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1026. Freedom Calling

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... peace and to the environment or eradicate homelessness in our community and keep everyone safe? Put that way, the needs of the world are clearly beyond any of our small efforts, either as individuals or as a church. Yet you and I have been given the wonderful gift of freedom in Christ, and we are called to use that freedom not to indulge ourselves, but to love and care for our neighbors. In response to that call, we need to at least start somewhere! One time, Jesus was having supper when a woman came to ...

1027. Guarding the Treasure

2 Timothy 1:1-14

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... . We may not need to be like the water in the pot boiling over the sides. A good, strong flame that gives us energy is more what we need. Let us draw from the Holy Spirit as we fan the flame of our faith. The passage mentions three specific gifts of the Spirit: power, love, and self-discipline. Each of the three is important, and all three reinforce each other. When we feel weak, we need God's power. We need power to overcome temptation. We need power to break free from the things that control us. We need ...

1028. 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... of it.” That the Corinthian’s are Christ’s body is not a metaphor for Paul. It is their reality. It is their baptismal birthright. Paul concludes all this “body-talk” by once again revisiting the issue of the hierarchy of gifts. The “list” in v.28 introduces some new “charisms,” and reiterates some that have already been itemized. Yet, the “first,” “second,” and “third” rankings Paul begins enumerating here are not so much about an authoritative pecking order as it is about ...

1029. What the Ascension Tells Us

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

King Duncan

... . What an incredible consequence because of a loss of ability to navigate. (5) Many people today are as clueless about their lives and the direction they should go as those geese. We are missing out on a great resource for our lives if we do not pray daily for the gift of God’s Spirit. I am convinced that the reason Christians are not having the impact God has called us to have in this world is that we do not seek the guidance and the power of the Holy Spirit. This is what we need to take away from this ...

1030. Grow Up!

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... new preacher than the previous one. Pastors are not in competition with one another. Paul reminded the troubled Corinthians that both he and Apollos were on the same side. Each individual had different gifts, as Paul will claim later in his letter. When one person’s gifts are used in conjunction with other gifts within the congregation the church will thrive. Neither pastor tried to elevate himself either as Paul reminds his readers. Both were servants of the risen Lord. Paul viewed his role as planter ...

1031. Getting out of the Doldrums

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... !” man. Jesus preferred to put things in positive terms, giving the faithful reasons for action instead of reactions. Thus in the text offered this week for “All Saints Day,” for a day in which the church considers the past and present and future gifts of all the “saints,” we read Jesus’ positive spin on this encapsulation of the Law — “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” (Luke 6:31) Do not just “Protest,” but “Pro-Testament.” Never stop struggling against what is wrong ...

1032. The Life of Your Table?

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... in the Upper Room in Jerusalem with the Last Supper. The unleavened bread and the cup of wine offered to his closest disciples marked the first “Passover” of a new era. This was an invitation to a meal where the Lord would always be present, where a gift of hospitality, the offering of food and drink in the name of Jesu Christos, would transform whatever the meal, whatever time of year, into a banquet. When Jesus is at table, the best thing on the table is not something you can table: the presence of ...

1033. The Runner

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... have been sacrificed on the job for the sake of one’s family. The undrilled teeth and overdue glasses that have been bypassed so that a loved one could have something deemed more important. “Beautiful are the feet that bring good news…” That is the gift from today’s text. The feet are bloody and beaten. But the message is, once and for all, the good news of God’s victory over sin and death, and our salvation. There is no more “waiting” for the messenger. There is no more “waiting” with ...

1034. An Announcement from the Wilderness

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... from the war in Iraq. Gabriel and his father had been apart for seven months, so when Casey learned his leave would coincide with his son’s birthday, he hatched a plan to offer Gabriel an amazing surprise. He had himself wrapped up as the ultimate birthday gift for his child. (4) In essence, that’s what God did for us that first Christmas. He offered Himself as an amazing surprise. He wrapped Himself up in the form of a tiny baby. Everything we know about God, we learn from his son, Jesus Christ. He ...

