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576. “I Will Not Fear Though Tens of Thousands Assail Me”

Psalm 3:1-8

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... seriously, the historical background of the psalm is Absalom’s rebellion against his father, David, found in 2 Samuel 15:1–19:43. We might wonder, of course, why the psalm does not use Absalom’s name. Delitzsch attributes this absence precisely to David’s lamentive mood[3] (2 Sam. 19:1). In David’s deep anguish, the mention of the name would perhaps have increased the anguish all the more. As the title denotes, the backdrop of the psalm is war, confirmed by the military terminology (3:2, 3, 7, 8 ...

577. “Your Love, Lord, Reaches to the Heavens, Your Faithfulness to the Skies”

Psalm 36:1-12

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C. Hassell Bullock

... before their eyes” (36:1). Indeed, the disposition of the wicked as expressed in 36:1b is a good summary of the kind of evil represented by the subjects of Psalm 35, who have no regard for the innocent, the social equivalent of their flagrant spiritual mood. Psalm 36 presents a picture of a totally different world where the love (hesed) of God reaches the heavens and exceeds the height of the mountains. This is the world known to God’s servant David and the “upright in heart” (36:10). Only here and ...

578. “Cast Your Cares on the Lord and He Will Sustain You”

Psalm 55:1-23

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... of two psalms: verses 1–18 and verses 19–23. It seems very likely, however, as A. A. Anderson asserts, that the emotional stress of this author, persecuted by his enemies and betrayed by his friend, can account for the emotional swings.2The following outline reflects the mood swings as well as the subject shifts. 1. Invocation (55:1–3) 2. Lament/complaint (55:4–8) 3. Petition and review (55:9–15) a. Petition against the enemy (55:9a; the wicked [pl.]) b. Description of the evil city (55:9b–11) c ...

579. How to Deal with Demons

Matthew 12:38-50

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Maxie Dunnam

... in terms of being oppressed by psychological demons. Anger, depression, self-depreciation, greed, suspicion, fear, ambition, anxiety, insecurity, etc.—a host of demons which invade our lives and defy our effort to get rid of them. As we struggle with our moods and tempers, our temptations and our exhausting efforts to reform ourselves, we discover the power of forces with which we have to do battle. We’re humbled to recognize that we do wrestle against principalities and powers, against forces that are ...

580. The God of Hope

Isaiah 11:1-10, Matthew 3:1-12, Romans 15:4-13

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King Duncan

... :13, “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” This is the season of the year when we celebrate the God of hope. The mood of Advent is one of joyful anticipation. It infects all of society. Some of you remember the 1970s. It was a very turbulent time in our society. There was a “Doonesbury” cartoon during those turbulent times that showed the campus radical Megaphone Mark falling off to sleep. Above ...

581. Haman’s Plot to Annihilate the Jews

Esther 3:1-15

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... ’s arguments, the king condemns the entire Jewish population of the kingdom to death. After the decree is sent out to all the provinces, the king and Haman sit down in the palace to celebrate the event. Meanwhile outside the palace, the mood grows somber, and the inhabitants of Susa become confused and mystified by the sudden news of the impending “final solution” (3:15). The Hebrew word translated “confused” (nabokah) appears in only two other passages in the Hebrew Bible. In Exodus 14:3, after ...

582. Mordecai’s Petition to Esther

Esther 4:1-17

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... :1). In the Bible, sackcloth and ashes typically accompany laments and mourning for the dead, and in certain cases, fasting for the deliverance of a people (e.g., Gen. 37:34; Lam. 2:10–12). Mordecai’s demeanor and unusual garb appropriately reflect the mood of the Susan community. When Esther hears about Mordecai’s distress, she is deeply troubled and seeks to find out the reason for her cousin’s unusual behavior. Mordecai sends a detailed report to Esther describing Haman’s edict and his offer to ...

583. The King Rewards Mordecai

Esther 6:1-14

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... grant this royal treatment to Mordecai the Jew. How devastating for egomaniac Haman to realize that the lavish reward he has devised is to be granted to his nemesis Mordecai and not to him. Once again, Haman’s hopes are shattered, and his mood quickly changes from exhilaration to devastation, a clear example of the recurring reversal motif. How could this be happening to him? How can he now petition the king to have Mordecai killed? With these questions haunting him, Haman obeys the king’s orders ...

