Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned Romans 5:12 NIV Because – As Dwight Pryor points out, in 1599 the Geneva Bible translated the Latin text rather than the Greek text for this crucial word. The…
Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, “I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. Then I will take you for My people, and I…
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:22 NASB In – We’ve looked at the difference between reading this preposition (en) as the material cause or the efficient cause. I know, it’s complicated. Maybe you had to read it a few times to see the…
To the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A psalm of David. Psalm 62:1 (Hebrew Text) Jeduthun – Most translations of the psalms put the “introduction” of the text in tiny letters or completely ignore these “preliminary” words. This is not the case in the Hebrew text. The introduction is an essential part of knowing what the…
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24 ESV Tree – (For the next few days we will dig into this verse about the cross. The investigation will involve some technical aspects…
Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, and you can not look on wickedness with favor. Why do You look with favor on those who deal treacherously? Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up those more righteous than they? Habakkuk 1:13 NASB Can not look – Can God look on evil? Can…
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli lama Sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” Matthew 27:46 NASB Eli, Eli – It is common Christian interpretation to view this verse as the cry of Jesus when Sin (with a capital S) fell…
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be! Romans 6:15 NASB What then? – “Questions of faith are not philosophical, sociological or psychological; they are intensely personal. Everyone has to find his or her own way of dealing with them. The point at which a…
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up. John 3:14 ESV Be lifted up – When we first looked at this passage (November 21, 2012), we discovered that both the Greek text and the LXX translation use words that imply exultation, not remedies for sin. …
1. We are generally (perhaps deliberately) unaware of the giant chasm created by the smallest of sins and the demands of God because the Church has taught us that we are under grace and therefore the tiny sins don’t really matter. They are simply errors in judgment. If my greatest sins can be easily forgiven…
