And what is the portion of God from above, or the inheritance of the Almighty from on high? Job 31:2 NASB Portion – I recently received an insightful article from Chabad.org. It is worth reading so I am pasting it here. After you’ve read through it, I’ll have some comments. Repentance: Teshuvah (תשובה) Return to the…
For I do not understand what I am doing; for I am not practicing what I want to do, but I do the very thing I hate. Romans 7:15 NASB What I am doing – The seventh chapter of the letters to the Romans has been one of the most gnarled sections of Scripture to unravel. From Augustine…
But if I do the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin that dwells in me. Romans 7:20 NASB Dwells in me – Since Augustine theologians have gotten a lot of mileage out of this verse. It just seems so patently Platonic. I am really two people; the one…
nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified. …
So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God. Romans…
nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will…
Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, and in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom. Psalm 51:6 NASB Innermost being – It’s a good thing that the NASB and ESV put this English translation in italics. That indicates that the translators have altered in some way the original text. In this…
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me. Psalm 51:5 NASB Conceived – Have you ever felt as though everything in your life was just wrong? That somehow you got off track and life ended up just being one big mess? Have you ever felt as if you just…
“Therefore Pilate said to Him, ‘So You are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.’” John 18:37 NASB For this –Pues…
Christians who follow the theological bent of Augustine and Luther claim that these men derived the doctrine of sinful nature from Scripture, particularly the Genesis account of the Fall. Luther’s articulation depends on Augustine, one of the early church fathers, in spite of the differences between the two on soteriology. However, since the rabbis worked with…
