Luke 19:48
All the people were hanging on his words.
People hung themselves on Jesus' words. Quite literally, many came to throw their lives on to Him as their sole source of stability like a picture frame on a wall. But also, figuratively, many died to themselves in order to live to what Jesus was saying. They marched their former lives up to the gallows and received themselves back anew to follow Him in the newness of resurrection.
Either way, Jesus is a fixed reality upon which you can hang yourself.
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd.
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