by admin | Aug 19, 2017 | Father, Forgive Them, Section Four
Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing,[1] Jesus prayed from the cross. It isn’t found in some early manuscripts so it’s in single brackets in the NET (note 81) translation. I don’t intend to argue the Is it really true that God said[2] aspect...
by admin | Aug 5, 2017 | My Deeds, Section Four
In another essay I contrasted 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 and Revelation 2:26-29. I’ve wanted to return to the latter for a while. Here is a table representing my unstudied view of the relationship of its clauses in English. Revelation 2:26-29 (NET) And to the one who...
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...
by admin | May 16, 2017 | Section Four, To Make Holy
Paul wrote the church at Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 5:12-18 NET): Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them most highly in love because of their work. Be at...
by admin | May 13, 2017 | Section Three, Sowing to the Flesh
“Satan deceives people with the Progressive Sanctification heresy, which means that sinners gradually become holy after they believe in Jesus… The crux of this theory is gradual sanctification. It sounds great that man can believe in Jesus and gradually become a...