Love Lowliness
© Josiahs Scott, Josiahs@trueconnection.org, www.TrueConnection.org
……4/25/26
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Philippian Relationships Fixed
Deal With Your Attractions, Quick!:
Recompiled:
6/28/12
What To Do When God Testifies Against You:
>> Lux Filtered
These are personal notes that are still being compiled from numerous Bible studies over many years that we hope to finish one day so that they can be more beneficial to many people in loving the glory and honor of weakness in this life to gain truth from God.
Contents
Get Romantic Toward God When
Going Through Trials
Defining Romance & Her
Enemies
Some Ways God Reveals His Romance
It Is Time For Romantic Justice!
– God’s Extravagant Love vs. Our Imperative Ambition
I am Tired of Romantic Injustice!
God Withdraws To Wait For Justice
Paul Tells us How to Stay Sane in
Trial
The “Friends” that Make You Crazy
or Sane
Making Someone Happy is What
Romance Obligations Are All About
Faithful Romance is The Way to
Win
List things you can do to make
God happy:
Domestic Discipline of the
Righteous
Examples
of things that might call for a spanking
Romantic Trails – That’s what God
Really Want in Place of Shallow Complacency and Limited Romance
The Element Of Anger In
Discipline
The Righteous
Management of Sorrow
Domestic
Discipline is Not Just A Little Romantic, it Is Downright Erotic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_discipline
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_and_domestic_violence
http://www.christiandomesticdiscipline.com/how_to_discipline.html
http://www.christiandomesticdiscipline.net/christiandomesticdisciplinespankinghome.html
Terms
of Punishment Prerogative – I Command You to Fear Me and Love Me For
Disciplining You!
Approach the Consuming Fire
Throne with Favor, Boldness, and Fear
Retaliating in the Form of Temper
Tantrums Opposes Favor
A
Spiritual Woman’s Passionate and Amazing Romantic Response
Discovering
Domestic Discipline – A Dramatic Poem
Excerpts
From Salvation Marriage
Will Your Salvation Marriage Mean
Comfort and/or Discipline?
What Happens when a Salvation Marriage Means Discipline & Correction?
Side Spiritual Notes – How We Ended Up
in This Bible Study
Women
made to Teat Their Husbands As New Fathers
Why you need to write Poetry to
your Wife
Only Argue if You Have (1) Wisdom
and or (2) The Spirit
The Point: How to Respond &
Know Your Probation
Accountability for Those Still In
Probation
Opening the Window - Follow Up
Absolute Humility that Snuffs Out
all Chance of Arpox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy
What to Do When God Testifies
Against You
Naomi Says, 'God has Testified
Against Me'
4 Levels / Scenarios of Opposing
Testimony
(1) I Like You, But You Still
Need To Go Through Bad Feelings.
(2) I Like You, But You Are WRONG
(4) Unforgivable State of
Absolute Rejection
Understanding the Difference & the Boundaries of Application
The Terrifying Oblivion of
Insensitivity to God’s Rebuke
What if You Do Not Perceive
chastening?
Samson Did Not Realize that God
had Left Him
Cain Refused Tender Appeals –
CAB, WEB, Greek
Judas Not Openly
Exposed/Confronted At First
Don't Defend Yourself! – Don’t
Avoid Bad Feelings
Bad Feelings Superior to Good
Feelings
Love the Healthy Times of Bad
Feelings
Arpox Criminals Flatter
Themselves
God Speaks, But Not As Quickly As
You Think -- When People Are Still Under Probation
Modern Examples of Busted Bubbles
Primary Biblical Examples of
Receiving Opposition from Heaven
Job says, 'God has Testified
Against me'
Jesus says, 'God has Testified
against me'
Eli Agreed with Samuel, but Still
Remained Evil Inside
David – Waiting Under Persecution
– David Gloriously Lets God Testify Against Him
Endure Chastisement Like a Son!
