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251. When You Have Everything You Need, Except What You Need (Managing Money)

Luke 12:22-34, Luke 12:13-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... begin here, there’s no place to go with our relationship with God in Jesus Christ. It doesn’t matter how much treasure we lay up for ourselves Jesus said. If we’re not rich toward God, we’ll never have meaning. So, meaning begins with a sense of belonging, a sense of belonging to God. Now a second thing. It is not enough to know that we belong, we must realize we are called to care. I doubt if there’s anything that gives more meaning to our lives than caring for someone and making a difference in ...

252. The Grateful Samaritan

Luke 17:11-19

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King Duncan

... see, if we have ever really thanked God for all God has done for us, our lives would be transformed. We would have a sense of joy. We would have a sense of trust. I mean, God is with us. God has been with us. God will always be with us. How can we walk ... now it is the place of life.” (7) Are you one of the nine healed lepers who did not give thanks? Or do you feel a great sense of gratitude to God this day? I hope each of us will leave this room bubbling over with joy about all the great things God has done ...

253. The Christmas Message of Hope

Isaiah 9:2-7

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Richard Gribble

... to send a Messiah. We must, therefore, respond to the God who first loved us by considering what is necessary in our lives to be the person God wants us to be. The gift we bring to the Lord will cost us nothing in a monetary sense, but it may cost us much in a spiritual sense. However, the one and only thing that Jesus desires is our hearts. Let us not disappoint him. On Christmas Day, when we welcome the light and hope it brings, we must be bearers of hope to others in our troubled world. Let's take up ...

254. All in God’s Time

Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21

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Steven E. Albertin

... bankruptcy of a tycoon. We delight when the great are brought down. We are sure they had it coming. More often than not God's sense of timing does not agree with ours. God's timing seems so slow and it is so painful to wait for it. Just ask those ... thing happened to such bad people?" God's timing is not our timing. That is difficult to accept. Some times it seems to defy all common sense. Sometimes it seems down right cruel. We can't wait. We can't help but get angry. We can't help but shed tears over the ...

255. Filling the Hole in Our Hearts

Acts 2:1-21

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King Duncan

... we need to make room for the hand of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit fills the hole in our life. It helps us make sense of life and helps us understand God’s purpose for our life. And the Holy Spirit gives us the power to accomplish what God has ... say, “I believe in the Holy Spirit.” It is God attempting to fill the hole in our lives. It is God helping us to make sense of our lives and understand God’s purpose for us. It is God giving us the power to accomplish what God has called us to accomplish ...

256. Peter and John Before the Sanhedrin

Acts 4:1-22

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... how like Jesus they were. When Pilate had condemned Jesus, they had thought that they had heard the last of him (Why else put him to death?). But they had reckoned without the power of the Spirit (cf. Luke 21:15), and in these Spirit-filled men Jesus in a sense stood before them again. Would they never be rid of him? 4:14 As for the healing, there were two grounds only on which Peter and John could justly be punished: The first was if it were a hoax—but not even the council thought this. The evidence of ...

257. The Apostles Persecuted

Acts 5:17-42

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David J. Williams

... that it is at least possible, perhaps probable, that this is not a reference to the resurrection but to the raising up of Jesus as the Messiah, as God had raised up other deliverers throughout the history of Israel (cf. Judg. 2:18; 3:9, 15; etc.). This sense certainly gives a better sequence to this verse and the next. First, God gave them a messiah, then they killed him, then God raised him (a different word) from the dead to the place of dignity and power that was now his (v. 31). These verses express the ...

258. A Workman Approved by God

2 Timothy 2:14-26

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... such it leads directly to the imperatives that follow. Additional Notes 2:20 One of the common errors in interpreting this passage is the attempt to apply the analogy of v. 20 on its own merits, without letting v. 21 be the sure guide. This is probably due to the sense that it is “misapplied” in v. 21 and therefore that v. 20 can stand on its own, as having its own application—to the church as being full of all kinds of vessels. But v. 21 makes it clear that that is not Paul’s point, and the oun ...

259. Titus' Task on Crete

Titus 1:1-16

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Gordon D. Fee

... (both in 1 Tim. 3:2 and Titus 1:9 the episkopos is a teacher, and 1 Tim. 5:17 makes it clear that the teachers are also elders). It also seems likely that not all elders are episkopoi, and therefore the words are interchangeable only in a limited sense. Whether or not a given assembly had several elders and one of them was the episkopos is a moot point, but it is not highly probable at this stage, given the plural in Philippians 1:1. Therefore, an overseer is probably a generic term, as in verse 6. Having ...