584. Eliphaz

Job 4:1–5:27

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... with utmost caution and without entrenched conviction, but we think the following represents a helpful direction. • Though sometimes Job 24:18–25 is reassigned to a friend, Job is still speaking here, in line with the Masoretic Text. We understand the grammatical mood of the language not to be declarative, as the NIV translates, but optative (that is, a hypothetical projection or wish of a situation or condition; see NJPS). Job wishes that God undid the wicked; he is not declaring it so. • Bildad’s ...

585. Psalm 34

Psalm 34:1-22

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

Continuing the upbeat mood of Psalm 33, Psalm 34 presents almost no suggestion of deep anguish. David’s attitude is curious in light of the superscription, which highlights a troubled time in his life (cf. 1 Sam. 21:10–15; Abimelek = Achish). David speaks of trials in generic terms, not dwelling on the heartache, ...

586. Psalm 41

Psalm 41:1-13

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... 40:17, David states that he is “poor and needy.” Now, at the beginning of Psalm 41, he declares that God takes a special interest in those who help the weak, blessing them when they encounter enemies, disease, or other difficulties (41:1–3). The mood of this psalm changes quickly. David seeks forgiveness for having wronged God (41:4); he also seeks God’s help to get revenge on his enemies who have been scheming against him (41:5–10). Some have been quietly spreading rumors about him, others openly ...

587. Time and Eternity

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... to harvesting (cf. Zeph. 2:4). The NIV’s “to be born” is literally “to give birth.” Verse 3 describes the destruction and repair or construction of a body and a building, as determined by humans. Verse 4 describes opposite moods, which might accompany the preceding actions, in both their emotional (“weep . . . laugh”) and ceremonial (“mourn . . . dance”) expressions. Verse 5 describes the treatment of stones and people in terms of joining and separating. It is unclear what gathering stones ...

588. I Have Come Into My Garden

Song of Songs 5:1-16

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... the literary intentions of the search-find motif in love poetry but also tarnishes the idyllic love relationship portrayed everywhere else in the poem. The anthology-of-love-poems approach notes the actions of the two characters as “odd,” but emphasizes the creation of mood over any real-life experience (cf. Longman, 161). The charge to the harem women is a partial repetition of Song of Solomon 2:7 and 3:5, and, like 3:5, signals another major break in the poem. The maiden is either asking the women ...

589. Ariel

Isaiah 29:1-24

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... was busy on the eastern front. The alliance between Aram, Phoenicia, Judah, and Egypt made it imperative for Sennacherib to deal quickly and decisively with his eastern problems and then turn his attention to the west. During the intervening years, the psychological mood in Judah was very positive. The people felt less threatened and were hoping for a strong political and economic resurgence. Yet Isaiah had already prophesied that Assyria was to be the instrument of God’s judgment—even on Judah (8:7–8 ...

590. A Promised Ruler from Bethlehem

Micah 5:1-4

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... to engage in this practice (Deut. 14:1); thus the command has a sarcastic tone. The reason for mourning is clearly given. The Israelites are under siege, and the ruler has been publicly humiliated (slapped with a rod). At this point, however, the mood of the oracle changes. Israel moves from the low point of humiliation to the high point of deliverance. That the deliverance will come from Bethlehem Ephrathah is a surprise. God uses the small and the weak of the world to accomplish his mighty purposes ...

591. Assyria

Zephaniah 2:13-15

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... personifies Nineveh by proclaiming its divine status. For Judah, the statement “I am the one! And there is none besides me” (2:15a) was a confession of the unique and exclusive claim of Yahweh (cf. Isa. 43:10; 44:6; 45:5, 18, 21–22; 46:9). The mood of the oracle changes rapidly. Sarcasm changes into lament (2:15b). The end of Assyria will be celebrated by all who pass the ruins of the city. The scoffing and the shaking of the fist are expressions of hatred mixed with joy. The hatred for Nineveh will ...

