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1751. Eighth Vision - Resolution—Gentiles Judged, God at Rest

Zechariah 6:1-8

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... the program of judgment, to snuff out the blasphemous and boastful rebelliousness of the nations. But all is in God’s control, and judgment will take place only when he gives the command, not a moment before. If only people would realize that all their prideful achievements in opposition to God are due only to God’s patience and tolerance! This passage makes it clear that the whole earth, not only north and south, is under judgment. Nevertheless, it is the land of the north, or Babylon, that is at the ...

1752. The Tithe

Malachi 3:6-18

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Gary M. Burge

... like mourners” (3:14). Their hearts are not in their religion. They believe but do not have faith. Their lack of sincerity is brought out by their observation about the “arrogant.” They make the bold claim that the arrogant, who are filled with pride and live independently from the Lord, are the lucky ones. They set their own lifestyle, live practically without God, test him, and still prosper. Thus, they argue against the justice, love, and fidelity of God. The Lord has invited his own to test him ...

1753. The Faith of a Syrophoenician Woman

Mark 7:24-30

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Gary M. Burge

... Israel, and that Gentiles participate in the gospel only insofar as they are engrafted into salvation history in Israel (see Rom. 11:11–32). In his response to the Syrophoenician woman, Jesus reminds her that there is no place for Gentile pride or arrogance over disobedient Israel (see Rom. 11:18–21). The woman’s reply in verse 28 shows her understanding and acceptance of Israel’s privilege. Indeed, this Gentile woman understands Jesus’s mission better than most Jews, including his own disciples ...

1754. The Parable of the Shrewd Manager

Luke 16:1-15

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Gary M. Burge

... master fires the manager and asks for a final accounting sheet so that his successor can conduct business (16:2). The manager realizes his predicament. He is a white-collar worker, and so he cannot handle manual labor. Also, it would be a blow to his pride to beg. By lowering the bills of the debtors, he will win their friendship, ensuring a future place for himself (16:4–7). We cannot interpret this parable any further until we answer some of the previous questions. First, it is probable that the parable ...

1755. The Jews and the Law

Romans 2:17-29

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Gary M. Burge

... individuals; rather, he addresses the Jewish claim that Israel has a privileged position over the Gentiles on account of her possession of the law. He argues in the proposition of verse 23 (which should not be understood as a question) that even though Israel takes pride in the law, she dishonors God by breaking the law. The empirical fact that there are Jews who do what the law forbids proves that Jews are just as guilty before God as Gentiles. The Jewish claim to covenant privileges is contradicted by the ...

1756. Love

Romans 12:9-21

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Gary M. Burge

... life, including the life of Christians, is not free of trouble. He thus commands that believers have genuine empathy with others, whether they suffer or whether they have success (12:15). He calls believers to live in harmony with one another, which is possible if they banish pride, if they associate with people held in low esteem (as Jesus did and commanded; see Matt. 5:3–5; 11:29; 18:4; 23:12), and if they abandon feelings of superiority (12:16). Paul knows that it may not always be possible to live at ...

1757. Warnings from Israel’s History

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

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Gary M. Burge

... warnings” to those who now participate in the “fulfillment” toward which all God’s action in the past was pointed (10:11). Christians who are entrenched in the firm defense of their conduct are especially urged to be careful. Yet no temptation, even of pride and stubbornness, is theirs alone. They are involved in something that has proved itself to be a common experience for all God’s people before and since. And God can be trusted not to allow temptation to go beyond their ability to resist if ...

1758. The Lord’s Supper

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

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Gary M. Burge

... , there are divisions among fellow believers. And while some “differences” are needed to distinguish those who believe and act genuinely (receiving “God’s approval” as a result) from those who do not, other differences are unnecessary; and if stubbornly or pridefully maintained, they are liable to result in judgment (11:34). The division between those who remain hungry and those who get drunk at the Lord’s table is one such unnecessary and dangerous difference. For when it exists, the disunity ...

