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Synonyms: touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands, sensation, sense, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding, love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment, emotional state, compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, brotherly love, sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride, opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view, atmosphere, ambience, aura, air, mood, climate, character, overtone, undertone, tenor, spirit, quality, flavour, colour, aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination, sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful

Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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4226. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 1:1-11, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... 2:25; 4:10–20). Already in 1 Corinthians 9:14, Paul defended his right as an apostle to receive support from the churches, even as he also explained why he voluntarily relinquished that right (1 Cor. 9:15–17). Earlier in 2 Corinthians, Paul has touched on the subject of peddling the word of God (cf. 2 Cor. 2:17), and he returns to this contentious issue in the subsequent context (cf. 12:13–18). Since Paul has divine authority for his apostleship, he is not concerned with demonstrating his authority by ...

4227. Faith and Deeds

James 2:14-26, James 2:1-13

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... with a demand that is common to this kind of speech: Show me [or “prove to me”] your faith without deeds. A better translation would be “Prove your faith without action.” This demand is impossible to meet. Like a horse that cannot be seen, smelled, touched, or ridden, that eats invisible grass and leaves no mark on the ground, such faith is indemonstrable and suspect. Faith is seen in lifestyle, or as Paul states in 1 Corinthians 13:2, “If I had all … faith but had not love, I am nothing.” On ...

4228. Faith in the Son of God

1 John 5:1-12, 1 John 4:7-21

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... to ground the community’s assurance in the historical tradition of the Johannine community and of its eyewitness, the disciple whom Jesus loved (John 21:24). Our faith is based on an actual event, personally experienced (“heard,” seen, “looked at,” “touched,” “appeared to us”; 1 John 1:1–3), not on wishful thinking or on projected hopes. When the writer says, we … testify, he is standing with his mentor, the beloved disciple, and with the other elders and apostles, who witnessed “the ...

4229. Moses Returns to Egypt

Exodus 4:18-31

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... calls Jesus the “only begotten” of the Father. 4:24 One ambiguity concerns who exactly was attacked. Moses is italicized in the NIV text, since the original only has “him.” The text could be referring to Moses’ son. A second ambiguity is whether touching Moses is a sign that he was not circumcised and needed this vicarious sign. None of these ambiguities change the central point of the Lord’s attack and Zipporah’s response. “Feet” is sometimes a euphemism for genitals. For a survey of the ...

4230. The Plague of Blood

Exodus 7:14-24

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... “changed” is a strong word that means “transformed” (hapak, vv. 17, 20). There is no doubt that this was a change of substance and not simply a change in appearance (v. 19, lit., “it will be blood”). By transforming the water, the Creator touched the foundation of life (Gen. 1:2). Amazingly, the Lord was willing to bring ecological disaster to the life-giving Nile to free his people. The Lord also demonstrated control over the Egyptian god Osiris, embodied in the flow of the Nile especially at ...

4231. The Plague of Flies

Exodus 8:20-32

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... pharaoh could be shown that Yahweh is God of all the earth, then the exodus is more than a story of some Hebrew slaves escaping from Egypt. The text points to this with the words so that you will know that I, the LORD, am in this land. The Hebrew touches a more universal theme. A better translation would be “that you will know that I am Yahweh, in the midst of the earth.” The word for earth here (ʾerets) is the same word used in Genesis 1:1. This is the first time knowing God “in the earth” is ...

4232. The Plague of Boils

Exodus 9:8-12

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... the water (frogs, out of control). Then, from the dust of the ground came the gnats, followed by flies for good measure. Livestock, also created from the earth (Gen. 1:24) were decimated next. Finally, the bodies of God’s created human beings were touched by inflamed and erupting sores. The outbreak of boils begins with handfuls of soot (fine powdery ashes) from a furnace, literally a kiln for firing pottery or bricks, perhaps used by the Hebrews in their labor (although most bricks were dried in the sun ...

4233. Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan

Deuteronomy 3:21-29

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... and give the whole book a forward look toward life in the land. This is confirmed again when the book of Joshua opens with a repetition of Moses’ encouragement to Joshua, placed this time in the mouth of God (Josh. 1:1–9). 3:23–25 There is a touching pathos in the way Moses turns from his encouraging words to Joshua, who has a bright future ahead of him, to his own sad longing to be allowed to share that future. I pleaded is a strong expression meaning to beg for grace and mercy out of desperation (cf ...

4234. Allotment for Zebulun

Joshua 19:10-16

Understanding Series

J. Gordon Harris

... other tribes in Galilee; Issachar, Naphtali, and Asher border it on the southeast, northeast, and northwest. On the south its border runs from Sarid westward to Babbesheth and then eastward from Sarid to Baberath, Japhia, and Gath Helpher. The northern border touches Rimmon, passing through the modern Bet Netofa Valley to Hannathon. The western border runs southwest and south through the Valley of Iphta El (Wadi el-Mahik) to Kishon (C. G. Rasmussen, Zondervan NIV Atlas of the Bible [Grand Rapids: Zondervan ...

