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A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model. ”4. A punishment inflicted on someone as a warning to others, as when makes public example of. (Websters New Collegiate Dictionary.) In the King James Version of the Bible the term example” is used interchangeab
The greatest example for the believer is God's own Son in our flesh, our elder Brother, Jesus Christ. It is true He is much more than an example, for by His Spirit He is also the power by which we are enabled to follow Him. But first of all, He is the splendid example for every aspect of our calling
And when he is such an example, you as congregation must hear and do the Word of God expressly spoken by the Holy Spirit, preserved here in the Holy Scriptures, which your pastor commands by way of teaching you. And so we call your attention to the theme of this text and the calling of every fai
No, the minister's personal life should be visible, Paul is teaching here in the text. Now, that doesn't mean that Paul is saying the minister needs to open himself up completely, expose everything in his life to the congregation and the members. But it means this, the congregation should know
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness and hold such in reputation, because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me." The first eight verses especially that we focus on this evening Read those again, if there b
Now as we talk about these six characteristics, we tend to think of them as, well, very personal things, but they're observable. That's the point here. And those who are following your example, your children or fellow members in the church, they're observing, they're watching for these things. W
And some will even go this far that they think, well, I'm so strong in my convictions and in my godliness that I can go to and that I can view and that I can participate in the sinful aspects of the ungodly culture and world in which we live, that I will be able to stand against temptation. Now
Leaving us an example, he suffered for us. That's atonement, beloved. Instead of, on our behalf, for the payment of sin, taking upon himself not only the abuse of men, that was one thing. He suffered the abuse of men, but for our sakes, he was willing to endure the wrath of God as well. And the
Another method of instruction our Lord uses which is similar to the parable in that there also exists a reciprocal relationship is the use of the analogy.
An allegory is a certain mode of interpretation; so that Paul is not speaking of people in their own proper persons, but of people interpreted as representations of spiritual groups. Therefore, what, specifically, is an allegory? It is a certain form of figurative speech. Perhaps the simplest figure