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 the Spirit, testifying fully to the Jews Jesus the Christ;
for we cannot but speak what we did see and hear.'
And now, lo, I -- bound in the Spirit -- go on to Jerusalem, the things that shall befall me in it not knowing,
Pressure of duty » It sounds a woe in the ears of him who falters
for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and woe is to me if I may not proclaim good news;
Pressure of duty » It burns like an inward fire
And I said, 'I do not mention Him, Nor do I speak any more in His name,' And it hath been in my heart As a burning fire shut up in my bones, And I have been weary of containing, And I am not able.
Pressure of duty » It binds the soul to its task
but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!
Pressure of duty » It calls like the voice of a lion
A lion hath roared -- who doth not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken -- who doth not prophesy?
Pressure of duty » It urges to haste
it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --