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426. Belonging to Christ's Flock

John 10:22-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... a lack of understanding. When you really get to know a little bit more about sheep, you begin to realize that being a good sheep that is, a sheep that sticks with its flock and tries to remain close to the shepherd requires some basic qualities that are also essential to being a disciple or true follower of Jesus Christ. And, like the disciple of Christ, the sheep benefits greatly from belonging to the flock, gaining safety, guidance, nourishment, correction and care, as well as the opportunity to be useful ...

427. Can you Hear “The Voice?”

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ” reality show the contestants are “coached” by big star singers — Shakira, Usher, Blake, Adam. But as the competition crescendoes even these super-stars bring in their own coaches, drawing on their own musical roots and remnants to shore up their star-quality coaching. In the “real world” — not the “reality world” — disciple coaches call on a “great cloud of witnesses.” We listen to Jesus’ voice, and impart what we hear and know to the next generation. But as disciples we are also ...

428. Peace Be With You

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... keeps us from living our lives openly and joyfully. It keeps us running when our real need is to rest and relax. Some of you may remember the name W. Edwards Deming. Back when the Total Quality Movement was the rage in business, Deming was its key guru. He’s often called “the father of total quality management.” Deming said that one of his fourteen keys to building a high-performance organization was to “drive out fear.” In the absence of fear, people tend to perform and produce at a higher level ...

429. On the Ropes: Round 2 - Debating God

Habakkuk 1:12--2:1

Sermon

James Merritt

... ? You think we are bad. Have You noticed them? They are a lot worse. They are a lot more evil. They are a lot more sinful than we are.” Do you know what is amazing? He was right. If you had laid out on a spreadsheet the bad qualities of Babylon and the bad qualities of Judah and asked, “Who was the better nation?” It would have been no contest. Habakkuk is asking God this question, “God you are so good, so pure, so holy how come you let the bad guys win?” Do you ever feel that way? Do you ever ...

430. For the Hearing Impaired

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

James Merritt

... would hit thorny ground and then some would hit good ground. It doesn’t take skill or training or education to scatter seed. What matters is not how it is scattered, but that it is scattered. Why? Because it is not the expertise of the sower, but it is the quality of the soil that determines the harvest. Our part is to just go and sow. Our part is sowing the seed. II. Others’ Part Is Receiving The Message Remember the focus of the parable is not on the sower of the seed, but on the soil. Even the best ...

431. The Knot: Tied

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... spouse, or your fiancée, or your boyfriend, or your girlfriend, not about theirs. How does my love measure up with this quality? How is my love working out for me? Remember, we are not talking about eros love or philo love. We are talking about ... person. Mark Twain said, “Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” How does your love measure up to this quality and how is it working out for you? “It does not envy.” (1 Corinthians 13:4, NIV) Love isn’t jealous. I made a promise ...

432. A Personal History

John 18:1—19:42

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... same student may find a greater sense of relevance in his American history textbook. It is easier for him to see the connection between Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and the contemporary world in which he lives. Still, the history lacks a very personal quality. After all, the best that can be said is that those famous individuals and events helped to set the present stage, directly or indirectly. But they do not feel personal. The history textbooks are not the same as personal history. Personal history ...

433. Personal History

John 18:1-11

Sermon

David J. Kalas

434. Joy Giver

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

James Merritt

... many of us are frustrated with our lives is for the simple reason that we don’t spend the quantity of our time on quality matters. For example, the average time spent at the gym or engaging in personal exercise for the average American each day is 12 ... get up sometimes at 4 or 5am in the morning and I would work straight through to early afternoon so I could spend some really strong quality time with him. One of the things he loved to do was hunt golf balls. In my backyard, I would hit golf balls out into ...

435. Are You Giving Up Chocolate for Valentine's Day?

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the lion’s share of our time and attention can become an idol. A hobby or a sport can become idolatrous if it causes us to have less time for God. Even our own family can become an idol if we continually rationalize missing worship in the name of “quality family time.” Let’s not kid ourselves, we live in a time of easy rationalizations when our devotion to God has become watered down to a mere nod in God’s direction. The drive for money and power, pride and position or a host of other minor idols ...

436. Freedom In Christ

Galatians 5:1-15, Galatians 5:16-26

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... blossoms, and the word “fruit” gives the sense that the characteristics Paul lists in verses 22 and 23 are the result of a healthy rooted state such as comes from living in Christ. Note that “fruit” is in the singular, and so the following qualities are various aspects of the generative power of the Spirit. Most of these aspects of the fruit of the Spirit are characteristics Paul elsewhere attributes to God. For Paul the fruit of the Spirit generates godly characteristics in the believer. The first ...

437. Life by the Spirit

Galatians 5:16-26

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

438. Spiritual Blessings in Christ

Ephesians 1:1-14

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... as earnest money with the balance to be paid in full at some later date. This act obliged both buyer and seller to complete the transaction. But “the deal” included a sense of “quality” as well, for the person receiving the down payment looked forward to receiving full payment with goods of the same quality (Mitton, pp. 62–63). In the Christian life, the Holy Spirit is a pledge that God will complete his promise to deliver our inheritance. The statement in 2 Corinthians 5:5 is more specific ...

439. Thanksgiving and Prayer

Colossians 1:1-14

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... glorious power can fortify them for this task. The verb strengthened is a present participle (dynamoumenoi), indicating that this is a continuous activity of God in the believer and not a once-and-for-all experience. Endurance (hypomonē) is that lasting quality that enables one to continue toward a goal. It describes the athlete in Hebrews 12:1 who runs the race to completion or the Christian who patiently bears fruit (Luke 8:15). The Greek word makrothymia, often translated as “patience” or “long ...

