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A NOTE from San Diego First Church of the Nazarene in Point Loma
Our Mission: To Lift Up Christ
Sunday, October 4, 2015
9:00am Classic Service in the Ellipse Chapel
10:30am New Celebration Service in the Family Life Center
"WORKING THE CORE"
(Lifting Up Christ)
Text: Hebrews 1:3
Hebrews 1:3 This Son is the radiance of the Sh’khinah, the very expression of God’s essence, upholding all that exists by his powerful word; and after he had, through himself, made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of HaG’dulah BaM’romim.[Hebrews 1:3 Psalm 110:1]
Speaker: Pastor Dee Kelley
Scripture Readings:
Job 1:1; 2:1-10
Psalm 26
Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12
Mark 10:2-16
Lectiionary Scriptures:
Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of ‘Utz whose name was Iyov. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.2:1 Another day came when the sons of God came to serve Adonai, and among them came the Adversary to serve Adonai. 2 Adonai asked the Adversary, “Where are you coming from?” The Adversary answered Adonai, “From roaming through the earth, wandering here and there.” 3 Adonai asked the Adversary, “Did you notice my servant Iyov, that there’s no one like him on earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and shuns evil, and that he still holds on to his integrity, even though you provoked me against him to destroy him for no reason?” 4 The Adversary answered Adonai, “Skin for skin! A person will give up everything he has to save his life. 5 But if you reach out your hand and touch his flesh and bone, without doubt he’ll curse you to your face!” 6 Adonai said to the Adversary, “Here! He is in your hands, except that you are to spare his life.”
7 Then the Adversary went out from the presence of Adonai and struck Iyov down with horrible infected sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 8 He took a piece of a broken pot to scratch himself and sat down in the pile of ashes. 9 His wife asked him, “Why do you still hold on to your integrity? Curse God, and die!” 10 But he answered her, “You’re talking like a low-class woman! Are we to receive the good at God’s hands but reject the bad?” In all this Iyov did not say one sinful word.
Psalm 26:(0) By David:
(1) Vindicate me, Adonai,
for I have lived a blameless life;
unwaveringly I trust in Adonai.
2 Examine me, Adonai, test me,
search my mind and heart.
3 For your grace is there before my eyes,
and I live my life by your truth.
4 I have not sat with worthless folks,
I won’t consort with hypocrites,
5 I hate the company of evildoers,
I will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will wash my hands in innocence
and walk around your altar, Adonai,
7 lifting my voice in thanks
and proclaiming all your wonders.
8 Adonai, I love the house where you live,
the place where your glory abides.
9 Don’t include me with sinners
or my life with the bloodthirsty.
10 In their hands are evil schemes;
their right hands are full of bribes.
11 As for me, I will live a blameless life.
Redeem me and show me favor.
12 My feet are planted on level ground;
in the assemblies I will bless Adonai.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.
Uz - Part of Arabia. Perfect - Not legally or exactly, but as to his sincere intentions, hearty affections, and diligent endeavours to perform all his duties to God and men. Upright - Heb. right, exact and regular in all his dealings, with men; one of an unblameable conversation. Feared - One truly pious, and devoted to God. Eschewed - Carefully avoiding all sin against God or men.
2:1-10
Job 2:3
Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause."
Still - Notwithstanding all his afflictions, and thy suggestion to the contrary. Movedst - This, as the rest of this representation, is not to be understood literally: But the design is to signify both the devil's restless malice in promoting man's misery and God's permission of it for wise and holy ends.
Job 2:4
So Satan answered the Lord and said, "Skin for skin Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
Skin, . - The sense is, this is so far from being an evidence of Job's sincere and generous piety, that it is only an act of mere self - love; he is contented with the loss of his estate, and children too, so long as he sleeps in a whole skin; and he is well pleased, that thou wilt accept of these a ransom in his stead; and it is not true patience which makes him seem to bear his crosses so submissively, but policy, that he may appease thy wrath against him, and prevent those farther plagues, which, for his hypocrisy, he fears thou wilt otherwise bring upon his own carcase.
Job 2:6
And the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life."
In thine hand - If God did not chain up the roaring lion, how soon would he devour us! As far as he permits the wrath of Satan and wicked men, to proceed against his people, he will make it turn to his praise and theirs, and the remainder thereof he will restrain. Job, in being thus maligned of Satan, was a type of Christ. He had permission to bruise his heel, to touch his bone and his flesh; yea, and his life also; because by dying he was to do what Job could not do, to destroy him that had the power of death.
Job 2:7
So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
Boils - Like those inflicted upon the Egyptians, which are expressed by the same word, and threatened to apostate Israelites, 28:27 , whereby he was made loathsome to himself, and to hisnearest relations, and filled with consuming pains in his body, and no less torments and anguish in his mind.
Job 2:8
And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes.
Scrape - This he did not with soft linen clothes, either because he had not now a sufficient quantity of them; or because therein he must have had the help of others who abhorred to come near him. Nor with his own hands or fingers, which were also ulcerous, and so unfit for that use; but with potsherds, either because they were next at hand, and ready for his present use; or in token of his deep humiliation under God's hand, which made him decline all things that favoured of tenderness and delicacy. Heb. in dust or ashes, as mourners used to do. If God lay him among the ashes, there he will contentedly sit down.
A low spirit becomes low circumstances, and will help to reconcile us to them.
