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1701. Adversity of a Righteous Man

Job 1:1-22

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Daniel J. Estes

... describes the fall of this huge, powerful being who chose to compete with God. Who first seduced them [Adam and Eve] to that foul revolt? Th’ infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stirred up with envy and revenge, deceived The mother of mankind, what time his pride Had cast him out from Heav’n, with all his host Of rebel angels, by whose aid aspiring To set himself in glory above his peers He trusted to have equaled the Most High, If he opposed; and with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarch ...

1702. Job Hears the Whispers of God’s Works

Job 26:1--31:40

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Daniel J. Estes

... and kingdoms of the earth. The Creator God is also the Sovereign Lord. 26:12–13 By his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces. The Hebrew term rahab (not to be confused with the name Rahab in Joshua 2, which is spelled differently in Hebrew) means “pride,” but it is also used as a proper noun several times in the Old Testament. Sometimes “Rahab” is a metaphorical reference to Egypt (Ps. 87:4; Isa. 30:7), likely because of the arrogant attitude of that nation. Here, however, the parallel to the sea ...

1703. Yahweh Speaks as the Master Teacher

Job 38:1--41:34

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Daniel J. Estes

... Job must accept humbly his subordinate place before God. 41:34 It looks down on all that are haughty; it is king over all that are proud. Leviathan has no match in the created world. It is more powerful even than humans, who take pride in their own accomplishments, and it will not submit to their control. However, mighty Leviathan must bow before Yahweh, to whom everything belongs (41:11). Theological Insights In the ancient world, pagan gods were typically viewed as ruling over specific local areas. For ...

1704. “The Lord . . . Rules the World in Righteousness”

Psalm 10:1-18, Psalm 9:1-20

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C. Hassell Bullock

... , and “Teaching the Text.” 9:20 let the nations know they are only mortal. As a result of their fall, the nations will know that they are but mortal, not gods.[10] 10:1 times of trouble. See the comments on 9:9. 10:4 In his pride . . . no room for God. It is the attitude of 14:1 and 53:1, even though it may be more practical than theoretical. The wicked’s defenseless victims are the innocent (10:8), and his bravado is nothing more than cowardice emboldened by his superior strength and station ...

1705. “You Will Fill Me with Joy in Your Presence”

Psalm 16:1-11

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C. Hassell Bullock

... value to the team, the pastor went out front to blaze the trail, to show the scouts that he could read the map and stay on the trail. Hiking at a rapid pace, he arrived at the day’s destination long before the scouts. Puffing up with pride, the pastor asked the scouts as they arrived, “What took you so long?” The scouts merely smiled and complimented him. A little later one of the scouts asked the pastor what he thought about the American bald eagles that had been flying overhead. Another scout asked ...

1706. “The King Rejoices in Your Strength, Lord”

Psalm 21:1-13

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C. Hassell Bullock

... Israel’s praises also took upon himself our human flesh. Some will raise the question why God commands us to praise him. Does he “need” our praises, or is he so egotistical that he “wants” our praises? Lewis says that pleasure in being praised is not pride.[15] If we know ourselves and our work to be worthy of praise, then we should receive it truthfully—no denial—and gratefully. J. S. Bach is worthy of our praise. In his case he signed his works with the letters S.D.G., the Latin attribution ...

1707. “If I Were Hungry I Would Not Tell You, for the World Is Mine, and All That Is in It”

Psalm 50:1-23

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C. Hassell Bullock

... did he ask the prince elector of Saxony for assistance, Martin Luther said: “The world is nothing but a reversed Decalogue, or the Ten Commandments backwards, a mask and picture of the devil, all contemners of God, all blasphemers, all disobedient; harlotry, pride, theft, murder, etc. are now almost ripe for the slaughter.”9Luther’s image of “a reversed Decalogue” is a striking way to describe what had gone wrong with Asaph’s world, and with ours. The “not/no” of the commandments has been ...

1708. “Be Exalted, O God, above the Heavens; Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth”

Psalm 57:1-11

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C. Hassell Bullock

... ” (hanneni ’elohim). Fourth, Psalm 57 shares two terms with the preceding psalm: “pursue” (sh’p, also means “pant,” 57:3b; 56:1, 2) and “on high” (the same verbal root, rum, but translated by the NIV as “be exalted” in 57:5a and “in their pride” in 56:2).5Fifth, both Psalms 56 and 57 have a refrain that expresses praise of God’s universal sovereignty (56:4b–c, 11; 57:5, 11). Psalm 57:7–11 is duplicated with only minor differences in Psalm 108:1–5, there introducing a psalm ...

