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3026. Seismic Shift

2 Corinthians 7:2-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... . There are some of you here right now and you think you have dealt with your sin, because you’ve confessed it to God, but you struggle with the fact that you keep doing the same thing over and over. You keep confessing to God and yet you continue to feel guilty. You are living a totally defeated life and the reason for that is because you’ve never taken the second step. You have never experienced this seismic shift that is the only real remedy for your fault. You are really ready to deal with whatever ...

3027. Don't Give Up Now!

2 Corinthians 4:16 - 5:2

Sermon

... he had not been reading to the patients since his diagnosis was because he had been working very hard to memorize the Gospels while he could still see. “Soon I will be back at the hospital,” the old man said to one of the missionaries, “and I will continue my work of teaching the Gospel to the patients.” (9) Now there’s a man of faith. He wasn’t going to be defeated. If he was going to lose his sight, then he would memorize the scriptures and teach them from memory. Can you imagine what an ...

3028. Are You a Polar Bear?

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

... . Through the years, Ken watched his Dad walk in the rain and snow just to keep himself fit. His dad didn’t smoke and he was careful to get enough sleep. By valuing his health, his dad, at the age of ninety-seven, was able to continue working three days a week. He continued to be sharp and fit, had a great zest for life, and derived the most possible out of his life. He said his dad was a role model for younger workers in his office. He kept a youthful appearance, a high level of energy, and a contagious ...

3029. How God Looks at Marriage

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... that is used when we are told the boat rolled from side to side--from rib to rib. So, if it pleases you, don’t think of God removing a single rib from Adam, but dividing Adam into two human beings. “Which is the better understanding?” Dr. Butler continues, “I’m not sure it makes a difference. The point is this: in creating Eve out of Adam, not out of the dust like Adam, Adam and Eve were not merely like beings, they were two halves of the whole . . . thus establishing the equality of the man and ...

3030. God's Pattern for Sainthood

Psalm 24:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... was complicated, but complete with evidence. In the end, the mice concluded that they lived in a purely mechanical and mathematical world--a world simply of wires and hammers. The story of the Unseen Piano Player was relegated to mere myth . . . But the Unseen Player continued to play nonetheless. (2) “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters . . .” The first thing the psalmist affirms is that God ...

3031. A Voice Calls in the Wilderness

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the most impressive engineering projects in human history. Road cuts hundreds of feet deep were sliced through the mountains. The rock and dirt extracted from these slices were used to fill deep gorges and canyons. “Whenever I cross the [this stretch of] I-5,” Wilson continues, “I think of Isaiah’s words, of John’s mission of preparation, and of God’s working in my life to make me a fit disciple of Jesus. God is seeking to prepare you and me. To cut through the mountains of our pride, to fill ...

3032. When the New Comes, the Old Passes

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... on to assert that rather than a curse, the inevitability of death is a blessing. "Far from irreplaceable," he writes, "we should be replaced. Fantasies of staying the hand of mortality are incompatible with the best interest of our species and the continuity of humankind's progress. More directly, they are incompatible with the best interests of our very own children."[2] The poet, Lord Alfred Tennyson concurs with the man of science. The inevitability of death offers great benefit to our species, to our ...

3033. The Mighty Have Fallen

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... their work a moment longer; then is heard the cracking of wood fibers in front of the saw’s teeth. Another swish of the saw, and the noises increase. The sounds, getting even more rapid, presently become a continuous roar. Then, if you are standing nearby, and the tree is large, you will get the impression that everything above is coming to earth. The great mass starts slowly to topple, crackling and exploding even louder at the base, until it comes sprawling down with a fearful momentum. The mighty ...

3034. Preparations for Building the Temple

2 Chronicles 2:1-18

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... a parallel between this Sidonian craftsman and Oholiab, who was credited in Exodus 31:6 as the artisan who constructed the tabernacle. In this way the Chronicler emphasizes with his own additions to the text that the future temple will stand in continuity with the tradition of the tabernacle. Additional Notes 2:2 and 2:17–18 The Hebrew word mas, which can be translated “forced labor” (used in the Deuteronomistic source text), has been replaced here in Chronicles. The concept does, however, occur in ...