Job 2:9
Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die"
Then said his wife - Whom Satan spared, to be a troubler and tempter to him. It is his policy, to send his temptations by the hands of those that are dear to us. We must therefore carefully watch, that we be not drawn to any evil, by them whom we love and value the most. Die - I see thou art set upon blessing of God, thou blessest God for giving, and thou blessest God for taking away, and thou art still blessing God for thy loathsome diseases, and he rewards thee accordingly, giving thee more and more of that kind of mercy for which thou blessest him. Go on therefore in thy generous course, and bless God, and die as a fool dieth.
Job 2:10
But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Shall we - Shall we poor worms give laws to our supreme Lord, and oblige him never to afflict us? And shall not those great and manifold mercies, which from time to time God hath given us, compensate these short afflictions? Ought we not to bless God for those mercies which we did not deserve; and contentedly bear those corrections which we do deserve. And if we receive so much good for the body, shall we not receive some good for our souls? That is, some affliction, whereby we may be made partakers of his holiness? Let murmuring therefore, as well as boasting, be forever excluded. Sin with his lips - By any reflections upon God, by any impatient or unbecoming expression
Psalm 26
Hebrews 1:1-4
2:5-12Hebrews 2:5
For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels.
This verse contains a proof of the third; the greater the salvation is, and the more glorious the Lord whom we despise, the greater will be our punishment. God hath not subjected the world to come - That is, the dispensation of the Messiah; which being to succeed the Mosaic was usually styled by the Jews, the world to come, although it is still in great measure to come Whereof we now speak - Of which I am now speaking. In this last great dispensation the Son alone presides.
Hebrews 2:6
But one testified in a certain place, saying: "What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him?
What is man - To the vast expanse of heaven, to the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained! This psalm seems to have been composed by David, in a clear, moonshiny, and starlight night, while he was contemplating the wonderful fabric of heaven; because in his magnificent description of its luminaries, he takes no notice of the sun, the most glorious of them all. The words here cited concerning dominion were doubtless in some sense applicable to Adam; although in their complete and highest sense, they belong to none but the second Adam. Or the son of man, that thou visitest him - The sense rises: we are mindful of him that is absent; but to visit, denotes the care of a present God.
Psalms 8:4 .
Hebrews 2:7
You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands.
Thou hast made him - Adam. A little lower than the angels - The Hebrew is, a little lower than (that is, next to) God. Such was man as he came out of the hands of his Creator: it seems, the highest of all created beings. But these words are also in a farther sense, as the apostle here shows, applicable to the Son of God. It should be remembered that the apostles constantly cited the Septuagint translation, very frequently without any variation. It was not their business, in writing to the Jews, who at that time had it in high esteem, to amend or alter this, which would of consequence have occasioned disputes without end.
Hebrews 2:8
You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him.
Now this putting all things under him, implies that there is nothing that is not put under him. But it is plain, this is not done now, with regard to man in general.
Hebrews 2:9
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.
It is done only with regard to Jesus, God - Man, who is now crowned with glory and honour - As a reward for his having suffered death. He was made a little lower than the angels - Who cannot either suffer or die. That by the grace of God, he might taste death - An expression denoting both the reality of his death, and the shortness of its continuance. For every man - That ever was or will be born into the world.
Hebrews 2:10
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
In this verse the apostle expresses, in his own words, what he expressed before in those of the Psalmist. It became him - It was suitable to all his attributes, both to his justice, goodness, and wisdom. For whom - As their ultimate end. And by whom - As their first cause. Are all things, in bringing many adopted sons to glory - To this very thing, that they are sons, and are treated as such To perfect the captain - Prince, leader, and author of their salvation, by his atoning sufferings for them. To perfect or consummate implies the bringing him to a full and glorious end of all his troubles, Hebrews 5:9 .
This consummation by sufferings intimates, the glory of Christ, to whom, being consummated, all things are made subject. The preceding sufferings. Of these he treats expressly, Hebrews 2:11 - 18; having before spoken of his glory, both to give an edge to his exhortation, and to remove the scandal of sufferings and death. A fuller consideration of both these points he interweaves with the following discourse on his priesthood.But what is here said of our Lord's being made perfect through sufferings, has no relation to our being saved or sanctified by sufferings. Even he himself was perfect, as God and as man, before ever be suffered.
By his sufferings, in his life and death, he was made a perfect or complete sin - offering. But unless we were to be made the same sacrifice, and to atone for sin, what is said of him in this respect is as much out of our sphere as his ascension into heaven. It is his atonement, and his Spirit carrying on the work of faith with power in our hearts, that alone can sanctify us. Various afflictions indeed may be made subservient to this; and so far as they are blessed to the weaning us from sin, and causing our affections to be set on things above, so far they do indirectly help on our sanctification.
Hebrews 2:11
For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,
For - They are nearly related to each other. He that sanctifieth - Christ, Hebrews 13:12 .And all they that are sanctified - That are brought to God; that draw near or come to him, which are synonymous terms. Are all of one - Partakers of one nature, from one parent, Adam.
Hebrews 2:12
saying: "I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You."
I will declare thy name to my brethren - Christ declares the name of God, gracious and merciful, plenteous in goodness and truth, to all who believe, that they also may praise him. In the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee - As the precentor of the choir. This he did literally, in the midst of his apostles, on the night before his passion. And as it means, in a more general sense, setting forth the praise of God, he has done it in the church by his word and his Spirit; he still does, and will do it throughout all generations. Psalms 22:22 .Mark 10:2-16
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IN OTHER NEWS FROM SDFC:
ALL CHURCH BBQ & WEDDING SHOWER
for Mark & Linda (Packer) Greenstone
This Sunday ● 11:45am ● Friendship Plaza
In celebration of Mark and Linda's marriage, everyone is invited to a BBQ lunch and wedding shower in their honor. To express your love and congratulations, a money tree and card basket will be available. If you haven't met Mark and Linda yet, this BBQ shower is the perfect opportunity to get to know them better.
