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626. Maundy Thursday

Lk 22:14-30 · Jn 13:1-17, 31b-35 · 1 Cor 11:17-32 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 116

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Russell F. Anderson

... . The meal was to be eaten in haste because God was on the move. The people are to be ready to leave as soon as the Lord breaks the bars of slavery. The blood is to be placed on their door posts and lintels as a redemptive sign, so that no plague might ... ). Jesus knew who he was. This knowledge is essential if we are to act with grace and purpose. If we know that we belong to the Lord, we don't have to prove anything to ourselves or others. Since Jesus knew who he was, he was free to take the role of servant ...

627. Nervous Hands

Psalm 139:1-24

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... comfort, a message that existed in the time of Jesus Christ, a message that he brought through his preaching and a message that still exists for you and me today. Listen again as the Psalmist records these words and gives us great comfort in the face of our fears. "O Lord, you have searched me and you know me, and you know when I sit down and when I rise up; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you're familiar with all of my ways." In one sense, that is somewhat ...

628. It’s All about Jesus

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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Ron Lavin

... He adds, “Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:54b-58). Peter proclaimed new life for all in Christ Jesus. He proclaimed life over death. He also said we are witnesses for Christ. We Are Christ’s Witnesses In four different places in his sermon, Peter uses the term “witnesses” or ...

629. The Law of the Temple

Ezekiel 43:13-27, Ezekiel 44:1-31, Ezekiel 45:1-12, Ezekiel 45:13--46:24

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Steven Tuell

... :8–22, begins with the holy portion as divided among temple, priests, and Levites. In keeping with 44:1–14, and in contrast to 40:44–46, this passage assumes a separation between the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and who draw near to minister before the LORD (v. 4), and the Levites, who serve in the temple (v. 5; see also 46:19–24). The land grants end with the portion given to the prince, providing a smooth transition from the laws regarding the priests in 44:15–31 to the laws to follow ...

630. While This House Lies In Ruins

Haggai 1:1-15

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Frank Ramirez

... fared. You have sown much, and harvested little; you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and you that earn wages earn wages to put them into a bag with holes. Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider how you have fared. -- Haggai 1:5-7 The people are facing light harvests and tough winters. The money is losing its value. Did you honestly think, he asks, that what you do would not affect the world around you? Before you ask if our ...

631. Advent 1

Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 24:36-51

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... is one of the so-called "stir up" prayers of Advent, as they were known in the Anglican tradition: Stir up your power, O Lord, and come. Protect us by your strength and save us from the threatening dangers of our sins, for you live and reign with the ... witnessing in deeds as well as words to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. 5. For now, "come, let us walk in the light of the Lord," with confidence in his word, giving thanks to God for the presence of the risen Christ, who "walks" with us until his return at the ...

632. The Passover

Exodus 12:1-30

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James K. Bruckner

... It is emphasized throughout (13:6–7; 16:4–15, 29–32; 23:5; 25:30; 29:2, 23, 32–34; 34:18, 28; 35:13; 39:36; 40:23). God’s work on this day and the remembrance of that work are the constitutive event and practice of the Lord’s continually renewed people, effective for “generations to come.” Participation in this shapes the life of the people. 12:21–27 “Go at once . . .” here Moses speaks to the Israelites for the first time since they refused to listen to him in 6:9. (We last heard from ...

633. The Day of Judgment

Malachi 2:17--3:5

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Pamela J. Scalise

... the way of life God wills for Israel (Isa. 1:16–17; 58:6–10; Amos 5:24; Mic. 6:8; Zech. 7:8–10; 8:15–17). The good news in verse 5 for Malachi’s audience was that they already knew what was required of them as the Lord’s covenant people. Judgment would not be arbitrary or unexpected. The same laws were also God’s way of bringing justice in the interim, before the day of judgment. The laws to which verse 5 refers all protect people from harm and loss when others gain and use unfair advantage ...

