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2301. Blood: Right and Wrong Uses

Leviticus 17:1-16

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Joe M. Sprinkle

... for our sin. Quote: Charles Spurgeon. Speaking of Jesus’s atoning sacrifice, Spurgeon remarked, Dear hearer, Christ is mighty to save, because God did not turn away the sword, but He sheathed it in His own Son’s heart! He did not remit the debt, for it was paid in drops of precious blood! And now the great receipt is nailed to the Cross and our sins with it so that we may go free if we are Believers in him! For this reason He is “mighty to save,” in the true sense of the word.10

2302. Holiness of Priests

Lev 21:1–23:2

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Joe M. Sprinkle

... by insisting that medical students and doctors wash their hands in a solution of chlorinated lime before delivering babies. Many of them considered this an unnecessary burden and resisted. But after the practice was adopted, the mortality rate among mothers giving birth dropped 90 percent. Those who lead God’s people must be like good doctors. Doctors are to cleanse themselves of all bacteria and infection. Church leaders similarly are to be holy and uncontaminated morally. If they fail to live up to that ...

2303. Sabbath Year and Year of Jubilee

Leviticus 25:8-55, Leviticus 25:1-7

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Joe M. Sprinkle

... are inapplicable in the desert. 25:4 a year of sabbath rest. See Exodus 23:10–11. 25:6 Whatever the land yields during the sabbath year will be food for you. While sowing and pruning are prohibited, some grain will germinate from seed dropped during the harvest previous to the Sabbath Year, and low-quality grapes will grow from unpruned vines. Some people eat grain previously stockpiled (vv. 21–22 below). Others “glean” the fields, like the poor. 25:8–55 These verses describe the Year of ...

2304. The Census and Duties of Levites

Num 3:1–4:49

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Joe M. Sprinkle

... should read instead “8,300” (NIVmg). The Septuagint preserves the correct reading, “8,300.” The corruption involves an accidental loss of a single letter in the transmission of the Hebrew text, by which shlsh (“three”) became shsh (“six”) by the dropping of one letter. 3:38 Moses and Aaron. Moses and Aaron are descendants of Kohath (see 3:27 above), but their families are separate from others Kohathites due to their priestly and leadership duties. Other Levites report to Aaron, and all the ...

2305. Preparations for Worship (Part 2)

Num 8:1-26

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Joe M. Sprinkle

... your family, standing at the grill. It is a beautiful, sunny summer day, muggy and warm. Suddenly, it is as if someone has turned off the sound or sucked it up with a silent vacuum cleaner. The birds stop singing. The breeze disappears. The air seems to drop several degrees in just a moment. What is it? It is “the silence before the storm.” When weather conditions are right, a massive storm can move across the surface of the earth, eating up warm, moist air around it. Sometimes, such a storm system can ...

2306. Korah’s Rebellion

Numbers 16:1-50

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Joe M. Sprinkle

... sons alone to be the priests (Exod. 28:1; Lev. 8:1–3). Thus, rejecting the Aaronic priesthood constitutes defying the revealed will of God, and not Aaron. 16:12 Dathan and Abiram. These are Reubenites mentioned in verse 1. On is strangely omitted here. Had On dropped out of the rebellion? We will not come! Dathan and Abiram twice refuse to obey (vv. 12, 14). They may have suspected that Korah would have the fate of Nadab and Abihu (Lev. 10), so they play it safe and support Korah from a distance.2 16 ...

2307. The Return of the King Brings Turmoil in the Kingdom

2 Sam 19:9–20:26

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... do we hope—fervently do we pray—that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three-thousand years ago, so still it must be said “the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.” Poetry: “Who Am I?,” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer ...

2308. David’s Mighty Men

2 Samuel 21:15-22

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... of Princeton Theological Seminary, where he is also a professor of pastoral ministry. Barnes tells the story of the church in which he was involved while living in Madison, Wisconsin, trying to set up a program for children and teenagers at risk for dropping out of the public school system. The church’s Young Life group provided weekly tutoring at first, but the challenges went beyond academic needs. They began to look at all the agencies and political and educational systems that, as Barnes put it ...

