The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” Psalm 110:1 NASB Lord/Lord – Sometimes reading a verse in English translation does nothing but confuse the real meaning. Such is the case here. Furthermore, since Yeshua quotes this verse in Psalm 110 in…
Forgive us, our Father, for we have erred; pardon us, our King, for we have willfully sinned; for You are the good and forgiving God. Blessed are You, HASHEM, the gracious One Who pardons abundantly. Shemoneh Esrei – Amidah, Blessing Number 6 Pardon – According to the Artscroll Siddur notes, the Hebrew word mehal (pardon)…
TRINITY note: We have had some great discussion – and debate – about the previous study of the idea of the Trinity. So many comments! Wow, we are thinking! Now a little break while the ideas rest a bit. By the way, no one said we were going to SOLVE this problem. But we do…
And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. Mark 10:18 NASB Before we look at this verse today, let me ask you this: Does your relationship with God depend on the doctrine we are investigating, or does it continue with or without the doctrinal conclusions?…
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. John 14:6 NASB I am – A lot has been made of the “I am” sayings in the gospels. In fact, the translation of the text has been so influenced by Trinitarian…
“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.” Matthew 24:36 NASB Nor the Son – This verse has always been problematic. How can Yeshua be God and not know? And if, as He says, He actually doesn’t know, then how can…
“If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.” John 20:23 NASB APOLOGY: Yesterday there was no TW posted, principally due to the fact that by the time I realized that it wasn’t going out, I was on an airplane…
Simon Peter answered, “You are the [Messiah], the Son of the living God.” Matthew 16:16 NIV The Son – Perhaps the single distinguishing doctrine of Christianity is the Trinity. No other monotheistic religion embraces this claim, i.e. that God exists as three persons in one being. In fact, until the fourth century, those who claimed…
“And you, son of man, say to your fellow citizens, ‘The righteousness of a righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble because of it in the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous man will…
we have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly and rebelled, even turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances. Daniel 9:5 NASB Wickedly – “Do you think God will forgive us for the things we’ve done?” asks Denzel Washington in the movie Man on Fire. It’s a rhetorical question. Of course He won’t. Why would He? Even…
