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4026. Joy at Believers’ Walking in the Truth

3 John 1:1-14

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... several things become apparent. This later material has most of the Gospel’s incarnational material (John 1:14; 6:51–58; 16:32–33; 19:34; 21:18–24), emphases on church unity (chaps. 6 and 17), and teachings on the present leadership of the Holy Spirit (chaps. 15–16). Therefore, while the first edition of John emphasizes that Jesus fulfills the Moses and Elijah typologies of the Jewish Messiah in order that people might come to believe in Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God (John 20:31), the later ...

4027. Prologue

Revelation 1:1-3

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... (1:4–6). The courtiers are the angels of the Lord, one of whom is sent to John. Though John is exiled on the island of Patmos, he is nevertheless taken up in his spirit to this heavenly courtroom and commissioned as a scribe to write what he sees (1:9–11). Christ appears as the glorified Son of Man and divine judge (1:12–20), the seven churches of Asia Minor are put on trial, and John records their judgment in the form of ...

4028. The Epiphany of the Glorious Son

Revelation 1:4-8

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... 3.14] expands the name to: “I am he who was, and I am he now, and I am he forever. So it is said three times, I am.”). Before the throne is the Holy Spirit in the form of seven spirits, an allusion to the sevenfold ministry in Isaiah 11:2–3. The Hebrew text of Isaiah 11:2–3 only mentions six spirits, but its Greek translation (i.e., the Septuagint) lists seven. The final person of the Godhead is Jesus, whose atoning death and victory over sin has freed humanity (1:5–6). The two Old Testament ...

4029. The Throne in Heaven

Revelation 4:1-11

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... by Herod the Great were modeled (Exod. 25:9–40; 2 Chron. 28:11–19; Josephus, Jewish War 5.212–18). 4:1–11 · The first thing John sees is the open door to the gates of the heavenly temple (4:1; cf. 11:19; 15:5), and his spirit is immediately swept up into the inner sanctuary, where the throne of God resides (Rev. 7:15). The blowing of a temple trumpet usually heralds the next part of a Jewish liturgy (cf. Lev. 23:24), and so the familiar “voice like a trumpet” that commissioned John as a ...

4030. 8:2–5

Revelation 8:6--9:21

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... , and the sky—the last three plagues will attack humanity more directly. When the fifth trumpet is blown, a chain of events starts but centers on the actions of a dense swarm of demonic locusts unleashed from a bottomless pit or abyss (i.e., a prison for evil spirits; Luke 8:31; 2 Pet. 2:4; 1 Enoch 10:4–14). The swarm is reminiscent of the eighth Egyptian plague (locusts; Exod. 10:12–20) but also possibly the third (gnats; 8:16–19) and fourth (flies; 8:20–24), since locusts, gnats, and flies were ...

4031. I Once Was Blind…and Maybe I Still Am

John 9:1-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... they are blind in so many ways to authentic discipleship. Let’s consider some of the ways the Pharisees were blind and see if any of them relate to us. Let’s begin here: The Pharisees lived by the letter of the law, but were blind to the spirit of the law. A good example was their attitude toward the Sabbath. They were so afraid of working on the Sabbath that there was a law stating that if a person fractured a bone, they could not have it attended to on the Sabbath. Imagine having to suffer needlessly ...

4032. Live Spelled Backward

Matthew 26:14-27:66

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... 's End Judas "hanged himself!" (Matthew 27:5). Given time, evil always hangs itself. Christian, listen: You will never have to get even with anybody. You do not have to retaliate. You do not need to waste your time and energy worrying about people possessed of serpentine spirits. Take them Up! Up! Up! Up in prayer. Up in love. Up above the snake line. Do not live your life in reverse. Do not take up residence where the snakes abide. Always live your life going forward and along the way sing to yourself, I'm ...

4033. Son of a Daddy

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... Simon, son of John." Another example is Bartholomew, meaning "son of Talmei." Now the name is Barabbas. Perhaps your mind is already recognizing what it means. Paul writes, "All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, 'Abba! Father!' " (Romans 8:14-15 ESV). Ah, bar means "son" and abba means "father," so Barabbas is the "son of a father." Actually, many Bible ...