MEN OF THE POINT
Singing October 25
in the Classic Service at 9am.
Men of all ages and abilities are welcome!
REHEARSALS:
each Sunday until performance
11:30 - noon, the Ellipse
Contact Randy Plate for more info: R-PL8@juno.com
“1722”
COLLEGE - AGED GROUP
for those ages 17 to 22
· Sundays, 7pm, Ellipse
· Dinner included
· New Series! “Can You Hear Me Now: Discerning the Voice of God”
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO AUG 6-12, 2016?
If you’re considering joining our team to Bouflette, Haiti next year, come to the info meeting Sunday, October 18 at noon in the Ellipse to learn main details, ask questions, & pick up an application.
LIVING CONVERSATIONS:
learning & talking about black lives
Over the past year, the national attention on race relations in the U.S. has opened up new conversations and considerations about how race affects each of us. We want to offer a space for our congregation and community to consider this complex and important topic. Join us Thursday, October 29 from 6:30-8:30pm in the Ellipse for thought-provoking presentations, panel discussion, & small group processing.
30 DAYS OF PRAYER
Throughout November, we will journey together in prayer. Our past event “30 Hours of Prayer” is being expanded to a month-long emphasis on prayer. The launch is Sunday morning,November 1 in both worship services along with special classes, a prayer path, & resources you can use all month.
WORKSHOPS
FALL 2015
Join us on Wednesday nights throughout the fall for workshops on various topics on the life of faith - taught by our own members!
Topics include:
Loving Our Kids on Purpose Book Study
(Some of) God’s Stories You Won’t Find in the Bible
Financial Peace University
Scripture Memorization
Advent Conspiracy
Membership Class
All workshops are at SDFC on Wednesdaynights from 6:30-8:00pm.
Childcare provided for children ages 0-4.
For more info and to RSVP, visit: sdfcnaz.com ---> Connect --> Workshops.
For questions, email:discipleship@sdfcnaz.com.
MENTORING MINISTRY
Mentorship is a powerful and transformative way that discipleship happens through one-on-one relationships. We are currently accepting applications for mentors and those looking to be mentored.
For an application and more info contact: mentoring@sdfcnaz.com or visit sdfcnaz.com ---> Connect ---> Mentoring.
children’s ministries...
CHILDREN’S CHOIR
Wednesdays ● 6:30 - 8pm
K.R.U. Children’s Building
All kids who have registered for Children’s Choir,
meet in the K.R.U.
to prepare for the Christmas Children’s Musical,
“FACT or FICTION”,
which will be presented on December 13.
OPPORTUNITY FOR SERVICE:
Looking for children's teachers on Sundaymornings at 10:15am - end of the service, 1 time a month for 3 year olds - Pre Kindergarten.
Questions?
ShelleJames@sdfcnaz.com
KelseyHougen@sdfcnaz.com
Youth/Adult Worship Choir
The Worship Choir, directed by Victor Labenske, has resumed rehearsing since summer break. You are welcome to join. Rehearsals are onWednesday nights from 6:30-8pm (7:30 to 8:00rehearsing for Joyful Sounds of Christmas) in the Ellipse Chapel followed by a devotional. The choir sings every Sunday morning in the Classic Service at 9am.
REFUGEE TUTORING
Throughout the school year we help tutor elementary school children on Tuesday nights from 5-6:30pm at Ibarra Elementary in City Heights. Families can tutor together, and all age groups are welcome.
Interested? Contact Melissa Tucker:
melissa@sdfcnaz.com
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVEWe have some volunteer needs at First Church and if you're interested in any of the following roles, let us know and Pastor Melissa will give you more information.
Once a Month on Sunday Morning:
● Welcome Center Host
● Kitchen Refreshment Server
● Children's teachers and small group leaders forSunday School or Children's Church and/ orWednesday nights for Children's Choir. Leaders for all ages are needed.
Text Shelle James@ 619.985.2253.
● New Celebration Service Environment Team
Every Three Months (for a month at a time):
● Door Greeter
● Parking Lot Greeter
● Usher
Once a Month on Wednesday Night:
● Kitchen Team Member for Wednesday Night Dinner
RECYCLE FUNDRAISER
Continue to place your plastic/glass bottles and aluminum cans in the recycle bins located in the Friendship Plaza, Youth room and Children’s Center. Thank you!
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE FAIR
Hosted by PLNU at Horizon Christian High School
5331 Mount Alifan Drive, 92111
October 15, 6-8pm
Totally free, 40+ Christian colleges represented!
Features a financial aid session that addresses the challenge of paying for college.
PLNU will offer sessions on:
Being a First Generation College Student (English and Spanish), and on Athletic Recruitment (NCAA and NAIA).
Shannon Hutchison
Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Point Loma Nazarene University
www.pointloma.edu
619-849-2541
800-733-7770
WEDNESDAY NIGHT DINNERS
Friendship Plaza ● 5:30 - 6:30pm
October 7: Lasagna
October 14: Bacon Mac & Cheese
October 21: Chicken Tenders
October 28: Spaghetti & Meat Balls
$5 for a full plate and $3 for a half plate.
