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176. A Man of God

Matthew 1:18-25

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King Duncan

... of his emotions. That’s the first thing we know about Joseph. We know also that Joseph was a man of great character. We know this from his willingness to take on the role as Jesus’ father. Even though Joseph was not biologically related to ... your response to people so that you are able to deal with them gently with love and forgiveness, when you are a person of character so that people will know that you can be counted on to do the right thing, when you’re able to check your ego at ...

177. I Don't Get No Respect

Luke 4:14-30

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King Duncan

... respected? It’s actually very simple. The first step to being respected by others is to respect yourself. Respect is earned, not given. And regardless of your age, gender, race, or ethnicity, anyone can earn respect by conducting himself or herself with dignity and character. Let me give you something to think about. Our society over the past few decades has done a terrific job helping young people with their self-esteem. We’ve told our boys and girls that they are wonderful and that they are capable of ...

178. Encouragement to Be Faithful

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... people (cf. 1 Tim. 1:12). The same adjective in the PE often means “believing” (cf. 1 Tim. 4:3, 10, 12; 6:2; Titus 1:6); but here, as with its usage in the phrase “here is a trustworthy saying” (2:11, etc.), the emphasis is on their reliable character, not their status—although the genuine elders of 1 Timothy 3:1–7 and 5:17–18 are probably in view. What Timothy is to entrust to them also reflects 1:13–14: the things you have heard me say (lit., “what you heard from me,” precisely as in 1 ...

179. If Only You Were To Me A Bother

Song of Songs 8:1-14

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Huwiler

... the book and most of the refrain lines occur here in one form or another, this ending seems to demand a plot, yet the book as a whole does not provide one. In effect, the ending is as destabilizing for plot development as the opening was for characters. 8:1–4 The woman fantasizes about making her relationship with her lover public, then again describes or remembers or imagines his left arm under her head, his right embracing her. In this case, since the woman has been expressing a wish in verses 1–2, it ...

180. Children of God

1 John 2:28--3:10

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... one who practices righteousness. These two opposing sides are also different in origin. First John 2:29 made the point that the person who practices righteousness has been born of God. In 3:1–2 it was emphasized that the readers are indeed God’s children. Their character will be like Christ, a central teaching of 3:2–3, 5–7. But the antichrists (2:18, 22), who are trying to lead the readers astray (2:26) and who continually practice sin (3:4, 6.), have a different origin; they are of the devil. The ...

181. The Flood

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... ” Noah survived (v. 23) and that “the waters covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet” (v. 20) add to this emphasis. This account contains nine units arranged in a palistrophic (chiastic) pattern (A, B, C, D, E, D′, C′, B′, A′): A Noah’s righteous character in a violent culture (6:9–12) B God instructs Noah to build an ark (6:13–22) and the remnant enters the ark (7:1–10) C The start of the deluge (7:11–16) D The waters rise (7:17–24) E God remembers Noah (8:1a) D ...

182. Isaac and Rebekah

Genesis 24:1-67

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... to marry a man she has never met. In so ordering circumstances God shows loyalty and faithfulness to Abraham (vv. 12, 14, 27, 49). A note of urgency runs through this narrative, even though several extended speeches slow the pace. The decisive actions of the characters pick up this pace. After arriving in Haran, the servant pauses to pray; Rebekah appears before he finishes his prayer. As soon as she fills her water jar, the servant runs to meet her. Quickly she lowers her water jar in order to give him ...

183. Jacob Apprehension in Meeting Esau

Genesis 32:1-32

Understanding Series

John E. Hartley

... by deceit was now his by honorable struggle. If these promises were operative, Esau was powerless to harm his family, since Jacob’s seed held that promise. Second, Jacob persisted in fighting until the man changed his name from one that implied a negative character trait to a glorious name with spiritual overtones. Third, Jacob saw God face to face (v. 30). Out of that meeting he gained confidence to face Esau. When Esau arrived, Jacob met him first rather than last as he had planned. By settling accounts ...

