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101. The Seven Delightful Blessings of the Word of God in the Believer's Life

Psalm 119:169-176

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Michael Milton

... but be amazed as you read the reports of the Amish families who lost their daughters and of the communities who are bearing this horrific tragedy. The cousin of Mary Liz and Lena Zook, sisters who were killed in the schoolhouse, said this to a reporter: We don’t understand why this happened…and it’s hard to accept. But God has a plan because he allowed this to happen. His ways are so much higher than ours. We try to accept his will and just keep on going. That is why we are able to forgive.... Mrs ...

102. This Gospel Is for Our Children

Mark 10:13-16

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... seen Christ do in our lives. There is no better witness for Christ than our personalization of these words from Paul: "I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day" (2 Timothy 1:12). Paul understands that if Jesus is angered by those who hold us back then, by implication, he must be willing to receive us. Jesus tells us, "Whoever comes to me I will never drive away" (John 6:37). Jesus has a place for children and for all who come to him ...

103. The Desperate

John 9:1-12

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James Merritt

... of something God wanted to do. This next statement is going to sound so simple, but if you don’t get it you won’t understand the story. This man was not blind because he couldn’t see. He couldn’t see, because he was blind. Let me translate that into ... a godly man! Then, as we just read he says in verse 38 “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.” (John 9:38, ESV) Now he understands that Jesus is not just a good man or a great man or a godly man, but He is the God-man. Here is what I want ...

104. Thanksgiving and Prayer

Ephesians 1:15-23

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... 17; 4:2; 1 Thess. 1:2; 5:18). In this prayer one notes that the petitions become more specific and relate to a deeper understanding and appropriation of the blessings that the readers already possess by virtue of being in Christ. 1:17 Prayer is made to the God of ... sealing with the Holy Spirit brings. A second request is that they will know the riches of his glorious inheritance. One way to understand this phrase is to see it as a clarification of the hope to which God has called his people—that is, that ...

105. A Prayer for the Ephesians

Ephesians 3:14-21

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... toward being filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. This is the second result of his prayer envisioned by the apostle. He began by praying that the power of the Holy Spirit, the indwelling of Christ, and grounding in love would lead to an understanding of Christ’s love. But the ultimate goal is that the believers attain the fullness that belongs to God, that is, all the riches and glory that belong to him. “God’s fullness or perfection becomes the standard or level up to which we pray to be ...

106. More Parables of the Kingdom

Mark 4:30-34, Mark 4:26-29, Mark 4:21-25

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Grant R. Osborne

... from God (note the divine passive “will be measured” here). Here it means that careful hearing of Jesus’s teaching will be rewarded by God. Then Jesus adds that by the grace of God the reward will exceed the effort. God will give us even more understanding. There is a superabundance of riches for those who search the Word carefully. 4:25 whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. The warning is quite clear, spelling out the two sides of the principle of reciprocity in 4:24 ...

107. Marriage, Sexual Intimacy, and Spiritual Devotion

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

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Preben Vang

... spouse’s intimacy with Christ. Human Metaphor: Ask what listeners would think of a Christian who says, “I love Jesus with all my heart—I just never spend time with him in worship or prayer, nor do I allow him to change me. We have an understanding.” The reason this seems false and offensive is that the person would be claiming to live within a covenant yet failing to have any real loyalty or sense of responsibility. He or she would be treating the covenant as a one-sided contract, not an organic ...

108. Job Comes to a Good End

Job 42:7-17, Job 42:1-6

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Daniel J. Estes

... within the purpose of Yahweh, which cannot be thwarted by any force (cf. Dan. 4:35). Yahweh sovereignly directs history to his own ends, which may well be inscrutable to humans (Prov. 16:9; 20:24; 21:1). 42:3–4 Surely I spoke of things I did not understand. Job restates Yahweh’s question to him in 38:2, but now he answers by admitting that in the past he spoke beyond what he truly understood. Job does not confess that he has sinned, as the friends have insisted that he must (cf. Zophar’s words in 11 ...

