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3626. The Parable of the Sower

Matthew 13:1-23

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... people who had just been praised for their hearing would not need an explanation of what they had heard. Gundry counters with the observation (growing out of v. 12) that the explanation of parables comes as a gift to those who have, in order that they may have more, rather than as a gift to those who do not have (p. 259). Hill takes a somewhat mediating position by noting that, although the interpretation of the parable belongs to a later period, both parable and interpretation can bring us “echoes of ...

3627. If There is A God, Why Is There Suffering In the World?

Jeremiah 12:1, Romans 8:18-28

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Charley Reeb

... word, freedom. We live a world where God has given us freedom. The same freedom that allows us to choose to love and serve God allows others to pick up weapons and kill innocent people. Freedom itself is good, like all of God’s gifts, but some choose to pervert God’s gift and use it for evil. So why doesn’t God intervene before a gunman shoots innocent people? Why doesn’t God do something to prevent people from killing each other? Because freedom is at stake. If God took away our freedom to do evil ...

3628. The Widow's Offering

Luke 21:1-4

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... –47, who “devour widows’ houses.” While these very religious-appearing persons swindle the poor and defenseless, this particular widow drops into the treasury what little she has to live on. Although tiny in comparison to the much larger gifts of the rich, her gift, declares Jesus, is more than all the others. For while it was no inconvenience for the wealthy to give greater amounts, it was with significant personal hardship that the poor widow made her contribution. In view of Jesus’ condemnation ...

3629. Righteousness Through Faith

Romans 3:21-31

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... Jesus Christ, the forgiven party is at the time no better or worse than it was before. It is a righteousness utterly independent of merit, otherwise the reward would be a payment or obligation of God (Rom. 4:4). As it is, righteousness from God is a gift, wholly unmerited and freely given, which is motivated by grace and received by trust or faith (Rom. 4:5). Lest the voltage of this truth dissipate into sentimentality, we must recall that a judge who hands down a lenient sentence to a guilty party (not to ...

3630. Peace and Joy

Romans 5:1-11

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James R. Edwards

... grace we are entrenched in rebellion. We are not distant relatives of God; we are insurrectionists against a worthy king (Mark 12:1–12). It took nothing short of the death of God’s Son to persuade humanity to lay down its arms and accept the gift of reconciliation. The verb tenses in verses 9–11 encompass the entire life of the believer in God’s love: we were God’s enemies, we have been justified, we shall be saved. God’s redeeming love is past, present, and future. In theological terminology ...

3631. On Divisions in the Church

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

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Marion L. Soards

... the Spirit. They live as though they were citizens of the old age prior to the revelation of the powerful wisdom of God in the cross of Christ. The Corinthians had the Spirit, but they acted like those outside the church who had not experienced God’s gracious gift. 3:4 Paul’s final explanatory line comes in this verse (For). Having moved back to the language of 1:11 in 3:3, Paul now returns explicitly to the problem he began to address in 1:10–12—the competitive appeal to various leaders whereby the ...

3632. Apostles of Christ

1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... confronts the Corinthians with the reality of their experience of salvation. They were not saved by anything they had or because of anything they did. Rather, they received grace freely—from God, not merely from one of the apostles—and because of the free nature of the gift and their reception of it, they are in no position to boast. In fact, Paul implies that their boasting in humans denies the reality of the nature of grace, for when they boast they act as if grace was not given to them freely by God ...

3633. Propriety in Worship

1 Corinthians 11:2-16

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Marion L. Soards

... pp. 52–59. In a creative interpretive essay, S. E. McGinn (“exousian echein epi tēs kephalēs: 1 Cor 11:10 and the Ecclesial Authority of Woman,” List 31 [1996], pp. 91–104) argues that the charismatic gift of prophecy gave the women who were endowed with this gift an authority over their heads—the men—because of the Spirit’s presence and power at work in their contributions to the congregation’s worship. On the difficulty of this section and the awkwardness of Paul’s logical development ...

3634. The Collection for God's People

1 Corinthians 16:1-4

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Marion L. Soards

... pressure. 16:3–4 Paul’s plans for delivering the collection were open to development or, better, to the guidance of the Spirit. One element of the arrangements seems definite: representatives that the Corinthians themselves were to select would bear the gift to Jerusalem. This aspect of the delivery serves a practical purpose. Someone has to transfer the funds from the givers to the recipients, and by asking the Corinthians to choose delegates, Paul ensures their participation and sets himself and his ...

3635. The Death of Nadab and Abihu

Leviticus 10:1-20

Understanding Series

W. H. Bellinger, Jr.

... the holiness and power of God which has destroyed his sons Nadab and Abihu. They were judged presumptuous in their actions; Aaron did not want to be so judged. In the midst of grief and anxiety, would it be appropriate to partake of a priestly gift, the meat from the offering? Deuteronomy 26:14 speaks of refraining from a sacred portion while in mourning. Aaron did not think it responsible to eat of the meat. Moses accepts Aaron’s response as reasonable and the narrative concludes. Moses and Aaron seem to ...

3636. Oil and Bread Set Before the Lord

Leviticus 24:1-9

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W. H. Bellinger, Jr.

... tabernacling with the people, of creation, covenant, and Sabbath. Verse 5 begins with instruction in how to make the bread from choice flour. The ingredients remind the people of the creator who gives bread to the community. The bread serves as an important symbol of God’s gifts of food to the people. There are to be twelve loaves, as there are twelve tribes in Israel. Each loaf is to be made with two-tenths of an ephah. As with everything else in the holy precincts, care is to be taken in the arrangement ...

