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476. The Fall of Babylon Rome

Revelation 18:1-24

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... of merchandise listed in 18:12–13 (cf. Ezek. 27:12–24), most are luxury items that were imported by Rome from Spain, Greece, Asia Minor, Arabia, Egypt, Africa, Parthia, and even China. These included precious metals (gold, silver, high-quality bronze, and iron), jewels and rare materials for elaborate furnishings (pearls, precious stones, ivory, scented wood, and marble), expensive textiles (fine linens, purple and scarlet cloths, silk), spices and perfumes (cinnamon, amomum, myrrh, frankincense), high ...

477. Something Different

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

James L. Killen

... a need for strong, decisive people to give leadership in all of the different areas of life. But a person can have those qualities and still be meek. The Bible referred to Moses as a man who was meek, and there never was a stronger and more ... of freedom you did not expect, freedom from many of the things that would mess up our lives if we would let them. There is a new quality of life that will keep opening up new vistas of beauty and goodness for us. Jesus said this life is like a precious pearl whose value ...

478. The Real Thing

Matthew 5:21-48

Sermon

James L. Killen

... thing? In the gospel according to John, the author uses the expression "eternal life" to represent the same thing that Matthew calls "the kingdom of heaven." He is not talking about a different quantity of life. He is talking about a different quality of life, a life that has about it the quality of the values of God, the values of what really is substantial and lasting and worth having, values that are eternal. It is life that is the real thing. Jesus tells us the life he is offering us is something so ...

479. The Jews and the Law

Romans 2:17-29

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... of divine prejudice” (Romans, p. 88). This is the thought of verse 26, which repeats that of 2:14. The word logizomai, “to reckon or account” (NIV, regarded), conveys this idea. It means the imputing of a missing quality on the basis of an equivalent or superior quality. In the case of Abraham, God “reckoned” him righteous because of his trust in God (Gen. 15:6; Rom. 4:3). Likewise, believers are “reckoned” righteous because of the righteousness of Christ imputed to them (3:28). Uncircumcised ...

480. Abraham Justified by Faith

Romans 4:1-25

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... (v. 13). Paul speaks of the promise variously as inheritance (v. 13; Gal. 3:18); life (v. 17; Gal. 3:21); righteousness (Gal. 3:21); a gift of the Spirit (Gal. 3:14; Eph. 1:13); or adoption as children of God (Gal. 4:5). These are not abstract qualities but characteristics of Jesus Christ in whom the promises of God take on human form (15:8). “All the promises of God find their Yes in him” (2 Cor. 1:20, RSV). God is not a divine killjoy, a cosmic sadist bent on “getting even” with the world. God ...

481. Spiritual Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... and sameness. There are varieties of gifts of grace and there is one Spirit; there are varieties of kinds of service and there is one Lord; there are varieties of activities (working) and there is one God. Paul almost creates a chant with the repetitive quality of his language, which literally says: There are different kinds of gifts but the same Spirit; and there are different kinds of service and the same Lord; and there are different kinds of working but the same God who works everything in all. Paul’s ...

482. Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... . to teleion; lit. “the complete/perfect thing”) and imperfection (Gk. to ek merous; lit. “the partial thing”). Paul is contrasting the temporal with the eternal. He has said that the form of this world is passing away (7:31), and in listing the qualities of love he declares what will pass away (the negative) and what does and will characterize the eternal (the positive). In meditating on love Paul reveals what he understands to be the character and the goal of the eschatological work of God. 13:11 ...

483. Cultivating Faithfulness Until the Flourishing Wicked Wither

Psalm 37:1-40

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... little, and there are times of disaster and days of famine of which they are a part. The well-being of the righteous is not absolute but relative; it is better . . . than that of the wicked, not in terms of quantity but in terms of lasting quality: the days of the blameless are known to the LORD, and their inheritance will endure forever. 37:21–24 Aside from the general imperative to do good (v. 3), verse 21 is the psalm’s first comment on the behavior of the righteous: they give generously. Implicit ...

484. God’s Goodness Redefined: The Nearness of God

Psalm 73:1-28

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... is not that Yahweh will bring the unjust to ruin, nor that God guides his people and can be their strength and portion. These claims are widely attested elsewhere. The breakthrough concerns two qualities of God marked by two conjunctions: yet in verse 23 and but in verse 26, both of which contrast divine and human qualities. First, we see divine persistence in that although one may be embittered and a brute beast before you, yet . . . I am always with you; you hold me. . . . You guide me. (Thus, contrary to ...

485. More Than Conquerors

Romans 8:28-39

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... solemn affirmation, We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him. Interestingly, Paul seldom speaks of human love for God as he does here. This is probably accounted for by the fact that he was reluctant to attribute to humans the quality of agapē which was so characteristic of God (e.g., 5:5–8). At any rate, the statement is not a general law of life. It is a theological statement valid for those who have been called according to his purpose, which is embodied in Jesus Christ ...

486. Suffering for Doing Good

1 Peter 3:8-22

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... holding out the possibility of a trouble-free existence in this world. Peter uses the psalmist’s phrase to mean “Do you want to love life?” He is extending the OT words to include a spiritual sense, and he applies them not to quantity of life but to quality—to eternal life, the life worth having (v. 7), and to the ultimate full salvation in Christ which is to be revealed at the climax of history (1:5). All the same, the blessing which believers will inherit in the next life (v. 9) is not to exclude ...

