{"id":5269,"date":"2013-03-18T08:39:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T15:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/?p=5269"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:35:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T19:35:30","slug":"first-things-first-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/2013\/03\/18\/first-things-first-2\/","title":{"rendered":"First Things First"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20130318firstthings\"<\/p>\n

The following is taking from the mini-commentaries of F.E. Marsh, now available at the Blue Letter Bible<\/span><\/a>. Marsh’s text commentaries were released with the new beta version of the Blue Letter Bible. Please check it out<\/span><\/a> and let us know what you think!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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What the Lord says should be put first, should be followed\u2014by His power and by His grace\u2014for He knows best.<\/p>\n

Seeking.<\/b><\/h3>\n

“Seek ye\u00a0first<\/em>\u00a0the kingdom of God” (Matthew 6:33<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Cleansing.<\/b><\/h3>\n

“Cleanse\u00a0first<\/em>\u00a0that which is within” (Matthew 23:26<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Reconciling.<\/b><\/h3>\n

“First<\/em>\u00a0be reconciled to thy brother (Matthew 5:24<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Casting.<\/b><\/h3>\n

“First<\/em>\u00a0remove the plank from your own eye” (Matthew 7:5<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Showing.<\/b><\/h3>\n

“First<\/em> learn to show piety at home (1 Timothy 5:4<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Delivering.<\/b><\/h3>\n

“I delivered unto you\u00a0first<\/em>\u00a0of all,” &c. (1 Corinthians 15:3<\/a>).<\/p>\n

About F.E. Marsh (1858-1931)<\/span>
\n<\/strong>English-born, Dr. Frederick Edward Marsh devoted his life to studying the Bible and unfolding its treasures to others through his preaching and his many books and outlines. In addition to being a well-known conference speaker, he served as a minister of the Bethesda Free Church, in Sunderland, U.K. from July 1887 to 1907. In his work on \u201cThe Structural Principles of the Bible\u201d, Marsh encourages diligent study of the Word of God for the enrichment of every believer. His publications were read and admired by the late F.B. Meyer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following is taking from the mini-commentaries of F.E. Marsh, now available at the Blue Letter Bible. Marsh’s text commentaries were released with the new beta version of the Blue Letter Bible. Please check it out and let us know what you think! What the Lord says should be put first, should be followed\u2014by His […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":5274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-misc","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5269"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9122,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5269\/revisions\/9122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}