Moments with Maclaren: Moments with Maclaren Comprehensive Index

Moments with Maclaren

from Expositions of Holy Scripture by Alexander Maclaren

Comprehensive Biblical Subject Index – Genesis - Esther

The entries are organized:

Alphabetically by subject - All topics from A through W
By biblical book order - Within each subject, references are arranged in canonical order (Genesis through Esther)
With consistent formatting - Each entry includes the biblical reference followed by the key insight or application

The index covers topics from Moments with Maclaren, Genesis through Esther, creating a unified resource for biblical study and reference. Cross-references are maintained (like "see also" notations) to help users find related topics throughout the these scriptures.

This comprehensive index serves as a valuable tool for studying biblical themes and finding relevant passages across these Old Testament books.

ACTION

Genesis 6:9-22 - Faith leading to action through the heart
Numbers 13:17-33 - Action as cure for fear
Joshua 1:7-8 - Christian principles must be learned before battle, not during
Judges 5:16 - Emotions must drive conduct or they evaporate
1 Samuel 9:15-27 - Promptitude when sure of God's will is success condition

ADVERSITY (see also TRIALS, TESTING)

Joshua 7:1-12 - Church victories won by holiness more than gifts
2 Chronicles 32:1 - Life's purpose is holiness, not happiness

AFFECTIONS

Genesis 12:1-9 - Set your affections on things above

AMBITION

1 Kings 3:5-15 - Holy ambition covets being used by God
Esther 4:10-17 - Noble ambition seeks dignity of divine service

ANGELS

Genesis 32:1-2 - Finding angels in God's appointed paths

ANGER (see also WRATH)

Genesis 45:1-15 - Avoiding wrath through seeing God behind second causes

APPRENTICESHIP

Genesis 50:14-26 - Life as preparation or apprenticeship for greater future

AUTHORITY

Esther 4:14 - Foundation of all authority is stewardship for others

BATTLE (see SPIRITUAL WARFARE)

BRETHREN (see COMMUNITY, FELLOWSHIP)

BUILDING

1 Kings 6:7 - Need for silence in Christian progress
1 Chronicles 22:6-16 - We lay foundations for others to complete
Nehemiah 4:9-21 - Building is the end, fighting is the means

BURDENS

Leviticus 25:23 - Travelers shouldn't burden themselves with unnecessary luggage
Deuteronomy 30:11-20 - God's commandments not as burdens but guide-posts

BUSINESS

Genesis 5:22; 17:1; Deuteronomy 13:4 - Talking with God in midst of rush of business

CALLING (see also DIVINE CALLING)

Exodus 3:10-20 - God sends no one without power to accomplish tasks
Exodus 33:12-23 - God's command is His pledge
1 Samuel 3:1-14 - God calls servants to tasks made known by degrees
Esther 4:14 - God gives position to use for His cause

CANAAN

Genesis 12:5 - Single aim to go to land of Canaan
Genesis 50:25 - Joseph's faith regarding return to Canaan

CHANGE

Exodus 18:21 - Wisdom in being open to change and new truth
Leviticus 26:10 - Accepting law of constant change under God's love
Numbers 9:16 - Holding present with slack hand, ready to move

CHARACTER

Exodus 18:21 - Character tells more than greatness
Genesis 28:10-22 - Character transformation takes time
Deuteronomy 32:11 - Character manifested in great moments but made in small ones
1 Samuel 8:4-20 - Experience is best teacher though school fees are high
1 Samuel 9:15-27 - Fair beginnings may end ill; need steady heads
2 Samuel 2:1-11 - To be weak is to drift into wickedness

CHOICE

1 Kings 3:5-15 - He who seeks wisdom first is already wise
1 Kings 3:5-15 - More men drift than choose evil deliberately

CHRISTIANITY/CHRISTIANS

Genesis 14:13 - Christians belonging to another order
Exodus 28:36 - Self-surrender as essence of Christianity
Genesis 50:25 - What makes us Christians: faith and love in hearts
Genesis 50:14-26 - Egyptian vizier as type of what every Christian should be
Joshua 6:25 - Faith, not creed, is the all-important matter
1 Samuel 29:3 - Christians must ask if they can ask God to bless their actions
1 Chronicles 4:23 - King's work covers all common duties of life

