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426. Orderly Worship

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... s giving the revelation. 14:31 The degree of concern in the early church with prophecy and with discerning authentic and inauthentic revelation is seen in the Didache, a second-century church handbook that claims to be a collection of teachings by the twelve apostles on issues of relevance to the ancient church. In chs. 10–13 of the Didache there are extensive observations and elaborate instructions for dealing with prophets and prophecy. Paul’s words here are the earliest preserved discussion of this ...

427. Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin

Acts 7:1-53

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David J. Williams

... to the worship of the stellar deities (cf. Deut. 4:19; 17:3; 2 Kings 17:16; 21:3; etc.). In support of this view of Israel’s history, Stephen cited Amos 5:25–27 from the book of the prophets (apparently a single scroll containing the Twelve Minor Prophets). As we have it, the quotation follows the text of the LXX with little variation, retaining the question of verse 25, “Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings …?” (v. 42), which in the Greek expects a negative reply. The Hebrew text of Amos is ...

428. Paul's Vision and His Thorn

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

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James M. Scott

... down” (40:1). The text goes on to state that “on that very day, the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me there.” Jewish tradition has it that the Israelites spend seven years in conquering the land and seven years in dividing it among the twelve tribes (Seder ?olam Rabbah 11; b. Qidd. 37a, b; b. Zeba?. 118b; Gen. Rab. 35:3; 98:15; cf. Josephus, Ant. 5.68). Furthermore, Jacob spent fourteen years secluded in the land and studying under Eber (b. Meg. 16b, 17a; Gen. Rab. 68:5, 11; Exod. Rab. 2 ...

429. Witnesses of the New Covenant

Romans 12:1-8

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C. Marvin Pate

... –14; Romans 12:3–8; Ephesians 4:7–16 and, after explaining each of the gifts, allow the audience members to identify what might be their respective gifts. Below I gives some details for doing the latter. An apostle, technically, was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, also including Paul. However, the word “apostle” could be used more generically of someone sent by the Lord to preach the gospel. This latter sense could encompass missionaries. A prophet is directly inspired by the Spirit to give a ...

430. The Tragedy of Caiaphas

John 18:1-27 · John 11:45-47 · Matthew 26:36-75

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Lori Wagner

... . Returning the third time, he said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners. Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!” Just as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared. With him was a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, the teachers of the law, and the elders. Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss is the man; arrest him and lead him away under ...

431. The Old Testament Ritual Described

Hebrews 9:1-10

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Donald A. Hagner

... in the LXX (where, however, the definite article is regularly included). For the Most Holy Place, see also 9:12, 25; 10:19; 13:11 (with the definite article); and 9:24 (without the article). The consecrated bread, sometimes called “the showbread,” refers to the twelve newly baked loaves or cakes placed upon the table in the Holy Place every Sabbath (see Lev. 24:5–9). On this and the following verses, see the extensive discussion in Strack-Billerbeck, vol. 3, pp. 704–41. 9:3–5 The second curtain ...

432. Sitting Shiva Behind Closed Doors

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Lori Wagner

... .” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” But Thomas or Didymus (called the “Twin”), one of the twelve of Jesus’ inner circle, was not with the others when Jesus came to them. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But Thomas said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in His hands, and put my finger in the mark ...

433. The Sin Offering

Leviticus 4:1--5:13

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Joe M. Sprinkle

... of the offerer, not the mechanics of ritual (Lev. 1:4; 7:18; cf. Gen. 4:3–5; Heb. 11:4). 4:22–26 When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden. This section deals with purification for leaders. “Leader” (v. 22) can refer to the twelve tribal leaders (cf. Num. 2:3–29), though it is used more broadly. A less expensive “male goat” rather than an expensive bull is specified for a leader (v. 23), since a leader is a less weighty figure than the high priest or the whole community ...

434. Judgment of Israel's Neighbors

Amos 1:1-2:5

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... fortified by Rehoboam (cf. Jer. 6:1), and 2 Samuel 14:2 connects it with the practice of wisdom, although Wolff has probably gone too far in ascribing much of Amos’s use of tradition to wisdom teaching. George Adam Smith, The Book of the Twelve Prophets, pp. 72–74, eloquently proposed that the geographical setting of Tekoa had much to do with shaping Amos’s thought, but it is bad theology to ascribe a prophet’s words to the influence of his surroundings. Calvin (Joel, Amos, Obadiah, p. 149) finds ...

