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851. The Knot: Frayed (Part 2)

1 Peter 3:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... to meet these needs of our mates it will go a long way toward keeping the knot tied and help the rope from being frayed. 5 Major Needs Of Women: Affection Conversation Honesty and Openness Financial Support Family Commitment 5 Major Needs Of Men: Sexual Fulfillment Recreational Companionship Attractive Spouse Domestic Support Admiration It is not a stretch of the imagination to see every one of these in this passage that we are studying. II. Lift Your Wife With Respect “Showing honor to the woman as the ...

852. Saints Are Awake to Life's Deepest Joy

Luke 6:20-31

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... is not typical behavior for Dan. He normally doesn't do difficult things. Now he is insisting on it. Even when it is convenient, he normally doesn't reach out to help members of his extended family. Now he is going out of his way to be supportive of a stranger on the other side of the city. Dan usually feels anxious about driving through inner-city neighborhoods. Now he feels compelled to face this fear. People have openly wondered, "What has gotten into Dan?" That is hard to know for sure. Perhaps Dan has ...

853. The Transforming Power of Grace

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... the slave trade and returned home to England, he continued to invest his savings in the slave trade.[3] The lure of money from immoral activity was as powerful for Newton as it had been for Zacchaeus. Newton accumulated considerable trash in his life from his support of slavery. The smell of moral decay hovered around him. The stench was as repulsive in Newton's life as it had been in the life of Zacchaeus. Eventually, God took it away. John Newton heard the call of Christ, "Come on down here, John Newton ...

854. The Challenge to Forgive

Luke 7:36--8:3

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... but inwardly wants them. Police can be bribed by prostitutes or can be solicited by police themselves. Politicians and judges can be bribed by prostitutes because they may be their customers. Leading businessmen and professional people and corporations sometimes support a high-class escort system behind the scenes so that prostitutes often scoff at the external rectitude declaimed by officially righteous American society. So there is a sense in which the revenge of the prostitutes in the movie Unforgiven ...

855. Mary and Martha: Nine to Five and Five to Nine

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... the Industrial Revolution. Men, women, and children worked in the sweat shops. But when men began to make enough money, children, and then women, stayed home. Consequently, "the notion of the middle-class home, in which the woman's role is primarily that of a support to her husband and children, is a relatively recent phenomenon," says Anita Shreve in her book Remaking Motherhood (p. 14). Shreve goes on to point out that it wasn't until the mid-nineteenth century that a woman's exclusive job became that of ...

856. Solomon Asks for Wisdom

2 Chronicles 1:1-17

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... to emphasize the human contribution of Solomon as excellent king, as if he did not want this aspect to be hidden behind the emphasis on Yahweh being with Solomon. 1:2–5 The Chronicler once again takes pains to show that Solomon had the full support of all Israel in his going up to Gibeon. This designation is a prominent theme in Chronicles. In a certain sense the whole literary construction of the Chronicler is intended to define who “all Israel” was after the exile. Here it is claimed that “all ...

857. Abijah King of Judah

2 Chron 13:1–14:1

Understanding Series

Louis C. Jonker

... made by Yahweh with the Davidides. It is interesting to note that Jeroboam is characterized here as “an official of Solomon son of David,” and not as king over Israel, in order to emphasize the wrongness of what Jeroboam did. The matter is also blamed on those worthless scoundrels who supported Jeroboam. They took advantage of Rehoboam’s inexperience. The wordplay in the Hebrew text is notable: whereas Rehoboam could not resist (chazaq, “to strengthen oneself”) them (13:7), Jeroboam and his ...

858. Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas

Acts 1:12-26

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... , Luke’s account might be supplementary to Matthew’s. But this explanation seems somewhat forced and we may simply have to accept that there were varying accounts of how Judas met his end. However, that Luke’s account in Acts does go back to Peter may find some support in the fact that the expression, the reward he got for his wickedness, in almost identical form in the Greek, is found again in 2 Peter 2:13, 15 (cf. v. 24 and notes on v. 17). Two things at least are clear: Judas died a violent death ...

