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401. Lost and Found

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:11-32

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R.T. France

... : What’s So Amazing about Grace?, by Philip Yancey. The story of the Prodigal Son . . . appears in a string of three stories by Jesus—the lost sheep, the lost coin, the lost son—all of which seem to make the same point. Each underscores the loser’s sense of loss, tells of the thrill of rediscovery, and ends with a scene of jubilation. Jesus says in effect, “Do you want to know what it feels like to be God? When one of those two-legged humans pays attention to me, it feels like I just reclaimed ...

402. The Coming of the Kingdom of God

Luke 17:20-37

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R.T. France

... Man is revealed. The verb apokalypt? suggests something more dramatic than mere visibility; Paul refers to Jesus’s parousia as an apokalypsis (2 Thess. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:7; cf. the apokalypsis of the antichrist [2 Thess. 2:3–10]), and that seems to be the sense here too. 17:31 no one . . . should go back for anything. Similar language is used in Matthew 24:17–18 to underline the urgency of flight when Judea is invaded by the Romans. Here there is no invading army, and it is not clear why flight should ...

403. Witnesses of the New Covenant

Romans 12:1-8

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C. Marvin Pate

... 15; 4:24). The renewed mind is, in effect, the renewed heart of obedience envisioned by the new covenant. The result of being a living sacrifice is that the Christian discovers and does the will of God (12:2b). “Test and approve” translates dokimaz?, not in the sense that God needs our approval for his will to be good, but rather that we experience in practice that his will is good. The will of God is worth discovering, for it is good, acceptable, and perfect. God’s will, the ethic of the new covenant ...

404. Paul, Phoebe, Patronage, and Spain

Romans 16:1-27

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C. Marvin Pate

... the content of the mystery God revealed to Paul. Gentiles, through Christ, are a part of the people of God. This truth was not clear in the Old Testament (cf. Eph. 3:3–6, 9; Col. 1:26–27). But two Old Testament prophecies envisioned in some sense the end-time conversion of the Gentiles. These are the Abrahamic covenant (Gen. 12:1–3) and the prophets’ predictions of the nations streaming into Jerusalem to worship God (e.g., Isa. 45:15; 60:15–17; Mic. 4:13). Paul began Romans with exactly that hope ...

405. Leadership and Servanthood

1 Corinthians 4:1-21, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23

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Preben Vang

... honor, a demonstration of “worthiness” to serve in Christ’s community. True servants think themselves unworthy of honor and are genuinely surprised when given praise (cf. Luke 14:10; Matt. 23:1–12). 4. If anything gives rise to pride and a sense of entitlement in modern Western societies, it is personal accomplishments. When we have worked hard for something and have attained it, we owe ourselves thanks and expect others to add their approval and recognition. The ability to count prominent people in ...

406. Blood: Right and Wrong Uses

Leviticus 17:1-16

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Joe M. Sprinkle

... people of Israel. The Hebrew text lacks “of Israel” (cf. NRSV). This may rather refer to one’s ancestors in the afterlife rather than the whole nation. A dead person is “gathered to his/your people” (Gen. 25:8; Num. 20:24; 27:13) in the sense of going to one’s “ancestors.” On “cut off,” see “Additional Insights” following the unit on Leviticus 6:8–7:38. 17:10 eats blood. This means eating meat without first offering the blood to God (see “Teaching the Text” at Lev. 3:1–17 ...

407. The Ark Does Some Damage

1 Samuel 5:1-12

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... ’s grandfather.6 The Old Testament does not deny the existence of the pagan gods and promote monotheism in a modern, Western philosophical sense. But it does declare and assume that Yahweh, the God of Israel, is the incomparable God and the only Deity deserving of worship (Exod. ... fits well in verse 3, where Dagon’s image falls before the ark without being damaged. But the second nuance makes better sense in verse 4, where Dagon’s image has been broken.9 5:4 His head and hands had been broken off. The ...

408. Job’s Hope against Hope

Job 19:1-29

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Daniel J. Estes

... of God, so he needs his friends to side with him, not against him. 19:23–24 Oh, that my words were recorded! Job insists that he is innocent, but he has no expectation that anyone else will stand up with him in his defense (19:13–22). Sensing that he could well lose this legal dispute because the deck seems to be stacked against him, Job longs for a permanent record to be made that could witness forever to his character. He does not want justice to die with him; rather, he wants his claim to keep ...

