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3326. The Throne in Heaven

Revelation 4:1-11

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... Cosmic Warfare: In Revelation 1–3, John saw the throne room of God from which the divine Son of Man judges the seven churches in Asia. This theophany, specifically a throne-chariot theophany, is described with even greater detail in Revelation 4–5, which continues the image of heaven as the throne room and royal court of God, but also introduces the central composite vision that forms the backbone of the entire book of Revelation. When John receives his tour of heaven from the various members of God’s ...

3327. Praise the Slain Lamb

Revelation 5:1-14

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... In response, the whole court falls prostrate before the Lord and the Lamb (5:8). The elders each hold a lyre (cf. Ps. 33:2–3; 43:4) and a golden bowl of incense (a temple utensil, but here a symbol of the saints’ prayers), and with them they continue worshiping the Creator (4:8–11) by worshiping the Lamb (5:9–14). The new song is first sung by the elders (5:9–10). Then comes a chorus of countless angels with their own refrain (5:11–12), and finally the entire creative order joins with a doxology ...

3328. The Vindication of God and his People

Revelation 20:1-7, Revelation 20:8-10

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... an indefinite period of time when the church lives under the agency of the Spirit (cf. Rom. 8:37). The millennium began when Jesus was raised from the dead (20:1–3; cf. 12:7–11), which is the first resurrection (20:5–6; cf. 1 Cor. 15:20), and continues today. When Christians remain faithful, Satan is bound (12:1–6; cf. Mark 3:23–28; Matt. 16:16–19; Luke 10:17–19); but when they compromise, Satan is loosed (20:7–9; cf. 2 Cor. 4:3–4; Eph. 2:2). The tribulation is not a future event ...

3329. I Once Was Blind…and Maybe I Still Am

John 9:1-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... that children automatically go to heaven whether they believe in Christ or not--up until the so-called age of accountability when they are able to decide for themselves whether to commit their lives to Christ. Our humanitarian concern for humanity, this clergyman continued, motivates us to raise money to feed the starving children of the impoverished countries of the world so that they can grow up and cross the age of accountability. This carries the risk, he contended, that these children might die and go ...

3330. The Invitation

Isaiah 55:1-9

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... my money market grows If I go broke before I wake I pray my Lexus they won’t take.[2] Many people live in the illusion that they cannot live without more. And as long as there is money to be made from gullible consumers, our culture will continue to accommodate and perpetuate this illusion by inviting us to have more, purchase more, and obtain more. We have been convinced that the more we have, the happier we are. But you and I know this is one of the greatest delusions humankind has ever produced. For ...

3331. A Happy Ending

Joshua 5:9-12

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... of something sacred. We want the old world to stay with us. We want old thinking, traditions, and customs to continue. We want to go back to the familiar and comfortable. In fact, some of us long for the old life to return so much that we resist change altogether ... . We refuse to accept it and continue living a fantasy of yesterday. Some of us are happy eating the stale manna of the past and are not willing to try the ...

3332. I Wonder about Life after Death

John 14:1-3

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Charley Reeb

... it here. It is nice and comfortable, and I feel very much loved in my mommy’s tummy. I don’t want to die out of my mommy’s tummy. I don’t want to be born because that means I’d have to leave my mommy’s tummy.’” Ed continued and said, “But Ellen, you already know what happened. You did die out of your mommy’s tummy and look what you discovered. You discovered in this world loving arms to hold you, loving faces smiling at you and everyone wanting to meet your every need. And now for seven ...

3333. No Longer Orphans

John 14:15-21

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King Duncan

... The two surviving girls became part of a local church where some older children and another priest also helped them. And they began to take conscious steps toward faith. Julie Ann in far off Australia continued to pray for and to sponsor Christine throughout her high school years. And then, when asked if she would continue to sponsor her, Julie Ann helped Christine to go to teacher’s college because she was a very gifted young woman. When Stephen Hayner met Christine, she and her sister, Harriet, had been ...

