Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14 NASB Lies behind/ lies ahead – Making it Greek. Yes, that’s what Paul does when he writes to the…
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV Faithfulness – Last on the list; first in action. ʾĕmûnâ. If raḥûm is the feeling that God has for His people, that same feeling a pregnant woman has for her unborn child, then ʾĕmûnâ is the action that results from that bond. …
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV Mercies – As we discovered, God’s ḥesed is without an end. And because it never comes to an end, because God never gives up on His promise, other things follow. One of those other things is rāḥam, the root of the…
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV Never ceases – Lamentations! Five poems mourning the fall of Jerusalem and the captivity of the Jews. Exile, abuse, starvation, humiliation, slaughter—all the usual after defeat in war. But this time, with God’s endorsement. How? How can it be…
All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; 2 Timothy 3:16 NASB Scripture – You can’t get far in a discussion of the authority of the Bible without running into this verse. Of course, there’s a lot of debate about the phrase “inspired by God,” but that…
Had a nice time in Sydney. Back to the Royal Botanical Gardens after many years. It is still a beautiful place (photos coming). If you look closely at all those flowers, you just have to marvel at what God did. So, so beautiful. Topical Index: photo, Sydney, Australia
Then he took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!” Exodus 24:7 NASB 1995 We will do – Do you remember Sacks’ comment: “The entire drama of Torah flows from this point of…
So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer. Job 42:9 NIV Accepted – What is implied in the verb “accepted”? Interestingly, the Hebrew root is nāśāʾ, the same verb that is used for carrying away sin. When the text tells us that God accepted Job’s prayer, it is telling us…
And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, Hebrews 1:3 NASB Nature – hypóstasis. One of the most important Greek words in the Bible. Before we dive into the theological implications,…
And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, Hebrews 1:3 NASB Radiance/ exact representation – Okay, first let’s deal with the pronouns: “He” and “His.” You see that they are capitalized in…
