fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Hebrews 12:2 NASB Joy set before him– Our final example of joy connects the ideas we found in the Pauline writings to…
For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother. Philemon 1:7 NASB Joy and comfort – We return to the Greek term chará in Paul’s letter to Philemon. Now we are equipped with a broader appreciation for the Hebraic background of Paul’s Greek. Paul attaches joy to comfort. …
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.Romans 15:13 NASB Joy and peace– Paul connects joy and peace. There is a link between chará and eirḗnē. In fact, this link also includes elpís (hope) for it is the “God of hope”…
and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls.1 Peter 1:8-9 NASB Joy inexpressible– What is “joy inexpressible”? Are we to understand this expression in the same…
You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, but a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you; because you have rejected the Lord who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”Numbers 11:19-20 NASB Rejected –…
May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine.Song of Songs 1:2 NASB Is better than– Okay, so this is a little private. Now, how could I possibly mean that when it is published on the web? Well, today is my wife’s birthday. She is about 6,000 miles away from…
The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat! Numbers 11:4 NIV To crave other food– Unfortunately the translators of the NIV have hidden the real impact of this Hebrew text by substituting a conclusion for the actual language. In Hebrew, the text…
In each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree arrived, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.Esther 8:17 NASB Gladness/joy– Here we have an…
