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301. Zophar Rejects Job’s Complaints

Job 11:1-20

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Daniel J. Estes

... fully known to him and will both be fully loved and disciplined with infallible wisdom. Biblical wisdom is slow to diagnose the cause behind adversity and open to the possibility of righteous suffering. Bible: Take a moment to sketch out a few profiles of Bible characters who suffered for being righteous or obedient (Abel, Jeremiah, Stephen, Mary, etc.). In each case you cite, describe first how society perceived that person at the time, and then what the Bible reveals to us about God’s diagnosis of that ...

302. Eliphaz Turns Up His Criticism of Job

Job 15:1-35

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Daniel J. Estes

... secret plans. Similar allusions to the divine council are found in 1 Kings 22:19–22 and Psalm 82:1–4, as well as elsewhere in the Old Testament. The prologue in Job 1–2 also presents such a scene, as Yahweh debates with the adversary the character and motivation of Job. Thus, it is clear to the reader that Eliphaz is wrong in his condemnation of Job. Teaching the Text The more Eliphaz talks, the more he sounds like a conclusion in search of a cause to justify it. His retribution theology prompts him ...

303. Job Feels under Attack by God

Job 16:1-17:16

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Daniel J. Estes

... Job is not willing to diminish either God’s power or his goodness, nor will Job admit to sins that he has not committed. This conundrum is at the heart of Job’s consternation as he views his personal experience within the theological context of God’s character and rule, and it leads him to appeal to God to exercise justice on his behalf (cf. the lament psalms, esp. Ps. 44). Teaching the Text As Job reels under the continual blows of his adversity, he feels weaker and weaker. By Job 16, he is exhausted ...

304. Eliphaz Condemns and Counsels Job

Job 22:1-30

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Daniel J. Estes

... God, then the whole retribution principle, which insists that God always rewards the righteous and always punishes the wicked, is invalidated. 22:4 Is it for your piety that he rebukes you? With this sarcastic question, Eliphaz demonstrates that he has totally misjudged Job’s character and attitude toward God. Eliphaz intends to strike at the heart of Job’s self-defense that he is innocent before God, but Eliphaz does not realize that it is Job’s piety, commended by God himself in 1:8 and 2:3, that ...

305. “Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit”

Psalm 31:1-24

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C. Hassell Bullock

... take refuge in you. Verses 31:19–24 form a parallel track to the prayer of 31:1–18.[17] The NIV’s translation “good things” in place of “your goodness” obscures the fact that this is an exclamatory word of praise for the “goodness” of God’s character (“Oh, how abundant is your goodness,” ESV), in the same sense as Exodus 33:19, where the Lord denies Moses’s request to see his glory but causes his “goodness” (cf. Ps. 25:7 ESV) to pass before him. 31:20 In the shelter of your ...

306. The King and the Maiden Banter

Song of Songs 1:1-17

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Gary M. Burge

... . The opening sections of the poem find the maiden in the royal court of King Solomon, with no indication as to how she came to be there (although 6:11–12 implies she was taken from the countryside against her will). Those who espouse a three-character Song recognize 1:9–2:2 as a dialogue between the king and the maiden but understand her speeches as projections directed to the shepherd lover she has left behind and not as direct responses to Solomon’s flattery. 1:2–4 · In the anxiety and confusion ...

307. I Have Come Into My Garden

Song of Songs 5:1-16

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Gary M. Burge

... seeks to make amends. This view not only distorts the literary intentions of the search-find motif in love poetry but also tarnishes the idyllic love relationship portrayed everywhere else in the poem. The anthology-of-love-poems approach notes the actions of the two characters as “odd,” but emphasizes the creation of mood over any real-life experience (cf. Longman, 161). The charge to the harem women is a partial repetition of Song of Solomon 2:7 and 3:5, and, like 3:5, signals another major break in ...

308. The Lord’s Call for Judah’s Repentance

Joel 2:12-17

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Gary M. Burge

... Israel’s unfaithfulness. In addition, the Lord’s hesed manifests itself in the restraint of his wrath. While the Lord chastises his people, he does not exact the full measure of his judgment on them. Joel argues on the basis of the Lord’s character that the Lord may recognize true repentance and mitigate his wrath against Judah. If God is all-knowing, there is no human response he does not already anticipate, while God’s immutability—or the fact that he does not change—means that God does ...

309. Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians’ Faith

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

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Gary M. Burge

... ”; cf. Deut. 4:37; 7:7–8; 10:15; Ps. 47:4; 78:68; Isa. 42:1; Matt. 12:18; Rom. 11:28; Eph. 1:4; Col. 3:12). Whereas the placement of political or military leaders in Paul’s time had to do with the merit or character of those chosen, divine election finds its center in the one who chooses (Rom. 5:6–8). The implied result of election is the formation of the Christian community, the brothers and sisters “loved by God” (cf. 2 Thess. 2:13). Having expressed confidence that the Thessalonians are elect ...

310. A Lifestyle in Accord with Sound Doctrine

Titus 2:1-15

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Gary M. Burge

... opposition and the last having to do with the furtherance of the gospel. The most profound argument Christians have that theirs is the true God “who does not lie” (see 1:2) is the lives they lead. Older men are to exhibit confirmed integrity of character, and they are to display the gifts and virtues Paul urged in his earlier letters: “sound in faith, in love, and in endurance” (2:2; the practical outworking of hope). Paul wishes older women to be prime examples of Jesus Christ’s power to reshape ...

311. Struggling with Sin

Romans 7:7-25

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... Paul again thunders a denial, By no means! (see 3:6; 6:2, 15; 7:7). The culprit is sin, not law. The law plays a divine role in relation to sin for it reveals sin (3:20), and by arousing the slumbering demon to life makes sin’s true character the more apparent. But sin abuses the law, producing the opposite of what the law intended. The law, however, cannot be blamed for death any more than a detective who discovers a corpse can be said to be the killer. 7:14 From verse 14 onward the first person singular ...

312. Love

Romans 12:9-21

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James R. Edwards

... ethics of egoism and the “most excellent way” of agapē (1 Cor. 12:31). Christian love is shaped neither by the standards of the world nor by the promptings of self, but by the power of the Holy Spirit bearing witness within believers to the character of God. 12:9 Paul first appeals for sincere or genuine love, since love is the primary fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22). An examination of the Greek text reveals several important features not readily apparent in a translation. First, the opening sentence ...

313. Apostles of Christ

1 Corinthians 4:1-21

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Marion L. Soards

... is his judge, he does not judge himself, for although he is not aware of failure in his faithfulness, his own opinion does not justify him in God’s sight. 4:5 Paul draws to a close the metaphor that he began at 4:1. The emphatic character of his statement is evident from the beginning of the verse, Therefore. The words that follow are a single complex construction in Greek, as one sees in the three correlated sentences into which the NIV breaks the verse. These lines reiterate the thought of 3:10–15 ...

314. Food Sacrificed to Idols

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

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Marion L. Soards

... the Christians attribute to the one true God who is the all-and-all of divine reality for Christians’ faith and practice: “for us there is but one God.” 8:6 In this verse Paul makes a confessional statement that is creedal in character. This creed assumes a Christian perspective and focuses on creation, call, Christ, and redemption. From the discussion that follows in the remainder of this chapter one sees that the Corinthians had turned this central confession into a speculative thesis that led to a ...

315. Job's First Test

Job 1:6-22

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Gerald H. Wilson

... of verse 22: In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing. If blessing meant cursing here, the narrative would end at verse 21. This concluding exoneration of Job, innocent of any “sin,” brings us full circle back to the righteous character of Job affirmed at the beginning, questioned and tested in the middle, and reaffirmed at the end of chapter 1. Lest the reader assume the narrative is complete and the question decided, the initial phrase in 1:22, “in all this,” stops just short ...

316. Eliphaz's Third Speech to Job

Job 22:1-30

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Gerald H. Wilson

... utterly unmoved by earthbound motives. Therefore, if he has rebuked Job and become his adversary, Job cannot, as he has maintained, be innocent. Job’s treatment by God proves his guilt” (Job, p. 104). Ironically, Eliphaz lays the groundwork here for the very character of God Job has been supposing. Eliphaz does not, apparently, see that in his attempt to eliminate any undue influence on the judgment of God, he has set the central principle of retribution on its ear. If God gives to each human according ...

