Many are my persecutors and my enemies, yet I do not turn aside from Your testimonies. Psalm 119:157 NASB Persecutors – The Beatitudes are not Greek blessings. They are Hebrew character descriptions. If you don’t connect this verse in the Psalms with Yeshua’s remarks on the hillside, you’ve missed something important for both verses. Let’s start with Matthew…
“Give heed to my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.” Psalm 142:6 NASB Persecutors – “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness.” That familiar phrase found in the teaching of Yeshua in Matthew, chapter five, should have…
Not that I have already obtained it, or have already become perfect, but I press on in order that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12 NASB Press On – How do I change boule into thelo? When we discovered yesterday that “will”…
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10 Persecuted – Matthew writes with Hebrew idioms, not Greek concepts. Sometimes the difference between these two worldviews makes all the difference in our translations into English. When it does, we often discover that entire…
so then let us pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another. Romans 14:19 Pursue – What do you really pursue? Be honest with yourself. Don’t consider the ideals that float around in the culture. Look at your behavior. Assess yourself as though you were an outside observer. Examine…
