Category: Faith and Christianity

I like Barnes' more detailed comment on this verse...how easy we construct more that is required....Col 2:23    Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.John GillColossians 2:23Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom,.... The authors… Continue reading Will Worship Colossians 2:23

Mat 18:7    Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!This verse raises the curious question what are they?John Gill clarifies.Matthew 18:7Woe unto the world because of offences!.... By which are meant, not sins, as sometimes, but rather temptations to… Continue reading Offenses – Matthew 18:7

This morning I was struck by the idea of the fear of The Lord often repeated in the Bible but little mentioned in today's sermons.Pro 1:7    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.Job 28:28    And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil isunderstanding.Psa 111:10    The fear of the LORD is the… Continue reading The Fear of The Lord – Proverbs 1

Reference was made to The Song of Moses in my study of Revelation 15.Rev 15:3    And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.Which just happened to be one of my 10… Continue reading The Song of Moses – Deuteronomy 32