Dictionary: Face
Synonyms: countenance, physiognomy, profile, features, expression, facial expression, look, appearance, air, manner, bearing, guise, cast, aspect, impression, grimace, scowl, wry face, wince, frown, glower, smirk, pout, moue, side, flank, vertical, surface, plane, facet, wall, elevation, dial, display, (outward) appearance, nature, image, front, show, act, false front, facade, exterior, mask, masquerade, pretence, charade, pose, illusion, smokescreen, veneer, camouflage, respect, honour, esteem, regard, admiration, approbation, acclaim, approval, favour, appreciation, popularity, estimation, veneration, awe, reverence, deference, recognition, prestige, standing, status, dignity, glory, kudos, cachet, effrontery, audacity, nerve, gall, brazenness, brashness, shamelessness, look out on, front on to, look towards, be facing, have/afford/command a view of, look over/across, open out over, look on to, overlook, give on to, give over, be opposite (to), accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance (of), get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to, be confronted by, be faced with, encounter, experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, meet, come up against, be forced to contend with, beset, worry, distress, cause trouble to, trouble, bother, confront, burden, brave, face up to, meet head-on, dare, defy, oppose, resist, withstand, cover, clad, skin, overlay, dress, pave, put a facing on, laminate, inlay, plate, coat, line
Antonyms: dodge, fear, back, give way, back down, dodge, avoid, throw in the towel, withdraw, cave in, retreat, succumb to, lay down one's arms, throw in the sponge, defer, submit, escape, bashfulness, shun, evade, elude
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1. Submit to Babylon’s Yoke!
Jeremiah 27:1-22, Jeremiah 28:1-17
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Gary M. Burge
... , Pharaoh Necho of Egypt died in 594, and his successor is engaged in wars. Envoys are on hand in Jerusalem to persuade Zedekiah or were perhaps invited by him. Jeremiah, as a prophet to the nations (1:10), gives them the Lord’s word: submit! The yoke is likely an ox yoke consisting of leather straps and a carrying frame. It is one of Jeremiah’s several sign acts (chaps. 13, 19, 32, 43). The accompanying message is compelling. Ancient kings surrounded themselves with prophets and soothsayers. The latter ...
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Gary M. Burge
... our God demands that we serve him and him alone (4:5). But while God’s demand is all-encompassing, his grace is more than sufficient to meet the need. Proverbs 3:34 promises grace to those who are humble (4:6). Consequently, we need to “submit [ourselves] to God” (4:7) and “humble [ourselves] before the Lord” (4:10). These commands frame three pairs of imperatives in verses 7–9. First, we are to “resist the devil” and “come near to God.” Each is accompanied by a promise: the devil will ...
3. Reasons for Jesus Submitting to Baptism
Matthew 3:13-17
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Brett Blair
At first blush it seems odd that the student is baptizing the master. But John is a conduit. He is simply performing the ritual. The reasons for Jesus' submission are far deeper and to the heart of overall mission. He is baptized for these reasons: To fulfill all Righteousness: To be consecrated to God and approved by God. The public announcement of the arrival of the Messiah and the inception of His ministry. Identification with human sin and identification of himself with the peoples movement toward God ...
One Volume
Gary M. Burge
8:1–17 Review · In chapter 8, Qoheleth takes up the topic of the role of government and judicial authority, especially in relationship to “evil” (the Hebrew root for “evil” occurs seven times in Ecclesiastes 8). This section is remarkably similar in some of its perspectives to Romans 13, though not necessarily Paul’s source. Both texts note the theological basis as well as the personal benefits of submission to authority, although Ecclesiastes 8 focuses more on the latter than Romans 13. Here the author ...
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James Merritt
... you believe a child ought to obey his parents if you are not also willing to buy into God's expectation that the wife submit to the husband. God has so designed the family that every member of that family has a role to play and a responsibility to fulfill ... there thinking that you have just played right into my husbands hands, because all I hear about from him is that I ought to submit. If I submit to my husband, I will just be giving him what he wants. If you don't hear anything else in this message, I want ...
