Dictionary: Rest
Synonyms: relax, take a rest, ease up/off, let up, slow down, pause, have/take a break, unbend, repose, laze, idle, loaf, do nothing, take time off, slack off, unwind, recharge one's batteries, be at leisure, take it easy, sit back, sit down, stand down, lounge, luxuriate, loll, slump, flop, put one's feet up, lie down, go to bed, have/take a nap, nap, catnap, doze, have/take a siesta, drowse, sleep, lie, be laid, recline, be, be placed, be positioned, support, prop (up), steady, balance, lean, lay, set, sit, stand, position, place, put, be based on, be grounded in, be founded on, depend on, be dependent on, rely on, hinge on, turn on, hang on, pivot on, be contingent on, revolve around, centre on, relaxation, leisure, ease, inactivity, respite, time off, time out, breathing space, break, interval, interlude, intermission, base, holder, stay, prop, brace, rack, hook, frame, shelf, bracket, trestle, tripod, plinth, pedestal, foundation, bed, foot, substructure, a standstill, a halt, a stop, remainder, residue, remaining part/number/quantity, part/number/quantity (that is) left over, others, those left, remains, remnant, remnants, rump, surplus, difference, extra, excess, superfluity, overflow, overspill, additional people/material/things, extra people/material/things, remain, continue to be, keep, persist in being, carry on being, go on being
Antonyms: work, motion, movement, struggle, rage, go mad, have a fit, see red, hit the roof, toil, be active, labor, effort, agony, activity, do, blow one's stack, blow a gasket, do one's nut, go ape, go wild, lose it, drive, action, move
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676. Be Square
Hebrews 11:1-40
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
Every generation has its own language of “cool” from “everything’s jake” to the “cat’s pajamas” to “bees knees” to “groovy,” “fat,” “sweet” and now “ridiculous.” But even though a flash-in-the-pan pop song proclaimed “It’s Hip to Be Square,” no one has ever really aspired to being rectangular with equal sides until Nickelodeon made it “ridiculous” (now synonymous with “cool”). SpongBob SquarePants was such a dorky, goofy, lovable guy, he truly made it “hip to be square” for the first time in a very long ...
677. What about the Truth?
Matthew 5:13-16
Illustration
James Merritt
I'm reminded of a dialogue that took place in a class one day when the teacher came in and welcomed the students and said, "Now I want to lay down some ground rules. First, since no one has the truth, you should be open-minded to the opinions of your fellow students." Well, at that point a young lady raised her hand. The teacher said, "Elizabeth, do you have a question?" Elizabeth said, "Yes, I do. If nobody has the truth, isn't that a good reason for me not to listen to my fellow students? After all, if ...
678. A List of Murphy's Laws
Illustration
Staff
If anything can go wrong, it will. Nothing is ever as simple as it seems. Everything takes longer than you expect. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will go wrong first will be the one that will do the most damage. Left to themselves, all things go from bad to worse. If you play with something long enough, you will surely break it. If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. If you see that there are four possible ways in which a ...
679. God's Promise to David
1 Chronicles 17:1-15
Understanding Series
Louis C. Jonker
A House for Yahweh and for David: The Chronicler’s narrative now moves to the all-important oracle of Nathan in which divine promises to David are made and in which the issue of temple building is addressed. The Chronicler took his material from 2 Samuel 7, where this oracle is also presented (see Additional Note on 17:1–2). This section opens with a back reference to the interlude in 1 Chronicles 14, where it was indicated that David built “a palace” (literally “a house”) for himself with the assistance ...
Understanding Series
Leslie C. Allen
Details of the Wall Building: Here, by contrast, is a list of those who had a “share,” a “claim,” and a “historic right” in Jerusalem (2:20), and who proudly exercised their privileges by rebuilding its wall. Nehemiah evidently persuaded them that the “welfare of the Israelites” (2:10) was at stake. This section seems to have originated as a separate list found in the temple archives: it gives pride of place to the high priest (v. 1). Instead of first-person references to Nehemiah, he is probably mentioned ...
681. Obey the King
Ecclesiastes 8:2-17
Understanding Series
Elizabeth Huwiler
Where Is Wisdom?: A complex segment closes the section (8:1–17). Here the value of wisdom is considered in the context of people’s power over one another and the apparent lack of retribution. As usual, Qohelet concludes with a combination of positive and negative refrains. The commendation of pleasure (8:15) is muted by the preceding “this too is meaningless” (8:14) and the following “no one can comprehend” (8:17).The reader’s response to this section is likely to be complex and perhaps even contradictory ...
