Dictionary: Rest
Synonyms: relax, take a rest, ease up/off, let up, slow down, pause, have/take a break, unbend, repose, laze, idle, loaf, do nothing, take time off, slack off, unwind, recharge one's batteries, be at leisure, take it easy, sit back, sit down, stand down, lounge, luxuriate, loll, slump, flop, put one's feet up, lie down, go to bed, have/take a nap, nap, catnap, doze, have/take a siesta, drowse, sleep, lie, be laid, recline, be, be placed, be positioned, support, prop (up), steady, balance, lean, lay, set, sit, stand, position, place, put, be based on, be grounded in, be founded on, depend on, be dependent on, rely on, hinge on, turn on, hang on, pivot on, be contingent on, revolve around, centre on, relaxation, leisure, ease, inactivity, respite, time off, time out, breathing space, break, interval, interlude, intermission, base, holder, stay, prop, brace, rack, hook, frame, shelf, bracket, trestle, tripod, plinth, pedestal, foundation, bed, foot, substructure, a standstill, a halt, a stop, remainder, residue, remaining part/number/quantity, part/number/quantity (that is) left over, others, those left, remains, remnant, remnants, rump, surplus, difference, extra, excess, superfluity, overflow, overspill, additional people/material/things, extra people/material/things, remain, continue to be, keep, persist in being, carry on being, go on being
Antonyms: work, motion, movement, struggle, rage, go mad, have a fit, see red, hit the roof, toil, be active, labor, effort, agony, activity, do, blow one's stack, blow a gasket, do one's nut, go ape, go wild, lose it, drive, action, move
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Gary M. Burge
... ; 4:11–12). 3:1–12 · The concern James has already shown about sins of speech (1:19, 26) is given full exposure in this paragraph. He introduces his topic by first warning people not to be too eager to become teachers (3:1). A particularly honored position among the Jews was occupied by the rabbi, and some of this prestige undoubtedly rubbed off on the teacher in the church. James does not want to discourage those who have the calling and the gift for teaching, but he does want to warn people about the ...
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Gary M. Burge
... :12; 3:16). From the stress in verse 12 on judging, it is probable that James has particularly in mind the judgmental criticism of others that was doubtless accompanying the quarrels and arguments in the church. This kind of criticism is wrong because it assumes that we are in a position to render ultimate verdicts over people, a prerogative that is God’s alone (4:12). By criticizing others, we do not fulfill the law of love of neighbor (see James 2:8) but break it.
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Gary M. Burge
... ’s day are preparing themselves for the judgment. James uses the image of cattle being fattened for the slaughter to illustrate this storing up of wrath for the day of judgment. Finally, James condemns the rich for using their influential social and political positions to condemn and murder the “innocent one” (5:6). Some interpreters think this is a reference to Jesus and that James has in mind the Jews’ complicity in the execution of Jesus. But it is more likely that the singular is generic and ...
4804. The Hidden Spiritual House
1 Peter 2:4-12, 1 Peter 2:13-25
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Gary M. Burge
... the cornerstone of a large building; or it can bring a person tumbling to the ground if he or she trips over it. Jesus has become the cornerstone of God’s spiritual temple, and there are two possible responses. We can either take our own angle and position from the cornerstone and line ourselves up on him, or we can refuse to live by reference to him and stumble over him instead. It is a vivid picture. Peter urges his readers to see that they are being built in line with Christ: sharing all the angles ...
4805. Living for God
1 Peter 4:1-11
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Gary M. Burge
... is no break in the flow of thought at 4:1. Although Noah is not mentioned in 4:1–6, we will best grasp Peter’s meaning if we keep him in mind. For what Peter says in essence in verses 3–5 is, “You are in the same position as Noah, who refused to join in the profligate and licentious behavior of his contemporaries, even though they thought him peculiar for his refusal. Hold yourselves aloof from such practices, for God is about to act in judgment now as he did then.” Peter actually uses the word ...
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Gary M. Burge
... polite statement that assumes the best about them. However, the fact that he is writing this letter indicates his fear that they could be vulnerable to the new teaching of those he labels “false teachers.” 1:16–3:13 Review · Arguments in Support of His Position: Given 2 Peter’s thesis (1) that God has intervened by means of Jesus to free human beings from the power of evil that is rooted in desire and (2) that in order to live in this deliverance one needs to pursue virtue, one would then ...
