that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, Ephesians 4:22 NASB Old self – You could hardly be serious about your Christian faith without having heard at least one sermon on the transition from the old self. Conversion…
But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, Ephesians 4:20-21 NASB Christ/ Jesus – It’s easy to correct the translations of “Christ” and “Jesus.” Just replace these with “Messiah” and “Yeshua.” Is that all that’s necessary? Well, not quite. …
and they, having become callous, have given themselves up to indecent behavior for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. Ephesians 4:19 NASB Callous – What is the result of the darkening of moral conscience and disobedience? What happens to people who experience skotóō, agnóēma, and pṓrōsis? They stop caring. That’s the meaning behind the Greek…
being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; Ephesians 4:17-18 NASB Ignorance – Biblical fools are not stupid. They aren’t uninformed either. If you thought Paul claimed that these people whose spiritual and moral sense has been dimmed, were excluded from…
So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, that you are to no longer walk just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their minds, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; Ephesians 4:17-18 NASB Being darkened – Who made…
So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, that you are to no longer walk just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their minds, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; Ephesians 4:17-18 NASB Futility of their minds –…
So the Lord was sorry that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was grieved [g]in His heart. Genesis 6:6 NASB Was sorry – There is perhaps no greater theological conundrum than God’s emotional expressions. Divine emotions are the ultimate stumbling block for Western philosophical theology. No, it’s not the problem of evil, nor is it why bad…
In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You alone, Lord, have me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8 NASB Dwell in safety – Is God ruthless? We’re quite comfortable with the idea of God’s benevolence, but we probably bristle at the thought that God might be ruthless. Ruthlessness is such a negative concept. We want a God…
In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You alone, Lord, have me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8 NASB In peace – David was a man of war. That’s why he was not allowed to build the Temple. But even a man of war desires something other than war. Peace. Not a common occurrence in the history…
You have put joy in my heart, more than when their grain and new wine are abundant. Psalm 4:7 NASB Joy – You might have thought the end of the phrase should be “the pursuit of happiness,” but you will find that happiness is a rather ephemeral objective. Why? Happiness is that state of feeling contentment…
