{"id":6131,"date":"2015-09-08T01:17:04","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T19:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=6131"},"modified":"2023-08-07T18:23:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T23:23:51","slug":"romans-part-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=6131","title":{"rendered":"Romans, Part 60"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer<\/em>.[1]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I want to look at this as a description of love rather than as rules to obey.\u00a0 To begin I\u2019ve made the following table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Fruit of the Spirit<\/p>\n

Galatians 5:22, 23 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Joy (\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.<\/p>\n

John 15:11 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf.\u00a0 I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.<\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 7:4 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Love (\u1f00\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u03b7) is\u2026<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u2026not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth.<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 13:6 (NET)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

[Love] hopes all things, endures all things.<\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 13:7b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.<\/p>\n

Matthew 18:13 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, \u2018Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.\u2019<\/p>\n

Luke 15:6 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth.<\/p>\n

John 17:17 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

This Love Without Hypocrisy\u2026<\/p>\n

Romans 12:9-21 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Rejoice (\u03c7\u03b1\u1f77\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, a form of \u03c7\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03c9) in hope (\u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u1f77\u03b4\u03b9, a form of \u1f10\u03bb\u03c0\u03af\u03c2), endure (\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, a form of \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9) in suffering (\u03b8\u03bb\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03b9, a form of \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2)\u2026<\/p>\n

Romans 12:12a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u2026persist (\u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2, a form of \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03ad\u03c9) in prayer.<\/p>\n

Romans 12:12b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Acts 5:41 (NET) Table<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

Romans 15:13 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

But the one who endures to the end will be saved.<\/p>\n

Mark 13:13b (NET)[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.<\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 1:3, 4 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

They were devoting themselves to the apostles\u2019 teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.<\/p>\n

Acts 2:42 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Greek word translated rejoice<\/em> is \u03c7\u03b1\u1f77\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 (a form of \u03c7\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03c9<\/a>).\u00a0 The aspect of the fruit of the Spirit that fulfills this rejoicing is joy<\/em> (\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70<\/a>).\u00a0 Joy <\/em>(\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f71) and gladness will come to you<\/em>,[3]<\/sup><\/a> an angel of the Lord prophesied to Zechariah the priest.\u00a0 He and his wife Elizabeth did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old<\/em>.[4]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Zechariah<\/em>\u2026your prayer has been heard, <\/em>the angel said, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John<\/em>.[5]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Clearly \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f71 was used to name this ordinary joy, but I won\u2019t spend much time on that.\u00a0 I don\u2019t have any problem rejoicing when I get my way, when I get what I want.\u00a0 To rejoice in hope<\/em> indicates that I rejoice prior to that time.\u00a0 For the joy<\/em> (\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1fb6\u03c2, a form of \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f71) set out for him<\/em> [Jesus] endured<\/em> (\u1f51\u03c0\u1f73\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03b5\u03bd, a form of \u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03c9<\/a>) the cross, disregarding its shame<\/em>.[6]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve misunderstood this verse often enough, thinking that joy<\/em> was simply a euphemism for a seat at the right hand of the throne<\/em> of God<\/em>.[7]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 And so, enduring difficulties was a rational calculation based on faith in a given outcome (e.g., I can endure the University because in the end I will get a degree and a higher paying job).\u00a0 I have no real reason to ignore faith (\u03c0\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>) here.\u00a0 Faith is another aspect of the fruit of Christ\u2019s Spirit.\u00a0 But I\u2019m not a fun guy to be around when I\u2019m enduring difficult circumstances by faith in a rational outcome.\u00a0 And I certainly won\u2019t do any rejoicing until I get what I want.<\/p>\n

More to the point, perhaps, a seat at the right hand of the throne<\/em> of God<\/em> offered Jesus no upward mobility: And now, Father<\/em>, He prayed, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created<\/em>.[8]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0It was simply a matter of getting back to where He belonged, not much incentive to endure the cross, disregarding its shame<\/em>.\u00a0 It leads me to believe that the joy<\/em> set out for him<\/em> was much more than a euphemism for something else.<\/p>\n

I have told you these things so that my joy<\/em> (\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70) may be in you, and your joy<\/em> (\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70) may be complete<\/em> (\u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03c9\u03b8\u1fc7, a form of \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03cc\u03c9<\/a>).[9]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Here is a statement, if I will hear it, that the joy set out for<\/em> Jesus may be in me, and his joy will \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03c9\u03b8\u1fc7 (or, fulfill) my joy.\u00a0 Interestingly, this statement resides in a passage about bearing fruit (John 15:5, 7-9 NET Table<\/a>).<\/p>\n

