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701. The New Covenant

Isaiah 54:1-17

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... One of Israel, who desires to sanctify his people; he is God of the whole world. This is a description of the covenant God, who graciously renews the covenant with his people. He has abandoned them for a short time only to renew his love with great compassion—forever. The length and intensity of the love of God cannot be compared with the shortness of his wrath. The Lord assures his people by oath that he will never be angry with them again. He will never again use exile as an expression of his animosity ...

702. A Prayer for God’s People

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... for his people, whom he adopted as his sons and daughters (63:7–14). He redeemed them in the expectation that they would be loyal to him. However, they were unfaithful and opposed his will (“grieved his Holy Spirit,” 63:10). The past era of grace and compassion is over. The godly look back over the history of redemption with a renewed longing to be included. In the past God raised up Moses, and no one could oppose his will. God showed the power of “his glorious arm” (63:12). He brought the people ...

703. Punishment of Destruction

Hosea 13:1-16

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... the midst of judgment reminds one of similar statements in Hosea 6:4 and 11:8–9. In all three of these passages God is overcome by the thought of the total annihilation of his people, and consequently in great compassion he refuses to completely give up or to totally reject his people. In compassion God will ransom some from the power of death; therefore, God can taunt death and refuse to allow it to conquer his plans for his people. It is possible that the restoration of the nation in Ezekiel 37 picks up ...

704. Dr. Jekyll Meet Jesus

Matthew 4:1-11

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King Duncan

... was making a flight from Nassau to Miami. Normally this flight only took him about sixty-five minutes. But thieves had looted the navigational equipment in Wyatt’s Beechcraft plane. For this flight he had only a compass and a hand-held radio. Dark storm clouds threatened a fierce storm. Soon his compass began to gyrate. No longer trusting his instruments Wyatt flew below the clouds, hoping to spot something that would tell him where he was. He put out a mayday call. A nearby search plane answered his call ...

705. More Beyond

Acts 16:16-34

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Charley Reeb

... wake of the terrorist attacks: strangers hugging strangers, black people hugging white people, Hispanic people hugging Asian people. Hate and prejudice have given way to love and compassion. What was once considered a tough city, where you never talked to a stranger, let alone embraced one, is now a city known for its unity, compassion, love, and faith! You see, God takes opposition and creates an overwhelming opportunity! Jesus’ work on the cross is the ultimate example of opposition being transformed ...

706. Unstoppable Love

Mark 1:40-45

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Charley Reeb

... , I need your love and grace. Come and make me clean and put a new spirit within me.” If that is your desire, Jesus will be overjoyed, and he will shower you with his mercy and grace. Our text in Mark says that when Jesus was moved with compassion he reached out and touched the leper. He touched him. Back then they didn’t know much about leprosy. The Jews thought if someone got leprosy it was because of some grievous sin. Lepers were unclean and if you touched a leper you also became unclean. Yet Jesus ...

707. Wedding Guests

Matthew 22:1-14

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Kristin Borsgard Wee

... in shorts and sandals as well as in suits and high heels. Wedding garments are not made out of denim or silk, you see. They are made from the whole fabric of our lives using the patterns God has given us: patterns of justice, forgiveness, compassion, generosity, and peace. When we wear those clothes, we are gorgeous in the sight of the king. Absolutely gorgeous. To wear a wedding garment is to know the significance of the occasion, to allow God's gracious invitation to change us and live accordingly. Here ...

708. Who Cares?

Matthew 25:31-46

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David G. Rogne

... us regardless of our merits. I think what Jesus is sharing with us is not a formula for how we save ourselves by our good works, but rather a description of how people who have pledged allegiance to Christ live out that allegiance. Acts of caring and compassion toward the least and loneliest demonstrate that a person is a citizen of the kingdom, even when they don't realize what an impact their actions have. As we are involved in these little acts of kindness, we are helping to make the kingdom of God more ...

709. Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

Luke 11:1-13

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... and he cites a rabbinic tradition that parallels the logic of Jesus’ saying very closely: “If this man, who is flesh and blood, cruel and not responsible for her [his divorced wife’s] maintenance, was filled with compassion for her and gave her [aid], how much more should You be filled with compassion for us who are the children of Your children Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and are dependent on You for our maintenance” (Leviticus Rabbah 34.14). Holy Spirit: Gundry (pp. 124–25) suspects that Luke’s ...

710. Bildad

Job 8:1-22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... ), which describes intent watching for something, as when a beleaguered military watchman anxiously scans the horizon desperately hoping to see reinforcements to fight the surrounding enemy. The second term (Heb. khnn) describes an act of pleading for mercy and compassion. Contrary to the suggestion in the NIV Study Bible notes for this verse, there is no implication that Job needs to “admit his sinfulness.” In fact, the remainder of Bildad’s first speech emphasizes lack of understanding rather than ...

711. The Faith of the Canaanite Woman

Matthew 15:21-28

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... to the lame, blind, and mute stems from Isaiah’s prophecy in 35:5–6. The evangelist adds the crippled and includes Isaiah’s “deaf” in his inclusive many others. 15:32–39 A great crowd had gathered, and as Jesus saw them he was moved with compassion. They had been with him for several days and no longer had food. Learning from his disciples that they had seven loaves of bread and a few small fish, Jesus had the crowd seated, and they were fed. After they all had eaten their fill, the leftovers ...

712. Nathan Rebukes David

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... no indication that this line of argument is being followed. As far as the writers were concerned David had killed Uriah, but he was not to die. G. W. Coats (“2 Samuel 12:1–7a,” Int 40 [1986], pp. 170–73), sees God’s compassion to David as a deliberate contrast to the lack of compassion shown by the rich man in the parable and by David in relation to Uriah. 12:14 For modern readers this is one of the most difficult verses in the Bible. Was the guilty David to be freed, while the innocent baby was ...

713. Faith and Deeds

James 2:14-26, James 2:1-13

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8, cf. Hos. 4:1; 6:6; 12:6; Prov. 14:21; Dan. 4:27). Or again, “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.’ ” (Zech. 7:9). Not to show mercy is to step outside of God’s covenant and to invite God in return to judge by the same strict standard. This teaching was made even more explicit in the intertestamental and rabbinic periods. Sirach states, “Does ...

714. Deliverance of Israel

Isaiah 27:1-13

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... means of our worshiping you. The fortified city of Jerusalem is desolate and empty and open to being grazed by animals because all its leadership has been deported (see 1:9; 5:17; Lam. 1:1). You are our maker, our creator, but you have no compassion for us, you show no favor to us.” Yahweh has three responses. Whatever happened to them, the fate of their attackers has been worse: look at fallen Assyria or fallen Babylon or fallen Persia . . . (v. 7). The bludgeoning was designed to achieve something (v. 9 ...

715. The Fall of Babylon

Isaiah 47:1-15

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... (see 10:5–19). In bringing trouble to Judah, Ms Babylon had been the executor of Yahweh’s own wrath, but she had not merely acted in pride but acted without mercy. It is telling that a city personified as a woman should be so accused, for mercy or compassion is a woman’s natural attribute (the word mercy is related to the word for the womb). It suggests the feelings of a woman for her children, but they are feelings that a woman might also be expected to feel for others, such as the aged (v. 6). Ms ...

716. Jonah Goes to Nineveh

Jonah 3:1-10

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... beings (Exod. 2:25; Job 34:21–22; Ps. 11:4, etc.). In free mercy, God therefore decides to have compassion(nāḥam) on the Ninevites. Many commentators and the RSV read the verb as “repented” or as “changed his mind” (NRSV), and that turn about is ... implied in the verb. But had compassion emphasizes that God’s change of mind is an act of free grace and not an automatic response to Nineveh’s penitence. The ...