317. The Lord Speaks

Job 38:1--41:34

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Gerald H. Wilson

... 12:9), the appearance of God in response to Job’s plea occasions the first use of the divine name Yahweh since the prose prologue. Some speculate that the omission of the divine name from the dialogues and Elihu speeches reflects the non-Israelite character of Job and his interlocutors—who all instead have links with the region of Edom (Whybray, Job, p. 157). In Exodus the divine name Yahweh was part of a particularly intimate and personal revelation of God to Israel. Unlike the other occurrences of the ...

318. Entering the Lord’s House

Psalm 5:1-12

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Craig C. Broyles

... . They are given mention as those who contrast with God, and thus cannot “stand in your presence,” and as those who contrast with the speaker in terms of the posture they assume before that presence. Thus, the psalm hinges on this issue: given God’s character, who is permitted to “come into your house”? This psalm’s connection to the liturgy of temple entry is supported by the following parallels with Psalms 15 and 24. If we regard Psalms 15 and 24 as typical of such “entrance torahs” and so ...

319. Forgiveness for the Sinner

2 Corinthians 2:5-11

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James M. Scott

... obedience of faith among the nations (cf. Rom. 1:5). The NIV translates verse 9b to see if you would stand the test. A more literal translation would be “in order that I might know your character” (cf. Phil. 2:22). Paul was subjecting the Corinthians’ character to examination and approval, by seeing whether they would comply with his directive to punish the offender and thereby reaffirm Paul’s apostolic authority. Whereas in the previous context Paul has been handling accusations leveled against ...

320. Suffering for Doing Good

1 Peter 3:8-22

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Norman Hillyer

... the lot Christians are called upon to bear. It was not a new or unexpected turn of events for those seeking to live a godly life to attract undeserved suffering. The people of God have always been liable to face persecution; such is the malignant character of the spiritual world of evil opposed to God. But at the same time, those attuned to God’s mind on the subject have long admonished believers not to pursue the settlement of accounts: vengeance, when and where necessary, is the divine prerogative (Deut ...

321. United We Stand

John 17:11b-19

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King Duncan

... ’t had any experience of God. I go because it is obvious to me that the people who attend are experiencing God, and I am hoping that one day I will too.” (4) That is a beautiful and refreshingly honest response. I wonder if a TV character would say that today. Television has become somewhat hostile to organized religion. Some of us have experienced God in quite a profound way. Others of us are yearning for such an experience. Regardless, we are united in our belief that Christ is the way to God. And ...

322. Déjà Vu or Divine Revelation?

Luke 23:35-43

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King Duncan

... the temple).” If you’re the Son of God, save my marriage. Heal my child. Take away my pain. Just get me down off this cross. Then I’ll believe in you. Then I’ll call you Lord. But the second thief looked at Jesus’ sacrifice, and he recognized the character, the mercy, the plan of God. He looked at Jesus, beaten and bloody and insulted and spit upon, and he saw a God who loved the world so much that He came to walk in our shoes and share our sorrows and die the most painful and humiliating death ...

323. Mending Fences

Luke 16:1-15, Luke 16:16-18

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Lori Wagner

... But he does realize his error and try to correct it, because he DOES care what his Master thinks of him and about his own future or lack of it. He realizes that relationships will be much more important than money. So he acts wisely and with character. He calls together the Master’s debtors and cuts the debts, no doubt making up what he has formerly stolen from them. Perhaps he takes the extra funds he has used for himself in order to make up the difference. Satisfied that he has made “friends” among ...

324. The Invisible Robe of Righteousness

Matthew 22:1-14

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Lori Wagner

... honor God, and pay homage to his Son Jesus as Lord and Savior. We not only need to feign our loyalty to God, or just show up at the venue, but we need to “dress” for the part! We need to put on clothing that indicates the kind of character inside, at least the kind of intent we have to follow through. To understand Jesus’ parable, we need to not take it literally. This is not about God chastising someone for not wearing a lavish enough suit or a sparkly enough dress befitting a wedding guest. This is ...

325. The Real "Lord's Prayer"

John 17:6-19

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King Duncan

... things that he has called us to accomplish if we do not pull together. Unity does not come easily. It requires humility and a shared vision. And most of all, unity requires prayer. When we align our will with the will of God, when we align our character with the character of Jesus, then we will operate in a spirit of unity. And we can accomplish the work of Jesus on this earth if we can just learn to work together. In 1939, Nazi Germany gave up control of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania ...

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