440. What Must Be Taught to Various Groups

Titus 2:1-15

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... 2.33). It is chiefly from among these men that the elders/overseers of 1:5–9 will be selected. Hence it is not surprising that the qualities urged on them correspond to what is said of the overseers and deacons in 1 Timothy 3:2, 8. They are to be temperate (cf. 1 Tim. 3 ... implied; the whole passage assumes a culture in which most younger women will be married) are advised to demonstrate six qualities—probably to be paired as the NIV suggests of the first four. They are to love their husbands and children ...

441. The Living Stone and a Chosen People

1 Peter 2:4-12

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... agapētoi, lit. “beloved ones,” that is, “beloved by God, and beloved by me because we share in the same divine love (agapē).” Although agapētoi was an expression in general use at the time, Christians gave the term a new depth of meaning, for it described the quality of the Father’s feeling for Jesus: “This is my beloved (agapētos) Son” (Matt. 3:17, KJV, RSV). The writer’s address to his readers as agapētoi also occurs in 4:12; 2 Pet. 3:1, 14, 17; cf. Jude 3, 17, 20; it appears in Paul ...

442. Submission to Rulers and Masters

1 Peter 2:13-25

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... 21). 2:15 God’s will, mentioned here for the first time in this letter, is a theme reappearing in 3:17, 4:2, 19, usually in the context of suffering, actual or anticipated. You should silence: The verb phimoun means lit. to muzzle. The quality of Christian lives is to stop opponents’ bark and bite. The same verb describes the stilling of the storm (Mark 4:39): “Shut your mouth!”, which contrasts ill with the meek and mild “Peace, be still” of KJV. Jesus evidently recognized the action of Satan ...

443. False Teachers and Their Destruction

2 Peter 2:1-22

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... themselves off from the source of life and peace (2 Thess. 1:9). Logically, therefore, it follows that for them these qualities must be absent. In other words, they can know only an eternal state of death and restlessness. The NIV translation ... Story of Ahikar (APOT vol. 2, p. 772): “My son, you were to me like a pig which had been in a hot bath with people of quality, and when it came out and saw a filthy pool went down and wallowed in it. And it called to its kindred, ‘Come, bathe!’ ” See TDNT, vol ...

444. Abimelech

Judges 9:1-57

Understanding Series

Cheryl A. Brown

... they had together destroyed his father’s family. They would get what they deserved, reap what they had sown. Between a leader and his or her people there is potential for mutual good or mutual evil, depending upon the quality of the people. In this case the quality of both was definitely poor. Finally, the text states that Jotham fled . . . because he was afraid of his brother Abimelech (v. 21). The word order (“his brother” precedes “Abimelech”) points out the incongruity that a person would have ...

445. Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs 19:1-29

Understanding Series

Roland E. Murphy

... cannot blame the Lord when, by the very nature of folly, the fool excludes God from consideration (Ps. 14:1—"there is no God!”). 19:4 Antithetic. Money makes a difference in the quality and quantity of one’s friends. There are many similar sayings, for example, 14:20; 18:23–24. See also the testing of friends in Sirach 6:5–12 and the quality of a true friend in Proverbs 17:17. 19:5 Synonymous. See the doublet in verse 9 and also similar ideas in 6:19 and 14:5, 25. These sayings refer to judicial ...

446. Sayings of the Wise

Proverbs 22:17--24:22

Understanding Series

Roland E. Murphy

... heart!). This initial admonition is followed by couplets of sayings in verses 3–9. 24:3–4 Probably house is not to be identified too strictly. It can refer to the physical building and also to the qualities necessary for an ideal home. In view of the references to wisdom and her house in 8:1 and to the qualities (wisdom, understanding, and knowledge in that order in 3:19 and 23:3) with which God created the world (3:19), the saying can have a wider application, such as to the harmony and peace of the ...

447. Restoration of Israel

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Understanding Series

Tremper Longman III

... more enigmatic is the prediction that their children will be as in days of old. Whether this refers to the number or quality of their children and their lifestyle or all of the above is not clear. Or perhaps with Fretheim (Jeremiah, p. 424) we ... a native (one of their own) and not a foreign oppressor. The leader will have an intimate relationship with the Lord. Both of these qualities are specified as important for a leader (see Deut. 17:14–20). The oracle ends (v. 22) with the formula that indicates an ...

448. Shining as Stars

Philippians 2:12-18

Understanding Series

F. F. Bruce

... to bring credit to the gospel he delivered to them. When he faces the Lord from whom he received his commission on the Damascus road, he hopes that it will be sufficient for him to point to his converts and invite the Lord to assess the quality of his service by the quality of their lives. So he and his colleagues can describe the Christians of Thessalonica as “our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes” (1 Thess. 2:19). In similar vein he now ...

449. Timothy and Epaphroditus

Philippians 2:19-30

Understanding Series

F. F. Bruce

... came to Philippi with the gospel. There and elsewhere he had proved his worth as the apostle’s aide-de-camp. Paul himself had special cause to appreciate Timothy’s unselfish nature. The qualities that recommended Timothy to Paul as a suitable companion and trusted representative in his apostolic ministry were qualities that might well have worked for his personal advantage had he decided to exploit them to further his own career. One can only guess the ambitions Timothy might have begun to cherish in ...

450. Walking in the Light

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

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... belongs, not to the old era of the law of Moses, but to the new day of grace and truth in Jesus Christ (John 1:17). Stott points out that the new command was and remains new in emphasis (the whole Torah hangs on it; Matt. 22:40), in quality, as measured by Christ’s love for them (John 13:34), in extent, including enemies (Matt. 5:44), and by our continued, fresh, daily application of it to new circumstances (Stott, Letters, p. 98). It is the latter sense which the Elder has in mind here, especially within ...

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