{"id":19545,"date":"2022-11-09T18:22:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T00:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=19545"},"modified":"2024-04-14T14:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T19:06:40","slug":"christianity-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=19545","title":{"rendered":"Christianity, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s not possible to \u201cdistinguish the mind of Christ from the ordinary religious mind\u201d without broaching the subject of Christianity<\/i>, yet I’ve hesitated to do so directly. Recently, however, I quoted<\/a> For God has consigned all people to disobedience so that he may show mercy to them all<\/i>1<\/sup><\/a> with no comment whatsoever. I didn’t need to comment. I’ve studied the Greek enough now that I no longer pay any attention to the English translation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Later, I had to go back and link<\/a> show mercy to them all<\/i> to a discussion of \u201cthe subjunctive mood…in a purpose or result clause\u201d in Greek. While I appreciate that the Greek word is \u1f10\u03bb\u03b5\u1f75\u03c3\u1fc3<\/a> (\u201che may show\u201d) not \u1f10\u03bb\u03b5\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9<\/a> (\u201che will show\u201d), the meaning is that He will show mercy to all. Or, if I want to be more mindful of the aorist tense, it looks to a moment when God will have shown mercy to all as an actual, factual moment in time. <\/span><\/p>\n

In English, however, he may show mercy to them all <\/i>means: 1) that God has permission to show mercy to them all; or something equally meaningless, 2) He might show mercy to them all or He might not. <\/span>So I began to wonder: What is the point of translating the New Testament from Greek into English for the benefit and approval of those who already know the Greek, rather than for the enlightenment and edification of those who do not? <\/span><\/p>\n

I recalled another instance<\/a> where the NET translators did render aorist subjunctive verbs as if they were future indicative verbs: every knee will bow <\/i>(\u03ba\u1f71\u03bc\u03c8\u1fc3<\/a>)…and every tongue confess <\/i>(\u1f10\u03be\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u1f75\u03c3\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>), rather than every knee <\/i>[may] bow…and every tongue <\/i>[may] confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Romans 11:32 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Philippians 2:9-11 (NET Parallel Greek)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Romans 11:32 (NET)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Philippians 2:9-11 (NET)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

For God has consigned all people to disobedience so that he may show mercy to them all.<\/span><\/td>\nAs a result God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow\u2014in heaven and on earth and under the earth\u2014and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Now both of these passages seem to be describing essentially the same thing. I can even hear the former as a cause of the latter. But I remember when I understood the latter as a demonstration of brute force, much like when Voldemort forced Harry Potter to bow<\/a> before he attempted to murder him in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Divorced from its context the idea that God will show mercy to all hardly seems controversial. But in context the mercy shown to all is nothing less than salvation: So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy<\/a><\/i>.2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus said (John 15:7-11 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n

If you abide (\u03bc\u03b5\u1f77\u03bd\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5<\/a>, a form of \u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em> in me, and my words abide (\u03bc\u03b5\u1f77\u03bd\u1fc3<\/a>, another form of \u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9)<\/em> in you, ask<\/a> whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be<\/a> my disciples [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide (\u03bc\u03b5\u1f77\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5<\/a>, another form of \u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9)<\/em> in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide (\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c4\u03b5<\/a>, another form of \u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9)<\/em> in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide (\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em> in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be3<\/sup><\/a><\/em> in you, and that your joy may be full.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>It would be wonderful if Christianity <\/i>were synonymous with abiding in Christ and his words abiding in us, but Christianity <\/i>means many other things. Comedian Bill Burr<\/a> had a church quip that became an internet meme<\/a> and can elicit at least a chuckle even from churchgoers:<\/span><\/p>\n

God’s everywhere, but I gotta go down to (church) to see him? And he’s mad<\/a> at me down there, and I owe you money? <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To the ordinary religious mind the lands and buildings, the administrative hierarchies and religious rituals, the rules and regulations of Christianity may seem more real and tangible than abiding in Christ and his words abiding in us. For my purposes in these essays abiding in Christ and his words abiding in us is the real and tangible while all other aspects of Christianity are human abstractions<\/a>, peripheral, when they are not inimical, to abiding in Christ and his words abiding in us. <\/span><\/p>\n