1759. Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Gary M. Burge

... martyrdom is of no lasting benefit apart from the motivation of love (13:3). This love comes to expression in different ways at different times, through patience and kindness that elevate others. It does not express itself through the envy, boastfulness, or pride that keeps attention centered on self. On the same basis the rudeness, the pursuit of self-gain, the anger, and the vindictiveness that express themselves at the expense of others are never characteristic of love. For love cannot be identified with ...

1760. Orderly Worship

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

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Gary M. Burge

... close with two rhetorical questions, a statement of the possibilities left open by the argument, and a final exhortation. The questions are designed to deflect the Corinthian tendency toward a sense of their own inspiration and the stubbornly prideful maintenance of unhelpful and idiosyncratic customs. The statement sets forth Paul’s expectation that any true “prophet” or “spiritually gifted” person will acknowledge the truth in what he has written (14:37). If stubborn ignorance is chosen, however ...

1761. An Appeal for Complete Reconciliation

2 Corinthians 6:3-13, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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Gary M. Burge

... “exploited” by Paul’s ministry (7:2). Furthermore, in making an attempt at reconciliation that urges a change in the associations of some within the church, it has not been Paul’s intent to condemn. Instead, as one devoted to their service, Paul has sought to convey his confidence and pride in their ability to conform themselves to his apostolic counsel.

1762. An Appeal for Complete Reconciliation

2 Corinthians 6:14--7:1, 2 Corinthians 6:3-13

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Gary M. Burge

... (7:2). Furthermore, in making an attempt at reconciliation that urges a change in the associations of some within the church, it has not been Paul’s intent to condemn. Instead, as one devoted to their service, Paul has sought to convey his confidence and pride in their ability to conform themselves to his apostolic counsel. In this section Paul resumes the autobiographical narrative that was broken off in 2:13 to allow for the inclusion of the reflective apologetic of 2:14–5:19 and the appeals for ...

1763. The Conclusion of the Appeal

2 Corinthians 12:11-21

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Gary M. Burge

... will be happy to learn the truth. Indeed, for his part, Paul suspects that as a result of the work of his rivals, there may already be sufficient “quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder” at Corinth to humble the apostolic pride that he previously took in the origins and growth of the church. As a result, he is afraid that he will grieve over many who have “indulged” in the kinds of sin about which he previously warned them and who have, as a sign ...

1764. The Example of Paul’s Suffering

Colossians 1:24--2:5

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Gary M. Burge

... and their neighbors in Laodicea. He “contends” for them, using a term that draws on the rich imagery of the stadium games. Paul invites them to compare his diligence in serving the church with that of athletes who train fiercely for clan honor and pride. The final two verses in this section summarize in more detail what Paul has in mind in encouraging them to full maturity. The foundation laid must be Christ Jesus as Lord. Paul speaks of the Colossians having received this truth, the verb here carrying ...

1765. The Man of Lawlessness

2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

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Gary M. Burge

... :3). Paul states that this figure “will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God” (2:4). What captures the attention of the apostles is the unbridled pride of the lawless one. As an adversary (1 Tim. 5:14; 1 Pet. 5:8), he opposes every other deity (“called God,” a phrase that refers to those who are ascribed divinity but are not divine) (1 Cor. 8:4; see Dan. 11:36–37). The following ...

1766. Law and Grace

1 Timothy 1:1-11

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Gary M. Burge

... second, the way the church as God’s household displays that redemption through right relationships (1 Tim. 3:14–16; Titus 1:1–10).Timothy is to contend for the faith so that love may flourish. While the opponents promote teaching that appeals to intellectual pride and moral rule keeping, Paul teaches a gospel that gives people a new inner nature. When the incarnated and vindicated Jesus is believed on (1 Tim. 3:16), he enables people to live generously, out of a “pure heart and a good conscience and ...

1767. Leadership

1 Timothy 3:1-16

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Gary M. Burge

... . The other is educational: “able to teach” (3:2). Paul warned in 2:14 that Eve had been deceived by the (there unnamed) devil and in this passage warns against a premature entry to office for those who will be susceptible to diabolic, arrogant pride. 3:8–13 · Deacons: As at Philippians 1:1, Paul mentions a second kind of leadership role, “deacons.” Not anticipating questions later readers might ask, Paul assumes his readers know what deacons do, so he does not describe their tasks. Some think he ...