I am the vine; you are the branches.\u00a0 The one who remains in me \u2013 and I in him \u2013 bears much fruit (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u1f78\u03bd, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u03cc\u03c2<\/a>)<\/em>, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing\u2026If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask<\/a> whatever you want, and it will be done for you. \u00a0My Father is honored by this, that you bear much fruit (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u1f78\u03bd, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u03cc\u03c2)<\/em> and show that you are<\/a> my disciples.\u00a0 Just as the Father has loved (\u1f20\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd, a form of \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03ac\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em> me, I have also loved (\u1f20\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1, another form of \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03ac\u03c9)<\/em> you; remain in my love (\u1f00\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u1fc3, a form of \u1f00\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b7<\/a>)<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But the fruit<\/em> (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u1f78\u03c2) of the Spirit is love <\/em>(\u1f00\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u03b7), joy<\/em> (\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70), peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness <\/em>(\u03c0\u1f77\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2), gentleness, and self-control. \u00a0Against such things there is no law<\/em>.[10]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I would love to say that I heard these words and was transformed by them.\u00a0 But what I heard was, If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father\u2019s commandments and remain in his love<\/em>.[11]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 And I reasoned that there was no way around it, a sinner like I am must man-up and out-Pharisee the Pharisees or burn<\/a>[12]<\/sup><\/a> in hell for all eternity: For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven<\/em>.[13]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Failing that, I heard, My commandment is this \u2013 to love<\/em> (\u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u1fb6\u03c4\u03b5, another form of \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03ac\u03c9) one another just as I have loved<\/em> (\u1f20\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1, another form of \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03ac\u03c9) you<\/em>.[14]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Eureka!\u00a0 I found it, I thought.\u00a0 A sinner like I am can\u2019t out-Pharisee the Pharisees by trying to keep rules; a sinner like I am out-Pharisees the Pharisees by trying to love like Jesus: Love<\/em> (\u1f00\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u03b7) does no wrong to a neighbor.\u00a0 Therefore love <\/em>(\u1f00\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u03b7) is the fulfillment<\/em> (\u03c0\u03bb\u1f75\u03c1\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1<\/a>) of the law<\/em>.[15]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

No one has greater love<\/em> (\u1f00\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u03b7\u03bd, a form of \u1f00\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u03b7) than this, Jesus continued, that one lays down his life for his friends<\/em>.[16]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 As a hypocrite I thought like an actor: I should imitate Jesus\u2019 love.\u00a0 Failing that, I began to hear again (John 15:14-17 NET).<\/p>\n

You are my friends if you do what I command you. \u00a0I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand (\u03bf\u1f36\u03b4\u03b5\u03bd, a form of \u03b5\u1f34\u03b4\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em> what his master is doing. \u00a0But I have called you friends, because I have revealed (\u1f10\u03b3\u03bd\u1f7d\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03b1, a form of \u03b3\u03bd\u03c9\u03c1\u03af\u03b6\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em> to you everything I heard from my Father. \u00a0You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u1f78\u03bd, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u03cc\u03c2)<\/em>, fruit (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u1f78\u03c2)<\/em> that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. \u00a0This I command you \u2013 to love (\u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u1fb6\u03c4\u03b5, another form of \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03ac\u03c9)<\/em> one another.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There it was again, to go and bear fruit<\/em>.\u00a0 Okay, if imitation isn\u2019t the sincerest form of flattery<\/a>, what do You want?\u00a0 to love one another just as I have loved you<\/em>.\u00a0 How did You love?\u00a0 I made known your name to them<\/em>, Jesus prayed to his Father, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love<\/em> (\u1f00\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u03b7) you have loved<\/em> (\u1f20\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03c2, another form of \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03ac\u03c9) me with may be in them, and I may be in them.<\/em>[17]<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0\u00a0But the fruit <\/em>(\u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u1f78\u03c2) of the Spirit is love<\/em> (\u1f00\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u03b7)\u2026[18]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

