I shall delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. Psalm 119:16 NASB Not forget – Victor Hamilton’s remark in TWOT is crucial. We have the tendency to think of “forget” as a mental lapse, but he makes it quite clear that this is not the biblical usage. šākaḥ is an action verb. Forgetting is…
“Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” John 6:68 Eternal Life – Jesus asked the question, “Will you also go away?” It was a critical moment in the ministry. Many followers were leaving. The pathway Jesus proclaimed was just too harsh, too disturbing, too demanding. Jesus asked the twelve. …
“Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” John 6:68 Go – Two sides of the same coin. One side is Peter who says, “Where else can we go?” The other side is Judas who “went off to the chief priests to betray him” (Mark 14:10). …
