Bible Commentaries

Genesis 25:34 — morsel of meat sold his birthright.’ Jacob, with all the contemptible faults which lay on the surface of his character, had deep within his soul the faith in the unseen, the sense of dependence on and love to God which Esau did not even comprehend. (1) Cultivate the whole of the nature which God has given you, and in doing so remember that the mind is of more moment than the body, and the soul than both. (2) Beware lest, in a moment of weakness and folly, you sell your birthright and barter your

Genesis 25:34 — carne vendió su primogenitura'. Jacob, con todas las faltas despreciables que yacían en la superficie de su carácter, tenía en lo profundo de su alma la fe en lo invisible, el sentido de dependencia y amor por Dios que Esaú ni siquiera comprendía. (1) Cultiva toda la naturaleza que Dios te ha dado y, al hacerlo, recuerda que la mente es más importante que el cuerpo y el alma que ambos. (2) Cuidado, no sea que, en un momento de debilidad e insensatez, venda su primogenitura y cambie su feliz inocencia

Exodus 1:12 — GROWTH UNDER THE KNIFE ‘The more they multiplied and grew.’ Exodus 1:12 I. The intention of issuing new orders and decrees from time to time was that the spirit of the Israelites might be broken.—But how shortsighted the policy! If they had desired to create a unity of hatred to themselves on the part of Israel, what

Exodus 12:22-23 — THE SPRINKLED DOORPOSTS ‘And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason,’ etc. Exodus 12:22-23 The night of the Passover was ‘a night much to be remembered.’ Wherever a Jew exists it is to this night he points, as the proudest epoch in his people’s history. The feast of the Passover is full of typical meaning. Notice, first, that this

Exodus 28:36 — signet, ‘Holiness to the Lord,’ to take away the iniquity of the holy things of Israel and to make those holy things, purged from their iniquity, acceptable to God. Consider the subject of holiness. I. The word is used in three senses in the Bible.—(1) Sometimes the word ‘holy’ means that which is set apart, consecrated. In that sense the vessels of the Temple were holy. (2) Sometimes the word signifies the indwelling of the Spirit, with His gradually sanctifying processes. In this sense the Church

Exodus 4:1 — SLOW TO OBEY ‘And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.’ Exodus 4:1 Our duty to our Lord in this world requires that we should do somewhat more than live a life of obedience to Him. Our obedience must be acknowledged obedience. We must never be loth to say ‘Whose we are, and Whom we serve.’ We may read this lesson

1 Kings 8:6 — THE ARK’S NEW HOME ‘The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto His place.’ 1 Kings 8:6 The site of the Temple was selected by David before he died. It was Mount Moriah, which was the scene of Abraham’s sacrifice. It lay to the north-east of Mount Zion. David reared an altar to commemorate the arrest of the destroying angel,

Isaiah 29:1-9 — LA HUMILIACIÓN Y LIBERACIÓN INPENDIENTES DE JERUSALÉN 'Ay de Ariel', etc. Isaías 29:1 I. El profeta expone en Isaías 29:1el tema de su discurso. —Porque anuncia a Ariel, es decir, a la ciudad de Dios, Jerusalén, que después de un tiempo le causará gran angustia, a pesar de que ella es Ariel, es decir, león de Dios; que ella, sin embargo,

Isaiah 50:1-11 — UN FUEGO DE CHISPAS MORIR 'He aquí, todos los que encendéis un fuego, que os rodeáis de chispas: andad a la luz de vuestro fuego y a las chispas que habéis encendido. Esto tendréis de mi mano; yaceréis en dolor. ' Isaías 50:11 En este texto, las muchas fuentes ficticias de las que los hombres buscan obtener la felicidad se comparan con un fuego encendido y chispas que se encienden para aliviar la oscuridad de la noche. Por supuesto, está implícito en la metáfora que la verdadera

