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Wherefore, being encompassed with a cloud - A great multitude, tending upward with a holy swiftness. Of witnesses - Of the power of faith. Let us Wherefore, being encompassed with a cloud - A great multitude, tending upward with a holy swiftness. Of witnesses - Of the power of faith. Let us lay aside every weight - As all who run a race take care to do. Let us throw off whatever weighs us down, or...

Ephesians 5:8 But now are ye light in the Lord - Light is the emblem of happiness, knowledge, holiness. The meaning is, that they had been enlightened by the Lord to see the evil of these practices, and that they ought, therefore, to forsake them.

And again they said, Alleluia - See the notes on Revelation 19:1. The event was so glorious and so important; the final destruction of the great enemy of the church was of so much moment in its bearing on the welfare of the world, as to call forth repeated expressions of praise. And her smoke rose up forever and ever - See the notes on Revelation 14:11. This is an image of final ruin; the image be...

(1 Samuel 25:2-3)

2 Corinthian 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness - The apostle refers here to Genesis 1:3. For when God created the heavens and the earth Darkness was on the face of the deep; and God said, Let There Be Light; and there was light. Thus he caused the light to shine out of darkness.

John 8:12 I am the light of the world - The fountain whence an intellectual light and spiritual understanding proceed: without me all is darkness, misery, and death. The Divine Being was, by the rabbins denominated, The light of the world. So in Bamidbar Rabba: "The Israelites said to God, O Lord of the universe, thou commandest us to light lamps to thee, yet thou art The Light of The World: and w...

Let my people go - God, in great mercy to Pharaoh and the Egyptians, gives them notice of the evils he intended to bring upon them if they continued in their obstinacy. Having had, therefore, such warning, the evil might have been prevented by a timely humiliation and return to God.

There is a parable very like this in Rab. Dav. Kimchi's comment on Isaiah, Isaiah 40:21; "The whole world may be considered as a house built up: heaven is its roof; the stars its lamps; and the fruits of the earth, the table spread. The owner and builder of this house are the holy blessed God; and man is the steward, into whose hands all the business of the house is committed. If he considers in h...

Imperfect Vessels 2 Corithians 4:7 Paul, however, does not speak merely of the universal condition of mankind, but of his own condition in particular. It is true, indeed, that all mortal men are earthen vessels Hence, let the most eminent of them all be selected, and let him be one that is adorned to admiration with all ornaments of birth, intellect, and fortune, still, if he be a minister of the...

True happiness is the theme of this psalm, whose author is unnamed. The negative side of true happiness is stated (Psalms 1:1), and then the positive (Psalms 1:2). Its reward follows (Psalms 1:3). Its nature and value are emphasized by a sharp contrast. Such a man is godly, his opposite ungodly (Psalms 1:4). The first is marked by stability, the second by instability (Psalms 1:4). The first has en...

Healing Your Affliction 2 Kings 5: 1-14 A CAPTIVE MAIDEN SPOKE OF GOD'S PROPHET "Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden...

Matthew 7:24-27 Jesus closes the sermon on the mount by a beautiful comparison, illustrating the benefit of attending to his words. It was not sufficient to “hear” them; they must be “obeyed.”

A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 1 O God, thou art my God early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is 2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. The title tells us when the psalm was penned, when David was in the wilderness of Judah that is, in the forest of Haret...

Joshua 2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there. Ver. 1. And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim.] Where the people then encamped, [Numbers 33:49] and where the Midianites sometime, by the counsel of Balaam, Satan’s spell man, outwitted the I...

But when you pray. This does not prohibit public prayers, but it emphasizes the fact that it is the prayer itself which is important. Your own room is a good place to pray, because there you will not be trying to impress anyone. Jesus went off by himself to pray many times, and at other times, he prayed in public. "Your room" can be any quiet place. Once Peter's "room" was on the roof of a house;...

Psalms 1 God made man for happiness. Every man feels a desire to be happy. All human beings abhor misery. Happiness is the grand object of pursuit among all men. But so perverted is the human heart, that it seeks happiness where it cannot be found; and in things which are naturally and morally unfit to communicate it. The true way of obtaining it is here laid down.

2 Chronicles 18:22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of these your prophets, for the LORD has proclaimed disaster against you Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee. To those who would not believe the truth, God sent a strong delusion, that they would believe lies,...

Exodus 6 2.And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord:

Psalm 27 [A Psalm] of David. 1 The Lord is my Light and my Salvation whom shall I fear or dread? The Lord is the Refuge and Stronghold of my life of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 26 (NKJV) 1 Establish justice for me, Lord, because I have walked with integrity. I’ve trusted the Lord without wavering.

Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said unto him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and Acts 9:10 go to the street which is called Straight and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus: for behold, he prayeth; and he hath seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hand...