Each meal includes a drink and dessert.
*Vegetarian options are available.
POINT OF PRAYER
Ellipse Chapel
Wednesdays, 7am - 5pm
Come and go prayer time.
Feel free to come alone or with a prayer partner(s), for a few minutes, or as long as you need.
IN OUR PRAYERS:
● Gloria Casas
● Al Wilkinson
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Job 1:1; 2:1-10
Psalm 26
Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12
Mark 10:2-16
Lectiionary Scriptures:
Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of ‘Utz whose name was Iyov. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.2:1 Another day came when the sons of God came to serve Adonai, and among them came the Adversary to serve Adonai. 2 Adonai asked the Adversary, “Where are you coming from?” The Adversary answered Adonai, “From roaming through the earth, wandering here and there.” 3 Adonai asked the Adversary, “Did you notice my servant Iyov, that there’s no one like him on earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and shuns evil, and that he still holds on to his integrity, even though you provoked me against him to destroy him for no reason?” 4 The Adversary answered Adonai, “Skin for skin! A person will give up everything he has to save his life. 5 But if you reach out your hand and touch his flesh and bone, without doubt he’ll curse you to your face!” 6 Adonai said to the Adversary, “Here! He is in your hands, except that you are to spare his life.”
7 Then the Adversary went out from the presence of Adonai and struck Iyov down with horrible infected sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. 8 He took a piece of a broken pot to scratch himself and sat down in the pile of ashes. 9 His wife asked him, “Why do you still hold on to your integrity? Curse God, and die!” 10 But he answered her, “You’re talking like a low-class woman! Are we to receive the good at God’s hands but reject the bad?” In all this Iyov did not say one sinful word.
Psalm 26:(0) By David:
(1) Vindicate me, Adonai,
for I have lived a blameless life;
unwaveringly I trust in Adonai.
2 Examine me, Adonai, test me,
search my mind and heart.
3 For your grace is there before my eyes,
and I live my life by your truth.
4 I have not sat with worthless folks,
I won’t consort with hypocrites,
5 I hate the company of evildoers,
I will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will wash my hands in innocence
and walk around your altar, Adonai,
7 lifting my voice in thanks
and proclaiming all your wonders.
8 Adonai, I love the house where you live,
the place where your glory abides.
9 Don’t include me with sinners
or my life with the bloodthirsty.
10 In their hands are evil schemes;
their right hands are full of bribes.
11 As for me, I will live a blameless life.
Redeem me and show me favor.
12 My feet are planted on level ground;
in the assemblies I will bless Adonai.
Hebrews 1:1 In days gone by, God spoke in many and varied ways to the Fathers through the prophets. 2 But now, in the acharit-hayamim, he has spoken to us through his Son, to whom he has given ownership of everything and through whom he created the universe. 3 This Son is the radiance of the Sh’khinah, the very expression of God’s essence, upholding all that exists by his powerful word; and after he had, through himself, made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of HaG’dulah BaM’romim.[Hebrews 1:3 Psalm 110:1]
4 So he has become much better than angels, and the name God has given him is superior to theirs. 2:5 For it was not to angels that God subjected the ‘olam haba — which is what we are talking about. 6 And there is a place where someone has given this solemn testimony:
“What is mere man, that you concern yourself with him?
or the son of man, that you watch over him with such care?
7 You made him a little lower than the angels,
you crowned him with glory and honor,
8 you put everything in subjection under his feet.”[Hebrews 2:8 Psalm 8:5–7(4–6)]
In subjecting everything to him, he left nothing unsubjected to him. However, at present, we don’t see everything subjected to him — at least, not yet. 9 But we do see Yeshua — who indeed was made for a little while lower than the angels — now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God’s grace he might taste death for all humanity. 10 For in bringing many sons to glory, it was only fitting that God, the Creator and Preserver of everything, should bring the Initiator of their deliverance to the goal through sufferings. 11 For both Yeshua, who sets people apart for God, and the ones being set apart have a common origin — this is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers 12 when he says,
“I will proclaim your name to my brothers;
in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”[Hebrews 2:12 Psalm 22:23(22)]
4 So he has become much better than angels, and the name God has given him is superior to theirs. 2:5 For it was not to angels that God subjected the ‘olam haba — which is what we are talking about. 6 And there is a place where someone has given this solemn testimony:
“What is mere man, that you concern yourself with him?
or the son of man, that you watch over him with such care?
7 You made him a little lower than the angels,
you crowned him with glory and honor,
8 you put everything in subjection under his feet.”[Hebrews 2:8 Psalm 8:5–7(4–6)]
In subjecting everything to him, he left nothing unsubjected to him. However, at present, we don’t see everything subjected to him — at least, not yet. 9 But we do see Yeshua — who indeed was made for a little while lower than the angels — now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God’s grace he might taste death for all humanity. 10 For in bringing many sons to glory, it was only fitting that God, the Creator and Preserver of everything, should bring the Initiator of their deliverance to the goal through sufferings. 11 For both Yeshua, who sets people apart for God, and the ones being set apart have a common origin — this is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers 12 when he says,
“I will proclaim your name to my brothers;
in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”[Hebrews 2:12 Psalm 22:23(22)]
Mark 10:2 Some P’rushim came up and tried to trap him by asking him, “Does the Torah permit a man to divorce his wife?” 3 He replied, “What did Moshe command you?” 4 They said, “Moshe allowed a man to hand his wife a get and divorce her.”[Mark 10:4 Deuteronomy 24:1, 3] 5 But Yeshua said to them, “He wrote this commandment for you because of your hardheartedness. 6 However, at the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.[Mark 10:6 Genesis 1:27, 5:2] 7 For this reason, a man should leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, 8 and the two are to become one flesh.[Mark 10:8 Genesis 2:24] Thus they are no longer two, but one. 9 So then, no one should break apart what God has joined together.” 10 When they were indoors once more, the talmidim asked him about this. 11 He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against his wife; 12 and if a wife divorces her husband and marries another man, she too commits adultery.”
