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1901. The Letter to Thyatira

Revelation 2:18-29

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... . It is possible that the Greek word roughly rendered “burnished bronze” (the term does not translate easily into English) may have referred to a special metal alloy of copper and a silverlike zinc produced only in Thyatira. This metal is used to describe the luminous quality of the divine Son of Man (2:18). To a church whose city had a history of reconquest, Christ describes himself as “the Son of God” (2:18; cf. 2 Sam. 7:12–16; Ps. 110:1–2), the conquering Davidic king who would crush ...

1902. The Beast of the Sea

Revelation 13:1b-10

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... crowns (i.e., ten on its horns compared with the seven on the dragon’s heads, emphasizing the beast’s political might; 13:1; 12:3). Its resemblance to and commissioning by the dragon (13:2) suggest that the beast serves Satan. This beast combines the qualities of the four separate monsters of Daniel 7:1–8 into one: the body of a leopard, the feet of a bear, and the mouth of a lion, and ten horns (13:2). In Daniel’s visions, each represents an earthly empire (possibly Babylonians, Medes, Persians ...

1903. I am the Door

John 10:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... image of being protected and sustained. Jesus follows it with a word that makes it even clearer. “I have come that you may have Life, and that you may have it more abundantly.” So Jesus is the Door to something, and that something is life—life of a quality that can be ours only through Christ. We have time to center only on the core essence of this life that is ours through Christ. It is a life of trustful relationship with God, and loving service to our neighbor. Let’s look at that life. First, a ...

1904. Today Can Be the First Day of Your New Life!

Matthew 2:13-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... . But there is an antidote to fear, and you can find it in the Scriptures. It is an antidote that allowed the heroes of the Bible to dissolve their fears and fight great battles. This antidote is more than simply being courageous. Courage is an admirable quality. It allows us to face our fears for a time and do battle. But courage is somewhat of a limited ally. It all too easily falls prey to its greatest enemy, an emotion with an interesting name: discouragement. Think about it. Courage and discourage. For ...

1905. A Jiffy for Eternity

John 3:1-17

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... school of the Pharisees. They are much too set in their ways to be open to anything like that. Moreover, when Jesus introduces the subject of the wind, Nicodemus knows that no one could consistently and accurately predict the weather because the wind has a quality about it that is quite unpredictable. In fact, we know this is true even today for our best experts still miss it with their weather forecasts. Not only that, but now Jesus introduces a divine imperative in his words, "You must be born from above ...

1906. God Is Trying to Tell You Something

John 1:(1-9) 10-18

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James L. Killen

... a life together. People really have come up with lots of different ways of putting their lives together, haven't they, haven't we? Some have put their lives together in ways that have made them miserable and destructive. It can make all the difference in the quality of the life that a person lives and the impact that life will have on the lives of others. Think about the things you have already learned about that. This really is a big question, isn't it? There is something God wants us to know. God wants ...

1907. A New Possibility

Matthew 4:12-23

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James L. Killen

... belief has a long history among the people of Israel and different people had different understandings of what it means. We don't know much about kings, but they did. They knew that the king was the most important person in a kingdom. His character determined the quality of life in the kingdom. His will determined what was expected of the people. Jesus came teaching that the one who really is the king of the whole creation is one who loves us and who wants us to love each other. That opens an entirely new ...

1908. Getting Under Someone's Skin

Matthew 5:7

Illustration

Bill Bouknight

... 'm able. I never know when I will no longer be able to gather with God's people." Suddenly that speaker's attitude toward the drowsy man was transformed. Why? The wife had enabled him to get under the skin of her husband and really understand him. That is the quality of mercy.

1909. Called to Bigness

Isaiah 58:1-12, Matthew 5:13-20

Sermon

James L. Killen

... we take an honest look at the world we live in, we will see that the littleness in our culture has effects that result in our being desperately in need of some who will come with a bigger vision. Our world needs some who will be salt to give new quality to life in our world. Our world needs some who will be a light to enable people to see things as they really are and to catch a vision of the better possibility God offers. Fortunately, there are still some people who catch the vision of the bigness of the ...

