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Romans 16:25-27

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Ronald Love

... anyone who is not a Christian, that is not your place to judge. The only thing you need to know is how to be attentive enough to enter into their lives, at the proper time, with the appropriate message of Jesus. When we hear the name Carry Nation we immediately associate it with prohibition. She was born as Carrier Amelia Moore in November 1846 in the state of Kentucky. After the Civil War, when she was 21-years-old, her family moved to Missouri. There she married a young doctor, Charles Gloyd. Charles ...

2. Put Your Best Foot Forward

Isaiah 52:7

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James Merritt

... other words, William Carey simply asked one question. Does Jesus Christ not deserve to be known and made known to every nation, and is the Great Commission still in existence today? Well, the resounding answer has come back—yes! Beginning 200 years ... rate of non-western missions is now reported to be five times that of western missions.2 I say without apology our feet are to carry a universal message. II. Our Feet Are Called to an Urgent Mission Isaiah does not speak here of the beauty of the eyes, or of ...

3. Separation of God and State?

Isaiah 44:24--45:25

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John R. Brokhoff

... Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings?" At the close of his address, he made a motion that hereafter prayers should be offered at each meeting before they proceeded with business. This is putting God above the nation. A Chosen People Because God is over the nations, he chooses a nation at various times to carry out a mission for him. In our text we find that God chose King Cyrus of Persia to be his agent. Cyrus is God’s "anointed." God grasps his right hand to give him power and victory. God ...

4. Good Friday

John 18:1-11, Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Genesis 22:1-19, Hosea 6:1--7:16, Hebrews 10:1-18, Hebrews 4:14-5:10, John 19:17-27

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Russell F. Anderson

... role of the suffering servant much more effectively than does the nation. He was innocent; the nation of Israel was not. He willingly accepted humiliation for the sake of others; the nation had no choice. Isaiah found meaning in the suffering of ... laid bare by the word of God. Verse 14 picks up the theme of Jesus as our high priest, the source of our salvation, which is carried through the rest of this passage. Since we have such a great high priest, let us hold fast our confession of Jesus. Gospel: John 18:1 ...

5. The New Heaven and New Earth

Revelation 21:1-27

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J. Scott Duvall

... seven angels who had the seven bowls . . . said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from ... 22) (2) God and the Lamb illuminate the city (21:23) (3) The gates will never close because night is no more (21:25) (4) The nations will bring their glory into the glorious city (21:24, 26) (5) Only those whose names are in the book of life will enter (21: ...

6. The Ten Commandments

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... understand it as a witness to the seriousness with which Israel was to take the covenant and protect it for the sake of the nation. This perspective also illuminates the motive clause for this commandment: so that you may live long and that it may go well with you ... their husbands in ancient Israel. Against this, it can first be said that no other property offense in Israelite law carried a death penalty, which would make the capital nature of adultery anomalous (see note on the eighth commandment). Also, ...

7. At Mount Sinai

Exodus 19:1-25

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... , §§444, 448). 19:6 The expression “kingdom of priests” does not occur elsewhere in the OT, but the concept develops in the synonymous and misunderstood term “holy nation.” Israel is “holy” in that God “sets apart” the people (31:13) for the mission of witness to God among the nations (Isa. 61:4–7; 62:10–12). Zech. 8:23 carries a literal and remarkably personalized version of this idea. The NT also understands the Jewish people to be mediators of God’s truth, fully revealed in Christ ...

8. Blemished Sacrifices and Admonition for the Priests

Malachi 1:6-14, Malachi 2:1-9

Understanding Series

Pamela J. Scalise

... 3:3 uses the same terminology as this verse, “the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness.” Finally, the time when the nations will honor God’s name and bring offerings to the Lord will follow (as in Isa. 2:2–4; 19:18–25; 49:6; 66 ... in 2:1–9 are not in that form. They contain a conditional threat followed by an announcement that the threat has been carried out and that more judgment is coming. Verses 2–3 are more like a sentence pronounced on a guilty party than a commandment ...

9. Paul, Phoebe, Patronage, and Spain

Romans 16:1-27

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C. Marvin Pate

... influential Renaissance essayist, Montaigne (1533–92) wrote, “To hunt after truth is properly our business, and we are inexcusable if we carry on the chase impertinently and ill; to fail of catching it is another thing, for we are born to inquire ... sense the end-time conversion of the Gentiles. These are the Abrahamic covenant (Gen. 12:1–3) and the prophets’ predictions of the nations streaming into Jerusalem to worship God (e.g., Isa. 45:15; 60:15–17; Mic. 4:13). Paul began Romans with exactly that ...

