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1251. Shining as Stars

Philippians 2:12-18

Understanding Series

F. F. Bruce

... pay attention to this. The seriousness with which they should treat this matter is shown by the phrase with fear and trembling. Certainly the attitude here recommended has nothing to do with slavish terror: as Paul assures the Christians in Rome, “you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear” (Rom. 8:15). It is rather an attitude of due reverence and awe in the presence of God, a sensitivity to his will, an awareness of responsibility in view of the account to be rendered before the ...

1252. Children of God

1 John 2:28--3:10

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... of God” (John 1:12–13). Repeatedly, Jesus tells Nicodemus that he must be “born from above” (3:3, 7), or be born of water and the Spirit (3:5, 8). In the letters of John, being born of God occurs in 2:29; 3:9 (twice); 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18 (twice). In ... against those who claim that they do not (1:8, 10). Christians are to “walk in the light” (1:7) by the power of the indwelling Spirit (3:9) and to claim the blood of Jesus which keeps on cleansing us from all sin (1:7). 3:10 The proselyting activity of ...

1253. Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

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Jeannine K. Brown

... and tribulations of their time, but to identify and announce the ways in which Jesus is leading God’s people out of slavery, through the desert to a new land of freedom.3 Followers of Jesus can live with boldness in spite of opposition because “the Spirit of [their] Father” will be with them. Quote: In her memoir The Hiding Place, Corrie ten Boom tells of her sister’s final days when they were prisoners together in Ravensbrück in northern Germany during World War II. Betsie, who had cared for other ...

1254. Jesus’s Identity as Messiah and Son of God Established

Mark 1:1-8

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Grant R. Osborne

... and Malachi 3:1 by becoming the one who “prepares the way” for the coming of God’s final kingdom in Jesus the Messiah. His ministry in every way foreshadows Jesus. He is the first great prophet in four hundred years, the one coming “in the spirit and power of Elijah” (Luke 1:17), yet he gives way to Jesus, the greater prophet (a major emphasis in Luke 1–3) who will perform the miracles of Elijah and bring God’s salvation to humankind. He preaches repentance (Mark 1:4), preparing for Jesus’s ...

1255. Divided Loyalties

Luke 12:1-12, Luke 12:13-21

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R.T. France

... feature in these verses: the future revelation of what is at present hidden the only mention in Luke of “hell” (though 16:19–31 will speak of punishment after death) repudiation in heaven of those who did not acknowledge Jesus on earth a sin (blasphemy against the Holy Spirit) for which there is no forgiveness a reminder that our life and death are in the hands of God In all these aspects it is God who is in control. It is God, and only God, who can consign people to hell. But those who are loyal to ...

1256. “Weak and Strong” Should Get Along

Romans 14:1--15:13

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C. Marvin Pate

... :24, 50; Gal. 5:21; Eph. 5:5 [kingdom of Christ and God]; Col. 4:11; 1 Thess. 2:12; 2 Thess. 1:5; 2 Tim. 4:1, 18 with reference to the “not yet” aspect). Romans 14:17 describes the kingdom as righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit, which are new-covenant blessings. 3. The Jesus tradition also undergirds Romans 14:13–23: Romans 14:13-23 / Synoptic Gospels Do not judge (v. 13) / Matt. 7:1; Luke 6:37 Unclean (v. 14) / Mark 7:15 The kingdom of God (v. 17) / 105 times in the Synoptic Gospels ...

1257. Marriage, Sexual Intimacy, and Spiritual Devotion

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

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Preben Vang

... cannot control themselves”) Paul probably is referring not to an insatiable sex-craze but to an inability to concentrate on the service to Christ (cf. 9:25). Athletes exercise self-control and stay focused on their task (enkrateia is listed also as evidence of the Spirit’s fruit [Gal. 5:23]). The meaning of the verse would then be something like this: “Those whose minds continue to be occupied by the desire to marry should marry. For it is better to marry than to be distracted by passion.” 7:10–11 ...

1258. The Priority of Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Preben Vang

... evidence agap?. Positively, they are verbs describing the generosity of God, their patron (e.g., Matt. 18:26). 13:4 Love is patient. The more excellent way (12:31) is one in which Christ followers wait patiently (Rom. 2:4; 9:22). Actively being patient is a mark of the Spirit’s presence (Gal. 5:22), evidence of holy living (Eph. 4:2; Col. 1:11; 3:12; 1 Thess. 5:14), and something the Corinthians could learn by imitating Paul (2 Cor. 6:6; 1 Tim. 1:16; 2 Tim. 3:10). love is kind. Doing acts of kindness ...

