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476. Chickens with Eyeglasses

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... the amazing thing. Whatever this thorn was, Paul considered it to be a gift. Think about that--a gift! It was a gift that would ensure that Paul would never forget who he was and who God is and would forever help him to remain humble. In Paul’s estimation God gave him this thorn, a constant reminder of his weakness, that he might be continually reminded of his dependence on God. Let me ask you, do you have “a thorn in your flesh?” Do you have a constant irritant that you may never be rid of? . . . And ...

477. Poem: A Coffin--Is A Small Domain

Eulogy

Emily Dickinson

A Coffin—is a small Domain, Yet able to contain A Citizen of Paradise In it diminished Plane. A Grave—is a restricted Breadth— Yet ampler than the Sun— And all the Seas He populates And Lands He looks upon To Him who on its small Repose Bestows a single Friend— Circumference without Relief— Or Estimate—or End—

478. Shall We Take the Escalator?

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... of slow. We’ve never heard it before!” (3) Some of us need to listen to the sound of slow for a while. It’s interesting to note that in the Jewish faith, it is considered unrighteous to ask for things in prayer on the Sabbath. In the estimation of our Jewish friends, the Sabbath is a day of rest, and even God should be allowed to rest from providing for us. So, on the Sabbath, prayers focus instead on praise and giving thanks for God’s many blessings. (4) What a beautiful concept. Everyone, even God ...

479. A Small Town Is Blessed

Micah 5:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... this thing that has happened . . .” The world didn’t know it, but all the truly important people on earth were huddled in a stable that night long ago in the tiny town six miles outside of Jerusalem known as Bethlehem. In the world’s estimation the important people were in Rome--Augustus Caesar, his household and the Roman senate--but we know better. The truly important people that night consisted of some humble shepherds and a young couple with their newborn son who had been forced to take shelter in ...

480. God Gives The Increase

1 Cor 3:6–7

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... lbs. of carbon, 160 lbs. of nitrogen, 125 lbs. of potassium, 75 lbs. of yellow sulphur, and other elements too numerous to list. In addition to these ingredients are required rain and sunshine at the right times. Although many hours of the farmer’s labor are also needed, it was estimated that only 5 percent of the produce of a farm can be attributed to the efforts of man. So it is in spiritual realms: God causes the growth.

481. Ahaz King of Judah

2 Chronicles 28:1-27

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... introduces a reason for the preceding incident. Clearly, the Chronicler saw the giving of “things from the temple of the LORD” to Tiglath-Pileser as the reason that Ahaz was defeated by the Assyrians. The Chronicler adds another phrase to confirm his theological estimation of what happened between Ahaz and Assyria: in his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful (ma?al) to the LORD (28:22). 28:17–19 These verses (the Chronicler’s own material) mention a defeat by the Edomites (28:17 ...

482. Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas

Acts 1:12-26

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... Jesus “Lord” (v. 21), it is likely that the prayer was addressed to Jesus. But the same title and the same description—he knows the thoughts of the heart—is used elsewhere of the Father. This ambiguity, where “Lord” can mean Father or Son, speaks volumes for the estimate they had of Jesus. It is worth noticing also that as far as Acts is concerned this concept of divine percipience only comes to expression in Peter’s words (cf. 15:17f.; see also 1 Sam. 16:7; Jer. 17:10; John 2:25; 21:17). It ...

483. Peter Addresses the Crowd

Acts 2:14-41

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... :14; 22:8; 24:5; 26:9). This was the name by which Jesus was known to them, if they knew him at all (bearing in mind that there were visitors in the crowd); and it was under this name that he had died (John 19:19). But the Jews’ estimate of Jesus, evident in their hounding him to the cross, was in striking contrast with his true status, for he was demonstrably a man accredited by God. No one could have done the miracles, wonders and signs that he had unless God were with him (cf. John 3:2). Peter ...

484. Peter Speaks to the Onlookers

Acts 3:11-26

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... Jesus with divine glory. In turn, the glorified Jesus had endowed his apostles with power to act in his name. Thus had Jesus manifested his own presence in the healing that had just taken place (see v. 16)—all of which demonstrated God’s very different estimate of his servant than the nation had had of him. For their part, they had handed him over to be killed (lit., “Jesus, whom you handed over”; see note on 4:10), and even when the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate, had decided to set him free ...