CHURCH

Numbers 14:1-10 - Individual responsibility within community
Joshua 7:1-12 - Church victories won by holiness, not gifts
1 Chronicles 12:33 - Churches organized too loosely, forgetting unity
Nehemiah 1:4 - Church faces enormous mass of inertness

CITIZENSHIP

Genesis 25:8 - Citizenship in heaven while dwelling as strangers

COMMANDMENTS

Genesis 12:1-9 - Faith delighting in God's commandments as well as promises
Deuteronomy 30:11-20 - Commandments as merciful guide-posts, not burdens

COMMON LIFE

Genesis 32:1-2 - Religion's true field in common life
Exodus 25:31 - Helping spread Christ's Kingdom through common actions

COMMON SENSE

Genesis 24:27 - God speaking to common sense through common things

COMMUNION

Genesis 25:8 - Magic of communion with God preserving youth in old age
Deuteronomy 34:5-6 - Higher communion with God requiring higher standards

COMMUNITY

Genesis 18:16-33 - Individual responsibility within mysterious community
Genesis 6:9-22 - All-sufficient Friend ending loneliness
1 Chronicles 12:33 - Organization must serve work, not hinder it
Nehemiah 3:28 - Masses cannot save nor be saved - only individuals

COMPANIONSHIP

Leviticus 25:23 - God as companion for strangers and sojourners
Deuteronomy 34:5-6 - Companionship with God even in death's loneliness

CONFIDENCE

Exodus 15:17 - Confidence based on God's unchanging nature
Deuteronomy 33:16 - Confidence from having God as friend and helper
2 Samuel 10:8-19 - Bring Christ into calculations for good cheer
1 Kings 20:11 - Room for absolute confidence in Christ

CONSEQUENCES

Genesis 4:7 - Law of consequences, no escape from results of actions

COURAGE

Numbers 13:17-33 - Courage failing at decisive moments; cowardice disguised as prudence
Joshua 5:14 - Right to be sure God is on our side when we're on His
1 Samuel 17:32-51 - Christian soul has more reason for courage in panic
2 Samuel 5:1-12 - Courage built on faith makes world's predictions ridiculous

DAILY LIFE

Genesis 5:22; 17:1; Deuteronomy 13:4 - Realizing God's presence in daily bustle
Numbers 10:35-36 - God's help available for small daily annoyances
Deuteronomy 32:11 - Importance of how we handle monotonous daily duties
2 Chronicles 8:12-13 - Religion must go through all of life
2 Chronicles 8:12-13 - Use religion on trifles or lose it in crises

DEATH

Genesis 25:8 - Death of Abraham, scaffolding knocked away
Genesis 25:8 - Death bringing closer bonds, not separation
Deuteronomy 34:5-6 - Loneliness of death but companionship with God
2 Samuel 19:34-37 - Faith in Christ makes old age bright and beautiful

DELIVERANCE

Genesis 22:14 - Naming places by God's deliverance, not our trials
Genesis 22:14 - Focusing on times of deliverance rather than trouble

DESIRE

Genesis 12:5 - Deliverance from miseries of conflicting desires
Leviticus 26:10 - No limit to reception but our capacity and desire

DETACHMENT

Genesis 12:1-9 - Clear vision of future detaching from close participation in present
Genesis 25:8 - Sense of detachment from present, affinity with unseen

DEVOTION

Genesis 5:24 - Course and crown of devout life
Exodus 30:1 - Definite times of prayer to diffuse devotion through days

DISCOURAGEMENT

Nehemiah 4:9-21 - Half-way through is critical time in protracted work
Nehemiah 4:9-21 - Not responsible for discouragements, but for letting them dissuade

DISCIPLINE (see TRAINING)

DIVINE BACKING

Genesis 6:9-22 - One person with God to back him always in majority
Exodus 32:15-26 - One person with God always in majority

DIVINE CALLING

Exodus 2:1-10 - God's chosen instruments immortal till work is done
Exodus 3:10-20 - God sends no servants without power

DIVINE FRIENDSHIP

Genesis 18:16-33 - Intercourse of God and His friend
Deuteronomy 33:16 - Having God for friend and helper

DIVINE GUIDANCE (see GUIDANCE)

DIVINE PRESENCE (see PRESENCE OF GOD)