Fair or not Paul gets a lot of the blame or a lot of the credit for Christianity. So his letter to the Romans seems like a good place to start (Romans 2:1-16 ESV): <\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things [Romans 1:18-32<\/a>]<\/em>. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things<\/a>. Do you suppose, O man\u2014you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself\u2014that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment<\/a> will be revealed [Table<\/a>]<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey<\/a> the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality<\/a> [Table<\/a>]<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the<\/a> law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the<\/a> law who will be justified [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do<\/a> what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I want to focus a moment, acknowledging that this might should be thought of as a continuation of Paul’s rhetorical question, another thing his reader might not be knowing: Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance <\/i>[b]ut because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment<\/a> will be revealed<\/i>?4<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Who has this hard and impenitent heart? Those who are in the flesh cannot please God<\/i>,5<\/sup><\/a> Paul wrote. Do not marvel that I said to you, \u2018You must be born again<\/i>,\u20196<\/sup><\/a> Jesus told Nicodemus. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit<\/i>.7<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Paul explained why [t]hose who are in the flesh cannot please God<\/i>: For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot<\/i>.8<\/sup><\/a> He had already come to the following conclusion about himself: So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin<\/i>.9<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>With this as background I want to turn my attention to Jesus’ words about that day when, according to <\/i>[Paul’s] gospel <\/i>(\u03b5\u1f50\u03b1\u03b3\u03b3\u1f73\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>), God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus<\/i>.10<\/sup><\/a> He said (Matthew 25:31-46 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels<\/a> with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered<\/a> all the nations, and he will separate<\/a> people (\u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2<\/a>, a form of \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2<\/a>; literally: <\/em><\/span>themselves<\/span>)<\/em> one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, \u2018Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came<\/a> to me\u2019 [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. Then the righteous will answer him, saying, \u2018Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick<\/a> or in prison and visit you?\u2019 [Table<\/a>]<\/em> And the King will answer them, \u2018Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThen he will say to those on his left, \u2018Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.\u2019 Then they also will answer<\/a>, saying, \u2018Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?\u2019 [Table<\/a>]<\/em> Then he will answer them, saying, \u2018Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.\u2019 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>So, what kind of people are all the nations <\/i>gathered before the throne of the Son of Man<\/i>? My religious mind has imagined that they are the righteous on Jesus’ right and the wicked on his left. The trouble with that idea is that There is no one righteous<\/i>.11<\/sup><\/a> I turn again to Paul (Romans 3:10-18 ESV):<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNone is righteous, no, not one [Table<\/a>]<\/em>; no one understands; no one seeks for God [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless<\/a>; no one does<\/a> good, not even one\u201d [Table<\/a>] [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. \u201cTheir throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.\u201d \u201cThe venom of asps is under their lips\u201d [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. \u201cTheir mouth is full of curses and bitterness\u201d [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. \u201cTheir feet are swift to shed blood [Table<\/a>]<\/em>; in their paths are ruin and misery, and the way of peace they have not known\u201d [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. \u201cThere is no fear of God before their eyes\u201d [Table<\/a>]<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If none is righteous, who could or should receive this amazing grace of Jesus? Jesus said that his Father made that decision: No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws <\/i>(\u1f11\u03bb\u03ba\u1f7b\u03c3\u1fc3<\/a>, a form of \u1f11\u03bb\u03ba\u03cd\u03c9<\/a>) him<\/i>.12<\/sup><\/a> So now I can imagine that some of the people gathered before the throne of the Son of Man <\/i>are those God the Father chose not to draw to Jesus, while others are those He chose to draw. And those He chose to draw would be more like Paul: I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin<\/i>.13<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, Jesus promised that after He died as the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world<\/i>,14<\/sup><\/a> He will draw all<\/i>…to <\/i>[Himself]: And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself<\/i>.15<\/sup><\/a> So now, if Jesus’ words abide in me I am compelled to imagine that everyone gathered before the throne of the Son of Man <\/i>has been drawn to Jesus, that everyone standing there is more like Paul: I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin<\/i>.16<\/sup><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus had already hinted at this outcome: It is written in the Prophets, \u2018And they will all be taught by<\/a> God.\u2019 Everyone<\/a> who has heard<\/a> and learned from the Father comes to me<\/a>\u2014<\/i>17<\/sup><\/a> <\/span>But here, my Christianity wants to argue and debate. <\/a>So here I must decide Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen <\/i>(\u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u1f7b\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd<\/a>, a form of \u1f00\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd\u03c9<\/a>) to <\/i>[my Christianity] rather than to God<\/i>.18<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

A table comparing John 15:11<\/a> in the NET and KJV follows:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.<\/span><\/td>\nThese things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Christianity, Part 2<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Wonders and False Wonders, Part 3<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to A Shadow of the Good Things, Part 10<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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1<\/sup><\/a> Romans 11:32 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2<\/sup><\/a> Romans 9:16 (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u1f96<\/a> here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03b7<\/a> (KJV: might remain<\/i>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4<\/sup><\/a> Romans 2:4, 5 (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5<\/sup><\/a> Romans 8:8 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6<\/sup><\/a> John 3:7 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7<\/sup><\/a> John 3:6 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8<\/sup><\/a> Romans 8:7 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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9<\/sup><\/a> Romans 7:25b (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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10<\/sup><\/a> Romans 2:16 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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11<\/sup><\/a> Romans 3:10a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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12<\/sup><\/a> John 6:44a (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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13<\/sup><\/a> Romans 7:25b (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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14<\/sup><\/a> 1 John 2:2 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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15<\/sup><\/a> John 12:32 (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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16<\/sup><\/a> Romans 7:25b (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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17<\/sup><\/a> John 6:45 (ESV) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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18<\/sup><\/a> Acts 4:19b (ESV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s not possible to \u201cdistinguish the mind of Christ from the ordinary religious mind\u201d without broaching the subject of Christianity, yet I’ve hesitated to do so directly. Recently, however, I quoted For God has consigned all people to disobedience so … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5573,5355],"tags":[3600,5578,2527,5574,293,3026,2526,2884,361,5579,5049,1694,5575,5577,5576,1099,1098,775,31,3573,544],"class_list":["post-19545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-section-six","tag-1-john-22","tag-acts-419","tag-john-1232","tag-john-157-11","tag-john-36","tag-john-37","tag-john-644","tag-john-645","tag-matthew-2531-46","tag-movies-harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire","tag-philippians-29-11","tag-romans-1132","tag-romans-21-16","tag-romans-216","tag-romans-24-5","tag-romans-310","tag-romans-310-18","tag-romans-725","tag-romans-87","tag-romans-88","tag-romans-916"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19545"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23421,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19545\/revisions\/23421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}