859. Peter Addresses the Crowd

Acts 2:14-41

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... what was said on any occasion, and he could always assume that his readers had read the first volume (the Gospel) and were familiar with the details of Jesus’ life. The statement of this verse, taken literally as a reference to miracles done by Jesus in Jerusalem and Judea, supports the tradition preserved in John’s Gospel of such a ministry (cf. John 2:23; 3:2; 5:1–9; 7:31; 9:1–12; 11:38–47). 2:34–35 Psalm 110:1 is quoted several times elsewhere (Matt. 22:43ff. and parallels; 1 Cor. 15:25; Heb ...

860. Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin

Acts 7:1-53

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... :20; Isa. 63:10). The sun and the moon and the stars were believed to be either gods or their habitation. The Old Testament has many references to the worship of the stellar deities (cf. Deut. 4:19; 17:3; 2 Kings 17:16; 21:3; etc.). In support of this view of Israel’s history, Stephen cited Amos 5:25–27 from the book of the prophets (apparently a single scroll containing the Twelve Minor Prophets). As we have it, the quotation follows the text of the LXX with little variation, retaining the question of ...

861. Barnabas and Saul Sent Off

Acts 13:1-3

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... prayer for blessing upon them (see disc. on 6:6). It is not actually said that this would be a missionary work, but that is clearly implied. Nor is anything said of any provision for the support of the workers. We do know, however, that both Barnabas and Paul were later committed to the principle of self-support (cf. 1 Cor. 9:6; see disc. on 18:3), and it may have been on this basis that they began. Additional Notes 13:1 Barnabas, Simeon, … Lucius, … Manaen, … and Saul: The Greek gives the impression ...

862. Timothy Joins Paul and Silas

Acts 16:1-5

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... an affection that Paul would call him his son (1 Cor. 4:17; 1 Tim. 1:2). From the repeated preposition, to Derbe and then to Lystra, it would appear that the meeting with Timothy took place in the latter and that Lystra was his hometown (this is supported by the reference in 20:4, where it is evident that Derbe was not). Paul may even have lodged with Timothy’s family on the occasions when he was in Lystra. He certainly writes of the faith of his mother and grandmother as though from personal knowledge (2 ...

863. In Corinth

Acts 18:1-17

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... whether this was something he was able to do only after they had rejoined him. If the latter—and this seems the more likely, taking the imperfect tense to be inceptive: “he began to devote his whole time …”—it may mean that they had brought gifts for the support of his work (cf. 2 Cor. 11:9; Phil. 4:15). Luke’s description of this new phase is a striking one. NIV gives the sense of it, but the actual expression is that Paul “was seized by the message,” as though it had overpowered him and he ...

864. Paul in Ephesus

Acts 19:1-22

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... meetings between the fifth and the tenth hour each day (eleven in the morning until four in the afternoon). This would have been the time when most people were resting from work (cf. Martial, Epigrams 4.8), including Paul himself, for we know that he supported himself while at Ephesus (20:34; 1 Cor. 4:12) and, like other tradesmen, would have begun work before sunrise. He defines these hours himself in 1 Thessalonians 2:9 (where “night” is the hours before daybreak). If indeed it was between the fifth ...

865. The Riot in Ephesus

Acts 19:23-41

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... a silver image of Diana (Artemis) and other statues “that they might be set up in every public assembly (ekklēsia) in the theatre upon pedestals” (Light from the Ancient East, p. 113). Although this is not exactly what Luke describes, it does give some support to his text. It should be noted, moreover, that he does not employ the term naopoios of Demetrius, but poion naous, “maker of shrines.” 19:33 Some of the crowd shouted instructions: The Greek does not make clear who the subject of the verb is ...

866. Paul’s Arrival at Jerusalem

Acts 21:17-26

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... did. On their arrival, they were welcomed by some of the brothers—perhaps those most in sympathy with Paul’s work. 21:18 The next day a more formal meeting was held with James, now clearly at the head of the church in Jerusalem, which he governed with the support of the elders (see note on 11:30 and 12:17). Paul had been worried that the gifts of the Gentile churches might not be accepted (Rom. 15:31; see disc. on 19:21), but James and the other leaders (unlike some of their people) seem to have been ...

867. The God of All Comfort

2 Corinthians 1:1-11

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... a particular form of praise common in OT and Jewish liturgy, Paul blesses God for his deliverance from a nearly fatal situation in Asia (cf. vv. 8–11). Structurally, the eulogy proper is found in verses 3–7. The following passage (vv. 8–11) then explains and supports the reason for Paul’s praise in verses 3–7. In that the section begins (v. 3) and ends (v. 11) on the note of praise, the whole composition becomes unified by an inclusio (note the similar inclusio in the thanksgiving of Eph. 1:3–14 ...

