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1926. How God Looks at Marriage

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... Genesis writer concludes, “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.” As one flesh, this new couple forms a relationship just as indissoluble as a blood relationship between parent and child. Implied also, is a responsibility for one another. The other person has become part of me (we share one flesh/body) and as I take care of me and want the best for me, I must also want the best for my mate and seek his or her highest good. That is God’s ...

1927. Brushing Your Teeth with Oreos

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... or that perhaps he had been abducted. If you have ever had a child wander off while in a large shopping mall, you may understand. Of course Jesus was twelve years old, which in that culture meant he was nearly an adult, ready to take on adult responsibilities. In today’s world 12-year-olds do not face the challenges that children did then, so we can allow them a prolonged adolescence. Mary and Joseph, when they did not find Jesus among the caravan, went back to Jerusalem. After three days they found him ...

1928. In Praise of Perseverance

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... she will not finally come and slap me in the face.” Whatever her method, the woman gains the attention of the judge and he relents. He hears her case and finds in her favor. The parable ends with a surprising comment that links the response of God to persistent prayer to the response of the corrupt judge to the nagging of the widow. Our Lord urges the faithful to be as persistent in prayer as this woman is in her demands on the judge. Of course, the parable does not really compare God to the evil judge ...

1929. A Dance in the Desert

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... say that "joy is the flag which is flown from the castle of the heart when the king is in residence there!" If joy starts in the heart, it is refined in the mind. It is more than an emotion that comes and goes. It is deeper than a reflexive response that needs the right kind of stimulation. It is an act of the will. "I will say it again: rejoice!" commands Paul in his letter to the Philippian Christians. Joy grows from heartfelt relationships. But it is also a choice of the mind, as John makes clear when he ...

1930. The Good Samaritan (Revised Edition)

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... bad and penalize the good. Any such revised version of the Good Samaritan story will not do for the people of the new day. Instead, Jesus calls us to love our neighbor by being neighborly wherever we are. The gospel is not a declaration of rights, but a declaration of responsibilities. As one sociologist has remarked, even a slight increase in good deeds on the part of each of us would change the world. Indeed it would. May God give us the strength and courage to continue to be Good Samaritans. Amen.

1931. A Complicated Disciple

John 18:15-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... go to his AA meetings and announce, “Hi, I’m Tom and I’m an alcoholic.” And everyone greets him, “Hi, Tom.” But if he announced himself in church, “Hi, I’m Tom and an alcoholic, or a sinner or a wife-beater,” can you imagine the church’s response? Yancey went to an AA meeting with Tom once. He was impressed, but also wondered why AA meets the needs of people like Tom in a way that the local church does not. Yancey asked Tom to name the one quality missing in the local church that AA had ...

1932. Peter Speaks to the Onlookers

Acts 3:11-26

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... present case, though guilt remained, there was room for mercy (cf. 13:27; Luke 23:24; John 8:19; 1 Cor. 2:8; 1 Tim. 1:13). 3:18 There was the added factor that Jesus’ death had been determined by God—the paradox once again of human responsibility for predetermined events (see disc. on 2:23). That it had been predetermined was reflected in the Scriptures, the whole thrust of which, according to Peter, was that the Christ would suffer (see note on 11:20). A difficulty arises here in that the theme of a ...

1933. The Apostles Persecuted

Acts 5:17-42

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... understanding of how the law should be kept, and when they saw that Jesus did not conform to their view, some went so far as to speak of contriving his death (Mark 3:6, though in the end it was the Sadducees rather than the Pharisees who were chiefly responsible; see disc. on 4:1f.). In this regard, nothing had changed. The Pharisees were as quick to condemn Stephen as they had been to condemn Jesus when the law was at stake (see disc. on 6:12–14; 8:1). But for all that, Christians and Pharisees had much ...