2309. The “Nine Lives” of David

1 Samuel 19:1-24

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Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... Roseveare. Continuing the story told above, Roseveare gives ringing affirmation of God’s sovereignty and protection: In the darkness and loneliness, He met with me. He was right there, a great, wonderful, almighty God. His love enveloped me. Suddenly the ‘Why’ dropped away from me, and an unbelievable peace flowed in, even in the midst of the wickedness. And He breathed a word into my troubled mind: the word privilege. “These are not your sufferings; they are not beating you. These are My sufferings ...

2310. Job Considers a Legal Dispute with God

Job 9:1–10:22

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Daniel J. Estes

... mind whether he should enter a legal complaint as a plaintiff against God (cf. Jer. 12:1–4), because God appears to be almost arbitrary in his treatment of humans. As he thinks this through, Job finds himself left with three unsatisfying alternatives. Job could drop his complaint against God (9:27–28), but then he would not have the opportunity to be declared innocent by God. Job could try to purify himself (9:29–31), but he senses that this would still not satisfy God’s requirements. Or Job could ...

2311. Job Hears the Whispers of God’s Works

Job 26:1--31:40

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Daniel J. Estes

... circumstance. Following are stanzas 2 and 3: Never a trial that He is not there, Never a burden that He doth not bear, Never a sorrow that He doth not share, Moment by moment I’m under his care. Never a heartache and never a groan, Never a tear-drop and never a moan; Never a danger, but there on the throne, Moment by moment, He thinks of His own. But Where Can Wisdom Be Found? Big Idea: Despite the best efforts of humans, only God understands wisdom. Understanding the Text Job 28 does not have a specified ...

2312. Elihu Makes His Appearance

Job 32:1--37:24

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Daniel J. Estes

... their times of affliction and, by doing that, find that their pain is transformed into praise (e.g., Ps. 30:8–12). Elihu advises Job to take this well-worn path that is familiar to faithful worshipers of God. 36:27–30 He draws up the drops of water. In 36:26–37:5, Elihu graphically describes God’s power in a thunderstorm (esp. 36:32–33). This storm, as also in Psalm 29, is a visible indication of the greatness of God, which exceeds human understanding (36:26, 29). With this illustration, Elihu ...

2313. “Your Love Is Better Than Life”

Psalm 63:1-11

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C. Hassell Bullock

... his book The Pastor: A Memoir. After meeting for two and a half years in the basement of their home, they built a sanctuary, encouraged and enabled by much enthusiasm and excitement in the congregation. After the dedication, Peterson noticed that attendance began to drop off. Even some of the people who had been most enthusiastic and involved in the project began to miss church. This caused him a lot of anguish, and he visited them, one by one, hoping to understand what was happening, only to discover that ...

2314. “Come and See What God Has Done”

Psalm 66:1-20

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C. Hassell Bullock

... with regard to nature. For example, consider the oak tree, of which there are approximately six hundred species. Oak trees typically have spirally arranged leaves, but some have serrated leaves, and still others have leaves with smooth margins. Many of the species do not drop dead leaves until the spring, as opposed to the fall. The flowers are produced in the spring, and the fruit is a nut called an acorn.12Imagine the creativity of the God who made each species of oak tree and each individual tree. These ...

2315. “May All the Peoples Praise You”

Psalm 67:1-7

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C. Hassell Bullock

... , it resides in the concepts of home and community, and a transcendence of the human spirit.”11Some polls are saying that America is becoming less religious. A WIN-Gallup International poll claims that the number of people who are “religious” (an interesting term in itself) dropped from 73 percent in 2005 to 60 percent in 2012. The poll also found that 5 percent of Americans say they are atheists, which is up from 1 percent in 2005.12What is happening is a human inclination that is as old as Adam and ...

2316. The Power of Persistence

Luke 11:1-13, Luke 18:1-8

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Maxie Dunnam

... in spite of ourselves. III. We have yet to come to the core truth of this parable. Neither the judge nor the reluctant neighbor is the central actor in this drama. The spotlight must be kept on the widow, and the fellow who had an unexpected guest drop in at midnight. And the lesson centers on the power of persistence. The specific point has to do with prayer. Both parables immediately follow the request of the disciples for Jesus to teach them how to pray. So, Jesus is teaching us about prayer. And I ...