485. Stephen Seized

Acts 6:8-15

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... light of the time of salvation which had now dawned with Jesus” (Hengel, Jesus, p. 23). Not that Jesus in Stephen’s teaching stood apart from Moses. On the contrary, he was, for Stephen, the Prophet-like-Moses (see disc. on 7:35ff., also 3:22). Hence his estimate of him as the law-giver. Notice the charge in verse 14. Stephen did not teach that Christ “is the end of the law” (Rom. 10:4), only that he had changed the law (lit. “the customs,” both the written law and the oral traditions; see disc ...

486. Cornelius Calls for Peter

Acts 10:1-8

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... for many more years to come (see disc. on 15:1, 5 and 21:20ff.). Nevertheless, by the time of the Jerusalem council, the case of Cornelius (if we can accept Luke’s own account) was recognized as a precedent by the church leaders, so that Luke’s estimate of its importance was not without grounds. 10:1 The setting for the opening scene (vv. 1–8) is Caesarea. This site had once been a Phoenician outpost called Straton or Strato’s Tower, but Herod the Great had rebuilt it and made of it a city suited ...

487. In Thessalonica (Acts 17:1–9)

Acts 17:1-9

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... a number of inscriptions found in this area. The provincial governor had his residence in Thessalonica, and important military and naval bases were located there also. In Paul’s day it was one of the great seaports of southeastern Europe, with an estimated population of about two-hundred thousand. Its Jewish community appears to have been correspondingly large, certainly so by comparison with Philippi, which is only as one would expect. There would be little to attract Jews to a military colony and much ...

488. Paul Speaks to the Crowd

Acts 21:37--22:21

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... , he states that only four hundred were killed and two hundred wounded (Antiquities 20.167–172). This is likely to be nearer the mark. Josephus has a propensity to exaggerate numbers, which explains the difference between his thirty thousand and the prefect’s estimate of the Egyptian’s following as about four thousand men. He calls them “the four thousand,” as though the number was well known. He also describes them as sicarii (“dagger men,” from the Latin sica), the term applied to groups of ...

489. The Trial Before Felix

Acts 24:1-27

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... was conspicuous by its absence. 24:14–16 Next, he dealt with the charge of heresy. It was true that he was a follower of the Way, which they call a sect (v. 14; see disc. on v. 5). There had been a time when Paul had shared his accusers’ estimate of the Way, but he regarded it now, not as a deviation from the Jewish religion, but as its fulfillment (cf. 13:32). Being a Christian, he claimed, did not make him an apostate. He was still a loyal Jew. He still worshiped the God of our fathers (v. 14 ...

490. The Storm

Acts 27:13-26

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... if Luke himself had (again) been involved. The reading, however, is not well attested. 27:20 Worst of all was the uncertainty about where they were. Neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and so they were deprived of all means of estimating their position or even of determining with any certainty their direction (for of course they had no compass). As one day stretched into another all hope of deliverance “was being stripped” from them (imperfect passive). Passengers and crew alike settled into a ...

491. Ashore on Malta

Acts 28:1-10

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... of human opinion! Apparently they never stopped to question how a god could have permitted himself to fall into Roman custody. Luke’s attitude to this incident has been much disputed. Some have accused him of virtually sharing the islanders’ latest estimate of the apostle. But though Luke certainly believed that Paul, in common with all the apostles, possessed miraculous powers, he never set him apart, as the islanders did, from ordinary men (see disc. on 27:21). Indeed, far from endorsing their ...

492. Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians' Faith

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... Lord Jesus Christ if he is no more than a first century Jew?” (Morris, Themes, p. 31). The description of God as Father adds the dimension of love to the thought of God’s care for the church, while the title Lord bears further witness to Paul’s estimate of Jesus. The use of this title comes out of the early church’s belief in the resurrection of Jesus, which, more than anything else, convinced them that God had made him both Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36). Additional Notes 1:1 In God … and the Lord ...