DIVINE PROVISION (see PROVISION)

DUTY

Genesis 24:27 - Diligent performance of present duty for guidance
Genesis 24:27 - Do duty that lies nearest, remoter will become clearer

EGYPT

Genesis 50:14-26 - Joseph in Egypt as type of Christian
Exodus 2:1-10 - Moses learning wisdom of Egypt to contend against it

EMOTIONS

Genesis 6:9-22 - Faith that works on feelings vs. unemotional religion
Judges 5:16 - Emotions evaporate if not used to drive conduct

EMPOWERMENT

Exodus 3:10-20 - God not sending servants without power
Exodus 33:12-23 - God's command being His pledge

ENCOURAGEMENT

2 Chronicles 20:12 - One with God's assurance can send courage to timorous hearts

ENDURANCE

Joshua 6:10-11 - Keep on through weary days, walls will fall in due season

ETERNAL/ETERNITY

Genesis 5:22; 17:1; Deuteronomy 13:4 - Eternal home will never pass
Genesis 12:1-9 - True affinities with unseen and eternal
Leviticus 25:23 - Using transient as preparation for eternal

EXAMPLE

Genesis 12:1-9 - Abraham as example of faith
1 Samuel 17:32-51 - Modestly showing faith's power may kindle yearnings in others

FAITH

Genesis 6:9-22 - Faith that works on feelings; faith leading to action
Genesis 12:1-9 - Example of faith, no faith without obedience
Genesis 15:5-18 - Trust in promiser, not just promise
Genesis 22:1-14 - Life of faith as life of testing
Genesis 50:25 - Joseph's faith; faith compelling separation
Numbers 13:17-33 - Faith vs. one-eyed prudence
Joshua 6:25 - Faith, not creed, is all-important; may coexist with different illumination
2 Chronicles 20:20 - Faith is accepting Christ, not believing theological articles
Ezra 8:22-23 - Ventures of faith are ever rewarded

FAITHFULNESS

2 Chronicles 32:1 - Strange reward for faithfulness is adversity

FAMILY

Exodus 20:12-21 - Honor to fathers and mothers

FEAR

Numbers 13:17-33 - Fear of giants; action as cure for fear
2 Kings 6:8-18 - Not courage but blindness enables godless to front life unconcernedly

FELLOWSHIP

Genesis 6:9-22 - Fellowship with all-sufficient Friend
2 Chronicles 20:12 - They also serve and conquer who wait quietly

FIGHTING (see SPIRITUAL WARFARE)

FORGIVENESS

Genesis 45:1-15 - Living near fountain of mercy to offer forgiveness
Numbers 14:19 - No limitation to divine forgiveness

FRIENDSHIP

Genesis 18:16-33 - God's friendship; keeping close friendship with God
Deuteronomy 33:16 - God as friend and helper

FUTURE

Genesis 12:1-9 - Clear vision of future; hope of permanent future
Deuteronomy 8:2 - Future as prolongation of present good
Joshua 13:1-6 - Should be driven by incompleteness, drawn by unattained possibilities

GIANTS

Numbers 13:17-33 - Afraid of giants; faith overcoming fear

GOD'S FAITHFULNESS

Exodus 15:17 - God always the same, like sunshine
Leviticus 26:10 - God's continuous outpouring of grace

GOD'S HAND

Genesis 45:1-15 - Seeing God's hand behind second causes
Genesis 50:14-26 - Seeing God's hand in past

GOD'S PRESENCE (see PRESENCE OF GOD)

GOD'S PURPOSES

Genesis 18:16-33 - Understanding God's purposes through friendship
Genesis 45:1-15 - All tasks made great by being in line of God's purposes
Exodus 1:6-7 - God's purposes surviving beyond individual instruments
1 Kings 11:26-43 - God works purposes through men's deeds regardless of motives
Esther 8:3-8 - God works through men who seem to work out their own purposes

GOD'S WILL

Genesis 45:1-15 - Finding what God intends regardless of circumstances
Exodus 17:15 - Learning to hush own will to know Captain's
Joshua 3:4 - If not sure what God wants, He doesn't want you to do anything
1 Chronicles 28:1-10 - Must seek clearer insight into God's will