Peter Receive Correction Many
Times
Deal With Your Attractions,
QUICK!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_in_love
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism
Biblical Romantic Infatuation is
Based on Prophecy, Not Feeling.
Compatibility Issues Are a Myth
from Hell
Confronting Pagan Romantic
Feeling Worship
The Bible Commands En-mighty-ing
Self-Control
Applying Romantic Foolishness to
Spiritual Things
What if You Have an Evil Lot of
Lusting for Evil?
The Absurd Myth of
Feeling-Dependent Faithfulness.
Jesus Did Not Say Fall in Love With Your Neighbor as Yourself!!!
Examples of Attraction for Good
and Lust for Evil
What you Boast and Rejoice Is in, is the attraction you worship
Conclusion – The Poor Always Have
Healthy Attractions
Basic Facts About Shame That Most
People Have No Clue About Today.
1. Faith-fulness Courageously
Defies Social Shame in Lusting After Righteousness!
Esther Getting Ready To Make A
Decision About Going Before The King
Heb 12 – Jesus “Despised The
Shame”
2. Sin Avoids Truth for Fear of
Social Shame
Jesus Rebukes the Disciples
Corporately
Jesus Rebukes Peter Publically
Rough Communication is Better than Hardened Silence
3. How to Embrace Faith-fulness
and Shun the Sinful Fear of Social Shame
Wearing Someone Out by Faith is
Better than Being Killed by Social Complacency
Give Me Bread! – and Save Me from Social Shame!
Mary Anointing Jesus at Bethany –
Something Infinitely More Important than Your Shame
Love Is Only Straitened In Our
Own Sin
Because it’s the Path to Heaven
G3993 G3998 -- Excluding Previous
poor poverty destitut needy meek
humble humilliat lowly
English Results -- KJV+ WEB + CAB
+ ABP = 532 Refs
Strong’s Number Results -- KJV+
ABP+ = 429 Refs
English and Strong’s Refs
Compiled = 638 Refs
Lux Filtered -- Previous Poverty
Refs Filtered = 567 Refs (~351 After Being Condensed)
General Poverty / General
Humility Verses
Begging Poverty
Begging is a response, not a recognition
Poor in spirit is not a recognition, it is a response to a recognition.
Jam_2:5 Listen, my beloved
brothers. Did God not choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of
the kingdom which He promised to those that love Him?
Jam_2:5 ᾿Ακούσατε,
ἀδελφοί μου
ἀγαπητοί· οὐχ
ὁ Θεὸς ἐξελέξατο
τοὺς πτωχοὺς
τοῦ κόσμου
πλουσίους ἐν
πίστει καὶ
κληρονόμους
τῆς
βασιλείας ἧς
ἐπηγγείλατο
τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν
αὐτόν;
Jam_2:5 ακουσατε
αδελφοι μου
αγαπητοι ουχ ο
θεος εξελεξατο
τους πτωχους Aτω Aκοσμω
TSBτου TSBκοσμου TSτουτου
πλουσιους εν
πιστει και
κληρονομους
της βασιλειας
ης επηγγειλατο
τοις αγαπωσιν
αυτον
Bad Zeal = Already Full
12/29/23
see Gal, ZEL, etc.
1Co13: love is not zealous
Gal: by Love slave serve
Pearl and Putrid?
We go through trials
Key question:
What is your Pearl
and what is your Putrid?
What makes you sick and what do you forsake all to get?
If you are not sick at the appropriate things you are still vulnerable to end times apostasy and being deceived by this world.
If you are not lusting after the right things you are complacent and in danger of drawing back
Watch out for your desires!
We need to increase our distaste for evil and exponentially increase our lust and while craving for good truth...
Then indeed we will really fulfill biblical begging
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Mat_13:44-46 – Hidden Treasure & Pearl of Great Value
Heb_10:39 – we are not of those drawing back
↑↑
Reminders from SRM:
NT More Severe
Heb_2:2-3 –
every rule breaking was brought into Justice... how can we escape if we are
careless of a salvation such as this
Heb_10:28-30
– how much (more) severe punishment for breaking NT?
