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2126. Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

John 14:15-31, John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... a natural question, because Jesus’ destination has not yet been established, but it is not a mere request for information. Behind it is the plaintive cry, Why are you going? or Why must you go? The discourse that follows (13:36–14:31) is Jesus’ response to that cry as well as his formal answer to the question explicitly asked. Jesus’ initial assertion that he was going away had pointed back explicitly to similar statements made earlier to the Jewish authorities (7:33–36; 8:21). It is the common NT ...

2127. Jesus Appears to Thomas

John 20:24-31

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J. Ramsey Michaels

... done on certain other occasions after their first expression of faith (cf. 6:69; 16:30). The narrator intends that this should happen to his readers as well. To him, faith is no static thing that comes once to a person, only to lie dormant, but a response to God that comes to expression again and again as one is confronted afresh with the story of Jesus (cf. 4:50, 53). It is therefore likely that the resurrection narrative—like the rest of John’s Gospel—is directed at those who already believe, so as ...

2128. Forgiveness for the Sinner

2 Corinthians 2:5-11

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... doubt that the name Satan (ho Satanas) is related to the Hebrew verb satan meaning “to slander, accuse” (cf. Pss. 38:21; 71:13; 109:4, 20, 29; Zech. 3:1). In later Jewish tradition, Satan is responsible for many of the sins mentioned in the OT. For example, it was Satan who was responsible for the Israelites worshipping the golden calf, because he deceitfully declared that Moses would not return from Mount Sinai (b. Šabb. 89a). In 2 Corinthians 2:11 Paul may be playing on the meaning of “Satan” as ...

2129. Be Holy

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

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Norman Hillyer

... faith, or by self-interest (Matt. 25:31–46). In the light of their special relationship with God, it follows that believers are to live as strangers here in the present world (for their true home is in heaven), and in reverent fear, since their prime responsibility is to their heavenly Father. This is not the fear of cowardice or slavery, nor a self-concerned fear of death or punishment, but the proper esteem of an obedient and happy child secure in a close and warm relationship with a much admired Father ...

2130. Wives and Husbands

1 Peter 3:1-7

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Norman Hillyer

... her husband. The reference to Sarah in verse 6 has the same sexual implication. The occasion when she is recorded in Scripture as addressing Abraham as “her master” is when she learns that despite their advanced ages, she is to bear him a son. Her submissive response is a laughing “My lord is rather old!” (Gen. 18:12 LXX). Thus both in verse 1 and in verse 5 the meaning of the wife’s submission to her husband concerns the sexual relationship and should not be taken in a more general and oppressive ...

2131. Suffering for Doing Good

1 Peter 3:8-22

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Norman Hillyer

... example (Matt. 5:48; John 8:46). Peter will repeat the admonition to be humble later when he addresses young men in particular (5:5). 3:9 To treat others in such a charitable manner is not likely to prove impossibly difficult when a similar response is forthcoming, as it certainly should be within the Christian fellowship. But if it is not? Peter is no doubt thinking now of outsiders. Then the demand of Christ’s ethic for his followers is still to maintain a positive attitude, despite any adverse reaction ...

2132. Rebellion Against the Lord

Deuteronomy 1:26-46

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... the others is suspended until v. 28), the original command Go up and take possession of the land (v. 21) has been reinforced by the encouragement, it is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us. This makes the people’s next response all the more surprising and shocking: But you were unwilling to go up (v. 26). The rest of the section is presented as an ever intensifying resistance to all Moses’ encouragements, ending in the debacle of an attempted conquest and humiliating defeat. Structurally, the ...

2133. A Rebellious Son

Deuteronomy 21:18-21

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... terms a very last resort. Yet its mere existence indicates the serious nature of the fifth commandment. And its balancing of familial with civil responsibilities in the matter of young adult delinquency is not without relevance to the same issue today. 21:22–23 The body of an ... rejection of authority, in this case tantamount to a renunciation of the parental bond. They are used frequently of Israel’s disobedient response to Yahweh (e.g., Pss. 78:8; 106:7; Neh. 9:29; Isa. 1:23; Jer. 5:23; Hos. 9:15). On ...

