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201. Job’s Reply to Eliphaz

Job 6:1–7:21

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Daniel J. Estes

... is a great comfort. Job, by contrast, does not feel comforted by God’s watchful eye on him but rather badgered by God’s unceasing scrutiny. As in 6:4, Job feels attacked and wounded by God, so God’s constant surveillance of him produces in Job a sense of distance and tension rather than closeness and safety. Job, therefore, wants God to stop looking at him, in contrast to the psalmist who pleaded with Yahweh, “Look on me and answer” (Ps. 13:3). In 6:4 Job complained that the arrows of the Almighty ...

202. “Taste and See That the Lord Is Good”

Psalm 34:1-22

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C. Hassell Bullock

... celebrates those who fear the Lord (34:7, 9, 11) and “take refuge” in him (34:8, 22) and those who seek the Lord (34:10). On the account with Abimelek, see “Historical and Cultural Background.” “Pretended to be insane” is literally “he changed his ‘good sense’” (cf. Ps. 119:66). 34:2 I will glory in the Lord. The verb translated as “glory” means “to boast,” as in 1 Kings 20:11, or “to glory in” or “to rejoice,” as it does in Isaiah 41:16. 34:3 Glorify the Lord with ...

203. Pop Verses: Romans 8:28

Romans 8:28

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Charley Reeb

... don’t always know how to pray. Sometimes a sigh is all we can get out! And I understand that! Most of my prayers this week have been sighs. How about you? But the great thing Paul says is that God knows what we need. The Holy Spirit within us senses our yearnings at the deepest level and lifts up our prayers to God. It is then that Paul gives our pop verse: We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. –Romans 8:28 What Paul is saying ...

204. On Divisions in the Church

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... the thing itself.” One may reasonably suspect that Paul was never thinking metaphorically, at least in a pure and detached way, but that he had the situation in Corinth in mind and wrapped a dramatic, didactic metaphor around it to bring the Corinthians to their senses. 3:12–13 H. W. Hollander (“The Testing by Fire of the Builders’ Works: 1 Corinthians 3.10–15,” NTS 40 [1994], pp. 89–104) makes the point that the fire in this eschatological judgment is no more the fire of wrath than the fire ...

205. The Woman and the Dragon

Revelation 12:1--13:1a

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... of Christian martyrs. John does not view the history of God’s people as divided into discrete dispensations; rather, the faithful remnant of Israel and now of the church form an unbroken testimony to God’s reign from creation to consummation. In this sense, the saints of old bear collective witness to a pattern of life which ultimately overcomes the evils of a fallen world (cf. Heb. 11). John sounds a realistic, perhaps even an ominous note in the final stanza. While the heavens (and the eschatological ...

206. Job's Reply to Eliphaz

Job 6:1–7:21

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... same term in the plural (tsebaʾot) is often used to describe the militant hosts of heaven prepared for battle, as in the frequent divine epithet yhwh tsebaʾot, “the Lord of hosts.” 7:2 The Heb. for NIV’s waiting eagerly is from the verb qwh, and has the sense of waiting tensely on the edge of one’s seat. 7:6 When Job says he is without hope he employs a term (tiqwah) based on the same root (qwh) as the verb in 7:2 that implies expectant anticipation or tense waiting. For Job, who expects only more ...

207. Nebuchadnezzer’s Dream of a Tree

Daniel 4:1-18

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... , acknowledging that humans should submit to God and not consider themselves to be his equals (2 Macc. 9:11–12). Readers of the second century and later would have seen in Nebuchadnezzar—a king who lost his human reason and acted beastly, but then came to his senses and praised God—a type of Antiochus IV. The central themes of the chapter, that God can take away kingdoms and give them to whomever he will (4:17, 25, 32), even to the lowliest ones (4:17), and that God’s kingdom is everlasting (4:3 ...

208. Daniel’s Vision of a Ram and a Goat

Daniel 8:1-14

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William Nelson

... , 51). The Jews then fortified Jerusalem so that the Gentiles could not trample down the walls (1 Macc. 4:60). Jesus predicted that “Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled” (Luke 21:24). 8:14 It makes no sense for the angel to speak to Daniel (he said to me), as in the MT. One angel asks another angel a question (8:13). The angel addressed by the question then answers the questioning angel (8:14). We should therefore follow the LXX, which reads “to ...

