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2476. Peace Comes to Our Hearts

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... It is well to recognize that some persons are actually fearful of joy, elation, pleasure or other usually positive emotional states. In many of these people being joyful causes them to have feelings of guilt, shame or unworthiness.” (1) That’s sad, isn’t it--to be fearful of joy? To feel unworthy of experiencing happiness? Unfortunately, such feelings have crept into the attitudes of some followers of Christ. The story is told of a group of missionaries who were sent to a tribal group in Africa. These ...

2477. Saints Are Awake to Life's Deepest Joy

Luke 6:20-31

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... appropriate Bible passages. I have read the great theologians. I can cite the pious cliques and easy answers. I need to know what it is really like to move from life to death. As a person of faith making this transition, tell me what you are thinking and feeling right now." Her friend looked up from his hospital bed and smiled. As if he had been waiting for her to ask, he immediately responded, "I have come to think of it this way. It is like being a small boy playing in the side yard with friends. Your ...

2478. Paul’s Longing to See the Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 2:17--3:5

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... in Athens, in which case the “we” of this passage represents a decision taken by Paul and Silas together. The difficulty may be resolved in verse 5 where Paul chooses the singular, “I sent.” However, some interpret that verse as Paul’s emphasizing his own feelings as distinct from those of his colleagues and their joint decision in verse 1. If verse 5 is a reiteration of verse 1 as we suppose it is, and if the decision to send Timothy back was Paul’s alone, we must understand the “we” of ...

2479. Paul’s Request for Onesimus

Philemon 1:8-25

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... owe Paul something? The only hint at some kind of debt comes in verse 19, where Paul may be reminding Philemon that it was through Paul’s ministry that he became a Christian. 14 Here Paul displays extreme caution in building up his case. He feels a certain right to retain Onesimus on Philemon’s behalf, but he wants such a decision to come directly from Philemon (I did not want to do anything without your consent). The Greek literally reads “your good deed” (agathon), which recalls the same use of ...

2480. Favoritism Forbidden

James 2:1-13, James 2:14-26

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... pp. 118–19, contrasts the law of liberty of 2:12 with the law of ordinances in 2:10–11, seeing a law-grace dichotomy consonant with his reformed theology. But there is no evidence in the text that this was in James’ mind. He feels perfectly comfortable with enjoying grace within a structure of ethical rules. 2:13 Judgment without mercy is not injustice but rather strict justice without forgiveness. See further E. E. Urbach, The Sages. Mercy triumphs over judgment in the sense of “boast in triumphant ...

2481. False Teachers and Their Destruction

2 Peter 2:1-22

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... exposed day in, day out, to the vile manner of life of those who scorned the moral code and the law of God. Lot was repeatedly tormented in his righteous soul. The verb is active, not passive, and implies that Lot put himself on the rack. That he is feeling pain, so to speak, is heightened by the fact that the verb is put last in the Greek sentence and so in a position of strong emphasis. Tormented is not too strong a term, therefore, to describe his spiritual suffering at what was going on around him. The ...

2482. Jerusalem Under Siege

Jeremiah 6:1-30

Understanding Series

Tremper Longman III

... wrath. 6:11b–12 In response to Jeremiah’s objection that no one will listen to him, God tells the prophet to take his pent up anger and pour it out on everyone. He names children, young men, husband and wife, and the old—everyone will feel the consequences of God’s anger. Their property (houses, fields) and their wives will be turned over to others, a reference to the attackers. 6:13–15 That everyone is culpable is indicated by the expression from the least to the greatest. In particular, however ...

2483. Staying Close to Christ

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... , where can I go to cry? If this is not the place where my spirit can take wing, where do I go to fly? If this is not the place where my questions can be asked, where do I go to seek? If this is not the place where my feelings can be heard, where do I go to speak? If this is not the place where you accept me just as I am, where do I go to be free? If this is not the place where I can try and grow and love, where do I go to be ...

2484. A Squirrel Crossing a Busy Street

Romans 5:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... us don’t like to think about it, but we know our time is coming. [We are beginning a new series of five messages today, When Good People Have Bad Times. These messages are intended to be preventive maintenance so that, in those times when we feel like a squirrel in a busy street, our faith can be so strong that we not only endure, but do so victoriously.] St. Paul deals specifically with life’s difficult situations in our lesson for the day from Romans: “Therefore, since we have been justified through ...