2134. The Offer of Life or Death

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... 5–13 is entirely Christocentric. His argument should not be seen as a mutually exclusive contrast between the law and faith, since he quotes from Leviticus and Deuteronomy (both part of the law) on both sides of his argument. Rather, his point is that in Christ the true response to the law (i.e., faith and obedience), expressed in the law itself, is possible. For Paul, the word of God, the way of the Lord, the means to life are all so completely given in Jesus Christ, the end or goal of the law (Rom. 10:4 ...

2135. Elijah on Mount Carmel

1 Kings 18:16-46

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Iain W. Provan

... conclusion to the chapter. For although Obadiah builds Ahab up as someone to be feared (18:9–14), from the moment Elijah meets the king he dominates him. Ahab speaks but once in the entire story (18:17), and having been silenced by Elijah’s aggressive and fearless response (18:18), he spends the rest of the time either doing what the prophet tells him (18:19–20, 41–42, 44–45) or watching from the sidelines so quietly as to be invisible (18:21–40). He is as impotent as the god he worships. Elijah ...

2136. Envoys from Babylon

2 Kings 20:12-21

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Iain W. Provan

... was evidently life-threatening (v. 1), but all we hear of the specifics is that it involved an inflammation or boil (Hb. šeḥîn, v. 7, as in Exod. 9:9–11; Lev. 13:18–20, 23; Deut. 28:35; Job 2:7). Its importance lies more in Hezekiah’s response to it than in its nature. As in the midst of the Assyrian crisis, he turns to prayer (vv. 2–3; cf. 19:4, 15–19). The prayer is somewhat more self-centered than in 19:15–19, stressing the king’s own righteousness. There is for the first time ...

2137. The Dedication of the Temple

2 Chronicles 7:1-10

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Louis C. Jonker

... had in mind to do in the temple of the LORD and in his own palace. This concludes the whole episode of the temple’s construction and its dedication. 7:12–22 The conclusion of the temple construction and dedication is followed by Yahweh’s response in a divine revelation. Whereas the source text in 1 Kings 9:2 refers back to the Lord’s appearance to Solomon in Gibeon, the Chronicler merely mentions the LORD appeared to him at night, apparently the same night after the dedication of the temple. Second ...

2138. The Lord Appears to Solomon

2 Chronicles 7:11-22

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Louis C. Jonker

2139. Later Opposition Under Xerxes and Artaxerxes

Ezra 4:6-24

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Leslie C. Allen

... sent to Artaxerxes. The third letter is also to Artaxerxes, but this list of senders differs from that of the second letter (vv. 8–16). We are meant to understand that it was as negative as the others. The fourth letter (vv. 17–22) is a response from Artaxerxes to the third letter. 4:8–16 The text of the next letter is found in these verses. It was from two officials, evidently based in the province of Samaria. They did not write on behalf of the provincial governor. Rather, they claimed to represent ...

2140. Completion and Dedication of the Temple

Ezra 6:13-18

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Leslie C. Allen

... with 1 Kgs. 6:36; 7:12, although it applies only to the walls of the temple court there; it may have been an earthquake precaution. Knowledge of the first temple presupposes Cyrus’ access to local information. Possibly his decree was drawn up in response to a Jewish petition, as Williamson, Ezra, Nehemiah, p. 80, suggests. Inside knowledge depending on a Jewish informant in Darius’ case is reflected in the technical details of v. 11, the pleasing sacrifices in v. 10 (compare Lev. 1:9), and the reference ...

2141. The Passover

Ezra 6:19-22

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

2142. The Return to Jerusalem

Ezra 8:15-36

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

... . 8:35–36 We hear an echo of the religious celebrations that followed the completion of the two phases of the first mission in chapters 3 and 6. It was time to celebrate again. A switch to third-person narrative appears to indicate that the editor was responsible for bringing the episode to a close. These verses were a natural deduction from the royal mandates in 7:17, 21–23, with a side-glance at Nehemiah 2:9. The sacrificing is also an act of thanksgiving for the safety of the journey. It is a ...

