{"id":2998,"date":"2013-11-29T03:31:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T21:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=2998"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:35:46","slug":"fear-exodus-part-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=2998","title":{"rendered":"Fear – Exodus, Part 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand \u2013 when he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. \u00a0When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid<\/i> (y\u00e2r\u00ea\u02bc<\/i>)[1]<\/sup><\/a> to approach him<\/i>.[2]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 The Greek word \u1f10\u03c6\u03bf\u03b2\u03ae\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd (a form of \u03c6\u03bf\u03b2\u03ad\u03c9)[3]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0was chosen for this fear in the Septuagint<\/a>.\u00a0 This word occurs in the phrase \u1f10\u03c6\u03bf\u03b2\u03ae\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c6\u03cc\u03b2\u03bf\u03bd[4]<\/sup><\/a> \u03bc\u03ad\u03b3\u03b1\u03bd[5]<\/sup><\/a> in Mark\u2019s gospel and was translated, They were overwhelmed by fear<\/i>.[6]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Jesus and his disciples were crossing the Sea of Galilee in a boat.\u00a0 Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped<\/i>.[7]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Jesus was asleep in the stern.\u00a0 His disciples woke him up and said to him, \u201cTeacher, don\u2019t you care that we are about to die?\u201d \u00a0So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, \u201cBe quiet! Calm down!\u201d\u00a0 Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm<\/i>.[8]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

I thought Jesus rebuked them then.\u00a0 \u201cWhy are you cowardly?\u201d<\/i> He said <\/i>according to Mark\u2019s account (which I assume was Peter\u2019s account and Mark served as chronicler, if not his scribe). \u00a0Do you still not have faith?\u201d<\/i>[9]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 In Matthew\u2019s account Jesus\u2019 rebuke\u2014\u201cWhy are you cowardly, you people of little faith?\u201d<\/i>[10]<\/sup><\/a>\u2014came even before He calmed the storm.\u00a0 (Matthew\/Levi hadn\u2019t been called yet, according to Matthew.[11]<\/sup><\/a>)\u00a0 Of course, the text doesn\u2019t actually say that Jesus rebuked<\/i> them.<\/p>\n

He rebuked <\/i>(\u1f10\u03c0\u03b5\u03c4\u03af\u03bc\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd, a form of \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03ac\u03c9)[12]<\/sup><\/a> the wind<\/i> (the cause[13]<\/sup><\/a> of the problem, if you will), and said <\/i>(\u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd, a form of \u1fe5\u03ad\u03c9)[14]<\/sup><\/a> to the sea<\/i> as He said<\/i> (\u03b5\u1f36\u03c0\u03b5\u03bd) to<\/i> his disciples.\u00a0 Matthew recorded what He said (\u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9, a form of \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03c9<\/a>)[15]<\/sup><\/a> to his disciples, and how He rebuked<\/i> (\u1f10\u03c0\u03b5\u03c4\u03af\u03bc\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd) the winds and the sea<\/i>.\u00a0 But when I believed that my faith was the work<\/i> that made me worthy of heaven\u2014Why are you cowardly?\u00a0 Do you still not have faith?<\/i> and Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?<\/i>\u2014stung like rebuke.\u00a0 My opinion began to change, however, after I began to believe that his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence<\/i>,[16]<\/sup><\/a> and that credited righteousness[17]<\/sup><\/a> was a functional<\/a>,[18]<\/sup><\/a> rather than merely a formal<\/a>,[19]<\/sup><\/a> righteousness.<\/p>\n