435. The Christian and the World

James 4:1-12

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Peter H. Davids

... Set above all there is the obedience of the Christian to God (e.g., Heb. 12:9) or to Christ (Eph. 5:24), which alone is an absolute obedience. Resist the devil is in 1 Pet. 5:8–9 and Eph. 6:13. It is common in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (e.g., Simeon 3:3; Dan 5:1; Asher 3:3). The Christian writer Hermas adds, “ ‘[The devil] cannot,’ he said, ‘dominate the servants of God who hope in him with all their hearts. The devil can wrestle, but he cannot pin. If, then, you resist him, he will ...

436. Do you need a Pharisectomy?

Matthew 9:27-34, Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 12:15-21, Matthew 12:22-37, Matthew 12:38-45, Matthew 12:46-50

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Lori Wagner

... , so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him. Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, the fell down before him and shouted, “You are the Son of God!” But he sternly ordered them not to make him known. [In Mark’s version, Jesus appoints the twelve before coming back down the mountain again.] Then he went home; and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind ...

437. Israel and the Present Curses and the Past Blessings of the Covenant

Romans 9:1-29

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C. Marvin Pate

... , the unwitting enforcer of the covenant curses. I will say more on this in comments on 9:3. 2. In 9:4 Paul calls his kinsfolk “Israelites.” Two observations enlighten Paul’s choice of this word. (a) “Israel” was first used of Jacob and then of the twelve tribes (Gen. 32:28; 35:10–12). As such, it was the covenant name for the Hebrews. Indeed “Israelite” and “children of Israel” were the preferred names of the Hebrews before the exile (e.g., Pss. 25:22; 53:6; 130:7–8; Isa. 49:3). After ...

438. Habakkuk’s Prayer

Habakkuk 3:1-19

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John Goldingay

... the very presence of Yahweh filling the earth and the heavens with divine majesty and praiseworthiness (vv. 3b–4). Perhaps the imagery here was suggested by Habakkuk’s being in prayer in the temple at the morning time of worship at daybreak (so Sweeney, The Twelve Prophets, Volume 2, pp. 483–84). (3) When that power expresses itself in comparable visions like those in Deuteronomy 33 and Psalm 68, it involves both blessing and calamity. In this vision, as in Judges 5, at first sight it is all calamity ...

439. The Resurrection of Jesus and the Promise of Victory

Mark 16:1-20

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Grant R. Osborne

... at the wrong time—all were turned into the heroes of history by the power of God at work in and through them. This is one of the proofs of the reality of the resurrection. Nothing else could have turned such a motley crew like the Twelve into the world-conquering ambassadors for Christ that they became. Likewise, the women would not have been accepted in the Jewish world as official witnesses, but God chose them and through their witness changed the world. Like Paul, we should glory in our weaknesses so ...

440. The Sweet Fragrance of Brokenness

Luke 7:36-50

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Lori Wagner

... say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” Soon afterwards, he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for ...

441. “No One Can Redeem the Life of Another or Give to God a Ransom for Them”

Psalm 49:1-20

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C. Hassell Bullock

... Wealth can’t buy off death—but God can. News Story: In 2013, the thirtieth anniversary of PNC Wealth Management’s annual (tongue-in-cheek) Christmas Price Index (CPI), the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published the cost of the 364 items listed in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” according to their current prices. The CPI for buying just one set of each verse in the song would cost $24,263, and buying all 364 items would amount to $101,119.16Although money, and the power that often goes with it ...

442. The Man Among Myrtle Trees

Zechariah 1:7-17

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Pamela J. Scalise

... with Yahweh’s presence at the temple, the angel/messenger laments, “how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah, which you have been angry with these seventy years?” The Minor Prophets collection (the Book of the Twelve) begins with God’s announcement that: I will withhold mercy (rkhm) from the house of Israel (Hos. 1:6). Jeremiah 13:14 extends this judgment of “no mercy” to Judah and Jerusalem, where Nebuchadnezzar, the foe from the north, carried it out ...

