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101. Job’s Reply to Zophar

Job 12:1--14:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... :7; Jer. 33:5; Mic. 3:4). Why do you consider me your enemy? God is not just absent; he has taken up a position of hostility against Job. As we have seen, Job’s name (Heb. ʾiyyob) is based on the Hebrew root ʾyb, meaning “be an enemy to” (see the discussion ... an enemy to be crushed and defeated. 13:25 Job illustrates the extent of God’s enmity with two preposterous examples. God’s hostility toward Job is so extreme that it is almost as if he is chasing after a windblown leaf in order to torment it ...

102. Job's Second Reply to Eliphaz

Job 16:1-17:16

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... body through sickness (his gauntness) also testifies against him. God is the opponent who assails Job and tears him in anger. The Hebrew word order in verse 9 indicates that Job is emphasizing God’s “anger” here: “His anger tears and he holds hostility towards me.” The image is of the predatory beast tearing at the prey (Heb. trp usually refers to animals “tearing” their prey) that has been hunted down. Although “gnashing the teeth” at someone is often a sign of anger and frustration, the ...

103. Sojourning in a Foreign Land Among the Deceitful and Warlike

Psalm 120:1-7

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... /listeners with a profound sense of dissatisfaction at living in a foreign land. It may be for this reason that Psalm 120 became the introductory psalm of ascent, in the collection that appears to serve pilgrims journeying to the Jerusalem temple. This note of hostile foreigners also helps us make sense of this collection’s repeated wish for a peaceable Zion (122:6–8; 125:5; 128:6). Instead of the NIV’s dwell and live in verse 5, the Hebrew text reads, “sojourn” (gwr) and “lodge” (škn). These ...

104. Daniel in the Den of Lions

Daniel 6:1-28

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... . In chapter 3, however, the king makes the command on his own, and men just report the three Jews to the king; whereas in chapter 6, evil men devise a plot to trap Daniel by manipulating the king to issue a command. In chapter 3, the king is hostile to the three friends, ordering that they be thrown into the furnace; he becomes friendly when he sees they are saved. By way of contrast, in chapter 6 the king laments having to send Daniel to the lions and even tries unsuccessfully to save him. In chapter 3 ...

105. The Healing of a Boy With an Evil Spirit

Mark 9:14-32

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... (e.g., Rom. 8:32). Here in 9:30, the term probably refers to Judas’ betrayal of Jesus, but since Jesus predicts this event as part of the divine plan, in a more profound sense it is really God who will give up his Son to the judgment of hostile human courts (lit., into the hands of men, see note). This teaching is mentioned as reserved exclusively for his disciples (9:30), but we are also told that the disciples did not grasp what he was saying and were fearful to press the matter (9:32). The dullness of ...

106. Dorcas, Dinah, or Delilah (Who are You?)

Genesis 34:1-31, Judges 16:1-22, Acts 9:32-43

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Lori Wagner

... . With Him, everything. And there is no better story that shows this than the story of Dorcas. The story of Delilah is one for all of us. As disciples, we must learn how to retain our identity as a disciple of Jesus, even as we interact within our sometimes hostile world. We must retain our faith in the presence and power of Jesus to heal and to overcome. We can walk through the valley of shadows if God is with us and Jesus within us. But the moment we become tempted by the ways of the world, we block ...

107. Raison d’Etre

Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

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Dean Feldmeyer

... to it. If we are, it will be our own carelessness, our own arrogance, our own indifference to the universe that will be our undoing. Stanley Kubrick began as I quoted at the beginning: “The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent...” But he had more to say than that. He went on: “... but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light ...

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Psalm 120:1-7

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

109. Good News Among The Rubble

Luke 21:5-38

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J. Will Ormond

... and what a promise! Look for opportunities to bear witness to the Christian faith in the worst of circumstances. Many of us find it difficult enough to speak a good word for Jesus Christ when we are in a sympathetic situation, much less when the atmosphere is hostile. We feel that we don't know what to say. We are uncomfortable and hesitant. We fear failure. Can we lay hold of the promise Jesus gave his first disciples? He told them not to worry about what they would say. He would give them the words ...