My original opinion about Jesus\u2019 rebuke was rendered absurd when I began to believe that even faith did not come out of<\/i> or out from<\/i> me: For by grace you are saved through faith <\/i>(\u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2, a form of \u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2),<\/i>[20]<\/sup><\/a> and this is not from yourselves<\/i> (\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76[21]<\/sup><\/a> \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf[22]<\/sup><\/a> \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba[23]<\/sup><\/a> \u1f10\u03be[24]<\/sup><\/a> \u1f51\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd[25]<\/sup><\/a>), it is the gift of God<\/i>.[26]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I heard the argument that this<\/i> (\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf, literally these<\/i>) cannot refer back to faith<\/i> (\u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2) because \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf \u201cis neuter plural and \u2018Faith\u2019<\/a> [\u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2] is feminine.\u201d[27]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 And I certainly tried to live by its consequences: \u201cGod bestows grace on those who faithfully obey His truth (Romans 6:15-18). \u00a0Man’s obedient faith<\/a> does not cancel grace.\u00a0 The fact is that an obedient faith allows initial grace (Acts 2:38) and permits continual grace (1 John 1:7).\u201d[28]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 My faith proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was never up to the task.\u00a0 On the other hand, \u201cGrace is feminine<\/a>\u2026And even Salvation (as a noun) is feminine.\u201d[29]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 So \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c4\u03bf (literally these<\/i>) refers to none of them or all three of them.<\/p>\n

Though now it seems somewhat redundant and unnecessary to say that God\u2019s grace is not from yourselves<\/i>, there was a time when I needed to hear that his grace was not from works, so that no one can boast<\/i>.[30]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Though now it seems somewhat redundant and unnecessary to say that God\u2019s salvation is not from yourselves<\/i>, there was a time when I needed to hear that his salvation was not from works, so that no one can boast<\/i>.\u00a0 Likewise there was a time when I reached the end of MY faith and needed to hear that even faith is not from yourselves,<\/i> it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so that no one can boast<\/i>.[31]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 It is Christ\u2019s faithfulness, not mine, the fruit of his Spirit.<\/i><\/p>\n

And notice how easily these lofty requirements are fulfilled when the faithfulness in question is Christ\u2019s rather than mine: \u201cGod bestows grace on those who faithfully obey His truth.\u00a0 [Christ\u2019s] obedient faith does not cancel grace.\u00a0 The fact is that an obedient faith allows initial grace and permits continual grace.\u201d\u00a0 I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh<\/i>.[32]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 And, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness<\/i> (\u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2), gentleness, and self-control<\/i>.[33]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not thinking here of the works of the flesh<\/i>,[34]<\/sup><\/a> but that desire of the flesh that is most perniciously opposed to the Spirit[35]<\/sup><\/a> even after its works are largely under his control; namely, the desire to be accepted by God as righteous by my own works on my own terms.\u00a0 But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites<\/i>, Jesus said to men who pursued that kind of righteousness. \u00a0You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! \u00a0For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in<\/i>.[36]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I know Paul didn\u2019t explicitly say that this is a desire of the flesh in his letter to the Galatians, so I may be giving the flesh more credit than it deserves.\u00a0 Perhaps the desire to be right is nothing more than a perversion or short-circuiting of a God-given hunger and thirst for righteousness<\/i>.[37]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Regardless, the fruit and the glory are God\u2019s, not mine.<\/p>\n

The Greek word for this \u201cobedient faith\u201d in the New Testament is \u1f51\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03ae.\u00a0 At the beginning and the end of his letter to the Romans Paul went out of his way to make it clear that he did not mean \u201cmy own works by my own righteousness,\u201d in fact, he called it faith\u2019s obedience (Romans 1:5; 16:25-27 NET):<\/p>\n

Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith <\/i>(\u1f51\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u1f74\u03bd[38]<\/sup><\/a> \u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2)<\/em> among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name.<\/p>\n

Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages, but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God [\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1fbf[39]<\/sup><\/a> \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c4\u03b1\u03b3\u1f74\u03bd[40]<\/sup><\/a> \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6[41]<\/sup><\/a> \u03b1\u1f30\u03c9\u03bd\u03af\u03bf\u03c5[42]<\/sup><\/a> \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6[43]<\/sup><\/a>]<\/em> to bring about the obedience of faith [\u03b5\u1f30\u03c2[44]<\/sup><\/a> \u1f51\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u1f74\u03bd \u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c9\u03c2] \u2013<\/em> to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be glory forever! \u00a0\u00a0Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While it is correct to translate \u1f51\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03ae obedience<\/i> relative to the Greek language, when Paul used \u1f51\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03ae, even alone, relative to the Gospel he did not refer to \u201cmy own works by my own righteousness\u201d any more than his use of the word \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6 referred to Zeus, Hera, Apollo or Aphrodite.\u00a0 So I have to ask, how harshly did the Lord Jesus criticize his disciples for not demonstrating the faith He had not yet given them?\u00a0 And look, I am sending you what my Father promised<\/i>, Jesus told his Apostles after his resurrection. \u00a0But stay in the city<\/a> until you have been clothed with power from on high<\/i>.[45]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Jesus\u2019 disciples knew, or suspected, that He was the Messiah, or Christ.\u00a0 That\u2019s why they followed Him, according to John\u2019s Gospel account.\u00a0 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples who heard what John<\/i> [the Baptist] said and followed Jesus. \u00a0He first found his own brother Simon and told him, \u201cWe have found the Messiah<\/i> (\u039c\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03af\u03b1\u03bd, a form of \u039c\u03b5\u03c3\u03c3\u03af\u03b1\u03c2)!\u201d[46]<\/sup><\/a> (which is translated Christ<\/i> [\u03c7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2<\/a>])<\/i>.[47]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Philip found Nathanael and told him, \u201cWe have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about \u2013 Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.\u201d<\/i>[48]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Up to that time a messiah<\/i> (Hebrew: m\u00e2sh\u0131\u0302yach<\/a>, maw-shee’-akh<\/i>) was simply a man anointed by God for a specific purpose.\u00a0 Though incredulous at first that anything good<\/i> could come out of Nazareth<\/i>,[49]<\/sup><\/a> when he met Jesus, Nathaniel revealed some of his expectation regarding this particular anointed one at this particular time in Israel\u2019s history, Rabbi, you are the Son of God<\/i> (\u03c5\u1f31\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6); you are the king of Israel!<\/i>[50]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure what Nathaniel meant by \u03c5\u1f31\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think he recognized yet that Jesus was Yahweh in human flesh.\u00a0 I do think it is that particular lack of faith to which Jesus referred when He said, Why are you cowardly?\u00a0 Do you still not have faith?<\/i> or Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?<\/i>\u00a0 I\u2019m just not so sure any more that it was a rebuke.<\/p>\n

The word translated cowardly<\/i> in both Mark\u2019s and Matthew\u2019s accounts is \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03af, a form of \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2.[51]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Online<\/a> in a section labeled HELPSTM<\/sup> Word-studies it reads, \u201cdeil\u00f3s is always used negatively<\/a> in the NT and stands in contrast to the positive fear which can be expressed by 5401<\/a> \/ph\u00f3bos [\u03c6\u03cc\u03b2\u03bf\u03c2] (\u2018fear,\u2019 see Phil 2:12).\u201d[52]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Actually \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2 only occurs three or perhaps four times in the New Testament.\u00a0 The fourth was rejected by the writer(s) of this particular definition: So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe<\/i> (\u03b4\u03ad\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2, possibly another form of \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2).[53]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 This is quite similar to Philippians 2:12 (NET): So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe<\/i> (\u03c6\u03cc\u03b2\u03bf\u03c5, a form of \u03c6\u03cc\u03b2\u03bf\u03c2)[54]<\/sup><\/a> and reverence<\/i>\u2026<\/p>\n

In a section labeled \u201cForms and Transliterations\u201d at the bottom of the web-page in the Bible Hub<\/a> \u03b4\u03ad\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 is listed along with \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03af: \u201c\u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9, \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03af, \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2, \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u03af\u03c2, \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2, \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2, \u03b4\u03b5\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2, \u03b4\u03ad\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2.\u201d\u00a0 It is a form of \u03b4\u03ad\u03bf\u03c2 (\u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2 is from\u00a0\u03b4\u03ad\u03bf\u03c2 in Strong\u2019s)\u00a0according to the Greek Word Study Tool<\/a>,[55]<\/sup><\/a> but it is a form of \u03b1\u1f30\u03b4\u03ce\u03c2[56]<\/sup><\/a> according to Strong\u2019s Exhaustive Concordance.\u00a0 The NET online Bible<\/a> jumps to \u03b1\u1f30\u03b4\u03ce\u03c2 if I click on awe<\/i> in English.\u00a0 If I click on \u03b4\u03ad\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 in Greek the busy signal spins perpetually.\u00a0 If \u03b4\u03ad\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 actually is another form of \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2, Jesus\u2019 saying might have been translated, Why are you <\/i>[awestruck]?<\/i><\/p>\n

