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2276. Paul the Apostle of the New Covenant to the Gentiles

Romans 15:14-22

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C. Marvin Pate

... offer to God (Heb. 13:15) in the temple of new-covenant believers (1 Cor. 6:19; 1 Pet. 2:5).5Paul’s ministry to Gentiles is effecting that transformation. (e) The power for Paul to accomplish his mission is none other than the end-time gift of the Holy Spirit, who performs signs and wonders (miracles) through Paul to convert the Gentiles (compare Rom. 15:19 with Acts 2:22, 43; 4:30; 5:12; 14:3; 15:12; 2 Cor. 12:12; 2 Thess. 2:9; Heb. 2:4). (f) As Robert Jewett has demonstrated, Paul’s evangelism of ...

2277. The Conclusion

Revelation 22:7-21

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J. Scott Duvall

... fulfillment of Numbers 24:17: “A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel.” The star image also suggests that a new day dawns beginning with Jesus’s eternal reign, bringing an end to the long night of tribulation.5 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life. It seems more natural in the immediate context to interpret all four ...

2278. Gratitude, Forgiveness, and Obedience

Num 15:1-41

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Joe M. Sprinkle

... God for our blessings of food. We can give portions of our material blessings back to him as an offering of gratitude. We can pause to give thanks after God has answered our prayers or helped us through difficulties. In doing so, we will fulfill the spirit of Numbers 15:1–21. 2. Sins that remain defiant are not forgivable. When God gives Israel the law, he knows that Israel will fall short. For that reason, in his grace he provides the Old Testament sacrificial system to deal with the problem of failing ...

2279. What To Do While Waiting for the Judgment?

Matthew 25:1-13

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Maxie Dunnam

... and a woman and God! The church hasn’t escaped the dilemma of form rather than substance, of a lack of oil for our lamps. At a men’s prayer breakfast in our church, a layman reflected on the declining membership of churches across the land, the lack of spirit and vitality that he finds in many places, compared to the vitality that he senses in his own church. But he didn’t give the church credit for that vitality—and he was right. The ingredient that determines the power of the church is the Holy ...

2280. The Grace Question: “Are You a Teacher…and Yet Do Not Understand These Things?”

John 3:1-21

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Maxie Dunnam

... . Not only our salvation, but the Christian life—the whole Christian life—is grace. That’s what Jesus was telling Nicodemus. You must be born again, and that birth is from above. It’s not something you do; it’s something God does, and He does it through the Spirit. The wind blows where it wills; you see the sign of it and you feel it, but you don’t know from where it comes or where it goes. Will Willimon spoke a challenging word. He said, “We are so preoccupied with the need to make a decision ...

2281. Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

John 13:31-38

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Gary M. Burge

... that Jesus recognizes the importance of this evening and is making his formal farewell. He addresses his disciples’ worries in light of his imminent death and departure. But above all he holds out a promise and hope centered on the coming of the Holy Spirit—one who will guide, teach, encourage, empower, and mediate to the believer the comforting presence of Christ. 13:31–38 · The specific subject of the Farewell Discourse is Jesus’s departure to the Father (13:31–14:3), and here we see John’s ...

2282. Ascension and Commission

Acts 1:1-11

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Gary M. Burge

... this verse does point to the movement of the gospel: from Jerusalem to Judea and Samaria, and ultimately reaching “the ends of the earth.” Not to be missed, however, is the significance of the language used in this verse. The phrase “when the Holy Spirit comes on you” reflects the language of Isaiah 32:15 (cf. Luke 24:49), a passage that points to the eschatological restoration of Israel. The call to be Jesus’s “witnesses” also finds its closest parallels in the prophecies of Isaiah (43:10, 12 ...

2283. On to Jerusalem

Acts 21:1-16

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Gary M. Burge

... of Philip started, when the Jerusalem church suffered from the persecution carried out by Paul and other Jewish leaders in Jerusalem (8:1). The prophecies of the four daughters of Philip and Agabus (21:9–11) point to the presence of the Holy Spirit with the church and with Paul in particular as he moves toward Jerusalem. Luke’s calling the daughters of Philip “unmarried” (21:9; literally “virgins”) may recall the “virgin” Mary (Luke 1:27), who likewise utters words of prophecy (Luke 1:46 ...