1910. Wounded Healers

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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Charley Reeb

... an all-inclusive way to treat cancer for those who have tried everything else medical science offers. With her capable staff, she provides physical, emotional, and spiritual support. By God’s grace, some of the people my mother seeks to help are able to find a quality of life in the midst of their cancer they never believed possible. But the sweetest thing about this ministry is that it is through her ministry of healing others that her own wounds have been healed. In his novel A Farewell to Arms, Ernest ...

1911. The Life You've Always Wanted

Acts 5:27-32

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Charley Reeb

... , a great sister, or supportive brother. Our culture would certainly have no problems with these legacies. For, in proper perspective, they are noble. However, our faith calls us to be more than just nice, good, and successful persons. As worthy as these qualities are, we are called to be more. Unfortunately, “more,” for many, means more pleasure, more position, more power, and more prestige. But more of only these things leads to less, and less usually leads to empty. I believe the examples below prove ...

1912. Learning to Love

Matthew 5:43-48

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James L. Killen

... enabled to love. Most people who are able to love have been loved into the ability to love. For many of us, that happened as we were growing up surrounded by love in loving homes. Know this. The eternal God, who created all things and who determines the true quality of our existence, has surrounded you with the same kind of love described in those first chapters of the book of Genesis. Almighty God knows you and wants for you the very best kind of life you can have. God is committed to doing for you all of ...

1913. How Much Are You Worth?

Matthew 10:29-31

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King Duncan

... has been hard hit by a pestilence. A priest, Brother Juniper, tries to understand the meaning, if any, of this tragedy. He draws up a chart of the characteristics of fifteen victims of this pestilence and fifteen survivors, rating them for such qualities as goodness, piety, and usefulness. When he adds up the total for the victims and compares them with that for the survivors, his figures show that the tragically dead were five times more worth saving than those who lived through the pestilence. This ...

1914. The Beatitudes

Matthew 5:1-12

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... two verses together to produce the antithesis and to put ptōchoi (“poor”) and praeis (“meek”) in a closer relationship (TCGNT, p. 12). 5:5 Meek: In its secular use, praus (“gentle”) described outward conduct between people; in the NT it describes an inward quality and relates primarily to God (cf. Vincent, WSNT, vol. 1, p. 37). 5:8 Pure in heart: Albright-Mann note that the theme of purity of heart is well attested in rabbinic literature and quote Midrash Rabbah on Gen. 40:8, “The Holy One ...

1915. Lord of the Sabbath

Matthew 12:1-14

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... have the masculine) and has caused most writers to interpret the “something greater” as the kingdom that Jesus inaugurates. Gundry is persuaded that Matthew’s high Christology argues for a reference to Jesus, and he explains the neuter as stressing “the quality of superior greatness rather than Jesus’ personal identity” (p. 223; for other views, see Hill, p. 211). Once again Jesus quotes the prophet Hosea (6:6) in support of actions that run counter to Jewish restrictions (cf. 9:13). He states ...

1916. The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven

Matthew 18:1-9

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... of heaven is the sort of person (Gk. hostis should be taken qualitatively) who will humble himself and become like the little child who stood in their midst. Since children are not humble in the usual sense of the word, it is often discussed what quality Jesus had in mind. In the present context (a discussion of primacy and rank in the kingdom) it would seem that Jesus intended the comparison to point out the importance of lack of pretension or concern about status (Hill, p. 273). McNeile writes, “He will ...

1917. A Warning Against Hypocrisy

Matthew 23:1-39

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... . Cummin (kyminon, of Phoenician origin) produced tiny fruits (or “seeds”) that were tithed despite their slight value (BAGD, p. 457). Jesus does not oppose their practice of tithing garden spices, but criticizes them for having neglected the essential qualities of justice and fidelity (cf. Mic. 6:2). Their hypocrisy lay in their desire to appear conscientious about even the minute details of religious law while ignoring those central issues that were infinitely more important. They are blind leaders ...

