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4101. Wisdom

Ecclesiastes 7:1--8:1

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Huwiler

... not preclude relative righteousness in the earlier verse. The closing verse (7:22), with its admonition not to pay attention to all that people say and its assertion that the reader has cursed others many times, contrasts with wisdom’s usual emphasis on careful listening and circumspect speech. This accusation may subtly bolster Qohelet’s claim that no one is truly wise. 7:23–29 Describing a test made by means of wisdom reminiscent of 1:12–2:26, Qohelet acknowledges his inability to obtain wisdom or ...

4102. Israel Forsakes God

Jeremiah 2:1-3:5

Understanding Series

Tremper Longman III

... hebel is an idol. 2:8 In Hebrew, the leaders are the “shepherds” of the people. This is a common metaphor for leaders (Jer. 23:1–3; Ezek. 34). God is the ultimate shepherd of his people (Ps. 23), but he appointed human leaders who were to take care of his people. However, at this time his shepherds were leading his people astray. 2:12 God appeals to the heavens in his charge against his people with the expectation that they, as a witness to the covenant promises that the people made to God (Deut. 32:1 ...

4103. Punishment for Israel

Hosea 9:1--10:15

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... he is a watcher with my God; that is, his message comes from the presence of God with him. But the Israelites respond to his care with hatred, laying fowler’s snares in all his paths, as if he were some wild animal to be caught, and showing him nothing ... , 14–15; Isa. 5:1–7; Jer. 2:21; 12:10; Ezek. 17:6; 19:10; cf. John 15:1). Under God’s care, Israel spread out luxuriantly and yielded abundant fruit and prospered—perhaps a reference to the prosperous days under Jeroboam II. But the Israelites used ...

4104. The Man Among Myrtle Trees

Zechariah 1:7-17

Understanding Series

Pamela J. Scalise

... were from God. Vision Report: The Four Horsemen (1:8-17): 1:8a Zechariah begins, During the night I had a vision. At night kings flee (1 Sam. 19:10–11; 2 Kgs. 25:4), angels strike down enemies (2 Kgs. 19:35), women put in overtime caring for their households (Prov. 31:15), sufferers weep and pray, and people receive revelations from God. God granted Daniel’s visions in answer to his prayer for Jerusalem (Dan. 9:20–23). Perhaps that night Zechariah had been crying out to God, like the psalmist (Ps. 88 ...

4105. A Room with Locked Doors

John 20:19-23

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King Duncan

... were locked, he came and stood among them. This shows something about the nature of his new resurrected body--walls were no obstacle to him--but it also instructs us that no matter what walls and doors we hide behind, Jesus is able to come to us with his loving care. He is able to reach us behind the walls where we have hidden ourselves. He is able to dispel our fears and meet us right at the point of our need. Nothing is too difficult for him. In the midst of their fear and confusion, Christ came to them ...

4106. Staying Close to Christ

John 13:31-38

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King Duncan

... know what? That’s exactly how Ernest Hemingway lived. In fact, Hemingway once fired a babysitter because his sons were starting to care for her too much! Not good for you, boys! Don’t get too attached to anyone! (2) Perhaps the quality of his ... still don’t win the game. Then you come to the third ingredient: If you’re going to play together as a team, you’ve got to care for one another. You’ve got to love each other. Each player has to be thinking about the next guy and saying to himself: If I don ...

4107. People Who Procrastinate

Luke 9:51-62

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King Duncan

... thing--simple poverty. We, the few, have so much while the vast majority of God’s children have so little. Does anyone care? Somebody needs to do something and do it now! Every minute that is lost means sorrow and suffering for a little one ... Human needs go far beyond poverty. There are people in our very community whose souls are shriveling up within them because they feel that no one cares for them. What do you think being part of a loving church family could do for them? Will it be too late by the time ...

4108. Give Thanks--For You!

Luke 19:11-27

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... want to show you the most beautiful and marvelous thing that God ever created. But first of all I want to read you something. Pablo Casals was a great musician. One day he said a very wise thing about boys and girls like yourselves. I want you to listen very carefully to what he says: "When will we teach our children in school what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all of the world there is no other child exactly like you. In the ...

