Bible Commentaries

Genesis 25:8 — a un cierre tranquilo, con todos los deseos concedidos, con los ardientes deseos acallados y la voluntad de dejar ir la vida, porque se ha logrado todo lo que podía dar. Tenemos dos cosas principales a considerar. I. El final tranquilo de una vida. (1) Es posible, al final de la vida, sentir que ha satisfecho nuestros deseos. Abraham había tenido una vida muy variada. Le había traído todo lo que deseaba. Satisfecho, pero no enfermo, apreciando profundamente todo lo bueno y placentero de la vida y,

Psalms 58:1-11 — FAITH IN RIGHTEOUSNESS I. The throne of iniquity ( Psalms 58:1-5). II. The throne of God ( Psalms 58:6-9). III. The spectacle of justice ( Psalms 58:10-11). Illustrations (1) ‘Not only does the Psalmist, inspired by the vision of the eternal throne, foresee the issue, but he earnestly pleads for it; and he does

Psalms 72:1-20 — REINADO DEL MESÍAS 'Él tendrá dominio'. Salmo 72:8 Con toda probabilidad, Salomón fue el autor de este salmo. Salmo de Salomón . Termina en el versículo 17. Luego sigue una breve doxología, que en su amplitud de perspectivas, en su mezcla de patriotismo y humanidad, y también en su grandeza de lenguaje, recuerda a David a nuestra mente. Sin duda, el verso final fue agregado después de su muerte por otra

Proverbs 1:10 — 'No cedas a la tentación' "Hijo mío, si los pecadores te quisieren engañar, no consientas". Proverbios 1:10 Hay dos fuentes principales de tentación que Salomón indica en estos capítulos, y que, cuando hemos despojado de la figura o las circunstancias accidentales de la edad y el tiempo, no son menos aplicables a nuestros días que a los suyos. I. La primera

Proverbs 28:14 — FEAR AND ITS ANTIDOTE ‘Happy is the man that feareth alway.’ ‘Perfect love casteth out fear.’ Proverbs 28:14 (with 1 John 4:18). Fear has a place in the Gospel, may we but find it. The object of fear may be either a thing or a person. I. We fear a thing which, being possible, is also undesirable or dreadful.—We do not fear that which is impossible; we do

Ecclesiastes 11:1 — UNPROMISING WORK ‘Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.’ Ecclesiastes 11:1 I. The text teaches the lesson of obedience to present duty and of patience as to the future result.—There is a sowing which is done by each one of us for himself: a sowing to the flesh or else a sowing to the Spirit; and according as our sowing

Mark 1:1 — WHAT IS THE GOSPEL? ‘The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.’ Mark 1:1 As God the Father gave His Son to be the Saviour of the world, so He also appointed faithful witnesses to teach men the salvation procured for them by Christ. Mark here gives a summary of what he intends to write. He says, in effect, that he is going

Mark 1:1 — ¿QUÉ ES EL EVANGELIO? 'El principio del evangelio de Jesucristo, el Hijo de Dios.' Marco 1:1 Así como Dios el Padre dio a su Hijo para que fuera el Salvador del mundo, también nombró testigos fieles para enseñar a los hombres la salvación que Cristo les proporcionó. Mark da aquí un resumen de lo que pretende escribir. Dice, en efecto, que

Luke 14:16 — THE GREAT SUPPER ‘A certain man made a great supper, and bade many.’ Luke 14:16 It is very instructive to mark the conduct of our Blessed Lord in His intercourse with worldly people. Wherever He went, He sought to do good by word as well as action. Here we find Him at a feast ( Luke 14:15), but mark how He improves the occasion

John 3:7 — relación . (b) Una nueva vida . II. Al nuevo nacimiento le siguen los resultados . (a) Hay un cambio en todo el carácter de la vida . (b) Los que nacen de nuevo dejan de practicar el pecado . (c) Un tercer resultado es la victoria sobre el pecado ( 1 Juan 5:4 ). III. El autor del cambio . (a) No es hereditario . (b) No es el resultado de la naturaleza . (c) No se da según la voluntad del hombre . (d) Se dice claramente que es 'de Dios'. IV. Los medios empleados . (a) Bautismo . (b) 'La Palabra'. (c)

