant by Church Reform? This has nothing to do with pressing for a revision of the Reformation settlement; it has nothing to do with any restatement or new statement of doctrine. Its rôle is a simple reversion to original

Ephesians 1:22-23 — THE CHURCH ‘And hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the Church, which is His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all.’ Ephesians 1:22-23 This phrase conveys to us a most startling thought, for it suggests to us this supreme truth that the idea of the Christ is incomplete without the idea of the Church, that the Church is the fullness, or, as we should render it, the completeness

Colossians 3:3 — But the life secured by Christ shall not be harmed. Christ exclaims, ‘I am the resurrection and the life,’ and that which is hidden in Him shall survive and flourish above all the dissolutions of time and the wrecks of the universe. Illustrations (1) ‘It is related of a Duke of Brunswick, celebrated for the costly jewels he possessed, that he had an iron chest made and placed in his bedroom. This was so skilfully contrived that when any one opened it who knew not the secret, bells rung, pistols

Colossians 4:1 — RULES FOR MASTERS ‘Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.’ Colossians 4:1 St. Paul does not seem to go much into detail here, for he sums up in two words the master’s duty, but what a wealth of meaning, what a mine of suggestive thought, do those two words contain. ‘Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and

2 Thessalonians 2:3 — destruction of Jerusalem, such persecution following persecution; such in France, the outburst of the Revolution—but the whole series of events, the full stress of that terrible time will not be yet—not till the end. —Rev. S. Baring-Gould. Illustrations (1) ‘I cannot say that the Papacy is the Antichrist, but it has shown the antichristian spirit. It is founded on lies, for its claims rest on forged title-deeds, the Decretals; it has been a corrupting power, encouraging, sanctioning lying wonders, conferring

2 Timothy 2:8 — OUTLINE) WHEN AND HOW ‘Remember Jesus Christ’—when? I. In days of health and gladness.—He can make bright things brighter, and sweet things sweeter, and if you come to Christ He will give you such joy and peace as human imagination has never dreamed of ( 1 Corinthians 2:9-10). II. In days of sorrow.—‘In the midst of life we are in death.’ ‘The garden and the grave are not far apart.’ But ‘Remember Jesus Christ,’ and turn your tearful eyes to Him and He will teach you to ‘sing … the Psalm of life in the

1 John 5:11-12 — ETERNAL LIFE ‘And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His son. He that hath the Son hath life.’ 1 John 5:11-12 When the words ‘eternal life’ are uttered in our hearing, we turn instinctively to the opening of the great High Priestly prayer recorded in the seventeenth chapter of St. John’s Gospel, where we find our Lord saying: ‘This is life eternal,

Jude 1:4 — SOUND DOCTRINE AND HOLY LIVING ‘Ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness.’ Jude 1:4 Sound doctrine leads to holy living. Perverted doctrine goes with unholy living. Let us look into this. It is not a popular doctrine. People are always ready to say that if a man’s life be good—what matters it what he believes? But the point which