10. Daily Homework

Matthew 28:16-20

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James Merritt

... has authority over every demon, over every angel and the devil himself. We don't have to do our homework with fear and trembling. We can go out knowing that we can carry our commission out boldly because we have His power which enables us. II. God Gives Us His Plan To Encourage Us To Go "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19, NASB) Now Jesus gets very specific in His assignment and very distinct in exactly ...

11. The Sound of Joy

Genesis 17:1-27, Genesis 18:1-15, Genesis 18:16-33, Matthew 28:16-20

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Lori Wagner

... of us has a role in God’s mission, in Jesus’ mission, and it may be different for every one of us. Sarah’s mission was to be the Mother of Nations, to bear the son who would continue the lineage of those who are dedicated to God and vow to be the light to other nations. Abraham’s mission was to be the Father of Nations, to carry on the lineage partly by moving where God wanted him to go, and by fathering the son who would be next in the lineage of God’s “missional” people. Perhaps “chosen ...

12. Job’s Reply to Zophar

Job 12:1--14:22

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... : utter darkness. The “deep shadows” which God brings . . . into the light are the Hebrew tsalmawet, “shadow of death” (Pss. 23:4; 107:14; Isa. 29:18), which always carries with it a sense of divine punishment and deepest threat to continued human existence. 12:23 The remaining verses of chapter 12 focus on the collision between the power of God and the great nations and leaders of the earth. If verses 16–21 speak of the power of God over leaders at a more local level, verses 23–25 declare his ...

13. Restoration of Israel

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Understanding Series

Tremper Longman III

... the north, but also from the ends of the earth. The trauma of defeat and exile sent the Judeans not only to Babylon but to many other nations, most notably Egypt as will be seen in Jeremiah 41:16–44:30. All the remnant will return. They are described as a great throng of people ... well known northern tribes. These are the children of Rachel for whom she weeps. They are no more because they are now carried off into exile. There is a tradition that Rachel’s tomb is in this region in Benjamin (1 Sam. 10:2). ...

14. Egypt

Ezekiel 29:1-21, Ezekiel 30:1-26, Ezekiel 31:1-18, Ezekiel 32:1-32

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... dates (all but 30:1–19), so this section carries the highest concentration of dates in the book. However, those dates are not in sequence. This is another odd feature, since otherwise this book lists oracles in chronological order. The most likely explanation for these peculiarities is that Ezekiel did not create these oracles as a unit (in contrast to the seven oracles against the nations in 25:1–26:6; 28:20–26). Rather, Ezekiel or an editor probably secondarily collected and placed them here. The ...

15. First Things First

Mark 13:1-31

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Thomas Peterson

... bear on the job. What we want first and foremost is an honest person. Behind this is a conviction, unspoken and perhaps unrecognized, that something inherent in their integrity will tap the honesty in us and make the whole nation faithful to its best. Yes, holy things are still carried on the shoulders. Programs and policies, like great buildings, can be corrupt and corrupt those who hold them; but, a good person -- an honest person -- a person who can endure…! To endure! That is where we take our stand ...

16. The Kings of the South and the North

Daniel 11:2-35

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... in his fight against the armies of the northern provinces (11:7), capturing territory as far north as Asia Minor. His spoils included valuable articles of silver and gold (11:8). He not only carried this vast wealth off to Egypt but seized many of their gods and metal images as well (11:8). The idols of other nations were commonly carried into exile and displayed as trophies of war as a way of showing that the conqueror’s gods were more powerful (Isa. 46:1–2; Jer. 48:7; 49:3). Although the Israelites ...

17. All That From A Little Bit Of Water?

Mark 1:9-13

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King Duncan

... father completed the ceremony: "Out under the moon and the stars, alone with his son that eighth night, Omorro completed the naming ritual. Carrying little Kunta in his strong arms, he walked to the edge of the village, lifted his baby up with his face to the ... saddest times in our nation's history, when neighbors fought against neighbors and brothers against brothers. Our nation became "a house divided"; it is only by the grace of God that our country survived the conflict as a united nation. There are many ...

