love is patient 1 Corinthians 13:4 NASB Patient – The Greek word is makrothumeo. It comes from two older Greek nouns, makros meaning “long” (i.e. an extended temporal duration) and thumos meaning “passion.” We might think that this mean love has a passion that lasts. That seems very nice, the sort of thing we like…
“Do you wish to get well?” John 5:6 NASB To get well – Yeshua is making his way through the crowd at the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem. To do so he has to pass by a pool. Today, just like every day, it is surrounded by those who cling to life by a thread of…
to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against your soul 1 Peter 2:11 NASB Wage war – Strategy seems to be a big deal these days. There is military strategy in the war with terrorism. There is political strategy in the upcoming election. There is a strategy for reaching the world with the gospel. …
even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and without blemish before Him in love, Ephesians 1:4 NASB Without blemish – In Greek, negative word constructions are sometimes made up of two combined parts. It is something like our English “un” as in “unfit” or…
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy Jude 24 NASB Blameless – The English translation comes from a combined Greek word (amomous) meaning without spot or blemish. There are connections between this word and non-Christian sacrificial…
To my faithful supporters and readers, I am heading into the last week in South Africa. Tomorrow I leave for the north, Durban, Margate, then back to Jo’berg. The people who heard me in Cape Town area have been greatly moved receiving God’s word from an Hebraic point of view. The talks on the Beatitudes…
The Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; Numbers 6:25 ESV Gracious – The Hebrew word is hanan. This single word describes an elaborate picture. It creates an image of two parties; one who has a gift to give and the other who is in desperate need of the…
“Fear not for you will not be put to shame; neither feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced; but you will forget the shame of your youth, . .” Isaiah 54:4 NASB Not be disgraced – Let’s consider the Hebrew word haper. The letters are Chet-Pey-Resh. The word picture is Fence-Word-Person. Perhaps we can…
“Fear not for you will not be put to shame; neither feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced; but you will forget the shame of your youth, . .” Isaiah 54:4 NASB Neither feel humiliated – The translation of ve-al-tikalmi as “neither feel humiliated” shifts the paradigm from a Hebrew point of view to…
