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51. Love Your Enemies Doesn’t Mean Don’t Make Any

Matthew 21:23-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... this period ‑‑ I am addressing myself to the School ‑‑ surely from this period of ten months, this is the lesson: Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never ‑‑ in nothing, great or small, large or petty ‑‑ never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. Love your enemies, but don’t be afraid to make them or stand up to them.

52. A Society Out Of Control

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... the pure in heart," said one cynic, "for they shall inhibit the earth." Often ignored. It is said that although Napoleon III could speak four languages, he couldn't say "No" in any of them. When tempted to do wrong, he would twirl his mustache and yield to the temptation. His wife threatened to cut off his mustache unless he learned to say, "No." We have a lot of people in our society who cannot say, "No." to temptation. According to an August 1987 Newsweek magazine there was a sting operation in New York ...

53. Jeremiah and the Potter

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

Don Yocom

... ’s image is brought; For self must be cast as the dust at His feet, Ere man is renewed and for service made meet. And pride must be broken, and self-will lost - All laid on the altar, whatever the cost; And all that is boasted of human display Must yield to God’s hand and be taken away. (Anonymous) A young man was employed in a hardware store in Fostoria, Ohio, in the years 1938 and 1939. In the winter of 1939, he felt the touch of the Potter’s Hand as he surrendered his life to God. From that time ...

54. Monologue: Hannah

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... was an obedient child with Eli. He did his religious duties well. One night, God talked to him. Samuel heard his voice. From that night on, Samuel grew close to the Lord. He listened to his voice, and obeyed his instructions for the rest of his life. The son I yielded to the Lord became a dedicated and powerful prophet. I did not know him as my child. I knew him as God's servant and as a prophet to bring my country closer to God. I knew that with Samuel God had heard my prayers and had answered them. As a ...

55. Warning Against the Adulteress

Proverbs 7:1-27

Understanding Series

Roland E. Murphy

... an ox, a deer (see Additional Notes), and a snared bird. The man, who is a fool, does not realize that his very life is at stake (vv. 22–23). In verses 24–27, the sage resumes his teaching mode after the harrowing description of yielding to temptation. All the students (my sons) are addressed, although the prohibition in v. 25 is expressed in the singular. In vivid language, he describes the “stranger” as a warrior who has claimed many victims, whose house (recall v. 6) leads to Sheol (rather than ...

56. Personal Prayer Time

Mark 1:29-34

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Keith Wagner

... has reminded me to make time for myself a high priority. But, I have also learned something more important. The story tells us that Jesus took time away to pray and be refreshed. That is explicit. What we fail to see is that Jesus set aside this time to yield to the power of God. I believe we need to learn to yield to the power of God too. That means being free from all other distractions so that God can empower us and refresh us. Then and only then can we help others as the power of God flows through us.

57. Warnings Against Folly, Especially Sexual Infidelity

Proverbs 5:1-23

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... through payment for years of hard work or, more likely, to service rendered to a cruel taskmaster (or an angry husband; cf. 6:34–35)—as a penalty for being caught in the act (5:9–10). (2) With poetic justice, the young man who yields to the “strange woman” (5:3, Hebrew zarah) will end up giving his strength to satiate “strangers” (5:10, Hebrew zarim)—the son has more to lose than his virtue! (3) He also will experience physical anguish and debilitation (5:11); venereal disease could be the ...

58. Never Give Up!

Luke 13:1-9

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Brett Blair

... the School - surely from this period of ten months this is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. We stood all alone a year ago, and to many countries it seemed that our account was closed, we were finished. All this tradition of ours, our songs, our School history, this part of the history ...

59. Heaven Will Know

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Konosuke Matsushita

... but that is not true. Heaven will know, and you and I will know too." Wang Mi was ashamed, and backed down. Subsequently Yang Zhen's integrity won increasing recognition, and he rose to a high post in the central government. Human nature is weak, and we tend to yield to temptation when we think nobody can see us. In fact, if there was no police force, many people would not hesitate to steal. This is not to say that when we do something bad, we feel no compunction at all, just that man is weak and prone to ...