Imitation
Heb_6:12 –
imitation of those who inherit the promises
(like Abraham, v13)
Heb_13:7 –
mimic the faith of word speakers
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If we look at good things
in the wrong way then we are going to lack faith and favor, and we are going to
be continually shooting ourselves in the foot and creating a non-favored life
for ourselves with unending moral problems issues sins and unrestrained
disconnection from the Truth.
This is why we are looking
at canonical and inspired obedience -- it is the hidden unappreciated treasure
and pearl that no one else is forsaking all to get… so how about you?
Consider:
The Problems Solved
By the Favor of Begging
Many of the problems and stressors you are feeling/facing from lacking God’s favor are due to not begging Biblically enough.
What percent of your problems is from not begging enough?
Problems and solutions both occur in the realm of what you admire.
This is why repenting away from assumptions and into a Biblical view of inspiration is so important.
We need to base all of our knowledge and achieve all of our perception based on established knowledge, not assumptions and irrational blasphemies, and heretical lovelessnesses.
Beg God and Obeyers
I can pretty much predict
the misunderstanding and blasphemy that church people are going to slander us
with:
outsiders virtually always
misunderstand the Bible, and are naturally going to our message asa result (by
default) as though we are saying believers should only beg obeyers, but what
the Bible is actually teaching and saying is that believers Beg God and
Obeyers.
on an initial simple level
you can already see the teaching of begging, that includes being obeyers, right
there in there actual words of The sermon on the Mount...
if there remained any
question or doubt in your heart you should be fully persuaded when you consider
all of the other examples all throughout the Bible of believers actually
begging obeyers in direct obedience to this eager soft-hearted faithful
righteous virtue posture - the Bible is on to something and it's about time we
finally caught up with it
>> Scrip:
they first gave themselves
to the Lord and then to us according to the will of God
everyone who has been
discipled by the father comes to me
whoever is on the Lord's
side let him come to me
the spirit and the bride
say come
this is part of "the
doctrine of us" that essentially everyone is ignoring and wickedly
treacherously pretending like it doesn't exist, because they are so foreign to
the concept of Biblical poverty begging, and so busy contradicting virtually
every foundation of the soft heart of the New Covenant that they can't even
relate to the first principles of the Truth...
see LO:
God Defines Himself with His Bride
God is in so much control
of our entire existence that He planted a revelation of Who He Is even in the
things that He created (rom1) and it is His total sovereign prerogative to draw
out a revelation of His identity in the most glorifying Divine ways as He
exalts His Bride into divinity to shine out with His own glory and declare His
own identity which He planted in her before the world began inside of the Word
of God...
...
They actually fraudulently insert
their absurd blasphemies into their apostate bible per-versions!
GOD'S WORD Translation
3 "Blessed are those
who recognize they are spiritually helpless. The kingdom of heaven belongs to
them.
https://www.biblestudytools.com/matthew/5-3-compare.html
Auto Beg
as said to apostate James:
"why do I have to tell you that you need to beg? why isn't it already
written on your heart like Rom2 says? ...but instead you ridicule the very idea
that you should beg..."
Rom 2
>> TSK
Mat18 just for yourselves
what is right
>> TSK
Pressed Down Begging Is Commanded
11/28/23
key question:
how should we urge people
to beg?
press down and being poor
are synonyms in the Bible.
>> Scrip:
pushing yourself and
downward direction toward humility and the resulting posture of crouching are
two synonymous words describing the same phenomena from different perspectives.
we may or may not notice this
in English as much depending on how carefully we think about the Scriptures
because only some of it is transparent enough to be as noticeable, however it
is much more concrete and directional in Greek.
in English you might
possibly notice the two words being used somewhat interchangeably when they are
both used together in particular passages, but in Greek you don't necessarily
require a passage to put them together before you can already inherently
linguistically know that the two words are related from the basic essence of
what they are describing.
