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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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2651. Eighth Vision - Resolution—Gentiles Judged, God at Rest

Zechariah 6:1-8

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Gary M. Burge

... world, he rested (Gen. 2:3), not from weariness but because what he had made was perfect and he was satisfied. But sin brought discord into the world, and God’s “rest” was disturbed. In Zechariah 1:14–15, God’s response to the world scene is one of strong emotion and anger. Now, with the destruction of Babylon along with the establishment of God’s kingdom on earth and the enthronement of God’s Messiah, all is right with the world and God’s Spirit is once again at rest.

2652. The Lord Promises to Bless Jerusalem

Zechariah 8:1-23

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Gary M. Burge

... of the desolation of the land brought about by Israel’s disobedience. Now God takes it upon himself to bring about a change despite Israel’s failure. This is the outworking of God’s grace and his faithfulness to his promises. The depth of God’s emotion is very evident here. In 1:14 his zeal is aroused by the sight of a Gentile world that is secure and prosperous while Israel is in distress. There his zeal brings about the destruction of the godless nations and a restored Jerusalem. Here his zeal ...

2653. The Second Coming and Reception

Zechariah 12:1-9, Zechariah 12:10-14

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Gary M. Burge

... by the spear as a fulfillment of this verse. (4) This passage clearly anticipates a twofold advent of the Messiah: the first when he was pierced; the second when they recognize him and trust in him. The result will be true repentance. The depth of their emotion and sense of loss because they have slain him instead of receiving him is vividly expressed. The mourning of that day is compared to the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. This most likely refers to the tradition of mourning for the ...

2654. Preparation for Ministry

Mark 1:1-8

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Gary M. Burge

... moral and spiritual regeneration necessary to enter into a covenant relationship with God in preparation for the coming of the Messiah. The Greek word for “repentance” means “change of one’s thinking” and connotes a willful act rather than an emotional feeling. Repentance, which must result in “fruit” (Matt. 3:8; Luke 3:8), is the single prerequisite necessary to prepare for the imminent in-breaking of God. Mark specifies that the inhabitants of Judea and Jerusalem, both centers of Jewish ...

2655. The Crucifixion

Mark 15:21-32

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Gary M. Burge

With restrained objectivity, and without sentimentality, sensationalism, or appealing to readers’ emotions, Mark recounts the crucifixion in order to show what Jesus’s death accomplished. Cicero described the hideous brutality of crucifixion as the “most cruel and horrifying punishment.” Reserved for non-Roman citizens, crucifixion unleashed excessive and prolonged cruelty on the classes for which it was intended: slaves, violent criminals, and ...

2656. Jesus Comforts the Sisters

John 11:17-37

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Gary M. Burge

... cannot affirm Jesus’s powers to this extent (11:26b); but still she holds on to what she does know (11:27). Jesus is her Lord; knowledge of his powerful abilities will come with time. One unique feature of this story is the way in which Jesus expresses his emotions over Lazarus’s death (11:33, 35, 38; cf. Luke 19:41). He does not approach suffering and death dispassionately. He feels the pain. He knows tragedy and has feelings. In this case these emerge out of his love for his friend Lazarus (11:36).

2657. God’s Wrath against Mankind

Romans 1:18-32

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Gary M. Burge

... present manifestation of God’s wrath. (1) Human thinking has become “futile” and doomed to self-deception because people do not adequately take into account the reality of God (1:21b). (2) Human existence has become disabled and distorted in all its intellectual, emotional, and physical dimensions (1:21c). (3) Human beings have a distorted and illusory self-image, as their claims to wisdom fail to recognize the truth that they have become fools (1:22). Some see here an echo of Adam’s fall (Genesis 3 ...

2658. Sowing Generously

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

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Gary M. Burge

... (Luke 6:38; 19:11–27). In either case, however, the saying about sowing and reaping serves to decisively correlate giving with a Christian’s financial welfare. Accordingly, each person should feel free to decide in faith on the amount of a gift. The emotion that accompanies a Christian’s gift should be one of joy rather than any sense of compulsion or reluctance. This will be facilitated if the Corinthians will also remember that God has promised to care abundantly for their needs (Matt. 6:25–34 ...

