Today’s Word
Name’s sake
“for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.” Acts 9:16 Name’s sake – It’s hard to understand what this means. We don’t use the expression “name’s sake” very often, so it leaves us with a sort of puzzled confusion. But if we see the literal Greek, we get a…
Good work
“that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus” Philippians 1:6 Good work – Not all of it counts! God doesn’t take “bad” work and make something of it. Nor does He take just “work”. He begins a good work and then He makes sure it…
The Way
“so that if he found any being of the Way, both men and women, having bound them” Acts 9: 2 The Way – My friend told me a story about his trip to Switzerland. After work, he was invited to the home of a believer. As he sat with the family, he told the man…
Blameless
“so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ” Philippians 1:10 Blameless – Blame, blame, go away, come again some other day. Well, not exactly. We want the blame to go away but we certainly don’t want it back later. God deals…
Sincere
“so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ” Philippians 1:10 Sincere – But what’s the point of being sincere if you are sincerely wrong? Paul isn’t interested in sincerity. Sincerity by itself has never been enough. In this verse, “sincere” is…
Excellent
“so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ” Philippians 1:10 Excellent – Ah! But it really doesn’t say this. In this translation, the text presumes that the intention of “testing” is to determine excellence. But the verse really says, “testing the…