110. Have I Got News For You!

Isaiah 9:1-7

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William L. Self

... all was at peace on this tranquil and beautiful farm. "That's it," said the judges, "but we'll look at the other rendering anyway." They removed the veil of the second painting. Instead of a tranquil, pastoral scene, there was a raging waterfall producing a mist which communicated hostility. But over on the side of the waterfall was a tiny branch of a tree growing out of the rock, and on the end of the branch was a bird's nest. On the edge of the nest was a mother bird, singing her heart out in the midst ...

111. To Ransom The Prisoners Of War

Romans 5:12-21

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Sandra Hefter Herrma

... wants to make in this passage. On Ash Wednesday, we considered Paul's claim that he had been sent as an ambassador on behalf of Christ, begging us to be reconciled to God, as though we were citizens of a nation hostile to God. This passage reminds us of another aspect of hostilities between nations -- prisoners of war, held in dark cells or tiger cages, chained, often mistreated, waiting for some sign of hope, of deliverance. It is difficult in the extreme for us to admit that we are imprisoned. We like to ...

112. Affirming The Ash Heap

Job 2:1-10, Mark 8:31--9:1

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Wallace H. Kirby

... mate, and the bleakness of a potential loneliness made the ash heap seem unbearable. But we have kept on living, and even though that pain may be fresh every day, we still get up, wash our face, and keep going. There may have been ash heaps of rejection, alienation, hostility, estrangement, ridicule. We are not exempt from any of these because we have faith. And they are not sent by God to test that faith or imposed by God to see if we are strong. There are ash heaps in every life -- even in the life of God ...

113. Responding In Anger

Job 7:11-21 · Matthew 21:12-13

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Wallace H. Kirby

... support it. If we hate the person, we must forget the issue. Jesus dealt with issues. And we must make sure that our anger is addressed to issues, not to people. The third thing is this: don't bottle up anger, for unfaced anger leads to resentment and hostility. I have found two effective ways of expressing anger and getting it under control. Sometimes I write it down, identify it, put it out before me, and see what it looks like in black and white, as if it were someone else's anger. And sometimes I talk ...

114. Prayers for Epiphany

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... enables us to see how all the fragments of life come together to make creation whole. We thank you for faith that steadies us when we are being buffeted about by the cross currents of life. We thank you for the love that overcomes all the fear and hostility that attempts to take control of our lives. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen. Eternal Spirit, sometimes it is nearly impossible to believe that you are interested in each one of us. If we were the president, or the vice-president of our country ...

115. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

Mark 3:20-30

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... THROUGH PRAISE Pastoral Invitation (Pastor and ministers) Today, the third Sunday in Pentecost, we rejoice with the Christ who has conquered Beelze, and every other "Bub" of this world. And because he has conquered all the other "Bubs," we are here. Despite the hostility of the religious leaders, despite the confusion of his family, he is Lord, then, and now, and always. So, rejoice in the name of the Risen One. And all the people shouted ... (your favorite praise word). (If the people mumble, do it again ...

116. Easter 3

Revelation 5:1-14, Acts 9:1-19a, John 21:1-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... conversion of Paul on the road to Damascus. This is the first of three Lukan accounts of Paul's conversion from hostility to support of Christ and the church. It is a key incident in the life of the early church. The risen ... and after Christ. In Paul we can see the difference between B.C. and A.C. Outline: Are you living in B.C. or A.C.? a. Life before Christ 1. Hostile to the church vv. 1, 2. 2. Persecute Christ by sin v. 4. 3. Blind to the nature of Christ v. 8. b. Life after Christ 1. Prayer v. 11. 2. ...

117. Celebrating the Marvel of Growth

Mark 4:30-34, Mark 4:26-29

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Charles R. Leary

... that they couldn’t see the genuine excitement. The secular community was divided. Shall we be loyal to Rome? Shall we be loyal to the nations of our origins? They were pluralistic, too. And the religious community fed upon the divisiveness this fear and hostility bred. The religious community fostered more fear because they kept telling the people the world was coming to an end. Doesn’t that sound familiar! Jesus made it clear that he was not a prophet of gloom and doom - feeding on the people’s ...