Understanding Series
Pamela J. Scalise
Those Who Fear the Lord (3:17--4:3): 3:17–4:1 Malachi 3:17–4:1 addresses the concerns of Malachi’s audience directly. God promises that, “in the day when I act” (v. 17, NIV margin), you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not (v. 18). On the day of divine judgment, the arrogant will not seem to be blessed and the people who challenge God will not escape (3:14–15). The arrogant and every evildoer will be destroyed by fire until ...
Teach the Text
Jeannine K. Brown
Big Idea: Matthew shows Jesus’ withdrawal from his antagonists and his admonition to secrecy to be signs of his identity as the Isaianic Servant of the Lord, who will proclaim justice to all the nations. Understanding the Text Following the Sabbath debates between the Pharisees and Jesus, Matthew narrates that Jesus withdraws from controversy and turns to the crowd, which needs and receives his compassionate healing activity (12:15). This first of three withdrawals from controversy (also 14:13; 15:21) is ...
Teach the Text
C. Hassell Bullock
Big Idea: Life’s pendulum swings from sorrow to joy, and faith’s lintel is inscribed with “weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning” (30:5). Understanding the Text Like other psalms that straddle two or more genres, Psalm 30 is sometimes classified as an individual psalm of thanksgiving, or, as Kraus advocates, a prayer song of the sick (30:1–3, 8–9).[1] The more traditional form-critical classification is an individual psalm of lament (it contains complaints against God [30:5a, 7 ...
One Volume
Gary M. Burge
Sacrificial Worship (1:1–7:38): According to Genesis, sacrificial worship and priesthood originated long before the Israelites departed Egypt (Gen. 4:3–5; 8:20; 12:7–8; 13:4, 18; 14:18; 22:13; 31:54; 46:1). In Leviticus some earlier categories of sacrifice (burnt offerings and “sacrifices”) continue. Also continuing are a number of aspects of sacrifice, such as the need for invoking divine acceptance by a pleasing aroma, restriction of victims to animals and birds that were fit to eat, offering of fat ...
One Volume
Gary M. Burge
Samuel’s calling is told in 3:1–10. For the third time in the book, we read that Samuel ministers “before the Lord” (3:1). He serves as a kind of apprentice priest, and at this point is probably about twelve years old. The Lord begins to speak to Samuel one night while he is sleeping in his usual place near the tabernacle. Apparently it is close to dawn, because verse 3 mentions that the golden lampstand in the Holy Place is still burning. Every evening olive oil was brought in to keep the lamps burning ...
Understanding Series
James R. Edwards
The person who is justified by faith shall live (1:17). That is the theme of the epistle. In chapters 5–8 Paul began to discuss the characteristics of the “new life” (6:4), but not until chapter 12 does he devote himself to the ethical and ecclesiastical shape of it. Justification by faith produces neither moral passivity nor permissiveness. Rather, the indicative of chapters 1–11 leads to the imperative of chapters 12–16. The faith which saves is a faith which can and must be lived, and only the faith ...
688. The Lord is God
Deuteronomy 4:32-40
Understanding Series
Christopher J. H. Wright
Obedience and Loyalty to Israel’s Unique God: These verses are the climax, not just of chapter 4, but of the whole first discourse of Moses in the book. They are fittingly exalted, in content and style. As mentioned earlier, this whole section mirrors the opening eight verses but elevates the theme tremendously. The stylistic device of rhetorical questions that expressed the incomparability of Israel in verses 6–8 is employed again to affirm the incomparability of Yahweh, and for a similarly combined ...
689. David's Prayer
1 Chronicles 17:16-27
Understanding Series
Louis C. Jonker
A House for Yahweh and for David: The Chronicler’s narrative now moves to the all-important oracle of Nathan in which divine promises to David are made and in which the issue of temple building is addressed. The Chronicler took his material from 2 Samuel 7, where this oracle is also presented (see Additional Note on 17:1–2). This section opens with a back reference to the interlude in 1 Chronicles 14, where it was indicated that David built “a palace” (literally “a house”) for himself with the assistance ...
Understanding Series
Louis C. Jonker
Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem and Hezekiah's Reign Summarized: 32:1–23 The next episode in Hezekiah’s reign is opened here with the phrase after all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, referring to his reestablishment of the temple and the cult. Although this subsection depends heavily on the source text in 2 Kings 18–19 (|| Isa. 36–37), the Chronicler omitted substantial parts of the texts and altered and appended them in order to fit his own ideological construction. Second Chronicles 32:1 is based ...
