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101. One in Christ

Ephesians 2:11-22

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... to Christ’s post-resurrection appearances, in which his first followers are told not to fear (Matt. 28:5, 10), or to his benediction of peace in John 14:27 (“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you”). However, there is much to be said for the view that takes it as the preaching of the earthly Jesus himself or, at least, as the preaching of his disciples. Jesus does adopt the words of Isaiah 61:1, 2, as his life’s mission (“the Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach ...

102. Titus' Task on Crete

Titus 1:1-16

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Gordon D. Fee

... people of God by using OT language (e.g., Ps. 105:43; Isa. 65:9, 15; cf. his use of “saints”). In Paul’s view those who have put their trust (faith) in Christ are therefore the true continuation of the ancient people of God. Such a designation is surely ... where the errors have a decidedly Jewish cast to them (see esp. 1:10, 14; 3:8–9). His apostleship is also “with a view to their coming to know the truth” (NIV, for … the knowledge of the truth). In the PE the truth regularly recurs as a ...

103. The Day of the Lord

2 Peter 3:1-18

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... rock (Matt. 7:24–27). 3:13 The dramatic events associated with the second coming have long been foretold. But they are not an end in themselves, however desirable the destruction of all that is evil may be. God has a much more positive and constructive end in view. In keeping with his (God’s) promise (Isa. 65:17; 66:22), Peter reminds his readers that as God’s people we are looking forward (prosdokan, as in vv. 12 and 14) to what is to replace all that will have been destroyed. By divine act, God will ...

104. Assured by the Certainties of Faith

1 John 5:13-21

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Thomas F. Johnson

... ; 15:7; 16:23–24; Jas. 1:5–8; 4:2–3; 5:16b; 1 John 3:22). 5:16 The theme of prayer continues in vv. 16–17, but now the author treats a specific issue, or perhaps a question, that has arisen in the Johannine fellowship in view of the schism (2:19): should we pray for our brothers who practice sin? That the writer first thinks of intercessory prayer after his encouragement to pray in vv. 14–15 demonstrates the unselfish nature of true prayer. Authentic prayer reaches out to others in their need; it ...

105. Elijah and Obadiah

1 Kings 18:1-15

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Iain W. Provan

... Elijah’s hope is that he will be able to gather all the prophets, both of Baal and of his consort Asherah, in one place and deal with them all at one time, but apparently only the prophets of Baal turn up at Mount Carmel (18:22–29, 40). In view of the general characterization of Ahab in 1 Kgs. 18 and the emphasis placed in 18:19 on the queen’s table as the eating place of the prophets, it is tempting to see Ahab’s failure to obey Elijah’s command here as further testifying to his impotence—this ...

106. The Gospel of God in Christ through Paul

Romans 1:1-17

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C. Marvin Pate

... to a cross and having the head of a donkey. The date for this inscription is most likely the beginning of the third century. The inscription is thought by most scholars to be a mocking description of a Christian. Justin Martyr, a Christian apologist, summarized the view of Christ by the people of the time. They considered it a joke that a crucified man would be made equal to the eternal creator God. A person like that could only be treated with disdain or contempt; he must be a lunatic. Quote: The Passion ...

107. Israel Demands a King

1 Samuel 8:1-22

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... the Lord to protect them but feel they need a human king to lead them in battle. Perhaps we should see the people’s request against the background of the loss of the ark (1 Sam. 4). The Israelites, led by Eli’s sons Hophni and Phinehas, seem to view the ark as a palladium or relic that can be used to compel God to intervene on their behalf. The ark’s failure to bring victory and then, even worse, its capture may have led to the belief that it is ineffective. The people possibly feel that a surrogate ...

108. Bildad’s Final Attempt to Answer Job

Job 25:1-6

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Daniel J. Estes

... are at the very bottom. What Job is suffering at the ash heap is all that any human deserves. Bildad misconstrues God as viewing humans like Job with utter revulsion, as just maggots and worms, when in fact God created humans in his own image and gave ... prologue (Job 1:8; 2:3), he would have realized that Yahweh regards Job highly, not with the disdain with which Bildad views humans. Theological Insights In 25:3, Bildad pictures God as the heavenly warrior whose angelic forces defeat his foes. When this ...

