I and the Father are one. John 10:30 NASB One – Philip Jenkins expresses what most Christians believe when he writes, “In the New Testament, Jesus says quite explicitly that he is identical with God: ‘I and the Father are one,’ he declares.”[1] It certainly seems so, doesn’t it? In fact, it is so commonly…
And He said to man, Look, fear the Master, that is wisdom, and the shunning of evil is insight. Job 28:28 Robert Alter Look – Don’t overlook “Look”! If you do, you’ll miss something quite unusual. The NASB translates this verse, “And to mankind He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And…
one Lord, one faith, one baptism, Ephesians 4:5 NASB One faith – “‘Religion’ comes from the Latin ligare, meaning to join or bind. Religion binds people within a group – Christian to Christian, Muslim to Muslin, Jew to Jew. More specifically, since some of the most bitter conflicts take place within a faith, it bonds…
For the body is not one member, but many. 1 Corinthians 12:14 NASB Not one member – Everyone is familiar with Paul’s analogy of the body. In his letter to the believers in Corinth, Paul goes to great lengths to impress upon this rowdy bunch that their lives must reflect the compassion, grace and obedience…
And he said to the man, “One is the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom . .” Job 28:28 Rabbinic Midrash translation One is – What is yirat adonai? What does “the fear of the Lord” mean in your life? If the fear of the Lord is the foundation of all His instructions to…
One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger who sojourns with you, an ordinance forever in your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. One Torah and one code shall be for you, and for the stranger who sojourns with you. Numbers 15:15-16 …
One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple. Psalm 27:4 One Thing – What is the most important thing in life? What…