1035. Traveling Tables

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... serve God. Go to serve and be served. Go and offer the “table,” my New Temple, a moveable feast, and celebrate my new gift of salvation for all the people of the world. Your body is Jesus’ dwelling place, the “temple of the Holy Spirit” Paul says ... that doesn’t mean we shut down our “table.” It does not matter what time of year it is. It does not matter what kind of gifts of food we can provide. What matters is that we offer a place setting, a place at our table of faith, to any and all of God ...

1036. Waiting Is So Hard to Do

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... into a barrel of gasoline might produce a spectacular effect, but a controlled burn will take me a lot further in life. The Holy Spirit is the fuel in the Christian’s tank to help us to be all that Christ has called us to be. We wait on the gift of the Holy Spirit, then we seek to live for Christ. If we want to mount up with wings as eagles, we must first wait upon the Lord. We must pray for Christ’s Holy Spirit within us. There was once a German Lutheran missionary to Sumatra named Ludwig Nommensen ...

1037. Have You Had Your Caffeine Today?

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... ascension to heaven was that they were to wait in Jerusalem. However their waiting had a critical purpose. They were to wait for the gift of the Holy Spirit to come upon them; for when that happened they would be Christ’s witnesses “in Jerusalem, and in all ... became unstoppable witnesses for Christ and his kingdom. And it was all because they heeded their Master’s words to wait for the gift of the Holy Spirit. I want the Holy Spirit to be experienced in our church. If any generation ever needed God’s ...

1038. The Fellowship of the Believers

Acts 2:42-47

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... and difficulties (cf. 5:1–11; 6:1–7; 11:1–18; 15:1–21), this common bond held them together. But in addition to this broader meaning of the word, koinōnia is employed in the New Testament in the sense of the collection and distribution of gifts, in which the fellowship of the believers found particular expression (cf. Rom. 15:26; 2 Cor. 8:4; 9:13; Heb. 13:16). In the light of the verses that follow (44, 45), we should almost certainly include this sense in the meaning of this verse. Third, they ...

1039. The Church in Antioch

Acts 11:19-30

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... ). On arriving in Antioch, Barnabas rejoiced when he saw the evidence of the grace of God (v. 23; see disc. on 3:8). That he saw may mean that there were visible tokens of the blessing—perhaps a change in lifestyle, perhaps the more manifest of the Spirit’s gifts (see disc. on 8:14ff. and 10:46). Barnabas found nothing defective in their faith or wanting in their instruction, for he added nothing to them. He only urged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts (v. 23; cf. 15:32), that is ...

1040. Boasting

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

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... exercise his apostolic rights. Like Moses, he wants to be able to declare, with all good conscience, that he has not accepted gifts from the congregation (cf. Num. 16:15). Paul’s boast will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia; he will continue ... God (cf. 2 Cor. 10:12–18). It is a question of apostolic prerogative. On the other hand, Paul fears that his refusal to accept gifts will be interpreted as a lack of love for the Corinthians. Hence, he resorts again to the witness of God (cf. 1:18, 23; also ...

1041. The Law and the Promise

Galatians 3:15-25, Galatians 3:1-14

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... is a purpose clause describing the reason for which God imprisoned all things under sin. It was so that what was promised might be given to those who believe “through faith in Jesus Christ.” The promise, which is the promise to Abraham, is a gift. In 3:14, Paul has qualified this as a promise of the Spirit, which believers have already received. If we take a subjective genitive reading for “through faith in Jesus Christ” (see Introduction) the sense is that the promise is given to those who believe ...

1042. Paul's Charge to Timothy

1 Timothy 6:11-21

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... of a different kind. It is, in a typically Pauline shift of metaphors, “to lay up” a firm foundation for the coming age. In this regard one should note the sayings of Jesus that Luke has placed together in 12:32–33. The Kingdom as gift leads to selling possessions and giving to the needy and thereby providing for oneself “a treasure in heaven.” Finally, lest any of this be misunderstood, Paul sets forth the nature of the treasure, the same eschatological goal that all believers share (cf. 1:16; 4 ...

