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51. Job Hears the Whispers of God’s Works

Job 26:1--31:40

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Daniel J. Estes

... would dare to make a claim like this. By his oath, Job invites God to probe his inner motives and attitudes, not just his overt actions (cf. Ps. 139:23–24). 31:31–32 my door was always open to the traveler. In the ancient world, hospitality to strangers was viewed as a solemn obligation (e.g., Gen. 18:1–8; 19:1–3), and God commands his people to be faithful in this grace (Lev. 19:34; Rom. 12:13; Heb. 13:2). Job is renowned for his generosity to strangers, even serving them meat (31:31), which was ...

52. Why Did Jesus Have To Die?

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Mark Ellingsen

... Son. This is what the cross is all about. This is why Jesus had to die. In some cases, Jesus' sacarifice was paid to God, to his word of law in creation. (In this sense, this understanding of Christ's death embraces the biblical images which reinforce the first view of Christ's death that we noted.) However, the way that the law and creation were functioning was not what God wanted. In a sense they were God's enemy - out of control - had been co-opted by the darkness of evil and chaos. In order to overcome ...

53. The Son Superior to Angels

Hebrews 1:1-14

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... :25f.): “For she is a breath of the power of God, and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty; … she is a reflection of eternal light, a spotless mirror of the working of God, and an image of his goodness” (RSV). Other NT writers hold a similar view of Christ. In the prologue of the Gospel of John, Christ is designated “the true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world” (John 1:9), in whom “we have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father ...

54. Elihu

Job 32:1--37:24

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Gerald H. Wilson

... claims with a quote. The question arises immediately whether Elihu’s quote fairly represents Job’s statements. This precise quote is found nowhere in the book of Job and so can only be a loose summary of the implications of Job’s speech from Elihu’s point of view. We shall take each part of the quote individually. I am pure and without sin. The first word, “pure” (Heb. adj. zak), occurs six times in the book of Job, five of which are in the mouths of Job’s accusers (Bildad in 8:6; 25:5; Zophar ...

55. Trumpets on the Other Side

John 11:17-37

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Thomas Slavens

... God will be there; the Christ will be there; God’s people will be there; love will be there. St. Benedict summed up the Christian view of death when he wrote, “Death is the gate to life.” When faced by death, it is better to mourn than to harbor the ... , all pallid and wan,Uprising, unveiling, affirmThat the play is the tragedy, “Man,”And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.7 The second view asserts with Bunyan in Pilgrim’s Progress: My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage and my ...

56. Instructions on Worship

1 Timothy 2:1-15

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Gordon D. Fee

... runs through the whole paragraph has to do with the gospel as for everyone (“all people,” vv. 1, 4–6, and 7). In this view, the phrase this is good in verse 3 refers to prayer for everyone in verse 1, thus seeing verse 2 as something of a ... 5, 8; 3:1–3). The concern here, therefore, is not that Christians should have a life free from trouble or distress (which hardly fits the point of view of 2 Tim. 1:8 and 3:12) but that they should live in such a way that “no one will speak evil of the name of God ...

57. The Lord Decides to Build David a House

2 Samuel 7:18-29, 2 Samuel 7:1-17

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... promises that he will establish a lasting dynasty for David (see v. 16 as well). Though the word “covenant” is not used here, Psalm 89 views the Lord’s promise as covenantal in nature (vv. 3, 28; cf. 2 Sam. 23:5) and speaks of it as being an oath sworn ... . 26–29). As for the lament that follows in verses 38–51, the language, especially in verses 38–39, may be viewed as hyperbolic and dynamic—a feature of the lament genre. Furthermore, though the psalmist uses strong language, it need not imply ...

58. The Kings of the South and the North

Daniel 11:2-35

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William Nelson

... as the last king in the series, because he was known for his great wealth, which he used to amass arms and men for battle against Greece (Driver, Daniel, p. 163), although unfortunately for him, he was defeated at Salamis in 480 B.C. If the four-king view is correct, it is still possible to end with Xerxes by eliminating Gaumâta, since he ruled for such a short time and was of dubious legitimacy. Therefore, the biblical writer may not have known of him or may have chosen to exclude him. The four kings then ...

