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2001. What Do You See?

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... I will repay you when I come back.’” (Luke 10:34-35, ESV) What this Samaritan does is nothing short of amazing. He uses all of his available resources - oil, wine, his own personal clothing, his animal, time, energy, and his money to give this man the best care possible. He then risks his own life by taking this wounded man to an inn in Jewish territory. You could have not blamed the Samaritan for just dumping him at the edge of town and riding away, because after all, “What would you think if you saw ...

2002. Everything Counts

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches?” (Luke 16:10-11, ESV) Do you notice that Jesus calls money, “a very little thing”? What we think is a big thing is a little thing to God. I don’t care if you have millions of dollars it is just a little thing. Do you know why? 1) You don’t own it; 2) You can’t keep it. God is watching you right now. He is examining the books right now. He is seeing if how you manage your earthly ...

2003. No Excuse

Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... meal He was having with the Pharisees. “One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully.” (Luke 14:1, ESV) It is a Sabbath Day. Jesus has been invited to eat at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees. They were watching Jesus carefully. They weren’t watching what He was eating or how He was eating it. They didn’t care about His dietary habits. As always, they were trying to catch Him in a trap and try to get Him involved in a debate that He ...

2004. Signed, Sealed, and Delivered

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

James Merritt

... what God wanted him to write. For example, we read in Exodus 24:4: “And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord.” (Exodus 24:4, ESV) When God authorized the writing of a manuscript and the people of God recognized it as being from God it was carefully preserved. We read this in the Book of Deuteronomy: When Moses had finished writing the words of this law in a book to the very end, Moses commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, ‘Take this Book of the Law and put it by ...

2005. Jesus Prays for Us

John 17:6-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... surrounded by a company of angels. Jesus himself holds us in the palm of his hand. He will not let us go. He will preserve our soul says the Psalmist in another place (121:7-8). He will preserve us to the very end. As the Good Shepherd, Jesus took care of the flock entrusted him. He allowed none to be lost (except for Judas who had to be, in fulfillment of scripture). Shepherds know that sheep are prone to stray. Good shepherds leave those sheep that are safe in the fold and goes in search of the one that ...

2006. She Looked Great, But...

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

... , you know. With God’s help, you can begin living out the values you truly feel on the inside. “These people honor me with their lips,” said Jesus, “but their hearts are far from me.” How is your heart? Does it reflect the heart of Jesus? And be careful of judging on the basis of outward appearances. Get to know people and you may discover that the person who looks like they don’t belong is actually a child of God. 1. thedodo.com. Cited in Reader’s Digest (Reader’s Digest USA). 2. http://www ...

2007. Is the Doctor in Today?

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... a chronic menstrual disorder or a uterine hemorrhage. All Mark tells us is this woman has “suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.” That happens even today, doesn ... life may be hard, but you are not defeated until you give up. God is no respecter of persons. If you have a need, God cares. In any important endeavor in life, faith makes a difference. As long as there is God, there is hope. 1. The Rotarian. 2. http://digilib ...

2008. She Looked Great, But...

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

2009. Blessed Are the Abnormal

James 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Not now. The recession has had a devastating effect on those who can afford it least. Overall, our society fared fairly well this past decade. That is only because the figures include those at the top who are doing extremely well. Now I will have to be careful or some of you will accuse me of promoting class warfare. I’m not. I’m simply stating what is considered normal in our society. I am very much aware that many at the bottom of society act irresponsibly with their resources. That’s one reason ...

2010. How God Looks at Marriage

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... 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 ideal. That realization prevents the need for the divorce in the first place. For a man does not treat his own ...

2011. Eyes Fixed Upon the Goal

Philippians 3:8-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Many people live ineffective lives because they do not set priorities. Successful living is about taking care of the things that matter most. St. Paul’s life was focused entirely on serving Christ. That’s where we need to focus our lives as well. I have read that on the Australian coat of arms is a picture of two animals: an emu and a ...

2012. The Believers Share Their Possessions

Acts 4:32-37

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... they had while they had it. Subsequently, their poverty became an occasion of blessing both to them and to those who ministered to them (cf. 2 Cor. 9:11f.). 4:33 The strong sense of social responsibility just noted was matched by no less a care for people’s spiritual well-being. Despite the ban imposed upon them by the Sanhedrin, the apostles continued to give their testimony (the Greek is that specific) to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. The tense of the verb (imperfect) indicates that this was their ...

2013. Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin

Acts 7:1-53

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... it “as the ordinance of the angels.” In any case, Stephen’s intention was to enhance the dignity of the law. The law had come with notable sanctions, yet they had not obeyed it. No proof of this statement is given. Stephen had passed the point where he could carefully argue the case. But at the back of his mind there may have been their specific breach of the law in their treatment of Jesus (cf. Exod. 20:13). Hence his use of the word “murderer” (v. 52; in the Greek it is a noun, not a verb). It ...

2014. The Riot in Ephesus

Acts 19:23-41

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... of this verse and their term of office such a time of unrest that the silversmiths’ protest could take the form that it did. 19:39–41 Failing the courts, Demetrius could bring his case, if he had one, to the public assembly. But the clerk was careful to stress that it should be a “legal meeting of the citizens.” Under the best of circumstances, the Romans did not view these assemblies with any favor, and if they were found to be in blatant disregard of law and order, the Romans were just as likely ...

2015. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:1-15, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... :30–33 Paul concludes the tribulation catalogue with a statement emphasizing his stance on boasting (v. 30), an oath formula (v. 31), and a concrete illustration of the persecution he endures (vv. 31–33). 11:30 The apostle emphasizes his stance on boasting carefully phrasing the sentence as conditional. He would rather not boast, since any kind of boasting, other than boasting in the Lord (cf. 10:17), is foolishness (cf. 11:1, 16–17). But if the apologetic situation in Corinth requires it (lit., “If ...

