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151. Job Presents Evidence against the Retribution Principle

Job 12:1--14:22

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Daniel J. Estes

... If Jordan above me shall roll, No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul. Quote: William Shakespeare. The words of Shakespeare (1564–1616) in Macbeth (1611), spoken by a despairing Macbeth, bear striking resemblance to Job’s view of life in 14:1–2: “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing” (act 5, scene ...

152. “In the Lord I Take Refuge”

Psalm 11:1-7

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C. Hassell Bullock

... of the loving countenance of the God of love, and earnestly desires that this loving countenance may once more be unveiled to it.”[13] Of course, this face of God can be observed only by the eye of faith. Sometimes our piety obstructs rather than clarifies our view of God. That is not a censure of piety but an acknowledgment that, though it is the believer’s Godward motion, it is still earthbound. In its latter quality it tends to censure us when we ask the hard questions of God (“How can one be so ...

153. “His Anger Lasts Only a Moment, but His Favor Lasts a Lifetime”

Psalm 30:1-12

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C. Hassell Bullock

... over him (also 35:19, 24, 27; 38:16; the same root is used for “joy” in 30:11). 30:2 you healed me. The verb implies that some illness was involved. Rashi says this is a metaphor for forgiveness[10] (see “Historical and Cultural Background” for the view that this is a metaphor for the psalmist’s life, rather than for a specific experience). 30:3 You, Lord, brought me up from the realm of the dead. The “realm of the dead” is the word she’ol in Hebrew and is parallel to “pit” at the ...

154. Introduction and No Other Gospel

Galatians 1:1-10

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Gary M. Burge

... the gospel but also by their lack of endurance with the truth (1:6). Such a desertion is understood not simply as a differing point of view but as a rejection of God himself (“the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ”; 1:6)! While the use ... anger from the perspective of a wounded ego; he merely states the fact that those who are found to be advocating a false view of the work of Christ are not just mistaken; they are lost. Quite simply, nothing and/or no one had the authority to override ...

155. Prayer and Worship

1 Timothy 2:1-15

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... prohibition of women’s speech in a number of ways. Some evangelicals believe the prohibition is absolute. The difficulty with this view is that Paul seems to endorse women ministering through speech in the congregation in 1 Corinthians 11:5; moreover, from ... deacon (Phoebe), and (perhaps) another an apostle (Junia). Different aspects of Paul’s thinking will challenge other communities: in view of creation and the fall, he specifies certain conditions under which women should demur. Though the NIV begins ...

156. John the Baptist Prepares the Way

Luke 3:1-20

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... The expression is reminiscent of the calls that God extended to the OT prophets (Isa. 38:4; Jer. 13:3) and is actually borrowed from the LXX version of Jer. 1:1–2 (“the word of God came to Jeremiah son of Hilkiah”). From this we may infer that Luke views John on the same level as the OT prophets (which is in keeping with John’s inclusion with the prophets in Luke 16:16). Now John is able to begin his ministry of preparing Israel for the appearance of the Messiah (as foretold in 1:15–17). In Luke 3 ...

157. Jesus at a Pharisee's House

Luke 14:1-14

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... where (or nearby) its members lived. The direction the story will take is hinted at in the last part of v. 1: he was being carefully watched. Jesus was being observed closely to see if he would do anything unlawful, such as heal someone on the Sabbath. In view of this it has been suggested that the man suffering from dropsy (see note below) was a “plant,” a person asked to the house as part of the Pharisees’ attempt to put Jesus to the test. This may be the case, but the fact that after healing the ...

158. Struggling with Sin

Romans 7:7-25

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... there is a long tradition of interpretation, beginning with the church fathers (in particular Augustine), and continuing to the Reformers and a number of modern scholars, which sees Romans 7 not as a pre-Christian elegy but as a description of the believer’s experience. This view, I believe, in the end provides the more plausible understanding of chapter 7 and of its place in the epistle. We begin our defense of this judgment with the place of Romans 7 in the structure of the epistle as a whole. In 1:16 ...