2659. Paul Boasts About His Sufferings

2 Corinthians 11:16-33

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Gary M. Burge

... inflicted by the “rods” of Gentiles (Acts 16:22), and the stones cast at him by both (Acts 14:19). He has been willing to expose himself to the physical dangers associated with travel on land and sea, and to the emotional stress of recurrent conflicts with “false brothers” (11:24–26). He has uncomplainingly endured countless personal deprivations, including nights “without sleep,” hunger and thirst, exposure to the cold without clothing, and the kind of hard labor and toil that might more ...

2660. Introduction and No Other Gospel

Galatians 1:1-10

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Gary M. Burge

... position of lessening the glory attributable to God if they affirm any human aspect to the redemption process. 1:6–9 · Occasion for writing: Paul moves quickly to express condemnation for the Galatians’ recent actions in a paragraph that is noteworthy for its emotional intensity. He is “astonished” not only by the apparent departure of the Galatians from what he will argue is the core of the gospel but also by their lack of endurance with the truth (1:6). Such a desertion is understood not simply ...

2661. Prayer for Enlightenment

Ephesians 1:15-23

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Gary M. Burge

... in such abundance for his people is the very same power he exercised in raising Christ from the dead (1:20). It may be difficult to grasp the truth of one’s membership in the redeemed, Spirit-sealed family of God, newly re-created on earth. Emotionally and mentally, perhaps, we are too weak to hold on to these things in the onslaught of reasons to doubt their reliability. But God has anchored them in a concrete historical event—the physical resurrection of Jesus from the tomb. These truths, then, are no ...

2662. Thanksgiving and Prayer

Colossians 1:1-14

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Gary M. Burge

... 8). The terms “faith,” “love,” and “hope” are dynamic and active for Paul (see also 1 Thess. 1:3). Faith is rooted in Christ; it is not simply a strongly held religious belief. It involves personal trust and acts based on that trust. Love is not an emotional attachment to certain like-minded folk but a commitment to the well-being of all believers and then to the world. Hope is not merely the mental state of hopefulness (as in “I hope it does not rain for our picnic”) but the clear vision of ...

2663. Thanksgiving and Prayer

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12

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Gary M. Burge

... and judgment. Paul affirms that Christ “will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus” (1:8). The language, taken from the Greek translation of Isaiah 66:15 and 66:4, speaks of Christ’s vengeance, which is not an emotional outburst but the result of his righteous judgment (Luke 18:3, 5; 21:22; Acts 7:24; Rom. 12:19). Those who experience his vengeance are those who do not know God (Ps. 79:6; Jer. 10:25); they are not simply ignorant of him but have rejected him ...

2664. The Third Prayer and Final Greetings

2 Thessalonians 3:16-18

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Gary M. Burge

... prayer for the church: “Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way” (3:16a). The peace they pray for from the Lord of peace (John 14:27; Rom. 15:33; Phil. 4:9; 1 Thess. 5:23) is not an inward emotion but a social virtue that defines how they are to live together in community (2 Cor. 13:11; 1 Thess. 5:13) and how they are to live in relation to the unbelievers around them (Rom. 12:18; 1 Cor. 7:15; Heb. 12:14). This blessing flows from the ...

2665. Thanksgiving and Prayer

Philemon 1:1-7

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Gary M. Burge

... his letters as an “apostle” or “slave” of Christ. With the use of “prisoner” here Paul is probably (1) reminding his readers of his imprisonment, which results from his identification with Christ and his work for Christ, (2) evoking some emotional sympathy from Philemon and church members, (3) appealing to Philemon not based on his apostolic authority, and (4) identifying with Onesimus in a similarly humble status. Second, Timothy is included as a cosender (similar to Col. 1:1), probably because ...

2666. Paul’s Plea for Onesimus

Philemon 1:8-25

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... the Lord” (literal translation). Regardless of whether Paul is appealing for Onesimus’s freedom here, he does spotlight this new kinship as the paramount relationship between Philemon and Onesimus rather than the master-slave relationship. Having conveyed the emotional basis of his appeal (vv. 8–16), Paul now, in the climax of the letter, articulates his specific request to Philemon. After imploring Philemon to receive and embrace Onesimus based on their new kin relationship in Christ, Paul identifies ...