1259. How to Deal with Demons

Matthew 12:38-50

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Maxie Dunnam

... could live at peace. But his freedom from evil didn’t last long. Almost before he realized it, a plague of other evil spirits came upon the poor fellow. He had not bargained upon the persistence of evil.” “Not many of us do bargain on the persistence ... have to run the demons out of our life, but we have to make Him the Lord of our life. We have to allow the Holy Spirit to take residence there, to fill up our lives with meaning and direction, in order that other demons will not return and claim us. It’s ...

1260. God Has No Grandchildren

John 3:1-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... as though he had never been away. It will be so with any one of us. “You must be born again.” That’s what Jesus said. In response to His word, we simply turn to Him and accept his grace and let the Spirit blow where it will to refresh our spirits, to give us life. 1. Story quoted by Don Shelby in “Datelines for Decision,” March 1987 2. Clarence Jordan, “Metamorphosis”, Jubilee, The Upper Room, 1976, p. 38 3. Rev. Clovis G. Chappell, D.D., More Sermons on Biblical Characters, Richard R. Smith ...

1261. David’s Fame

1 Sam 16:1-23

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Gary M. Burge

... , but as the youngest he is the unlikeliest choice; even so, the Lord chooses him to shepherd the people of Israel (cf. 2 Sam. 5:2). On the spot and with his family looking on, Samuel anoints David with oil as the new king-designate. “From that day on the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David,” as it has come upon Saul at the earlier anointing (16:13; cf. 10:6–10). Throughout the rest of his life, David will enjoy the empowering of the ...

1262. The Rescue of the Lord’s People and His Reign on Mount Zion

Joel 2:28-32

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Gary M. Burge

... age of salvation and vindication for Judah, 3:1–17 depicts the day of the Lord as a terrifying display of divine wrath toward God’s adversaries. Joel characterizes the day of the Lord as the “pouring out of the Spirit” on everyone, without distinction (2:28–29). The pouring out of the Spirit is normally associated with the advent of prophetic gifts (1 Sam. 10:6–10; 18:10; 1 Kings 22:22–23; Neh. 9:30; Zech. 7:12; 13:2); therefore, prophetic abilities will be poured out on all of Israel during ...

1263. Baptism and Temptation

Mark 1:9-13

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Gary M. Burge

... (see Isa. 42:1; 49:3), royal Sonship imagery (Ps. 2:7; Exod. 4:22–23), and beloved filial imagery (Gen. 22:2, 12, 16). The three heavenly signs designate the baptism as the inaugural event of Jesus’s ministry, in which he is empowered by God’s Spirit to speak and act not simply for God, but as God. Jesus’s forty-day trial in the wilderness (1:12–13) may reflect God’s testing of Israel in the wilderness for forty years (Deut. 8:2). The wilderness plays an important role in the Old Testament ...

1264. John the Baptist Prepares the Way

Mark 1:1-8

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... standards, perhaps modeled somewhat after the Nazirite vow described on the OT, involving abstinence from wine among other rules (see Num. 6:2–21; Judg. 13:5–7; 16:17; Amos 2:11–12). 1:8 The Holy Spirit: The accounts of John’s message in Matt. 3:11 and Luke 3:16 say that the one coming will baptize with “Holy Spirit and with fire.” The “fire” is probably a symbol of the coming judgment mentioned in those passages. Here (and in Acts 1:5) there is no reference to judgment, and so only the Holy ...

1265. The Temptation of Jesus

Luke 4:1-13

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... meditates on the direction that his ministry should take. While Jesus does this, diabolical temptations are put to him that would divert him from his divine mission. Being fully committed to the word of God and being “full of the Holy Spirit,” however, Jesus thwarts the tempter. (Talbert [pp. 44–46] observes that Jesus defeated Satan through correct use of Scripture.) Having emerged from this ordeal victorious, Jesus is now ready to announce the Gospel. Additional Notes Concerning the order of the ...

1266. Apostles of Christ

1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... ” perspective they claimed for themselves (1:21; 2:1; 3:2). Now, Paul confronts them as having a “word” that is devoid of power, because true power is found only in the gospel (1:17), the cross of Christ (1:17–18, 23–24), and the Spirit (2:4; 2:10, 12, 14)—all of which Paul’s critics repudiate through their involvement with worldly wisdom. Paul has already made clear that he stakes his life on the “power” of the “weakness of God” (1:25) and that he ministers in a manner consistent ...

