By definition, a hyperbole in English is a deliberate exaggeration used for effect. One elementary teacher of which I am familiar would, at times, use the following prompt to help a stumped student remember what a hyperbole is: “I have told you a million times…
Serpent. Lion. Dragon. Three of the most dangerous and fierce enemies of humanity in our natural world. Send article as PDF
The purpose of a rhetorical interrogative is to so phrase a question that its answer is obvious to all. As has been his custom in Romans, Paul through his inspired pen not only asks two more rhetorical questions in chapter seven, he emphatically answers them…
“What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, ‘You shall not covet.’ But sin, taking opportunity by…
“Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God…What shall we say then? Is the law sin?…
“What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, ‘You shall not covet.’ But sin, taking opportunity by…
“But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.” (Romans 7:6). Send article as PDF
“Therefore, my brethren, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh, the…
“Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long…
There are several blessings God gives His children which are enjoyed in this life to some degree and will be enjoyed in the life to come in an unlimited way. Send article as PDF