4235. Allotment for Issachar

Joshua 19:17-23

Understanding Series

J. Gordon Harris

4236. Allotment for Asher

Joshua 19:24-31

Understanding Series

J. Gordon Harris

4237. Allotment for Naphtali

Joshua 19:32-39

Understanding Series

J. Gordon Harris

4238. Allotment for Dan

Joshua 19:40-48

Understanding Series

J. Gordon Harris

4239. The Lord Appears to Elijah

1 Kings 19:9-18

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... fairly pronounced egocentricity that Elijah displays throughout the story that he should have thought himself much better than his ancestors up until this point, only now to be reduced to the self-loathing of the high achiever who thinks he has failed. 19:5 An angel touched him: Hb. malʾāk is an ambiguous term. It can mean simply a human messenger, as in 19:2. Frequently, however, it refers to beings who are clearly not of this world (e.g., Gen. 21:8–21, with the very theme of miraculous provision in ...

4240. The Call of Elisha

1 Kings 19:19-21

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

4241. Jerusalem's Deliverance Foretold

2 Kings 19:1-13

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... powerless gods and cannot deliver Jerusalem (vv. 33–35), and to offer oneself in the LORD’s place as the true provider of material blessings and life itself (vv. 31–32). It is the Assyrian, and not Hezekiah, who thus reveals himself to be out of touch with reality. We are reminded of the similar misconception of the Arameans in 1 Kings 20:23ff., and the divine response in 20:28ff., when another vast army was given into Israel’s hand; now we understand better what the outcome of the siege is likely ...

4242. Hezekiah's Prayer

2 Kings 19:14-19

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

4243. Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib’s Fall

2 Kings 19:20-37

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

4244. The Ark Brought to Jerusalem

1 Chronicles 15:1-16:6

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... ark. Also, 15:2 probably alludes to the first, aborted attempt to bring the ark to Jerusalem, the time that Yahweh struck Uzzah dead. The idea of bringing the ark to Jerusalem was not the heart of the problem, but rather the irreverent or illegitimate touching of the ark was. David therefore announces that no one but the Levites may carry the ark of God. The election of “the Levites” for this purpose goes back to Pentateuchal prescriptions (Num. 4:15 and Deut. 10:8), but it also signifies the Chronicler ...

4245. David's Psalm of Thanks

1 Chronicles 16:7-43

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... text in Psalm 105:15 has a reference to the patriarchs (who are called “anointed ones” and “prophets” there), the change in 1 Chronicles 16:19 makes the audience in the Chronicler’s time the referent in 16:22. The call do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm in the Chronicler’s construction is now applied to the audience. If one were to assume that the Chronicler addressed his work primarily to the cultic and provincial political community in Jerusalem during the Persian period ...

4246. Haman's Rage Against Mordecai

Esther 5:9-14

Understanding Series

Timothy S. Laniak

... that Mordecai refused to bow before him (vv. 9, 13). The emphasis on what people see underscores the importance of protocol in the Persian court—protocol that Mordecai deliberately ignores but Esther skillfully exploits. After a ritual of acceptance in which Esther touched the extended scepter (v. 2), the king offers his kindness in a standard formula of generosity: “What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given you” (5:3). Such an offer has precedents ...

4247. The Day of the Lord

Isaiah 2:6-22

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... is also developed in between. The dread is not a feeling but an objective dreadfulness, a terrifying awesomeness, parallel to Yahweh’s majestic splendor. Both the dread and the splendor are implicit in Yahweh’s holiness, Isaiah’s key motif. In being put in touch with Yahweh, Judah is in contact with power that has the capacity to electrocute if mishandled. The dread is a reason to hide or flee, and also a reason that images in their triviality are destined to be discarded (vv. 18, 20). The majesty ...

4248. An Intruder at Our Christmas Party

Luke 3:1-6

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... John the Baptist is going around telling everyone that the Messiah, the Son of God, is coming soon. Wow! Can you think of a more important message than that? I can't! How exciting! The Son of God is coming to earth. We'll be able to see Him, to touch Him, to hear Him talk! What incredible news! But you know what was so sad? Some people didn't realize that this was an important message. They treated John's message just like junk mail they ignored it and threw it away. So some people didn't care that Jesus ...

4249. How Well Do You Listen?

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... that had flowed into him during his morning prayers, he focused on her. He didn’t just look at her. He says he looked into her. Somehow he felt empowered to reach down into the depths of her being, and he had an eerie sensation that he had touched her soul. What surprised him even more was that she was doing the same thing to him. He could feel her spiritually pouring herself into him. She stopped her quacking. He says he had never heard of her doing that--but in that moment, she stopped quacking. Then ...

4250. In Search of Heroes

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... can’t swim.” Our theme for today is “In Search of Heroes.” Jesus and his disciples were at Caesarea Philippi. Their ministry to this point had been a stunning success. Crowds pressed in on them everywhere they went. People eagerly reached out to touch this attractive young teacher from Nazareth. The disciples themselves were caught up in the excitement of it all. Jesus asked them, “Who do you say I am?” and Simon Peter answered enthusiastically, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God ...

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