The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 23:47-49
Luke 23:47-49Certainly this was a righteous manThe Cross, the source of compunctionMany reasons have been given to account for that providence of God which determined that the Cross should be the kind of death that Christ should die; and that He should not end His life by sword or fire, by which the animal victims in the Old Testament which were types of Him were slain and offered.It is usual to explain the choice of this mode of death by showing its correspondence with various types and... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 23:46
Luke 23:46Father, into Thy hands I commend My spiritThat dying believers are both warranted, and encouraged, by Christ’s example, believingly to commend their souls into the hands of GodI.WHAT IS IMPLIED IN A BELIEVER’S COMMENDING OR COMMITTING HIS SOUL INTO THE HAND OF GOD AT DEATH? 1. That the soul outlives the body. 2. That the soul’s true rest is in God. 3. The great value believers have for their souls. He thinks but little of his body comparatively. 4. These words imply the deep sense... read more