GRACE

Exodus 16:4-12 - God multiplying mercies as we multiply transgressions
Exodus 34:6 - Christ as full revelation of God's grace
Leviticus 26:10 - Constant downpour of grace; our vessels kept full
2 Kings 4:6 - We have as much of God as we can take in
1 Kings 8:59 - God never gives wrong medicine; gives what we specially want

GUIDANCE

Genesis 12:1-9 - Obedience as mother of insight
Genesis 24:27 - Guidance through diligent performance of duty
Numbers 9:16 - Following guiding pillar; not hurrying before God

HEART

Genesis 6:9-22 - Road by which faith gets to hands is through heart
Genesis 50:25 - Faith and love in hearts vs. theology in heads

HOLINESS

Exodus 28:36 - Holiness as self-surrender of everything
Joshua 7:1-12 - Church victories won by holiness far more than gifts
2 Chronicles 32:1 - Life's purpose is holiness, not happiness

HOPE

Genesis 12:1-9 - Hope of permanent future
Genesis 50:14-26 - Great hope burning in heart
Exodus 15:17 - Ultimate hope based on God's consistency
2 Kings 7:1-16 - Hold fast faith that God's arm is strong to do what He promises

HOSPITALITY

Leviticus 25:23 - God as host taking care of travelers

IMMORTALITY

Exodus 2:1-10 - God's chosen instruments immortal till work is done

IMPATIENCE

Genesis 5:22; 17:1; Deuteronomy 13:4 - Keeping back impatience that would hurry on

INCARNATION

Exodus 34:6 - Earth as scene of wonder of Incarnation due to need

INFLUENCE

Exodus 25:31 - Every Christian soul having unique influence on others
Exodus 34:29 - Influence of living near Jesus Christ for refinement
1 Chronicles 4:23 - Vigour of Christian life depends on consciousness of communion with Jesus

INSIGHT

Genesis 12:1-9 - Obedience as mother of insight

INTERCESSION

Genesis 18:16-33 - Power and neglect of intercession; God's friends as priests
1 Samuel 7:1-12 - Best use of memory is to mark divine help in our lives

IRONY

Exodus 2:1-10 - Strange irony of Providence in Moses' training

JACOB

Genesis 28:10-22 - Transformation from Jacob to Israel
Genesis 32:9-12 - Wrestling with God

JESUS CHRIST

Exodus 34:6 - Christ as full and final revelation of God's grace
Exodus 34:29 - Living near Jesus Christ; losing ourselves in Christ
Genesis 39:20-23; 40:1-15 - Being magnets to attract to Jesus

JOSEPH

Genesis 39:20-23; 40:1-15 - Goodness in dungeon
Genesis 41:38-48 - Joseph the prime minister
Genesis 45:1-15 - Recognition and reconciliation; pardoner and preserver
Genesis 50:25 - Joseph's faith
Genesis 50:14-26 - Egyptian vizier as type of Christian

JOURNEY

Genesis 12:1-9 - Magic of one step at a time
Deuteronomy 33:25 - God providing equipment for every journey

JOY

Genesis 47:9; 48:15-16 - Facts that exhort to rejoice vs. facts that feed melancholy
Nehemiah 8:10 - Joy of the Lord is a duty; natural effect of faith
Ezra 6:22 - God is the Joy-maker; secret of well-being is communion with God

JUDGMENT

2 Kings 25:1-12 - God's reluctance to punish is no reason for doubting He will

KINDNESS

Genesis 14:13 - Deeds of brotherly kindness and sympathy

LEADERSHIP

Exodus 18:21 - Ideal statesman; character telling more than greatness
Deuteronomy 34:5-6 - Higher standards for those in greater communion with God
1 Samuel 8:4-20 - Wholesome disregard of other people's ways needed for worthy work
2 Chronicles 29:1-11 - Show colours unmistakably from first in new positions

LIFE'S BREVITY

Genesis 47:9; 48:15-16 - Life is both short and long

LIFE'S PURPOSE

Genesis 12:5 - Life strenuous and noble when ultimate aim kept visible
Genesis 25:8 - Life as scaffolding - what are we building?

