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76. Two Parables about Prayer

Luke 18:9-14, Luke 18:1-8

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R.T. France

... God with a selfish scoundrel? It is important to stress the “how much more” aspect of the parable. If such an unrighteous judge will respond to persistence, how much more will our loving Father respond. Share from your own experience or solicit others to share experiences of persistent prayer and its results. Were those prayers answered? In what way does it encourage persistent prayer? What would have happened if they had given up praying? This passage also provides an opportunity to discuss the ...

77. New Dominion as a Blessing of the New Covenant: Dead to Sin

Romans 6:1-14

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C. Marvin Pate

... reality. The second principle, the imperative, likewise requires faith on the Christian’s part because living out the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ depends on volition, not feelings. Thus, when believers are tempted, they must will their way through the solicitation relying upon the Holy Spirit to guide them. Or when Christians have God-given tasks, they must perform them whether or not they are excited about them, all the while depending on God’s strength to empower them. Or when believers ...

78. Christian Success and Christlikeness

1 Corinthians 4:1-21

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Preben Vang

... but a living example of his lifestyle—the application of his teaching, so to speak. The imitation Paul encourages is visible in Timothy. remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus. It is not likely that Paul envisioned his reminder would solicit an “aha” moment among the Corinthians, as in, “Oh, now we remember—sorry we forgot.” Rather, as in 11:24, where the same word is used (“do this in remembrance of me”), the expression functions as a corrective designed to refocus attention on ...

79. The Road to the Throne Is Covered with Blood

2 Sam 1:1–5:5

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... All the tribes of Israel came to David. The inclusion of “all” depicts national unity and emphasizes the complete support that David receives (cf. Josh. 24:1; 1 Sam. 10:20). The tribes of Israel initiate this covenant with David; he does not solicit their support (cf. 2:4). We are your own flesh and blood.They identify themselves as David’s “own flesh and blood” (“your bone and your flesh” [AT]), emphasizing their common ancestry as descendants of Jacob. The expression is used elsewhere of ...

80. A Property Purchase

Jeremiah 32:1-44

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Gary M. Burge

... of a sign act (32:1–15; cf. 13:1–14; 19:1–13; 27:1–7). The instruction is brief; so is the initial interpretation. Most attention is given to the report of compliance. A man who through poverty or debt was about to forfeit his land was to solicit a next of kin to buy it (Lev. 25:25–28; cf. Ruth 4:7). The business transaction is given in detail—one of the fullest records we have on such matters. Scales were used to weigh bars or rings of silver. Seventeen shekels of silver equaled seven ounces ...

81. Peter’s Confession at Caesarea Philippi

Mark 8:27-30

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... On the way” the party passed beneath the distinct camelback promontory of Gamala, where the Zealot movement was founded in AD 6 and where militant messianic fervor ran high. In Caesarea Philippi, a region rife with competing religious claims, Jesus for the first time solicits a claim about his identity. “Who do people say I am?” he asks the disciples (8:27). The disciples repeat the popular opinion earlier voiced by Antipas (6:14–15) that Jesus is John the Baptist, Elijah, or one of the prophets ...

82. Request for Prayer and the Second Prayer

2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... material (3:3–4) form the transition to the section of the letter containing Paul’s principal exhortations (3:6–15). The exhortation in 3:1 is the same as in 1 Thessalonians 5:25, but here with more specifics about the needs of the apostles. Paul frequently solicited such prayers from the churches (e.g., Rom. 15:30–32; 2 Cor. 1:11; Eph. 6:19–20). He and his companions ask for prayer “that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you.” The message of the ...

83. Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

Mark 6:7-13

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... and ultimately the death of Jesus, prefigured in John’s death. Additional Notes 6:8 No bag: In ancient Palestine, beggars were a familiar sight and were quite vocal in their requests for support. The disciples are forbidden to carry a bag to solicit like beggars and must depend upon what is offered to them in connection with the acceptance of their message. 6:9 An extra tunic: Literally, the disciples are forbidden to wear “two garments.” In ancient Palestine, the standard attire was an inner garment ...

84. The Resurrection of Christ

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... follows this comment is of great interest and importance. Verse 3 tells of Christ’s vicarious, sacrificial, atoning death (for our sins) that occurred as part of God’s will and work (according to the Scriptures). This description of Christ’s death solicits reflection and requires explication. Paul’s allusive references to the death do not specify the mechanics of how Christ died for our sins or according to which Scriptures his death took place. Paul simply states that Christ’s death had purpose ...

85. Seven Angels With Seven Plagues

Revelation 15:1-8

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... any rehearsal of it, including here in John’s vision. Especially in the prophetic uses of the tradition, the exodus typology reminds the people of God’s faithfulness toward Israel and the Lord’s sovereignty over evil. The prophet’s intent was to solicit repentance and a renewal of faithfulness from Israel, to restore its relationship with God in expectation of God’s promised blessing. John’s own situation is similar to the prophets; the crisis facing the church is analogous to the one that faced ...

86. Delivering the Helpless from Social Oppression: Part II

Psalm 10:1-18

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... for the oppressed . . . The victim abandons himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless (10:14) / Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never abandoned those who seek you (9:9–10). Thus, these petitions solicit Yahweh to re-enact his deeds that had earlier elicited praise. And these requests are supported by statements and questions that remind and thus motivate Yahweh to intervene. As he has earlier been depicted as sitting on “his throne for judgment” (9:7), so ...

87. Paul's Plan to Visit Rome

Romans 15:23-33

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... v. 31). In no uncertain terms he reckons with the possibility of losing his life at the hands of Jews who were opposed to the messiahship of Jesus. So ominous were impending events that in this, the only direct personal appeal to his readers in the epistle, he solicits their aid in his struggle by praying to God for me (v. 30). In going to Jerusalem Paul was quite literally risking his life for the unity and equality of Gentiles and Jews. In this too he needed prayer, not only that his life would be spared ...