2667. False Teachers and Their Destruction

2 Peter 2:1-22

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... thesis that God distinguishes in judgment leads into a denunciation of the false teachers. Unlike the holy angels, these teachers slander celestial beings. (The clear reference found in Jude to the Testament of Moses has been removed.) But such behavior is simply emotional reaction and thus from what we would call the “animal brain”—so these teachers will die like animals. The author charges these teachers with carousing (and not even trying to hide it) at the Lord’s Supper (“while they feast with ...

2668. 8:2–5

Revelation 8:6--9:21

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... from God. According to Deuteronomy 28, the plagues cause “madness, blindness and confusion of mind” (28:28). Idolaters will have no rest and tremble in despair; they will be filled with constant dread, with life suspended in doubt (Deut. 28:65–66). The emotional, psychological, and spiritual torment is so great that people seek and long for death but cannot die (Rev. 9:6). Any life that shuts out God, even one as potentially comfortable and luxurious as what Rome had to offer, cannot satisfy, but ...

2669. Hymns and Wedding Song

Revelation 19:1-10

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Gary M. Burge

... “sang about the ways they could endure oppression, escape it, or even . . . fight against it” (Blount, 94), the hymns sung by the early church were weapons of worship against their Roman oppressors. Hymns enable worshipers to express—with the full range of human emotions, volume of voice, mental acuity, and spiritual freedom—theological truths that speak to the reality of God in a sinful world. No matter how much Rome or any other power wants to stop the church’s witness, a church that sings out ...

2670. You Shall Be My Witness

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... conversion. He was influenced by C.S. Lewis. And after he had become a Christian he wrote this confession: “I was a Christian; I, who had always regarded Christians with pitying disdain, must now confess to be one. I did so with shrinking pride and a curious mixture of emotions. Part of it was my not wanting my sophisticated friends and fellow academicians to know. I was half inclined to conceal my faith, to tell no one, and yet it seemed that if I were to take a stand for Christ as my Lord, I had to tell ...

2671. Live Spelled Backward

Matthew 26:14-27:66

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... . Thomas, don't you think Jesus has got this thing all wrong? I remember, Thomas, that day out in the hills of Tiberius when Jesus spoke about feeding that multitude. You thought that was an ill-conceived idea. Yes, you are real smart, Thomas, not driven by emotions like Peter but a thinker." I'm sure he tried to convince Thomas, a man given to doubts and fears. "Thomas, don't you think he is a little crazy, going around here stirring up people?" And Thomas said, "I've thought that on occasion, but every ...

2672. Afraid of Hope

John 20:19-31

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... more than any of the other disciples, had an enquiring mind. When the others went to Thomas and said, "We have seen the Lord!" (v. 25), Thomas, ever the doubter, could only mutter, "That may be good enough for you but I will not be drawn into your emotion-laden fantasy. Dead people do not rise!" His actual answer -- crude, rude, gory, unbelieving -- set a materialistic three-step test: He said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands (step 1), put my finger in the mark of the nails (step 2 ...

2673. The Gate to Grace, Goodness, and Glory

John 10:1-10

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... scaled a fence on the far side of the parking lot and did their work under cover of darkness. Thieves violate the common trust of the neighborhoods and communities they rob. They steal not only car radios or whatever else they choose to take, they also create emotional turmoil for the people in those neighborhoods and communities. Jesus says, "Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit" (v. 1). Come with me to one of the ...

2674. This Spirit Is Not Spooky

John 14:15-21

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... of people whose lives were turned in a completely different direction from what they had been planning. Who is it that calls or leads us in new ways but the Holy Spirit? Another indicator of the personality of the Holy Spirit is that he has the capacity to feel emotion. Paul writes of "the love of the Spirit" (Romans 15:30). Paul also notes that he "cries" in Galatians 4:6 and that he is grieved in Ephesians 4:30. In 2 Corinthians 13:13, Paul writes of the Spirit communing with Christians. In Acts 5:3, Paul ...

2675. Come and See

John 1:29-42

Sermon

James L. Killen

... a big way and you are forced to reckon with your wrongness, know that you are encountering the living Jesus. That is one of the things that Jesus did, and it is one of the things that Jesus does. Any time you experience healing -- physical or spiritual or emotional -- know that the great physician has reached out a hand and touched you. And whenever you experience love, know that it came from the one who "so loved the world that he gave his only Son" (John 3:16). Do you see what we are talking about? Living ...

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