2317. There's a Better Way than Shooting Somebody

Matthew 18:15-20

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King Duncan

... of gallons of oil spilled into the Alaska waters and fouled the beaches and endangered wildlife. Did you know that thousands of Atlantic sea birds die needlessly each year due to the careless spillage of oil from ocean going ships. Tests have proven that a drop of oil no larger than a quarter will work its way through the plumage of a bird. It will mat the feathers and interfere with the wings and eventually cause slow but certain death from exposure and starvation. Anger and resentment are like that. All ...

2318. Started Toward a Great Tomorrow

Philippians 3:12-21

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: A bull's eye (can be one you draw yourself) Boys and girls: One of the great secrets in life is to keep your eye on the goal. That's certainly true in sports. Football players drop passes because they take their eyes off the ball. They start running before the ball is in their hands. Golfers sometimes make the same mistake and tennis players, etc. Let's suppose that I had a bow and arrow up here. Suppose I asked you to shoot it at this ...

2319. Face to Face with God

Mark 9:2-9

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... in the same direction like tiny soldiers. The magnet has south and north poles each of which point to the opposite north and south magnetic poles of the earth. A magnet, of course, can pick up various metals like iron and nickel. If we were to drop this magnet, however, and it hit the floor hard enough, the tiny molecules would be thrown in every direction. Even though the magnet would not break, it might no longer be magnetic. This suggests two possible lessons to me. The first has to do with Jesus. Where ...

2320. Beyond Judgment

Matthew 24:36-44

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James L. Killen

... . The subject of the conference had been the nuclear arms race. The participants were informed that the United States and the Soviet Union had both built up huge arsenals of nuclear weapons. Missiles with explosive cargos many times more destructive than those dropped on Japan were already poised and aimed at every major population center in the western world. Any act of aggression, either intentional or accidental, would provoke immediate retaliation from the enemy. It would all be over in a few hours. Dr ...

2321. Called to Participate

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

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James L. Killen

... that work for Mary. She was to bear the child who would be the messiah. She could hardly have imagined what all that would require of her. But she must have known it would require the commitment of her whole life. She had a decision to make. She could have dropped her water jar and run home. But instead she chose to respond in faith and in obedience to the purpose of God. She said, "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word" (Luke 1:38). And so the story began (Luke ...

2322. The God of Hope

Isaiah 11:1-10, Matthew 3:1-12, Romans 15:4-13

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King Duncan

... in our society. There was a “Doonesbury” cartoon during those turbulent times that showed the campus radical Megaphone Mark falling off to sleep. Above his head you could see this thoughts. “It’s Christmas Eve as a tired, disappointed and disillusioned student activist drops off to sleep.” The next frame shows him sleeping. The frame after that shows him stirring as if startled by an unexplained noise. In the final frame he explains, “I thought I heard reindeer.” The joy of this season of the ...

2323. Unnoticed at Your Own Party

Isaiah 35:1-10, Matthew 11:2-11, James 5:7-10

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King Duncan

... building there. There was a sign outside that said Little Hope Baptist Church. And guess what? The church named Little Hope had a paved parking lot, a big brick sanctuary, a church van with a garage?like parking place and a covered drop?off. A nice brick home stood next door, probably the pastor’s home.” Even more importantly there was a historical marker telling some of the church’s history. And it concluded with these words, “This congregation continues its long tradition of helping community ...

2324. The Greatest Gift

Luke 2:1-20

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King Duncan

... wrestled with mental and physical exhaustion and he sought to escape from the crowds that were constantly gathering around him. When he reached that pivotal decision in his life when the cross loomed starkly before him, his misery was so great that his sweat came like great drops of blood falling down upon the ground. Here was a real man. This is not to deny his divinity. This is not to deny his majesty, power and glory. This is to affirm the teaching of the church fathers that Jesus was fully God, yet at ...

2325. The Lord of Birth and Death

Genesis 18:1-33

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Gary M. Burge

... , Abraham has opportunity first to be host, then to be intercessor. As host he entertains three men by his home at Mamre (18:1–15). One of these is obviously the Lord (18:1). The other two must be angelic companions, both of whom essentially drop out of the story after verse 9. The number three should not be pressed for any trinitarian significance. Abraham serves the three visitors a meal and watches while they eat (18:8). The supernatural character of these visitors is evidenced by the fact that they ...

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