88. The Disciples' Grief Will Turn to Joy

John 16:17-33, John 16:5-16

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... (vv. 23, 30), it suggests that another motivation may also be at work. The change in form serves to make the theological point that the initiative in revelation lies not with believers but with Jesus. The literary technique of using questions to solicit divine revelation was a familiar one in Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature and in Gnostic writings. John’s Gospel itself makes use of questions (or statements) based on misunderstanding as a foil for Jesus’ self-disclosure (cf., e.g., 3:4; 4 ...

89. Completion and Dedication of the Temple

Ezra 6:13-18

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

... retained” (NJB; see Williamson, Ezra, Nehemiah, p. 71; Barthélemy, Critique textuelle, vol. 1, p. 535). The verb primarily means “carry,” and in the Aramaic papyri it refers to providing for an aged parent. In this context a sense of solicitous preservation is plausible. The significance of the requirement was that costs should be kept down by following the ground plan of the old temple. The NRSV, “where . . . burnt offerings are brought” (similarly REB), presupposes a repointing of the Aramaic ...

90. The Passover

Ezra 6:19-22

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

91. King Artaxerxes' Letter to Ezra

Ezra 7:11-28

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

... ). The editor filled out the designation with an insider’s language of faith, both here and in verse 10. The wording of verse 6b probably goes back to Ezra’s own introduction. It supplies information not mentioned elsewhere, that Ezra had himself solicited the office of special commissioner with the particular tasks outlined in Artaxerxes’ letter, rather like Nehemiah in Nehemiah 2:8. Both Ezra and Nehemiah traced royal assent to divine blessing (the hand of the LORD his God), as Ezra was to do later ...

92. Faces of Failure: Judas Iscariot

Matthew 26-27 (selections)

Sermon

Don Tuttle

... that led Judas to betray Jesus but good, old-fashioned greed. That is, of course, what our text suggests. When Judas went to the chief priests and elders, he asked, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” It was clearly a solicitation for money, and they obliged, giving him “30 pieces of silver.” While we don’t know much about Judas, John’s Gospel suggests such greed might be in keeping with his character. In John’s account of the woman anointing Jesus with expensive perfume, it ...

93. One Pastor's Answer to What He Does

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

The pastor proclaims eternal truths to people who would rather hear the latest baseball score. He teaches, though he must solicit his own classes. He heals, though without pills or knife. He prays for people and hopes they pray for him. He leads worship and tries to make God real to those present. He sows God's Word and cultivates God's vineyard so that we may have deep roots in ...

94. Priceless!

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... .3 billion. That’s a great deal of money. Somehow, with all that money, Buffett has managed to maintain many of his Midwestern values as well as a wonderful sense of compassion. Buffett is a wise man when it comes to money. People pay small fortunes to solicit his advice. So he has been dubbed “the Oracle of Omaha.” How much would it be worth to you to have lunch with Warren Buffett? It’s interesting. Each year Buffett auctions off the chance for someone to have a personal meal with him and he gives ...

But someone will say, Does He not know without a monitor both what our difficulties are, and what is meet for our interest, so that it seems in some measure superfluous to solicit Him by our prayers, as if He were winking, or even sleeping, until aroused by the sound of our voice? Those who argue thus attend not to the end for which the Lord taught us to pray. It is not so much for His sake as for ours. He wills ...

John Calvin

96. Temptation vs. Trial

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Fairbain

What is temptation? Seduction to evil, solicitation to wrong. It stands distinguished from trial thus: trial tests, seeks to discover the man's moral qualities or character; but temptation persuades to evil, deludes, that it may ruin. The one means to undeceive, the other to deceive. The one aims at the man's good, making him conscious of his true moral self; but the other at his evil, leading him more or less unconsciously into sin. God tries; Satan tempts.

97. Blessings

Humor

A humble but friendly beggar used to ply his trade in our town. A rather affluent man came toward the beggar one day. In his most solicitous tone, the down-and out-one said, "May the blessing of God follow you all the days of your life." But the affluent gentleman walked on by without acknowledging the humble man's existence-leading him to finish his sentence: "And may the blessing never overtake you."

98. To Whom Do You Belong?

Mark 1:4-11

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Michael L. Sherer

... . Three o’clock gave way to three-thirty and then to four. Finally, at four-thirty, the last staff person to leave the school building came out onto the front steps, where she encountered the little boy. Sitting down next to him, she asked solicitously, “Do you go to school here?” Came the transparent answer, “Yes. I go here every day.” The school employee said, “Whose little boy are you? Who do you belong to? And why are you sitting here all alone?” The child cheerfully responded, “My daddy ...

99. The First Sign of Civilization

Luke 10:25-37

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King Duncan

... He has also recruited experienced firefighters from the U.S. to come to Sarajevo and work in the training program. It takes a tremendous amount of work and energy to set up this training program, train the firefighters, work alongside them in dangerous conditions, and solicit donations to keep these programs going. Why would he put himself in this situation? John Jordan says, “I was at home watching the news about how these guys in T-shirts and jeans with no protection were fighting fires in the middle of ...

100. God's Little Acre

Matthew 13:24-30

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Will Willimon

... sowed good seeds in his field...'" I'll admit it. Sometimes I have this fantasy about the church. The fantasy is this: That someday, somewhere, there will be this church where there will be no inactive members, nobody who slams the door in your face when you go soliciting pledges in the fall pledge campaign. Nobody in this church ever says "No" when they're asked to keep the nursery or teach Sunday school, in fact, in this church you don't even have to ask, people just step right up when there's a job to ...

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