Acts 13:32 — GLAD TIDINGS! ‘We declare unto you glad tidings.’ Acts 13:32 In his Epistle to the Philippians St. Paul uses the word ‘joy’ no less than eighteen times—and yet he wrote that letter while he himself was chained to a soldier at Rome! The Apostle never let passing clouds obscure the blue of heaven. He had seen

Romans 3:26 — Bell. (SECOND OUTLINE) FAITH AND JUSTIFICATION The instrumental cause or receptive organ of justification is ‘Faith.’ I. Justifying faith. ( a) Faith is the acceptance of the testimony of God concerning His purposes and acts of mercy to man ( Hebrews 11:1; 1 John 4:16). ( b) It is also a resting upon Jesus Christ for salvation ( 2 Timothy 1:12). This implies an acceptance of Christ as our righteousness and our ransom. The righteousness by which we are saved is therefore called the ‘righteousness

2 Corinthians 12:2 — LIFE IN CHRIST ‘In Christ.’ 2 Corinthians 12:2 We are to believe that, if we have the faith to accept it, we are so completely united with Christ that God Himself sees us as one—‘accepted in the Beloved.’ I. Christ is in you as the life-blood is in the members.—He moves and directs you as

Philemon 1:10 — ONESIMUS ‘I beseech Thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds.’ Philemon 1:10 A man may be known by the company he keeps, by the books he reads, and by the letters he writes. I. This Epistle was a private letter of St. Paul.—Dr. Hawker says, ‘If it were not where it is, folded up in the sacred pages of Divine truths, it

Philemon 1:10 — ONESIMO Te ruego por mi hijo Onésimo, a quien engendré en mis cadenas. Filemón 1:10 Un hombre puede ser conocido por la compañía que mantiene, por los libros que lee y por las cartas que escribe. I. Esta Epístola fue una carta privada de San Pablo . — Dr. Hawker dice: 'Si no estuviera donde está, doblado en las páginas sagradas

1 Samuel 1:1-28 — EL HIJO DE PADRES DIOS Por este niño recé. 1 Samuel 1:27 I. La religión del hogar ha demostrado a menudo la salvación de una nación. —Cuando Elí estaba débil y sus hijos malvados, Elcana y Ana oraron. Por lo tanto, la liberación llegó al pueblo de Dios desde la pequeña casa de la aldea, y no desde

1 Samuel 1:27 — THE CHILD OF GODLY PARENTS ‘For this child I prayed.’ 1 Samuel 1:27 I. Home religion has often proved the salvation of a nation.—When Eli was weak, and his sons were wicked, Elkanah and Hannah prayed. Therefore deliverance came to God’s people from the little village home, and not from the sacred Tabernacle.

1 Samuel 18:14-15 — A WISE YOUNG KING ‘David behaved himself wisely.’ 1 Samuel 18:5; 1 Samuel 18:14-15 There must be some strong reason for the fourfold repetition of this phrase in so short a space. It is as though the Holy Ghost would lay very distinct stress on the Divine prudence and circumspection which must characterise

1 Samuel 18:5 — A WISE YOUNG KING ‘David behaved himself wisely.’ 1 Samuel 18:5; 1 Samuel 18:14-15 There must be some strong reason for the fourfold repetition of this phrase in so short a space. It is as though the Holy Ghost would lay very distinct stress on the Divine prudence and circumspection which must characterise

1 Samuel 7:12 — THE STONE OF HELP ‘Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.’ 1 Samuel 7:12 ‘Ebenezer,’ the help-stone. It was the custom of the Jews to commemorate their victories by erecting stone pillars to the glory of God. It was one way of writing history. One of the first of these help-stones was erected at Bethel, as recorded