Monotheist care a lot about
these critical themes that have been carefully explored and revealed throughout
the Scriptures.
>> Scrip:
poor pressed down
be pressed down
the Bible clearly commands
you to have a press down mentality / attitude, so this is essentially already
commanding you to be a poor beggar by paralleling the two terms.
Furthermore, the Bible
directly commands you to imitate those who by faith and endurance inherit the
promises - and this commanded imitation would always include the righteous who
are always poor crouching beggars that inherit God's kingdom by lot and by
law...
so we can very clearly see
that you are commanded to be pressed down / humble and we can see that your
commanded imitate people who inherit the blessings of poor crouching beggars.
↓↓ see: Poor IN Spirit? (below) ↓↓
Begging Obeyers is Included in the SOM & Rest of the Bible (Proof)
Obeying Scientific Details
is NOT Interpreting.
Whenever obeyers point out
the begging in 5-7 and 28 that believers do to obeyers,
it is of course inevitable
that disobeyers are going to blasphemously accuse obeyers of
"interpreting" the passage and inserting the idea of people begging
other people into the text, and disobeyers will pretend like horizontal begging
is not originally there in the text, as if it were possible for obeyers to just
make up and insert that idea and interpretation on into the text.
this is hard and
blasphemously absurd and illogical and willfully ignorant.
disobeyers are
"ignorant because they ignore it".
disobeyers are so
preoccupied with disobedience and breaking God's rules that of course they
don't feel the constraint or obligation to obey the text when it is unlocked
and opened up...
But a soft-hearted eager
faithful righteous soul is obligated to true information, and cannot turn back
once the Scriptures have been opened - they are bound and obligated to obey the
Truth of the light shining out of the Scriptures, especially once they have
been unlocked and opened, and made so plain that a Bible lover can't help but
Love and obey the Truth that is being expounded.
We've already seen and
established that the Bible directly forbids anyone to interpret the Bible, and
Bible obeyers are the furthest people in the universe from such sick crimes as
interpreting the Bible, and the irony is that when they are so bound to obeying
the Bible, they have to even obey the subtle parts of the Bible that tell you
to put two and two together and which obligate you to obey such understanding
that results from this.
obeyers are so preoccupied
with obedience that they are absolutely required and bound to keep every small
piece of the Scriptures, even when they tell us to combine these pieces and
gain understanding and be bound to obedience to such resulting understanding...
Disobeyers are going to
pretend like people begging people is not already there as a preset feature
within the text, and this is simply because when the Bible keeps on telling us
these things they pass over these commands and rules and don't constantly
change in order to be prepared for when they are reinforced and repeated later
on in the text of Bible.
But a Bible aware has read
the preceding authoritative governing context and has already adjusted himself
to embrace the truth that he's about to receive once he comes upon a new text
which invokes these same rules again and when a new text prompts the
conclusions of obedient begging, the obeyer readily responds having been
prepared as good soil and an eager heart of loving righteous soft-hearted
faith, but the disobeyer groans and darkness and accuses able of doing
something wrong when he offers the pleasing obedient God blessed sacrifice of
horizontal begging just exactly like the Bible has constantly been teaching us
and disobeyers have been blasphemously warring against and ignoring.
Superficiality has
absolutely nothing to do with obeying the Bible much less does it ever unlock
its mysteries much less does it ever have a working functional clean good
conscience to obey the implications of such obedience.
Button of air is diligent
and perceptive toward detail and insists that every Yoda and every Korea must
be obeyed just like Jesus teaches in this very same passage, so when there is a
repetition of the word righteous then righteous affairs pay attention to
correlation is that naturally connect to text together and when an obeyer is
keeping every Yoda and Korea he notices the double emphatic features that correlate
two passages together,
And when he sees that the
themes and vocabulary words and moral teachings correlate in Matthew 5-7 and 28
he has no problem putting them together and cooperating with the natural
inevitable conclusions of obedience that begging includes vertical as well as
horizontal elements in cooperating in the entire process that is described in
discipleship and salvation.