1043. Warning Against Falling Away

Hebrews 5:11-6:12

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... verb is used to refer to the death of Jesus. Have shared in the Holy Spirit (lit., “having become partakers of the Holy Spirit”) similarly refers to the event that marks conversion, the receiving of the Holy Spirit, not the special charismatic gifts received by Christians. 6:5 Have tasted (the metaphor for “experienced” recurs in this verse) the goodness of the word of God refers probably to the message of salvation which they had believed. The fifth descriptive phrase notes that they had tasted ...

1044. Jephthah

Jud 10:6–11:40

Understanding Series

Cheryl A. Brown

... judges’ stories close not with a reference to the land having peace for x years but merely a notice about the length of time the judge led Israel (10:2, 3; 12:7, 9, 11, 14; 15:20). In the second half of the book, God withholds his gift of peace in response to Israel’s willful rejection of the covenant relationship that would have guaranteed peace. But even in that dark period in Israel’s history, the light of God’s gracious presence and help never went out; God continually sought to bring his people ...

1045. Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs 18:1-24

Understanding Series

Roland E. Murphy

... is striking. Therefore it is clear that “finding” is not casual. Rather it is from the LORD (19:14b), just as wisdom itself is a gift of God (2:6; 3:13; 8:35). Verse 22b finds a distant echo in 12:2a, 4a. 18:23 Antithetic. Property or riches mean ... is unusual; the subject is in v. 13a, a casus pendens, that is then taken up in v. 13b by the pronoun. 18:16 Hb. mattān, or gift, is in effect a bribe in 15:27b. In 17:8, 23, another word for bribe is used, šōḥad. In 19:6 bribery is not the issue, but in ...

1046. A Grayhound and a Kite

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... Christ has been raised from the dead. And quite miraculously three thousand souls are baptized and added to the church. Wow! Peter could never have done this on his own. Pentecost was definitely a God thing. Of course, God-things are still happening anywhere people will wait on the gift of God’s spirit and allow God’s spirit to do great things through them. That’s the place of worship in our lives. I hope you don’t come to church as you might come to a museum or a theater, to be fascinated or to be ...

1047. Thanksgiving and Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

Understanding Series

F. F. Bruce

... Here, however, it is used, without a dependent infinitive, of Paul’s affectionate yearning for his friends (cf. 2 Cor. 9:14, of the deep love which, as Paul hopes, the Jerusalem church will conceive for his Gentile converts at the reception of their gift; also 2 Cor. 7:7, 11, where the noun epipothēsis is used of the Corinthian Christians’ feeling for Paul). See C. Spicq, “Epipothein. Désirer ou chérir?” RB 64 (1957), pp. 184–95; Notes de Lexicographie Néo-Testamentaire, 1 (Fribourg: Editions ...

1048. Marriage Violations

Deuteronomy 22:13-30

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... that the wife was not the property of the husband), and so to violate a girl (even with her consent) was also an offense against her father. Since the matter had been discovered, the girl would no longer attract another potential bridegroom and the exchange of gifts and dowry that went along with the marriage. It is for this loss that the man must compensate the father (v. 29a). When this law is compared with Exodus 22:16f., it can once again be seen how Deuteronomy modifies earlier law in the interests of ...

1049. Jesus Turns to His New Family

Mark 3:31-35, Mark 3:20-30

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

... spiritual warfare (Eph. 6:10–20) and at the same time remember that “the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world” (1 John 4:4). The unpardonable sin Parable: There was a man who went to the store to buy the perfect gift for his son’s birthday. He finds something that he is sure his son will appreciate, but he does not have enough money to buy it. So he sells some of his possessions and even works overtime at his job until he has enough money to purchase the ...

1050. Adam, the Law, and the Curse of the Covenant

Romans 5:12-21

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... new humanity in Christ. Robert Jewett has shown that Paul’s terms for the beneficence of God mentioned in 5:15 (“grace,” “gift,” “overflowed”) draw on the Jewish hope for the age to come because it would restore lost paradise (Isa. 25:6–8; 27:6 ... and created a new humanity and a new paradise.3Moreover, all of this is based on grace, not the law. 5:16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin. The words “how much more” in 5:15 indicate that Paul is engaged ...

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