2284. Practical Ethics

Galatians 6:1-10

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Gary M. Burge

... a section on practical living, which emphasizes some of the themes he addressed in the heart of the letter (see Rom. 12:9–21; 1 Cor. 16:13–14; 2 Cor. 13:5). A pervasive problem for the gospel of grace was for the attitude of hierarchy to invade the Spirit-led life (cf. Rom. 12:3–8; 1 Cor. 1:10–17; 2 Cor. 10:1–18, esp. v. 12). It may well be that this was the chief attraction of legalism—the opportunity to measure oneself relative to another and to appear superior. As Paul indicates, such an ...

2285. Empowerment: Realizing the Future

Ephesians 3:14-21

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Gary M. Burge

... in the affairs of God and humanity, Paul now builds in the second half of the epistle a demanding ethic for the church to live by. Yet it is really God who builds it through Paul, and it is really Christ who lives it out in the church by the Spirit’s power. This ethic describes in fact what God is now doing, in Christ, on the basis of what God has already done, in Christ. 3:20–21 · Doxology: On the message of this threefold work of God in Christ on creation’s behalf, Paul now pronounces a benediction ...

2286. Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians’ Faith

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

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Gary M. Burge

... 2:13). “Power” refers to the miracles God performed (Mark 6:5; Acts 2:22; 1 Cor. 2:4; 2 Cor. 12:12; Heb. 2:4). The Holy Spirit worked through the preaching and convicted the hearers of the truth of the message (Luke 24:46–49; Acts 1:8; 5:32; 1 Cor. 2:2–4 ... Rom. 12:12; 2 Cor. 4:8–10; 7:4; Phil. 2:17; 1 Pet. 1:6; 4:13–14). Their source of this joy was the Holy Spirit (cf. Gal. 5:22; Rom. 14:17; 1 Pet. 4:13–14). The ones who imitated Christ’s and the apostles’ model of suffering in turn became a ...

2287. Benediction

Revelation 22:1-6

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Gary M. Burge

... inner sanctuary (Ezek. 47:1–5). At first the water level rises to Ezekiel’s knees, then his waist, and finally so high that he could swim in it. These living waters are a metaphor for the work and ministry of the Holy Spirit. Ezekiel envisions a time when the Spirit will flood human reality to such an extent as to take full control of God’s people. That moment described by Ezekiel is now an eternal reality for those who reside in the city of God. Appropriately, the Apocalypse of John ends with worship ...

2288. Jesus or Niccolo?

Matthew 4:1-11

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... it is that Jesus understands our testing times and how we can be more successful in facing down our own temptations. This passage opens to us two points. First, studying Jesus' temptations makes us aware of the devil's devious ways. In Matthew 4, the same Holy Spirit who caused Jesus to be conceived in the womb of his virgin mother (as reported in Matthew 1:20) and who (according to Matthew 3:16) descended like a dove to demonstrate the Father's approval of him, now leads God's Son into the wilderness of ...

2289. Oh Say, Can You See by the Dawn’s Early Light?

John 20:1-18

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... and into the fullness of new life in Christ, before exciting things begin to happen in your life. John's life would never be the same again, nor would he want it to be. No one ever wants to go back to the old life after being touched by the Spirit of the living Christ. The second point I would make is that this principle is still true. To know resurrection power today, to experience the power of a life transformed, we must be ready to go in deeper than we have ever gone before with Christ. For some of us ...

2290. More Beyond

Acts 16:16-34

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Charley Reeb

... self-made prisons. I am sure Paul and Silas were tempted to wallow in this attitude when they were locked up in a dark, dingy prison cell, facing the grim reality that they might not see another tomorrow. But Paul and Silas reflected a spirit far beyond their circumstance. The hymns they sang while shackled in chains testified to their inner assurance that God was bigger than the challenge they faced. As they winked at their adversity, God shook the foundations of the prison, tore apart their shackles, and ...

2291. Pop Verses: Romans 8:28

Romans 8:28

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Charley Reeb

... sometimes and we 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 ...

