Flying on a Gentle Breeze
We’ve been thinking-stretching enough. Time to be amazed at the beauty around us.
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It’s What You Think, Right?
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, Romans 8:6 NASB Mind – What a useful verse! It seems to unequivocally support the idea that real spiritual life is cognitive. I have to think the right things! It’s my mind that really matters! Oh, my,…
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The Sárx Virus
For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. Romans 8:5 NASB According to the flesh – Since January the world has gone into panic mode about the COVID-19 virus. A quick study of the spread…
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Reading Without Vowels
Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Exodus 14:30 NASB Saved – A language without vowels is a language in a state of constant interpretation. Every time it is read, vowels must be inserted. That means every act of reading is a personal…
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Clear and Not So Clear
so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Romans 8:4 NASB So that – Before we can figure out what the consequences of perí hamartías (“for sin” Hebrew ʾāšam) meant for Paul, we’ll need to determine who the pronoun refers…
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Just a Small Addition
For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, Romans 8:3 NASB Offering for sin – We must examine some of the theologically-motivated attempts to translate this verse into English. Pay close attention:…
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Same-Same
For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, Romans 8:3 NASB Likeness of sinful flesh – Translations like this drive me crazy. Actually, in this case, Paul drives me crazy. I just…
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God’s Weakness
For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, Romans 8:3 NASB Weak – Oh, the pitiful Law! It just couldn’t do what God wanted. It was so inadequate to rescue us. It…
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But Why?
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. Romans 8:2 NASB For – Maybe we should look at this verse in the NIV: “because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.” You’ll notice…
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Conditions
Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1 NASB No condemnation – More than anything I want this verse to be true. “No condemnation,” οὐδέν κατάκριμα (ouden katakrima) in Greek is very strong. The “no” is unconditional. “No one, nothing, not ever” is the sense of it. That’s good news. According…
