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876. Paul's Charge to Timothy

1 Timothy 6:11-21

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... Deut. 33:1; Josh. 14:6), David (Neh. 12:24), or one of the prophets (1 Sam. 9:6; 1 Kings 17:18; 2 Kings 4:7). It is probably called forth here as a sharp contrast to the false teachers, who, by having abandoned Christ, have also ceased to be servants of the Word of God. Rather (there is a de, translated “and” in the NIV), Timothy is to pursue virtues and behavior that are the opposite of the false teacher and that reflect the gospel. Righteousness, in the sense of “uprightness” in conduct (cf. Phil ...

877. Encouragement to Be Faithful

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

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Gordon D. Fee

... as an exposition of “the salvation that comes through Christ Jesus and brings eternal glory” (v. 10). The final coda simply explains why the final apodosis stands as it does: because he cannot disown himself. To do so would mean that God had ceased to be. Hence eschatological salvation is for Paul ultimately rooted in the character of God. With this great affirmation, in the context of equally severe warning, this first appeal to loyalty comes to a conclusion. The defections in Asia, the warnings in ...

878. Christ's Sacrifice Once for All

Hebrews 10:1-18

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Donald A. Hagner

... , the sacrifices of the old covenant were unable to bring humanity to the full salvation God intended. This fulfillment depends upon that toward which those sacrifices pointed. 10:2–3 The author asks the logical question: Would not the sacrifices have ceased if the people had been cleansed in a final and complete way? Does not the repetition of the sacrifices itself point to their inadequacy? Once for all echoes the fully and finally sufficient character of Christ’s sacrifice, repeatedly stressed in ...

879. Trials and Temptations

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

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Peter H. Davids

... get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent. This clause is negative; the stress of the verse is clearly on the positive (accept the word), but the negative is the necessary prelude. Unless one recognizes sin for what it is, ceases justifying it, and decisively rejects it, further progress is unlikely. Thus in get rid James uses a term for conversion, picturing it like the removal of a soiled garment. The moral filth may be any moral evil, especially greediness. But he focuses on anger, or ...

880. Manna and Quail

Exodus 16:1-36

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James K. Bruckner

... of Moses and Aaron’s leadership; the Lord’s visible presence with the people; and the Lord’s provision of bread, quail, and rest. The chapter ends with instructions for the first Sabbath rest and a manna memorial for the generations after the manna ceases. The people were successful in learning to follow the Lord’s instructions for their daily bread and weekly rest. 16:1–12 The presenting issue was food, as the people were hungry and grumbling. The text takes us, however, to two deeper issues ...

881. Bazalel and Oholiab

Exodus 31:12-18

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James K. Bruckner

... long noted that these words occur here for the seventh time in the tabernacle instructions (25:1; 30:11, 17, 22, 34; 31:1, 12). This is appropriate for a reminder about the seventh day. The word “Sabbath” (shabbat) means to “stop” or “cease” labor. The expression “be refreshed” (napash) or “breathe” accompanies the word in 23:12 and v. 17. The Sabbath created breathing room from daily labor. The word in 20:11 is nuakh, meaning “rest,” as in “free” from work. 31:13 Sabbath rest ...

882. The Golden Calf

Exodus 32:1-33:6

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James K. Bruckner

... written.” God did not accept either of Moses’ alternatives. Rather, God would be selective: “Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book.” The Levites killed only a small percentage of the guilty (see additional note on v. 28). Many had ceased their revelry at Moses’ first confrontation (vv. 19–20). The Lord knew who had sinned. The final word of the Lord was, “when the time comes for me to punish (paqad), I will punish (paqad) them for their sin.” Hebrew does not have a word ...

883. The New Stone Tablets

Exodus 34:1-28

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James K. Bruckner

... other 9 occur in the list-like description of vv. 6–7 (Kohlenberger, “The Use of Exodus,” pp. 111–23). 34:6 In the midst of the destruction of Israel, Jeremiah quotes parts of v. 6 in Lam. 3:22–23: “the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end.” After the defeat of the northern 10 tribes by Assyria, Hosea used the credo to comfort survivors and give Judah hope (Hos. 2:19–20). The Lord quotes the credo through the prophet Isaiah to the exiles in Babylon, to ...