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

Oscar Wilde

61. Trials and Temptations

James 1:1-18, James 1:19-27

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... gold” in them. They should not look fearfully at testing, but look through it, for the result will be perseverance. This ability is hardly a virtue to be winked at. First, it is a virtue that only suffering and trials will produce. Second, it yields to a stable character, a firm, settled disposition of faith: It is a heroic virtue. A person possessing such a virtue could be trusted to hold out, whatever the circumstances. Such people were surely in demand as leaders in the church. Third, it relates the ...

62. Listening and Doing

James 1:19-27, James 1:1-18

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

63. The Weak and the Strong

Romans 14:1--15:13

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... the believer is itself spoken of as evil and blasphemed. The weak may thereby attribute to Satan what is actually of God, and this borders on the sin against the Holy Spirit (Mark 3:23–30). 14:17–18 The direct admonition of the foregoing verses now yields to a positive formulation of the gospel. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit (v. 17). The kingdom of God is a rare expression in Paul (occurring some 10 times), which is ...

64. Job Presents Evidence against the Retribution Principle

Job 12:1--14:22

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... in 11:12, Job insists that he is not inferior to them in his understanding, despite what they think. He describes what they have said as mere platitudes rather than genuine insight. Because Job is confident of his own grasp of wisdom, he does not yield to their arguments. Instead, he maintains his stand and does not back down under their verbal barrage. Nevertheless, Job will at last come to realize that he also does not understand as much as he has supposed (42:1–6). 12:4 I have become a laughingstock ...

65. Living as Children of Light

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... however, lets it stand with the previous section. In either case, the position of the verse is not as important as its teaching—a teaching in which believers are exhorted to submit themselves to one another out of reverence for Christ. “We are not asked to yield to the wishes of others, no matter what they wish, but only when what they ask of us is in line with reverence for Christ” (Mitton, p. 196). Additional Notes 5:4 P. W. van der Horst goes through a lengthy examination of the word eutrapelia and ...

66. What Is Required of Us?

Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... hostile powers, and when our hearts are set on God, there is no more need for laws and regulations. What was in the Book will then be written in our hearts. Important as it is, the Bible is a temporary means of grace, and the day will come when it yields to the presence of the one to whom it pointed. But until that happens, it is our sure and only roadmap on the way of salvation because it tells us who God is, what God has done and promises to do, and how God’s people are to live this side ...

67. Orderly Worship

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... whole church is to be involved in discerning the message(s) of the prophets. 14:30–31 Curiously from what Paul writes in these verses, some prophecy is recognized to be more urgent than other prophecy, since at times one speaker is to yield to another. The prophets are assumed to be in control of their minds and their actions to the point of responsibility. Exactly how this process would have worked in practice is lost to later readers of the letter, although in other ancient Christian literature there ...

68. A Call to Build the House of the Lord

Haggai 1:1-15

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... The word for “spirit” is also the word for “wind” with its energy and forcefulness, and it is this drive that Yahweh has now stirred up (see the comments on “spirit” in connection with 2:5). Leaders and people respond to this arousing, yield to this provocation, and set to work (melaʾkah; the word is related to the words for “messenger/message” in v. 13), within 23 days (v. 15). Additional Notes 1:1 The name Zerubbabel would suggest “offspring of Babylon.” In Heb., strictly it should ...

69. Habakkuk’s Prayer

Habakkuk 3:1-19

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... as he tells us of his response to God’s revelation and what he does next about communicating it (Dan. 2:19–28) before telling us what it is (Dan. 2:29–45). So Habakkuk has moved from dispute to submission, like Job. Yet this does not mean he simply yields to silence (any more than Job does?). There are two senses in which he declines to do so. First, he is not keen on the idea that Yahweh’s action might have to wait a long time (it will actually wait many decades, of course), and he wants to make ...