634. Personal Accountability

Ezekiel 18:1-32, Ezekiel 19:1-14

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Steven Tuell

... these detestable things, he will surely be put to death and his blood will be on his own head (v. 13). The statement that “his blood will be on his own head” again recalls the prophet’s call to be a watchman (3:16–21). There the Lord tells Ezekiel that, should he fail to give warning, the wicked will indeed die, but “I will hold you accountable for his blood” (3:18). Just as Ezekiel is personally accountable for obedience to God’s call, so the wicked son is personally accountable for his own ...

635. Miscellaneous Oracles of Judgment

Ezekiel 21:1-32, Ezekiel 22:1-31

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Steven Tuell

... fourth, and last, protest against his call (v. 49; see the discussion of 4:14 and compare 9:8 and 11:13). God directs Ezekiel to pronounce judgment against the forests of the south (for the expression “set your face against,” see the discussion of 6:2). The Lord declares, “I am about to set fire to you, and it will consume all your trees, both green and dry” (v. 47). The forests of the south here, like the mountains in 6:1–3 or the land in 14:12–23, probably stand for their human population. God ...

636. Repentance and Victory

1 Samuel 7:2-17

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... (Exod. 14:24; Josh. 10:10; Judg. 4:15). By linking this victory with the exodus and conquest, the narrator makes the point that the God of Israel, who has won great victories in the past, is alive and well. He may be depicting Samuel, the Lord’s human instrument on this occasion, as a new Joshua (see 7:3). they were routed. The narrator uses this verb (nagap) to highlight the contrast between the Israelites’ earlier defeat under Eli’s sons and their victory under Samuel. In 4:2 the narrator describes ...

637. Jonathan’s Faith Ignites a Victory

1 Sam 13:16–14:23

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... his son Jonathan has already set in motion the attack envisioned by Samuel. Though ordinarily it is proper to consult the Lord, here it is unnecessary, for Saul already has his marching orders. According to the Hebrew text, he asks for the ark ... bring” supports this, for it appears with “ephod” as an object elsewhere (1 Sam. 23:9; 30:7).6 14:23 on that day the Lord saved Israel. The use of the verb “saved/rescued” (yasha‘) may echo the exodus (cf. Exod. 14:30) and Gideon’s victory over the ...

638. David Spares Saul’s Life—Again

1 Samuel 26:1-25

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... heart of every man who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of every man who speaks to me, Christ in the eye of every man that sees me, Christ in the ear of every man who hears me. Salvation is the Lord’s Salvation is the Lord’s Salvation is the Lord’s Let thy salvation, O Lord, be ever with us.5 The believer must leave vengeance and vindication in God’s hands. Film: Death Sentence. Prudence is a virtue seldom discussed and not to be confused with goodness. C. S. Lewis said that prudence is taking the ...

639. Paul's Vision and His Thorn

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

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James M. Scott

... cf. 2 Cor. 12:9). The fact that Paul knew this psalm is shown by the citation of Psalm 32:1–2 in Romans 4:7–8 (“Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man [an?r] against whom the Lord will not reckon sin”). If our passage alludes to this psalm, then it may imply that Paul received divine forgiveness for his conceit. The text goes on to state that, in connection with this thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan (angelos Satana) was sent to torment ...

640. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

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Robert G. McCreight

... God's salvation, but she was to be the beacon of the light of salvation to the Gentile world living in darkness. Isaiah 49:6 [The Lord said to me] he says, "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and ... whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you." But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. The angel said to her, " ...

641. The Song of Deborah

Judges 5:1-31

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Cheryl A. Brown

... Song. In this brief commentary I will not delve into the complexities of Hb. and other ancient languages but refer the reader to other resources for further discussion. I will generally deal with the text of the Song according to the NIV translation. 5:4–5 O LORD, when you went out from Seir: These verses correspond amazingly closely to ideas in Canaanite mythology, though Yahweh was not associated with the land of Canaan, but with the area to the south, at Sinai (e.g., Exod. 19:11; cf. Pss. 97:1–5; 68 ...

642. Israel’s Ill-Placed Confidence

Amos 5:18-27

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... a result, the oracle opens with woe! which is a funerary lament over the dead. From the time of Amos on, the day of the Lord is characterized by the prophets as a day of darkness and gloom (Zeph. 1:15; Joel 2:2) or of clouds and thick darkness (Zeph. ... 12:31–32 RSV). In the oracles that follow in this section, Amos will also deal with two other aspects of the day of the Lord that became traditional; namely, with the facts that wealth cannot save and is useless before God’s wrath (6:4–7; cf. Isa. 2:20 ...