Understanding Series
John Goldingay
Oh You People Who Rely on Egypt: In the introduction to chapters 28–30 we suggested that 31:1–32:20 is one unit. Chapter 31 is much shorter than the units on either side, chapter 32 has no opening “Oh” like the rest of chapters 28–33, and taken together chapters 31–32 better fit the pattern whereby chapters 28–30 give increasing prominence to reassuring promise on the other side of threat. 32:1–8 It has been suggested that verses 1–5 directly portray and support a ruler such as Josiah or Zerubbabel, but ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
Who is the “real” Jesus? How hard is it for us to see Jesus as a real person who felt sadness, happiness, grief, joy, who experienced laughter, who joked with his disciplines, who got angry, who could wrestle with his own pain? And yet, if we don’t recognize this Jesus, we lose the gift that God gave to us in the reality of the fully human (not just divine) Son. Watching the way Jesus handles his own struggles, reveals his own humanness, can help us to recognize and accept our own. Today, nearly every ...
693. PARABLE OF THE BEST CHURCH
John 15:9-17
Illustration
"Mother, isn't our Church better than the one Eddie goes to?" "Billy, we do not talk that way about places of worship," replied the mother. "God, our Heavenly Father, is worshiped in each place." "But he says his is better," Billy persisted, "and I say it is not. Which of us is right?" "Perhaps his is better for him, and ours is better for us. We do have a freedom of choice in America, and that is a fine blessing," stated the mother. "What do you mean? One has to be better than the others, doesn't it?" ...
694. Surprised By Love
Matthew 22:34-40
Sermon
King Duncan
The large family had gathered at the old farm house for a reunion. Long after supper, the celebration moved indoors. Only the father of the clan ventured out to wander the vast acres in the dark. On his walk the old man fell into a ditch and found himself sitting waist-deep in slimy mud--very uncomfortable, but in no immediate danger. Without moving, he shouted, “Fire! Fire!” Since fire is one of the most dreaded rural disasters, the celebrating family poured out into the night, frantic with fear. On ...
695. Anywhere Goes
Romans 14:1-12
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
The culture says "Anything goes." The Body of Christ goes anywhere, to anything, to anyone, at anytime. There is an old story of a visiting admiral chatting on the deck of a U.S. Navy ship with some enlisted men. "What would you do if another sailor fell overboard?" A sailor promptly replied: "I would raise the alarm and toss him a life preserver, sir." The admiral asked a second question: "What would you do if it were an officer?" At this, the enlisted man paused and thought before answering: "Which one, ...
696. John 20:19-31 [Genesis 2:5-24]
John 20:19-31 [Genesis 2:5-24]
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
God has planted throughout the Scriptures time-released fireworks. At various periods in the church's history these bombs go off under their texts, exploding for all to see, inviting people of that era to "look at me" and take seriously the Word of God coming alive specially for them right before their eyes. Two books of the Bible exploding under us, and wanting to explode within us (that's what preaching basically is), are the books of John and Genesis. Why John? First, it stands apart from the other ...
697. 2 Timothy 1:1-14
2 Timothy 1:1-14
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
Paul's second letter to Timothy overflows in the apostle's great love for his young colleague and his genuine concern about the challenges and hardships Timothy is facing. After a customary salutation in verses 1-2, Paul moves to a series of thanksgivings which reflect these dual interests of love and concern. This thanksgiving section foreshadows much of the content of the rest of Paul's letter - a literary device used also in 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 and Philippians 1:3-8. Paul's focus throughout this letter ...
698. John 20:19-31 [Genesis 2:5-24]
John 20:19-31 [Genesis 2:5-24]
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
God has planted throughout the Scriptures time-released fireworks. At various periods in the church's history these bombs go off under their texts, exploding for all to see, inviting people of that era to "look at me" and take seriously the Word of God coming alive specially for them right before their eyes. Two books of the Bible exploding under us, and wanting to explode within us (that's what preaching basically is), are the books of John and Genesis. Why John? First, it stands apart from the other ...
699. Matthew 5:13-20
Matthew 5:13-20
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
Immediately following the beatitudes Matthew has Jesus move on to the "salt" and "light" sayings. Both are such familiar, even hackneyed images that we rarely consider what first-century meanings they might have conveyed to their audience, or why these sayings are placed at this point in Jesus' discourse. Isolated from its surroundings, Matthew 5:13-16 appears to uplift independent truths. But considered in context, these striking images become both more complex and "down to earth." The beatitudes describe ...
700. Proper 25
Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Psalm 90:1-17, Matthew 22:34-46, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16
Bulletin Aid
B. David Hostetter
READINGS Psalter - Psalms 90:1-6, 13-17 First Lesson - With the death of Moses, Joshua succeeds to his the leadership of the people of Israel. Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Second Lesson - Paul expresses a motherly affection for the church at Thessalonica. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Gospel - Jesus asks questions, as well as answering them, in a debate with the Pharisees. Matthew 22:34-46 CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. People: And also with you. Leader: Revere our Sovereign God ...
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