Thematic Bible: Pressure of duty
Thematic Bible
Pressure of duty » It makes the message imperative
but when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia (northern Greece), Paul began devoting himself completely to [preaching] the word, and solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).
for we, on our part, cannot stop telling [people] about what we have seen and heard.”
And now, compelled by the Spirit and obligated by my convictions, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,
Pressure of duty » It sounds a woe in the ears of him who falters
For if I [merely] preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for I am compelled [that is, absolutely obligated to do it]. Woe to me if I do not preach the good news [of salvation]!
Pressure of duty » It burns like an inward fire
If I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak His name anymore,”
Then my heart becomes a burning fire
Shut up in my bones.
And I am weary of enduring and holding it in;
I cannot endure it [nor contain it any longer].
Pressure of duty » It binds the soul to its task
Pressure of duty » It calls like the voice of a lion
The lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken [to the prophets]! Who can but prophesy?