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2901. “I Confess My Iniquity; I Am Troubled by My Sin”

Psalm 38:1-22

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C. Hassell Bullock

... too much time with a female coworker. It seems to you that an attraction is developing between them. Would you say something to your friend? The Bible clearly teaches that we have a responsibility for one another (see Gal. 6:1, for example). In a very real sense we are our “brother’s/sister’s keeper.” We do have a responsibility to speak the truth in love to one another with the goal of restoration. Is there a Christian brother or sister whom God is calling you to gently restore? A unique approach ...

2902. “Ride Forth Victoriously in the Cause of Truth, Humility and Justice”

Psalm 45:1-17

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C. Hassell Bullock

... :21–33; Rev. 19:7–9; 21:2; 22:17). This has become the hinge on which many interpreters find Christ in Psalm 45, supported by the direct address of 45:6, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever.” Whether by the fuller sense (sensus plenior) or typology, this psalm seems to many interpreters, including this one, to outstrip the realm of human meaning and rise to a level where only God can qualify for the terms of its language. Thus the messianic interpretation that the king is God/Christ and ...

2903. “You Have Given Me the Heritage of Those Who Fear Your Name”

Psalm 61:1-8

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C. Hassell Bullock

... backward glance at Psalm 60 and a forward glance at Psalm 62 reveal shared terms. Both Psalms 60 and 61 refer to the faithful as those who “fear” God (60:4; 61:5). Facing forward, Psalm 62 (62:2, 6–7) calls God “my rock,” in the same sense as 61:2, and both refer to God as “refuge” (61:3a; 62:7, 8). While these common terms may be coincidental, the editors of the book of Psalms had an eye for such connecting links. Both geographically and metaphorically, this psalm is recited by one who feels ...

2904. “May All the Peoples Praise You”

Psalm 67:1-7

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C. Hassell Bullock

... in 2012. The poll also found that 5 percent of Americans say they are atheists, which is up from 1 percent in 2005.12What is happening is a human inclination that is as old as Adam and Eve. It seeks to replace God with the human spirit. In one sense, we shouldn’t be surprised to see people trying to invent their own religion—that’s what humans have been doing since the beginning of time. Nor should we be surprised, by the power of grace, when “all the ends of the earth will fear him” (v. 7; Rev ...

2905. “Zeal for Your House Consumes Me”

Psalm 69:1-36

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C. Hassell Bullock

... g’l), and “deliver” (pdh). In social life, the verb “rescue” meant to “redeem” one from enslavement for a debt, while the verb “deliver” was used in a very similar way. In Zechariah 10:3–12 (esp. 10:8), this verb is used in the eschatological sense of delivering Israel from enslavement to a foreign power.7 69:21 gall . . . vinegar.His enemies give him this instead of comfort. 69:22 May the table set before them become a snare.The principle is that they should be dealt with as they ...

2906. “The Lord Is Great!”

Psalm 70:1-5

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C. Hassell Bullock

... new zest and urgency. It is not a coincidence that at the end of John’s book about Christ and his church, we hear the word of promise, “Yes, I am coming soon,” and the church responds, “Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!” (Rev. 22:20). In a sense John is providing the Savior’s response to the psalmist’s prayer, “Come quickly.” This is, or ought to be, the prayer of the church in every age: “Come quickly, Lord Jesus.” Come quickly before our strength is gone and we are overcome by the oncoming ...

2907. “Endow the King with Your Justice, O God”

Psalm 72:1-20

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C. Hassell Bullock

... bow down to him” (72:11a) and “May he endure as long as the sun” (72:5a), then we can certainly not claim the fulfillment of these terms through the Israelite kings, at least, if we press these two descriptors of that age. So a fuller sense (sensus plenior) interpretation is helpful, and that comes only in the universal reign of the Messiah that the prophets proclaim (e.g., Isa. 66:18–23) and that Christ ultimately fulfills (Rev. 11:15). The defense of the afflicted and needy was one of the monarchy ...

2908. God Subjugates Judah under Babylon

Daniel 1:1-21

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Ronald W. Pierce

... . In the modern world, God remains the source of essential wisdom and special giftedness. When teaching this text, distinguish between God’s gifts of knowledge, insight, wisdom, and understanding (in a general sense to live a righteous life) and those needed for specific kinds of ministry (in a special sense, for Daniel, interpreting visions). Draw specific examples from the book of Proverbs that demonstrate the spiritual dimension of a righteous life of wisdom in “the fear of the Lord” (e.g., Prov ...