884. Crossing the Jordan

Joshua 3:1-4:24

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J. Gordon Harris

... Bronze Age the Amorites dispersed into Canaan and set up a kingdom in the Orantes Valley of Syria. The Amorites were among the early enemies of the tribes. Their kings were Sihon and Og of Bashan in the Transjordan region (Num. 21). Eventually the Amorites ceased to exist as a separate cultural group (G. E. Mendenhall, “Amorites,” ABD 1:199–202). Jebusites lived in Jerusalem as descendents of the clan of Jebus (Josh. 15:8; 18:28; Judg. 19:10–11). Amarna letters and documents from Ebla in the mid ...

885. The Gibconite Deception

Joshua 9:1-27

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J. Gordon Harris

... .” So the leaders’ promise to them was kept. Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by saying, ‘We live a long way from you,’ while actually you live near us? You are now under a curse: You will never cease to serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God” (9:21–23). Burning of sacrifices and purification rites require wood and water at a house of worship. Thus the Israelites will remember that the Gibeonites joined the people of God through ...

886. The Song of Deborah

Judges 5:1-31

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Cheryl A. Brown

... story of the miracle by introducing some vignettes about what life was like in Israel before Deborah arose and the Lord delivered them. He paints a bleak picture: roads were abandoned, travelers were forced to take back roads, and village life had all but ceased—a picture of chaos. No security, no freedom, no order—in a word, no shalom. But how had chaos come to power in Israel? It was no accident of history or simple happenstance. They chose new gods. They willfully rejected the Lord of shalom (Judg ...

887. A Levite and His Concubine

Judges 19:1-30

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Cheryl A. Brown

... out, the woman was not included in the offer of shalom. 19:22–24 The donkeys were fed, the men’s feet were washed, they had something to eat and drink and they were enjoying themselves. But from then on, the similarities to the Bethlehem episode ceased as the shalom abruptly disintegrated. A roar of shouting broke into the quiet conversation, and frenzied pounding on the door signaled the end of the cozy two-man (lit.) party. The men of the city demanded that the old man . . . bring out his male guest ...

888. The Genealogy of David

Ruth 4:13-22

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Michael S. Moore

... to a major character in the story. The first phrase, “who this day has not left you,” focuses on Yahweh and reprises the theme of abandonment (see the discussion of sha’ar in 1:3, 5). MT literally reads “who has not caused to cease for you” (’asher lo’ hishbit lak). The key word is shabat, the verbal form of shabbat (“sabbath”), a polysemantic term in Ruth (see 2:7). Second, the phrases “kinsman-redeemer, become famous, renew your life” and “sustain you in your old age” appear to ...

889. Simeon

1 Chronicles 4:24-43

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Louis C. Jonker

... he wanted to emphasize the south in counterbalance to the Deuteronomistic History, which is more focused on the northern regions. The temporal remark in 4:31, these were their towns until the reign of David, seems to indicate that these towns ceased to be in Simeonite possession when David started reigning. This might be the case, although there are indications that the Simeonite character of the southern region extended into the monarchic period. This temporal remark is, however, not attested in the Joshua ...

890. Ezra Comes to Jerusalem

Ezra 7:1-10

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Leslie C. Allen

... God for the fact that the Persian authorities selected him as special commissioner. He credits it to God’s “steadfast love” (NRSV), that covenant love shown to past generations of believers (our fathers) and now revealed afresh. “The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases” (Lam. 3:22, NRSV). Additional Notes 7:1 See the introduction for the vexed issue of the chronology of Ezra. 7:3 The genealogy in 1 Chr. 6:3b–15 lists six more names between Meraioth and Azariah. Some of those extra names ...

891. Israel to Reap the Whirlwind

Hosea 8:1-14

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... king of Assyria, when they are exiled. Many commentators give different vowel points to the verb, so that it reads, “They will writhe . . . ,” also referring to the burden of foreign rule in the exile (cf. the NRSV). The RSV follows the LXX: “And they shall cease for a little while / from anointing king and princes,” which makes a great deal of sense in relation to 3:4. If chapters 1–3 are understood as a summary of the message of chapters 4–14, the LXX/RSV rendering should be preferred. But we ...

892. Rend Your Heart

Joel 2:12-17

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... (Deut. 24:5). But a far greater war descends upon Judah with the advent of the day of the Lord, a war from whose threat of death no one is exempt (cf. Luke 14:16–24, especially v. 20). Indeed, Jeremiah proclaimed that when God’s judgment came, there would cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem “the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride” (Jer. 7:34 RSV; cf. 16:9; 25:10). And to avoid that final fate, bride and groom ...