868. Body / Ambassador

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... , the rejection of the external criterion of assessing apostolic legitimacy in favor of the internal is not a way of retreating to the inaccessible, but rather essential to everything Paul stands for. Paul rejects the opponents’ claims based on their “deeds” (cf. 11:15) and supports his own legitimacy based on his own behavior (4:2; 5:9–10; 6:4–10; 10:12–18; 11:23–33; 12:5, 9–10). It is interesting to note that according to later Hekhalot literature, the merkabah mystic is able to perceive ...

869. Hagar and Sally

Galatians 4:21-31

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... to say that they are the ones “born as the result of a promise” (4:23). It follows that the Galatians should stop seeking the promise through the present Jerusalem, which can offer only the inheritance of slavery (cf. 4:24–5). 4:27 Paul supports his interpretation with a quotation from the Septuagint of Isaiah 54:1. Even though in Genesis it is Hagar, not Sarah, who is unmarried, Sarah is the referent for the barren woman. The “Jerusalem above” who is “our mother” is also a reference to Sarah ...

870. Living as Children of Light

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... :5; 12:35, 36, 46). 5:14 On the history of interpretation of this passage, see Barth, Eph. 4–6, pp. 573–77; R. Orlett, “Awake, Sleeper,” Worship 35 (1961), pp. 102–5. Houlden, p. 185, lists parallels between this passage and Acts 12:7. Most scholars support some kind of association of this saying with a baptismal hymn, believing that it could have been used as an “awakening call” for the unbeliever to step out of his or her darkness into the light of Christ. 5:18 C. E. Rogers believes that the ...

871. Paul's Labor for the Church

Colossians 1:24--2:5

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... as a martyr figure and to perform a vicarious ministry (2 Cor. 1:6); and in this way he completes the still deficient tally of sufferings which God’s new Israel had to endure before the end of the age” (p. 70). The last interpretation suggested has the support of a number of authors. As early as 1958, E. Hoskyns and N. Davey stated: “This does not mean that there was something lacking in Christ’s suffering, but that there was something lacking in St. Paul’s. He desires that his body may be, as it ...

872. Freedom From Human Regulations Through Life With Christ

Colossians 2:6-23

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... themselves from Christ, they have deprived themselves of the true source of nourishment and unity. Christ himself is the only true source of life for the church, for under his control the entire body is supported (epichorēgoumenon). This is a present participle, indicating that the process of support or nourishment is a continuing one. The same continuing action applies to the unity of the body as well (symbibazomenon): Under Christ’s control the whole body is held together by its ligaments and sinews ...

873. Paul’s Longing to See the Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians 2:17--3:5

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... up verbs). Timothy could do so in his own right, but as Paul’s emissary, he assures the Thessalonians of Paul’s continuing concern. Sterizō means “to fix,” “to make fast” (from sterinx, “a support”) and expresses precisely what converts need—the kind of support that fixes them securely in the faith. “To encourage” (parakaleō) shares this sense. Strictly, it means “to call to one’s side,” with the implication of giving aid, hence specifically, “to encourage” or “to ...

874. Final Instructions

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... . 13:1–7; Col. 3:18–4:1). This phenomenon of culpable idleness is sometimes thought to have been the product of mistaken ideas about the Parousia, either that it was near or had come (see disc. on 2 Thess. 2:2). On the one hand, this view receives some support in the fact that Paul moves from an allusion to the idle in 4:11f., to eschatology in 4:13–5:11, and then back to the problem of idleness in 5:14. But, on the other hand, we notice that the missionaries had already warned against idleness when ...

875. A Workman Approved by God

2 Timothy 2:14-26

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... Heresies 1.23.5) refers to a Gnostic sect who believed that disciples of their founder (Simon) would “obtain the resurrection by being baptized into him, and can die no more, but remain in the possession of immortal youth” (ANF, vol. 1, p. 348). A Supporting Analogy from Household Vessels The main point of verses 14–19 was to reassert the need for Timothy—and God’s people—to “avoid [the] godless chatter” of the false teachers (v. 16), which is “of no value [but] only ruins those who listen ...

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