209. Faith or Observance of the Law

Galatians 3:1-14, Galatians 3:15-25

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L. Ann Jervis

... everyone, Jew and pagan, was in slavery to the law (cf. 3:23), for whether one was a Jew or a pagan, there was no other way to deal with sin than through the law one knew (cf. Rom. 2:14). The ancient world understood law in a general sense to be that which reflected justice. As Aristotle says, “ ‘The just’ therefore means that which is lawful or that which is equal and fair” (Eth. nic. 5.1.8 [Rackham, LCL]). Law was a way of measuring and achieving justice. By broadening the field to speak about law ...

210. Walking in the Light and the Problem of Sin

1 John 2:15-17, 1 John 1:5--2:14

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Thomas F. Johnson

... letters. First John 1:9 is the only instance in which homologeō means to confess or admit sins. All of the other uses are in the positive sense of making a confession of faith, esp. in Christ. See John 1:20; 9:22; 12:42; 1 John 2:23; 4:2–3, 15; 2 John ... ), a word which never appears in the Gospel or letters of John, but the ethical imperative to love one another. 2:8 But, in a sense, it is also a new command, both because it was called the “new command” by Jesus (John 13:34), and also because of the new ...

211. Faith in the Son of God

1 John 5:1-12, 1 John 4:7-21

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Thomas F. Johnson

... the devil (3:10; cf. John 8:44), who have seceded (1 John 2:19). The Elder uses of the concept of born of God as a way of showing why it is only logical to love both one’s brother and God. The author’s point depends on the sense of three forms of the verb gennaō in this verse. First, believers in Jesus are described as born of God (ek tou theou gegennētai, perf, pass.; lit., “has been begotten of God”). Next, God is “the one who begat” (ton gennēsanta, aor. act.). Finally, the expression, his ...

212. The Surrogate

Matthew 1:1-17

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Lori Wagner

... the blood and the smoke, the gunfire and the trenches. She cherished that ring, knowing that it held a hopeful future for the two of them, once the war would be over. It gave her hope that he would return home again safe and alive. It gave her a sense of security to look at it, to touch it, especially when she felt most worried. Many men who gave rings and other amulets to their lovers during that time of the bloodiest war in history never did come home. Those rings became not tokens of a future, but icons ...

213. Formed by the Potter's Loving Hand

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15, John 8:48-59, John 9:1-12

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Lori Wagner

... ? A pet? Or let me put that better than “pet owner:” Any pet parents here? Pet partners? [Give people time to answer.] True pet lovers know that animals have a kind of freaky sense about people. They seem not only to sense if someone is afraid of them or not (they smell fear, we say). They can also instinctively sense a person’s spirit –whether that person is friend or foe, approachable or not, even happy or sad. Have you ever noticed how cats like to cuddle up to those strangers or visitors who ...

All statements are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense.

Principia Discordia

215. Called! Cleansed! Sent

Isaiah 6:1-13

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Robert A. Hausman

... . Our concern is simply that we relearn what "holy" means. Only by knowing who God is do we know who we are. We say of some people: "nothing is holy to him," or, "she holds nothing sacred." When we do, we are talking about someone who has no sense of the divine which is behind or above all human authority, systems, and governments. Hitler was such a person on a great scale. The question of whether we hold anything sacred is put before all of us today in the form of nuclear weapons. The question of whether ...

216. Baptism And Self-Esteem

Mark 12:28-34

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Steven E. Albertin

... have done something "naughty." We are not just talking about having eaten some forbidden fruit. Living in sin means that we can never seem to shed the suspicion that we are not good enough. Living in sin means that we always find the lie of the serpent making sense: "God doesn't care about you, so you had better take things into your own hands!" Living in sin means that we are eternally in search of self-esteem and never able to capture it. Living in sin means that we can never bring ourselves to trust God ...

217. The Shepherd And His Flock

John 10:1-21

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William E. Keeney

... C. Voice and life authentically relates to Christ CONTACT Points of Contact 1. Listen to Him. Jesus did not so much call people to believe him, but to follow him. Of course, one cannot follow a person very long unless one believes in him. In another sense, one cannot really test the reality of a person unless you follow closely enough to test whether his life and message is genuine. The final proof of a person's convictions about Jesus is the readiness to accept discipleship, to learn from him and to follow ...