260. A Call to Persevere

Hebrews 10:19-39

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Donald A. Hagner

... word used for new is prosphatos, which occurs only here in the NT. The adjective living is elsewhere used by our author to describe God, as it is often in the NT (3:12; 9:14; 10:31; 12:22). The word way (hodos) is used in exactly the same sense in 9:8 (but nowhere else in the NT does it refer to the approach to God’s presence). The word for curtain (katapetasma) occurs earlier in Hebrews in 6:19 and 9:3 (“second curtain”), but nowhere else except in the Gospel passages cited above. It is exegetically ...

261. To Elders and Young Men

1 Peter 5:1-11

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Norman Hillyer

... only direct clues to the identity of the author of 1 Peter. Witness (martys): not necessarily an eyewitness (as it is in Acts 1:22; 2:32; 3:15), but one who gives testimony (as in Matt. 26:65; Acts 7:58; 2 Cor. 13:1). In the latter sense, martys eventually came to be used in the early church to mean “martyr,” one who held firm to testimony to Jesus even at the cost of life (Rev. 2:13). Christ’s sufferings is lit. “the sufferings of the Christ” and could be another reference to the messianic woes ...

262. The Lord’s Anger Against Nineveh

Nahum 1:1-15

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John Goldingay

... ; Yahweh apparently looked after the burial of his servant Moses. But in this case it is because you are vile, in the sense of reviled and of no importance. Instead of being the beneficiary of a great state funeral, no one will want to bury ... NIV reworks them as three couplets; couplets are more usual in Hebrew poetry. But in the content of the lines, the MT’s arrangement makes sense; and vv. 9–11 seem to be further triplets. 1:7 The first line is rather short. The LXX has “to people who wait for him ...

263. Paul's Chains Advance the Gospel

Philippians 1:12-30

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F. F. Bruce

... meant doing something for hire or wages, but came to denote a mercenary attitude, and in the NT is always used in a bad sense, of party spirit and the contention to which it leads. R. Jewett links the people referred to here with those described in 2:21 ... , 10), and theirs and his together (cf. 2:17, 18). 1:26 … through my being with you again: the noun parousia is used here in the nontechnical sense of “visit” (as in 2:12; cf. also 1 Cor. 16:17; 2 Cor. 7:6, 7; 10:10). It is not used in this letter with ...

264. Shining as Stars

Philippians 2:12-18

Understanding Series

F. F. Bruce

... sake; they shine to provide light for all the world. The same should be true of Christians: they live for the sake of others. The church has been called a society that exists for the benefit of nonmembers. The universe: literally “the world” (Gk. kosmos), used in the same sense as in John 3:19 and 12:46, where Jesus speaks of his having “come into the world as a light” (cf. also John 1:9; 8:12; 9:5). 2:16 Changing from figurative to literal wording, Paul tells them that their business is to hold out ...

265. Gods of Babylon

Isaiah 46:1-13

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John Goldingay

... refuses to accept the way Yahweh is bringing about that deliverance and implementing that righteousness. Here more than usual one can sense the prophet’s frustration with a situation in which the community is too stubborn-hearted to see the solution to the ... problem it so wants to be solved. Prophet and Yahweh join in trying to take the community by its shoulders and shake it to its senses. Won’t you see that my act of salvation is here? Won’t you recognize it for what it is? As is often the case, ...

266. Personal Accountability

Ezekiel 18:1-32, Ezekiel 19:1-14

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Steven Tuell

... appears ten times, this word occurs most commonly in Proverbs where it refers to God’s judgment, weighing the hearts and motives of individuals (Prov. 16:2; 21:2; 24:12; see also 1 Sam. 2:3). Verse 25 reflects this latter usage, though in a negative sense (see also v. 29; 33:17, 20). If what Ezekiel says is true, then the Lord acts capriciously and unfairly: the Lord does not weigh hearts; actions and motives do not matter to God. Where is God’s justice, if the wicked escape punishment for their crimes ...

267. The Resurrection of Jesus and the Promise of Victory

Mark 16:1-20

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Grant R. Osborne

... our Lord Jesus was raised to life for us, and our glory is grounded in the fact that we have become “co-heirs” with him (Rom. 8:17). Jesus is the path to life and provides the very basis for life. Death in one sense is the “last enemy” (1 Cor. 15:26), but in another sense it is the transition to that glorious reality where we will be “away from the body and at home with the Lord” (2 Cor. 5:8). Because of Jesus’s resurrection and the living hope that gives us, death loses its sting in the ...

