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2951. Pop Verses: Proverbs 3:5-6

Proverbs 3:5-6

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... to think we have all the answers. Or another way you could put it: Stop trying to control everything! Wow! I know a few toes hurt right now. I know mine do! Trusting in the Lord will sometimes mean going against what you think is right or smart, or common sense. Trusting God will sometime mean giving up control and what you think is best. Because guess what? You don’t have to understand to trust God has a plan. That’s what it means not to rely on your own insight. God’s ways our higher than our ways ...

2952. Giving to the Needy

Matthew 6:1-4

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... (p. 144). Rather than calling attention to one’s acts of charity, one should not even let the left hand know what the right hand is up to. It is unnecessary to conjure up some image of how such a transaction might take place in a literal sense. (Gundry makes the interesting suggestion that it may mean to slip in the gift unobtrusively with the right hand alone rather than to use both hands in a manner designed to catch the attention of others, p. 102.) God will see the kindness and provide the proper ...

2953. Judging Others

Matthew 7:1-6

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... own failure before God in comparison with the minor offenses between people. In any case, the plank is to be removed from our own eye before we indulge in removing the speck of sawdust from the eye of another. Taken in an unqualified sense, this would put a complete stop to helping others with their moral difficulties. Undoubtedly it is intended to restrict hypocritical correction of others rather than to prohibit all helpful correction. 7:6 Verse 6 is proverbial and difficult to interpret in its present ...

2954. Divorce

Matthew 19:1-12

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... beginning. Actually, the requirement of a written notice of divorce made the process more difficult. Prior to that time a marriage could be dissolved by the man simply declaring it to be so. A written notice would give time for anger to dissipate and common sense to regain control. Jesus continues by pointing out that whoever divorces his wife for any cause other than marital infidelity and marries another is guilty of adultery (v. 9). In the parallel passage in 5:32 divorce is said to cause the woman who ...

2955. If There is A God, Why Is There Suffering In the World?

Jeremiah 12:1, Romans 8:18-28

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... in suffering? Where is God when it hurts? Where is God when planes crash and earthquakes come and people die in car accidents? Where is God and is He involved at all? You may be suffering today and want to know the answer to that question. How do we make sense of suffering if we follow a loving and powerful God? I want to offer some things that have helped me as I have struggled with the question of why bad things happen to good people. My prayer is that they will help you too. We Never Suffer Alone I want ...

2956. Face-to-Face with the Kingdom

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Sermon

Tom Garrison

... in the world or realize that it is spreading silently? As we ponder the process of how the kingdom comes to be positively desired, maybe we can see it happening in two ways. Some people come to this by the position route; that is, early on in life they somehow sense that God is the highest God and realize that what God has to give is infinitely superior to anything they could create. Thus they accept life, and know that even when it is not what we would like it to be it is not ours to have control over ...

2957. Divine Tenants

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... ordered the seedlings and went out one fine spring day to start planting pine trees. I was on my hands and knees planting seedlings when a neighbor came over to see what I was up to. After I explained what I was doing, he said, "Well, I guess it makes sense... except that you don't own the house." That was true. We didn't own the house. We didn't own much of anything. We had a few pieces of furniture, fifteen boxes of books, and several thousand dollars worth of student loans. Many of us start out that way ...

2958. Wedding Guests

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... all the way to the bottom. Dan was shocked! Not me. I knew that if you were a guest at our house, you had to have a sense of humor or you were sunk. Today, Jesus tells a story about guests but these guests are guests in the kingdom of God. To understand the story, ... helps to know that the early church had a discipline problem on their hands. Some believers bellied up to God's table with no sense of what it meant to be there. As far as they were concerned, it was a come-as-you-are party, because Jesus had ...

2959. Paying What's Due

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... 'll make it, soldier?" The weary soldier responded, "I guess I'll make it, but I hope to God I never have to show my loyalty to another country." Loyalty can often require us to make great sacrifices. Even those who break the law may have a sense of the importance of loyalty. Some years ago, an indignant thief called the New York office of the FBI to confess that he stole a suitcase in Grand Central Station. "It's full of blueprints and other stuff that looks like secret military information," he said. "I ...