159. Job’s Reply to Zophar

Job 12:1--14:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... consonants would give the meaning “become fat; have success.” Those who suggest this latter verb take this verse to say that God should look away so that the person would be able to enjoy and experience success in life. This latter understanding has some connection with the views of Eccl. (Eccl. 2:24; 3:13; 5:18; 8:15; 9:7). The same Gk. word for hired man (Gk. misthotos) appears in the LXX version of Job 14:6 and in Luke 15:19. Metaphors from Nature 14:7 The following verses contrast the tenuous nature ...

160. Job's Third Reply to Eliphaz

Job 23:1--24:25

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... How can Job hope to change the unchangeable God? He fears that many such plans he still has in store. The freedom of God is a cause of great anxiety. It is comforting to accept, as do the friends, a rather mechanistic cause-and-effect view of God which enables humans to more accurately predict God’s responses. To accept God’s freedom from manipulation and control is to acknowledge one’s vulnerability in the extreme. Job’s acceptance that his current state may reflect the inscrutable will and purpose ...

161. Jesus At the Temple

Luke 19:45-48

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Craig A. Evans

... and because of a personal dispute with the Sanhedrin. He thinks that when Jesus became aware of these factors he took action in the temple. Eppstein further argues that because Caiaphas’ impure motives were probably well known, Jesus’ action would have been viewed sympathetically by most of the onlookers. Hence Jesus was not arrested on the spot by the Levitical temple police. Eppstein’s hypothesis is plausible, but it rests on much speculation. 19:45, 47 On the Synoptic and Johannine accounts as two ...

162. The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath

Revelation 16:1-21

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... of the anti-Christian kingdom and its rulers is actually to gain life; and the “real world” is the kingdom of God since it is the kingdom left standing at the end of the age. Second, the dehumanizing values that characterize the evil empire are more clearly in view in this narrative than anywhere else in John’s vision. The grief of those who lament the fall of Babylon (18:9–19) is centered not upon the loss of human life but upon the loss of the city and its great wealth. According to Revelation, at ...

163. The Woman on the Beast

Revelation 17:1-18

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... while. In that the meaning of the beast in verse 8 seems to refer to ruling elite of the anti-Christian kingdom, John’s purpose is not to confuse but to collapse king and kingdom as equal parts of a common reality. It is significant in our view that there is a terminus ad quem. Eternality belongs to God, and thus to “grace and shalom.” The beast’s reign of terror has limited duration and can not continue beyond that final moment of his destruction, which is ordained by God “from the creation of ...

164. The Thousand Years

Revelation 20:1-7

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... years, and a thousand years are like a day” (3:8). God’s patience resists human calculation (cf. Jubilees 4:30). In this sense, the events that comprise the day of the Lord (3:10) may seem to take a millennium—especially to scoffers! In our view, then, the idea of a millennium found in 2 Peter is symbolic for the redemptive plan of a faithful God whose promises are patiently fulfilled according to a divine timetable and not one drawn up by scoffers or well-meaning prognosticators (cf. Acts 1:7; 1 ...

165. The Death of Moses

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... dual explanation of the apparently tragic event as related to the sin of the people and as owing to Moses’ own sin (see commentary on 3:23–29). Centuries of Jewish reflection on Moses’ death outside the land have produced various explanations. One interesting view is that the scriptures had to emphasize the human mortality of Moses in order to balance the emphasis through the Pentateuch (and especially in Deut.) on his closeness to God. There was a danger that one who had spent so much time face to ...

166. David Makes Solomon King

1 Kings 1:28-53

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... raise up one of David’s sons and establish his kingdom forever (2 Sam. 7:12–13). How is this promise now to be fulfilled, in view of Nathan’s later word of judgment to David in 2 Samuel 12 and its outworking? Where is a surviving son to be found now, to ... located in Jerusalem, 1 Kgs. 3:15) and the tabernacle apparently come up together to the temple in 1 Kgs. 8:3–5. On this view, the tent pitched by David for the ark in 2 Sam. 6:17 is the tabernacle itself (cf. 2 Sam. 7:2, 6), perhaps reconstructed ...

167. Good Luck?

Psalm 23:1-6

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Will Willimon

... agent, we also ended up destroying ourselves as acting intervening agents. There's no such thing as luck. What there is, is providence, that care and guidance of God over God's creatures. I believe that providence can be discerned in this life, but usually only in the backward view, never in the forward. That is, it is difficult to speak of God's guiding in terms of what happens to us at this moment or what will happen to us tomorrow, but we are more able to discern the loving hand of God in that which has ...

