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James Montgomery Boice · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Boice adds that "Citizens of the empire were required to burn a pinch of incense to the reigning Caesar and utter the words Kyrios Kaisar (“Caesar is Lord!” kurios/kyrios). It is this that the early Christians refused to do and for which they were themselves thrown to the wild lions or crucified. It was not that Christians were forbidden to worship God. They were free to worship any god they chose so long as they also acknowledged Caesar. Romans were tolerant. But when Christians denied to Caesar the allegiance that they believed belonged to the true God only, they were executed. (Daniel: An Expositional Commentary)
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Boice wrote that "the expectation of the Lord’s personal and imminent return gave joy and power to the early Christians and to the Christian communities ESVSB has an interesting note - As you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ implies that spiritual gifts are given as temporary provisions until Christ returns. Spurgeon on awaiting eagerly - This is a fine trait in their character, they did look to the Second Advent; it operated upon them, it helped them in many ways. We cannot now mention all the holy uses which is in the awaiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but it ought to be a good description of all Christian men. Hodge - Why is it that this longing for the coming of Christ is awakened in the hearts of his people? The apostle answers this question by saying that the “first fruits of the Spirit” enjoyed by believers in this life are an earnest, that is, a foretaste and pledge, of those blessings which they are to receive in their fulness at the second advent. The Spirit, therefore, awakens desire for that event. See Ro 8:23+; Eph. 1:14+. The same truth is here implied. The Corinthians had received largely the gifts of the Spirit: the consequence was they waited with patience and desire for the revelation of Christ, when they should enter on that inheritance of which those gifts are the foretaste and pledge (1 Corinthians 1 Commentary) Lowell