The details of grammar and
double emphaticness and repetition of words all link passages together in The
sermon on the Mount and in the Great commission.
From the grammar and the
details and the context and the moral teachings, it is absolutely clear that
the do teacher (m5) is thematically morally linguistically linked with the here
do disciples (m7) which is confirmed in Matthew 28.
There is a righteousness
that is hungered and thirsted for in Matthew_5:6 and this righteousness is
being taught by a do teacher in Matthew_5:17-20. There is a very clear
correlation that the righteousness which a beggar in Matthew_5:3 is
hungering and thirsting for in Matthew_5:3 and in Matthew_5:6 is
accomplished through a do teacher in Matthew_5:17-20. there is no reason to
ignore this correlation and exclude the do teacher from the virtue of begging
and hungry and thirsting when Jesus has included as a tool through whom the
righteousness is given and unto whom the righteous beggar begs for truth and
discipleship.
Two Stages of Begging
12/10/23
the two stages of begging include
a recognition and even more so a realization of your state of desolation.
this does not mean that
being poor in spirit means you recognize you're already poor in spirit like so
many mindless sloppy crazy church people try to pollute the Bible as though it
were endorsing such a wicked and confused useless illogical circular saying...
you don't recognize that
you're already poor in spirit, because you're not and that's just the problem
that makes you desolate...
you need to realize you're
desolation and state of condemnation on your way to hell and then you need to
respond and take action by begging with an attitude or Spirit of poverty in
order to inherit heaven.
so you realize that you're
desolate and on your way to hell and in response to that desolation and take
action to beg - these are the two stages and they're not at all synonymous to
be confused with each other.
to obey the Bible you have
to recognize that:
poor begging is not
"recognizing you're already poor begging" but poor begging is a
response to the realization of your desolation - the state you're already in
sends you to hell, but your poor begging response to it sends you to heaven,
and you shouldn't be pretending that you're already on your way to heaven like
church people confuse, because that's exactly the luxury that sends you to hell
in the name of being "poor in spirit".
...
the first step is to get
church people to get the word for poor begging correct, which is actually in
the minority, but nonetheless, I was able to find more than I expected in
videos where they mentioned the word begging in English (which is really the
best word to use).
if you can just get the
right word down pat on your way to at least using the right vocabulary for The
sermon on the Mount and the blessed people that inherit heaven.
but then, even if you get
the word right there still remains the even more important aspect of how to
apply the begging...
if you can get the academic
aspect of the word poor correct there still remains a seemingly small yet
vitally important detail that 'separates the sheep from the goats' and the
Bible obeyers from the apostate church people...
Bible obeyers inherently
have God's Word written on their heart because of the New Covenant (Jeremiah,
Romans 2, etc), so when you talk about begging they automatically know by
nature how to obey this missing detail...
but when church people talk
about poor in spirit, and even if they finally get to the point where some of
them talk about begging, they still stop short of obeying everything the Bible
is saying because they insert an unbiblical heresy and imagine that the begging
is somehow artificially limited to begging "God alone".
all the people in the Bible
and all those who obey the Bible never come up with such a wicked disgusting
evil heresy default idea...
a small minority of people
get the right word for begging correct, but no one in church gets the right
morality of begging the whole counsel of God like the Bible constantly affirms
including in the sermon on the mount.
when righteous people face
the need to beg they have no problem naturally begging God and all those who
represent any aspect of Him in their lives, but wicked perverted church people
are so busy assuming non-inspiration and living uninspired sub Divine wicked
dirty sinful lives that they can't admit that they're supposed to include God's
delegates in His kingdom as part of the righteous posture of begging that God
has called all of us to embrace and obey...
Lowliness Favor
Dec 2023
Php_2 (comp. 1 – 4)
Php_1;
>> search: joy,
rejoice
Php_2:1-18, Php_2:28-29
Php_3:1
Php_4:4, Php_4:10, Php_4:23
>> TSK
Poor IN Spirit?
