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476. Nehemiah Helps the Poor

Nehemiah 5:1-19

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

... to a percentage. A verb such as “remit,” or “abandon,” (NJPS) is to be understood in the second clause, as the response in v. 12 implies. It is not likely that Nehemiah was counseling the cancellation of debts, as Williamson, Ezra, Nehemiah, p. 241, ... served as a pocket, so that it was like turning one’s pockets out. See Exod. 4:6–7; Prov. 21:14. For Amen in affirming response to a curse, see Num. 5:22; Deut. 27:15–26. The people can hardly refer to the victims of v. 1, or to the assembly from ...

477. Nehemiah's Final Reforms

Nehemiah 13:1-31

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Leslie C. Allen

... out: from the book of human deeds recorded by God. See Ps. 56:8; Isa. 65:6; Dan. 7:10. The Heb. term for what I have so faithfully done refers to acts inspired by covenant loyalty or love; the reiterated my God reinforces it. Nehemiah’s acts were a response to God’s covenant love (v. 22). 13:15–16 The market was probably held north of the temple near the Fish Gate (see 3:3; 12:39). 13:22 Levites: Gatekeepers are not specified; compare 7:1. 13:24 We do not know what language the people of Ashdod ...

478. Blemished Sacrifices and Admonition for the Priests

Malachi 1:6-14, Malachi 2:1-9

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Pamela J. Scalise

... prescribed acts of worship. By God’s grace the Israelites had been given a means to acknowledge God’s rule over all of life and to participate in the truth that the Lord’s name is to be feared among the nations. In the book of Malachi “fear” summarizes the response God desires from Israel (1:6; 3:16), the priests (2:5), and the nations (1:14). This fear is not terror or panic; rather, it is a desire to show honor, respect, and love to the Holy One. This fear does not create a need to hide or to ...

479. God’s Love and Ours

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

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Thomas F. Johnson

... in mind love for God or love for one another, when he says we love? He means both, all active love on the part of the believing community, whether for God or others. In fact, the absolute we love may both point back to v. 18, contrasting fear as our response to God, and point ahead to vv. 20–21, in which love for other Christians is in view. How is it possible for us to have lives characterized by love? Because he first loved us is the author’s answer. The aorist tense of loved points to God’s once ...

480. Cain and Abel

Genesis 4:1-26

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John E. Hartley

... on another occasion he made two clubs for Baal in his battle against Yam (the Sea). After Baal’s victory over Yam, Kothar-Hasis built a palace for the victor. By contrast, the Bible teaches from the outset that work is a central aspect of the responsibilities humans have as God’s representatives on earth. God placed the first man in the garden and assigned him the task of tilling and keeping the garden. Outside the garden Cain worked the soil, and Abel tended flocks of sheep and goats (Gen. 4). In Cain ...

481. The Appointment of Leaders

Deuteronomy 1:9-18

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... forward in God’s historical strategy for bringing blessing to the nations. There was a missionary dimension to Deuteronomy’s call for committed obedience. There always is. The church as a whole and individual Christians need to see every step of obedience that is called for in response to God’s grace as being invested with the significance of being woven into God’s great plan of blessing the nations. 1:9–12 You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone. (Cf. Exod. 18:13–26 and Num. 11:10–17 ...

482. The Only Place of Worship

Deuteronomy 12:1-32

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... the ordinary and the “secular” to be enjoyed under God’s blessing. A line can be drawn from the freedom of the second half of this chapter to the freedom of 1 Timothy 4:3–5. And there is the challenging call for worship to be socially responsible, inclusive, compassionate, which finds some echoes not only in the practice of the NT church but also in the sharp words of Paul (1 Cor. 11:17–22) and of James (Jas. 2). Additional Notes The comparison McConville draws between Deut. 12 and Deut. 7 is as ...

483. Passover

Deuteronomy 16:1-8

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... . 15). 16:16–17 Having drawn from the festival calendars embodied in Exodus 23 and 34, Deuteronomy summarizes the annual feasts using phrases from Exodus 23:15b, 17, and 34:20b, 23. The concluding, emphatic point is to reinforce the necessity of making adequate response to God’s blessing. The expression empty-handed (rêqām) is the same as used in 15:13. There the Israelite householder was urged not to send away his slave in the sabbatical release “empty-handed.” The connection is not merely verbal ...