893. Israel’s Ill-Placed Confidence

Amos 5:18-27

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... . 23:14–17; 34:22, 25; Deut. 16:1–16)—which Israelites celebrated with pilgrimages, probably to Bethel or Gilgal (see the comment on 4:4). “Solemn assemblies” (RSV) were feast days celebrating sabbaths, new moons, and other less important occasions, when all work ceased and the people gathered together to worship and sometimes to eat (cf. 8:5; Lev. 23:36; Num. 29:35; 2 Kgs.10:20; Isa. 1:13; Joel 1:14). The listing of sacrifices is quite comprehensive, verse 22. Burnt offerings were those entirely ...

894. Locusts, Fire and a Plumb Line

Amos 7:1-9

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... of the Lord (cf. Joel 1:19–20; 2:3, 5, 30). Amos’s intercession is not for forgiveness, as it was in 7:2. No forgiveness was granted then, and perhaps the prophet has learned by this time that no forgiveness will be forthcoming. Rather, Amos simply begs, “cease” (RSV), stop! That is, halt the judgment! And God, in pity for this little people, heeds the prophet’s cry. (See the comments on 7:1–3 above.) 7:7–9 Evil cannot remain in God’s sight (cf. Hab. 1:13), and when the people do not repent ...

895. Justice and Mercy, Not Fasting

Zechariah 7:1-14

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Pamela J. Scalise

... rule. People had hoped for this end soon after Darius’s fourth year. The Lord was at work fulfilling promises and blessing the people, but the end had not arrived. God’s plans have not reached their final fulfillment, but God’s work has not ceased. Fulfillment is going on, but consummation is awaited. The other aspect of God’s work—calling out a holy people who live justly, rightly, and compassionately—remains constant (1:3–4; 7:9–10; 8:16–17). 7:1 A final date formula marks the beginning ...

896. The Lord Comes and Reigns

Zechariah 14:1-21

Understanding Series

Pamela J. Scalise

... . These remarkable changes, on a day known to the LORD, will mark the end of the postdiluvian world maintained by God’s pledge after the flood, “As long as the earth endures, / seedtime and harvest, / cold and heat, / summer and winter, / day and night / will never cease” (Gen. 8:22). The constancy of day and night, maintained by covenant with God, serves as a guarantee of the durability of the Lord’s covenants with David and Levi (Jer. 33:20–21): the era of counting days and years will come to an ...

897. A Woman Burdened with Guilt

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house, you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss (of greeting), but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil (as is customary), but she has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much, but he who is forgiven little, loves little.” Many of us cannot ...

898. The Healing at the Pool

John 5:1-15, John 5:16-30

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... rabbis and philosophers over the meaning of the biblical statements that God rested on the seventh day (Gen. 2:2–3; cf. Exod. 20:11). Their conclusion was that God did not actually stop working after six days, for if he had, the world would have ceased to exist. Instead, he simply ended his work of creation and began his work of sustaining and watching over the world (see, e.g., Philo, Allegory of the Laws I, 5f.). In this sense, God himself breaks the Sabbath. Building on this conclusion, Jesus argues ...

899. The Last Day of the Feast

John 7:45--8:11, John 8:12-30

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J. Ramsey Michaels

... of Tabernacles—the pouring of water from the pool of Siloam into a bowl beside the altar in the temple and the lighting of giant lamps in the Court of the Women, respectively (cf. the Mishnah, Sukkah 4.9–5.4). On the last day, when these rituals had ceased, Jesus proclaims himself the true source of water and of light—for Jerusalem and for all the world. In 8:12 he again extends an invitation and a promise, but again the note of hope is submerged in a context of rejection and judgment (8:12–20). The ...

900. Jesus Prays for His Disciples

John 17:1-5, John 17:6-19, John 17:20-26

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... ministry is largely negative; only a remnant believed (cf. 1:10–12; 3:19–21; 12:37–43). But one way or another, Jesus will realize his intention: Either the world will believe and know the truth redemptively as the disciples have done already (and in this way cease to be the world), or it will be brought unwillingly to the recognition that it is in the wrong and that Jesus and his disciples are the true messengers of God (cf. 16:8–11). In the latter case, the world is simply a theater for the ...

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