109. Nabuchadnezzar’s Dream and Daniel's Interpretation

Daniel 2:1-23, Daniel 2:24-49

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Ronald W. Pierce

... of God’s ability sharply contrasts with the bankruptcy of Babylon’s gods. They can neither reveal wisdom nor rescue those who look to them. On the contrary, Daniel’s God is able and willing to hear and answer. Invite your listeners to come to God for understanding in times of confusion and for deliverance in times of need. Assure them that God is willing and able to respond on our behalf, even if he chooses to do so at a different time or in a different way from what we anticipate or request. Remind ...

110. Resurrection and Accountability

Daniel 12:1-13, Daniel 11:36-45

Teach the Text

Ronald W. Pierce

... his people. Call your congregation or class to choose the path of wisdom, to recognize and submit to God’s sovereignty, and to experience his righteousness through the Son of Man. 3. Be content with the message. God gives sufficient wisdom to understand the essential message of his visions—but not all the details. Some in your congregation may be disappointed that, having completed a study of Daniel, they have not yet experienced a crash course on systematic eschatology. Firmly exhort them to begin with ...

111. The Resurrection of Christ

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... documents the reality of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. The wording of the phrases is clear, although once again (cf. 7:39; 11:30) Paul refers to people’s having fallen asleep, a euphemism for died that has led to unfortunate misunderstandings about the NT understanding of the fate or state of the dead. The euphemism “fell asleep” in no way indicates that the body stopped working and the soul went on hold in slumber. 15:8 Paul’s language is colloquial as he writes, “and last of all, as if ...

112. The Resurrection of the Dead

1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... have been proposed, and none is fully satisfactory. Whatever Paul means, we should note that he does not criticize or deny the practice but uses it to score his own point that the dead will be raised; and we should resist any interpretation that bases its understanding on either the idea of baptism of the dead or a doctrine of baptismal regeneration, since these topics are not in view here, and even elsewhere Paul demonstrates no such thinking (cf. 1 Cor. 1 and Rom. 6). In brief, Paul refers to the practice ...

113. Job's Reply to Bildad

Job 9:1–10:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... , to acknowledge the myriad of ways our lives do not measure up to the promise of God’s creation. By doing so we exercise an inalienable right built into the very fabric of our beings by the creator God who made us. By doing so we come to understand that this world as it currently exists cannot provide our spiritual hope and consummation. By doing so we align ourselves ultimately with the will and purpose of God, who intends for us and his cosmos so much more than this world we now know could ever hope to ...

114. Job's Final Concession

Job 42:1-6

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... usually he is said to “repent.” The verb nkhm can mean this, and it often does. But it can also mean to “change one’s mind.” Such a rendering does not require that Job has committed some sin of which he needs to repent. Rather, he needs to understand God in a new way because his old perceptions have changed. Those who take the repentance route must come up with some sin that Job has committed. Often this sin is pride, or at least the danger of pride (Hartley, Job, p. 536). It seems to me that what ...

115. Making Sense

John 17:6-19

Sermon

John Jamison

... his prayer with, “I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them” (v. 26). Why the huge change in language? After speaking so casually to help the disciples understand everything, why would Jesus become so formal when he prayed? In less than an hour he would kneel in the garden of Gethsemane and pray: “Daddy, if you can get me out of this, please do!” It wasn’t that Jesus believed that he had to speak in a ...

116. Parabola

Luke 10:25-37

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Lori Wagner

... what you hear, but did not hear it. “Hear then the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. As for what was ... the word, and it yields nothing. But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.” The Parable of Weeds ...

117. As I Am A Witness

Luke 24:36-49

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Lori Wagner

... be raised but redeemed. And this is the true mystery of the gospel message, of the witness of the disciples –not just that Jesus was resurrected, but that through his resurrection, they and we are redeemed! “We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God –eternal life.” (1 John 5:20) Because of the witness of Jesus’ disciples, all people could be called to ...

