An Appeal To The People Of God Ezra 8. The ground upon which we stand is very much more positive at this present time than even the Old Testament saints enjoyed, for we look back to Calvary’s triumphant accomplishment. Yet the Old Testament position and condition is also a true picture of our own ti... Read More
1. Christ has instructed his disciples to expect opposition and difficulties in the way to heaven.--2. Therefore a more particular view of them is taken, as arising-from the remainder of indwelling sin.--3. From the world, and especially from former sinful companions.--4. From the temptations and su... Read More
1. ...How man had come into captivity, let us ask the Apostle Paul....For he says: For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. Romans 7:14 Behold whence we became captives; because we were sold under sin. Who sold us? We ourselves, who consented to the seducer. We could s... Read More
From Thomas Boston's "Human Nature in its Fourfold State" Section I. MAN'S LIFE IS VANITY "For I know that you will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living." Job 30:23. I come now to discourse of man's eternal state, into which he enters by death. Of this entrance, Job takes a s... Read More
Psalm 107(106) Confitemini Domino 1 "O give thanks to the Lord for he is good; for his love endures for ever." 2 Let them say this, the Lord's redeemed, whom he redeemed from the hand of the foe 3 and gathered from far-off lands, from east and west, north and south. * * * 4 Some wandered in the dese... Read More
Vespers with the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts Priest: Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and always and forever and ever. Reader: Amen. Come, let us worship God our King and bow down before Him. Come, let us worship Christ God our King and bo... Read More
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Turned aside (1578) (ekklino from ek = out, out from + klíno = incline, bend, turn aside or away) basically means to lean in the wrong direction, to bend out of the regular line, to bend away. It means to stir clear of, stay away from, avoid. It means to turn aside or deviate from the right way or c... Read More
Turned aside (1578) (ekklino from ek = out, out from + klíno = incline, bend, turn aside or away) basically means to lean in the wrong direction, to bend out of the regular line, to bend away. It means to stir clear of, stay away from, avoid. It means to turn aside or deviate from the right way or c... Read More
Phulasso (5442) means to watch, to carry out the function as a military guard or sentinel (cp Ac 23:35, 28:16), to keep watch, to have one's eye upon lest one escape, to guard a person that he might remain safe (from violence, from another person or thing, from being snatched away, from being lost).... Read More
The Time In Which We Live (Ezra 8)
The Christian Convert Warned Of Those Discouragements Which He Must Expect
Exposition on Psalm 126
Death
Book V
The Lenten Liturgies
Beyond Categories
Avoid (1578) ekklino
Eschew (1578) ekklino
Guard (5442) phulasso