2485. A Woman Burdened with Guilt

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... forgiven. The slate is wiped clean. Today is a brand new day. What does it mean to say, “You are forgiven?” Doesn’t it mean, first of all, that we are free to make a new start? That is the meaning of the word “repentance.” It is not simply “feeling sorry for one’s sin.” We are told that the word “repent” appears 46 times in the Old Testament. In 37 of these instances it is God who is said to repent. Certainly God could not be said to be sorry for his sin. No, repentance is a change of ...

2486. The Way Life Ought To Be

John 12:12-19, Philippians 2:1-11

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... this room, including the adults, to cheer and clap and wave pom-poms for Sally. O.K., 1- 2-3, "Yea, Sally." Now let's cheer for Joe. 1-2-3, "Yea, Joe." That's great. How did that make you feel, Sally and Joe? Did that make you feel good to have everyone cheering for you? It certainly would make me feel good. That's part of what the church is all about. We cheer for one another. Every one of us is important. We are God's own children. That's a lot more important than cheering for a football team ...

2487. Love One Another

1 John 3:11-24

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... in the Christian community and who are still trying to lead them astray with lies and deception (1:6, 8, 10; 2:4, 21–22, 26; 3:7) is the devil, whose children the secessionist false teachers are (3:10). Jesus taught that beneath the action of murder lies the feeling of hatred (Matt. 5:21–22; cf. Deut. 19:11). Just as love for one’s brothers and sisters leads to life (3:14), so hate leads to death, and not only the death of others through murder, but one’s own death as well, since you know that no ...

2488. Cain and Abel

Genesis 4:1-26

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... and Abel tended flocks of sheep and goats (Gen. 4). In Cain’s lineage there are references to several cultural developments. Jabal advanced animal husbandry; Jubal was a musician. By providing an avenue for humans to give expression to their thoughts and feelings, music enhances the quality and depth of human lives. This reference to music anticipates the spectrum of artistic skills that humans come to master. In another line from Cain, Tubal-Cain discovered the process for making tools out of bronze and ...

2489. Love the Lord Your God

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... of the human person (v. 5). The expression “heart and soul” is another characteristic Deuteronomic phrase (seen in 4:29; 10:12; 11:13; 13:3; 26:16; 30:2, 6, 10). The heart (lēbāb) in Hebrew was not so much the seat of emotions and feelings—as it is in English metaphors—as the seat of the intellect, will, and intention. You think in your heart, and your heart shapes your character, choices, and decisions. It is also the center of the human being as a moral agent (cf. also its prominence in Proverbs ...

2490. Miscellaneous Laws

Deut 23:15–25:19

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... Israel, it was among the defining marks of righteousness that a person did not lend at interest; conversely, the charging of interest was morally and socially condemned (cf. Ps. 15:5; Prov. 28:8; Ezek. 18:8, 13, 17). The strength of feeling in these texts indicates a high level of ethical priority. Three comments may be made. First, the texts clearly ban all interest-charging between Israelites. The word “usury,” found in some translations, suggests an exorbitant and greedy level of interest in modern ...

2491. The Lord's Devastation of the Earth

Isaiah 24:1-23

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... recurred in threats of calamity for Israel and the nations whose “pride” (the same word as majesty in v. 14) compromises God’s glory. Yet the visionary cannot but be awed by the vision, is unable quite to join in with these songs of joy, and feels a quite different reaction (v. 16b). It is one that involves an overwhelming personal sense of desolation at the horror of wrongdoing and/or the horror of devastation. That reaction was part of what was involved in being a prophet. This was not just a matter ...

2492. Jerusalem’s Siege, in Parable and Sign

Ezekiel 24:1-14, Ezekiel 24:15-27

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... why characters do what they do; we must imaginatively insert ourselves into the narrative in order to experience the emotions that the text itself does not express. As we do this work, Ezekiel’s grief becomes all the more poignant for not being stated. We feel the prophet’s suppressed pain. Ezekiel’s refusal to mourn proves to be an extremely effective sign. Stunned by his actions, the people ask, “Won’t you tell us what these things have to do with us?” (v. 19). The Lord’s reply is grim ...

