fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Hebrews 12:2 NASB Joy set before him– Our final example of joy connects the ideas we found in the Pauline writings to…
Then the word of the Lord came to Zechariah saying, “Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother; and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’ Zechariah…
For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 2 Timothy 3:2 NASB Arrogant – Aristotle invented the “Golden Mean.” But God gave him the idea. Like most things in life, extremes lead to sin. Standing on the middle ground is often the way to avoid…
Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? Psalm 58:1 [English] NASB O gods – So you’re a leader? You have authority over others. You guide them. They look to you for direction. Whether officially or unofficially, you have been thrust to the front. You might not even…
“But we will devote ourselves to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.” Acts 6:4 NASB But – Let’s see if we have this straight. The Twelve, the most important men in the assemblies of Torah-observant Messianic Jewish believers, decline administrative responsibilities because they need to be fully attentive to prayer and the “ministry”…
Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning. Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time—for strength and not for drunkenness. Ecclesiastes 10:16-17 NASB Lad/nobility – The genre of wisdom literature in Scripture often includes observations…
he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. Romans 12:8 NASB With diligence – Paul adds a significant prepositional adjective to his description of a leader. The Zone 6 person is not simply ho proistamenos but rather ho proistamenos en spoudei. …
he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. Romans 12:8 NASB Leads – Paul’s letter uses the expression ho proistamenos en spoudei, usually translated “he who leads, with diligence.” Before we accept a spiritualized version of Paul’s statement (such as the…
In a place where there are no people, strive to be a man. Rabbi Hillel Pirke Avot 2:6B No People – Hillel’s saying is not an endorsement of the monastic life. He is not suggesting that we strive to become truly human in the wilderness. What Hillel means is this: there are plenty of communities…
The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses and Miriam. 1 Chronicles 5:29 (Hebrew text) 6:3 English text Children – It’s true that the children of Amram were Aaron, Moses and Miriam, but this isn’t what the Hebrew text says. The Hebrew word oovnei appears a second time in the same verse, but it isn’t translated…