2909. Nabuchadnezzar’s Dream and Daniel's Interpretation

Daniel 2:1-23, Daniel 2:24-49

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Ronald W. Pierce

... understood in this context to mean a priestly class of “astrologers” (NIV), although it can also be rendered in an ethnic sense as “Chaldeans” (i.e., “Neo-Babylonians”). 2:3 I have had a dream . . . and I want to know what it ... king and asked for time. By leaving unanswered questions about Daniel’s first appeal to Nebuchadnezzar, the writer not only preserves a sense of mystery but also condenses the narrative in order to move quickly to the central hymn of praise (2:19–23). Theological ...

2910. The Image of Gold and the Fiery Furnace

Daniel 3:1-30

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Ronald W. Pierce

... in presenting the protagonist Ethan Hunt in situations of extreme danger from which success or rescue seems “impossible.” However, viewers who witness these scenarios time and time again come to realize that no matter how terrible things become, there remains a sense of confidence that, just as in the past, the heroes will again make it out alive. Daniel’s three Judean friends facing the “impossible” situation of their plight in the furnace would also know of many examples of God’s rescue in ...

2911. Daniel Interprets the Dream and Confronts Nebuchadnezzar

Daniel 4:19-27

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Ronald W. Pierce

... the dream to its interpretation and at the same time changing from first person to third when speaking of Nebuchadnezzar (continuing through 4:33).1It also presents Daniel the sage in his new role as prophet. Moreover, he functions in the classical sense of earlier Hebrew prophets in the Old Testament who confront persons on behalf of God and sometimes predict divine consequences if repentance is not forthcoming. This role links the present text to the narrative in its parallel chapter (5:15–31), although ...

2912. Ancient of Days and Son of Man

Daniel 7:1-14

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Ronald W. Pierce

... earth, which alone brings order out of chaos and light into darkness. This message is central to the passage and can go a long way toward healing the damage caused by fear of the uncertain world around us. This assurance can unite believers in a strong sense of hope, rather than divide us over speculative details. Reiterated succinctly, it is enough to know that in the end God’s eternal kingdom replaces all temporal, earthly kingdoms (cf. Rev. 19:6–22:21).14 2. Appearance of the Ancient of Days. This is ...

2913. What To Do While Waiting for the Judgment?

Matthew 25:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... , of a lack of oil for our lamps. At a men’s prayer breakfast in our church, a layman reflected on the declining membership of churches across the land, the lack of spirit and vitality that he finds in many places, compared to the vitality that he senses in his own church. But he didn’t give the church credit for that vitality—and he was right. The ingredient that determines the power of the church is the Holy Spirit. Too many churches, and too many of our efforts within churches, are devoid of this ...

2914. The Power of Persistence

Luke 11:1-13, Luke 18:1-8

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Maxie Dunnam

... for you to stay there?” he asked. “I don’t know, sir,” he replied. “I was not the judge of that.” “But you stayed, didn’t you?” He answered, “Yes, I did.” And then when he was pressed to say whether he stayed out of a sense of duty or simply because he didn’t know what else to do, he replied with quiet dignity, “I saw that someone was needed there.” [3] We can expect limitless goodness from God, and let’s remember that sometimes we’re made better in spite of ourselves. III ...

2915. How to Escape Being Possessed By Our Possessions

Luke 12:13-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... as we seek to escape being possessed by our possessions. The first question: Where do I place my security? Our Lord is quite explicit about the reason why he regarded the possession of wealth as undesirable. To possess wealth gives a man a false sense of security. Jesus spoke of the “deceitfulness of riches” (Matt. 13:22). When a man possesses riches, he’s deceived about his position in life…. “The rich man in the parable is an illustration of this. When his ground began to bring forth plentifully ...

2916. Our Most Common Sin

Luke 18:9-14

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Maxie Dunnam

... the most productive way to overcome good people is to not only work on their pride, but infect them with a sense of false pride… “Catch him at the moment when he is really poor in spirit and smuggle into his mind the gratifying ... , make him proud of his attempt—and so on, through as many stages as you please. But don’t try this too long, for fear you awake his sense of humor and proportion in which case he will merely laugh at you and go to bed.” [1] Now, being aware of the danger of pride doesn’t ...

