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151. Water and Spirit

John 3:1-17

Sermon

George Reed

... that gluttony is seen as being as sinful as impure thoughts. This had led the church to establish, through the ages, hospitals and feeding programs so that we can not only take care of our bodies but so that the physical needs of others can be met. We understand that it is not enough to offer spiritual comfort and deny food, medicine, and shelter to those in need. Nor is it enough to feed, heal, and house people without sharing with them the good news of God as we have experienced it in Jesus Christ. It can ...

152. The Unchanging Christ in a Changing World

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16

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Charles L. Aaron

... reality. Just like mestizaje and mulatez combine in Hispanics different traits, cultures, and races without dissolving their differences into sameness, the Incarnation joins human and divine natures without dissolving their differences."2 This is why doctrine matters. We need to understand Christ rightly. Hebrews teaches us of a Christ who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. We rejoice in that stability. Jesus still reveals God to us, still takes away our sins. Hebrews also teaches us of a Christ who ...

153. Do You Believe In Miracles?

Matthew 15:29-39

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James Merritt

... my Father, then do not believe me;but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” (John 10:37-38, ESV) Jesus said, “Look, if you don’t want to ... they took her in for a CAT scan. A short time later the doctor came out shaken and amazed. He said to this man, “I don’t understand this, but we cannot find that tumor.” He said, “I didn’t just come out here to tell you this, but I came out to ask ...

154. For the Hearing Impaired

Matthew 13:1-23

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James Merritt

... seed, but on the soil. Even the best sower with the best seed will not have a harvest if he has bad soil. Jesus identifies the soil as the heart of the missing people we are trying to reach. “When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.” (Matthew 13:19, ESV) Do you know what makes the Word of God different from every other book or message that you will ever encounter? You ...

155. Getting to a Teachable Moment

Mark 15:1-15

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Craig MacCreary

... in a moment when beyond all that divides I could discover all that unites people who share the human story. It might come in pushing hard to run six miles in under an hour at the age of 56. Or it could come in suddenly discovering that I could understand something of what Einstein was getting at. The amazing thing is that those who set their face “like a flint” on such a message and did not turn back turned out to be right. The marvelous thing about the commitment to such a message was that it affirmed ...

156. Accusations

2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4, 2 Corinthians 2:5-11

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... when he and all other believers will stand before the judgment seat of Christ/God (2 Cor. 5:10; Rom. 14:10), the Corinthians will completely understand what the apostle says and does and will thus be able to boast in him, and particularly in his heart (cf. 5:12), for at ... his plans in a situation that itself had changed (1:23–2:4). 1:15–16 Confident that the Corinthians will understand him fully at the Parousia, if not before, Paul begins to explain his change in travel plans. Initially, Paul planned to ...

157. By Faith

Hebrews 11:1-40

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... these sentences, and the repetition itself is intended to have a cumulative impact on the reader. Of the twenty-four occurrences of the word “faith” in this chapter, this is the only time the author applies it to himself and his readers directly. The word for understand (noeō) is found only here in Hebrews, but is the same word used by Paul in Rom. 1:20 in a similar context. “The ages” (aiōn) is the same expression used in 1:2, but the word for “create” here (katartizō) is different from that ...

158. Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet

John 13:1-17, John 13:18-30

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... them for a mission to the world. Their servanthood to one another (v. 14) is not an end in itself but a means toward the greater end of continuing and extending Jesus’ own mission. Far from being merely parenthetical, verses 16 and 20 are crucial to the understanding of verses 1–20 as a whole. This will become clear as Jesus explains more fully in his farewell discourses the significance of what he has done and will do (cf., e.g., 15:16; 17:17–19). The common theme of sending supports the view that ...

159. Egypt

Ezekiel 29:1-21, Ezekiel 30:1-26, Ezekiel 31:1-18, Ezekiel 32:1-32

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... statement then stands in tension with the river monster’s proud claim in 29:3,”The Nile is mine; I made it for myself.” 32:3 They will haul you up in my net. Once again, the LXX makes the pronouns consistent through the verse, understanding God alone as the actor. However, the presence of the “great throng of people” in this verse calls for explanation. Greenberg suggests that they “entered the text as a gloss to ‘my net’” (Ezekiel 21–37, p. 652), and then the scribes, who adjusted the ...