218. The Simple Shepherds--And The Lamb Of God

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... they went with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger." The shepherds knew this was important, and they had a sense of urgency about it. Sometimes we are in danger of missing this. It is easy for us to get swept along by all that is ... advisor for the 4-H Club!" Here is a danger for us -- that we settle down in our living with no compelling joy and no sense of urgency about sharing and living the meaning of our faith and the Good News that the Christ child has been born. A preacher I ...

219. Whom Shall I Send, and Who Will Go for Us?

Isaiah 6:1-13

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Arthur H. Kolsti

... in our very hearts where our thoughts and values shape the words that come forth from our lips. "Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." Jesus said that. Here is a thought to roll around in your head. When we lose a sense of the transcendent God, we also lose a vision of our own humanity. The human dimension goes into eclipse and this is reflected in many ways. The marketing-inspired image of the person as consumer diminishes us. Pornography dehumanizes our personhood. The adulation of the ...

220. Is It God's Will?

Hebrews 2:5-18

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Erskine White

... her. She was a good person. In fact, many would say she was better than most people, a loving, giving Christian woman. No, you should have seen enough of life by now to know that it rains on the just and unjust alike (Matthew 5:45). You can't make sense out of suffering by trying to see how people deserve what they get. If that were true, we all would suffer every day of our lives! The Psalmist put it very well: "If Thou, O Lord, should count iniquities, Lord, who among us could stand?" (130:3). A third ...

221. The Ambiguity of Life, Deciding for Christ

John 10:22-42

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Carl Jech

... discussed at some length during Lent). We have repeated many times that to focus on Jesus as the Christ is to focus on the Grace of God. It is this clear focus on God's unconditional love that cuts through all uncertainty and ambiguity, giving us a profound sense of belonging and security in the knowledge that the real Jesus Christ has arisen and lives in us. Blessed assurance! Jesus is mine! (Fanny J. Crosby) The story is told of a brilliant scientist at MIT. He was a leader in his field, but when it came ...

222. Becoming What You Are

John 14:15-31

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Carl Jech

... as holier-than-thou, or goody-two-shoes, or fanatic. But to insist that we are neither saints nor sinners, that we are "only human," is to miss the wonderful paradox in the idea that we are to become what we already are. To be a saint in the Christian sense is to be humble and human "to the max," but at the same time it is to have the wonderfully reassuring confidence that God does much more than simply reward or punish us according to our deserts. God makes it possible for us, as we have often repeated, to ...

223. Father Damien

Luke 17:11-19

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Carroll Gunkel

... Come.’ "3 His complete disregard for his own well-being led his bishop and others to urge him to rest. Damien’s respectful but emphatic response was: Rest! I have no time to rest when there is so much to do and my time is so short.4 A sense of holy restlessness pervaded Damien’s nature. That "holy restlessness" is reminiscent of the Master’s words in John 9:4, when he said: "Work while it is day for the night comes when no man can work." Father Damien was engulfed in the night of squalor and illness ...

224. An Altered State of Consciousness

Romans 5:1-11

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Robert G. Tuttle

... , no one had run a four-minute mile. Then Roger Bannister ran the mile in under four minutes, and since then many runners have broken it. They now know it can be done; the belief barrier has been broken. Faith opens the belief barrier, and miracles take place. A sense of the present action of the Spirit of God makes many things possible! Look at the healing powers of Jesus: The people knew he could do it. He did it. He still can. Let us listen to the words of Alice in Wonderland: "There’s no use trying ...

225. Fingertip Embalming

John 20:24-31

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Louis H. Valbracht

... plague, and so he bargains for some time that he might do something worthwhile before he dies. He stops at a wayside chapel along the way to make his confession to the priest. Here is part of what he says: "Is it so cruelly inconceivable to grasp God with the senses? Why should he hide himself in the mist of half-spoken promises and unseen miracles? How can we have faith in all of this when we do not have faith in ourselves? What is going to happen to those of us who want to believe, but can’t? And what ...

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