4109. The Healing at the Pool

John 5:1-15, John 5:16-30

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... The narrator’s interest is not in the medical particulars of the case (except for the duration of the man’s condition) but in the cure—and, even more, its consequences. The irony of the cure is that Jesus bypasses the healing sanctuary that has just been so carefully described and heals the sick man (just as he did the government official’s son) with a spoken word: Get up! Pick up your mat and walk (v. 8; cf. Mark 2:9, 11). The form of this command is what determines the consequences. The sick man ...

4110. Jesus Walks on the Water

John 6:16-24

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... the Hebrew Scriptures (cf., e.g., Isa. 43:25; 45:18; 51:12; 52:6) who existed before Abraham (cf. 8:58) and whose power was displayed over the waters (e.g., Ps. 77:16–20) as well as the dry land. In Psalm 107, after reflecting on God’s care for his people “in the trackless desert” and how he satisfied their hunger and thirst and set them free (107:4–22), the psalmist writes: Others went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters. They saw the works of the LORD, his wonderful ...

4111. The Last Passover

John 12:1-11

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... . John lacks them, however, simply because the question of the poor is not the question he is addressing at the moment. He dismisses it as a smokescreen raised by the thief, Judas. Though his suggestion that Judas did not care about the poor (v. 6) has implied in passing that Christians should care, John’s emphasis falls not on the first part of the pronouncement, You will always have the poor among you, but on what it leads up to: you will not always have me. He is concerned with the single question ...

4112. Jesus’ Love and the World’s Hatred

John 15:1-17

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... in the field (Matt. 13:36–43). Jesus identifies himself in relation to the Father in verses 1–4, and in relation to the disciples in verses 5–8. The vine or vineyard metaphor is an ancient one for describing the people of Israel under God’s care (cf. Ps. 80:14–18; Isa. 5:1–7). Though the identification with Israel remains implicit and undeveloped (cf. 1:43–51), the metaphor calls attention not only to Jesus himself but to the disciples and their relationship to him. Even in verses 1–4, where ...

4113. Thanks for Their Gifts

Philippians 4:10-20

Understanding Series

F. F. Bruce

... v. 12), they have given him occasion once again to have even more. With the gifts brought him on their behalf by Epaphroditus he is full to overflowing. He has mentioned Epaphroditus with appreciation already (2:25–30) as the one (he says) “whom you sent to take care of my needs”; the handing over of the Philippians’ gift was one of the ways in which Epaphroditus helped him. The gift was welcome to Paul. But Paul was engaged in the service of God; the gift was therefore a gift to God as well as to ...

4114. Walking in the Light

1 John 1:5--2:14, 1 John 2:15-17

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... 15; 2 John 7. On confess, see O. Michel, “homologeō,” TDNT, vol. 5, pp. 199–220. 2:1 The Elder uses three different terms for his parentally caring yet authoritative relationship to the readers in his community: teknion, little child (2:1, 12, 28; 3:7, 18; 4:4; 5:21; cf. John 13:33 ... Elder here wants to underscore for his readers is that their sins have been forgiven. The past has been taken care of; they have been cleansed. Forgiven is in the perfect tense, implying an act begun at a specific point in ...

4115. Love One Another

1 John 3:11-24

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... ). It occurs twelve times in the letters of John at 2:3, 5c; 3:10, 16, 19, 24; 4:2, 9–10, 13, 17; 5:2. Sometimes the phrase refers to what follows, and sometimes it refers to what has just preceded it. Each instance can be decided only by careful study of the context of each passage. Here the reference is clearly back to vv. 16–18, in which the author has argued that authentic love is sacrificial and practical, as seen in the life of Jesus and in the lives of those who claim to follow him. This kind ...

4116. Isaac and Abimelech

Genesis 26:1-35

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... s house in Haran. However, Rebekah brought this issue up only as a pretext to protect her favorite son from Esau’s seething anger (27:46–28:4). Thus God used circumstance in order that Jacob might have a bride from the right line; Jacob was not carefully guided in this important matter by either of his parents. This account closes by showing how Isaac’s passivity worked to Esau’s harm and to the grief of Isaac and Rebekah. Additional Notes 26:8 “Caressing” comes from the same Hb. root, ts-kh-q ...