3035. Asa King of Judah

2 Chronicles 14:2-15

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... out for himself in the city of David. His funeral was elaborate: he lay on a bier covered with spices and various blended perfumes, and they made a huge fire in his honor (2 Chron. 16:13–14). The ambiguity of the Chronicler’s portrayal of Asa continues up until his death notice. Although honor was given to this king, he could not be buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Additional Notes 14:1b The Hebrew term that the NIV translates was at peace (shaqath) occurs three times in the Asa narrative ...

3036. Jehoshaphat King of Judah

2 Chronicles 17:1-19

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... the Chronicler used the source text in 1 Kings 22:41–50, he also made some significant changes to it and left out the material from 1 Kings 22:44, 46–47. For example, the source text mentions (1 Kings 22:43) that “the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense,” but instead the Chronicler substituted the phrase the people still had not set (kun) their hearts on the God of their fathers (2 Chron. 20:33). The final judgment on this king is therefore expressed in the programmatic language ...

3037. Jotham King of Judah

2 Chronicles 27:1-9

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... did not enter the temple of the LORD, which serves as negative judgment on Uzziah. Typically, the Chronicler leaves out the Deuteronomistic comment that the people still continued bringing sacrifices at the high places (2 Kgs. 15:35a). In this narrative he indeed includes that aspect but with a change: the people, however, continued their corrupt practices. It is, however, absolutely clear that these “corrupt practices” of “the people” did not blemish King Jotham’s righteous reputation in any way ...

3038. The Stoning of Stephen

Acts 7:54--8:1a

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... of Man, Stephen’s dying prayer, and the petition for the forgiveness of his murderers. To some extent this may have been a purely literary device—Luke’s desire for consistency of style. There may also have been a theological motive, namely, to show how Christ continued to suffer in his body, the church (see disc. on 1:1 and the introduction to 5:17–42). But the differences between the two narratives are as important as the similarities (see, e.g., Hengel, Jesus, pp. 21f.) and are such that we must ...

3039. Saul’s Conversion

Acts 9:1-19a

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... –11; 22:28; Hos. 8:8; 2 Cor. 4:7; 2 Tim. 2:20, 21). In Paul’s case, it was to take up the mantle of the Suffering Servant (cf. Col. 1:24), for he would be “a light to the nations,” that Paul might “carry God’s name” (continuing the metaphor of the vessel) before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel (v. 15; cf. 26:22; Isa. 49:6. see disc. on 13:47). Notice that this service would include the Jews, but the order of words emphasizes the Gentiles. This was a striking ...

3040. Herod’s Death

Acts 12:19b-25

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... would fit the symptoms” (p. 213), Neil that he died of “a cyst produced by tapeworm” (p. 152). 12:24 So died the church’s persecutor. Meanwhile the church itself continued to prosper—another of Luke’s summary statements (see disc. on 2:42–47). “The seed is the word,” said Jesus (Mark 4:14), and Luke tells us now that the seed continued to increase and spread. In the Greek text, this verse is identical with the first part of 6:7 (cf. also 19:20). 12:25 The last verse of the section ...

3041. Disagreement Between Paul and Barnabas

Acts 15:36-41

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... , they could not see eye to eye on whether Mark should go with them again. Barnabas wanted to take him (aorist tense), Paul did not want to take him [present tense, i.e., as a continuing member of the missionary team, liable at any time to desert them], because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work (v. 38). In the original account of Mark’s defection (13:13), a different word is used—a neutral term that means simply “to go away.” The expression here (from ...

3042. In Corinth

Acts 18:1-17

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... back in a synagogue preaching to Jews. As usual, the best response to Paul’s preaching was from the Gentiles (initially the God-fearers). Thus many of the Corinthians who heard him believed and were baptized (v. 8; the tense in the Greek points to continuous growth). Most of the converts were from the lower classes. “Think of what you were,” he later wrote. “Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth” (1 Cor. 1:26) There were exceptions ...