Numbers 11:29 — THE MAGNANIMOUS LEADER ‘And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord’s people were prophets!’ Numbers 11:29 Eldad and Medad seem instances of unlicensed preaching and prophesying; and this, at a time of scanty knowledge and rare spiritual illumination, was not without its dangers. So thought Joshua, and, jealous for Moses’ supremacy, besought him to

Deuteronomy 11:11-12 — CANAAN UNLIKE EGYPT ‘But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of bills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven,’ etc. Deuteronomy 11:11-12 I. The Jew was to understand from his first entry into the land of Canaan that his prosperity depended utterly on God.—The laws of weather, by which the rain comes up off the sea, were unknown to him. They are all but unknown to us now. But

Luke 1:17 — A PREPARED PEOPLE ‘A people prepared for the Lord.’ Luke 1:17 Prepared for the Lord! How shall it be? I cannot do as Elias did; but I can follow his teaching. You remember the teaching of John the Baptist. You must be prepared to recognise Christ when He comes, and to know Him. This the Baptist taught. He

Luke 1:17 — UN PUEBLO PREPARADO 'Un pueblo preparado para el Señor'. Lucas 1:17 ¡Preparado para el Señor! ¿Cómo será? No puedo hacer lo que hizo Elías; pero puedo seguir sus enseñanzas. Recuerda la enseñanza de Juan el Bautista. Debes estar preparado para reconocer a Cristo cuando Él venga y para conocerlo. Esto enseñó el Bautista.

Joshua 23:11-15 — ‘TAKE GOOD HEED!’ ‘Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God,’ etc. Joshua 23:11-15 I. In this speech Joshua once more pressed upon the people their true character as the chosen people of the Lord God.—He is able now to appeal to facts in evidence of the truth which had once been matters of faith; he is able now to point to what

James 1:18 — THE POWER OF THE PULPIT ‘Of His own will begat He us with the Word of Truth.’ James 1:18 Simon and Andrew—called to be fishers of men—were not unknown to the Lord Jesus, nor He to them. They had seen Him as the Lamb of God; they had visited His home and held communion with Him; and they had witnessed some of His miracles. The call was

James 1:18 — EL PODER DEL PULPITO 'Por su propia voluntad nos engendró con la Palabra de verdad'. Santiago 1:18 Simón y Andrés, llamados a ser pescadores de hombres, no eran desconocidos para el Señor Jesús ni para ellos. Lo habían visto como el Cordero de Dios; habían visitado Su hogar y habían tenido comunión con Él; y habían sido testigos de algunos de

1 Peter 2:21-23 — Cristo sufrió por nosotros, dejándonos ejemplo, para que sigáis sus pasos: el cual no pecó, ni se halló engaño en su boca; quien, cuando fue injuriado, no volvió a injuriar; cuando sufría, no amenazaba; sino que se entregó al que juzga con justicia. 1 Pedro 2:21 ¡Qué descripción más completa tenemos aquí del propósito de la Encarnación! Cristo vino al mundo, sufrió por nosotros y nos dejó un ejemplo de que debemos seguir sus pasos. ¿Cómo podemos seguir sus pasos? Este es el verdadero significado

1 Samuel 17:37 — THE FAITH OF EXPERIENCE ‘David said, moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.’ 1 Samuel 17:37 Consider: I. How David reasoned from past mercies, and grounded upon them the expectation of future aid from above.—He had been delivered from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, and this deliverance he recalled to mind

1 Samuel 19:24 — IN UNLIKELY COMPANY ‘Is Saul also among the prophets?’ 1 Samuel 19:24 We are not told any remarkable points in the character or early discipline of Saul; there were probably none to tell. As we have often had occasion to notice in the earlier Scripture narratives, a man not distinguished from his fellows

1 Samuel 3:1 — GOD’S VOICE ‘The word of the Lord was precious in those days.’ 1 Samuel 3:1 Where we read of ‘the word of the Lord’ being precious in those days, it means that God revealed Himself but rarely to man, for man was not fit to receive His will. The story of Eli and his sons and their wickedness shows us that they were