4117. Driving Out the Nations

Deuteronomy 7:1-26

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... intended to protect Israel’s distinctiveness. The basis of that distinctiveness is that the LORD your God has chosen you. This is one of the clearest statements in Deuteronomy of Israel’s election (see also 4:37; 10:15; 14:2). But it is carefully surrounded by phrases that immediately recall the key declaration of Exodus 19:4–6: a people holy . . . out of all the peoples . . . his treasured possession. The stress is again on Israel’s distinctiveness in the midst of many other nations. They were to ...

4118. Do Not Forget the Lord

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... that you do not forget . . . The train of thought is thus: “When God brings you into the good land . . . and you have eaten and you are satisfied and you bless the LORD . . . then be careful . . . ” It thus follows an identical pattern to its shorter form in 6:10–12. The description of the land is rhetorical and poetic but the main point, in view of the previous context, must be the expectation that bread will not be scarce (v. 9). Whatever lessons God may have ...

4119. Fear the Lord

Deuteronomy 10:12-22

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... all your heart and all your soul is virtually identical to “loving” God, but with the added metaphor of bonded service to the one who has bought and therefore owns the people (cf. 6:13; 10:20; 11:13). To observe the LORD’s commands is to give careful, conscientious, and constant attention to the terms and stipulations of the covenant relationship (cf. 7:11; 11:1, 8, 13, 22). As can be seen, the five phrases function as a kind of text for the remainder of the preaching in chapters 10 and 11, which are ...

4120. Worshipping Other Gods

Deuteronomy 13:1-18

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... Israelites must make to any such message, however dazzling its supporting act, is that they must not listen. The very words must fall on deaf ears. Rather, they must exercise the discernment to see through the false message to the testing of God. We must be careful to see that this does not mean God would be trying to entice Israel to sin, but rather testing them to discover whether their actions would tally with their profession (cf. 6:16; 8:2). And what was being tested was the most fundamental commitment ...

4121. Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King

1 Kings 1:1-27

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... him there. A bargain is struck (vv. 52–53): a promise of good behavior (implied) in return for clemency. And so the first chapter of Kings closes with Solomon on the throne and Adonijah dismissed to his house. Additional Notes 1:2 To attend the king and take care of him . . . lie beside him: In view of the likely meaning of vv. 1–4 taken together, it seems that there is a little more to the wording of v. 2 than the NIV, in common with most English translations, permits us to see. A rendering that better ...

4122. David’s Charge to Solomon

1 Kings 2:1-12

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... appears in 2 Samuel 17:27–29 as one of those who provided for David while he was in Mahanaim. Later (19:31–39), the king tried to return the compliment, but Barzillai declined his offer on the grounds of old age. His family is now commended to Solomon’s care: he is to provide for them as they had provided for David. Shimei’s crimes are more fully described in 2 Samuel 16:5–14, and his repentance is told of in 19:16–23. It is of little credit to David that he is apparently prepared now for the ...

4123. Solomon Asks for Wisdom

1 Kings 3:1-15

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... strength (Deut. 6:4). As in 3:1–2, the atmosphere is rather that of divided loyalties. And in a way the choice of the word love (ʾhḇ) itself reflects that—at least within the context of the book of Kings. It is certainly a word that has been carefully chosen; Solomon is the only king in Kings, in fact, who is said to have “loved” the LORD. It is not a verb used in relation to other kings’ religious orientation. And it is difficult to avoid the impression that its use here has quite a bit to do ...

4124. Comfort for God's People

Isaiah 40:1-31

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... are told in passing that Yahweh’s return also incidentally means the return of Yahweh’s people. They come as the booty Yahweh won in the course of that victory. And then we are told in passing that this God is not only victorious warrior but caring shepherd (v. 11). Both facts are good news for Jerusalem and in Babylon: the refugee Jewish community is to go home in Yahweh’s baggage. 40:12–17 The rest of chapter 40 undergirds what will follow: Yahweh can and will act for you. Two questions underlie ...

4125. Signs and Oracles of Judgment

Ezekiel 4:1-5:17, Ezekiel 6:1-14, Ezekiel 7:1-27

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... will suffer the deprivations of the siege. Ezekiel is to make his bread from wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt (v. 9), like a person trying to stretch the last, leftover oddments in the pantry into just a few more meals. He is to carefully measure the bread he eats and the water he drinks—also an indication of scarcity and want. The reader may recall the words spoken in connection with the third horseman of John’s apocalypse: “A quart of wheat for a day’s wages, and three quarts ...

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