4034. Afraid of Hope

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... see and experience allowed Michael to grow and change for the better. The same is true when we come to Jesus. We will see all of life with new eyes. Paul writes, I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints. (Ephesians 1:17-18) Thomas did not ...

4035. The Biggest Prayer Ever Prayed Under Heaven

John 17:1-11

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... this honor, but takes it only when called by God" (Hebrews 5:1, 4). At the beginning of his earthly ministry, Jesus said: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim ... merit but that it is the act of the sovereign God who by grace saves us. Long before Jesus came to earth, David, under the Holy Spirit's influence, wrote: "The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord" (Psalm 37:39). Jesus has already said: "No one can come to me ...

4036. Come Clean

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... . But she was not uncomfortable. In fact, she was relieved. She stood in front of the chancel soaking wet and leaned over to whisper in the pastor’s ear, “Now I know Jesus loves me.”[4] What holds you back from a fresh new baptism of God’s Spirit? Why not return to God with all of your heart and experience the abundance of God’s steadfast love? Return to God with all your sins and bathe them in the lather of God’s forgiveness. Return to God with all your vulnerabilities and be drenched in God ...

4037. God Has the Last Word

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... you ever felt the attack of hopelessness and lost your vitality? Have you ever been swallowed up in disappointment and can no longer see the light of a new tomorrow? Have you ever looked into the menacing eyes of depression? Have you ever felt as if your spirit is locked away inside a musty tomb? There is good news! The good news is that there are two Easter words which ring like the “A” and “D” notes of the Hallelujah Chorus. These words ring out so bright, so vibrant, so loud, and so strong that ...

4038. Nothing Is Impossible with God!

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... be?” If that is where you are today, it is time to get the word “can’t” out of your vocabulary. Look at what Mary said to the angel in Luke 1:38. After the angel explained that all this was going to happen through the power of the Holy Spirit, Mary stepped out in faith and said, “Here am I, a servant of the Lord, let it be according to God’s word!” Mary moved beyond her doubts and excuses and said “yes” to God! Aren’t we glad she did? Mary believed in herself and believed in God. She ...

4039. Mission Possible!

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... .” In Luke 24:47, 49, Jesus’ last words were “repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations… stay here… until you have been clothed with power from on high.” We have been given the power of the Holy Spirit to trans-form the world for Jesus. We have the same power the early church had. But here is the key: We must do something with this power! When Jesus said, “Go and make disciples…” he was giving the Great Commission. It was not the great reflection ...

4040. Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

Matthew 10:1-42

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... they are to speak when they are brought to trial. When the time comes they will be given (that is, God will tell them) what to say. The words that they speak will not be their own. It will be the Spirit of their Father (the Holy Spirit) who will speak through them. Unfortunately, this verse has provided too many preachers an excuse for not adequately preparing the Sunday sermon. Spurgeon, the nineteenth-century English Baptist, always put his sermon together on Saturday evening, but he had spent the entire ...

4041. Death, Risk, and Confidence

Matthew 10:24-39

Sermon

Tom Garrison

... emotionally: "Young man, don't you ever do again what you did this afternoon. We are doing our best to cheer Daddy up and to keep his spirits high. Things are bad enough as they are without all this morbid talk about dying. I don't want that word ever used again in his ... at all, and if so, is it the sort of power that cherishes individuals and would want or would be able to sustain such spirits and enable them to live on in other realms?" The moment of death is just like the moment of birth in terms of who ...

4042. Hallelujah! Come On, Get Happy

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... truly a man, for out of pity comes the balm which heals. Only good men weep. If a man has not yet wept at the world's pain he is less than the dirt he walks upon because dirt will nourish seed, root, stalk, leaf, and flower, but the spirit of a man without pity is barren and will bring forth nothing." When we mourn, we learn to have compassion for others. A class in seminary was discussing Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan. A young student confessed an incident, of which he was not very proud, which had ...