LONELINESS

Genesis 6:9-22 - All-sufficient Friend ending loneliness
Leviticus 25:23 - Companionship even when most solitary
Ruth 1:16-22 - Quiet corners exist even in wild times

LOVE

Genesis 5:24 - Measure of love represented by frequency of remembrance
Genesis 50:25 - Love in hearts vs. theology in heads
Leviticus 26:10 - Love as older than oldest blessings
1 Samuel 24:4-17 - Repay evil with benefits, abstain from retaliation

MAJORITY

Genesis 6:9-22 - One man with God to back him always in majority
Exodus 32:15-26 - One person with God always in majority

MANNA

Exodus 16:4-12 - Bread of God; manna ceasing when means possible

MEMORY

Genesis 22:14 - What we see when looking back on past
Deuteronomy 8:2 - Memory working under recognition of divine guidance
1 Samuel 7:1-12 - Best use of memory is marking divine help more plainly

MERCY

Genesis 45:1-15 - Living near fountain of all mercy
Exodus 16:4-12 - God multiplying mercies as we multiply transgressions
Exodus 34:6 - Sin evoking God's pardoning mercy

MINISTRY

2 Chronicles 29:1-11 - If chosen as His ministers, we have solemn responsibilities

MIRACLES

Exodus 16:4-12 - Miracles ending when means possible; God of miracle is God of means

MOSES

Exodus 2:1-10 - Ark among flags; training in Egypt
Exodus 3:10-20 - Call of Moses
Numbers 14:19 - Moses the intercessor
Deuteronomy 34:5-6 - Death in the desert

NONCONFORMITY

Nehemiah 5:15 - Non-compliance with customs is foundation of nobleness
Nehemiah 5:15 - Must be Nonconformists in deep sense or come to no good

OBEDIENCE

Genesis 12:1-9 - True obedience content with present orders; no faith without obedience
Genesis 12:1-9 - Obedience as mother of insight
1 Samuel 15:10-23 - Partial obedience is complete disobedience
2 Samuel 15:15 - Obedience ready for anything, not waiting for safety assurance

OPPORTUNITIES

Genesis 50:14-26 - Opportunities of service brought by sorrows

OPPOSITION

Nehemiah 4:9-21 - True way to meet opposition: prayer and prudent watchfulness

PATIENCE

Genesis 5:22; 17:1; Deuteronomy 13:4 - Patience with God's timing
Genesis 28:10-22 - God's patience with slow scholars
Ezra 4:1-5 - Need patience and willingness to wait for God's own time

PEACE

Genesis 13:1-13 - Seeking things that make for peace
Judges 6:24 - Peace of God best preparation for strife; gives courage

PERFECTION

Genesis 17:1-9 - Climbing toward ideal perfection

PERSEVERANCE

Exodus 15:17 - Confidence not based on doctrine but on God's consistency
Joshua 6:10-11 - Keep on through weary days; walls will fall in due season
2 Chronicles 27:6 - Bible emphasizes need for obstinate persistence on right road

PILGRIMAGE

Genesis 12:1-9 - Living in tents; pilgrims and sojourners
Exodus 18:3-4 - Realizing we are strangers to grasp the Eternal
Leviticus 25:23 - Sojourners with God; strangers on travels

PRAYER

Genesis 17:18 - Importunate prayer vs. obstinate determination
Genesis 18:16-33 - Intercession; voices rising like fountain
Exodus 30:1 - Prayers from stretched string; definite times of prayer
Nehemiah 4:9-21 - Union of prayer with watchfulness dissipates hindrances
2 Chronicles 13:18 - Fight by praying; recognition of danger drives us to God

PRESENCE OF GOD

Genesis 5:22; 17:1; Deuteronomy 13:4 - Practicing presence of God
Genesis 5:24 - Keeping consciousness of His presence fresh
Genesis 32:9-12 - Spreading ourselves in God's sunshine
Exodus 25:30 - Realizing we act before His face
1 Chronicles 4:23 - Vigour depends on keeping vivid consciousness of communion
2 Chronicles 8:12-13 - Realization of Christ's presence helps do day's work

PRESENT MOMENT

Genesis 12:1-9 - Detachment from close participation in present
Numbers 9:16 - Holding present with slack hand

PROMISES

Genesis 12:1-9 - Faith delighting in God's promises
Genesis 15:5-18 - Trust in promiser, not just promise
Genesis 17:1-9 - Living by hope of good unseen