12/10/23
1Ki_18:45 WEB It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
1Ki_18:45 LB And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab wept, and went to Jezreel.
1Ki_18:45 καὶ ἐγένετο
ἕως ὧδε καὶ ὧδε
καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς
συνεσκότασεν
νεφέλαις καὶ
πνεύματιG4151 N-DSN,
καὶ ἐγένετο ὑετὸς
μέγας· καὶ ἔκλαιεν
καὶ ἐπορεύετο
Αχααβ εἰς
Ιεζραελ.
1Ki_19:11 WEB He said, Go forth, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh. Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake:
1Ki_19:11 LB And He said, “You shall go forth tomorrow, and shall stand before the Lord in the mount; and behold, the Lord will pass by.” And a great and strong wind tore into the mountains, and crushed the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
1Ki_19:11 καὶ εἶπεν
Ἐξελεύσῃ αὔριον
καὶ στήσῃ ἐνώπιον
κυρίου ἐν τῷ ὄρει·
ἰδοὺ παρελεύσεται
κύριος. καὶ πνεῦμα
μέγα κραταιὸν
διαλῦον ὄρη καὶ
συντρῖβον πέτρας
ἐνώπιον κυρίου,
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πνεύματι
κύριος· καὶ
μετὰ τὸ πνεῦμα
συσσεισμός, οὐκ
ἐν τῷ συσσεισμῷ
κύριος·
1Ch_28:12 WEB and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Yahweh, and for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;
1Ch_28:12
LB
and the plan which he had in his mind of the courts of the house
of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about, designed for the treasuries
of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the holy things, and of the
chambers for resting;
1Ch_28:12 καὶ τὸ
παράδειγμα, ὃ εἶχεν
ἐν πνεύματι αὐτοῦ,
τῶν αὐλῶν οἴκου
κυρίου καὶ πάντων
τῶν παστοφορίων
τῶν κύκλῳ τῶν εἰς
τὰς ἀποθήκας οἴκου
κυρίου καὶ τῶν ἀποθηκῶν
τῶν ἁγίων
“Job Prays for Relief”
Job_17:1 WEB "My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me.
Job_17:1 LB “I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and do not obtain it.
Job_17:1 ὀλέκομαι
πνεύματι φερόμενος,
δέομαι δὲ ταφῆς
καὶ οὐ τυγχάνω.
Psa_34:18 WEB Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
Psa_34:18 LB The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit.
Psa_34:18 (33:19) ἐγγὺς
κύριος τοῖς
συντετριμμένοις
τὴν καρδίαν καὶ
τοὺς ταπεινοὺς
τῷ πνεύματι σώσει.
Psa_51:12 WEB Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Psa_51:12 LB Restore to me the joy of Your salvation; establish me with Your directing Spirit.
Psa_51:12 (50:14) ἀπόδος
μοι τὴν ἀγαλλίασιν
τοῦ σωτηρίου
σου καὶ πνεύματι
ἡγεμονικῷ στήρισόν
με.
Psa_51:12 [50:14] αποδοςG591 V-AAD-2S
μοιG1473 P-DS τηνG3588
T-ASF
αγαλλιασινG20 N-ASF
τουG3588 T-GSN σωτηριουG4992 N-GSN
σουG4771 P-GS καιG2532
CONJ
πνευματιG4151 N-DSN
ηγεμονικωA-DSN
στηρισονG4741
V-AAD-2S μεG1473 P-AS
>> comp NETS, etc.
Psa_51:17 WEB The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Psa_51:17 LB Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.
Psa_51:17 (50:19) θυσία
τῷ θεῷ πνεῦμα
συντετριμμένον,
καρδίαν
συντετριμμένην
καὶ
τεταπεινωμένην
ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἐξ
ουθενώσει.
Ecc_7:8 WEB Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ecc_7:8 LB The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof; the patient is better than the high-minded.