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Gary M. Burge
... Such distortion of Paul would lead to the destruction of the distorters. The final reminder (3:17) is to “be on your guard” and thus not to be deceived and fall themselves, for the holy lives they are now living in obedience to Jesus are a “secure position.” The letter (or perhaps sermon with a letter opening) ends with a blessing and doxology: the blessing is a summary of 2 Peter 1:5–8 and focuses on our imperial ruler and deliverer, Jesus, God’s anointed king (to put our author’s titles into ...
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Gary M. Burge
... person singular in confronting the problematic community member. “Whoever says . . .” is the hook, and the three laudable statements listed are that one has come to know him (2:4), to abide in him (2:6), and to be in the light (2:9). To these positive claims to a believing relationship with Christ, the elder poses the true evidence of authenticity. Such a person will obey Christ’s commandments (2:4), will walk as Christ walked (2:6), and will not hate his or her brother or sister (2:9). Therefore, the ...
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Gary M. Burge
... of the torah, and the life afforded the children of Abraham. This might explain the reason for the first antichristic crisis. Jewish Christians had abandoned the Jesus movement to return to the religious security of the synagogue with its monotheism and religious certainty. (5) This would explain the elder’s positing of holding to Jesus as the Christ as integral to the approval of the Father. To deny the Son is to forfeit the Father, but to embrace the Son is to receive the Father, who sent him.
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Gary M. Burge
... and extolled as a means of motivating adherence; and leaders may be delegated authority, serving as determiners of standards and arbiters of conflict. The elder obviously has attained a good deal of personal authority, but whether it comes from positional or personal status is impossible to know. Whatever the case, he casts all his influence into the appeal for his audiences to “love one another” as a means of motivating righteous living, right belief, and right relationship with other believers ...
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Gary M. Burge
... was deriving his authority? The second question relates to what is meant by the Greek term philoprōteuōn, “primacy-lover.” Does “loves to be first” suggest selfishness or egoistic focus on himself, or does it refer to his clinging to positional authority (cf. Peter in Matt. 10:2, who is called “first,” prōtos, among the disciples)? A third question relates to why Diotrephes might not have received the elder and his associates. Did he think they were heretical (perhaps associating them ...
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Gary M. Burge
... first group, interpreters hold to an early date (ca. 1446 B.C.E.), a late date (ca. 1290 B.C.E.), or some combination of both dates (i.e., two waves of exit from Egypt and entrance into the land). Each bases his or her position on clear evidence, whether biblical or archaeological, but in reality, neither can claim definitive proof.[18] It seems that the view that best accounts for the whole evidence is a thirteenth-century exodus. This is only a tentative conclusion based upon the evidence now available ...
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Gary M. Burge
... the slain Lamb (5:6). Though “standing as if it had been slaughtered” (5:6 NRSV), this Lamb is paradoxically described as having “seven horns” (a symbol of perfect power) and “seven eyes” (a symbol of perfect omniscience through the Spirit). The Lamb shares the position of axis mundi, or “the cosmic center,” with the Creator himself (5:6). In a radical redefinition of true power, the slain Lamb, not the Lion, is the one who actually takes the scroll (5:7) and one by one breaks its seals (6:1 ...
4814. 8:2–5
Revelation 8:6--9:21
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Gary M. Burge
... However, when the veil is lifted, Rome’s demise is not due to a military invasion from enemies on its external eastern border but rather from the inner moral corrosion of its leading citizens. First-century Jewish reflections on the exodus event posited another purpose of the plagues: to bring Pharaoh and the Egyptians to repentance (Philo, Life of Moses 1.95; cf. Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 2.293–95). But, tragically, instead of repenting, “he [Pharaoh] hardened his heart” against God (Exod. 7:13 ...
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King Duncan
... to his knees and kissed the deck. He’d been saved. (3) St. Paul is telling us that our situation is like Walter Wyatt’s. There is nothing that any of us can do on our own to free ourselves from the power of sin at work in our lives. Positive thinking won’t do it. Personal discipline will not do it. Christ is our only hope. This is to say that we are set free from the power of sin when we accept God’s gift of grace which comes to us through Jesus Christ. I know that we don ...
