as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12 NIV East/ west – You have undoubtedly heard this verse offered as proof for God’s forgiveness, but perhaps you haven’t considered some of its more esoteric implications. So, let’s ask a few questions. Why the order…
“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.” Isaiah 43:25 NIV Blots out – I think I need to confess. I’ve been branded a heretic because of my views about the royal position of the woman (Guardian Angel) and my argument that Yeshua is the…
For You—whom You struck they pursued, and they recounted the pain of Your victims. Psalm 69:27 [Hebrew Bible] Robert Alter Whom You struck – When did God strike you? The verb is nākâ, used some 500 times in the Tanakh, often for physical injury or even death. But that’s not the way it’s used here. …
The Lord spoke To Moses, saying: Speak to the Israelite people thus: When a person unwittingly incurs guilt in regard to any of the Lord’s commandments about things not to be done and does one of them– Leviticus 4:1-2 JPS Unwittingly incurs guilt – “But I didn’t know!” We’d like to believe that this justification…
And not only this, but we also celebrate in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. Romans 5:11 NASB Reconciliation – Reconciliation: noun: 1 the restoration of friendly relations: his reconciliation with your uncle | the colonel was seeking a reconciliation with his wife. 2 the action of making one view or belief compatible with another: he aims to bring about a reconciliation…
As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our wrongdoings from us. Psalm 103:12 NASB Removed – Humanity has come face to face with a new god, an omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent god of eternal examination, a god that never forgets the worst things about you and provides the whole world…
Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us now fall into the hand of the Lord, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into human hands.” 2 Samuel 24:14 NASB Fall into the hand of the Lord – Are you in great distress? Oh, maybe not now, but have you…
For my guilty deeds have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me. Psalm 38:4 NASB Heavy burden – Let’s start here CLICK. In my last year at the University of Washington, before an exam I would go to the sound studio and play Abbey Road—loud! I wouldn’t think about…
He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.” Exodus 32:4 NIV They said – The agony of the Golden Calf. After God demonstrates His complete and…
But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account; Philemon 1:18 NASB Wronged you – Paul speaks the impossible. He suggests to Philemon, the slave owner, that Onesimus might not have done anything wrong. “But if” plants the thought that running away wasn’t unlawful. In fact,…