160. Parables of the Kingdom

Mark 4:1-20

Teach the Text

Grant R. Osborne

... of purpose (vv. 10–12) and then by Jesus’s interpretation of the sower (vv. 13–20). So the chapter is about “hearing” (vv. 3, 9, 12, 15–16, 18, 20, 23–24, 33)—the confrontation of listeners by the kingdom “mysteries,” which demand commitment and understanding. Interpretive Insights 4:1–2 he got into a boat . . . taught them . . . by parables. As in 3:8–9 (cf. 2:13), the crowds are so numerous that Jesus cannot stand on the shore and must use a boat as a pulpit. He “sat” in the ...

161. Job's Third Reply to Bildad

Job 26:1--31:40

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... reverence of God (6:14). Job is not buying the cliché. The cliché, further, echoes the opening line of Job (1:1). There Job “feared God and shunned evil.” In Job 28:28, the fear of the Lord is wisdom and to shun evil is understanding. But clearly neither reverence of God nor shunning evil protected Job or gave him insight into his predicament. In fact, Job’s following words (Job 29–31) rehearse the life of a man who shunned evil but has received it in immeasurable quantity. Thus the storyteller ...

162. Signs of the End of the Age

Matthew 24:1-35

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... tells of a mother who killed, roasted, and ate her baby (War 6.201–213). The fall of Jerusalem becomes a type of the great and final tribulation that, if God should not intervene, would bring an end to the human race. Verse 22 reflects the Jewish understanding that the events of history are predetermined by God, but that he is free to alter them according to his best judgment. 24:23–28 The central point in verses 23–28 is that believers are not to be deceived by false prophets who claim to have ...

163. Righteousness Through Faith

Romans 3:21-31

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... under discussion in v. 22 Paul stresses the role of believer, “to all who believe.” Dia pisteōs iēsou christou appears also in Gal. 2:16, but is immediately followed by the idea of putting faith in Jesus Christ, all of which argues that Paul understands Christ as the object of faith. See Dunn, Romans 1–8, pp. 166–67. For an argument favoring the phrase as a subjective genitive (i.e., the faithfulness of Jesus Christ), see L. Keck, “Jesus in Romans,” JBL 108 (3, 1989), pp. 452–58. For an ...

164. The Believer's Freedom

1 Corinthians 10:23--11:1

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... , Paul writes, “Exactly as even I myself in all things to all try to give pleasure, not seeking my own advantage but that of many—in order that they may be saved.” The final clause, so that they may be saved, summarizes Paul’s self-understanding and purpose in life. He lived so that God might work through him for the salvific benefit of others, because he understood that God acted through his (Christlike) selflessness and saved others in the operation. 11:1 In 10:31 Paul began to bring the larger ...

165. Propriety in Worship

1 Corinthians 11:2-16

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... sexual distinctions in Corinth, although he was supportive of women’s ministry. See also J. Murphy-O’Connor, “Sex and Logic in 1 Corinthians 11:2–16,” CBQ 42 (1980), pp. 482–500. 11:7 See Conzelmann, 1 Corinthians, pp. 187–88 for more on the synonymous understandings of image (Gk. eikōn) and glory (Gk. doxa) of God. Cf. Gen. 1:27. 11:8 Cf. Gen. 2:22 LXX. 11:10 The phrase sign of authority in the NIV is a translation of the single Gk. word exousia, which normally means “authority.” The NIV ...

166. The Throne in Heaven

Revelation 4:1-11

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... break in John’s book of visions is indicated by the events of 4:1. The seer sees an open door, and he hears the angel’s trumpetlike voice summoning him to enter through heaven’s portal. This passage into the visionary world will lead John to understand what will take place on earth. This is not to say that what follows in this chapter is unrelated to what precedes it; in fact, the various visions of this book are interrelated according to the seer’s own commission (cf. 1:19). In our view, it is ...