1934. Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin

Acts 7:1-53

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... of course, to Jesus and apparently to his role as the Suffering Servant (cf. esp. Isa. 53:11, RSV; see disc. on 3:13 and notes on 8:32f.). This spirit of rebellion, which had reached its nadir in their treatment of Jesus, was evident also in their response to the law. There was a tradition, to which Stephen referred, that the angels had been involved in the transmission of the law (cf. LXX Deut. 33:2; Jubilees 1:27ff.; Gal. 3:19; Heb. 2:2), though precisely what Stephen meant by this reference is not clear ...

1935. Philip and the Ethiopian

Acts 8:26-40

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... on this road by divine guidance—an inner compulsion, perhaps, to which Luke has given this vivid description. 8:27–28 No sooner had Philip felt this constraint than he “got up and went” (v. 27; cf. 16:10). The Greek gives the sense of an immediate response. Philip’s behavior in all of this narrative is reminiscent of the stories of Elijah in the way in which he obeyed divine guidance and came and went unexpectedly (cf. 1 Kings 17:2, 9f.; 2 Kings 1:3, 15). God’s guidance is always most evident ...

1936. In Pisidian Antioch

Acts 13:13-52

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... every place that he went he would go first to the Jews, and when one synagogue turned him out he would go to another (cf. 18:6; 19:9). But there was no longer now any question that he would also go to the Gentiles. There was a good response from the Gentiles on this occasion (probably God-fearers for the most part), and all who were appointed for eternal life believed (v. 48). The idea of appointment in this verse is not meant in a restrictive sense. The thought is not of God limiting salvation to the few ...

1937. Paul Speaks to the Crowd

Acts 21:37--22:21

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... to be Paul’s own consciousness of his high calling (cf. 9:15). It indicates a choice and a calling made long before his own response to it (cf. Jer. 1:4). Out of consideration for his audience, Paul did not yet employ the word “Gentile” in stating to what ... to Cornelius and his friends. The question is an abrupt one, sounding almost like a reproach. It demanded a clear response. The faith that is the prerequisite of forgiveness and the presupposition of baptism is implied in the phrase calling on ...

1938. Accusations

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

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... more potentially injurious to the unrepentant Corinthians than his apostolic letters (cf. 10:11; 12:19–21; 13:1–2, 10), despite claims to the contrary in Corinth (cf. 10:10). 2:5–11 In this section, Paul explicitly mentions the person who was chiefly responsible for making his second visit to Corinth so painful and who evoked the writing of the tearful letter (v. 5). Like Moses, Paul wanted to give the rebel(s) a chance to repent before executing great judgment among the people. Since the church had ...

1939. Paul’s Second Visit to the Jerusalem Church

Galatians 2:1-10

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... ) or to result in disclosing things of God (Eph. 3:3–5; see Additional Notes). By stating that his return visit to Jerusalem was by revelation Paul aligns himself with the sensibilities of his converts. He claims to have acted in response to an extraordinary religious experience, thereby communicating that his authority and his actions come from God. Prior to their conversion to Christ the Galatians’ religiosity had included an awareness of the cosmos as spiritually alive (4:9). Here and elsewhere (see ...

1940. Rules for Holy Living

Colossians 3:1-17

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... word of Christ dwell in you richly. The indwelling word will manifest itself in two ways: First, the Colossians are exhorted to teach and admonish one another with all wisdom. This is a pedagogical process (cf. 1:28) in which all members share responsibility. In light of Paul’s ministry as a teacher and Epaphras’ as a transmitter of tradition, this verse should not be taken to imply a deficiency in these church leaders. The second manifestation of the word of Christ is in worship. Considerable research ...

1941. Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians' Faith

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... , work, labor, endurance, ergon, kopos, hypomonēs, of this passage recur in Rev. 2:2). This short phrase sums up what must be our response to the gospel. We are saved by grace through faith—all that is necessary has been done for us by grace (the work of ... God had chosen the Thessalonians because, first, he had sent them effective preachers and, second, the preachers had met with a ready response: You became imitators of us and of the Lord (see note on 1:1). Lifestyle is the only evidence that others have ...

