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551. Jesus and Beelzebub

Luke 11:14-28

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... the gap by taking sides with Jesus (cf. 11:23). If we relate the next incident (11:27–28) to the preceding episode, Jesus is saying that his critics should focus on obedience instead of doubting his mighty works. A woman in the crowd, feeling rather sentimental, uses a Jewish expression that means, “How happy is the mother of such a son” (11:27). Jesus does not reject such an affirmation, but he points to something more fundamental. True happiness comes from hearing and obeying God’s word (11:28).

552. Set Your Heart and Mind On Things Above

Colossians 3:1-17

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... put on (again, a one-time act) their new self. Paul is probably referring to their baptism (see Col. 2:12). 3:10–17 · Paul promises that the believer’s new self is being renewed “in knowledge in the image of its Creator” (3:10). A similar sentiment is expressed in Romans 12:2, where the believers are to renounce this world and be transformed by renewing their minds (see also 2 Cor. 4:16). Genesis 1:26–27 speaks of humankind being made in God’s image, but later sin destroys that perfection (Gen ...

553. New Year's Resolutions

Matthew 25:31-46

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James L. Killen

... in love. The Bible makes that clear. Many of us have a problem with the idea of living in love. Even if we have managed not to slip into the popular notion that love is mostly about sex, we are likely to think of it as a matter of warm sentimental emotion. We can't see how that could equip us to cope with the tough realities of life in the real world. If we study our Bibles, we find a much different and more substantial understanding of what love is. Let's look at the best known verse in the ...

554. Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

Matthew 10:1-42

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... it be fear of God. The prospect of martyrdom is anything but pleasant. But throughout the New Testament it is taught that God’s faithful people will suffer (cf. John 15:18–21; 2 Tim. 3:12). Scripture has never painted a chimerical picture of a sentimental deity. So, don’t be afraid (the third reference, v. 31) of whatever could happen. Sparrows are seemingly insignificant and inexpensive, but not one of them will die (fall to the ground) apart from the will of your Father, and you are worth more than ...

555. Paying What's Due

Matthew 22:15-22

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David G. Rogne

... It was pointed out during the debates over taxation that thousands of persons whose annual income exceeded $200,000 a year were able to avoid any payment of taxes. That constitutes taking something and not paying for it. One of the things that stirred up public sentiment against the hotel owner Leona Helmsley a number of years ago was her alleged statement: "Only little people pay taxes." Her feeling was that the better off one is, the less necessity there is to pay for what one receives. This is a long way ...

556. Thanks-Giving Is Good for Everyone

Luke 17:11-19

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David G. Rogne

... , lingering behind. You will be interested to know that I taught in school for fifty years, and yours is the first note of appreciation I ever received. It came on a blue-cold morning and it cheered me as nothing has in many years. Stidger was not sentimental but he wept over that note. He then thought of other people who had been kind to him. He remembered one of his old bishops who had been most helpful at the beginning of his ministry. The bishop was in retirement and recently lost his wife. Stidger ...

557. On the Road to Emmaus

Luke 24:13-35

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... like Moses (see Acts 3:22; 7:35–37; Tannehill, p. 280). 24:21 the one who was going to redeem Israel: That is, that Jesus would liberate Israel from Roman domination. The disciples’ hope probably paralleled the hope of fellow Israelites. Various OT passages express the same sentiment: Isa. 41:14; 43:14; 44:22–24; 1 Macc. 4:11; cf. also Acts 1:6. 24:27 Moses and all the Prophets … all the Scriptures: These parts of the Bible comprise the first two (major) parts of the Hebrew Bible (i.e., the OT). See ...

558. Righteousness Through Faith

Romans 3:21-31

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... would be a payment or obligation of God (Rom. 4:4). As it is, righteousness from God is a gift, wholly unmerited and freely given, which is motivated by grace and received by trust or faith (Rom. 4:5). Lest the voltage of this truth dissipate into sentimentality, we must recall that a judge who hands down a lenient sentence to a guilty party (not to mention acquittal) has done a monstrous thing at law. In so doing the judge violates the one thing judges are obligated to do—to mete out justice by matching ...