3043. Paul in Ephesus

Acts 19:1-22

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... and should not be dismissed as due merely to the “form” of such stories. The second reaction would not have been as widespread as the first, but was apparently the more enduring, as shown by the change from the aorist tense to the imperfect—they “continued to honor his name.” Evidence in support of this statement is furnished by the following narrative. 19:18 This verse is closely linked by the syntax with the one before it as a further result of the incident involving the sons of Sceva. It had ...

3044. Paul Preaches at Rome Under Guard

Acts 28:17-31

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... not unlike the series of cameos in the earlier chapters that depicted the steady growth of the church (see disc. on 2:42–47)—of Paul doing the work of an evangelist among all who came to see him in his rented rooms (v. 30). For two years he continued thus—himself a prisoner, but the word of God unfettered (cf. 2 Tim. 2:9). The closing words of the book: Boldly and without hindrance he preached (see disc. on 4:13), underline both Paul’s personal confidence (cf. Phil. 1:20) and the scope he enjoyed in ...

3045. Paul's Hardships

2 Corinthians 6:3-13

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... saying (cf. Philo, Allegorical Interpretation 3.180). The apostle wants it to be as blameless in this regard as the believers who, having been reconciled through his ministry of the gospel, will be presented “holy and blameless and beyond reproach” before God if they continue in the faith (cf. Col. 1:22–23). 6:4–10 Far from discrediting his ministry through his allegedly scandalous behavior in word and deed, Paul presents his behavior in verses 4–10 as genuine and exemplary in every way. He is one ...

3046. Hearts

2 Corinthians 6:14--7:1

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... v. 24], restoration theology [vv. 22–25], sanctification [v. 23]). 6:16c–18 The second line of substantiation (As, kath?s) for verse 14a picks up where the first leaves off. Having mentioned in verse 16b that believers are the temple of the living God, the text continues in verse 16d with the related idea that God dwells among his people. It is not the purpose of verses 16c–18 to substantiate from Scripture that believers are the temple of the living God (cf. M. Thrall). It is obvious that none of the ...

3047. Accusations

2 Corinthians 10:1-18

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... man who goes up against strong cities and tears down the “stronghold” in which the ungodly trusted. In Jewish tradition, this verse is applied to Moses’ ascent to the merkabah (“you have led captivity captive,” Midr.?Ps. 68:19). 10:5 Paul continues the conquest theme, applying it now to the situation in Corinth. The argument is a fortiori: If Paul can successfully wage war and win by the power of God, then he can certainly handle the situation in Corinth. Practically speaking, Paul is determined ...

3048. Paul's Concern for the Corinthians

2 Corinthians 12:11-21

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... for intruders. By the writing of 2 Corinthians Paul has already dealt with the faction led by the malefactor (cf. 2:5–6; also 1:13–14). When he comes to Corinth for the third time the apostle plans to deal with the remaining faction that continues to side with the false apostles (12:20–21). Like Moses, however, Paul must be concerned that the whole congregation might sympathize with the rebels, thus precipitating a full-scale purge when he arrives (cf. 10:8; 13:10; Num. 16:41–50). The apostle wants ...

3049. Sons of God

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... accompanied by fear or fatalism. By implicitly equating being under the law with being enslaved to the “basic principles of the world,” Paul finds another way to focus his readers’ attention on the folly and danger of adding the law to faith in Christ. 4:4 Continuing with the concept of the time-limited purpose of the law, Paul writes that at a particular point, when the time had fully come, God ended the age of minority and the period of enslavement. With the coming of Jesus, when God sent his Son, a ...

3050. Thanksgiving and Prayer

Ephesians 1:15-23

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... hope of God’s call (1:18b), God’s blessing (inheritance, 1:18c), and God’s power (1:19), as demonstrated in Christ’s resurrection (1:20) and exaltation (1:21–23). 1:18 I pray should not be taken as a second request but as a continuation of the prayer that began in 1:17 (the Greek does not repeat the purpose clause): Enlightenment is the result of knowing God and his will more perfectly. Light and knowledge often are linked together in Scripture. Psalm 119:18, for example, is a form of a petition ...

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