There it was, hiding in plain sight.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t a \u201cmodern\u201d translation: And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare\u00a0it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them<\/em>.[19]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 It was there from the beginning of the translation of the Bible into English.\u00a0 Why was it so difficult to hear?\u00a0 Why did I doubt it?\u00a0 My answer to that question is the religious mind<\/em>.\u00a0 There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death<\/em>.[20]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

I have great confidence<\/em> (\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03c1\u03b7\u03c3\u1f77\u03b1, a form of \u03c0\u03b1\u1fe4\u1fe5\u03b7\u03c3\u03af\u03b1<\/a>) in you; I take great pride<\/em> (\u03ba\u03b1\u1f7b\u03c7\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>) on your behalf<\/em>, [21]<\/sup><\/a> Paul wrote the Corinthians.\u00a0 The confidence<\/em> he wrote about was a \u201cfreedom in speaking\u201d an \u201cunreservedness in speech,\u201d according to the definition of \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03c1\u03b7\u03c3\u1f77\u03b1 in the NET.\u00a0 I think this refers to the boasting<\/em> he wrote about later in the same letter: I keep boasting<\/em> (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c5\u03c7\u1ff6\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c5\u03c7\u03ac\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>) to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal to participate has stirred up most of them<\/em>.[22]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

What really interests me in this context is what he wrote next: \u00a0I am filled with encouragement<\/em> (\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03bb\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9, a form of \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>); I am overflowing with joy<\/em> (\u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1fb7, a form of \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70) in the midst of all our suffering<\/em> (\u03b8\u03bb\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03b9, a form of \u03b8\u03bb\u03af\u03c8\u03b9\u03c2<\/a>).[23]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 So even as he was concerned whether the Corinthians\u2019 haste<\/a><\/em> would be timely enough\u2014if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated<\/em>[24]<\/sup><\/a>\u2014he was overflowing<\/em> with the joy set out for<\/em> Jesus.\u00a0 The Greek word \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03bb\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 (a form of \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2) translated encouragement<\/em> relates to the \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f71\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> as \u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2<\/a> relates to \u03ba\u03bb\u1fc6\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> and \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03ad\u03c9<\/a>.\u00a0 But the Advocate<\/em> (\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f71\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2), the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you<\/em>.[25]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Love (\u1f00\u03b3\u1f71\u03c0\u03b7) is not glad<\/em> (\u03c7\u03b1\u1f77\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9, another form of \u03c7\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03c9) about injustice<\/em>.[26]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I’ll spend some time here focused on the injustice<\/em> (\u1f00\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u1f77\u1fb3, a form of \u1f00\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03af\u03b1<\/a>) love is not glad<\/em> (or, does not rejoice<\/em>)[27]<\/sup><\/a> about<\/em> (\u1f10\u03c0\u1f76, a form of \u1f10\u03c0\u03af<\/a>).\u00a0 The person who speaks on his own authority<\/em>, Jesus said, desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness<\/em> (\u1f00\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u1f77\u03b1) in him<\/em>.[28]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 In Greek it reads, \u1f41 \u1f00\u03c6\u1fbf \u1f11\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bb\u03b1\u03bb\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b4\u1f79\u03be\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f30\u03b4\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd \u03b6\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5\u1fd6 (literally, \u201cthis from himself speaks the honor his own seeks\u201d).<\/p>\n

I realize Jesus is the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him<\/em>\u2026a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness<\/em> in him<\/em>..\u00a0 Still, I find some guidance here for Bible study.\u00a0 School is easy if you seek to make good grades.\u00a0 All that stuff the professor jabbers on about all semester is the answer to the questions on the tests.\u00a0 Remember it, feed it back, get a good grade.\u00a0 The kiss of death is to actually become interested in the subject matter.\u00a0 When that happens to me I get my own ideas about the questions and their answers, and I tend to speak from myself<\/em>.\u00a0 In other words, I disagree with the professor\u2019s answers to his or her own questions on tests.<\/p>\n

The academic alternative to speaking from myself<\/em> is to quote recognized authorities.\u00a0 That\u2019s how I began my Bible study adventure.\u00a0 But eventually it dawned on me that the \u1f38\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1\u1f77\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2<\/a> (a form of \u00a0\u1f38\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>) did that faithfully.\u00a0 The problem with that procedure was that Jesus appeared and declared their recognized authorities wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Matthew<\/td>\nMark<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said, \u201cWhy do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? \u00a0For they don\u2019t wash their hands when they eat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 15:1, 2 (NET)<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n

