Thematic Bible: Pressure of duty
Thematic Bible
Pressure of duty » It makes the message imperative
But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was constrained by the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
Pressure of duty » It sounds a woe in the ears of him who falters
For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel.
Pressure of duty » It burns like an inward fire
And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot contain .
Pressure of duty » It binds the soul to its task
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Pressure of duty » It calls like the voice of a lion
The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?
Pressure of duty » It urges to haste
We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.