6. Marriage 101
Ephesians 5:22-23
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James Merritt
... do both. If you complete him you will confirm him. But if you compete with him you will cripple him. If you refuse to submit to the authority of your husband let me tell you some problems you will have. First of all, you will have problems with God. ... never gotten married yet, but you're planning on it. You need to ask yourself before you marry a man this question: "Am I willing to submit to the spiritual leadership of this man?" As a matter of fact, it is not a bad idea for any woman to ask herself before ...
7. Submission
Matthew 3:13-17
Sermon
... observe the Baptism of the Lord. It is not a big feast day of the church, like All Saints Day or Christmas. It is certainly not a "little Easter." It is a Sunday when we reflect upon the baptism of Jesus. It is a time when we remember how Jesus submitted himself to God's authority, and how he lived out that authority in every aspect of his life and teachings. It is also a time for us to remember how living under God's authority took him to a cross and to the Resurrection. But, this Sunday is more than ...
8. Love And Submission
Ephesians 5:22-33
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King Duncan
... the marriage ceremony?" "Because we all got new wives," said the chief. (1) No one ever said that marriage is easy. In the ongoing battle of the sexes, I doubt that any words in the Bible have drawn more controversy than what St. Paul wrote concerning submission: "Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is head of the church; and he is the savior of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives to ...
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James Merritt
... ” is a dirty word. They almost act as if they are allergic to the very concept. The truth of the matter is practically everybody submits to someone or to something. We simply decide when we are going to do it, where we are going to do it and to ... in reverence for Jesus Christ remembering what He did for them and what He is to them there will be this mutual desire to mutually submit and to serve one another. At my house, there are a lot of things we haven’t gotten right in our marriage. I’ve not ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... office plants have died". That's rather suggestive, isn't it? We've tried it our own way. We followed the way of the world. We've trusted others -- we've been to doctors whose office plants have died -- and where are we? To draw near to God we must submit ourselves to God. Surrender our lives to God's guidance. Then the second direction James gives us is to resist the devil. Someday I'm going to preach a sermon on "Your devil is too small." Many of us treat the devil as though he were a symbol for evil ...
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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.
... and declared himself king. Even David’s counselor, Ahithophel, has switched his allegiance. Knowing that Absalom would soon march with his army to Jerusalem, David has hastily left the city and was forced once more to run for his life. In this crisis David has submitted to God’s sovereign will, but he also has prayed and wisely enlisted the support of those who remained loyal to him. In this next section we see his reliance on the Lord vindicated. As Abigail earlier did (1 Sam. 25:18), now Ziba brings ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... the question to the test of foresight. To what other events or consequences is this likely to lead? Well, there are Fosdick's points. As for me, I would come down heavily on number 5: "Submit the question to the test of your most admired personality. What would be his or her reaction to this?" My most admired personality is Jesus Christ. He is the One to whom I have committed my life. That is why I am here, today, preaching this sermon, and, I hope, ...
13. Wives and Husbands
Ephesians 5:22-33
Understanding Series
Arthur G. Patzia
... out the deepest implications of marriage, he resorts to the analogy of Christ and the church. And what could be a more fitting analogy! As Christ is head over the church, the husband is the head of his wife (5:23); as the church submits itself to Christ, wives submit themselves to their husbands (5:24); husbands are to love their wives with the same sacrificial love as Christ, who feeds and takes care of the church, his body (5:25, 29). The Lordship of Christ and his relation to the church epitomize the ...
Understanding Series
Norman Hillyer
... included in early Christian writings: Eph. 5:21–6:9; Col. 3:18–4:1; 1 Tim. 2:8–15; Titus 2:1–10; Didache 4.9–11; 1 Clement 1.3; 21.6–9; Barnabas 19.1–7; Polycarp, To the Philippians 4.2–6.2. Submit yourselves: The verb hypotassein was originally a military term, “to rank under, place under the command of.” The instruction was not novel. “Rabbi Ishmael said, ‘Be submissive to a superior, affable to a junior, and receive all with cheerfulness’ ” (m. Aboth 3.13). Ishmael, a high ...
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Daniel J. Estes
... to the words “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Remind listeners that Christians submit to the kingship of God and agree to live under the rule of his justice, however unsearchable it may seem at times ... that he could tame Leviathan. This powerful creature would scarcely entreat Job to be gentle with it (41:3). There is no chance that it would submit itself willingly to becoming a bond slave (41:4; cf. Exod. 21:6). Would Job be so silly as to think that he could train it ...