13 People were bringing children to him so that he might touch them, but the talmidim rebuked those people. 14 However, when Yeshua saw it, he became indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me, don’t stop them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15 Yes! I tell you, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it!” 16 And he took them in his arms, laid his hands on them, and made a b’rakhah over them.John Wesley's Notes-Commentary for Job 1:1
Job 1:113 People were bringing children to him so that he might touch them, but the talmidim rebuked those people. 14 However, when Yeshua saw it, he became indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me, don’t stop them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15 Yes! I tell you, whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it!” 16 And he took them in his arms, laid his hands on them, and made a b’rakhah over them.John Wesley's Notes-Commentary for Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.
Uz - Part of Arabia. Perfect - Not legally or exactly, but as to his sincere intentions, hearty affections, and diligent endeavours to perform all his duties to God and men. Upright - Heb. right, exact and regular in all his dealings, with men; one of an unblameable conversation. Feared - One truly pious, and devoted to God. Eschewed - Carefully avoiding all sin against God or men.
2:1-10
Job 2:3
Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause."
Still - Notwithstanding all his afflictions, and thy suggestion to the contrary. Movedst - This, as the rest of this representation, is not to be understood literally: But the design is to signify both the devil's restless malice in promoting man's misery and God's permission of it for wise and holy ends.
Job 2:4
So Satan answered the Lord and said, "Skin for skin Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
Skin, . - The sense is, this is so far from being an evidence of Job's sincere and generous piety, that it is only an act of mere self - love; he is contented with the loss of his estate, and children too, so long as he sleeps in a whole skin; and he is well pleased, that thou wilt accept of these a ransom in his stead; and it is not true patience which makes him seem to bear his crosses so submissively, but policy, that he may appease thy wrath against him, and prevent those farther plagues, which, for his hypocrisy, he fears thou wilt otherwise bring upon his own carcase.
Job 2:6
And the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life."
In thine hand - If God did not chain up the roaring lion, how soon would he devour us! As far as he permits the wrath of Satan and wicked men, to proceed against his people, he will make it turn to his praise and theirs, and the remainder thereof he will restrain. Job, in being thus maligned of Satan, was a type of Christ. He had permission to bruise his heel, to touch his bone and his flesh; yea, and his life also; because by dying he was to do what Job could not do, to destroy him that had the power of death.
Job 2:7
So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
Boils - Like those inflicted upon the Egyptians, which are expressed by the same word, and threatened to apostate Israelites, 28:27 , whereby he was made loathsome to himself, and to hisnearest relations, and filled with consuming pains in his body, and no less torments and anguish in his mind.
Job 2:8
And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes.
Scrape - This he did not with soft linen clothes, either because he had not now a sufficient quantity of them; or because therein he must have had the help of others who abhorred to come near him. Nor with his own hands or fingers, which were also ulcerous, and so unfit for that use; but with potsherds, either because they were next at hand, and ready for his present use; or in token of his deep humiliation under God's hand, which made him decline all things that favoured of tenderness and delicacy. Heb. in dust or ashes, as mourners used to do. If God lay him among the ashes, there he will contentedly sit down.
A low spirit becomes low circumstances, and will help to reconcile us to them.
Job 2:9
Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die"
Then said his wife - Whom Satan spared, to be a troubler and tempter to him. It is his policy, to send his temptations by the hands of those that are dear to us. We must therefore carefully watch, that we be not drawn to any evil, by them whom we love and value the most. Die - I see thou art set upon blessing of God, thou blessest God for giving, and thou blessest God for taking away, and thou art still blessing God for thy loathsome diseases, and he rewards thee accordingly, giving thee more and more of that kind of mercy for which thou blessest him. Go on therefore in thy generous course, and bless God, and die as a fool dieth.