59. Clearing the Eyes

John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41

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David & Marian Plant

... Now, think of the ancient mind with its filters. If I, in the time of Jesus, believe in an all-powerful, all-knowing God but don’t know the way of DNA, or the science of environmental damage to a unborn baby, it makes perfect sense to filter my view of life through the lens of something bad happening to me or to another as either the result of my parents doing something wrong or me not following God’s ways. After all, God wouldn’t create someone blind without there being a reason or lack, right? While ...

60. How Fares Your Christian Sight?

Is 6:8-10

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Robert Noblett

... the vocational affairs of his grown children. He then, however, went on to say one more thing. "I’ve told my children," he said, "to never forget that I am the Godfather, and they had better do what I tell them." Such is not the gospel’s view of children, and how parents are meant to relate to them. By contrast the gospel talks about parents learning something about the nature of God’s kingdom from their children, and furthermore it talks of preparing our children so they can one day go forth from us ...

61. Heaven: One Way And One Way Only

John 14:1-6

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James Merritt

... it is. As we continue our series on the "War of the Worlds" which we have explained as being the war of the world views, the biblical world view, which holds that there is one way and one way only to heaven, means the following must be true. I. I Cannot Rely ... are if you do not know Jesus Christ. II. I Cannot Rely On Righteousness To Get Me To Heaven One of the other predominant world view of the 21st century is if there is a heaven, you simply earn your way there by good works while living a good life. Think ...

62. Doing What is Good

Titus 3:1-11

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Gordon D. Fee

... in v. 8). Because the other “faithful sayings” are more pithy and formulaic, there has been considerable debate over the extent of the actual saying (vv. 3–7, D-C; 5b–6, Kelly; 5–7; Spicq, Guthrie; 4–7, the majority). Surely here the majority view is correct, since verses 4–7 are the complete sentence. Some are simply overconvinced that the author has used a prior source and that logos must mean a prior, established saying (see disc. on 1 Tim. 3:1). Both the position of the “formula” words ...

63. A Call to Persevere

Hebrews 10:19-39

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Donald A. Hagner

... more awkward as far as the word order of the passage is concerned and ignores the probable allusion to the synoptic tradition about the tearing of the curtain. There is no need to press the function of the curtain in hiding or blocking out the presence of God. The view that the curtain is the flesh does not deny that the living way depends upon the “flesh” of Jesus. The difference is not much in the end. Just as one had to go through the curtain to get to the Holy of Holies, thus Jesus in his “flesh ...

64. Offerings for Priests and Levites

Deuteronomy 18:1-8

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... of life and the future. They are lumped together as the detestable ways of the nations and headed by the horrific rite of child-sacrifice (cf. 12:31), which was not a divinatory rite, but sets the tone for the way the following practices were to be viewed. It is a universal human desire to know the unknown, to have some preview of the future, to get guidance for decisions, to exercise control over others, to harm others and ward off the harm others may aim at oneself. Alienated from the living God, humans ...

65. The Story of Abraham versus the Story of Israel

Romans 4:1-25

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C. Marvin Pate

... of the Torah (compare 4:1–5 with 4:9–17), and to David’s confession of his sin (lack of works [4:6–8]). Moreover, only circumcision is mentioned in Romans 4 and not Sabbath keeping or dietary laws. Therefore, I believe that the traditional view here is correct. To recap 4:1–2: on the negative side, Abraham had no merit before God. 4:3–5 “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” Here we have the positive side of Paul’s theological argument regarding Abraham: he ...

66. Job Shatters the Silence

Job 3:1-26

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Daniel J. Estes

... was born (3:12). Alternatively, this verse could also refer to the custom of a child being placed upon the knees of its nursing mother (Isa. 66:12) or its father (cf. Gen. 50:23, where Joseph’s grandsons are placed on his knees). The ancient world typically viewed death as a place of gloom and darkness (see the sidebar). Job’s pain is so great, however, that he inverts this concept, so that he hopes for death as peace, sleep, and rest (3:13), a great improvement upon the horrors of his life in the face ...