2292. Mary: The Handmaiden of the Lord

Luke 1:38-45

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Charley Reeb

... the most important mothers in history and their encounter was holy and sacred. So holy in fact this is what happened: The Holy Spirit came upon Elizabeth. Then in a loud voice she said to Mary: “God has blessed you more than any other woman! He has ... as I heard your greeting, my baby became happy and moved within me.” –Luke 1:41-44 (CEV) Elizabeth was so moved by the Spirit in that encounter with Mary that she began to preach to Mary. John the Baptist could feel the presence of Jesus even in the womb ...

2293. Jesus and Beelzebub

Mark 3:20-30

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... designed to show that the attitude of Jesus’ family, however understandable in one sense, is to be seen as a response like that of these critics. Although the charge He is out of his mind (3:21) is perhaps slightly less malevolent than He has an evil spirit (3:30), Mark presents them both as wrong responses to Jesus. The charge against Jesus in 3:22 is that he is a sorcerer who does his exorcisms by evil power, a charge echoed in the Gospels and elsewhere (see note on Beelzebub). What is being contested ...

2294. Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

Luke 11:1-13

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... . Would a father give his son a snake (something evil) instead of a fish? Thus, Jesus drives home the point. If imperfect (or evil, see note below) people usually do the right things for those they love, will not our Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit (the giver of “good things,” cf. Matt. 7:11) to those who ask him? Additional Notes 11:1 teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples: Jesus’ disciples wanted to have their own distinctive community prayer, as other groups had (such as John’s ...

2295. Jesus' Death

Luke 23:44-49

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Craig A. Evans

... ” (see Mark 15:39) the Lucan soldier declares, Surely this was a righteous [or innocent] man (v. 47). With his death, his “ascent,” begun in 9:51, has taken a major step forward. Having been placed into the hands of men (see 9:44), Jesus now places his spirit into the hands of his Father. Even in his last moment of life Jesus is able to quote Ps. 31:5 as a demonstration of his faith in his heavenly Father (see note below). Luke probably omitted the Marcan cry of dereliction because he felt that it was ...

2296. Struggling with Sin

Romans 7:7-25

Understanding Series

James R. Edwards

... the cognitive level there is a discernible good which one ought to do. This extends also to the volitional level, for Paul exclaims, what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. Paul is not depicting a split personality or a battle between Spirit and flesh; the devil is not to blame here for Paul’s problems. There are not two command centers of personality, not two “I’s,” but only one, the same “I” which wills the good yet does the bad. Above all, Paul is not thinking of base and wicked ...

2297. Greetings and Doxology

Revelation 1:4-8

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Robert W. Wall

... seven is used to signify that which works and effects something real and concrete. According to John, the grace and peace of God are not theological abstractions. Like Paul, John suggests that divine grace always takes some form of transforming power, which is conveyed by the Spirit of the Risen Christ in the lives of those who follow after him. 1:5 For a third time in short order, John uses the name Jesus Christ. His purpose is to draw his audience’s attention to the common source of both their blessing ...

2298. Job's Reply to Eliphaz

Job 6:1–7:21

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... the earth and firmament, God said to the surging primeval seas, “This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt” (Job 38:8–11; see also Prov. 8:27–29; Jer. 5:22). Job questions whether he has exhibited such a rebellious spirit that God should put [him] under guard like the chaotic sea or the monster of the deep (Heb. tannin, “sea dragon; serpent”; see also Gen. 1:21; Ps. 148:7). Such sea creatures, here Tannin and elsewhere Leviathan (Job 3:8; 41:1–34) and Rahab (26 ...

2299. Eliphaz's Second Speech to Job

Job 15:1-35

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... 6:26 and 8:2, where the friends’ critique of Job is made in terms of “windy [ruakh] words.” On one other occasion Job himself links his words with ruakh. In 7:11, he declares “I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit [betsar rukhi], I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.” In this view it is the wicked who “turns aside in the wind/rage of his own mouth.” 15:31 Clines, Job 1–20, p. 344, rejects the “commercial metaphor” (in return, along with paid in full ...

2300. Jesus the Lamb of God

John 1:29-34

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... not only “coming down” on Jesus but “remaining” on him (vv. 32, 33) suggest that John the Baptist may have had weeks or even months to get to know Jesus as a man full of the Spirit (cf. 1:16; 3:34) before publicly revealing him to Israel. Whether this means that Jesus was himself one of John’s disciples is a question of interest to historians, but apparently not to the Gospel writer. Looking back on the association two chapters later, John’s disciples refer to ...

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