Job 2:10
But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Shall we - Shall we poor worms give laws to our supreme Lord, and oblige him never to afflict us? And shall not those great and manifold mercies, which from time to time God hath given us, compensate these short afflictions? Ought we not to bless God for those mercies which we did not deserve; and contentedly bear those corrections which we do deserve. And if we receive so much good for the body, shall we not receive some good for our souls? That is, some affliction, whereby we may be made partakers of his holiness? Let murmuring therefore, as well as boasting, be forever excluded. Sin with his lips - By any reflections upon God, by any impatient or unbecoming expression
Psalm 26
| Psalms 26:1 Vindicate me, O Lord, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the Lord; I shall not slip. Trusted - I have committed my cause and affairs to thee. Psalms 26:3 For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth. For - I dare appeal to thee, because thou knowest I have a deep sense of thy loving - kindness, by which I have been led to love and obey thee. Psalms 26:4 I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites. Sat - Continued with them. I have been so far from an imitation of their wicked courses, that I have avoided their company. Vain - With false and deceitful persons. Go in - Into their company. Psalms 26:6 I will wash my hands in innocence; So I will go about Your altar, O Lord, Compass - Approach to thine altar with my sacrifices: which I could not do with any comfort, if I were conscious of those crimes, whereof mine enemies accuse me. Psalms 26:8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of Your house, And the place where Your glory dwells. House - Thy sanctuary and worship. Honour - Thy glorious and gracious presence. Psalms 26:9 Do not gather my soul with sinners, Nor my life with bloodthirsty men, Gather not - Do not bind me up in the same bundle, or put me into the same accursed condition with them. Psalms 26:12 My foot stands in an even place; In the congregations I will bless the Lord. Standeth - I stand upon a sure and solid foundation, being under the protection of God's promise, and his almighty and watchful providence. Congregations - I will not only privately, but in the assemblies of thy people celebrate thy praise. |
| Hebrews 1:1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, God, who at sundry times - The creation was revealed in the time of Adam; the last judgment, in the time of Enoch: and so at various times, and in various degrees, more explicit knowledge was given. In divers manners - In visions, in dreams, and by revelations of various kinds. Both these are opposed to the one entire and perfect revelation which he has made to us by Jesus Christ. The very number of the prophets showed that they prophesied only in part. Of old - There were no prophets for a large tract of time before Christ came, that the great Prophet might be the more earnestly expected. Spake - A part is put for the whole; implying every kind of divine communication. By the prophets - The mention of whom is a virtual declaration that the apostle received the whole Old Testament, and was not about to advance any doctrine in contradiction to it. Hath in these last times - Intimating that no other revelation is to be expected. Spoken - All things, and in the most perfect manner. By his Son - Alone. The Son spake by the apostles. The majesty of the Son of God is proposed, Absolutely, by the very name of Son, verse 1, and by three glorious predicates, - whom he hath appointed, by whom he made, who sat down; whereby he is described from the beginning to the consummation of all things, Hebrews 1:2 ,3 Comparatively to angels, Hebrews 1:4 . The proof of this propositionimmediately follows: the name of Son being proved, Hebrews 1:5 ; his being heir of all things, Hebrews 1:6 - 9; his making the worlds, Hebrews 1:10 - 12 his sitting at God's right hand, Hebrews 1:13 , . Hebrews 1:2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; Whom he hath appointed heir of all things - After the name of Son, his inheritance is mentioned. God appointed him the heir long before he made the worlds, Ephesians 3:11 ; Prov 8:22, .The Son is the firstborn, born before all things: the heir is a term relating to the creation which followed, Hebrews 1:6 .By whom he also made the worlds - Therefore the Son was before all worlds. His glory reaches from everlasting to everlasting, though God spake by him to us only in these last days. Hebrews 1:3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, Who sat down - The third of these glorious predicates, with which three other particulars are interwoven, which are mentioned likewise, and in the same order, Colossians 1:15 ,17,20.Who, being - The glory which he received in his exaltation at the right hand of the Father no angel was capable of; but the Son alone, who likewise enjoyed it long before. The brightness of his glory - Glory is the nature of God revealed in its brightness. The express image - Or stamp. Whatever the Father is, is exhibited in the Son, as a seal in the stamp on wax. Of his person - Or substance. The word denotes the unchangeable perpetuity of divine life and power. And sustaining all things - Visible and invisible, in being. By the word of his power - That is, by his powerful word. When he had by himself - Without any Mosaic rites or ceremonies. Purged our sins - In order to which it was necessary he should for a time divest himself of his glory. In this chapter St. Paul describes his glory chiefly as he is the Son of God; afterwards, Hebrews 2:6 , ., the glory of the man Christ Jesus. He speaks, indeed, briefly of the former before his humiliation, but copiously after his exaltation; as from hence the glory he had from eternity began to be evidently seen. Both his purging our sins, and sitting on the right hand of God, are largely treated of in the seven following chapters. Sat down - The priests stood while they ministered: sitting, therefore, denotes the consummation of his sacrifice. This word, sat down, contains the scope, the theme, and the sum, of the epistle. Hebrews 1:4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. This verse has two clauses, the latter of which is treated of, Hebrews 1:5 ; the former, Hebrews 1:13 .Such transpositions are also found in the other epistles of St. Paul, but in none so frequently as in this. The Jewish doctors were peculiarly fond of this figure, and used it much in all their writings. The apostle therefore, becoming all things to all men, here follows the same method. All the inspired writers were readier in all the figures of speech than the most experienced orators. Being - By his exaltation, after he had been lower than them, Hebrews 2:9 .So much higher than the angels - It was extremely proper to observe this, because the Jews gloried in their law, as it was delivered by the ministration of angels. How much more may we glory in the gospel, which was given, not by the ministry of angels, but of the very Son of God! As he hath by inheritance a more excellent name - Because he is the Son of God, he inherits that name, in right whereof he inherits all things His inheriting that name is more ancient than all worlds; his inheriting all things, as ancient as all things. Than they - This denotes an immense pre - eminence. The angels do not inherit all things, but are themselves a portion of the Son's inheritance, whom they worship as their Lord. |
For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels.
This verse contains a proof of the third; the greater the salvation is, and the more glorious the Lord whom we despise, the greater will be our punishment. God hath not subjected the world to come - That is, the dispensation of the Messiah; which being to succeed the Mosaic was usually styled by the Jews, the world to come, although it is still in great measure to come Whereof we now speak - Of which I am now speaking. In this last great dispensation the Son alone presides.
Hebrews 2:6
But one testified in a certain place, saying: "What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him?