1942. Final Instructions

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... verses (vv. 13–15), including the imperative of this verse, “make sure” (lit. “you [pl.] see to it”), to the third person singular in the noun clause, “that nobody pays back wrong for wrong,” makes the point that individually as well as corporately we have a responsibility in this matter. This was a theme of Jesus’ teaching (cf. Matt. 5:44–48; Luke 6:27–36; cf. Prov. 25:21) as it was elsewhere of Paul’s (cf. Rom. 12:17, which uses the same verb, apodidōmi and the same expression kakon ...

1943. Paul's Charge to Timothy

1 Timothy 6:11-21

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... he was called, and which is therefore already in his grasp (cf. 4:8). The idea that Timothy was called to life is a thoroughly Pauline idea (cf. 1 Cor. 1:9; 7:17–24; 2 Thess. 2:14). God’s is the prior action, but there must also be response. In this case Paul reminds him of when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. Some argue that this refers, as with 1:18 and 4:14, to Timothy’s call to ministry and his own “ordination vows.” But the call here is not to vocation ...

1944. Encouragement to Be Faithful

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... , the warnings in this text, plus the raising of his sights in verse 10 to include “the elect,” all coalesce to turn Paul’s attention one final time to the false teachers (see 1 Tim. 1:3–11, 18–20; 4:1–5; 6:3–10) and Timothy’s responsibilities (2:14–3:9). Additional Notes 2:8 The unusual word order (for the PE) of Jesus before Christ, and esp. the appearance of the phrase “from David’s seed” in Ignatius of Antioch (ca. A.D. 110), have also contributed to the conviction that this is a ...

1945. God Disciplines His Sons

Hebrews 12:1-13, Hebrews 12:14-29

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

... . 5:8–9). 12:15 The exhortation in this verse is directed to what is apparently the main concern of the author. Again and again we have seen this concern emerge (e.g., 2:1ff.; 3:12ff.; 4:1ff.; 6:4ff.; 10:23, 26ff., 35). Here he appeals to the responsibility of the community for each of its members. Thus they are to see to it that no one misses the grace of God. The members of the community are to be accountable for one another (which may also be the point made in 10:25). The exhortation is restated in ...

1946. Warning Against Refusing God

Hebrews 12:14-29, Hebrews 12:1-13

Understanding Series

Donald A. Hagner

1947. Living for God

1 Peter 4:1-11

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... , as good administrators of the divine estate in its various forms (Matt. 25:14; Rom. 12:6; 1 Cor. 4:2). 4:11 Not everyone has the gift of preaching. But each believer who does have that God-given ability should always use it bearing in mind the awesome responsibility that goes with it. He or she opens the mouth as one speaking the very words of God. To one conscious of being inspired by the gift of prophecy (1 Cor. 14:1), it should not be difficult to remember the divine source, even though a human channel ...

1948. False Teachers and Their Destruction

2 Peter 2:1-22

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... in contrast to the depraved inhabitants of Sodom. But it is to be noted that in his intercession for any “righteous” in Sodom, Abraham obviously had his nephew very much in mind (Gen. 18:22–32). At all events, Lot’s heart was clearly still somewhat responsive to God, even after having his permanent home in such an environment. The inner struggle Lot suffered day after day meant that he was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men. He was worn down by being exposed day in, day out, to the vile ...

1949. Manna and Quail

Exodus 16:1-36

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... seen this much in the plagues and in the crossing of the sea. Nonetheless, protection and provision of food and water were not the same thing. At the waters of Marah, their experience was that Moses sweetened the water (v. 25). Now they hold Moses responsible for feeding them. The Lord’s lesson for them was that God not only delivered them but also cared for their daily needs. God connected the people’s experience of the deliverance at the sea with the provision of bread and meat by making the “glory ...

1950. Personal Injuries

Exodus 21:12-36

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... The first major case states that “If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull must be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten.” This basic provision represents an economic loss for the owner, who was otherwise not . . . held responsible for the blood of the woman or man. It was an accidental death. A contingent case follows this major statute. “If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring” and the owner knew of this past behavior and had done nothing, he was guilty of negligent ...

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