493. The Son Superior to Angels

Hebrews 1:1-14

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... . This verse, describing the vindicating capstone of the Son’s completed ministry, serves as one of the basic weapons in our author’s arsenal of arguments concerning the superiority of the person and work of the Son. 1:14 What then is a realistic estimate of angels and their function? They are ministering spirits; but, as has been shown, they have a subordinate role of serving God. God’s concern is not with angels, but with us, and he accordingly sends them to bring help to those who will inherit ...

494. The Exodus

Exodus 12:31-42

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... to be southeast of Rameses toward the Bitter Lakes. More problematic is the declaration that There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. The clear reference to “strong men” did not include the elderly or youths. Estimates of the total group size reach two million people. The logistical impossibility of that many people has generated much discussion (see Durham, Exodus, pp. 171–72). The most common, though not conclusive, solution is to read the word for “thousand ...

495. Land Still to Be Taken

Joshua 13:1-7

Understanding Series

J. Gordon Harris

Instructions about Land Remaining to Be Conquered: 13:1 Joshua’s age, estimated as ninety to one hundred, provides the chronological setting for two sections of the book (13:1; 23:1–2). The issues of age and of unconquered land are introduced when the LORD said to him, “You are very old, and there are still very large areas of land to ...

496. The List of Exiles Who Returned

Ezra 2:1-70

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

... minas. Rounding up is evident in 5,000 minas of silver, from 4,700 (500 + 2,200 + 2,000), and in 100 priestly garments, from 97 (30 + 67). 61,000 drachmas of gold, standing in place of the expected 41,000 (1,000 + 20,000 + 20,000) may be the estimated monetary value of the ”50 bowls” of Neh. 7:70 (Rudolph, Esra und Nehemia, p. 26). 2:70 The text is slightly different from Neh. 7:73. In their own towns seems to be an editorial addition referring to Jerusalem and adjacent towns, made in the light of v. 1 ...

497. More Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs 26:1-28

Understanding Series

Roland E. Murphy

... anyone who will hire a fool or a mere transient. See the Additional Notes. 26:11 See 2 Peter 2:22. This explicit comparison underscores the failure of fools to learn; they merely continue in their folly. 26:12 Self-deception (to be wise in one’s own estimation) is in a sense the greatest folly (and even the “wise” should be aware of it! cf. v. 16a; 28:11a). The blindness of such a person is simply incorrigible. The evaluation in verse 12b may have been a frequent one (cf. 29:20). 26:13 The sluggard ...

498. Judgment Against Samaria and Jerusalem

Micah 1:1-7

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... Appearance in Judgment (1:2-5b): Scholars are not in agreement as to the limits of this first oracle in Micah’s book. Some take verses 1–7 as the complete unit. Others divide the passage into three parts: verses 1–2, 3–5, 6–7. In my estimation, verses 2–5b form the first announcement of the book. 1:2–5b We have in these verses a proclamation to all the peoples and living things on the earth that Adonai Yahweh—that is, the master of the world whose name is Yahweh—will enter into a judicial ...

499. Man's Plans and God's

Micah 2:1-5

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... , the whole of 2:1–5 could be directed against the inhabitants not just of Jerusalem but of the forty-six towns of Judah captured by Assyria in 701 BC. But Micah’s pronouncements throughout chapter 1 have all found their climax in the fate of Jerusalem, and in my estimation, 2:1–3 and 2:4–5 have to do not with the population of Judah in general but with the inhabitants of the capital city. The verses in 2:1–3 have the standard form of a woe oracle, which begins with the Hebrew hôy, woe. This ...

500. False Prophets

Micah 2:6-11

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... to know that in the future God will snatch from them their power and prosperity. 2:6–11 As the NIV has translated verse 6, it interprets Micah’s opponents to be other prophets who are preaching false words of weal. But in my estimation that is a misreading. Rather, Micah’s adversaries here are the powerful oppressors of verses 1–3 who, despite their greedy covetousness, feel religiously secure. The text of verses 6–7 is badly damaged, but it probably should be read as follows: “Do not preach ...

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