Bible Commentaries

Genesis 32:31 — Amanecer de la vida "Y al pasar por Penuel, el sol salió sobre él, y se detuvo sobre su muslo". Génesis 32:31 I. Del gran conflicto con el pecado nadie salió sin muchas cicatrices. Podemos luchar y vencer, pero habrá toques del enemigo, que dejarán sus largos y amargos recuerdos. El camino al cielo está hecho de caer y volver a levantarse. La batalla no es

Exodus 19:1-25 — EL TESORO PECULIAR DE DIOS 'Seréis para mí un tesoro peculiar'. Éxodo 19:5 Israel fue llamado a un privilegio infinito. Ella fue llamada a ser: - I. La posesión elegida por Dios. —'Vosotros seréis un tesoro peculiar para mí '. Como joyas que se llevan sobre la persona, como la selección de toda Su riqueza, Su tesoro escogido,

Ezra 10:2 — UN TRASPASO GRAVE "Hemos pecado contra nuestro Dios". Esdras 10:2 I. Fue, sin duda, un pecado muy grave. —El pueblo había actuado en violación directa del mandamiento expreso de Dios, y nada tendería a obstaculizar el testimonio e impedir la influencia del pueblo elegido de manera más fatal que este matrimonio

Ezra 5:1-17 — AYUDANTES PROFETA "Entonces los profetas, el profeta Hageo y Zacarías hijo de Iddo, profetizaron a los judíos que estaban en Judá y en Jerusalén en el nombre del Dios de Israel". Esdras 5:1 Esta referencia a los profetas Ageo y Zacarías marca muy claramente la naturaleza y el objeto del oficio profético. La palabra que Dios pronunció en el tiempo pasado por boca de sus santos profetas no fue un sonido vacío ni una predicción mística de

Psalms 70:1-5 — DIOS LA ESPERANZA DE LOS DESESPERADOS "Date prisa, oh Dios, para librarme". Salmo 70:1 (Versión del libro de oración) I. Este breve salmo es un sollozo precipitado de ansiosa solicitud. —Hay poco descanso en él. Los enemigos se dedican a la cruel persecución y la burla. Parece como si el salmista sintiera que la tensión se estaba volviendo

Ezekiel 1:5 — THE CHERUBIM ‘The likeness of four living creatures.’ Ezekiel 1:5 I. Ezekiel’s name means ‘God will Strengthen,’ or prevail.—Like Jeremiah, he was a priest as well as a prophet. He lived among those Jews who were carried away captive by Nebuchadnezzar, and settled on the River Chebar, the northern part of Mesopotamia.

Daniel 3:25 — had seen with new alacrity in the high duties of their station. II. Afflicted saints! three lessons lie here upon the surface for you; and many others will be dug up if you work the mine, for the vein of ore is rich: but these three are manifest. (1) Declare unhesitatingly your final deliverance—it glorifies God, abashes Satan, strengthens your brethren, and cheers yourself. (2) Be encouraged by the example of the three children to look for special manifestations of Christ’s Presence in affliction.

Micah 3:6 — all good and fair things beside.’ And this is possible to us all, for our Lord said, not only that He had manifested His Father’s Name, but that He would do so to those who were given Him out of the world. II. The conditions of the vision of God.—(1) Purity of heart: ‘Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.’ (2) Humility and meekness: ‘Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.’ (3) Love and Forgiveness. (4) Obedience: ‘If a man love

Mark 15:15-19 — CHRIST’S HUMILIATION ‘Pilate … delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified. And the soldiers … did spit upon Him.’ Mark 15:15-19 The prophecy, ‘I gave my back to the smiters … and I hid not my face from shame and spitting’ ( Isaiah 1:6) was literally fulfilled. From this most dreadful portion of the narrative we learn:— I. The malignant cruelty of Christ’s enemies.—Pilate

Mark 6:7-12 — THE MISSION OF THE TWELVE ‘And He called unto Him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two.… And they went out, and preached that men should repent.’ Mark 6:7-12 Jesus chose the Apostles (see Mark 3:14) (1) to ‘be with Him’ for companionship and for instruction; and (2) to ‘send them forth to preach.’ They have been with Him about nine months; the time has come for a more thorough preaching of the Gospel in

Luke 10:5 — A CORDIAL SALUTATION ‘And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.’ Luke 10:5 Among the instructions delivered to the seventy was this instruction which was that without waiting to prove their entertainers they were to enter upon their quarters pleasantly, cheerfully. It was to be their habit to anticipate the best. I.

Luke 6:12 — THE PRAYING CHRIST ‘He … continued all night in prayer.’ Luke 6:12 Our Lord’s choice of the Twelve marks a crisis in His ministry. Before the choice He spent the night in prayer. The praying Christ! We find in His prayers I. A revelation.—The prayers of our Lord reveal to us His true nature. ( a) We see how perfect

John 1:10 — BLINDNESS OF HEART ‘He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.’ John 1:10 These are the words in which the last of the Apostles summed up the direct and visible results of the Incarnation. He is above all impressed with the awful paradox that, when God became man, men were so blind as not to perceive it. A sad text, and

John 11:1 — THE DISCIPLINE OF SICKNESS ‘Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.’ John 11:1 Lazarus, ‘whom Jesus loved,’ was allowed to be sick, and in pain, and weary, and to languish, and suffer, like any other man. I. Sickness can never be anything but trying to flesh and blood.—Our bodies and souls are strangely linked together, and

John 12:12-14 — THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY ‘On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees.… And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written.’ John 12:12-14 I. The principal figure in the procession was Jesus, now recognised for a short time as the Messiah, riding on a young ass. ( a) A king-like act. The ass used in times of peace, the horse in battle. (Cf. Judges 5:10.) ( b) The colt provided

1 Corinthians 7:20 — OUR CALLING ‘Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.’ 1 Corinthians 7:20 This is an exhortation much needed in the present day. Men and women often think that if only their circumstances were different they could serve God better. But the true service of God is not a question of environment. I. Make sure

Hebrews 1:5 — THE FATHER AND THE SON ‘I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son.’ Hebrews 1:5 The question appropriately suggests itself: How was this prophecy fulfilled? How was God ‘a Father’ to Christ?—how was Christ ‘a Son’ to God? I shall only suggest one or two lines of thought. I. God had it, in His eternal purpose, to give exceeding

Hebrews 10:23-25 — RESULTS OF PRAYER ‘Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering … and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.’ Hebrews 10:23-25 Here we have the results of prayer offered in accordance with the will of God. I. Loyalty to God and the truth.—This is— ( a) Based upon the clearness and brightness of our sustaining hope. The Revised Version translates the first sentence

Hebrews 3:1-2 — ALPHA AND OMEGA ‘Consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Who was faithful to Him that appointed Him.’ Hebrews 3:1-2 Christ Himself shall be the Alpha and Omega of our message. Upon Him we fix our gaze. I. The influence of Jesus Christ has ever been a personal one.—The Church is His Body. He is its Head. Contact with Him is the guarantee of its vitality. All down

1 Peter 2:15 — FOOLISH MEN SILENCED ‘For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.’ 1 Peter 2:15 Christ’s disciples need not expect to fare better than their Master. Men will say all manner of evil against them falsely for His sake, misunderstand their principles and motives, misrepresent their actions and words, exaggerate their infirmities,