168. Getting In Tune Again

Isaiah 40:1-31

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William L. Self

... pushes boundaries back. Israel was there to bear witness to God's purpose, but so was the New Testament church. Paul makes it very clear in all his letters that the gospel is for the entire world. Any church that lives and thrives and survives must have a global view. Any church that is getting ready to die shrinks its boundaries and says, "It's just for us; it is for our little group." Those who define the ministry of the people of God as only being a "feel-good ministry" and who "dumb it down" only take ...

169. Point Of Origin

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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Harold Warlick

... nature, a species of animal and nothing more, then we are likely to treat the people we encounter as highly-developed animals. Those we like we view as pets. If they love us and remain faithful to us, we cuddle them as we would any friendly and lovable dog or cat. We will bring ... an understanding of humankind as animal: pets, pests, and beasts of burden. That is a perspective upheld by many. Other thinkers view the human being as simply a unique creature that knows it's going to die. If, indeed, we are the only ...

170. Who Is Jesus?

Matthew 16:13-20

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John R. Brokhoff

... he struggles in prayer and on the cross cries out, "My God, why ...?" we see the human Jesus. On the other hand, Jesus is God when he walks on water, feeds 5,000, raises the dead, heals lepers, and rises from the grave. The problem with this view is that we have a divided Jesus -- two persons in one body. 4. The Adopted Jesus Divine Human This is known as adoptionism. According to this position, Jesus came into the world as a human. Because of his moral excellence, his perfect obedience to God, his wisdom ...

171. Lessons for Lent 3

John 2:12-25

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Russell F. Anderson

... wisdom but through what the world considers foolishness, the gospel of Christ. We come to experience God not through the power of our intellect but through the power of the cross (v. 18). The Jews regard the cross as a stumbling block (scandal) and the Greeks viewed it as foolishness. For Christians the cross of Christ is both the wisdom and power of God (v. 24). Epistle: Romans 7:13-25 The law of God remains good and pure, even though it exposes human sin. Paul discusses the inner spiritual conflict of his ...

172. Proper 6

Mk 4:26-34 · 2 Cor 5:6-17 · 1 Sam 15:34 - 16:13 · Ps 20

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Russell F. Anderson

... with baptism and coming to faith. The period between baptism and death corresponds to the season of growth. The harvest season comes when the seeds of the gospel bear fruit and people are brought to faith or renewal of faith. Of course, death can be viewed as the ultimate harvest time when the seasons of the Son are brought to full fruit. Outline: The natural world has its seasons in the sun. The church has its seasons of the Son. Planting. Growth. Harvest. 3. Sermon Title: Small Beginnings. Sermon Angle ...

173. Proper 7

Mk 4:35-41 (5:1-20) · 2 Cor 5:14-21; 6:1-13 · 1 Sam 1:32-49 · Job 38:1-11, 16-18 · Ps 9

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Russell F. Anderson

... ourselves through God's eyes, not the eyes of the world. The world considers us imposters, God sees us as holding to the truth (v. 8b). To the world we are nobodies and unknown, but in the courts of the kingdom we are well known. The world views the faithful as sorrowful (killjoys), yet the child of God rejoices at the kingdom's banquet table (v. 10); the world sees us as impoverished (recall that most of the early Christians were from the working class), yet through the power of the Spirit, we make many ...

174. Faithful To The Lord

Genesis 32:22-32

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Ron Lavin

... might have said. Instead, Joseph saw the hand of God working through the bad times as well as the good. Joseph remained faithful through it all. What difference does the story of Joseph make to us? This story is an invitation to view reality from a higher point of view and remain faithful to God when life turns sour. Paul, the apostle, describes faithfulness in spite of adversity this way: "... In everything God works for good with those who love him, who are called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28 ...

175. Epiphanies and Training Wheels

Mark 1:9-13

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Johnny Dean

... can ride alone, be independent. That’s the way I look at God and church and religion. It’s just training wheels. And I don’t need them any more. I’m all grown up now. I can handle it by myself." I have since discovered that the point of view as stated by a stranger in the church parking lot is much more popular than you might think. Despite the claims of the Religious Right, that America is "more religious" now than it ever has been, I find this new interest in religion, for the most part, to be ...

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