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Susan R. Andrews
... A lord means that there has to be a servant and we, as women in the church, had borne the brunt of servanthood far too long. Jesus could be our friend and our teacher, but he could not be our Lord or our Savior. According to this feminist scholar, submitting to any male could no longer be the call for women created in the image of a non-gendered God. I immediately began to argue with this leader — separating myself from the other women on the retreat. I am not a submissive person by nature and my marriage ...
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King Duncan
... that a great peace will come over us and we, too, will sense that this is not our suffering, but God’s suffering. God is asking us to have that kind of trust, that kind of faith. Listen once more to Christ’s words, “Do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” I’m not going to insult your intelligence by saying to you that if you serve Jesus everything will go your way. It simply is not so. People who say otherwise are an offense to God. What I ...
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James Merritt
... ? Because He was a man under authority. When Jesus was on this earth He was under the authority of God the Father. He said in John 17:4, "I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do." (John 17:4, NASB) He submitted to the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Luke 4:1 tells us that Jesus was "led by the Spirit into the wilderness." He was even, as a child, submissive to his parents. Luke 2:51 says, "And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued in ...
19. Skull Hill
John 12:20-36
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... only words were “Jesus, help me.” In the eyes of the world, these kidnapped Christians were defeated by ISIS. But their moment of greatest defeat was their moment of glorification. Let us pray for all Christians in this part of the world, and may our faith continue to submit to the Master’s Touch, and the Potter’s Wheel. May the beauty of your vessel be such that we can say with Aaron, May the Lord bless you and keep you, May the Lord lift his face upon you and be gracious unto you, May God’s ...
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King Duncan
... . The young man ended up attending four different colleges ‑ he quit two and was kicked out of two. He finished without a degree. As the coach predicted, he never made it as a college player. What was the character flaw that the coach saw? “He cannot submit to authority,” the coach said. “He cannot submit to his parents. He cannot submit to an employer. He cannot submit to a teacher.” The coach told Nelson, “We’ve carried him along for the sake of the ball club. But I assure you, he will not ...
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R.T. France
... among the evangelists, decided to lift this corner of the curtain, and what his inclusion of this story has contributed to our understanding of who Jesus really was. Illustrating the Text Jesus’s full humanity required that he live out an ordinary childhood, submitting fully to the guidance and care of his earthly parents under the fifth commandment. Human Experience: Invite your listeners to think about a time when they saw a son or daughter of a business owner get involved in the family company. Point ...
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C. Marvin Pate
... submission to Christ.[2] Two facts, however, refute such a theory. First, when Paul speaks of spiritual beings, he always combines “authorities” with “rulers” (archai), but in Romans 13:1–7 he only uses “authorities.” Second, nowhere does Paul encourage believers to submit to spiritual beings, precisely because Christ has defeated them (Col. 2:15). 13:3–4  For rulers hold no terror for those who do right . . . But if you do wrong, be afraid. In 13:3–4 Paul lists two responsibilities that ...
Understanding Series
James R. Edwards
... or blind obedience without regard to moral responsibility. Always in the NT submission carries the sense of that which would honor Christ, or as Paul says in Colossians 3:18, “as is fitting in the Lord.” Having established the duty of believers to submit to government in verses 1–2, Paul establishes the responsibilities of government in verses 3–4. Three times he calls rulers God’s servants to honor right and punish wrong (vv. 4, 6). In stating the issue thus Paul establishes the essential and ...
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Ronald Lavin
... and so I am." We need to look at the teachings and the Teacher. The Teacher calls us across time and eternity to submit our stubborn willfulness and self-centeredness to him and follow him, not just his teachings. Like many humanists, I had been picking and ... self out of the self by the self because the biggest problem I have is the self. That Jesus is Savior means that I have to submit myself to him daily and let him do what I can't do -- save me from certain destruction. For a moment think of yourself in a ...
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Thomas Peterson
... ourselves wholly to that which is higher than we; and, when we meet Christ, we are to do likewise with him. We do not play games with those who are powerfully placed in order to further our advantage, nor with the proud or hypocritical or greedy. We submit to all and expect from all the same submission to what is required if we are to live constructively with each other. In the ordinary course of life there are causes and values greater than our own egos. Here is a bond that ties us together in our higher ...
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