Thematic Bible: Pressure of duty
Thematic Bible
Pressure of duty » It makes the message imperative
And when Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in spirit, and testified to the Jews, that Jesus was Christ.
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
And now behold, I go bound in the spirit to 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 though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of: for necessity is laid upon me; and woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel!
Pressure of duty » It burns like an inward fire
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
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 shall be accomplished!
Pressure of duty » It calls like the voice of a lion
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
Pressure of duty » It urges to haste
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh when no man can work.