The stranger has not spent the night outside, for I have opened my doors to the traveler. Job 31:32 NASB Stranger – The Jewish rabbis provide a special application of this verse, one that we Gentiles need to know. The application begins with a proper understanding of “stranger,” the Hebrew word gēr. Our English Bibles often translate…
nevertheless, knowing that a person is not justified by 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 works of the Law; since by works of the Law no flesh will be justified. Galatians 2:16 NASB Works…
Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I am offering direction as one who by the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy. 1 Corinthians 7:25 NASB Offering direction – The English translation misguides. It ignores the Jewish context of Paul’s statement. How does it do this? By translating gnṓmē as “direction” rather than…
therefore the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. So He drove the man out; . . Genesis 3:23-24a NASB Drove – Did you notice that God’s action of expelling the man from the Garden is repeated. Verse 23 says, “God sent him out,” and then…
Leaving Doha this morning on the way to Auckland
For this is what the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “In repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength.” But you were not willing, and you said, “No, for we will flee on horses!” Therefore you shall flee! “And we will ride on swift horses!” Therefore those who pursue you…
“You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, because salvation is from the Jews.” John 4:22 NASB From – I recently received an email newsletter from a religious group. Part of it struck me. It read: Centuries earlier, Martin Luther, still one of the most revered religious leaders of all time, had urged…
For You are my hope; O Lord GOD, You are my confidence from my youth. Psalm 71:5 NASB 1995 Hope – How can we hope? Does that seem like a strange question? Maybe not in a world that seems to be falling apart. Yes, we could espouse the theological assertion that “God is our hope,”…
But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. 1 Corinthians 2:14-15 NASB 1995 Natural man – The…
But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. 1 Corinthians 2:14-15 NASB 1995 Natural man – Who…