The problem is, the one time \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 (another form of \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2) occurs in the New Testament it is first in the list of the damned: But to the cowards<\/i> (\u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2), unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur.\u00a0 That is the second death<\/i>.[57]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 And so Thayer\u2019s Greek Lexicon<\/a> reads, \u201c\u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2, \u03b4\u03b5\u03af\u03bb\u03b7, \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03cc\u03bd (\u03b4\u03b5\u03af\u03b4\u03c9 to fear), timid, fearful: Matthew 8:28<\/a>\u00a0[actually, Matthew 8:26<\/a>]; Mark 4:40<\/a>; in Revelation 21:8<\/a> of Christians who through cowardice give way under persecutions and apostatize. (From Homer down.)\u201d[58]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Before I get too carried away by the idea that the Lord Jesus used \u03b4\u03b5\u03b9\u03bb\u03cc\u03c2 in the same way that Homer used it, I\u2019ll look more deeply into the context in Revelation.\u00a0 But that kind of confusion could explain why Peter believed that Jesus wanted him to die<\/a>[59]<\/sup><\/a> defending Him with a sword<\/a> in the garden of Gethsemane.<\/p>\n

The damned in Revelation were contrasted to one who conquers<\/i>: The one who conquers<\/i> (\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd, a form of \u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac\u03c9)[60]<\/sup><\/a> will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son<\/i>.[61]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 The one who conquers<\/i> (\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd, a form of \u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac\u03c9) will in no way be harmed by the second death<\/i>.[62]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0The one who conquers<\/i> (\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd, a form of \u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac\u03c9) I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never depart from it.\u00a0 I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from my God), and my new name as well<\/i>.[63]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

And to the one who conquers<\/i> (\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd, a form of \u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac\u03c9) and who continues in my deeds<\/i> (\u03c4\u1f70 \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1[64]<\/sup><\/a> \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5[65]<\/sup><\/a>) until the end, I will give him authority over the nations<\/i>\u2026[66]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 The one who conquers<\/i> (\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd, a form of \u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac\u03c9) will be dressed like<\/i> [the few individuals in Sardis who have not stained their clothes<\/i>][67]<\/sup><\/a> in white clothing, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, but will declare his name before my Father and before his angels<\/i>.[68]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I have not found your deeds complete<\/i> (\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 |\u03c4\u1f70| \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03c9\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b1[69]<\/sup><\/a>) in the sight of my God<\/i>,[70]<\/sup><\/a> the Lord complained against most in Sardis. \u00a0Wake up then, and strengthen what remains<\/i>,[71]<\/sup><\/a> He said, remember what <\/i>(\u03c0\u1ff6\u03c2)[72]<\/sup><\/a> you received<\/i> (\u03b5\u1f34\u03bb\u03b7\u03c6\u03b1\u03c2, a form of \u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ac\u03bd\u03c9)[73]<\/sup><\/a> and heard, and obey it, and repent<\/i>.[74]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Ordinarily, \u03b5\u1f34\u03bb\u03b7\u03c6\u03b1\u03c2, a form of \u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ac\u03bd\u03c9, means to take<\/i>.[75]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Of course, coupled with \u03c0\u1ff6\u03c2 which means how<\/i>, in what way<\/i> (translated what<\/i>), the translation received<\/i> makes more sense.\u00a0 How could anyone take<\/i> from the Lord except to receive<\/i> what He has given?\u00a0 What do you have that you did not receive<\/i> (\u1f14\u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u03b5\u03c2, another form of \u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ac\u03bd\u03c9)?\u00a0 And if you received<\/i> (\u1f14\u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u03b5\u03c2) it, why do you boast as though you did<\/i> (\u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u03ce\u03bd, another form of \u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ac\u03bd\u03c9) not<\/i>?[76]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Translated as remember what you received<\/i> I think of the Holy Spirit and all the righteousness, both fruit and gifts, that flows from Him: the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control<\/i>.[77]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. \u00a0If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith. \u00a0If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach; if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness<\/i>.[78]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