1918. Smother Love

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... . I can't imagine that God is looking forward to my funeral. Doesn't God want me to be happy and comfortable and safe? This gospel text answers a resounding "No!" What God cares about is not my happiness or my comfort. What God is really interested in is the quality of my life. God isn't just concerned with the health of my body or the state of my mind. God is passionate about the depth of my life, the scope and zest of all that motivates and sustains me. Fear of death can turn into fear of life, making ...

1919. Before the Sanhedrin

Mark 14:53-65

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... this man-made temple and another, not made by man respectively hint to the reader to see the resurrection of Jesus prefigured here. The description of the new temple reflects the use of the same or similar terms elsewhere in the NT to contrast the superior quality of the redemption bestowed through Jesus Christ to the structures of the Jewish religion (see notes), and Mark worded the charge in such a way as to help his readers see the ironic truth in it. But if the charge of the false witnesses only hints ...

1920. God's Wrath Against Mankind

Romans 1:18-32

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... themselves and nature. This became the first step in substituting a counterfeit for God, which is idolatry. Loss of touch with reality leads to confusion, from which terrible ironies arise. The mystery of revelation consisted in a paradox: God’s invisible qualities … have been clearly seen. This sounds like an oxymoron, for how can something invisible be seen? Nevertheless, God has continued to make known his invisible attributes, both his power and deity, through the created order, and no one can claim ...

1921. Righteousness Through Faith

Romans 3:21-31

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... ’s attribute (which no one doubts), but righteousness which comes from God to guilty humanity, effecting a condition of righteousness in it. God as judge pronounces a verdict of acquittal upon a guilty party, thereby reckoning or imputing to that party a quality which it does not possess on its own, nor can it possess apart from God’s pronouncement. This is primarily a forensic or covenantal understanding of righteousness rather than a moral or ethical understanding, for it begins with God’s treating ...

1922. Peace and Joy

Romans 5:1-11

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... Greek word for perseverance is a compound of “under” and “remain,” meaning the ability to endure, or staying power. The word for character is found nowhere in Greek literature prior to Paul, and appears to be unique to him. It means the quality of being approved after testing, or character, and hence the distinguishing attribute of the mature individual. The Greek word is a contrastive word play with the “depraved mind” (Gk. adokimon) of 1:28 which leads to wrath and the mature character here ...

1923. Expel the Immoral Brother!

1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... of,” OCD, pp. 649–50. 5:2 The word for proud in this sentence literally means “to be puffed up”; it is the same word that Paul used in discussing the pride or arrogance of the Corinthians concerning spirituality (ch. 4). The graphic quality of Paul’s language continues with his choice of words concerning the Corinthians’ being filled with grief, which is the language of mourning (Gk. pentheō) associated with death or insurmountable loss. From the clue provided by the reference to mourning, B. S ...

1924. Lawsuits Among Believers

1 Corinthians 6:1-11

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... . 6:9–11 Paul chides the Corinthians for their spiritual arrogance that led to their failure to address immorality and interchurch disputes in a responsible fashion. In exhorting the Corinthians to faithful action Paul contrasts the Corinthians’ present quality of life in Christ with their past unrighteousness or wickedness. To make his point Paul catalogues in a stereotypical fashion the previous unrighteous characteristics of the now-justified Corinthians. He describes those who belong to this world ...

1925. The Rights of an Apostle

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... verb translated I beat (Gk. hypōpiazō) is related to the word ōps, which names the part of the face under the eye. Thus the verb means “give a black eye,” or when used metaphorically, “to deal a severe blow.” Given the picture quality of Paul’s language and discussion, perhaps one should translate with the English idiom “to beat black and blue” (so Orr and Walther, 1 Corinthians, p. 240). The phrase translated so that after is also translated “lest after” in other versions; in any case ...

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