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Reading Scripture

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.  2 Timothy 2:15  NASB Be diligent – If you grew up in the King James era, then you know this verse as “Study to show yourself approved.”  With that translation, we…
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Hebrew Certainty

Surely you set them in slippery places; you cast them down into ruin.  How they are brought into desolation in a moment, utterly consumed with terrors!  Psalm 73:18-19  Hebrew World translation Surely – What do you know for sure?  What is it that absolutely cannot be doubted?  That is a question that has plagued the…
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The First Cut

and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ;  Colossians 2:11  NASB Without hands – Circumcision was a big issue in the Messianic community of the first century.  My guess is that Paul thought he put that…
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The End of the Funeral

you will have the Lord for an everlasting light and the days of your mourning will be over.  Isaiah 60:20  NASB Mourning – The prophet Isaiah draws a picture of the time when God will restore heaven and earth to its intended form.  He says that we will no longer need the sun by day…
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Greek Psychology

And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations; knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint . . .  Romans 5:3-5  NASB Does not disappoint – Have you ever been disappointed?  It would be hard to believe you were human if…
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The End in Sight

And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations; knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint . . .  Romans 5:3-5  NASB Hope – Is your idea of hope based in Greek thought or Hebrew patterns?  How would you know the…
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