On the other hand if I think of it translated as remember what you <\/i>[took], I am reminded of the law: You shall not take <\/i>(Septuagint<\/a>, \u03bb\u03ae\u03bc\u03c8\u1fc3<\/a>,[79]<\/sup><\/a> another form of \u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ac\u03bd\u03c9) the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone who takes<\/i> (Septuagint<\/a>, \u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ac\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1<\/a>,[80]<\/sup><\/a> another form of \u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03b2\u03ac\u03bd\u03c9) his name in vain<\/i>.[81]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0Most in Sardis had not continued in Christ\u2019s deeds, \u03c4\u1f70 \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 (literally, my works<\/i>, these works of mine<\/i>).\u00a0 They had not come into the light, so that it may be plainly evident that <\/i>[their] deeds have been done in<\/i> [or, by<\/a>] God<\/i>.[82]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 They relied on their own works.\u00a0 I have not found your deeds complete<\/i> (\u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b5\u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03c9\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b1 [a form of \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03cc\u03c9, fulfilled<\/i>]) in the sight of my God<\/i>, Jesus said.\u00a0 He came to fulfill his works in and through us<\/a> who believe (Matthew 5:17 NET):<\/p>\n

Do not think that I have come to abolish (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u03cd\u03c9)[83]<\/sup><\/a> <\/em>the law or the prophets.\u00a0 I have not come to abolish (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u1fe6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03bb\u03cd\u03c9)<\/em> these things but to fulfill (\u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u1ff6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03cc\u03c9)<\/em> them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>One of the things the one who conquers will inherit<\/i>[84]<\/sup><\/a> is a promise: To the one who is thirsty <\/i>(\u03b4\u03b9\u03c8\u1ff6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9, a form of \u03b4\u03b9\u03c8\u03ac\u03c9)[85]<\/sup><\/a> I will give water free of charge from the spring of the water of life<\/i>.[86]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 The translators admitted (NET note 13<\/a>) that they added the word water<\/i> because it \u201cis implied.\u00a0 Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.\u201d\u00a0 So the text reads, To the one who is thirsty I will give free of charge from the spring of the water of life<\/i>.\u00a0 The implied direct object in this case is not water<\/i> but righteousness<\/i>: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst<\/i> (\u03b4\u03b9\u03c8\u1ff6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, another form of \u03b4\u03b9\u03c8\u03ac\u03c9) for righteousness, for they will be satisfied<\/i>.[87]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Everyone who drinks some of this water will be thirsty<\/i> (\u03b4\u03b9\u03c8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9, another form of \u03b4\u03b9\u03c8\u03ac\u03c9) again, <\/i>Jesus, pointing at a well, told a Samaritan woman. \u00a0But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty<\/i> (\u03b4\u03b9\u03c8\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9, another form of \u03b4\u03b9\u03c8\u03ac\u03c9) again, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life<\/i>.[88]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 So the way that righteousness, the will of God, is achieved in heaven is through free access to God\u2019s Holy Spirit, not an occasional spurt<\/a> of righteousness, but a spring or fountain springing up to eternal life<\/i>, which is not so much a timeless time or place as an eternal way of life.\u00a0 And so it is on earth:\u00a0may your will be done<\/i> (\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u03b7\u03b8\u03ae\u03c4\u03c9, a form of \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9, literally become<\/i>)[89]<\/sup><\/a> on earth<\/a> as it is in heaven<\/i>.[90]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