2960. Thanks-Giving Is Good for Everyone

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... great therapy for ourselves and for others. The third thing I want to say is that thankfulness also opens our relationship with God. The one leper who returned offered thanks to Jesus and praise to God. Thankfulness is the beginning of the religious life. When a person senses that all of life is a gift, he cannot help but be open to the source of life. There is a little table blessing many people teach their children. Perhaps it is the first prayer the child learns. It goes: Thank you for the world so sweet ...

2961. The Crucifixion

Mark 15:21-32

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... . As we noted in discussing the account of the Jewish interrogation, the charge about the temple is not strictly what Jesus said. But Mark’s reference later in the crucifixion narrative (15:37–38) to the tearing of the temple curtain suggests that, in a deeper sense, by his death Jesus did bring an end to the validity of the temple and, in his resurrection “in three days,” did institute a new means of access to God, a new temple, his resurrection body. The final, ironic touch is the taunt of the ...

2962. The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

Luke 1:5-25

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... ). Both parents ask, “How?” (Zechariah, 1:18; Mary, 1:34). Both are given signs (Zechariah, 1:20; Mary, 1:36). There is joy over the birth of each son (John, 1:58; Jesus, 2:15–18). Following John’s circumcision, neighbors react in fear, sensing God at work (1:59–66). Following Jesus’ circumcision, the righteous Simeon and Anna recognize that in Jesus God was at work (2:21–38). On both occasions canticles are sung (because of John, the Benedictus, 1:68–79; because of Jesus, the Nunc Dimittis ...

2963. John the Baptist Prepares the Way

Luke 3:1-20

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... Baptist’s explanation of his role as forerunner of the Messiah. Although his is a baptism of water, the baptism of the Messiah will be one of Holy Spirit and fire (v. 16). The mention of fire in v. 17 assures us that the fire of v. 16 has a sense of judgment (and not, e.g., like the reference to the “tongues of fire” of Pentecost in Acts 2:3; see note below). John is saying that those prepared and ready to receive the Messiah will experience a baptism of the Holy Spirit, but those who refuse him will ...

2964. The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus

Luke 3:21-38

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... which is both symbolic (like a coronation) and enabling; while the voice does not adopt Jesus as God’s Son, it identifies Jesus as God’s Son (thus confirming the promise of 1:35). There is no solid evidence that Ps. 2:7 was understood in a messianic sense prior to Christianity (Fitzmyer, p. 485). Ellis (pp. 91–92) has argued that the references to “my son the Messiah” in 2 Esdras 7:28–29 provide some evidence. But is Psalm 2 in mind? 1QSa 2.11–12 may allude to Ps. 2:7 (“when [God] begets ...

2965. The Calling of the First Disciples

Luke 5:1-11

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... sinful man!: Fitzmyer (p. 567) has correctly noted that Peter is not asking Jesus to get out of the boat, but to “leave the vicinity,” i.e., wherever Peter is. In more fully coming to recognize who Jesus is, Peter is overwhelmed by his own sense of sinfulness and unworthiness; see Tiede, p. 118. 5:10 you will catch men may be translated literally: “You will be catching [or taking] human beings alive.” Mark’s version (1:17) reads literally: “I shall turn you into fishermen of men.” It has been ...

2966. Lord of the Sabbath

Luke 6:1-11

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... Son of Man” as more of a messianic or even divine title (see note on 5:24 above); he therefore elected to omit the saying in Mark 2:27. Luke seems to conclude that since Jesus is Son of Man (in a messianic and probably even a divine sense), he is therefore Lord of the Sabbath (as well as Lord of everything else) and can dictate what is acceptable Sabbath activity and what is not. According to Tiede (p. 131), Jesus “is the embodiment of the reign of God, and his authority supersedes the Law itself.” In ...

2967. Repent or Perish

Luke 13:1-9

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... may very well have been the occasion. The report that Pilate had “mingled their blood with their sacrifices” is not literally the case, for such an action would have incited the populace to a possible insurrection; but it is probably meant in a proverbial sense, that is, not only was the blood of the sacrificial animals shed, but the blood of the Galileans was as well. Passover time was often a time of political unrest, a time when Jewish patriotic feelings ran high and Roman concerns were justifiably ...