What is man - To the vast expanse of heaven, to the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained! This psalm seems to have been composed by David, in a clear, moonshiny, and starlight night, while he was contemplating the wonderful fabric of heaven; because in his magnificent description of its luminaries, he takes no notice of the sun, the most glorious of them all. The words here cited concerning dominion were doubtless in some sense applicable to Adam; although in their complete and highest sense, they belong to none but the second Adam. Or the son of man, that thou visitest him - The sense rises: we are mindful of him that is absent; but to visit, denotes the care of a present God.
Psalms 8:4 .
Hebrews 2:7
You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands.
Thou hast made him - Adam. A little lower than the angels - The Hebrew is, a little lower than (that is, next to) God. Such was man as he came out of the hands of his Creator: it seems, the highest of all created beings. But these words are also in a farther sense, as the apostle here shows, applicable to the Son of God. It should be remembered that the apostles constantly cited the Septuagint translation, very frequently without any variation. It was not their business, in writing to the Jews, who at that time had it in high esteem, to amend or alter this, which would of consequence have occasioned disputes without end.
Hebrews 2:8
You have put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him.
Now this putting all things under him, implies that there is nothing that is not put under him. But it is plain, this is not done now, with regard to man in general.
Hebrews 2:9
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.
It is done only with regard to Jesus, God - Man, who is now crowned with glory and honour - As a reward for his having suffered death. He was made a little lower than the angels - Who cannot either suffer or die. That by the grace of God, he might taste death - An expression denoting both the reality of his death, and the shortness of its continuance. For every man - That ever was or will be born into the world.
Hebrews 2:10
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
In this verse the apostle expresses, in his own words, what he expressed before in those of the Psalmist. It became him - It was suitable to all his attributes, both to his justice, goodness, and wisdom. For whom - As their ultimate end. And by whom - As their first cause. Are all things, in bringing many adopted sons to glory - To this very thing, that they are sons, and are treated as such To perfect the captain - Prince, leader, and author of their salvation, by his atoning sufferings for them. To perfect or consummate implies the bringing him to a full and glorious end of all his troubles, Hebrews 5:9 .
This consummation by sufferings intimates, the glory of Christ, to whom, being consummated, all things are made subject. The preceding sufferings. Of these he treats expressly, Hebrews 2:11 - 18; having before spoken of his glory, both to give an edge to his exhortation, and to remove the scandal of sufferings and death. A fuller consideration of both these points he interweaves with the following discourse on his priesthood.But what is here said of our Lord's being made perfect through sufferings, has no relation to our being saved or sanctified by sufferings. Even he himself was perfect, as God and as man, before ever be suffered.
By his sufferings, in his life and death, he was made a perfect or complete sin - offering. But unless we were to be made the same sacrifice, and to atone for sin, what is said of him in this respect is as much out of our sphere as his ascension into heaven. It is his atonement, and his Spirit carrying on the work of faith with power in our hearts, that alone can sanctify us. Various afflictions indeed may be made subservient to this; and so far as they are blessed to the weaning us from sin, and causing our affections to be set on things above, so far they do indirectly help on our sanctification.
Hebrews 2:11
For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,
For - They are nearly related to each other. He that sanctifieth - Christ, Hebrews 13:12 .And all they that are sanctified - That are brought to God; that draw near or come to him, which are synonymous terms. Are all of one - Partakers of one nature, from one parent, Adam.
Hebrews 2:12
saying: "I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You."
I will declare thy name to my brethren - Christ declares the name of God, gracious and merciful, plenteous in goodness and truth, to all who believe, that they also may praise him. In the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee - As the precentor of the choir. This he did literally, in the midst of his apostles, on the night before his passion. And as it means, in a more general sense, setting forth the praise of God, he has done it in the church by his word and his Spirit; he still does, and will do it throughout all generations. Psalms 22:22 .Mark 10:2-16
| Mark 10:2 The Pharisees came and asked Him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" testing Him. Matthew 5:31 ; Mt 19:7; Lu 16:18. Mark 10:4 They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her." Deuteronomy 24:1 . Mark 10:6 "But from the beginning of the creation, God 'made them male and female.' From the beginning of the creation - Therefore Moses in the first of Genesis gives us an account of things from the beginning of the creation. Does it not clearly follow, that there was no creation previous to that which Moses describes? God made them male and female - Therefore Adam did not at first contain both sexes in himself: but God made Adam, when first created, male only; and Eve female only. And this man and woman he joined together, in a state of innocence, as husband and wife. Mark 10:7 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, Genesis 2:24 . Mark 10:11 So He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. All polygamy is here totally condemned. Mark 10:12 "And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery." See Mark 10:11 Mark 10:13 Then they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them. Matthew 19:13 . Mark 10:14 But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. Jesus seeing it was much displeased - At their blaming those who were not blame worthy: and endeavouring to hinder the children from receiving a blessing. Of such is the kingdom of God - The members of the kingdom which I am come to set up in the world are such as these, as well as grown persons, of a child - like temper. Mark 10:15 "Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it." Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child - As totally disclaiming all worthiness and fitness, as if he were but a week old. |
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IN OTHER NEWS FROM SDFC:
ALL CHURCH BBQ & WEDDING SHOWER
for Mark & Linda (Packer) Greenstone
This Sunday ● 11:45am ● Friendship Plaza
In celebration of Mark and Linda's marriage, everyone is invited to a BBQ lunch and wedding shower in their honor. To express your love and congratulations, a money tree and card basket will be available. If you haven't met Mark and Linda yet, this BBQ shower is the perfect opportunity to get to know them better.