And so it was with our Lord and Savior: I will grant the one who conquers<\/i> (\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd, a form of \u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac\u03c9) permission to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered<\/i> (\u1f10\u03bd\u03af\u03ba\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1, a form of \u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac\u03c9) and sat down with my Father on his throne<\/i>.[91]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 For everyone who has been fathered by God conquers<\/i> (\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1fb7, a form of \u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac\u03c9) the world.\u00a0 This is the conquering power that has conquered<\/i> (\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c3\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1, a form of \u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac\u03c9) the world: our faith. \u00a0Now who is the person who has conquered<\/i> (\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd, a form of \u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac\u03c9) the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?<\/i>[92]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God. \u00a0And we have come to know and to believe the love<\/a><\/i> [the fruit of his Spirit] that God has in us. \u00a0God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides<\/a> in him <\/i>[Table<\/a>].[93]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

With that in mind I want to reconsider the story of Jesus calming the wind and the waves.\u00a0 I\u2019ll use my imagination along with a psalm to get into the scene a little deeper.\u00a0 When a great windstorm developed and the waves<\/i> first began breaking into the boat<\/i>,[94]<\/sup><\/a> though the other disciples may have been immediately afraid, I imagine Peter, Andrew, James and John took it in stride, for they were fishermen (Psalm 107:23-25 NET).<\/i><\/p>\n

Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters. \u00a0They witnessed the acts of the Lord, his amazing feats on the deep water. \u00a0He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As Peter gave orders to man the sail, ropes or oars, I imagine he smiled to himself that Jesus could sleep through it all.\u00a0 Obviously, the Messiah wasn\u2019t worried that He might drown in a storm on the Sea of Galilee (Psalm 107:26a NET Table<\/a>).<\/p>\n

They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That\u2019s an apt description of a boat riding out a storm fairly successfully.\u00a0 But in the midst of an inland lake, the longer the wind blows, the more confused the waves become as they bounce back from every shore.\u00a0 In the dark with no clue where the next wave would come from, it became almost impossible to head into the waves, so that the boat was nearly swamped<\/i>.[95]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 As the level of the water rose inside the boat, I imagine Peter\u2019s amusement gave way to dismay, that the Messiah could sleep through it all (Psalm 107:26b-28a NET).<\/p>\n

The sailors\u2019 strength left them because the danger was so great [Table<\/a>]<\/em>. \u00a0They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective. \u00a0They cried out to the Lord in their distress\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Teacher, don\u2019t you care that we are about to die?<\/i>[96]<\/sup><\/a> Peter roused Jesus from his slumber.\u00a0 I imagine that it was Peter, telling on himself through Mark (Psalm 107:28b, 29 NET).<\/p>\n

\u2026he delivered them from their troubles. \u00a0He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Granted, there are more appropriate ways to cry out to the Lord at the end of one\u2019s own faith.\u00a0 I\u2019ve certainly said worse than\u2014Teacher, don\u2019t you care that we are about to die?<\/i>\u2014but the Lord\u2019s love is not easily angered or resentful<\/i>.[97]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 And with time in, living at the edge of my faith, his peace and patience work out more appropriate prayers for salvation in me.\u00a0 My point in all this is that Jesus\u00a0was not concerned with\u00a0the fear his disciples\u00a0felt during the storm.\u00a0 They responded more or less appropriately to that fear according to the Scripture.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Hear how the words\u2014Why are you cowardly?\u00a0 Do you still not have faith?<\/i>\u2014sound, if they were spoken quietly with a smile and a wink as Jesus headed back to bed, rather than an imperious scowl.\u00a0 Granted, the order of events in Matthew\u2019s Gospel account lends more credence to that imperious scowl, but then in Matthew the phrase you people of little faith<\/i>[98]<\/sup><\/a> is one word, \u1f40\u03bb\u03b9\u03b3\u03cc\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9 (a form of \u1f40\u03bb\u03b9\u03b3\u03cc\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2).[99]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Knowing that, it sounds more like a pet name or a term of endearment than a curse, or even a rebuke.<\/p>\n

Where the disciples were in danger of diverging from Scripture was after Jesus calmed the storm, after He revealed that this particular Messiah was in fact Yahweh (Psalms 65:5-7<\/a>;\u00a089:8, 9<\/a>;\u00a093:3, 4 NET<\/a>), who spoke to the wind and the waves and, Even the wind and sea obey him!<\/i>[100]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 The sailors<\/i> [in the psalm] rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired<\/i>.[101]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Jesus disciples were overwhelmed by fear<\/i> (\u1f10\u03c6\u03bf\u03b2\u03ae\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c6\u03cc\u03b2\u03bf\u03bd \u03bc\u03ad\u03b3\u03b1\u03bd).[102]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