2917. What Can I Get By With?

Luke 17:5-10

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Maxie Dunnam

... there is an oughtness to life. There are demands that are placed upon us which allows no letting up in discipline. There is a sense in which we can never say, “Thank God, I’m finished with that. I can now rest. I deserve a rest.” So duty is not ... a dirty four-letter word. It’s a word whose meaning desperately needs to be recovered in our day. II. A healthy sense of duty would save us from two debilitating sins—the sins of self-pity and self-righteousness. If we don’t have a good ...

2918. Beyond Judgment

Matthew 24:36-44

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James L. Killen

... cultivated cynicism and look at all of the good things in our world. Remember, be thankful, and take hold of the promise that God is indeed working to bring into being a new era organized around the reality of the love of God -- an era in which it will make sense to live according to the teachings of the Sermon on the Mount. The Apostle Paul also taught us to live in the light of God's new possibility. He wrote: "...you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation ...

2919. A Celebration of Hope

Isaiah 2:1-5

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King Duncan

... is in control. Do you know what I’m talking about? There are times when hope is in short supply. Isaiah the prophet sensed that in his own time. Political intrigue and scandalous idolatry were rampant in Isaiah’s day . . . and things seemed to be getting ... Friend,” the Friend who understands, even in the time of anger when we are not ourselves. Leslie Weatherhead writes that an overwhelming sense of peace suddenly flooded his being. He didn’t see a vision. He didn’t hear a mystical voice, and yet he ...

2920. The Creation of the World

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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Gary M. Burge

... light (1 John 1:5) should as his first creative act call forth the light to penetrate and push back the darkness. One Hebrew word designates heaven both as the place where God dwells and the place where birds fly (1:6–8). The second sense is used here. The Hebrew word may be translated “expanse, firmament, vault” and is that element that divides heavenly waters from terrestrial waters. In a second work of separation, land is separated from seas, just as in verse 6 waters were separated from waters (1 ...

2921. Joseph and His Brothers

Genesis 37:1-11, Genesis 37:12-36

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Gary M. Burge

... ? Probably Joseph, at the young age of seventeen, did not think it through that far. What he is doing is sharing the sense of destiny that God is opening up before him with anybody who will listen. God has a plan for Joseph’s life, and that plan ... involves leadership and authority. For sharing this sense of excitement about God’s will for his future, he is sold by his own flesh as a slave. That was not part of ...

2922. Birth, Preservation, and Preparation of Moses

Ex 2:1-15

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Gary M. Burge

... also his drawing the people out of Egypt. In Egyptian it means “son” and is related to several names of the eighteenth dynasty. Thutmose, for example, would mean “son of the god Thoth.” As his mother nurses him, Moses develops a strong and profound sense of his identity as a Hebrew. In the court of Pharaoh, “Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action” (Acts 7:22). This means acquiring the ability to write, likely access to literary works, and the ...

2923. Separating Physical Impurities from Persons

Leviticus 11:1-47

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Gary M. Burge

... meat (Lev. 10:12–20) and making category distinctions (Lev. 10:10; cf. Deut. 14:1–29) and addresses general dietary rules to all Israelites. The priests are especially consecrated as the Lord’s house servants, but all Israelites are holy in a wider sense. So they are to emulate the holiness of their God (11:44–45), from whom impurity is to be kept separate (cf. Lev. 7:20–21), by separating themselves from specified physical impurities (chaps. 11–15). In chapter 11 this means abstaining from ...

2924. Tassels on Garments

Numbers 15:37-41

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Gary M. Burge

... of disloyalty to God (cf. 14:33). In other words, they should make their decisions according to the word of the Lord, rather than on the basis of their feelings and senses. Bluish color was associated with royalty because this kind of dye (extracted from certain snails found at the Mediterranean coast) was expensive. It was also used for priestly garments (Exodus 28). So the cords will remind the Israelites that all of them constitute “a kingdom of priests and a holy ...

2925. Abimelek

Judges 9:1-57

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Gary M. Burge

... By appealing to closer ties with the city than those of the existing ruler, the tactic Gaal uses to turn the Shechemites against Abimelek is ironically what Abimelek used earlier to turn the Shechemites against Gideon’s seventy sons. In this, one can already sense the outworking of just retribution, as the treachery Abimelek used against his half brothers is now being used against him. However, Abimelek has a loyal deputy in the city’s governor, Zebul, who reports back to him all that is going on. Upon ...

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