PROVIDENCE

Genesis 5:22; 17:1; Deuteronomy 13:4 - Not letting decisions outrun His providence
Genesis 45:1-15 - Seeing God behind second causes
Exodus 2:1-10 - Strange irony of Providence
Ezra 1:1-11 - Must recognize God's unseen hand moves pieces on board

PROVISION

Exodus 15:17 - Daily mercies as pledge of continuous acts
Exodus 16:4-12 - God's provision; manna and means
Deuteronomy 33:25 - God providing strong shoes for stony paths

PRUDENCE

Numbers 13:17-33 - One-eyed prudence seeing only perils
Esther 4:10-17 - Cautious courage, courageous caution are good guides

PURPOSE (see GOD'S PURPOSES, LIFE'S PURPOSE)

QUIETNESS

2 Chronicles 20:12 - They also conquer who in quietness let God work

REALITY

Genesis 5:24 - Unseen is real, material is merely apparent

REFORMATION

2 Chronicles 17:1-10 - Forcible reformations never last; sure to have rebounds
2 Chronicles 34:14-28 - Only reformation for dead church is return to Bible

RELIGION

Genesis 6:9-22 - Unemotional religion vs. faith that works on feelings
Genesis 13:1-13 - Religion putting world beneath feet
Genesis 14:13 - Religion fitting us for heroic deeds
Genesis 32:1-2 - Religion's true field in common life
1 Samuel 29:3 - World respects out-and-out Christian but not inconsistent one
2 Chronicles 8:12-13 - Want religion that goes through all life

REMEMBRANCE

Genesis 5:24 - Frequency of remembrance measuring love
Genesis 18:16-33 - God remembered Abraham

REPENTANCE

1 Samuel 7:1-12 - Memory marking divine help in lives

RESPONSIBILITY

Esther 4:10-17 - Responsibility measured by capacity; obligation attends advantages
Nehemiah 3:28 - Possession involves responsibility always

REST

Numbers 10:35-36 - Hallowing of work and rest

SALVATION

Genesis 18:16-33 - True saviours of society are servants of God
Nehemiah 1:4 - Gospel is social second, individual first

SATISFACTION

Genesis 25:8 - Abraham satisfied but not losing interest in present

SCAFFOLDING

Genesis 25:8 - Life as scaffolding; what are we building inside?

SECOND CAUSES

Genesis 45:1-15 - Seeing God behind second causes to avoid bitterness

SELF-SURRENDER

Exodus 28:36 - Self-surrender as essence of holiness and Christianity
Exodus 34:29 - Self-oblivion in Christ as emancipation

SEPARATION

Genesis 14:13 - Living well apart from world to help world
Genesis 50:25 - Faith compelling separation from world

SERVICE

Genesis 18:16-33 - True saviours of society are servants of God
Genesis 50:14-26 - Opportunities of service through sorrows
Joshua 22:1-9 - God's gifts given to bless less happy brethren
1 Chronicles 22:6-16 - Privilege to lay foundations others may build on
Nehemiah 3:28 - No paid agents can represent you in Christ's army

SIN

Genesis 4:7 - Little sins opening door for full-grown house-breakers
Genesis 4:7 - Sin's awful power of perpetuating and increasing itself
Exodus 34:6 - Sin evoking God's pardoning mercy
1 Samuel 15:10-23 - Mingling personal advantage with God's service ruins whole
2 Chronicles 36:11-21 - Greatest sin is refusing to hear God's voice

SOLITUDE

Deuteronomy 34:5-6 - Solitude of death but solitude with God

SORROW

Genesis 41:38-48 - Cannot afford to lose sorrows or trials
Genesis 50:14-26 - Thinking lightly of sorrows

SPIRITUAL WARFARE

Exodus 17:15 - First battlefield within ourselves
Exodus 17:15 - No victories over other enemies until subduing internal foes
Judges 6:24 - Must fight way to peace; land of peace won by good fight
Nehemiah 4:9-21 - Building is end, fighting is means; trowel not sword is natural

STRANGERS

Genesis 25:8 - Dwelling as strangers because citizenship is in heaven
Exodus 18:3-4 - Realizing we are strangers here
Leviticus 25:23 - We are strangers and sojourners
Ruth 1:16-22 - How often Ruth's vow has fitted love and been repeated