18. Gift

2 Corinthians 8:16--9:5, 2 Corinthians 8:1-15, 2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... in order to spur on the Corinthians’ participation in the campaign. Titus is the one who had recently carried the tearful letter to Corinth and had brought back news to Paul of the Corinthians’ repentance. Now the same ... ), Paul would not have taken so many years to complete the collection. Numerous texts show that the expectation of Isa. 66:20, that the nations would bring gifts to Jerusalem in connection with the restoration of Israel, was kept alive in the Second Temple period (cf. 4QDibHam frag. 1 ...

19. A Theology of Work - Labor Day

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

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David E. Leininger

... . The American Railway Union, led by a fiery young socialist named Eugene V. Debs, came to the cause of the strikers, and railroad workers across the nation boycotted trains carrying Pullman cars. Rioting, looting, and burning of railroad cars soon ensued; mobs of non-union workers joined in. The strike instantly became a national issue. President Grover Cleveland, faced with nervous railroad executives and interrupted mail trains, declared the work stoppage a federal crime and deployed 12,000 troops to ...

20. Proper 6

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42, Genesis 18:1-15, Exodus 19:1-25, Romans 5:1-11

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... so he can latch on to her back. Time and again, when the sins and weaknesses of the Hebrews led to a precipitous plummet, the Lord swooped down to lift them up and carry them along. Kingdom of priests. God informs his people that if they keep his covenant, they will serve him as a "kingdom of priests and a holy nation" (v. 6). God had ordained them into a special role and ministry. The people accepted the privilege of their priestly position but usually lost sight of the responsibility of their calling. As ...

21. Judgment of Israel's Neighbors

Amos 1:1-2:5

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... Ezek. 25–32). Here in Amos, however, the prophet begins with the announcement of judgment on the foreign peoples immediately surrounding Israel, and his purpose in doing so is entirely theological. These foreign nations posed no serious threat to Israel’s life in the time of Jeroboam II, although that king may have carried on sporadic border warfare with the Arameans on the northern border of Gilead (1:3) and with the Ammonites on the southern border of that tribe (1:13). Amos’s theological purpose in ...

22. Getting Your Politics Right

Matthew 6:5-15

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Phil Thrailkill

... God’s name as Father be worshiped as holy, that God’s kingdom descend to set the earth right, and that God’s will be carried out in every sphere. What we are praying for is simply more of what we have already seen in Jesus, because he was the only ... is how Jesus would have us pray; it is the truth about God and the truth about us. CONCLUSION Thinking of ourselves as a Christian nation is a pleasant illusion under which all kinds of mischief can find a home. I wish it was true. So may God bless America, ...

23. Seven Angels with Seven Plagues

Revelation 15:1-8

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J. Scott Duvall

... 16:7; 19:6; 21:22] Just and true are your ways, [Deut. 32:4; Ps. 145:17; cf. Rev. 16:7; 19:2] King of the nations. [Jer. 10:7] In the context, God’s deeds relate primarily to the judgment of his enemies (note the “great and marvelous sign” of the last ... 16:1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12, 17; 17:1; 21:9). The bowls are said to be “golden” only in 5:8, where they carry the prayers of the saints, and here in 15:7, suggesting a strong connection between God’s justice and the prayers of his people (also 8:3 ...

24. Places That Have a Memory

Matthew 21:1-11

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King Duncan & Angela Akers

... on the Mount of Olives, he saw a new world coming. I wonder if he caught a vision of this day when God would send the Messiah, the King of kings and Lord of lords, up this mountain to restore the nation of Israel. As Jesus traveled the Mount of Olives on his way to Jerusalem, he carried the hopes of restoration with him. I think the second face Jesus saw as he traveled up the Mount of Olives was the face of the prophet Zechariah. Zechariah lived and prophesied from the Mount of Olives about 530 years before ...

25. Bothered and Bewildered

2 Corinthians 4:5-12

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Gibson “Nibs” Stroupe

... others to consider the nature of our lives, to help others know the presence of God. We are asked to go on that same journey, to carry the death of Jesus in our bodies. One of the elders at the church my wife and I are privileged to serve is an attorney ... in the former Presbyterian church in the United States, commonly known as "the Southern Presbyterian Church." We split off from the national Presbyterian church in 1861 at the beginning of the Civil War. We were the last major Christian denomination in the ...

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