1709. Triumph of God’s People and Kingdom

Daniel 7:15-28

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Ronald W. Pierce

... 2:37–43 and 7:3–8, the fourth kingdom is most likely Greece (331–146 BC; see “Additional Insights” following the unit on 2:31–49). 7:24 The ten horns are ten kings . . . After them another king will arise. Horns symbolize strength and power but also pride and honor for good (1 Sam. 2:10; Ps. 148:14) as well as evil (Jer. 48:25; Lam. 2:3). Here they describe the line of kings within the fourth kingdom that leads to a blasphemous and oppressive king. The exact referents for the numbering of the ...

1710. Closing

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

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James M. Scott

... to Paul’s appeal to concord and peace in the closing of 2 Corinthians (13:11) is obvious, but it extends even further than the closing. For, as 1 Clement makes clear, certain rebels in the congregation, consumed with jealousy and pride, had revolted against the presbyters’ legitimate authority, founded on the tradition of the apostles and comparable to the Aaronic priesthood. The revolt caused the church to split over the issue of legitimate leadership. Therefore Clement calls the rebels to repentance ...

1711. How to Deal with Demons

Matthew 12:38-50

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Maxie Dunnam

... the persistence of evil.” “Not many of us do bargain on the persistence of evil. We get rid of some troublesome evil and tidy up the place; then some other wicked thing comes along… We renounce the lust of the flesh only to become victims of pride or greed. We get rid of hate only to have worry or fear plague our days. We’re too good to steal or murder, but our very self-righteousness catches up with us. We will not tolerate intolerance, but we entertain the selfish spirit almost without knowing ...

1712. Good for Nothing

Luke 13:1-9

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Maxie Dunnam

... Damacles hangs over our head in the form of a raging national insecurity that keeps us in an arms race that can only lead us to destruction. How long is the Lord going to abide our sinfulness? How long is He going to abide our cynical, self-serving pride? How long is He going to suffer our waywardness, our turning away from Him? Might He look down upon this nation that obviously He has blessed in exceptional ways and ask, “Where is the fruit of the tree that would be pleasing to me?” When might He chop ...

1713. God Has No Grandchildren

John 3:1-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... . Sin is living the unexamined life to the point that we convince ourselves we have no sin. Sin is ordering our lives as though we were not dependent upon God. Sin is convincing ourselves that we are good when the only goodness we know is our pride-producing performance that receives the acclaim of the world. Who needs the new birth? Anyone who is still trying to save himself or herself by good works—anyone who has not yet accepted forgiveness of sin by God’s grace. III. Now the third question. How ...

1714. The Grace Question: “Are You a Teacher…and Yet Do Not Understand These Things?”

John 3:1-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... And that’s worth 97 points. Come on in.” Nicodemus didn’t understand that. Despite the witness of scripture and our experience, we continue to question grace. Maybe it has something to do with our original sin. It certainly has a lot to do with our pride and perverted self-sufficiency. So, let’s think about it…this question of Jesus so relevant to us because it’s question of grace. I. Focus first on that phrase that shocked Nicodemus. “You must be born again.” Now, I know how that term is ...

1715. Thank You, Siri...Oops!

Luke 17:11-19

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King Duncan

... of the heart. There was still decay and disfigurement within. Saying, “thank you” is a statement, first of all, of our character. Saying “Thank you” is also a statement of grace. Perhaps the greatest barrier to saying, “thank you” for many of us is our pride. We don’t like acknowledging our dependence on anybody--even God. We fancy ourselves to be self-made persons. We like to think that we have no one to thank but ourselves. How blind we are. I am convinced that this is the primary detriment ...

1716. Loving God with All Our Might

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

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Gary M. Burge

... commandments. But with the blessing of God to come as they enter the land of Canaan and receive his gracious gifts, they must “be careful that [they] do not forget the Lord” (6:12). Forgetting what God has done would seriously impoverish Israel’s spirituality, for pride takes over as they begin to think that it all happened by their own strength. Fearing God is one of the best ways to express our love and devotion to him (6:13). Moses contrasts slavery in Egypt (6:21) to service to God (6:13). Israel ...