70. A Call to Persevere

Hebrews 10:19-39

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... to abandon their Christian faith (cf. 2:1–3; 3:12–14; 4:1, 11; 6:4–6; 12:3–11; 13:13). In his exhortation the author reminds the readers of their faithfulness in the past. They should not throw away that former success by yielding to the present pressures. If they endured in the past, they can endure both in the present and in the future, whatever it may hold. Past experience should be motivation for faithfulness in the present. The same faithful God will supply the needed resources—now, as then ...

71. Job Feels under Attack by God

Job 16:1-17:16

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... that death is in reality corruption, and that it is not a source of genuine hope. Job is therefore left with no hopeful prospect in life for the present, or in death in the future. If he has no hope either in life or in death, then he must either yield to despair or find hope in some other source. By asking “Where then is my hope?” Job frames the right question, but he does not as yet know the right answer. That answer will come to Job only when Yahweh finally speaks to him in chapters 38–41. 17:16 ...

72. The Only Place of Worship

Deuteronomy 12:1-32

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... s people. There is the call for total renunciation of all other names than the saving, covenant name of Yahweh. The careful identification and rejection of idolatry is as pressing a need in the modern church as in ancient Israel, just as the temptation to yield to the seduction of the gods of our day is as real now as then. There is the rich and liberating call for wholehearted rejoicing before God, which, by consecrating all of life to God, liberates the ordinary and the “secular” to be enjoyed under ...

73. Forgiveness: Human and Divine

Matthew 6:12-15

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... us to be. Another word for sin means to step across the barrier that separates good from evil. It''s simply dishonesty in any form. A third word for sin means to slide across, or to slide off a slippery road. This is a description of our yielding to temptations, our giving in to the impulses of mind and body, of the flesh, as the Bible calls it, and sinning against God. The fourth word is just plain lawlessness. It is that hard-hearted, self-centered, deliberate and steady desire and effort to do wrong. It ...

74. When I Am Tempted

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... about took place after the forty days, Jesus actually had to face the withering temptation of Satan, every day for forty days. So many people confuse temptation with sin. It is not a sin to be tempted. It is not abnormal to be tempted. It is a sin to yield to temptation. Jesus was not just tempted as the Son of God, Jesus was tempted as the Son of Man. God doesn't get hungry; man gets hungry. God cannot be tempted, because He has everything. Only man can be tempted. It was in His humanity that Jesus Christ ...

75. Homesick For a Future: New Life for the New Millenium

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... we are talking about - discipline, not legalism - conviction, not intolerance - sacrifice, not asceticism. We are talking about obedience that gives freedom and joy – discipline that produces holiness and happiness. That’s the new race we need. Only our surrender, our complete yielding to the transforming power of the Holy Spirit will produce this new race. III Let’s move on with expressions of our homesickness for a future. “I didn’t know where I was going, but I knew what I needed. I needed ...

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51. Love Your Enemies Doesn’t Mean Don’t Make Any

Matthew 21:23-27

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

52. A Society Out Of Control

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

53. Jeremiah and the Potter

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

Don Yocom

54. Monologue: Hannah

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Drama

Lynda Pujad

55. Warning Against the Adulteress

Proverbs 7:1-27

Understanding Series

Roland E. Murphy

56. Personal Prayer Time

Mark 1:29-34

Illustration

Keith Wagner

57. Warnings Against Folly, Especially Sexual Infidelity

Proverbs 5:1-23

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

58. Never Give Up!

Luke 13:1-9

Illustration

Brett Blair

59. Heaven Will Know

Illustration

Konosuke Matsushita

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

Oscar Wilde

61. Trials and Temptations

James 1:1-18, James 1:19-27

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

62. Listening and Doing

James 1:19-27, James 1:1-18

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

63. The Weak and the Strong

Romans 14:1--15:13

Understanding Series