67. A Daughter of Jacob

Matthew 15:21-28

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Richard Hoefler

... imply that Jesus had less universal a vision of God’s ultimate Kingdom than did Genesis, or Jeremiah or Second Isaiah; rather, he viewed his calling to be the first step of Second Isaiah’s plan of redemption, namely the restoration of the Jews to their chosen ... way which Christ offers to them and to us. Let It All Out When we look at the miracle story from the point of view of the woman, we see our Lord’s penetrating insight into human personality. He is always concerned not just with the problem but ...

68. In Control

Mark 13:1-31

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James W. Robinson

... I, and our faith informs us that God remains at the center of life, and he is still in control of the world he has made. Cyprian, the famous Bishop of Carthage, wrote these words to a friend 1800 years ago: This seems a cheerful world, Donatus, when I view it from this fair garden under the shadow of these vines. But if I climbed some great mountain and looked out over the wide lands you know very well what I would see. Brigands on the high roads, pirates on the seas, in the amphitheatres men murdered to ...

69. Like Trees Walking

Isaiah 6:1-13

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Gregory J. Johanson

... You see, the priest and the rabbi did not see the man as a brother, but the Samaritan did. He was the one with a God’s-eye view of a brother in need, even though he might be a half-brother. We may feel that we suffer less if we don’t let ourselves focus ... of God’s Kingdom is something to behold, not because it is pretty, but because it is where man meets God and can get a God’s-eye view and begin to see the world which God so loved that he sent his Son to live in it, be put to death by it and to ...

70. Good Friday

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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Donald B. Strobe

... bygones—somebody had to pay the debt. But the debt was so huge that no one human being could repay it. So God paid the debt Himself...in the giving of His Son. “God so loved the world that He gave His only Son...” One problem with this point of view is that it tends to drive a wedge between God and Christ, and suggests that God got peeved, and took out His peevishness on Jesus. God took out His vengeance on a sinless Christ. So the little boy in Sunday School could say, “I like Jesus, but I don’t ...

71. Up Close & Personal: Seeing Clearly

Isaiah 6:1-13

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James Merritt

... of God elevated to the third degree. Only once is a character trait of God mentioned three times in succession and that trait is not love, mercy, grace, or justice; it is holiness. If you do not see God primarily as a God who is holy you have the wrong view of God and remember – How I see God determines how I relate to God. That is why we are told in this verse, “The whole earth is full of His glory.” (Isaiah 6:3, ESV) Think about that. His glory doesn’t just fill the temple. It fills the entire ...

72. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:1-15, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... third heaven in 12:2–4. According to our interpretation, both 10:4 and 12:2–4 relate to Paul’s merkabah experience. 12:1–10 When Paul implies that his opponents’ boasting forces him to boast about his own superior revelatory experience, he may have in view Korah’s rebellion, which attempted to eliminate the mediators of divine revelation by usurping the authority of Moses and Aaron (Num. 16:3; cf. Exod. 19:6; 29:45; Deut. 7:6; 14:2; 26:19; 28:9). After all, as a “holy nation,” the people had ...

73. Imitating Christ's Humility

Philippians 2:1-11

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F. F. Bruce

... denote, in other words, the realm of salvation established by Christ’s victory on the cross, into which they were brought at their conversion and baptism. To think humbly is the way one ought to think (dei phronein) in this realm. A persuasive defense of the view that Paul is urging his readers to manifest the same self-denying mind as Christ manifested is made by C. F. D. Moule “Further Reflexions on Philippians 2:5–11,” in W. W. Gasque and R. P. Martin, eds., Apostolic History and the Gospel, pp ...

74. The Whole World Is under the Curses of the Covenant

Romans 3:9-20

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C. Marvin Pate

... of sin. 3. Paul’s all-important phrase in Romans 3:20, “by the works of the law” (ex erg?n nomou [cf. Rom. 3:28; Gal. 2:16; 3:2, 5, 10]), takes the reader into a minefield of interpretation, with two leading views contending for acceptance among New Testament scholars. The old view of this phrase, championed by the likes of Augustine, Luther, and Calvin, was that by “works of the law” Paul means the law of Moses in its entirety and that no one is able to keep all the Torah in order to be justified ...

75. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 1:1-11, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

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