3334. Pop Verses: Isaiah 40:28-31

Isaiah 40:28-31

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... only half over! And what about the last couple of weeks? The shootings in Dallas – the displays of hate and bigotry are overwhelming. And just this week there was another terrorist attack in France. 84 dead, more than 50 injured. The bloodshed, violence, hate and shootings continues to surge our world. I don’t know about you, but lately I have been asking, “What next?” I know I’m not alone. How many of you have been asking that? What next? What awful violence is going to happen next? What kind of ...

3335. Pop Verses: John 3:16

John 3:16

Sermon

Charley Reeb

Today I continue our series “Pop Verses.” We are taking a closer look at some of the most popular Bible verses. We are going to find out why ... give you the peace you are craving. Jesus spoke about the freedom we crave in the 8th chapter of John. Let’s take a look: Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” –John 8:31-32 I don’t know what you need to be set free from ...

3336. Jesus Morality

Matthew 10:40-42

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Tom Garrison

... "Bye...you are comfortable...bye-bye." When we arrived at the café for lunch and we listened as the doctor told us all that was going on with the clinic, to my surprise the man who had been against supporting it said, "Well, you can count on us for our continued support and we will add to what we have been doing." As that event closed it brought to my mind what Jesus said "...whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple." I think that day we saw the ...

3337. Playing One Hand

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

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Tom Garrison

... . One has missed the whole point of the parable if the beaten path and rocky soil and devouring underbrush is all one sees. Some of the seed makes it to good ground and flowers into full harvest, and this is what justifies the whole process and is why one continues "to keep on keeping on" in any creative endeavor. Not everything we would like to do are we able to do because of factors beyond our control, but some good does come from our efforts; in fact, enough good that we do not "grow weary in well-doing ...

3338. Hallelujah! Come On, Get Happy

Matthew 5:1-12

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David G. Rogne

... . One night a few years ago someone took him to dinner and raved about the fresh warm bread as he spread it with butter. Schuller had some. "You must try the steak with béarnaise sauce," said the host. Schuller followed the advice. After the steak, the host continued, "They make the best pie here, with a chocolate crust. You can't pass it by." Schuller had a piece. He calculated in that one meal he took in about 3,000 calories. That night he was depressed and filled with remorse that he did not have the ...

3339. The Transfiguration

Mark 9:2-13

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... can be worshiped intelligently only when he is seen as the divinely sent redeemer. Only then will it become clear who this Son of Man really is. It is significant that Jesus continues to use this title of his earthly mission even after this experience, for his divine sonship cannot be understood yet. The disciples’ continued confusion, mentioned in 9:10, shows that there could be no grasp of Jesus’ true purpose until the events that came to constitute the center of the gospel, the death and resurrection ...

3340. Signs of the End of the Age

Mark 13:1-31

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... Jesus’ parable in 12:1–12 (esp. v. 9). 13:3–13 In response to Jesus’ startling announcement that the great temple of Jerusalem will be destroyed, several of his disciples come to him to inquire about the details. This introduces Jesus’ teaching, which continues to the end of chapter 13. Though the disciples ask specifically when the prediction about the destruction of the temple will come to pass (v. 4), Jesus does not give either a date or a specific sign by which to calculate the date. It seems ...

3341. Paul's Longing to Visit Rome

Romans 1:1-17

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... because your faith is being reported all over the world (see also 1 Thess. 1:8). Thanksgiving is Paul’s first word. The use of First leads us to expect a “second,” but Paul’s train of thought gets carried afield and he fails to continue the sequence. He is grateful because their faith is being reported all over the world. His gratitude is neither a vague sense of euphoria nor an unaccountable sense of well-being, but gratitude for specific acts of God. Whether the Romans’ faith was more noteworthy ...

3342. No One Is Righteous

Romans 3:9-20

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... 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” is a bit forced, given the technical definition of proechō, which means “to excel,” or “be first.” Moreover, nowhere else do we see Paul apologizing for his doctrine of justification. ...