559. Israel's Unbelief

Romans 9:30--10:21

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... is in your mouth and in your heart” (v. 8; quoted from Deut. 30:14; cf. Eph. 2:13, 17–19). God is not a principle, distant and undefinable, but a person, near and intimate, present in the word of the gospel. He is known not through sentiments and feelings, or by proofs and deductions, or through mystical and ineffable experiences. God imposes upon himself the limits of knowability; he is known only as he makes himself known through the Word incarnate and through the witness to the Word in preaching and ...

560. The Weak and the Strong

Romans 14:1--15:13

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... freedom of conscience; and the strong must not press for victory, but rather convert their power into advocacy for the weak. The discussion of the strong and weak is concluded with a rich and festive benediction of hope in verse 13. Christian hope is not merely a sentiment of good fortune or a vague wish that “things will turn out all right in the end.” Hope is an affirmation of the nature of God. The God of hope enables those who put their faith in him to overflow with hope. Gone are the things of ...

561. The Angel and the Little Scroll

Revelation 10:1-11

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Robert W. Wall

... measure of God’s kingdom has “not yet” been realized on earth, even though it has “already” begun with the Messiah’s mission on earth. Verse 7 begins, then, with a strong adversative, But (alla), which usually prefaces a contrary statement or sentiment. While Christ’s coronation testifies to the fulfillment of God’s promise of salvation, there is a delay in its earthly effects. The full (i.e., historical) experience of God’s salvation awaits Christ’s parousia. The sort of ambiguity that ...

562. The Fall of Babylon

Revelation 18:1-24

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... and detestable birds.” Even its best citizens, the musicians and artisans, will be silenced because of its evil. The couplet that declares music … will never be heard in you again/No workman of any trade will be found in you again captures a profound theological sentiment. The stilling of the creative arts tells of God’s absence (cf. Isa. 5:12; 24:8). The creator God’s presence has always been felt and acknowledged through the creative arts of God’s creatures in testimony of the Lord’s rule over ...

563. Bildad

Job 8:1-22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... tradition and those who would throw it off, is very real and seen in almost every generation. The tension seems particularly clear today among the young college students I teach. In a recent online discussion group on the Psalms and worship, the prevailing sentiment was that tradition stultifies the free activity of the Spirit. Only when pushed did the students grudgingly admit that there might be essential traditions of the faith passed down from the beginning that ought not to be allowed to slip away. But ...

564. Eliphaz's Second Speech to Job

Job 15:1-35

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... of Psalm 1:3, where a tree metaphor describes the righteous: “He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.” The vocabulary is quite different, but the sentiments quite parallel (in a negative fashion). Like a vine, the wicked puts forth grapes that are stripped off before they ripen. Finally, the wicked is compared to an olive tree that puts forth blossoms that fall before they are pollinated. As a consequence ...

565. Job's Second Reply to Eliphaz

Job 16:1-17:16

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... he realizes that he can only find the vindication he desires with God—even though that may seem utterly impossible under the circumstances. God has closed to understanding the minds of Job’s human detractors. Although the vocabulary is different, the sentiment here is somewhat akin to the “hardening” of Pharaoh’s heart (Exod. 7:3), or of Israel (Isa. 6:10). The Hebrew literally says here that God has hidden their hearts/minds from understanding—suggesting that understanding cannot find them in ...

566. Bildad's Second Speech to Job

Job 18:1-21

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... perceptive sages (see Job 12; Eccl. 3:18, 19). Elsewhere humans are negatively compared with “cattle” when the humans are considered senseless (Pss. 49:12, 20; 73:22) or resistant to instruction. While not a reference to “cattle,” Psalm 32:9 offers a similar sentiment in its reference to horse and mule: “Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.” Bildad accuses Job of calling the friends stupid, when ...

567. Job's Second Reply to Bildad

Job 19:1-29

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... finishing off the scraps! 19:23–27 Out of this circumstance of attack and isolation rises an expression of sublime hope, or at least intense desire—depending on which commentator you follow. The Hebrew is notoriously difficult at points and the sentiments expressed are less than crystal clear, lending themselves to a variety of interpretations. Verses 23–24 are the clearest part of the passage and express Job’s sincere wish—not likely to be fulfilled—that his words be recorded and written ...