1768. Concluding Exhortations

Hebrews 13:1-25

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Gary M. Burge

... specify particular ways in which this true and living faith expresses and evidences itself. As elsewhere in the Bible, the believer is not left to work out the ethical implications of faith in Christ; the particular obedience required is carefully defined. Pride of place goes to brotherly love (13:1–3), a costly virtue by which these believers have already distinguished themselves, especially in regard to prisoners (Heb. 6:10; 10:33–34). Abraham is again invoked as an example, this time of hospitality ...

1769. Trials and Temptation

James 1:1-18

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... on their relationship to Christ. Poor believers should not despair because of their poverty but rejoice because they are “rich in faith and [heirs to] the kingdom” (2:5). Rich believers, on the other hand, must be careful not to take pride in their worldly possessions—for their wealth will quickly perish—but to boast in their “low position” (NIV “humiliation”), their relationship to Jesus, the servant who was “despised and rejected” (Isa. 53:3). Either interpretation makes sense of the ...

1770. Peaceable Relations among Christians

James 3:13-18

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... . There is, on the one hand, the “wisdom” that is “earthly, unspiritual, demonic” (3:15). It is characterized by “bitter envy” and “selfish ambition” (3:14). The word “envy” could also be translated “jealousy” and probably connotes here the prideful spirit of competition for favor and honor that so often disturbs our churches. “Selfish ambition” translates a single Greek word that can best be defined by noting its apparently only pre-Christian usage: Aristotle uses it to describe ...

1771. The Question of Sin and the Commandment to Love

1 John 1:5--2:14, 1 John 2:15-17

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... to his affirming message: “Do not love the world or anything in the world” (2:15). Rather than spell out particular sins, however, the elder is content to leave the sins of worldliness general: the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and pride in wealth (2:16) cover the territory effectively. These drives do not come from the Father but from the world. And the world, along with its desires, is a fleeting reality, not an enduring one. Doing the will of God, however, leads to eternal life ...

1772. Concluding Remarks

1 John 5:13-21

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Gary M. Burge

... God is to deny and disavow all idolatries and their associated practices, including pagan worship and its festivals. Where the Roman Empire simply accommodated veneration of the gods and added “the divine Caesar” to the local pantheon, this allowed regional pride and religious identity to flourish while at the same time garnering respect and deference to the occupying Roman presence. Most Gentile residents of Asia Minor would not have been bothered by such expectations; they were happy to see worshiping ...

1773. The Letter to Laodicea

Revelation 3:14-22

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... of AD 17 struck, it was the only city that refused Roman aid. It was home to a medical school that prized among its other healing drugs an ointment for burns. Laodicea receives a scathing rebuke from Christ, who attacks these points of civic pride. The Laodicean church was completely unaware of its true spiritual condition. Christ tells them: “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. . . . Because you are lukewarm . . . I am about to spit you out of my mouth” (3:15–16). While neighboring ...

1774. You Shall Be My Witness

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... with the faith and his conversion. He was influenced by C.S. Lewis. And after he had become a Christian he wrote this confession: “I was a Christian; I, who had always regarded Christians with pitying disdain, must now confess to be one. I did so with shrinking pride and a curious mixture of emotions. Part of it was my not wanting my sophisticated friends and fellow academicians to know. I was half inclined to conceal my faith, to tell no one, and yet it seemed that if I were to take a stand for Christ as ...

1775. Come Clean

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17

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Charley Reeb

... hiding something. God is intimately aware of what we have tried to keep hidden. We are called to come clean because confessing and exposing requires us to let go of the ownership of our hearts and allow God to take over. It requires us to let go of pride and take comfort in our complete dependence upon God. It requires us to let go of sin and embrace the healing that comes through God’s forgiveness in Christ. When we come before God open and vulnerable, we need not be afraid. For God’s promise in Joel ...

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