3343. Abraham Justified by Faith

Romans 4:1-25

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... quoted in Str-B, vol. 3, pp. 202–3 (my translation). Faith That Defies Defeat Paul hacked his way through a thicket of works, circumcision, and pride in 4:1–12 in order to create a clearing where faith might grow. The second half of the chapter continues with the example of Abraham but furthers the discussion by showing how faith is anchored to the promise of God. One scholar puts it this way, “In the preceding verses we learned that Abraham is our father in the faith. In these verses we learn how he ...

3344. Living Sacrifices

Romans 12:1-8

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... apart from believers, but it must be believers themselves! This thought finds a parallel in Hebrews 10:19–22 where Christ appears both as high priest and sacrificial victim. All persons, Christians included, live within a network of relationships. Recognizing this fact, Paul continues, Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed (v. 2). His concern is with form: the form or pattern of this world versus the trans form ation of faith. Paul does not say not to conform; that ...

3345. Submission to the Authorities

Romans 13:1-7

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... a pragmatic appeal “for loyal conduct in order to avoid a fresh edict” has much to recommend it (Introduction to the NT, p. 100). Marxsen further warns that it is inadvisable to consult this passage as a timeless theology of church and state. Rather, he continues, Paul is admonishing the Romans not to pull the roof of Nero’s wrath down on their heads as they had under Claudius. On both points Marxsen is doubtlessly correct. Nevertheless, both the context and structure of 13:1–7 reveal that this is ...

3346. Divisions In the Church

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... fashion. Paul specifies that he appeals to the Corinthians (lit.) “through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Translations that read “by the name …” are closer to the sense of Paul’s statement than the NIV’s in the name …, for Paul is continuing the christological emphasis that he registered in the salutation and thanksgiving and is now making it the basis and means of his appeal to the Corinthians. The substance of his appeal is given in the remainder of verse 10 in a series of three ...

3347. Lawsuits Among Believers

1 Corinthians 6:1-11

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... forming lifestyles that are contrary to God’s will and work and that will not be given a place in God’s kingdom. Don’t delude yourselves, says Paul; some things do not belong in God’s kingdom. The list begun in verse 9 and continued in verse 10 is, as was the listing in 5:9–11, a catalogue to illustrate certain characteristics and conditions that will not gain entry into the kingdom of God. These lines become a brief meditation on “unrighteousness” (Gk. adikos). The NIV translates the Greek ...

3348. Food Sacrificed to Idols

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... and then sold in the marketplace, as he is later in 10:23–11:1. But through the careful and persuasive exegetical work of G. D. Fee, interpreters have come to think that Paul begins a discussion in 8:1–6, 7–13 that he continues in 10:1–22 concerning Christian participation in pagan temple cultic meals. However, this view and the traditional interpretation are difficult to maintain because of the complicated, even contorted, discussion that Paul offers in 8:1–13. Moreover, it may be that Paul is ...

3349. Spiritual Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... Spirit,’ is also possible, cf. 2:15; 3:1; 14:37. Yet, despite 14:37 the theme is not types of men but gifts” (1 Corinthians, p. 204 n. 1). Whatever his meaning or motivation, Paul refers to the pneumatikoi only once in this chapter, and he continues the discussion using the word charismata in 12:4, 9, 28, 30–31. At a minimum, the use of charismata emphasizes that whatever spiritual gifts occur in the Corinthian congregation, those gifts are by God’s grace (charis). 12:2 Cf. 10:19–20 to see that ...

3350. Orderly Worship

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... 16:7), and Tryphaena and Tryphosa (Rom. 16:12) function as co-workers in the churches if they cannot speak in those churches? How can Phoebe fulfill the role of deacon (Rom. 16:1–2) if she cannot speak out in the assembly? As Bassler continues, “Something is seriously amiss here.” The inconsistency of the collected elements of the total picture causes Bassler to conclude the words on women in vv. 34–35 are most likely a later (anonymous) marginal gloss incorporated into the words of the text of Paul ...

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