268. Marriage, Sexual Intimacy, and Spiritual Devotion

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

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Preben Vang

... time with him in worship or prayer, nor do I allow him to change me. We have an understanding.” The reason this seems false and offensive is that the person would be claiming to live within a covenant yet failing to have any real loyalty or sense of responsibility. He or she would be treating the covenant as a one-sided contract, not an organic union of reciprocity and mutual concern. The parallel in marriage would be a person saying, “My spouse and I love each other deeply—we just never spend time ...

269. David’s Faith Ignites a Victory

1 Samuel 17:1-58

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... in the Lord’s power to deliver and stands in sharp contrast to the Israelites, who fled from Goliath when they saw him (v. 24). 17:42 He looked David over and saw . . . a boy. Consistent with this chapter’s pattern, Goliath, like Saul, cannot see beyond his senses. He sees only David, a mere boy, who seems poorly armed; he does not recognize the Lord, who is with David (cf. v. 8). 17:46 the Lord will deliver you into my hands. While Goliath’s focus is his personal honor and prowess (vv. 43–44 ...

270. Job Hears the Whispers of God’s Works

Job 26:1--31:40

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Daniel J. Estes

... to admit that he does not truly understand how Yahweh rules his world (42:2–3). Job is now beginning to recognize the limits of human knowledge. In contrast to Bildad, for whom God’s greatness leads to viewing humans as worthless (25:6), Job has a sense of wonder at the greatness of God. Job is beginning to move away from the question “why?” which dominated his speeches up to this point, and now he is shifting his focus to God himself. Job realizes that God is great, so humans are overwhelmed by his ...

271. “You Will Fill Me with Joy in Your Presence”

Psalm 16:1-11

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C. Hassell Bullock

... the Lord’s presence (16:9, 11). The “path of life” (16:11) that the Lord has made known to David is so real that he cannot imagine being abandoned to death. This phrase occurs in wisdom literature (Prov. 5:6; 6:23; 10:17; 15:24) and has the sense of a full life of joy that only those who have achieved wisdom can experience.[19] We should note that it is the “path of life” that leads to joy in the Lord’s presence and “eternal pleasures” at his right hand (16:11). While we look toward the ...

272. “His Anger Lasts Only a Moment, but His Favor Lasts a Lifetime”

Psalm 30:1-12

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C. Hassell Bullock

... of his palace marked that point when he “knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel” (2 Sam. 5:11–12). A metaphorical interpretation of the psalm makes a lot of sense, since it can be viewed as charting the broad swings of David’s life. In fact, sometimes we record our autobiography best when we observe the extremities of life’s pendulum (here mainly 30:6–7), filled in with the bare details that authenticate the story ...

273. “You Laugh at Them, Lord; You Scoff at All Those Nations”

Psalm 59:1-17

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C. Hassell Bullock

... the way he speaks: “Consume them in wrath, consume them till they are no more. Then it will be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob” (59:13). Most of us hear God’s voice through the events of our lives, and in this sense we are like the psalmist. The third “friend” of the refrain is God’s time. Dogs range freely at night, scavenging for food (59:6, 14), while God’s “love” (hesed) brings relief in the morning (59:16; cf. 30:5). The psalmist watches for God, evidently at ...

274. The Writing on the Wall

Daniel 5:1-31

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Ronald W. Pierce

... work of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament is foreshadowed here by the way God’s Spirit is reflected in Daniel’s life and ministry. Although the king and the queen mother seem to understand “the spirit of the holy gods” in a pagan sense, God does not work that way. The critical gifts that Daniel possesses are the direct outworking of God’s Spirit in his life. Encourage your listeners to become sensitive to the work of God’s Spirit in their lives. Help them recognize that the gifts, abilities ...

275. Giving and Receiving

Matthew 14:22-33

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Tom Garrison

... . Of course, the deeper truth is that he had lots of help all along and simply did not recognize it. One of the great things this whole trauma can do for us is to teach us just how limited and dependent we really are, and call us to a greater sense of humility and interrelatedness than ever before. We do need others if we are going to survive in our kind of world, and the willingness to receive help and be acted upon is an utterly crucial capacity, but many folk have some real growing to do in order to come ...

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