109. The Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

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Marion L. Soards

... Paul may mean to say that given the problems in Corinth, God must be at work to differentiate those who are faithful from those who are behaving inappropriately. The reader has seen repeatedly that the apostle thought and taught from an apocalyptic-eschatological point of view. If he writes in that vein at this point, he understands God’s power to be at work in the separation of the Corinthians into groups to show which of you have God’s approval (lit. “in order that those who are approved may become ...

110. The Resurrection of the Dead

1 Corinthians 15:12-34

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Marion L. Soards

... 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 of some in Corinth of being baptized in behalf of the dead. Whether this means they were baptized for their own dead bodies ...

111. The Rider on the White Horse

Revelation 19:11-21

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Robert W. Wall

... 6, where the stained robe symbolizes God’s just retribution against God’s enemies (Mounce, Revelation, p. 345), we prefer the patristic advice that recommends this image be understood by Revelation 5:5–6. The essential christological theme of Revelation demands that we view the conquering Lion first as the slaughtered Lamb (cf. Caird, Revelation, pp. 242–44). On his robe are the stains of his passion, because of which he is called the “Faithful and True” to God’s love and by which a people has ...

112. Whose Son is the Christ?

Mark 12:35-40

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Larry W. Hurtado

... ancient Jewish expectation, the Messiah was sometimes understood as rebuilding or refurbishing the temple, making it the seat of his kingdom. From 11:1 on, Mark has Jesus in the temple teaching and manifesting himself in the role of Messiah, the difference being that in Mark’s view Jesus’ arrival means the end of the validity of the temple rather than its enhancement (cf. 11:17; 13:1–2; 15:38). The son of David: This had become a title for the Messiah by Jesus’ time (see note on 10:47). 12:36 David ...

113. The Glory of the New Covenant

2 Corinthians 3:7-17; 4:1-6

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... of Israel’s obduracy (cf. C. A. Evans) that is brought to expression here. As we have seen, OT and Jewish tradition commonly views Israel on a historical continuum of sin and guilt due to the nation’s hard-heartedness. Therefore, in verse 14 Paul can ... Isa. 35:2; 40:5; 58:8; 60:1; Ezek. 1:28; 3:12, 23; 10:4, 18; 11:23; 43:4, 5; Hab. 2:14). In view of our interpretation of 2 Cor. 2:14, it seems significant that the Targum interprets Ps. 68:19 particularly with reference to proselytes: “You ascended to ...

114. Suffering for Doing Good

1 Peter 3:8-22

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... of busy hands and the Mary devotion of hands together that, for example, leads to prayer for others: “To pray is to work.” Again, there must be intense and persistent efforts to seek peace and pursue it. Personal relationships, of course, not politics, are primarily in view here. The phraseology is echoed by other NT writers (Rom. 14:19; 2 Tim. 2:22; Heb. 12:14), for the theme is plainly one close to the spirit of Jesus himself (Matt. 5:9), and indeed is the heart of his work of salvation in securing ...

115. Elijah on Mount Carmel

1 Kings 18:16-46

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

116. Finding Faith In Unlikely People

Luke 7:1-10

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Maurice A. Fetty

... the west and these from the land of Syene. (Isaiah 49:12) He was acquainted with Malachi's prophecy: From furthest east to furthest west my name is great among the nations. (Malachi 1:11) While Jesus may have begun his ministry with a rather exclusivistic view of God as Israel's sole possession, he soon expanded his vision to behold the amazing work of God throughout the world, even in the Romans, the enemies. What a breakthrough. Heretofore, with the exception of some of the prophets, God was seen as a ...

117. Saul, The Tormented King

1 Samuel 8:1-22

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Arthur H. Kolsti

... local reputation and influence. The minute his eyes fell on the handsome and striking Saul, Samuel knew he had found the one to be first king of Israel. He entertained Saul in lavish fashion. They dined together on the roof of Samuel's house in full public view, an adroit way of letting everyone know that this handsome fellow had found favor in the eyes of the priest. Samuel even managed to find the lost asses of Saul. Saul must have been both impressed and dazzled. But if that was not enough, before he ...

