by admin | Jul 31, 2017 | Section Four, Sexual Immorality
Though I’m eager to dive into the word study, I’m compelled to spend some time keeping my promise to reveal my own position and velocity. It will make this essay considerably, but necessarily, longer than I like. The Greek words translated sexual immorality in the...
by admin | Jul 9, 2017 | Section Four, To Make Holy
I’ll continue to look at the New Testament occurrences of forms of ἁγιάζω starting with ἁγιάσας and ἁγιάζον translated sanctifieth (KJV) and that makes sacred (NET). Jesus turned his attention to the experts in the law and you Pharisees who were part (Matthew...
by admin | Jul 2, 2017 | Deuteronomy, Section Four, The Fear of the Lord, Visiting Iniquity
I was standing between the Lord and you at that time, Moses said to Israel, to reveal to you the message of the Lord (yehôvâh, יהוה), because you were afraid (yârêʼ, יראתם) of the fire and would not go up the mountain.[1] Then he recounted the ten commandments. ...
by admin | Jun 19, 2017 | Chapter 15, Romans, Section Four
So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.[1] Initially I took this to mean that Paul’s boast was about what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, in the power of signs and...
by admin | Jun 5, 2017 | Section Four, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
I wrote: It’s axiomatic to me that Jesus didn’t utilize his own godliness, but trusted the Holy Spirit that descended like a dove from heaven, and…remained on him.[11] Otherwise, Jesus’ invitation and command, Follow me,[12] is little more than a cruel joke. And: As...
by admin | May 27, 2017 | Paul's Religious Mind, Section Four
In another essay I began “to consider what I called ‘Paul’s religious mind’ through the lens of Jesus’ teaching” in Matthew 18:15-17 as ballast for my own bias toward mercy. Originally, I was concerned about Paul’s judgment from a distance of the man who had...