Relax!

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“Relax! Don’t react!” is the message of Psalm 37:7,8.

Commentary from the MacArthur study Bible, notes for Psalm 37:7,8.

How You Hear

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One’s response to the light in this life is crucial, because at the throne of judgement there will be no opportunity to embrace the truth that was formerly spurned (Revelation 20:11-15). Those who scorn the light of the gospel now will have all light removed from them in eternity.

Notes from the MacArthur study Bible, notes for Luke 8:18.

For All Mankind

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Jesus voluntarily laid down His life for evil, sinful mankind.

Notes from the MacArthur study Bible, notes for John 6:51.

Led by the Spirit

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Believers are not led through subjective, mental impressions or promptings to provide direction in making life’s decisions – something Scripture nowhere teaches. Instead, God’s Spirit objectively leads His children sometimes through the orchestration of circumstances (Acts 16:7) but primarily through: 1) illumination, divinely clarifying Scripture to make it understandable to our sinful, finite minds (Luke 24:44,45; 1 Corinthians 2:14-16; Ephesians 1:17-19); and 2) sanctification, divinely enabling us to obey Scripture. When a person experiences the Spirit’s leading in those ways, he gains assurance that God has adopted him into His family.

Commentary from the MacArthur study Bible, notes for Romans 8:14.

Wisdom’s Consequences

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In other words, true wisdom is vindicated by its consequences – what it produces. See also James 2:14-17.

Commentary from the MacArthur study Bible, notes for Luke 7:35.

Alive Together with Christ

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Salvation is for God’s glory by putting on display His boundless mercy and love for those who are spiritually dead because of their sinfulness. Far more than anything else, a spiritually dead person needs to be made alive by God. Salvation brings spiritual life to the dead. Not only is the believer dead to sin and alive to righteousness through Christ’s resurrection, but he also enjoys his Lord’s exaltation and shares in His preeminent glory.

Commentary from the MacArthur study Bible, notes for Ephesians 2:4-6.

Father of lights

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The Father of lights is an ancient Jewish expression for God as the Creator, with “lights” referring to the sun, moon, and stars. (See also Genesis 1:14-19.)

Commentary from the MacArthur study Bible, notes for James 1:17.

Genuine faith

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In James 2:15,16, James illustrates his point by comparing faith without works to words of compassion without acts of compassion. As James points out, for example, is if a brother or sister is without food and we wish them peace and to be filled, but don’t give them the things that are needed for the body. What does that well-wishing profit them?

Commentary from the MacArthur study Bible, notes for James 2:15-16.