717. So, You Want to Get Well?

Mark 5:21-43

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Ron Lavin

... will heal her. That's magic, not real faith. If she went to seminary, she would flunk out for practicing that kind of theology. But Jesus didn't see it that way. He leads us into a different way to see different people who are desperate for help. The compassion of Christ means that Jesus starts with people where they are. He doesn't say, as many seem to fear, "Get your theology in order, get your life fixed up before you come to me, and then I will talk with you." No, instead, surprisingly, he starts with ...

718. I Am the True Vine

John 15:1-17

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Brett Blair

... fruits of the Christian life? The issue is not how much knowledge you have or even necessarily how sincere you are. The issue is how do you treat people? If you are in Christ people will be able to see the fruits of your life in terms of our compassion and love and attitude. II Secondly, the saying says to us that there is such a thing as an unproductive life. In Jesus analogy, the farmer (God) is depicted as pruning out bad branches. We don't like to wrestle with that concept, because it implies that God ...

719. A Justice Jesus

Luke 4:14-21

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Susan R. Andrews

... and which then lay before us issues of justice. Think about that unnerving parable about the workers in the vineyard where those who labored for eight hours are paid the same as the cripples and drunkards who work for one hour. It is a story that underlines compassion as the heart of God’s justice based on what people need instead of what they deserve. And it is a story that has political implications for us when we debate the whole issue of affirmative action. Think about the story of the woman caught in ...

720. The Reception was Excellent

John 2:1-11

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King Duncan

... in this simple story, lessons we can profit from. Here is the first one: This is the purpose of miracles in the New Testament--they are signs that Jesus is who he says he is. Miracles don’t happen just because Jesus has compassion on someone. Jesus has compassion for everyone. If that were the only qualification, we would all experience miraculous occurrences all the time in our lives. Nobody would be sick or poor or lack anything essential to life. We would simply ask God for a miracle and He would ...

721. When God's Dream Captures Your Heart

Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10

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King Duncan

... will or will not make that entire and full consecration. I will try my utmost to be that man.” Henry Varley would not mind if we amended his words to read, “a man or a woman who is fully and wholly consecrated.” Commitment, character, conscience, compassion, a deaf ear to the critics, total and complete consecration--those are the marks of the successful dreamer of every generation. These are the people who change the world. What is the dream God has placed in your heart? There is still much to do in ...

722. A Bridge Between Two Worlds

Luke 18:1-8

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King Duncan

... . And this widow is in trouble. She has been wronged, and she goes to the courts to ask for justice. But the judge is heartless, corrupt. It says he didn’t care about God or man. No morality and no compassion. The judge is a good example of our fallen world. Our world doesn’t respect God or show much compassion for the weak and needy. And this corrupt judge has all the power over this needy woman’s life. The poor widow is a picture of all those believers who are holding on to their faith in a corrupt ...

723. Worse Than It Sounds

Luke 16:19-31

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George Reed

... on his camel. He knew the man was there but he didn’t care because the man was not worth caring about. He may have thought him a nuisance but he didn’t see him as another human being in need. It was not just that the man had no compassion or care for others. Later in the story he is very concerned about his own brothers. Those who were like him, he cared for. Those who are beneath him were not worth bothering with. He was just a worthless old beggar who was getting what he deserved. If he was ...

724. The Surrogate

Matthew 1:1-17

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Lori Wagner

... only and beloved son. In some of the first words of the gospel, we hear that God is pleased with his beloved Son. But the Lamb of God would be slain, and we will have taken the beloved incarnation of God away in selfishness and lack of compassion. In this act, we have broken our covenant of faithfulness with God. And yet in Jesus’ resurrection, and as the Holy Spirit comes upon us during the season of Pentecost, we, like David and Bathsheba, are yet again given a new “arrabon” by God, with the promise ...

725. Soul Food

Luke 9:10-17, Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:30-44, John 6:1-15

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Lori Wagner

... Now when Jesus heard about John the Baptist’s murder], he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them and cured their sick. When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” Jesus said to them ...

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