So, when Aaron and all the Israelites<\/i>\u2026were afraid<\/i> (Septuagint, \u1f10\u03c6\u03bf\u03b2\u03ae\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd, a form of \u03c6\u03bf\u03b2\u03ad\u03c9) to approach <\/i>[Moses] because the skin of his face shone<\/i>,[103]<\/sup><\/a> they were not frightened by a strange sight.\u00a0 They had seen stranger sights.\u00a0 They were frightened by the implication of Moses\u2019 shining face, that Moses was becoming like Yahweh.\u00a0 The fear of becoming like God, if it is not faced, could keep one from conquering, from inheriting, and from hearing the Lord say, I will be his God and he will be my son<\/i>.[104]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

So that fear fully deserves its place first in the list of the damned.\u00a0 Aaron and all the Israelites faced that fear, however, and drew near to Moses anyway.\u00a0 Jesus\u2019 Apostles, except for Judas Iscariot, faced it and overcame by faith in Him, because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers<\/i> the world.<\/i>[105]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

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Fear – Leviticus<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Torture, Part 1<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Cobwebs<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to The Lost Son of Perdition, Part 1<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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<\/a>[6]<\/sup> Mark 4:41 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[13]<\/sup> Now a great windstorm<\/i> (\u03bb\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bb\u03b1\u03c8<\/a> \u03bc\u03b5\u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03b7 [another form of \u03bc\u03ad\u03b3\u03b1\u03c2]) developed and the waves<\/i>, careening back and forth between the shores of the lake called the Sea of Galilee, were the result.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[22]<\/sup> a form of \u03bf\u1f57\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[25]<\/sup> a form of \u03c3\u03cd<\/a>; of you<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[30]<\/sup> Ephesians 2:9 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[36]<\/sup> Matthew 23:13 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[37]<\/sup> Matthew 5:6 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[38]<\/sup> a form of \u1f51\u03c0\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03ae<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[40]<\/sup> a form of \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c4\u03b1\u03b3\u03ae<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[43]<\/sup> a form of \u03b8\u03b5\u03cc\u03c2<\/a>, of God<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[59]<\/sup> The Soul<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[61]<\/sup> Revelation 21:7 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[64]<\/sup> a form of \u1f14\u03c1\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[66]<\/sup> Revelation 2:26 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[67]<\/sup> Revelation 3:4 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[69]<\/sup> a form of \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03cc\u03c9<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[75]<\/sup> Revelation 11:17b (NET) \u2026you have taken<\/i> (\u03b5\u1f34\u03bb\u03b7\u03c6\u03b1\u03c2) your great power and begun to reign<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[76]<\/sup> 1 Corinthians 4:7b (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[77]<\/sup> Galatians 5:22, 23 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[78]<\/sup> Romans 12:6-8 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[81]<\/sup> Exodus 20:7 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[82]<\/sup> John 3:21 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[84]<\/sup> Revelation 21:7 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[87]<\/sup> Matthew 5:6 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[88]<\/sup> John 4:13, 14 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[90]<\/sup> Matthew 6:10 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[91]<\/sup> Revelation 3:21 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[92]<\/sup> 1 John 5:4, 5 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[93]<\/sup> 1 John 4:15, 16 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[94]<\/sup> Mark 4:37a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[95]<\/sup> Mark 4:37b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[96]<\/sup> Mark 4:38 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[97]<\/sup> 1 Corinthians 13:5 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[98]<\/sup> Matthew 8:26 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[100]<\/sup> Mark 4:41 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[101]<\/sup> Psalm 107:30 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[102]<\/sup> Mark 4:41 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[103]<\/sup> Exodus 34:29, 30 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[104]<\/sup> Revelation 21:7 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a>[105]<\/sup> 1 John 5:4 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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