4816. Accept His Peace
John 4:1-26, Romans 5:1-11, Exodus 17:1-7
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King Duncan
... I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid” (John 14:27). Peace is one of Christ’s great gifts to us. In fact, a strong sense of inner peace is what allows us to make a positive difference in the world. Sure, we are called to rid the world of wrong-doing and there are tragic things happening in our world that should trouble us deeply and that we should do something about. The ironic thing, however, is that these are not the things that generally rob ...
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King Duncan
... allow our faith to erect a wall to others. Christian faith does not erect walls, but bridges. In the early days of Christianity, many Christians were buried in the catacombs of Rome. In the earliest graves the inscriptions are without a single reference to the position in society of those buried there. The deceased might have been a high government official or a slave, an army officer or a common soldier, a member of the ruling class or a common worker. It made no difference. All that mattered was that they ...
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Robert Leslie Holmes
... ) ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father almighty." Now, here we are, two millennia later. We are well ordered and well run. For 2,000 years the church has been affirming the ascension. We have everything we need to really make a positive and eternal difference in our communities and our world, except one thing: Where is the "power from on high"? Why have we not, in our generation, fulfilled this command to go out in Christ's power? Is it because so many of us have not taken this ...
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King Duncan
... it only proper to be prepared for a comfortable existence in the next world as well. Thus at his death he left detailed instructions concerning his burial. He was to be buried in a new recliner chair of upholstered russet leather and was to be interred in a sitting position. On his lap was to be placed a checkerboard. A practical man, Smith also ordered that he be dressed in a hat and coat, and that a key to the tomb be placed in his coat pocket. That was an interesting final touch--a key to the tomb. As ...
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Charley Reeb
... knowledge of what might have been. The End Is the Beginning One of the magnificent promises of our faith is the promise of new beginnings. Scripture and life affirm this promise. Whenever something ends, something new begins. And out of the negative comes the positive. So it does not matter how bad things have ended or how final circumstances appear. God always creates new beginnings. As God spoke through the prophet: “I am about to do something new” (Isaiah 43:19). God never permits failure to be final ...
4821. Dying To Live
Isaiah 43:16-21
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Charley Reeb
... giving birth. You would think it would be easy to tell the difference. However, experience shows us that the distance between death and birth is not very far. The unavoidable truth is that death must precede birth. Experiencing something new, even when it is positive, can be as painful as dying. Just listen to newborns scream as they make their miraculous move from the familiar womb into a foreign world. Ask a teenager how painful it is to move away and be separated from old friends. Ask a recent graduate ...
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Charley Reeb
... try. These cars are made in such a way that even I cannot fix them.” We like to believe we can tinker with ourselves and fix what’s wrong. We like to believe that all we need is to find the right education, the right pill, the right position, the right relationship, and we will be satisfied. Yet the truth is that it does not matter how many degrees you have, how much money you possess, how much power you control, how much influence you express, how many cars you own, how many stock options you hold. If ...
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Charley Reeb
... legacies. For, in proper perspective, they are noble. However, our faith calls us to be more than just nice, good, and successful persons. As worthy as these qualities are, we are called to be more. Unfortunately, “more,” for many, means more pleasure, more position, more power, and more prestige. But more of only these things leads to less, and less usually leads to empty. I believe the examples below prove my point: In 1923, eight of the world’s most successful financiers sat down at a business ...
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Charley Reeb
... to manifesting the power of Christ in your life is to expect something to happen. Unfortunately, many of us miss the power of Christ in our lives because our spiritual imaginations are closed, and we do not expect anything to happen. This is not some principle of positive thinking; it is a simple spiritual truth. The power of Christ will not move within us unless we awaken and earnestly desire to be moved by it. Christ will not force his power on us anymore than he will force his will on us. Christ loves us ...
4825. Learning to Love
Matthew 5:43-48
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James L. Killen
... shows us the difference between a healthy self-love and selfishness. Those two are not similar. They are opposites. Selfishness is a greedy attitude that centers in self and draws in toward that center so that it becomes smaller and smaller. A healthy self-love is a positive affirmation of self that fills self and overflows in ways that reach out beyond self. We see God's love behaving in that way, don't we? And it will be necessary for us to start learning to love by learning a healthy self-love like that ...
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