1717. David’s Song

2 Samuel 22:1-51

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Gary M. Burge

... set an example for the rest of the nation and lead a godly life. His realization that God brings down the proud and exalts the humble (22:28) repeats an underlying theme of 1 and 2 Samuel. In his own struggle with Saul, David becomes well aware of what pride can do to a king out of touch with God. David also knows that God responds in kind to the attitudes and actions of human beings. Those who are hostile toward God will eventually find that God will be hostile toward them (Lev. 26:27–28). Those who seek ...

1718. David’s Census

2 Samuel 24:1-17

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Gary M. Burge

... in Job is a sort of divine prosecutor whose task is to ferret out hypocrisy. Sometimes the taking of a census was perfectly acceptable (Numbers 1; 26), so David’s sin must here involve the motivation behind the census. In all probability David is guilty of pride as he glories in the size of his armies and the numerous victories he has won. Backed by faithful, highly skilled troops and courageous leaders, David may be overlooking his need to trust in the Lord, the one who gave Goliath into his hands. Even ...

1719. Preparations for Building the Temple

1 Kings 5:1-18

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Gary M. Burge

... because of besetting wars, and we have to refer back to 2 Samuel 7 to figure out if this is a valid claim. Regardless, Solomon is interested in the cedars of Lebanon and skilled workers. The cedars of Lebanon will shortly become a prophetic metaphor of towering pride (e.g., Isa. 2:13; Zech. 11:1). Hiram’s initial response (5:7–12) is an outburst of praise, surprising in the mouth of a foreign monarch. Hiram then delineates what he will do (float the logs by sea) and finally mentions his own expectations ...

1720. The Account of Uzziah

2 Chronicles 26:1-23

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Gary M. Burge

... amassing of a large and efficient army (26:11–14). But this initial success, to be linked to the influence of the godly Zechariah (see similarly Jehoiada’s influence on Joash in 2 Chronicles 24), comes to an end in 26:16–21, when Uzziah’s pride corrupts him. Violating the clear laws governing the holy space in the temple and ignoring the priests’ concerns, Uzziah invades the holy place to burn his own incense. God’s judgment falls on the king as an unclean skin disease breaks out on his forehead ...

1721. Mordecai Is Exalted

Esther 10:1-3

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Gary M. Burge

... celebrate important events, and commemorate victories. The content of the book is entertaining and comical, and its characters are colorful and amusing. But even more significant, the book of Esther underlines numerous biblical truths. Among them, Haman’s story confirms that “pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall” (Prov. 16:18). Esther and Mordecai highlight the importance of fasting and contrition in order to receive direction from God (Esther 4:3; 9:31; 1 Pet. 3:12). Most of ...

1722. The Lord Speaks

Job 38:1--41:34

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Gary M. Burge

... . God ends his second speech by describing this beast as one who looks down on all who are arrogant and proud (41:33–34). This is shocking to the common conception that Leviathan, as chaos, is to be thwarted and defeated. Here the creature is celebrated for its well-deserved pride.

1723. Psalm 52

Psalm 52:1-9

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Gary M. Burge

David expresses outrage at one who could act so treacherously as to slaughter the priests and people at Nob (see the superscription; 1 Sam. 21:7–19) and enjoy doing so (52:1–4). Such an individual epitomizes the self-centered person who takes pride in plotting and carrying out evil. Together, Psalms 51 and 52 show the difference between those who are broken by their sin and those who embrace their sin, and the diametrically opposite end states of each (52:5–9).

1724. Psalm 59

Psalm 59:1-17

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Gary M. Burge

... (59:8–10). Perhaps for the only time in the Psalter, David seeks God’s mercy for his enemies, but only so that they might be object lessons for his people (59:11). Then, after the lesson is learned, David hopes that God will destroy these prideful sinners (59:12–13). David’s enemies howl through the night (59:14–15), whereas David, whom God preserves through the night, praises God for his unfailing love (59:16–17). Thus David, who at the beginning of the psalm seeks deliverance, now at the end ...

1725. Recognize that Bad Days Can Bring about Good

Ecclesiastes 7:1--8:1

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Gary M. Burge

... Oppression (as in Eccles. 4:1; 5:8, contra NIV’s “extortion”) can drive even a wise person mad, while a bribing gift can destroy the core of one’s being (literally “heart”). Perseverance and patience are to be valued over pride (literally “better long of spirit than high of spirit”), hasty and persistent reactions to provocation, and plaintive comparisons (7:8–10). Verses 11–12, which conclude the central section by comparing wisdom and wealth, support the possibility that verse 1a may ...

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