118. Natural Or Supernatural?

Luke 9:28-36

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Louis H. Valbracht

... own purposes, so that the strongest evidence of Christianity's truth is this divine intervention in miracles." In other words, the only way we can prove the existence of God is when He comes down and tinkers with a watch. Now, turn to the other view of Wordsworth, for instance: ... I have feltA presence that disturbs me with the joyOf elevated thoughts; a sense sublimeOf something far more deeply interfused,Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns,And the round ocean and the living air,And the blue sky ...

119. Paul: The Man and His Message

Romans 9:1-29

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T. A. Kantonen

... Lord is indeed an epitome of what Paul preached. He had no personal contact with the historical Jesus but on the basis of the proclamation of the pre-Pauline church he was well acquainted with the life and teaching of Jesus. We have noted the fallacy of the view that there is a great gulf fixed between the Jesus of the Gospels and the Christ of the Pauline epistles. The Epistles, to be sure, are not Gospels and do not set out to recount "all that Jesus began to do and to teach." But when the basic content ...

120. The Art of Living Until

Matthew 24:36-51

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Leonard Mann

... "interim psychology," a syndrome of the temporary. And this can be dangerous. The result for most of us most of the time is a kind of carpe diem complex. We want to sieze the day, the present day, to grasp it, to grab it. But what for? with what in view? to what purpose? to what end? I suppose there are, in general, two ways to use the day. One is mentioned in Isaiah 22:13 where a group of people are described as slaying oxen and killing sheep and eating flesh and drinking wine and saying, "Let us eat and ...

121. A Prophet Like Me

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

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Frederick C. Edwards

... the Word is our prophetic task as the Church of Jesus Christ. As such we do not offer a panacea, but a new mind and a new view. It is very easy to be critical of the church when it fails to be as prophetic as it should, but let us not forget that we ... and a grasp of moral law, and the understanding that certain choices bring about predictable results. Most of all the prophet views every act from the awareness that God speaks to contemporary situations and to our own lives. Implicit in our Christian faith ...

122. Reaching Our Full Potential

Matthew 25:14-30

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King Duncan

... it is to discover at the end of your days that you have been cultivating an insignificant life! No amount of money or fame or status can make up for a life that was spent in self-centeredness and vanity. THE SECOND POINT OF THIS PARABLE IS THAT OUR VIEW OF GOD AFFECTS OUR STEWARDSHIP OF OUR LIFE. The first and second servants trusted their master's commands. Even when he was gone, they proved trustworthy and wise in their handling of the master's property. And in the end, they earned the master's trust and ...

123. That Would Be Some Miracle!

John 6:1-15

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Donald B. Strobe

... he describes what happened in a very simple way. I suggest that you dig out that old volume and look up his version of the fellowship meal along the seaside. He describes the scene most vividly, and paints his word-picture in an unforgettable manner. In his view, the crowd following Jesus was not as stupid as Kenneth Foreman suggested. They knew that they would be away from home all day, and so, like good Boy Scouts, they came prepared. But there were also among them those who had come on the spur of the ...

124. A Case for Living Together

Revelation 7:9-17

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Leonard Sweet

... youth bring into a world dying in their sins? You have a wonderful opportunity to preach the gospel to a dying world, a ministry of salvation through our savior, Jesus Christ! Are you doing that? It doesn't take a degree to interpret the Bible's view on sin and the bold truth that homosexuality is an abomination! When I saw these people I was ashamed for a moment to be connected with the southern Baptist. The message being sent out into the world should condemn these worldly lifestyles not condone. Even my ...

125. Ash Wednesday

Mt 6:1-6, 16-21 · 2 Cor 5:20b--6:10 · Ps 51:1-17 · Jl 2:1-2, 12-17

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... and conclusion. As is the case throughout the Sermon, all of the occurrences of you are plural forms, so that this is teaching for the community, not merely for the individual. Structure. These verses are like five pearls on a string, though it is helpful to view v. 1 as an introductory thematic statement; vv. 2-6, 16-18 as a series of examples of the theme with concluding words of assurance; and vv. 19-21 as a metaphorical conclusion to the theme with an explanation of the logic behind the teaching. Thus ...

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