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Psalm 119:28 “My spirit sags because of grief. Now raise me up according to your promise!” The Good News: This verse is conveying the feeling of being emotionally exhausted and sad.When we ...
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Chrysostom: " The Lord having banished that fear which haunted the minds of His disciples, adds further comfort in what follows, not only casting out fear, but by hope of greater rewards encouraging them to a free proclamation of the truth, saying, Every man who shall confess me before men, I also will confess him before my Father which is in heaven.
This verse, which appears in a similar form in Luke's Sermon on the Plain, begins a discussion about how a person should relate to their fellows. Daniel Patte feels that this is a natural progression from the earlier discussion of how one should have a positive outlook for oneself to how one should also have a positive opinion of others. [1]
that ye should not be offended. (Geneva Bible) that you should not be offended (taken unawares and falter, or be caused to stumble and fall away (Amplified Bible) so that you will not fall away (New International Version) so that you won't be caught by surprise (Complete Jewish Bible) to keep you from being afraid (Contemporary English Version)
Comfort leading to preaching and Isaiah 40:3 states: "A voice cries: In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God." This verse is quoted in the New Testament as being fulfilled by John the Baptist. In the Gospels, John is described as the one calling in the wilderness, preparing the way for Jesus.
Christian minister Erwin Lutzer argues there is some support for this saying in the Bible (2 Thessalonians 3:10, James 4:8); however, much more often God helps those who cannot help themselves, which is what grace is about (the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican, Ephesians 2:4–5, Romans 4:4–5). [26]