The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, \u201cWhy do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 7:5 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

He answered them, \u201cAnd why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?<\/p>\n

Matthew 15:3 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

He also said to them, \u201cYou neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.<\/p>\n

Mark 7:9 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

For God said, \u2018Honor your father and mother<\/em><\/strong>\u2019 and \u2018Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death<\/em><\/strong>.\u2019 \u00a0But you say, \u2018If someone tells his father or mother, \u201cWhatever help you would have received from me is given to God,\u201d he does not need to honor his father.\u2019 \u00a0You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.<\/p>\n

Matthew 15:4-6 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

For Moses said, \u2018Honor your father and your mother<\/em><\/strong>,\u2019 and, \u2018Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em>\u2019 \u00a0But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, \u2018Whatever help you would have received from me is corban<\/em>\u2019 (that is, a gift for God), then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother. \u00a0Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. \u00a0And you do many things like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 7:10-13 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Hypocrites! \u00a0Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said, \u2018This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me,<\/em><\/strong> and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em>\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthew 15:7-9 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

He said to them, \u201cIsaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: \u2018This people honors me with their lips,<\/em><\/strong> but their heart<\/em><\/strong> is far from me<\/strong>. <\/em>\u00a0They worship me in vain,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>teaching as doctrine the commandments of men<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n

Mark 7:6, 7 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nHaving no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark 7:8 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil<\/em>.[29]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 On the surface it sounds like a simple enough works religion, until I hear one of his judgments: On that day, many will say to me, \u2018Lord, Lord, didn\u2019t we prophesy<\/a> in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?\u2019 <\/em>[Table<\/a>] Then I will declare to them, \u2018I never knew you.\u00a0 Go away from me, you lawbreakers!\u2019<\/em>[30]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

What\u2019s a sinner saved by grace to do?\u00a0 My best answer to date is, be a sinner saved by grace.\u00a0 Yes, I\u2019m speaking from myself<\/em> as opposed to quoting recognized authorities.\u00a0 But I\u2019m not seeking honor for me.\u00a0 I am seeking honor for Jesus and his Father, Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God \u2013 he has seen the Father<\/em>.[31]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Still Jesus said, No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him<\/em>.[32]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I have come to Jesus.[33]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I\u2019m not entirely comfortable saying I am a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness<\/em> (\u1f00\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u1f77\u03b1) in<\/em> me, except in that sense that Paul wrote about of faith in the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do<\/em>.[34]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 I am on that path.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll pick this up again in the next essay.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
Romans, Part 61<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to To Make Holy, Part 1<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to To Make Holy, Part 4<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

<\/a>[1]<\/sup> Romans 12:12 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[2]<\/sup> Also: Matthew 10:22<\/a>; 24:13 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[3]<\/sup> Luke 1:14a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[4]<\/sup> Luke 1:7 (NET)<\/p>\n

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

<\/a>[6]<\/sup> Hebrews 12:2b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[7]<\/sup> Hebrews 12:2c (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[8]<\/sup> John 17:5 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[9]<\/sup> John 15:11 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[10]<\/sup> Galatians 5:22, 23 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[11]<\/sup> John 15:10 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[12]<\/sup> John 15:6 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[13]<\/sup> Matthew 5:20 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[14]<\/sup> John 15:12 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[15]<\/sup> Romans 13:10 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[16]<\/sup> John 15:13 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[17]<\/sup> John 17:26 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[18]<\/sup> Galatians 5:22a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[19]<\/sup> John 17:26 (KJV)<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[20]<\/sup> Proverbs 14:12 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[21]<\/sup> 2 Corinthians 7:4a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[22]<\/sup> 2 Corinthians 9:2b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[23]<\/sup> 2 Corinthians 7:4b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[24]<\/sup> 2 Corinthians 9:4 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[25]<\/sup> John 14:26 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[26]<\/sup> 1 Corinthians 13:6a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[27]<\/sup> 1 Corinthians 13:6 (NASB)<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>[28]<\/sup> John 7:18 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[29]<\/sup> 2 Corinthians 5:10 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[30]<\/sup> Matthew 7:22, 23 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[31]<\/sup> John 6:46 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[32]<\/sup> John 6:44a (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[33]<\/sup> modus ponens<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>[34]<\/sup> Romans 4:17b (NET)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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