Matthew 5:10

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

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…

On Solid Ground

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

All Your commandments are faithful; they have persecuted me with a lie; help me!  Psalm 119:86  NASB Faithful – It’s unfortunate that this translation pushes us to view the commandments as spiritual. “Faithful” makes it sound as if miṣwâ belong in the realm of religion, where “faith” operates differently than the rest of our “practical” lives.  Such would…