484. Miscellaneous Laws

Deut 23:15–25:19

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... ethics even if it would never be literally reestablished. To answer that question, we need to set the specific law on interest in the context of the overall ancient Israelite economic system and see its purpose in the light of that. The law is a typical OT response to poverty in the way that it restrains the power of the lender to exploit the need of the borrower (a restriction that has not lost its importance in modern life). It also strengthens the economic aspect of kinship bonds. Since it is a legal and ...

485. The Year of the Lord’s Favor

Isaiah 61:1-11

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John Goldingay

... 62:6 it does the same by affirming that there is a larger company of people who will give Yahweh no rest until this happens. In 62:10 the prophet apparently speaks further, this time not in testimony but in instruction. 61:1–9 The first of the five responses, then, is preaching. Once again the prophet takes up forms of speech as well as actual words from chapters 40–55. The first-person testimony corresponds to 48:16, 49:1–6, and 50:4–9, where it is also “the Lord Yahweh” who speaks (48:16; 50:4 ...

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

Romans 9:1-29

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C. Marvin Pate

... Is God unjust? Not at all! . . . God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy. Verse 14 raises a second criticism of Paul’s position: if God chooses whomever he wills for his purposes, does that not make him unfair and unrighteous? Paul’s immediate response to that accusation is his impassioned m? genoito (“May it never be!”). Then Paul provides a lengthy logical answer in 9:15–29 to the criticism that God is unfair, revealing to the contrary that God is just. In 9:15–18 he explains that in ...

487. The Lord’s First Commission to Jonah and Jonah’s Disobedience

Jonah 1:1-17

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Gary M. Burge

... Jonah literally “descends” to Joppa, “descends” into the ship, and later “descends” to the bottom of the sea (1:2–3, 5; 2:4, 7). The concept of descent figuratively represents Jonah’s growing distance from the Lord. 1:4–6 · The Lord’s response to Jonah’s refusal to obey: Yahweh makes the fact that he is all-present known through physical manifestations of his power. God “hurled a great wind” (1:4 NASB, RSV, ESV) toward the sea, rousting violent swells that threaten to capsize the ...

488. Jesus and John the Baptist

Matthew 11:1-19

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Gary M. Burge

... Messiah. Matthew draws on this term elsewhere to express how people stumble over rather than embrace some part of Jesus’s identity or message (e.g., 13:57; 15:12; cf. also 26:31). This blessing for those who receive Jesus sets the tone for various responses that will be highlighted in 11:2–12:50 and beyond. Jesus’s commentary about John (11:7–15) connects with the report of John’s question about Jesus’s identity, with Jesus confirming John’s role as prophet and forerunner (citing Mal. 3:1; cf ...

489. Talented People

Matthew 25:14-30

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David G. Rogne

... going on continuously during life. We do not have to wait until the end of life to know how we are doing. We pay our bills monthly. We pay the IRS as we go. We pay the utilities regularly. It's easy to know how we are doing in our responsibilities to those people. All we have to do is to check the statement. That same process can help us know how we stand in regard to the Owner of all things. Ray Knudsen, an Episcopal priest in San Fernando, overheard his three small boys talking about what they would like ...

490. Jesus and Beelzebub

Mark 3:20-30

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Larry W. Hurtado

... to you”) and appears also in 8:12; 9:1, 41; 10:15, 29; 11:23; 12:43; 13:30; 14:9, 18, 25, 30, and numerous times in the other Gospels as well. Normally the word “truly” (Hebrew, ‘āmēn) was used by a Jew in response to the words of someone else, to indicate assent. Jesus’ use as a preface to his own statement seems unique. (See “Amen,” NIDNTT, vol. 1, pp. 97–99.) Blasphemies … blasphemes: In 2:7 Jesus’ critics accuse him of blasphemy in forgiving sins, for they believe it improper for ...

491. God's Sovereign Choice

Romans 9:1-29

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James R. Edwards

... prophets developed the idea of a saved portion of Israel within the larger nation (Isa. 4:3; 10:22–23; 46:3; 65:8; Amos 3:12; Mic. 2:12; 5:7). Thus began the doctrine of the remnant. Paul appeals to the same idea with regard to the Jewish response to the gospel: only a few would respond, as was foretold in Scripture (SO 9:6). The present believing remnant, however, is not the last chapter. Paul’s continuing burden for the Jews (9:1–5; 10:1–3; 11:25–29) develops into the hope that the remnant is ...

