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Ronald L. Nickelson Served in the United States Air Force for nearly two decades, was an assisstant professor of Bible at Roanoke Bible College from 1997 to 2003, and served as a minister at Southern Hills Church o Christ in Abilene, Texas. In August of 2000, he joined Standard Publishing as an editor and has edited the Standard Lesson Commentary series for more than a decade.
“The word vision implies seeing things not normally seen, but may also consist of hearing things not normally heard” (Page 435)
“First is God’s purposive will, referring to actions He takes by His own decision and initiative; these are things He causes. The second is God’s prescriptive will, referring to things that He desires to happen, but grants human freedom to do otherwise. An example is to say that God’s will is for everyone to be saved, even though not all shall be. The third is God’s permissive will, referring to things He does not want to happen, but grants human freedom otherwise. The premier example here is, of course, sin.” (Page 188)
“His persecuting zeal reached a fever pitch when he took the initiative to ask the high priest for authority to extend the persecution to Damascus, about 150 miles to the north of Jerusalem. His plan was to find Christians in the Jewish population there and bring them back to Jerusalem by force (9:1, 2).” (Page 434)
“Jesus says, blows as it wants, without influence of humans and without their understanding. God’s Spirit is the same: the Holy Spirit does His work regardless of the approval or disapproval of religious leaders like Nicodemus.” (Page 277)
“If there is a strong, living connection, the disciples will bring forth much fruit. Detached branches are not capable of producing fruit.” (Page 252)
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