184. Signs and Oracles of Judgment

Ezekiel 4:1-5:17, Ezekiel 6:1-14, Ezekiel 7:1-27

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... we ever truly know ourselves. Once the city is destroyed, the survivors will know that “I did not threaten in vain to bring this calamity on them” (v. 10). Oddly, for Ezekiel the fall of Jerusalem becomes evidence of God’s trustworthiness. The divine character, which Jerusalem’s judgment and condemnation confirms as reliable, lends legitimacy to the promises of restoration in the latter part of the book. For good and for ill, God keeps God’s word. 7:1–27 Ezekiel 7 opens with the standard formula ...

185. Trust versus Self-Reliance

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

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Preben Vang

... then hope to discard when health is restored. Unending dependence on God’s grace is itself precisely the state of health into which spiritual recovery leads us. Those who call God’s grace a crutch misunderstand the full gravity of sin and the character of salvation: they imagine our default state to be spiritual health and see salvation as a prop to use on occasions when slips make us temporarily unstable. The truth is that our default state is irreparable rebellion and crippling depravity brought about ...

186. Unity and Community (Part 1)

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

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Preben Vang

... focused more on staying connected to the Giver and delighting to reflect his giving nature, rather than obsessing with the gifts themselves? Television: The Simpsons. In an early episode of this animated series (Season 1, Episode 9, “Life on the Fast Lane”) the main character, Homer, buys his wife (a nonbowler) a custom bowling ball as a last-minute birthday present. Worse, she realizes he has had his own name engraved on it, assuming that she will decline the gift and he will get to enjoy it. She sees ...

187. The Priority of Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Preben Vang

... :22), evidence of holy living (Eph. 4:2; Col. 1:11; 3:12; 1 Thess. 5:14), and something the Corinthians could learn by imitating Paul (2 Cor. 6:6; 1 Tim. 1:16; 2 Tim. 3:10). love is kind. Doing acts of kindness, or mercy, exemplifies God’s character (Rom. 2:4; 11:22; Eph. 2:7) and presence (Eph. 4:32)—something Christians should imitate (Col. 3:12).8 It does not envy. According to Paul, being enraged by envy, behaving like a braggart, and being inflated by self-praise are marks of the flesh, not the ...

188. Seven Angels with Seven Plagues

Revelation 15:1-8

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J. Scott Duvall

... a clean and bright canvas on which to portray God’s nature as both great and good.5How often our worship turns inward and loses its power or turns outward and loses its focus. Worship that is God-centered allows us to celebrate aspects of his character that are too often ignored, such as his faithfulness to judge evil and bring justice for his people. Just as believers cry “How long, O Lord?” when they suffer at the hands of ungodly people and evil systems (6:9–11), so they celebrate and worship ...

189. Defeat, Death, and Departure

1 Sam 4:2-22

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... to be in a sitting posture, given his advanced age (4:15).7 But there may be more here than meets the eye. The narrator depicts Eli as one who only belatedly understands what is going on around him: (1) he initially misjudged Hannah’s character (1:14); (2) he heard about, rather than saw for himself, his sons’ sins and then made only a halfhearted attempt to stop their behavior (2:22–25); (3) he did not immediately recognize that the Lord was calling young Samuel, probably because prophetic revelation ...

190. David Listens to the Voice of Wisdom

1 Samuel 25:1-44

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... him as a wicked man. 25:21 He has paid me back evil for good. Again the word ra‘ah, “evil,” echoes the description of Nabal as evil (note ra‘ in v. 3; see the comment on v. 17 above). His actions are consistent with his character. 25:22 May God deal with David. The Hebrew text reads, “May God deal with the enemies of David.” The Septuagint, which reads simply, “May God deal with David,” likely preserves the original reading here. As stated in the Hebrew text, the vow appears to be ...

191. Turning Up the Pressure

Job 2:1-13

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Daniel J. Estes

... others as though he is not a human. So deformed that he must wear a hood and is ultimately placed in a Victorian freak show, he is managed by a brute who thinks he is an imbecile. Merrick is, in fact, brilliant and a man of good and gentle character. In the film—some discrepancies exist between the film and the actual story—Merrick has a profound effect on his rescuers. Also, Merrick addresses a crowd of mockers in a deeply moving scene, saying, “I am not an elephant. I am not an animal. I am a human ...

192. Job’s Reply to Eliphaz

Job 6:1–7:21

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Daniel J. Estes

... friends in 6:24–30, Job turns away from them in chapter 7. In 7:1–6, Job discloses his inner feelings by speaking in a soliloquy, much as an actor in a play might address the audience in an aside so that they can understand what the character is thinking or feeling. Although Job does indeed have issues with his friends, his overriding complaint is against God (7:7–21), whom he thinks has not treated him rightly. Throughout the remainder of the book, Job more and more will turn away from the friends to ...