443. Test the Spirits

1 John 4:1-6

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Thomas F. Johnson

... named (e.g., Rom. 8:38; Eph. 1:21; 3:10; 6:12; Col. 1:16; 2:10, 15; Heb. 1:4, 14). In the Dead Sea Scrolls, especially in the Manual of Discipline (1QS) and the War Scroll (1QM), and in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, references to opposing spiritual forces abound. In this world of spiritual conflict, the readers must not be naive and gullible and believe every spirit (meaning every person claiming to speak by “the Spirit”); there are other spirits abroad. The same warning is relevant to ...

444. Proper 8

Matthew 10:1-42, Romans 6:15-23, Psalm 13:1-6, Genesis 22:1-19

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... . Matthew 10:40-42 - "The Costs and Rewards of Discipleship" Setting. These verses bring to a conclusion the section of the Gospel that began in 9:35 and with which we have been concerned during the past two weeks. Jesus has spoken with the Twelve about the way they are to go about ministry, the conditions they will face, the costs of faithful service, and the divine security that will be theirs amidst difficulties. Here Jesus continues to speak about the price of discipleship and the rewards of service ...

445. Personal Rights and Christian Testimony

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

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Preben Vang

... Paul’s rhetoric here is designed to highlight his rights, it also gives very early evidence of a pattern of Christian couples traveling together to spread the gospel. as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas. “Other apostles” can refer to “the Twelve” (15:5), to Paul’s co-workers (Phil. 2:25; Rom. 16:7), or to other unspecified evangelists (cf. 15:7; 2 Cor. 11:5; some are false apostles [2 Cor. 11:13]). Whom he specifically has in mind cannot be determined with certainty ...

446. Fleeced

Judges 6:1-40, John 20:24-31

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Lori Wagner

... the fleece dry and let the ground be covered with dew.” That night God did so. Only the fleece was dry; all the ground was covered with dew. John’s Witness to Jesus’ Post-Resurrection Appearance to Thomas Didymus Now Thomas (also known as Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his ...

447. A Tale of Two Dancers

Mark 6:14-29

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Mark Trotter

... balcony, waving to the crowds who are cheering the king, it is a political coup on David's part. Nearly the whole nation is praising David, hailing him as savior. David has done what Saul could not do. David not only defeated the Philistines, David united the twelve tribes of Israel. The first and only time it ever happened. When David dies, and Solomon takes over, the nation will split, and never again to this day will Israel be one. But David united the nation. David is seen as the savior of Israel. But ...

448. God Shaves With A Borrowed Razor

Isaiah 7:1-25

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Maxie Dunnam

... concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London: "For considerable periods the four oboe players had nothing to do. The number should be reduced and the work spread more evenly over the whole of the concert, thus eliminating peaks of activity. "All the twelve violins were playing identical notes; this seems unnecessary duplication. The staff of this section should be drastically cut. If a larger volume of sound is required, it could be obtained by means of electronic apparatus. "Much effort was absorbed in the ...

449. The Day of the Lord

Malachi 4:1-6

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Pamela J. Scalise

... the one who “restores all things.” Malachi includes other promises about the day when the Lord will come and act, but this is the first time in the book that he uses the title the day of the LORD. This term is familiar from the rest of the Book of the Twelve, especially Joel (1:13–20; 2:1–11, 28–32), Amos (5:18–24), Zephaniah (1:7–2:3), and Zechariah (13:7–9; 14). Joel (2:31b; 2:11) describes that day in the words of 4:5 as great and dreadful. Terrifying phenomena in the heavens and earth ...

450. Rules for Christian Households

Colossians 3:18-4:1

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Arthur G. Patzia

... need to be done in an orderly manner, and the welfare of the entire body must be considered. With the delay of the Lord’s return, the need for order in the church became more obvious. The teaching ministry that initially belonged to the twelve apostles and to charismatic leaders such as prophets and teachers (cf. Acts) was enlarged to include appropriately appointed leaders like Paul, as well as bishops (episkopos, 1 Tim. 3:1–7; Titus 1:7), deacons (diakonos, 1 Tim. 3:8–13), and elders (presbyteros ...

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