592. The Lord's Supper

Mark 14:12-26

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... of Unleavened Bread” technically began at sundown on the fifteenth of Nisan (Thursday evening), but Mark appears to place the beginning of Passover on Thursday afternoon, the fourteenth of Nisan, when Passover lambs were slaughtered in the temple. The mood of expectancy and urgency produced by the great influx of Passover pilgrims in Jerusalem is reflected in the triple occurrence of the Greek word for “prepare” in verses 12–16. The disciples are given what appear to be undercover instructions ...

593. Fix It, Daddy

John 11:17-45

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King Duncan

... of a metal railing and popped. With a single, loud “bang,” it burst and fell to her feet. She looked down and saw what had been her beautiful balloon, now a forlorn wad of wet blue rubber. It took her only a moment to regain her buoyant mood, however, as she picked up the remains of that balloon, marched cheerfully to where her father was standing and thrust it up to him. “Here, Daddy,” she said cheerfully, “Fix it.” (1) Sometimes our lives resemble that wad of wet blue rubber lying there on the ...

594. Learn To Play Again

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... this: Sometimes Jesus enjoyed having fun! Jesus was showing us how to get our joy back and for our joy to be full. I think of it this way. When I was a little boy and would get grumpy and grouchy, my dad had a clever way of changing my mood. He would not lecture me. He wouldn’t tell me that I should be grateful for what I had and not complain. He would get on the floor with me and find a place just above my belly button and blow air bubbles on my tummy. He would do it ...

595. The Power of Appreciation

Matthew 2:1-12

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Charley Reeb

... he tells of the time he was in a grocery store late at night with only one checkout line open. There was a long line of restless and impatient people waiting with their groceries. Breemen noticed that the people in front of the line were in a good mood. As he got closer to the checkout, he figured out why. The lady checking groceries took a piece of cardboard, made a sign, and put it in front of her. The sign said, “We have been made with love, please treat us accordingly.” Peter Breemen defines love in ...

596. Despair, Hope, Easter, and Pentecost

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Tom Garrison

... . Then just as swiftly as his fortunes had risen, the tide turned against him, and before they realized what was happening there he was, one more convicted felon in the crucifixion annals of Rome. You talk about "broken things, too broke to mend," this was the mood of his followers that Sabbath eve as they hurriedly laid his body in a borrowed tomb before the sun went down. More than one woman crumpled to the ground in tears that night. At the point where they had come to expect so much, suddenly it ...

597. Playing One Hand

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

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Tom Garrison

... all kinds of diseases and quickly generated an enthusiasm that spread like wildfire throughout Galilee. This is how it all began, but then many months later — well into his ministry — we find Jesus telling the parable that is in our text, and there is a notable shift of mood to be detected here. As he spoke of the sower who went out to sow and all the factors that began to interact with that process, a new kind of realism seems to be emerging in Jesus. By this time he appears to be coming to terms with ...

598. Smother Love

Matthew 16:21-28

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Kristin Borsgard Wee

... make only two more revolutions before 12, now you are going to bed for the last time." Nothing of the sort. Perhaps I am a little cracked. For I cannot deny that I am in really high spirits. I only pray to God in heaven to sustain me in this mood, for surely it is easier for the flesh to die in this state. How merciful the Lord has been to me! In the courtroom, when I was called up for my last words, I was in such a frame of mind that I nearly said, "I have only one thing ...

599. Hallelujah! Come On, Get Happy

Matthew 5:1-12

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David G. Rogne

... , 1955), relates the story of Edmund G. Ross, the senator from Kansas whose vote back in 1868 decided the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. Johnson courageously tried to carry out Abraham Lincoln's policies of reconciliation after the Civil War. The mood of the country, however, was to impeach the untactful Tennessean who had succeeded to the highest office of the land only by the course of an assassin's bullet. The House of Representatives speedily passed the articles of impeachment, and it ...

600. Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

Romans 6:1-14

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... of sin, and believers at last stand before a real choice. They now have a fighting chance, for they can choose not to sin. Verses 12–14 hum with energy and urgency as Paul drafts believers into action. He shifts from the indicative to the imperative mood, and also from first person plural to second person plural. What God has done for believers at baptism is the indicative of grace; what God wills from believers as a consequence of grace is the imperative of ethics. The two are inseparable and witness to ...

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