2493. Jesus’ Baptism by John

Matthew 3:1-12, Matthew 3:13-17

Teach the Text

Jeannine K. Brown

... human responsiveness to God’s initiative, which always precedes our response. Many of us live as if the Christian life were a matter of feelings about God and duties done for God. We live as religious egotists. We say that we are doing well with God if we are disciplined ... or if we are obeying him. We think that we are close to God if we feel close to him. We believe that Christianity is true if we have been made happy and successful by it or if our religious techniques ...

2494. Jesus Warns of Presuming Reward and Status

Matthew 20:1-16

Teach the Text

Jeannine K. Brown

... this parable. You might ask the people in your audience to think about the most unworthy person they can imagine. Then have them imagine God ushering that person into the kingdom side by side with the most faithful of saints. How would it feel to see that unworthy person being showered with God’s grace apart from doing anything to earn it? Quote: Brennan Manning, in The Ragamuffin Gospel, speaks of God’s lavish grace that neutralizes human distinctions of “first” and “last” in the kingdom. The ...

2495. The Authority of Jesus over Sickness and Death

Mark 5:21-43

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

... the terrible burden that she had lived with for so long. The effects on Jesus are equally powerful. The woman had hoped to pass unnoticed in the crowd (for all whom she had touched, including Jesus, would be unclean), but this was not to be. Jesus feels divine power transferring from him to the woman. Only here in the miracle stories is such a thing explained. His healing power was a physical thing, and he felt some of it leave him. 5:33 the woman . . . trembling with fear. The disciples are shocked that ...

2496. On the Cross Jesus Is Mocked and Dies

Mark 15:33-41

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

... at night when the bedroom light is turned off and the door closed. Before very long the parents hear, “Mommy, Daddy, I’m scared!” There is something about darkness that creates fear in many people. This is not surprising. When it is dark, we cannot see, so we feel alone and insecure. In the Bible darkness is often synonymous with sin and evil. In darkness we go astray (John 12:35) and stumble (Isa. 59:10). But the truth is that darkness is inevitably chased away by the sun (as a new day begins) and by ...

2497. Mary’s Song—the Magnificat

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... Text Being undeservedly set apart for special service brings overwhelming awe and gratitude. Television: Reference any current reality television series that is based on the idea of a talent search or progressive elimination (think American Idol, Miss America, etc.). Go as in-depth as you feel is appropriate, and use clips if you want. Point out how everyone likes to root for a regular person who begins as just a face in the crowd and who ends up set apart as one in a million. Focus on the moment in which ...

2498. Lost and Found

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:11-32

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... loser’s sense of loss, tells of the thrill of rediscovery, and ends with a scene of jubilation. Jesus says in effect, “Do you want to know what it feels like to be God? When one of those two-legged humans pays attention to me, it feels like I just reclaimed my most valuable possession, which I had given up for lost.” To God himself, it feels like the discovery of a lifetime.4 The restoration of the prodigal, while free and unconditional to him, came at a cost. Christian Living: The Prodigal God, by ...

2499. New Dominion as a Blessing of the New Covenant: Dead to Sin

Romans 6:1-14

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... . This might allay any fear that Paul or Christians are mentally unbalanced in trying to describe their intimate association with Christ by his Spirit! Once again, the key to all of this is for the Christian to believe in that spiritual reality even if they do not feel it. I would use the touching poem “Footprints in the Sand” to drive home the last comment. Even as the author of that piece expressed concern to God that there was only one set of footprints in the sand during the worst times of life, it ...

2500. Introduction and “Hello”

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Teach the Text

Preben Vang

... when society becomes godless and the church corrupt, the prospects of good people succeeding are significantly dimmed and the temptation to feel a failure is ever present. In today’s world, this dilemma confronts us in the form of an added double bind ... is this: Nothing that comes from God will minister to my pride or self-congratulation. If I am tempted to be complacent and to feel superior because of an advanced spiritual experience, I should go at once to my knees and repent of the whole thing. I have ...

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