280. \u201cDivers,\u201d or Manifold<\/p>\n
The word rendered \u201cdivers\u201d means \u201cmanifold,\u201d and is so translated in 1Pe_1:6; 1Pe_4:10.<\/p>\n
1. \u201cDivers diseases\u201d (Mat_4:24). How many diseases afflict humanity! The cancer of lust, the palsy of doubt, the blindness of unbelief, the tumor of pride, the deafness of indifference, the lunacy of rationalism, the leprosy of worldliness, the gangrene of evil influence, the anaemia of lifelessness, and the waste of consumption.<\/p>\n
2. \u201cDivers lusts\u201d (2Ti_3:6). \u201cSilly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts.\u201d Two expressive similes are used to describe these: the life heaped up with sins as coals on a fire\u2014see same word as \u201claden\u201d rendered \u201cheap\u201d in Rom_12:20; and they are \u201cled away\u201d as a person \u201ccarried\u201d by an outside power\u2014see same word \u201cled away\u201d rendered \u201ccarried\u201d in Act_21:34. \u201cLusts\u201d is the dominating force which burdens and leads away, and these are \u201cmanifold.\u201d \u201cLusts\u201d means the inward desire of the soul, and is rendered \u201cconcupiscence\u201d and \u201cdesire\u201d\u2014see Rom_7:8; 1Th_2:17.<\/p>\n
3. \u201cDivers… pleasures\u201d (Tit_3:3). \u201cPleasures\u201d means that which gratifies self and the evil nature. The same word is translated \u201clusts\u201d in Jas_4:1, Jas_4:3. \u201cThe pleasures of sin,\u201d while they are multiplied in form, last only for a season, while the pleasures in God\u2019s right hand last \u201cfor evermore\u201d (Psa_16:11, R.V.).<\/p>\n
4. \u201cDivers and strange doctrines\u201d (Heb_13:9). While there may be, to the carnal mind, doctrines which are various, they are \u201cstrange\u201d to the mind of God, for they are contrary to what is revealed in His Word. The reason of their strangeness is found in the word \u201ccarried about,\u201d which means to be \u201ccarried about\u201d as a vessel not under control is carried here and there by the wind\u2014see Eph_4:14, Jud_1:12, or as a sick person is carried on a bed by others\u2014see Mar_6:55.<\/p>\n
5. \u201cDivers miracles and gifts\u201d (Heb_2:4). The Revised Version reads, \u201cmanifold powers and gifts of the Holy Spirit.\u201d The manifestations and operations in the early days of Christianity were all the outcome of the Spirit\u2019s working. \u201cManifold\u201d they were indeed in kind, and powerful in their effectiveness.<\/p>\n
6. \u201cManifold temptations\u201d (1Pe_1:6). \u201cDivers temptations\u201d (Jas_1:2). Trials manifold and heavy come to the child of God, but we need to remember that trials make and prove us, even as the fire hardens the china clay, and burns in with lastingness the artist\u2019s colours.<\/p>\n
7. \u201cManifold grace of God\u201d (1Pe_4:10). The word \u201cmanifold\u201d means \u201cmany coloured\u201d and changing; but do not let us forget that the yellow of trial, when mixed with the blue of Heaven\u2019s grace, turns into the green of the pastures of profit; and that the red of temptation, when mixed with the blue of God\u2019s love, turns them into the purple of royal experience.<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
280. \u201cDivers,\u201d or Manifold The word rendered \u201cdivers\u201d means \u201cmanifold,\u201d and is so translated in 1Pe_1:6; 1Pe_4:10. 1. \u201cDivers diseases\u201d (Mat_4:24). How many diseases afflict humanity! The cancer of lust, the palsy of doubt, the blindness of unbelief, the tumor of pride, the deafness of indifference, the lunacy of rationalism, the leprosy of worldliness, the … Continue reading “0284. 280. \u201cDivers,\u201d or Manifold”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}