Thematic Bible: Pressure of duty
Thematic Bible
Pressure of duty » It makes the message imperative
And when both Silas and Timotheus came down from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in respect of the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
for as for us we cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.
And now, behold, bound in my spirit I go to Jerusalem, not knowing what things shall happen to me in it;
Pressure of duty » It sounds a woe in the ears of him who falters
For if I announce the glad tidings, I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for it is woe to me if I should not announce the glad tidings.
Pressure of duty » It burns like an inward fire
And I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: but it was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; and I became wearied with holding in, and I could not.
Pressure of duty » It binds the soul to its task
But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been 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
I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.