167. Syrophoenician Lives Matter!

Mark 7:24-30, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... permit him to do anything for his father or mother, thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.” And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. And he said to ...

168. Grounds for Blessing

Matthew 13:1-23, Luke 8:1-15, Mark 4:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they ...

169. The Challenge Of Simplicity

Matthew 5:1-12

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John Jamison

... spoil the effect of everything else you’ve talked about. The PR guy would have recommended using distraction but Jesus kept it simple and short. That’s why this whole thing is so darned difficult. Being a follower of Jesus of Nazareth is not a difficult thing to understand. We talk and write a lot about it, and we create lots of extra activities and traditions that we say are a part of being a follower, or at least things that we think followers ought to be doing too. But as Jesus presented it that day ...

170. Wherever The Messiah Is

Matthew 16:13-23

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William G. Carter

... He could speak mercy and restoration to the leper who had been cast out of town. He could speak forgiveness and healing to the one who was paralyzed. Jesus was unusual. If you didn’t know better, you might think he can from the planet Krypton. I can understand why Simon Peter had a hard time making sense out of him. Not only did Jesus have the power, but sometimes when he spoke, it sounded like jibberish. Some of his words didn’t make sense. This man who seemed to have amazing power said to Peter, “I ...

171. The Practice

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , he will need to not only endure, but maintain God’s profound love for all humankind, even for those who oppose him. It’s no mistake that on the cross, after all of that persecution, Jesus’ words run shivers down our spines: “Forgive them. They don’t understand what they’re doing.” Jesus is a true “soul whisperer.” But he has to prepare for that kind of rigor of spirit. Think of those who practice fencing. You don’t send someone out with sword in hand to “give it a shot” in a real ...

172. The Stewardship of Money in the Modern Church

2 Corinthians 9:11, 12

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Dr. John Thompson Peters

... their possessions, not only the tenth which may or should be devoted to the Church's specific program, but the total. For it is all held as a trust from God. This leads into the second basic consideration, namely: 2. The church must be more dedicated, astute, understanding and bold in the guidance that she gives to Christians concerning the use that is made of their money. This whole matter of course is closely related to our first point and grounded in it. If God is really the lord of all life and all man ...

173. The Sower

Matthew 13:1-23

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... 4: Listen? Solo 3: Listen to what? I don't get it. Solo 1: He sure tells good stories [Sarcastically]. Solo 2: I'm not sure I understand. Solo 4: I don't think you ever will; it's just a story, that's all. Solo 3: Maybe it's a riddle. Solo 4: ... revealed to you but they are not revealed to them. Solo 1: The mysteries of the kingdom revealed to me? Solo 2: I don't think I understand. Solo 5: For anyone who has, will be given more, and he will have more than enough; but from anyone who has not, even what he has ...

174. Christ the King

Lk 23:35-43 · Jn 12:9-19 · Col 1:11-20 · Jer 23:2-6 · 2 Sam 5:1-5

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... democracy, we know little about a kingdom. Yet we Christians keep talking about God's Kingdom and daily we pray, "Thy Kingdom come." Do we know what we mean when we use the word, "kingdom"? In our text we have the facts about the Kingdom. Having the facts, we can understand what it is, why it is important, and why we pray for it to come to us. Outline: Here are the facts about the Kingdom - A. The King is God - vv. 15, 19 B. The baptized are in the Kingdom - v. 13 C. The church is the Kingdom on earth ...

175. The Gospel According to Christ’s Enemies

John 11:1-16

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Richard Hoefler

... to save. Its last hope lay in him. If he were rash or premature, that hope would go out. Was it God’s will he should die now, with so little as yet accomplished; with so much, as it seemed, still to do?"13 For Gossip the important clue to understanding our Lord’s delay is to be found later on in the account, when Jesus, at the graveside of Lazarus, offers a prayer to his Father. John tells us, "Jesus looked up and said, ‘I thank you, Father, that you listen to me.’ " This is not really a prayer for ...

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