2968. The Triumphal Entry

Luke 19:28-44

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... a young horse or donkey; see Matt. 21:2). Some commentators have argued that Jesus’ instructions in vv. 30–31 imply that Jesus has made a special prior arrangement with the colt’s owner (so Marshall, p. 713), but this is not likely, for the sense of the passage suggests that Jesus, as Lord, is in control. At the very least it would suggest divine foreknowledge (so Fitzmyer, p. 1249). The disciples follow Jesus’ instructions and so bring the animal to Jesus. By placing their cloaks on the colt and on ...

2969. God's Wrath Against Mankind

Romans 1:18-32

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... is particularly insightful. “It is precisely because Romans was written to testify to the grace of God (5:12–21) that it belongs to those parts of the NT which witness powerfully to the wrath of God. We understand nothing of grace if we do not sense the depths of divine indignation with which God opposes all evil. The degree to which we measure the truth and seriousness of divine wrath is the same degree to which we measure the truth and greatness of divine grace. It is pure nonsense to say that God ...

2970. No One Is Righteous

Romans 3:9-20

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... eliminated by the fact that Paul nowhere argues that Gentiles have an advantage over Jews. A second possibility is to understand “we” not in reference to Jews generally, but to Paul personally, thus continuing the thought and grammar of verses 5–8. The sense would be, “are we making excuses for ourselves?” It may be attractive to read the pronoun of verse 9 as a continuation of verses 5–8, but the translation is militated against by two factors. First, the rendering “making excuses for oneself ...

2971. Abraham Justified by Faith

Romans 4:1-25

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... that God was faithful to fulfill his promise. His faith, in other words, was not bound by his sight. Calvin aptly observed that “there is nothing more injurious to faith than to fasten our minds to our eyes” (Romans, p. 176). It was not from his senses that Abraham found hope, but from his faith. What he saw filled him with despair, but the word of promise inspired him with hope “in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead” (v. 24). 4:20–22 Faith is not an inoculation against the germs ...

2972. Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

Romans 6:1-14

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... be paraphrased, “Do not continue offering yourselves to sin, but offer yourselves up once and for all to God.” The reference to parts (of your body) in verse 13 need not be limited to the physical body, for it surely includes in a figurative sense all human talents and abilities. The Christian life pictured in verse 13 is not an idealized watercolor but a bold (albeit simple) sketch of the rigors facing the faithful. The essence of the new life is not a concept or feeling detached from reality, but ...

2973. Struggling with Sin

Romans 7:7-25

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... against it in the members of my body (v. 23). Some argue that this is only a manner of speaking, that Paul has one and the same law in mind, in the first instance seen from the perspective of faith, in the second from the perspective of sin. The plain sense of the text argues against this, however. In verse 23 the apostle contrasts another law at work in the members of my body from God’s law (which must be the Torah) in verse 22. A review of Paul’s argument implies that my inner being (v. 22), the law ...

2974. Future Glory

Romans 8:18-27

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... is Paul’s second front. Believers are determined not by groanings, but by the Spirit; not by the way things are, but by the way they will be. The word for firstfruits, aparchē, which originally derived from the practice of OT sacrifice, carries here a metaphoric sense of something given by God in pledge of a full gift to come, similar to the guarantee of the Spirit in 2 Corinthians 1:22 and 5:5. The Spirit is God’s firstfruits or pledge, the ground of hope for living in the tension between suffering ...

2975. God's Sovereign Choice

Romans 9:1-29

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... / 9:6), the advantage of Israel (3:1ff. / 9:4–5), salvation for all (3:21–26 / 10:5–13), God’s faithfulness (8:31–39 / 11:25–32), and doxologies (8:38–39 / 11:33–36). These chapters are therefore an excursus not in the sense of a digression from the theme of the epistle, but as a development of it. Romans 9–11 is therefore a thematic focus of the righteousness of God applied specifically to Israel’s enduring place in salvation history. With typical Johannine simplicity the Fourth Gospel ...

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