643. Tyre, Sidon—and Israel

Ezekiel 26:1-21, Ezekiel 27:1-36, Ezekiel 28:1-19, Ezekiel 28:20-26

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Steven Tuell

... ” (e.g., 2 Sam. 22:17//Ps. 18:16; also Pss. 42:7; 71:20; Song 8:6–7; and esp. Jonah 2:2–6). Tyre, the Lord decrees, will go down to the pit, to the people of long ago (v. 20). In the Psalms, “the pit” (Heb. bor) is another word for Sheol, ... of the story’s protagonist: not only is he expelled from the mount of God . . . from among the fiery stones (v. 16), but also, the Lord declares, “I made a fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight ...

644. Blood Vengeance in Gibeah

2 Samuel 21:1-14

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... best: And if I write it down, people may know that he was two men, and that one was brave and gentle; and they may know, when they judge and condemn, that this one struggled with himself in darkness and alone, calling on his God and on the Lord Jesus Christ to have mercy on him. Therefore when the other Pieter van Vlaanderen did not entreat, this one entreated; and when the other did not repent, this one repented; and because there is no such magic, this one, the brave and gentle, was destroyed with him.6 ...

645. When God Almighty Speaks ... Listen!

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

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Richard L. Eslinger

... ; the call is misunderstood. Three times this call comes to Samuel. There is an insistence about it, the way there was when you used to hear your mother calling you to come home. Over and over your name was called, until you finally answered. The call of the Lord had a commanding urgency about it. Even if Samuel didn’t know the source, he did answer. The phone rings and we jump to answer, not knowing if it is news of life or death, or just somebody selling light bulbs. It compels us to answer. The call ...

646. Disintegration and Reintegration

Mark 14:1-15:47

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John Smylie

... the moments when one shares from the heart. These are the moments not unlike those moments when a family comes together with one who is dying, and the one who is dying has a last opportunity to share his or her wisdom with those gathered. The wisdom that our Lord shares is a gift that is designed to sustain the disciples, he seeks to give them a way to come into his continuing presence. It is a gift that the church has steadfastly held on to and received ever since the gift was given in the upper room. The ...

647. Weed and Feed

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John Smylie

... . It seems to me that Jesus is suggesting that the word of God is like a giant string trimmer for the people of God. Our Lord scatters the word with grace in his teaching and in his example. The word of God comes into us and as it takes hold it ... the moment of pruning, our lives do become richer, fuller, and more abundant. We are invited to abide in God and we are reminded that our Lord abides in us. We may want to ask ourselves the question: In what or in whom do we abide? Our congregations may abide in a ...

648. The Man Among Myrtle Trees

Zechariah 1:7-17

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Pamela J. Scalise

... paid for” (Isa. 40:2). Following a promise of return to Zion in Isaiah 51:11, God says “I, even I, am he who comforts you,” and words of encouragement follow (Isa. 51:12–16). The prosperity and bounty of the land will be evidence of the Lord’s blessing (Jer. 31:12–14; Zech. 8:12). Zechariah’s audience would have been aware of the work of Persian imperial messengers by whom the emperor imposed his will and demands on them and also of the spies who reported on their submission. They may even ...

649. The Sound of Joy

Genesis 17:1-27, Genesis 18:1-15, Genesis 18:16-33, Matthew 28:16-20

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Lori Wagner

... entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground. He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by. Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this ... that has reached me. If not, I will know.” The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord. Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? What if there are fifty righteous people in the ...

650. The Good Husband

Isaiah 54:1-17, Isaiah 55:1-13, Isaiah 56:1-8

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Lori Wagner

... s youth when she is rejected,” says your God. For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will gather you. “In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting lovingkindness I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord your Redeemer. “For this is like the days of Noah to Me, when I swore that the waters of Noah would not flood the earth again; so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you nor will I rebuke you.“ For the mountains may be removed ...

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