2016. Living as Children of Light

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... ”) nearly always concerns a sacrificial offering (Rom. 12:1; Phil. 4:18): “So here it suggests the thought that the life of the Christian is ever laid upon the altar. All of our actions are to be an offering to God … and we must therefore take care that they are acceptable to him” (p. 709). 5:11 In contrast to the fruitful works of light (5:9), the works of darkness are unfruitful, or fruitless. Believers are admonished not to have anything to do with people who belong to the darkness. Again, as in ...

2017. Children and Parents

Ephesians 6:1-4

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... and keep his commandments (Exod. 20:6). Initially, Exodus 20:12 referred to the promised land that God was giving to the children of Israel. Also, it would have been older children who were called upon to honor their parents by obeying and exercising care and responsibility for them. Ephesians shortens the phrase “in the land the Lord your God is giving you” (Exod. 20:12) to “on the earth.” The promised land is replaced by a more general or universal conception. God rewards a society or a community ...

2018. Instructions to Timothy

1 Timothy 4:1-16

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... Timothy (1:13–14; 2:15; 2:24–26; 3:14–4:5). But Timothy must ultimately rely on the Holy Spirit, who, as 2 Timothy 1:6–7 and 14 make plain, is the source of the gift he is not to neglect (amelei, “disregard,” or “not take care of”). The gift for ministry, as in 1:18, is said to have been given through a prophetic message (cf. 1:18). In this instance, however, because of the broader concern for Timothy’s relationship to the community, Paul adds that the giving of the gift through prophetic ...

2019. Paul's Charge to Timothy

1 Timothy 6:11-21

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... Paul [6:11; Rom. 2:1, 3; 9:20; Gal. 3:1]), Paul appeals to his younger colleague: Guard what has been entrusted to your care. This is the third such charge in the letter (cf. 1:18–19; 6:13–16; the fourth if one sees 4:6–10 ... letter by placing Timothy under such a trust (cf. 1:18; 2 Tim. 1:14). But what is the “deposit” that has been entrusted to Timothy’s care? Many think the “sound teaching” of the gospel, which he then is to entrust to others (2 Tim. 2:2). But that is probably to read too ...

2020. Deborah

Judges 4:1-24

Understanding Series

Cheryl A. Brown

... battle was ready to begin, the climactic point of the story was at hand—and the author again abruptly shifts the scene to tell us about some Bedouin named Heber who pitched his tent . . . near Kedesh (v. 11). We might find ourselves asking, Who cares? But this kind of backtracking is common in Hebrew narrative. And far from being superfluous, the information is important in setting up the events that will follow; the fact that the author draws attention to it out of place, as it were, serves to highlight ...

2021. Naomi and Ruth

Ruth 1:1-22

Understanding Series

Michael S. Moore

... two passages. Here a Bethlehemite mother-in-law pleads with her foreign daughters-in-law to return home. There a Bethlehemite father-in-law pleads with an out-of-town son-in-law not to return home. Both parent figures fear for the safety of those in their care. One tries to reason with a son-in-law who is sorely lacking in common sense. The other tries to persuade a loyal daughter-in-law to become something she will not. Orpah’s Decision and Ruth’s Decision 1:14a Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law ...

2022. The Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs 10:1-32

Understanding Series

Roland E. Murphy

... obvious. Perhaps the sense is that while the sages increase in wisdom, fools learn only from corporal punishment (cf. 26:3b; also 19:25), if then. Verses 13–14 are associated by lips and mouth. 10:14 Antithetic. It is characteristic of the wise to be careful in speech (17:27). They know when to speak and what to say. But the foolish invite ruin by their thoughtless talking. 10:15 Antithetic. This saying is a matter of fact, without any moral edge. Of themselves, riches are helpful and poverty means ruin ...

2023. More Proverbs of Solomon

Proverbs 27:1-27

Understanding Series

Roland E. Murphy

... plenty to live on (v. 27). This passage is very detailed, when one considers the brief references to farming in 10:5; 12:10–11; 24:27; 28:19. It is less likely that we have here a parable (see Van Leeuven [Context]) about the king’s care for his people. Additional Notes 27:9 V. 9b is also ambiguous in that the Hb. preposition min can be translated as indicating source (see NIV, springs from) or comparison (“better than one’s own counsel” as in the NJPS). Many emendations have been suggested, but ...

2024. Judgment Against Evil Kings

Jeremiah 22:1-30, Jeremiah 23:1-8

Understanding Series

Tremper Longman III

... against the prophet easily and powerfully. 22:2 The oracle is addressed primarily to the king, but includes the entire royal apparatus (you, your officials and your people). The gates were probably gates that led to the palace. 22:3 The oracle demands that the king take care of the vulnerable, which includes victims of crimes (the one who has just been robbed), the alien, the fatherless, and the widow (Exod. 22:21; Lev. 19:33; 25:14, 17; Deut. 23:16). It was the king’s duty to protect those who could not ...

2025. Israel’s Ill-Placed Confidence

Amos 5:18-27

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... this uninhabited land that God also showed his faithfulness to his people, despite their prolonged punishment. He miraculously supplied bread (manna) and meat (quail) (Exod. 16; Num. 11), as well as water (Exod. 15:22–27; 17:1–7; Num. 20:1–13; 21:16–20). God’s care for Israel is amply summarized in Deut. 1:30–31: “The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried ...

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