409. “You Are My Son; Today I Have Become Your Father”

Psalm 2:1-12

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C. Hassell Bullock

... highest peak of Jerusalem, not the present-day Mount Zion on the elevation south of the city wall. Actually, the kings were not anointed there, but the psalm speaks of Zion as the effective place from which the Lord’s decrees go out, in the same sense as the law goes forth from Zion. “My holy mountain” suggests the presence of the sanctuary, although David only moved the ark to Jerusalem, and his son Solomon built the temple on Mount Zion. See sidebar “(Mount) Zion” in unit on Psalm 48. 2:7 the ...

410. “Show Me Your Ways, Lord”

Psalm 25:1-22

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C. Hassell Bullock

... classroom” experience every student needs. Second, the Teacher’s curriculum is to “instruct sinners in his ways” (25:8; see also 25:9). His “ways” (25:4, 8, 9, 10, 12), most likely a designation of his laws in the specific sense, and his covenant in the more general sense (25:10, 14), suggest a journey, and the Lord’s instructions are designed to “instruct them in the ways they should choose” (25:12; lit., “instruct him [David] in the way he should choose”). The idea of the journey is ...

411. “May the Net They Hid Entangle Them”

Psalm 35:1-28

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C. Hassell Bullock

... : “But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason’” (John 15:25). It is of interest that Jesus refers to this statement as “written in their Law,” not the Torah as such, but in the Psalms, which was, in a sense, a compendium of the Torah (see the discussion of Ps. 1). In its totality, Psalm 35 may not be messianic, but it certainly has messianic overtones, as do the imprecatory psalms generally (see quotes from Pss. 69 and 109 in Acts 1:20; Rom. 11:10). Some ...

412. “As the Deer Pants for Streams of Water, So My Soul Pants for You, My God”

Psalm 42:1-11, Psalm 43:1-5

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C. Hassell Bullock

... . It is estimated that through his efforts one-half of the ninety thousand people who lived in the region in which he ministered learned to read and write. Laubach sought not only to educate and plant churches but also to live each moment with a sense of God’s presence. He hungered and thirsted for God. In Letters from a Modern Mystic, letters written by Laubach while he was in the Philippines, he says, “There has been a succession of marvelous experiences of the friendship of God. I resolved that I ...

413. “The Lord Most High Is Awesome, the Great King over All the Earth”

Psalm 47:1-9

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C. Hassell Bullock

... its practical usefulness cannot be demonstrated. It is inevitable that we ask regarding worship, is it worth it? Can you justify the time and energy and expense involved in gathering Christians together in worship?”12Peterson then goes on to quote theologian Helmut Thielicke, who had a clear sense of what worship is: Look at the mower in the summer’s day, with so much to cut down ere the sun sets. He pauses in his labour—is he a sluggard? He looks for his stone, and begins to draw it up and down his ...

414. “In God I Trust and Am Not Afraid. What Can Mere Mortals Do to Me?”

Psalm 56:1-13

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C. Hassell Bullock

... wiped them away many times and taken up the child in your arms to provide comfort. In a similar metaphor Isaiah says that the Lord has engraved Jerusalem’s name on the palms of his hands so he will not forget her (Isa. 49:16). Paul Gerhardt sums up the sense of this metaphor in one of his hymns: Thou count’st how oft’n a Christian weeps, And where his grief may lie; No silent tear can be too small, Thou tak’st and lay’st it by.19 Even the world knows Classic Sermon: Stanislav Svec was a Baptist ...

415. “When You Ascended on High, You Took Many Captives”

Psalm 68:1-35

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C. Hassell Bullock

... are likely those whom Joshua defeated in the conquest. It is out of character for women to divide the spoil, a job that men normally do. Isaiah 3:12 depicts women ruling over Israel to suggest the unusual or for shock effect, which may be the sense here. 68:13 while you sleep . . . sheathed with silver . . . with shining gold.This difficult verse may be part of the speech of those who bear the good tidings: “After you return from battle, you will rest in peace among the sheepfolds.”9The reference to ...

416. What Do You Bring to the Table?

Matthew 11:25-30

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Tom Garrison

... and left behind a simple note that read in part: "I've been everywhere. I've done everything. I've tasted it all, looked at it all, possessed and grown weary of it all. There is nothing left. I quit." This is a heightened form of the feeling I sense in a lot of people today. I have had adult after adult look at me and ask, "Is this all? Do I have nothing more to look forward to than this marriage partner, this house, this job, this universe?" Somewhere between forty and fifty the light of expectation goes ...