193. Job Considers a Legal Dispute with God

Job 9:1–10:22

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Daniel J. Estes

... :1), and he expresses what he would say to God if given the opportunity (10:2–19). Job, however, is pessimistic that God would acquit him, because God’s treatment of Job seems to have turned the retribution principle on its head. Because Job perceives the character of God through the lens of his personal experience, what he sees in God is distorted, leading Job to question if God is good after all. Discouraged by this thought, Job just wants God to leave him alone, if only briefly, before he dies (10:20 ...

194. Job Presents Evidence against the Retribution Principle

Job 12:1--14:22

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Daniel J. Estes

... In the Bible, Yahweh is the only God, and he alone directs the course of history to his determined end. Film: Star Wars. In the Star Wars movies, Yoda, the venerable Jedi master, lives to be nine hundred years old before he dies. Obviously, he is a God-like character. He is renowned for his great wisdom as a Grand Master Jedi, and he uses this insight to train Luke Skywalker, teaching him what he knows about the force and in doing so putting Luke on the path to knowing himself. Job Turns to Speak to God Big ...

195. “Lord, I Love the House Where You Live”

Psalm 26:1-12

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C. Hassell Bullock

... has labeled it, seems a much better choice.[2] The editor(s) of Book 1, or this particular subcollection, makes a case for the righteous person who is morally worthy to enter the temple of the Lord, so the psalm may be a more general consideration of his moral character, that he is worthy to enter the Lord’s house, than a specific liturgy in the sense of Psalms 15 and 24. Psalms 25 and 26 share verbal links. The psalmist trusts in the Lord (25:2; 26:1) and prays for redemption (25:22; 26:11) and mercy ...

196. “May the Net They Hid Entangle Them”

Psalm 35:1-28

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C. Hassell Bullock

... that the Lord himself intends to turn right-side up (35:27). Evil for good and good for evil Applying the Text: One strong idea that emerges from Psalm 35 is the psalmist’s innocence, asserted in the phrase “without cause” (vv. 7, 19). His sterling character is further affirmed by his treatment of his enemies, “They repay me evil for good” (v. 12a). He defines the good he did to them when they were in trouble, “I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me ...

197. God Subjugates Judah under Babylon

Daniel 1:1-21

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Ronald W. Pierce

... written by Jean Marzollo and Walter Wick, titled I Spy. These include amazingly detailed photos and drawings that invite their readers to ponder complex images to discover tiny, hidden details. For example, a tableau of a medieval castle siege might contain hidden characters or accoutrements that must be spotted. The idea of the series has continued to live on in puzzles, board games, educational tools, and online games.11 One can see the little details in the complexity of the entire scene only by looking ...

198. Thank You, Siri...Oops!

Luke 17:11-19

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King Duncan

... . If we could see ourselves as God sees us in our incompleteness and imperfection, then we would cry out with joy that the God of all creation accepts us and loves us as we are, and gave his Son in our behalf. Saying “thank you” is a statement of character; it is a statement of grace. Finally, saying “thank you” is a statement of worship. That is why we are here this day. That is what our hymns are about and our offering and every part of our worship. It is our humble way of saying, “Thank you ...

199. Eliphaz

Job 4:1–5:27

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... given the very different starting points. Job cannot begin where the friends do because he does not fit their paradigm. The consensus is chiefly true, but it appears to be overstated. The first several verses of each speech arguably acknowledge past comments of other characters. In Job’s first response to Eliphaz, for example, one feels the pathos welling up within Job over the discord between his life’s reality and Eliphaz’s counsel (Job 6–7). The same can be said for Job’s reaction to Bildad and ...

200. On Divisions in the Church

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... the Spirit, even to those who might not perceive Paul’s nuance in the Greek. At issue is the reality of God’s Spirit among them that means that as a church they are the special locus of God’s presence and power at work in Corinth. The character of their community and its presence in the world are to embody God’s will and work. Instead of focusing on themselves and forming destructive factions, they are to live out God’s holiness, which in Christ has been revealed to be a saving presence and power ...

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