Son of God – John, Part 4

This is round three of my attempt to determine whether that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light1 is the judgment/condemnation God did not send his Son into the world to do2 and has been done already to the one who does...

Romans, Part 41

Now I am speaking to you Gentiles, Paul continued.  Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry [Table], if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy (παραζηλώσω, a form of παραζηλόω) and save some of them.1  Here Paul referred back to the...

You Must Be Gentle, Part 4

I saw “The Seventh Seal” on Blu-ray: the Knight, the Squire, Mia, Jof and their baby, Lisa and the Smith, Raval the Seminarian turned thief.  But my favorite character was the nameless girl. She was the last of her village to survive, or not to flee, the plague.  The...

Son of God – John, Part 3

This is round two of my attempt to determine whether that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light1 is the judgment/condemnation God did not send his Son into the world to do2 and has been done already to the one who does...

Fear – Exodus, Part 1

In Egypt the Israelites were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them.  Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power over Egypt.1  The new king feared that the Israelite people might...

Romans, Part 40

So I ask, Paul continued, God has not rejected his people, has he?  Absolutely not!  For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.  God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew (προέγνω, a form of προγινώσκω)!1  The word προέγνω...

Son of God – John, Part 2

The next occurrence of Son of God (υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ) in John’s Gospel is found in verse 18 of the third chapter. KJV NAS NET 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the...

Romans, Part 39

Paul wrote that the Lord richly blesses all who call (ἐπικαλουμένους, a form of ἐπικαλέω) on him.1  When he was sent by the Lord to Paul (then called Saul) Ananias said, Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in...

Fear – Genesis, Part 7

The grain Joseph’s brothers brought back from Egypt didn’t outlast the famine.  “Return, buy us a little more food,” their father said.  But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’  If you send our...