417. Christ the Wisdom and Power of God

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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Marion L. Soards

... remark in 1:17 that led to Paul’s theological exposition of the cross in 1:18–25. Paul writes, “And when I came to you, I came not according to the excellence of word or of wisdom …”; so that the NIV translation misrepresents the sense of the statement by placing superior (= “excellence”) in relation to wisdom alone. Rather, Paul names two forms of excellence, that of word and that of wisdom, both of which he refused to practice in preaching the gospel. Eloquence in the NIV intends to name the ...

418. The Rights of an Apostle

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

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Marion L. Soards

... To the Gentiles he must become a Gentile. The problem is not how he can live in Jewish fashion, but how he can live in Gentile fashion. Once again this lies not in his own arbitrary choice, but in his commission. He is free not in an abstract sense, but as an apostle.” Somewhat similarly, K. V. Neller (“1 Corinthians 9:19–23: A Model for Those Who Seek to Win Souls,” ResQ 29 [1987], pp. 129–42) relates Paul’s taking on both Jewish and Gentile lifestyles as his “becoming weak” for the sake of ...

419. The New Jerusalem

Revelation 21:1-27

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Robert W. Wall

... through the life and death of God’s Christ. The writer of Hebrews reminds us that the Son’s relationship to God and to God’s people is priestly; and this relationship transcends the limitations of the temple cultus on earth (cf. Heb. 9:1–14). In this sense, then, even as the new Jerusalem “is” the people of God, so also its temple “is” the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb (cf. 11:17–19). Now we turn to the critical landmarks of the new Jerusalem for comment. John first saw that the city had ...

420. David Counts the Fighting Men

2 Samuel 24:1-17

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Mary J. Evans

... to the point of repentance. In fact, it is possible that carrying out the census eventually revealed to David and the people the pride in their own achievements that had developed and that therefore led to repentance for this attitude. If this is so, it would make sense of the idea that because of his anger at the people’s pride, God tempted David to conduct the census that would stimulate him to realize the folly of depending on numbers rather than on God. 24:11–17 On this occasion, unlike Nathan in 2 ...

421. Zophar

Job 11:1-20

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Gerald H. Wilson

... Job’s complaint—Oh, how I wish that God would speak—will ultimately mirror Job’s desire for God himself to hear his case. Up to this point in the narrative, however, the prospect of confronting God has filled Job with dread and a sense of futility (see esp. 9:1–4, 14–16, 32–35). This exasperated exclamation from the lips of Zophar, however, marks a turning point in the book. From here on, Job begins increasingly to contemplate the possibility—however fearful—of carrying his case directly ...

422. Job's Second Reply to Zophar

Job 21:1-34

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Gerald H. Wilson

... on the friends’ verbal attack begins to lose steam and their dialogue rapidly draws to an end. Eliphaz speaks but thirty verses in his third speech (22:1–30), while Bildad can muster only six verses (25:1–6) and Zophar none at all. In a sense, they finally give Job what he asks: silence—although it is not as supportive as he would have wished. 21:4–6 These three verses set the tone for the rest of the chapter. Two rhetorical questions introduce the essential issue. Job is impatient because his ...

423. The True God of Agricultural Blessing

Psalm 4:1-8

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Craig C. Broyles

... they do trust but not in the Lord. (The particular expression used in the Hb. text, bṭḥ ʾel instead of the more frequent bṭḥ be, places special emphasis on the object of the trusting. See 31:6; Jer. 7:4; Zeph. 3:2.) It makes sense that the book of Psalms should reflect this conflict between Yahwists and worshipers of other gods, so prevalent in the prophets. In several places, the OT is reticent to acknowledge explicitly other so-called gods and instead employs wordplays (see, e.g., Amos 5:26 and ...

424. A Victory Procession and Instruction for Temple Entry

Psalm 24:1-10

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Craig C. Broyles

... tyrants, principalities and powers, etc.) Also contrary to the expectations of most modern readers, Yahweh’s kingship is not described as a static state but is portrayed as a dynamic victory. The ancient Near Eastern motif of divine kingship also helps us to make sense of the divine roles in verses 7–10. Because he had vanquished the seas (v. 2), “Yahweh of (the military) hosts” (NIV “the LORD Almighty,” v. 10), “a warrior (Hb. gibbôr) mighty in battle” (v. 8), is now the King of glory (vv ...

425. David Builds an Altar

2 Samuel 24:18-25

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Mary J. Evans

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