by admin | Aug 16, 2012 | David's Forgiveness, Forgiveness, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
Absalom made David complicit in his scheme to kill Amnon, much like Amnon had done with Tamar. Absalom’s sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor.1 Sheepshearing was a festive time, called a good day (KJV) or holiday (NET).2 Absalom invited all the king’s sons. Then...
by admin | Aug 15, 2012 | Chapter 2, Romans, Section Two
For circumcision has its value (ὠφελεῖ, a form of ὠφελέω) if you practice (πράσσῃς, a form of πράσσω) the law (νόμον, a form of νόμος), but if you break (παραβάτης) the law (νόμου, another form of νόμος), your circumcision has become uncircumcision.1 I began here in...
by admin | Aug 14, 2012 | David's Forgiveness, Forgiveness, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
My first wife was a self-proclaimed feminist. I tried with everything in me to treat her as an equal, which I too often mistook for “the same” in my twenties. One night, lying in bed on our backs talking, my affection for her surged. I reached under the small of...
by admin | Aug 13, 2012 | Section Two, The Will of God
For whoever does (ποιήσῃ, a form of ποιέω) the will (θέλημα) of God is my brother and sister and mother,1 Jesus said. I searched to see what else Jesus said about the θέλημα of God. So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored, may your kingdom...
by admin | Aug 11, 2012 | Chapter 2, Romans, Section Two
Paul continued to describe the difference between those who hear (ἀκροαταὶ, a form of ἀκροατής) and those who do (ποιηταὶ, a form of ποιητής) the law. For circumcision has its value (ὠφελεῖ, a form of ὠφελέω) if you practice (πράσσῃς, a form of πράσσω) the law...
by admin | Aug 10, 2012 | David's Forgiveness, Forgiveness, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
Though the death of David’s first son with Bathsheba alerted me that I couldn’t categorize these events as punishments, it was another aspect of David’s personal karma from the hand of Jesus that made it apparent that something else was at play (2 Samuel 12:11, 12...
by admin | Aug 9, 2012 | Chapter 2, Romans, Section Two
Paul turned his attention specifically to the Jews among the readers of his letter to believers in Rome. But if1 you call (ἐπονομάζῃ, a form of ἐπονομάζω) yourself a Jew (Ἰουδαῖος) and rely (ἐπαναπαύῃ, a form of ἐπαναπαύω) on the law2 (νόμῳ, a form of νόμος) and...
by admin | Aug 9, 2012 | Paul's OT Quotes, Section Two, Septuagint Quotations
Paul Blue Letter Bible (Septuagint) NET Bible (Greek parallel text) He will reward each one according to his works: Romans 2:6 (NET) σὺ ἀποδώσεις ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ Psalm 62:12 Table ος αποδωσει εκαστω κατα τα εργα αυτου Romans 2:6 ὃς ἀποδίδωσιν ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ...
by admin | Aug 8, 2012 | Chapter 2, Romans, Section Two
The warning Paul gave those with stubborn and unrepentant hearts breaks quite naturally into two columns. He will reward each one according to his works: Romans 2:6 (NET) …eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality…...
by admin | Aug 7, 2012 | David's Forgiveness, Forgiveness, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
I have some sympathy for Jephthah. I could be Jephthah. I have that same drive to be right, or righteous, that at times owes as much or more to my ego than my faith in the righteousness that comes from God. I have that same philosophical, or legalistic, bent of...