4043. A Crippled Woman Healed on the Sabbath

Luke 13:10-17

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... and rest from her affliction for the first time in years—take place on this day? This is why Jesus reproaches the synagogue ruler. The issue is not over what kind of work is or is not permitted on the Sabbath. The issue has to do with the spirit and true intent of the law. Jesus may have regarded such a healing on the Sabbath as especially appropriate, in that God’s act of power in effect consecrated the day. Evans (p. 46) has suggested a parallel with Deut. 15:1–18, where every Sabbath (seventh) year ...

4044. Righteousness Through Faith

Romans 3:21-31

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... will argue in chapter 4 (4:13f.; see also Gal. 3:1–20). The law’s function had been to reveal sin (3:20) and to demonstrate the need of a savior apart from the law. In 2 Corinthians 3:6 Paul says, “The letter (law) kills, but the Spirit gives life.” In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus repeatedly reinterpreted the law in terms of its motive or intent (e.g., Matt. 5:21–22, 27–28). The purpose of the commandment, in other words, had been to engender a proper attitude and behavior toward God’s will ...

4045. Ingrafted Branches

Romans 11:11-24

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... sovereign grace by a contrast of superlatives. The Jews’ transgression leads not to disaster but to riches for the world; their loss results not in bankruptcy but in riches for the Gentiles; they who are now but a “remnant” (11:5) will become a fullness! The Spirit of God is again hovering over the face of the deep and creating life from chaos. 11:13–16 In Romans 9–11 Paul speaks to Gentiles about Jews. Here he addresses Gentiles directly in the second person, I am talking to you Gentiles (v. 13 ...

4046. Lawsuits Among Believers

1 Corinthians 6:1-11

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Above all, in the entire dramatic declaration, Paul makes it clear that all this transformation that the Corinthians experienced comes, as the series of passive verbs that Paul employs show, through the work of God’s Spirit in Jesus Christ. Additional Notes On the relationship between chs. 5 and 6, see W. Deming (“The Unity of 1 Corinthians 5–6,”) JBL 115 [1996], pp. 289–312), who creatively suggests that there are not two but one background against which the ...

4047. The Resurrection of the Dead

1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... line of argumentation. To agree at this point would mean that the entire life of the Corinthian church was a foolish mistake or a bogus operation. As Paul’s letter has indicated, the Corinthians have an experience with the presence and the power of God’s Spirit that informs them of the real, even divine, substance to the life of their congregation. Thus, while some could agree with Paul’s present logic as he pursues an absurd end, Paul does not seem to think that they will argue with his true line of ...

4048. The Collection for God's People

1 Corinthians 16:1-4

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... congregations would be physically represented in Jerusalem by real persons as well as by the material elements of collection itself. Paul’s own plans for participation in the delivery of the collection were unformed. He indicates an openness to direction (from the Spirit?) as he says he will also go if it seems advisable. Advisability is not to be equated with prudence, however; for later, in writing Romans he indicates that he had found it fitting to go to Jerusalem, although he perceived difficulty and ...

4049. To the Church in Ephesus

Revelation 2:1-7

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... –13; 4:14–21; cf. 1 John 3:10–11). 2:7 The concluding exhortation to him who overcomes (the preceding peril) is sandwiched between its condition and its consequence. The overcomer endures the present crisis because the overcomer has an ear to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. John employs an OT (LXX) idiom for faithfulness, He who has an ear, let him hear, echoing the demand of the Shema, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one” (Deut. 6:4), which also means to “be careful to ...

4050. The New Jerusalem

Revelation 21:1-27

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... execution. By contrast, the angel now leads John to a mountain where he sees a vision of shalom and eternal life. Thus, the image of the great mountain cues the reader for a vision of the bride’s triumph, which will be very different in tone and spirit yet similar in power and importance to the prior vision of the prostitute’s defeat. 21:11–26 Our commentary on John’s vision of the new Jerusalem will try to conceive of its architecture in interpersonal terms, in keeping with our thesis that the new ...

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