So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. John 8:36 NASB Free – Jonathan Sacks offers some insight into the Hebraic understanding of freedom; insight that we must embrace if we’re going to avoid reading the words of Yeshua as if they belonged in the Greco-Roman culture of the West. Sacks writes:…
But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does. James 1:25 NASB Liberty– Translators could just have easily written this as “the law of freedom.” The Greek word is eleuthería, a word…
But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. James 1:25 ESV Looks – To look into the perfect law of liberty. Twice in his letter, James refers to the nomos eleutherias….
“If you abide in My word, you are truly disciples of Mine; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:31-32 Free – Which man is free – the one who exercises liberty to act as he wishes or the one who submits to moral precepts? The question is…
And we the strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those not strong and not please ourselves. Romans 15:1 Ought – We have been persuaded. We are convinced. We understand. We realize that there is room for both Torah and grace. We see that the two paths converge in the purposes of God. We know…