118. A Letter in Time

1 Peter 3:18-22

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John B. Jamison

... the next few weeks, as we get ready for Easter Sunday, we’re going to try and figure that out. We’re going to try and understand, for each of us in our own lives, and all of us together as a church, what it means to be Christ’s ambassador; right here ... former Jews and was a story that even the gentiles would have been familiar with. Talking about Noah helped them all understand that Jesus was associated with that old tradition and that powerful God from the old scriptures. Jesus was not only related to ...

119. Love And Resurrection

Mark 16:1-20

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Don M. Aycock

... a scourge and a crown of thorns. Love will not tolerate the limts of a cold, dark tomb. God loves all peoples even when people might try to ignore him. Good Friday and Easter Sunday show us these facts. So now we see it. Only those who love can understand the resurrection. Only those who have given of themselves can fully appreciate Easter Sunday. Those of us who love can put our faith in a God who loves. Eugene O'Neill has a play called Lazarus Laughed. After Lazarus was restored to life, one of the Roman ...

120. Whether We Live Or Die

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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Sims Robert

... the pain of a long drawn-out illness. Maybe that was it, I don’t know. In moments that totally confuse us, we need some bit of understanding to cling to so that we can go on, so that we can put some normalcy back into an abnormal world. Some say that suicide is ... to use it or abuse it; to invest it or waste it; to live it through to the fullest or to cut it short. We need to understand that life in this world, in this earth and in this body is not forever. It is a brief and temporary moment in time. We are ...

121. Will the Real Jesus Christ Arise?

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Carl Jech

... ways, the Christian church is built entirely upon our interpretations of the absence of Jesus. Especially in John the point is made that Jesus has to go away so that we will be forced to do a lot of wondering about his identity, so that we will begin to understand whole new dimensions of his continuing presence with us. When, a little later, Jesus tells Mary not to hold or touch him because he is about to go away, we are reminded of the other places in John's Gospel where Jesus says that it is good for him ...

122. The Time of Our Visitation

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Leonard Mann

... that he is acting as if he does. Yes, John, you yonder in Herod’s prison, rejoice and be at peace. We don’t altogether understand how it is that he comes to us when we need him so much - in the dark night of our trouble or sorrow, in the ... do not be afraid" (Matthew 14:27). Yes, John, you were right about the Man, right in what you first said. Perhaps you didn’t understand everything either, and perhaps the question arose in your mind as in your prison cell you pondered the mystery of him. But it was ...

123. The Racial Gap

Psalm 53:1-6

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William McKee Aber

... or Stokeley Carmichael, and gratuitous remarks about how so-and-so should do more for his people can be done without! This, it seems, is the situation. A move toward separateness in order that the black community can discover itself. Our call is to try to understand in order that honesty may mark the relationship between us. II Paul’s suggestion to the Romans goes on: "HATE THAT WHICH IS EVIL." I suppose that this has been the race relations theme for years and it’s still valid. Hate that which is evil ...

124. If I Only Had One Wish

2 Chronicles 1:1-12

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James Merritt

... mind, and the purpose for Proverbs that was in Solomon's heart. First, he hearkens back to his days as a young child when he was the apple of David's eye, and he records this picture: Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, and give attention to know understanding; For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law. When I was my father's son, tender and the only one in the sight of my mother, He also taught me, and said to me: Let your heart retain my words; keep my commands, and live. (Pr. 4 ...

125. The Family That Prays Together Stays Together

Luke 18:1-8

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James Merritt

... but it may not be at the first knock. That's why you have got to keep on knocking. Prayer can climb mountains that no man can scale, but it may not be in the first step. That's why you've got to keep on climbing. You need to understand that with God timing is more important than time. You may make instant coffee and instant mashed potatoes, but God does not always manufacture instant answers to our prayers. One of the great lessons I've learned about prayer is that God's delays are not always God's denials ...

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