568. Zophar's Second Speech to Job

Job 20:1-29

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... It quickly becomes clear in Zophar’s speech that he has already consigned Job to this category of those who are estranged from God, and that he has given up any hope of persuading him to change. Zophar intends this rehearsal of traditional sentiments regarding the fate of the wicked more as a pronouncement of judgment than as an encouragement to repent. 20:6–9 The wicked will perish completely. Regardless of his stature (Heb. siʾ, “height, exalted position,” NIV pride) within the community, even ...

569. Job's Third Reply to Eliphaz

Job 23:1--24:25

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... 17 verses of the chapter represent the speech of Job, some translations and commentaries make a variety of attempts to reassign parts of the material in chapter 24 to speakers other than Job. Scholars claim that rearrangement is necessary because the sentiments in certain verses (particularly vv. 18–24) are contrary to those Job expresses earlier in the chapter. Some (including Clines, Job 21–37, pp. 667–69) reassign these verses to create a later speech for Zophar, who is otherwise entirely omitted ...

570. Instruction for Temple Entry

Psalm 15:1-5

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... opportunity to judge themselves and depart, before God’s holiness judges and consumes them (again the view of the Lord’s Supper in 1 Cor. 11:27–32 is no less solemn). At issue here is not merely entry into a building but survival. The sentiment of the initial double question is not “Whom should we allow in?” but “Who dares enter in?” The purpose is not to safeguard God, the temple, or the sacred community; it is to safeguard the individual and his or her survival. These qualifications are not ...

571. The Penitential Psalm

Psalm 51:1-19

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... 7:11–21) or burnt offerings (Hb. ʿôlâ, the so-called burnt offering of Lev. 1; 6:8–13). Rather, the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. As noted above, this replacement of ritual sacrifice with a contrite spirit is also found in Isaiah 66:1–3. This sentiment reflects a long-standing abuse of ritual sacrifice by the people’s presumption regarding the size and needs of their God (Mic. 6:6–7; Isa. 66:1–2; cf. Ps. 50:8–13) and their disregard for him (Isa. 66:3b–4). 51:18–19 Normally the ...

572. The Destruction of the Temple and the Eruption of Chaos

Psalm 74:1-23

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... God himself (vv. 7–8). (Cf. Ezek. 25:3, where Ammon’s gloating over the defilement and destruction of the temple will result in Yahweh’s judgment of extermination.) The laments, we are given no . . . signs; no prophets are left, probably reflect the sentiments of the exilic period. Lamentations 2:6–9 similarly mourns the destruction of Yahweh’s “meetingplace” (Hb. môʿēd, cf. Ps. 74:4, 8), the enemies’ shouting in the sacred temple (cf. Ps. 74:4, 23), and the absence of prophetic visions ...

573. Jesus Walks on the Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... crowd. In John’s recounting of the story, we learn that “Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself” (John 6:15). A strong popular reaction to the miracle would rouse national sentiment, and Jesus did not want to jeopardize his mission by encouraging a political uprising. Only here and in Gethsemane does Matthew speak of Jesus praying (cf. 26:36–44). The Greek to oros (“the mountain,” v. 23) refers to the hill country as distinct ...

574. The Crucifixion

Matthew 27:32-44

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... gathered around the cross. Tasker (p. 265) calls them the “ignorant sinners” (the passersby who nodded their heads in derision, vv. 39–40), the “religious sinners” (members of the Sanhedrin who kept taunting him, partly in order to quell any possible rise of sentiment in his favor that might lead to a change of verdict, vv. 41–43), and the “condemned sinners” (the thieves who insulted him in the same way, v. 44). The derisive challenge of the crowd (save yourself … if you are the son of ...

575. Jesus Heals a Paralytic

Luke 5:17-26

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... v. 20; see note below). This pronouncement provokes the questions and murmurings among the Pharisees and the teachers of the law (see note below). In their view, God alone forgives sins; Jesus, in assuming this authority, has spoken blasphemy (v. 21). Aware of this sentiment, Jesus challenges them with the question found in vv. 22–23. The question suggests that if he can cure the outward manifestation of sin, i.e., the paralysis (see note below), then he can cure, or forgive, the sin itself. By asking his ...

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