3637. The Sabbath Year

Leviticus 25:1-7

Understanding Series

W. H. Bellinger, Jr.

... verse also reminds the reader that the setting is still at Sinai. The land is personified here as elsewhere in the Holiness Code; the idea of a Sabbath for the land is also found in the Covenant Code. The community is to live off the land as God’s gift for six years. In the seventh year, no planting or harvesting is to occur in field or vineyard. There is not even to be any harvesting of what may simply grow in the natural course of things. Verses 6 and 7 explain how the community will live during the ...

3638. Setting Up the Lamps

Num 8:1-26

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

... . Aaron is then to present the Levites as a special contribution to God so that they may be prepared to do their work (v. 11). Most commentators suggest that representatives of the people pressed their hands on the Levites to indicate that the Levites are a gift from the people, a kind of living sacrifice. The Levites are now specifically dedicated to God. The Levites then press their hands upon the two bulls, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering, both atoning sacrifices. The Levites are thus ...

3639. Daily Offerings

Numbers 28:1-8

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W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

... term for sacrifice, probably a vestige of the view that sacrifice was food for the gods. That view does not seem to be present in the OT, but the language remains. As we have seen, offerings made by fire may refer to a more general “gift.” The sacrifice as an aroma pleasing to me is also ancient language describing the offering as a pleasant smell for God in hope of divine acceptance of the offering. These chapters discuss only the burnt and sin offerings, and their accompaniments. The text here does ...

3640. The Lord Calls Samuel

1 Samuel 3:1–4:1

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... young Samuel, grooming him for a task that he must have wished could have been carried on by his own family. It seems probable that the writers intended to provide a contrast to the later picture of Saul as he, with ungracious resentment, sought to prevent the gifted young David from replacing his own family. 3:1 An editorial comment precedes the next part of the story. The lack of visions and the mention of the fact that in those days the word of the LORD was rare emphasize the unexpected nature of what ...

3641. Israel Asks for a King

1 Samuel 8:1-22

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... people understood what they were letting themselves in for, gave permission for the monarchy to proceed. When in spite of Samuel’s clear warnings the desire for a king remained, the request was duly authorized. The monarchy then was seen as a gift from God. 8:21–22 It is usually taken for granted that Samuel continued to view kingship in a negative light, but this chapter, after recording his initial displeasure, gives no indication of his personal feelings. He puts forward all the negative arguments ...

3642. Saul Made King

1 Samuel 10:9-27

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Mary J. Evans

... any military call-up. The main function of the king at this stage was viewed as military commander, a fact confirmed by the words of those who were not convinced: How can this fellow save us? Their refusal to bring gifts highlights the fact that most of the people had brought gifts. The first act of royal taxation, even if it was voluntary, had taken place. Additional Notes 10:17 Although we cannot be sure of the exact location, Mizpah, a few miles north of Jerusalem, was a common site for such assemblies ...

3643. The True God of Agricultural Blessing

Psalm 4:1-8

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... with their speech (vv. 19–20; cf. 4:4). As a result, this psalm similarly gives them reason to fear God (vv. 21–22) and advises them on the proper understanding of sacrifice as a means of honoring God (vv. 14–15, 23), that is, by offering him gifts of tribute. 4:6–8 This final section raises the issue of grain and new wine. In this connection the question Who can show us any good? probably has particular reference to agricultural “goods” (cf. 34:10, 12; 104:28; 107:9; and esp. 85:11–13, which ...

3644. In Celebration of the Ritual Procession of the Cherubim-Ark

Psalm 68:1-35

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... (you . . . , O God, in your sanctuary). Elsewhere in the Psalms, God’s “strength” was embodied by the ark (78:61; 132:8). This final section thus petitions the manifestation of your power to the nations (vv. 28–31). As a result, kings will bring you gifts or tribute (v. 29), as had been celebrated earlier in the historical recital of the ark’s journey (v. 18). Closing the liturgy is a call for further praise in anticipation of victory (vv. 32–35). This psalm gives us insight into the power of ...

3645. The God of Zion Breaks the Weapons of War

Psalm 76:1-12

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... , 11–12). 76:11–12 The psalm closes with imperatives addressed apparently to both Israel (the LORD your God) and to all the neighboring lands. Israel is enjoined to present a votive offering (Lev. 7:16), probably as an expression of thanksgiving. The kings of the earth are to bring gifts (Hb. šay), that is, tribute, to the victorious King. This term is used elsewhere only in 68:29 (cf. vv. 17–18) and Isaiah 18:7, both of which describe foreign peoples bringing ...

3646. The Kings of the South and the North

Daniel 11:2-35

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... much more than his fathers or his forefathers (11:24). At a point when his treasury was empty he determined to go to Persia to collect more taxes: “He feared that he might not have such funds as he had before for his expenses and for the gifts that he used to give more lavishly than preceding kings” (1 Macc. 3:30 NRSV). He sometimes doled out resources to build up cities in his realm, and he also gave generously to temples (Polybius, Hist. 26.10). The text does not tell us which fortresses he plotted ...

3647. The Setting Apart of the Levites

Numbers 8:5-26

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

3648. Sabbath Offerings

Numbers 28:9-10

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

3649. Monthly Offerings

Numbers 28:11-25

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.