Daily Bible Reading, October |
Paul argues that the false teachers, referred to in verse 10, need to be “silenced.” This is not a call for violence, which would conflict with the qualifications for leaders given earlier (Titus 1:5–9). Instead, the emphasis is on stopping the spread of...
Daily Bible Reading, October |
Suppose a number of persons were to take it into their heads that they had to defend a lion, a full-grown king of beasts! There he is in the cage, and here come all the soldiers of the army to fight for him. Well, I should suggest to them, if they would not object,...
Daily Bible Reading, October |
LOOKING UNTO JESUS And at nothing else, as our text expresses it in one untranslatable word (aphoroontes), which at the same time directs us to fix our gaze upon Him, and to turn it away from everything else. ...
Daily Bible Reading, October |
Paul continues his word picture of a soldier who shares in suffering for Christ from the last verse. Paul points out that soldiers don’t concern themselves with non-military matters: they have a job to do. Nor do they worry about issues unrelated to their...
Daily Bible Reading, October |
This is a very disturbing thing; that there is a damning sin among unredeemed people, and that is the sin of being ashamed of Christ. Those people who as a life pattern want nothing to do with Christ, and are not willing to confess Him before men and take...
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