1267. The Resurrection of Christ

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... redeems that corrupt existence in a new, incorruptible gift of (spiritual) life through the resurrection of the dead. The Corinthians deny the reality or necessity of bodily resurrection—it is a disdainful notion to those who consider themselves to be liberated in the spirit and from the body by death. Paul insists that the resurrection of the dead, the granting of a new transformed life as a new creation, is not only true; indeed, it is the key to comprehending the reality of God’s saving work. Thus ...

1268. Fire from the Lord

Numbers 11:1-3

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

... the final section of the story, God uses the wind to drive flocks of quail in from the sea and make them easy to gather, close to the ground (v. 31—“two cubits” or about one meter or three feet). The word for wind is the same as that for spirit elsewhere in the chapter (vv. 17, 25, etc.). The people gather a great many quail and lay them out to dry in the sun. Ten homers would be about sixty bushels or 2.2 kiloliters—much quail! But before the people could finish enjoying this meat, a severe plague ...

1269. Jesus Heals Many

Luke 4:38-44

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... 1QapGen 20.28–29 where Abram prays, lays his hands on the head of the Pharaoh, and exorcizes the plague/‘evil spirit’ afflicting the Pharaoh (and his household) for having carried off Sarai” (see Gen. 12:10–20; 20:8–18). The laying ... laying on of hands for purposes of healing, however, is very likely a natural derivation from the idea of laying on hands and receiving the Spirit. In Acts 9:12 Ananias is instructed in a vision to go “and place his hands on him [Paul] to restore his sight.” When ...

1270. Quail from the Lord

Numbers 11:4-35

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

1271. The World Hates the Disciples

John 15:18--16:4

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... synoptic Gospels: to enable the disciples to stand firm under hostile questioning and to testify faithfully about Jesus to their persecutors (vv. 26–27; cf. Mark 13:11; Matt. 10:19; Luke 12:11–12). Though this is the main import of the promise of the Spirit in its historical and literary context, it is likely that the first readers of the Gospel (like many readers today) regarded it as the conferral of authority in a more general sense on those who had been with Jesus from the beginning (v. 27; cf. 1 ...

1272. Hearts / Repentance

2 Corinthians 7:2-16

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... :7, his hope for the Corinthians is “firm” or “sure.” Also in 1:15 and 2:3 (cf. 13:14!), Paul expresses confidence in the church (even in “all” the members!). He even states that the Corinthians reveal they are a letter authored by Christ written by the Spirit (3:3) and as such a source of his “confidence” as an apostle (v. 4). 7:15 On the theme of obedience in Paul, see Don B. Garlington, The Obedience of Faith (WUNT 2/28; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1991). 7:16 For another example of captatio ...

1273. Faces of Failure: Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

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Don Tuttle

... strewn on a valley floor but then the nation is reborn when God “puts breath in” them. One would think a Bible scholar like Nicodemus would know all this and get the point. To be born “again” or “from above” is to be born of God by the Spirit. But, Nicodemus doesn’t get it. He so obtuse that Jesus chides him: “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?” Still, Jesus doesn’t give up. “We speak of what we know,” he says, “and bear witness to what we ...

1274. Jesus Destroys the Power of Sin

Mark 2:1-12

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Richard Gribble

... Edwards conceived a theological notion he called “remanations” — the human response to an encounter with a divine “emanation,” the presence of the divine in our midst. According to Edwards, when a human encounters the emanation of the divine, the human spirit responds with its own reflection, its own kind of bounce-back echo, of that divinity. Of course, the emanation Edwards meant was the person and presence of Jesus Christ. Each human being who encounters the Christ, who is transformed in the ...

1275. Lost in the Wonder of God

Matthew 28:16-20

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Lori Wagner

... that guide us in understanding God’s will for us. The mountain is the place where the covenant was born, and it is now the place where a new covenant is handed down. For Jesus to take on the role of Son equal to the Father and Holy Spirit, the passer on of the covenant, the one to bless and send, where else, but on God’s mountain? In the Hebrew scriptures, we are told to “go and repopulate the earth,” “to be fruitful and multiply.” Now, we are told, “Make more disciples who will be observant ...

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