For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. John 3:17 ESV Saved – What does John mean when he uses the Greek verb sozo (to save)? Well, if John is thinking about the Hebrew equivalents, he would be…
Yet I was always with You, You grasped my right hand. Psalm 73:23 (Robert Alter translation) Grasped – Does Asaph reach out and grab hold of God? No, he doesn’t. When you and I are in the midst of herd mentality, when we are caught in group-think, when we act by addictive instinct, we can’t…
And leading them outside, he said, “Sirs, what must I do that I may be saved?” Acts 16:30 Must – As I look back on some things written, I find this: “A growing sense of aloneness accompanies nearly every moment of my day. My social connections to comrades and friends offer peripheral distraction, but do…
I, I myself, am YHWH; and beside Me there is no savior. Isaiah 43:11 Savior – Go read Isaiah 42:1. What is the purpose of the Servant? To bring justice to the nations – mishpat. What is this? Mishpat is the word for a judicial decision, a legally binding determination. But it is more than…
Make Your face shine upon Your servant; save me in Your kindness. Psalm 31:16 (ISR translation) Make Shine – No matter where you turn in the Scriptures, you are never far from Genesis. The beginning is the end. The Garden is the destination. So, we shouldn’t be too surprised to find ‘or connected with salvation. …
“And it shall come to pass that whoever shall call on the name YHWH shall be saved; . . “ Joel 2:32 Saved – Have you ever heard this verse in an evangelistic crusade?If you knew that the Hebrew verb didn’t mean “saved” from eternal damnation, would you be surprised?Would it drive you back to…
You know how it goes: “Finders keepers, losers weepers” I heard it often enough as a child to know just how painful that little rhyme can be. I think the event that anchored those words forever in my mind was about marbles. My favorite cat’s eye was forgotten after recess. When I remembered, it was…