STRENGTH

2 Kings 13:16 - Make room for God by desires and get Him in fullness of power
1 Chronicles 28:1-10 - Be strong in the Lord and power of His might

SUCCESS

Genesis 41:38-48 - Outward success not God's best gift

TENTS

Genesis 12:1-9 - Dwelling in tents because looking for city

TESTING (see TRIALS)

TIME

Exodus 18:3-4 - Being swept away on dark waves of rushing stream of time
Joshua 10:12 - Strenuous work is true way to lengthen each day
1 Chronicles 29:30 - Each life made of well-marked epochs with special work

TRAINING

Exodus 2:1-10 - Moses trained in Pharaoh's palace
Deuteronomy 32:11 - All meant as training

TRANSFORMATION

Genesis 28:10-22 - Jacob transformed into Israel
Exodus 34:29 - Transformation through living near Jesus Christ

TRIALS

Genesis 22:14 - Naming heights by deliverances, not troubles
Genesis 41:38-48 - Cannot afford to lose trials; necessary preparation
2 Chronicles 32:1 - Life meant to make us partakers of holiness, not happy

TRUST (see FAITH)

Genesis 15:5-18 - Trust in promiser, not just promise

UNDERSTANDING

Genesis 12:1-9 - Obedience as mother of insight
Genesis 18:16-33 - Understanding God's purposes through friendship

UNITY

1 Chronicles 12:33 - Two is more than one plus one; need better organization

UNSEEN

Genesis 5:24 - Unseen is real, material merely apparent
Genesis 12:1-9 - True affinities with unseen and eternal

VICISSITUDES

Leviticus 26:10 - Fronting vicissitudes with happy confidence

VICTORY

2 Chronicles 13:18 - Consciousness of weakness is beginning of faith
2 Chronicles 20:12 - Thankful heart brings into existence what it's thankful for

VISION

Genesis 12:1-9 - Clear vision of future detaching from present

WAITING

Genesis 5:22; 17:1; Deuteronomy 13:4 - Waiting for His ripening purposes
Genesis 17:1-9 - Waiting faith rewarded and strengthened
Joshua 3:4 - If not sure what God wants, He doesn't want you to do anything now
2 Chronicles 20:12 - They also serve and conquer who wait quietly

WALKING WITH GOD

Genesis 5:22; 17:1; Deuteronomy 13:4 - Walking after God, not going in front

WAR (see SPIRITUAL WARFARE)

WARFARE (see SPIRITUAL WARFARE)

WATCHFULNESS

Nehemiah 4:9-21 - Watchfulness indispensable to vigour of Christian character

WEAKNESS

2 Samuel 2:1-11 - To be weak is to drift into wickedness
2 Chronicles 13:18 - Consciousness of weakness is beginning of faith
2 Chronicles 24:2,17 - Pure weakness of character may lead into much mischief

WILDERNESS

Numbers 13:17-33 - Wanderers having end of desert journey in sight

WISDOM

Exodus 2:1-10 - Moses learning wisdom of Egypt
Exodus 18:21 - Wisdom in being open to change
1 Kings 3:5-15 - He who seeks wisdom first is already wise
1 Kings 10:1-13 - Christ possessed is sweeter than all expectation

WITNESS

Genesis 14:13 - Christians recognized as belonging to another order
Genesis 39:20-23; 40:1-15 - Religion recommending itself through conduct

WORK

Genesis 39:20-23; 40:1-15 - Finding work and not shirking it
Genesis 41:38-48 - Strenuous concentration in tasks
Exodus 1:6-7 - Each doing their bit of the work
Numbers 10:35-36 - Hallowing of work and rest
1 Chronicles 12:33 - All organization is arrangement for doing work
Nehemiah 4:9-21 - Happy they who labor from morn till eve in Lord's work

WORLD

Genesis 13:1-13 - Putting world beneath feet; counting all things loss
Genesis 14:13 - Living apart from world to help world
1 Samuel 29:3 - World respects out-and-out Christian but not inconsistent one
Nehemiah 5:15 - Society not organized on Christian principles

WORSHIP

Nehemiah 13:15-22 - Vigour of religious life demands special seasons for worship

WRATH

Genesis 45:1-15 - Hearts kept free from wrath through seeing God behind causes

Moments with Maclaren Comprehensive Index - Genesis through Esther

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