492. Submission to the Authorities

Romans 13:1-7

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James R. Edwards

... 13:1–7, regard this section as a departure from Paul’s teaching on agapē and an independent unit of thought. But, in fact, the instruction here is very much a part of the design since chapter 12. In agreement with 12:2 Paul appeals for a considered response “to approve what God’s will is” with respect to rulers. “Those who do what is right” (v. 3) in civil duties also accomplish the good (the word for “right” is in Greek the same word for “good” in 12:9–21) and thus fulfill the rule ...

493. Lawsuits Among Believers

1 Corinthians 6:1-11

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Marion L. Soards

... judgment (Dan. 7:22; 1 Enoch 1.9; Wis. 3:8). One must ask, however, whether this statement contradicts what Paul had already said about the church’s capacity to judge in 5:9–13—that the members of the church are not given the responsibility to judge those outside the church. How can Christians not judge non-Christians and judge the world at the same time? Obviously, Paul is thinking about two distinct times. The instructions in 5:9–13 are for the Corinthians’ present time; the judgment being ...

494. Marriage

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

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Marion L. Soards

... cryptic, though brief. Later in this chapter Paul develops additional aspects of his thoughts along this line (see 7:32–35). For now, one should note that Paul sees each believer as gifted in some particular way by God; and so each person is responsible and privileged to use whatever gift God has given her or him for God’s own purposes. Mission, not manipulation, is God’s will for the life of the believer. Additional Notes 7:1 The rhetorical phrase introducing a reference to the Corinthians’ letter ...

495. Orderly Worship

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

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Marion L. Soards

... decree, and how, are all open questions. Watson (First Epistle, p. 155) states that “Paul now claims for himself the right to speak for God,” but that is wrong. Paul may demonstrate a sense of authority here, but he claims no rights. The exercise of a genuine responsibility is not the same as the assertion of a right. Moreover, the form of this statement by Paul is much firmer in tone and grammar than is his more modest claim at 7:40b; and one should not confuse the character of the two remarks. Perhaps ...

496. The Lord Rejects Saul as King

1 Samuel 15:1-35

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Mary J. Evans

... elsewhere only in Micah 1:15. Using the language of Numbers 23:19, it not only stresses the transcendence of God and the vast difference between God and human beings, but also highlights Saul’s arrogance in thinking he can manipulate this God. Saul’s final response adds to the pathos of the account. He pleads with Samuel to help him save face before the elders. There is no question of affirming Saul, just standing by him one more time, allowing him to worship the LORD your God—and the use of “your ...

497. Eliphaz's Third Speech to Job

Job 22:1-30

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Gerald H. Wilson

... belief that God is well aware of what is happening in the human sphere and quite capable of acting to affect the world. Thus Job’s real question is: What kind of God can know that evil lurks in the world bringing low the righteous without acting in response? 22:15–16 Eliphaz cautions Job that an attitude that dismisses God’s awareness of or concern for human activity is doomed to failure and is tantamount to taking the well-worn path that evil men have trod. Job is in danger of entering this path of ...

498. Hallelujah!

Revelation 19:1-10

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Robert W. Wall

... of the choral members who sing it. All the songs of the twenty-four elders (4:8, 11; 5:9–10; 11:17–18) rehearse Revelation’s central themes, now implicit in their Amen, Hallelujah! (cf. Ps. 104:35). Second, the significance of the liturgist’s response derives from the setting, the throne of God. All of Revelation’s great themes are really about the one theological axiom of John’s faith: because of the slain Lamb, God’s reign has triumphed over evil. The invitation to praise God is given to God ...

499. Listening and Doing

James 1:19-27, James 1:1-18

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Peter H. Davids

... as the only judge and vindicator. In 5:7–9 James will indicate that the Christian is to wait for God’s vindication, not vindicate himself. A similar note is sounded in Hebrews 10:30–39, Romans 12:19, and repeatedly in 1 Peter. The proper response to suffering is meekness and endurance, for God is the only true judge. Thus human anger cannot bring about the righteous life that God desires, either in the sense of bringing about the righteousness God will establish in the final day (which may be in mind ...

500. Faith in the Son of God

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

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

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