118. We All Sin So What?

Genesis 3:1-24

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John R. Brokhoff

... but should continue through verse 21 because of the wonderful good news the verses bring. The good news is that God provides clothes to live in a cold, sinful world. Adam and Eve were about to leave the garden of paradise for a hard, cruel world involving hostility, pain and struggle. Now they were naked and could not make clothing for themselves. And so verse 21 tells us that God in his mercy makes clothing for them out of animal skins. Out of love and mercy God himself makes clothing for the sinful couple ...

119. Jesus In Gethsemane"Jesus -- Misunderstood And Alone"

Psalm 49:1-20, Mark 14:32-42

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R. Sheldon MacKenzie

... , and to come to terms with the world. In that way a Christian could escape persecution, and perhaps even death as well. In this account of Jesus in the garden the church was shown how he prepared for his hearings and trials before those who were hostile to him. He prepared for his later rejection and humiliating experiences of all sorts through prayer to the One he called Father. As a result of his time with God in prayer he faced the future in obedience and trust. The Christian way to resist whatever ...

120. A Farewell Gift

John 14:15-31

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John M. Braaten

... t be afraid. I am giving you the gift of peace." Jesus then goes on to say that the world doesn't really understand the kind of peace he is giving. When we think of peace we usually think of the absence of war between nations, or the ending of hostilities between persons. Even though the Cold War continues, some politicians speak of our time as a period of peace. But we know better don't we? Two youngsters get into a fight and the teacher runs out and says, "Now cut that out. I want you two to quit fighting ...

121. How To Deal With Frustration

1 Kings 8:22-61

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Robert Allen

... Japan, he heard a story about a young American fighter pilot who was shot down over Japan during World War II. The young pilot was Billy Hooten and his parents were devastated with the news that their son was dead. There was anger and bitterness and hostility mingled with their grief. Their son would never be able to fulfill the dream and goals they had for him. But, instead of allowing that bitterness to fester and eat away at their lives, they decided that the only way out of their grief was to practice ...

122. Christmas Preparations We Often Forget

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... that David Niven every night of his life took the moment before going to bed to kneel down and offer a simple prayer to God. But that night he was faced with a difficult decision. If he suddenly knelt down in prayer here in front of an already hostile group of men, wouldn't those already disgruntled soldiers see that as just one more act of Hollywood flamboyance? On the other hand, Niven had been thinking all day about the Christ's coming into the world, and his heart simply would not let him go to bed ...

123. The Baby Who Changes Everything

Isaiah 7:1-25

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Robert Beringer

... became a man for our sakes." This One who began life on earth as the baby of Bethlehem changed life so that it has never been the same since. Sometimes in our cynicism, we listen to the news reports of bloodshed, crime, disease, destruction, brokenness and hostility, and conclude that the world around us is beyond saving. I love the story of the shipwrecked sailor who had spent three years on a tiny island. He was elated when he finally spied a boat approaching his island prison, but as the boat neared the ...

124. Our Living Hope

Luke 20:27-40

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Theodore F. Schneider

... words, the president did a creditable job of bobbing, weaving, dancing and counter jabbing. Like a skilled prizefighter, dancing and bobbing, Jesus has been ducking hostile questions, weaving through discussions, and jabbing back with knockout punches throughout this 20th chapter of Luke's gospel. Three times thus far in this chapter, hostile questions have been raised, sometimes as open challenges and sometimes with feigned sincerity. Each time Jesus has turned these combative questions to his advantage. A ...

125. A Plan For Difficult Times

Luke 21:5-38

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Theodore F. Schneider

... . Cultivation of the mind, none of the heart."10 People in most of our congregations know little of persecution as the early church experienced it. Our homeland has been spared the marching armies for a century and a half, and ours is not a government hostile to our free worship. But the persecution of the church by indifference both within and without the body may well be far more effective than anything in the first century, and ultimately more fearful than either the legions in Palestine or the lions in ...

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