2143. A Prophecy Against Egypt

Isaiah 19:1-25

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John Goldingay

... /be terrified can be used for trembling and thrill before God (e.g., 66:2, 5; 60:5), while the word for terror (khaga’), which comes only here, sounds as if it should have something to do with a festival (khag). So while abject fear would be an appropriate enough response to the experiences described in verses 1–15 (as in 10:29; 2:10, 19, 21), there might be more to be said. This will turn out to be a low key beginning to a suite that resounds more and more as we read on through verses 16–25. The ...

2144. Israel Freed

Isaiah 48:12-22

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John Goldingay

... 12–19 stand in a parallel relationship to verses 1–11. They begin with the exhortation to Jacob-Israel to listen, and they repeat it twice more as the prophet seeks yet again to grasp Jacob-Israel by the lapels verbally and shake it into a response. Once again verse 12 goes on to refer to how Jacob-Israel was called. This time the reference concerns how Yahweh called them rather than how they called themselves. Once again verse 12 recalls who Yahweh distinctively is, with a summary that is even more ...

2145. We've Got a Friend in High Places

1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28, Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... Harry Ironside’s favorite stories was about Czar Nicholas I of Russia. The czar had a good friend who asked him to provide a job for his son. And so the czar appointed the son as a paymaster in the Russian army. This was a position of responsibility. Unfortunately the son was a gambler and lost nearly all the money entrusted to his care. Then word came that the auditors were coming to examine the young man’s records. The young man realized that he owed a huge debt--far greater than he could ever repay ...

2146. Faces of Failure: Jesus’s Family

Mark 3:20-21, 31-35

Sermon

Don Tuttle

... answers have two things in common. One, they are willfully blind to the biblical evidence pointing to Jesus as the Son of God. They simply ignore what Scripture says about Jesus and the transformation that took place in people’s lives and the world because of him. Two, such responses allow those who deny Jesus is the Son of God to avoid the claims he makes on their lives. By ignoring the truth, they can say: “Since he was a liar or a lunatic, a myth or a guru, then I don’t have to admit I have sinned ...

2147. Fish Tales

Luke 24:36b-48

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John Jamison

... up in the middle of the night, because God was standing at the foot of your bed tugging on your toe? You woke up, and God looked at you and said, “I want you to convince everyone that this idea is true! In fact, I’m making it your responsibility to sell it to them.” You would have no choice. You get the idea. Have you ever really needed to convince someone of something that was really difficult to convince them of? That is the problem the guy is faced with in the passage from Luke today. The writer ...

2148. The Shepherd

John 10:11-18

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John Jamison

... shepherd. The shepherd who did not protect his flock was not a shepherd. He might be considered a hired hand, someone who was paid to do something and who may or may not do it very well. But if he truly wanted to be a shepherd, his number one responsibility was to take care of each and every one of the sheep that was entrusted to his care — even if that meant risking his own life to protect them. Even if it meant placing himself, his sling, and his staff between his flock and an attacking mountain lion or ...

2149. United We Stand

John 17:11b-19

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King Duncan

... on the order of, “I haven’t had any experience of God. I go because it is obvious to me that the people who attend are experiencing God, and I am hoping that one day I will too.” (4) That is a beautiful and refreshingly honest response. I wonder if a TV character would say that today. Television has become somewhat hostile to organized religion. Some of us have experienced God in quite a profound way. Others of us are yearning for such an experience. Regardless, we are united in our belief that ...

2150. So, You Want to Get Well?

Mark 5:21-43

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Ron Lavin

... , 'Who touched me?' Can't you see the crowds all around you pushing and shoving to get close, bumping one another repeatedly and bumping you in the process? What's the problem? Someone touched you? So what?" Jesus never deals with this natural human response. He turned to the crowd with those deep, penetrating eyes that seemed to search the nooks and crannies of the human soul, and requested again with compassion in his eyes, "Who touched me?" The crisis in the first story suddenly falls into second place ...

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