MEN OF THE POINT
Singing October 25
in the Classic Service at 9am.
Men of all ages and abilities are welcome!
REHEARSALS:
each Sunday until performance
11:30 - noon, the Ellipse
Contact Randy Plate for more info: R-PL8@juno.com
“1722”
COLLEGE - AGED GROUP
for those ages 17 to 22
· Sundays, 7pm, Ellipse
· Dinner included
· New Series! “Can You Hear Me Now: Discerning the Voice of God”
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO AUG 6-12, 2016?
If you’re considering joining our team to Bouflette, Haiti next year, come to the info meeting Sunday, October 18 at noon in the Ellipse to learn main details, ask questions, & pick up an application.
LIVING CONVERSATIONS:
learning & talking about black lives
Over the past year, the national attention on race relations in the U.S. has opened up new conversations and considerations about how race affects each of us. We want to offer a space for our congregation and community to consider this complex and important topic. Join us Thursday, October 29 from 6:30-8:30pm in the Ellipse for thought-provoking presentations, panel discussion, & small group processing.
30 DAYS OF PRAYER
Throughout November, we will journey together in prayer. Our past event “30 Hours of Prayer” is being expanded to a month-long emphasis on prayer. The launch is Sunday morning,November 1 in both worship services along with special classes, a prayer path, & resources you can use all month.
WORKSHOPS
FALL 2015
Join us on Wednesday nights throughout the fall for workshops on various topics on the life of faith - taught by our own members!
Topics include:
Loving Our Kids on Purpose Book Study
(Some of) God’s Stories You Won’t Find in the Bible
Financial Peace University
Scripture Memorization
Advent Conspiracy
Membership Class
All workshops are at SDFC on Wednesdaynights from 6:30-8:00pm.
Childcare provided for children ages 0-4.
For more info and to RSVP, visit: sdfcnaz.com ---> Connect --> Workshops.
For questions, email:discipleship@sdfcnaz.com.
MENTORING MINISTRY
Mentorship is a powerful and transformative way that discipleship happens through one-on-one relationships. We are currently accepting applications for mentors and those looking to be mentored.
For an application and more info contact: mentoring@sdfcnaz.com or visit sdfcnaz.com ---> Connect ---> Mentoring.
children’s ministries...
CHILDREN’S CHOIR
Wednesdays ● 6:30 - 8pm
K.R.U. Children’s Building
All kids who have registered for Children’s Choir,
meet in the K.R.U.
to prepare for the Christmas Children’s Musical,
“FACT or FICTION”,
which will be presented on December 13.
OPPORTUNITY FOR SERVICE:
Looking for children's teachers on Sundaymornings at 10:15am - end of the service, 1 time a month for 3 year olds - Pre Kindergarten.
Questions?
ShelleJames@sdfcnaz.com
KelseyHougen@sdfcnaz.com
Youth/Adult Worship Choir
The Worship Choir, directed by Victor Labenske, has resumed rehearsing since summer break. You are welcome to join. Rehearsals are onWednesday nights from 6:30-8pm (7:30 to 8:00rehearsing for Joyful Sounds of Christmas) in the Ellipse Chapel followed by a devotional. The choir sings every Sunday morning in the Classic Service at 9am.
REFUGEE TUTORING
Throughout the school year we help tutor elementary school children on Tuesday nights from 5-6:30pm at Ibarra Elementary in City Heights. Families can tutor together, and all age groups are welcome.
Interested? Contact Melissa Tucker:
melissa@sdfcnaz.com
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVEWe have some volunteer needs at First Church and if you're interested in any of the following roles, let us know and Pastor Melissa will give you more information.
Once a Month on Sunday Morning:
● Welcome Center Host
● Kitchen Refreshment Server
● Children's teachers and small group leaders forSunday School or Children's Church and/ orWednesday nights for Children's Choir. Leaders for all ages are needed.
Text Shelle James@ 619.985.2253.
● New Celebration Service Environment Team
Every Three Months (for a month at a time):
● Door Greeter
● Parking Lot Greeter
● Usher
Once a Month on Wednesday Night:
● Kitchen Team Member for Wednesday Night Dinner
RECYCLE FUNDRAISER
Continue to place your plastic/glass bottles and aluminum cans in the recycle bins located in the Friendship Plaza, Youth room and Children’s Center. Thank you!
CHRISTIAN COLLEGE FAIR
Hosted by PLNU at Horizon Christian High School
5331 Mount Alifan Drive, 92111
October 15, 6-8pm
Totally free, 40+ Christian colleges represented!
Features a financial aid session that addresses the challenge of paying for college.
PLNU will offer sessions on:
Being a First Generation College Student (English and Spanish), and on Athletic Recruitment (NCAA and NAIA).
Shannon Hutchison
Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Point Loma Nazarene University
www.pointloma.edu
619-849-2541
800-733-7770
WEDNESDAY NIGHT DINNERS
Friendship Plaza ● 5:30 - 6:30pm
October 7: Lasagna
October 14: Bacon Mac & Cheese
October 21: Chicken Tenders
October 28: Spaghetti & Meat Balls
$5 for a full plate and $3 for a half plate.
Each meal includes a drink and dessert.
*Vegetarian options are available.
POINT OF PRAYER
Ellipse Chapel
Wednesdays, 7am - 5pm
Come and go prayer time.
Feel free to come alone or with a prayer partner(s), for a few minutes, or as long as you need.
IN OUR PRAYERS:
● Gloria Casas
● Al Wilkinson
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