487. Walking in the Light and the Problem of Sin

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

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 ...

488. Faith in the Son of God

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

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... . Membership in God’s family means having become God’s children by God’s will (John 1:12–13). The power of the new birth is present within them as they seek to “obey his commands.” Indeed, the neuter phrase “everyone begotten by God” points to the quality and inherent power of everyone who is born of God (Brown, Epistles, pp. 541–42). Doing what is right (2:29), not continuing to practice sin (3:9; 5:18), and loving one another (4:7) also arise out of the power of the new birth. What would ...

489. July 4 Weekend

Mark 5:21-43

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... important. The red stands for courage, for being brave and standing up for what's right. The white stands for purity or innocence. The blue area stands for justice, which means fairness and doing what's right and true. Courage, purity, and justice. Those are all good qualities. Those are qualities that God wants each of us to live by. And the only way that our country is going to have courage, purity, and justice is if each one of us decides to live that way, to do what we know is right. Let's pray and ask ...

490. A Hall of Fame Dad

John 16:12-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... common image that Jesus used in describing God was that of “Father.” It makes me think that Joseph must have been a very special kind of dad. We center much of our attention on his mother, Mary, but Joseph surely combined those very special qualities of strength and gentleness that we associate with Jesus. Jesus had a very keen knowledge of the Old Testament Scriptures. In the Jewish home it was the father who had the primary responsibility for his son’s religious instruction. Of course we know that ...

491. Just a Little More

Illustration

Michael Brickey, Ph.D.

... “I will be happy if I just earned a little more money.” Research, however, suggests that there is little relationship between happiness and income once you get beyond the poverty level. Your income is a means to a good quality of life. If you are spending eight hours or more at a job you don’t like, you are not receiving that good quality of life. Is driving a newer car, a week at the beach, or other things you do with discretionary income worth eight hours a day (or more) at a job you don’t like?

492. Joy as Our Hallmark

Sermon

George Reed

... a band playing at full volume is not the hallmark of whether we are Christians doing Christian worship or not. No, our hallmark is that we are people of joy and that joy is based on the love of God who never gives up on us. Joy is that deep quality of peace and contentment that comes from knowing that we are loved and nothing in heaven, on earth, or in hell can ever separate us from the love of God we have received through Jesus the Christ. How that joy gets expressed has more to do with our personalities ...

493. Dry As Toast

Matthew 12:15-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... probably get by, but it would be tough. What if you were a pianist? A builder? A writer? What if you couldn’t do any of the things you loved to do? Without your right (or left) hand, your life would be severely limited, inhibited. Your quality of life would change. But there’s another serious disease we face today that not only inhibits the body but inhibits the mind. It’s called Alzheimer’s disease. In life, it’s that disease everyone fears. There is always a disease that debilitates and eats ...

494. The Catch

John 21:1-14, John 21:15-25, Acts 10:1-8, Acts 10:9-23a, Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... true to the metaphor, it means, you “change your clothing.” For Peter, it takes a bit of doing. As it does with all of us. Tenacity, stubbornness, strong will, tenacity –these are all valued qualities in a disciple. We see that throughout scriptural history. They are qualities that make Peter the “rock” of the church. But also the potential “stumbling block” of Jesus’ own ministry. It all depends on which “clothing” Peter puts on –which “view” his soul will take. Peter needs ...

495. Dressed for Success?

Luke 24:36-49, Luke 24:50-53, Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... or a pastor’s collar, in order to be eligible to enter into God’s kingdom? Not at all. Jesus is talking about a very different kind of clothing. Not a literal piece of cloth, but a quality or substance about you that makes you “different” when you appear before the Lord. What kinds of qualities would that be? Humble perhaps, with an attitude of service, as Jesus taught his disciples when he washed their feet. Perhaps like Paul it means “wearing” in your actions the fruits of the spirit: to be ...

496. The Thorny Price of Perfidy

Esther 3:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... reveals what it means to be an authentic child of God. As Paul would say, the fruits of the spirit are….what are they? Love, kindness, joy, peace, patience, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control (Galatians Chapter 5) –all qualities that make Esther so beautiful, both inside and out. And the qualities that are missing from the bramble-filled spirit of Haman, who may appear to be beautiful on the outside, but his soul is laced with the thorns of hate. As we know in our culture today, hate ...

497. Would You Like to Live Forever?

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... us many pleasures and joys, but it still leaves us hungry for some greater meaning or purpose. That’s our hunger to know God. That’s part of our DNA. We were created in the image of God. All the qualities that make up God—holiness, completeness, life in its fullest sense—all these qualities are a part of our makeup. We were created to know God and to live at peace with God. We were created for purposeful work and creativity and relationships. All the blessings we see in the first chapters of Genesis ...

The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our action.

Andre Godin

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

Aristotle

Organizations endure, however, in proportion to the breadth of the morality by which they are governed. Thus the endurance of organization depends upon the quality of leadership and that quality derives from the breadth of the morality upon which it rests.

Chester Irving Barnard

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