Ecc_7:8 ἀγαθὴ ἐσχάτη
λόγων ὑπὲρ ἀρχὴν
αὐτοῦ, ἀγαθὸν
μακρόθυμος ὑπὲρ
ὑψηλὸν πνεύματι.
Ecc_7:8
αγαθηG18 A-NSF εσχατηG2078 A-NSF
λογωνG3056 N-GPM υπερG5228 PREP
αρχηνG746 N-ASF αυτουG846 D-GSM
αγαθονG18 A-NSN
μακροθυμοςG3116 A-NSM
υπερG5228 PREP υψηλονG5308 A-ASM
πνευματιG4151 N-DSN
Ecc_7:9 WEB Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Ecc_7:9 LB Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for anger will rest in the bosom of fools.
Ecc_7:9 μὴ σπεύσῃς
ἐν πνεύματί
σου τοῦ θυμοῦσθαι,
ὅτι θυμὸς ἐν κόλπῳ
ἀφρόνων ἀναπαύσεται.
Ecc_7:9
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PREP
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V-PMN
οτιG3754 CONJ θυμοςG2372 N-NSM ενG1722
PREP
κολπωG2859 N-DSM αφρονωνG878 A-GPM
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Poverty & Fruit
Poor Crouching Begging Defined
is about being needy
impoverished awareness of need and desperation enough to take action and
apprehend salvation and solve problems by pressed down lowly begging
See: Humility Defined (below)
Fruit Defined
fruit is about producing
results, proof, fulfilling the initial essence of the roots
finishing our and
fulfilling the nature of who you are deep down inside as a tree or a person
Definition Of Poor Begging
There are some very common
confusions that happen up front when trying to define what it means to be poor
in spirit:
· some people think that the blessed are different groups of people, but you can't logically think that way - you have to conclude that these are overlapping virtues describing the same group of people, mainly, the disciples coming toward him who are getting the kingdom of heaven as well as seeing God - and these cannot be a different group or subgroup of people
· most church people confuse being poor in spirit with a recognition, when it is in fact a response to a recognition.
· most inevitably and essentially unanimously church people wrongly assume that , whatever poverty and spirit means, it always is only directed toward God and excludes his bride and people - and this is the most fatal deadly error and moral heresy and blasphemy...
Recognition or Response?
over and over again way too
many people habitually obsessively bizarrely keep compulsively saying that
'being poor in spirit is a recognition that you're poor in spirit'.
at first this can seem to
be a minor inconvenient illogical quirk about the religious human race or about
church people's tendencies to be a logical, but by starting off on a strange
and obsessively compulsive illogical statement then people can often proceed to
make staggeringly incorrect conclusions.
in linguistics you're not
allowed to define a word by using it in the definition, but this is essentially
what they're doing when they say being poor in spirit is defined as recognizing
your already poor. - you can't result in being something by recognizing that
you are already that same something before you recognized it.
this illogical absurdity
error makes being poor in spirit a recognition or passive acknowledgment
admitting something, whereas the actual scriptures describe it as a noun which
implys virtuous action.
when we say that being poor
in spirit is a recognition that were poor in spirit, then this illogical
quirkiness that church people almost unanimously keep compulsively repeating
from their illogical nature, then out of this confusion we tend to miss the
entire point of being a poor beggar.
recognition is the
prerequisite and being a poor beggar is actually the response.
as a prerequisite you
indeed need to recognize more particularly that you are desolate and destitute
of all good cleanness and all saving truth - this is the real honest
recognition that the Bible tells you to have, and know this is not what it
means to be poor in spirit, this is just the prerequisite and first stage of
those who end up being blessed.
but for those who are
actually poor beggars in the spirit they have not only surpassed the
prerequisite of recognizing their desolate and unsaved state but they have
moved on to take action on it.
being poor in spirit is not
a re-recognition of what you already recognized before getting to this point,
but rather, being a poor beggar is an action that you take in response to your
awareness of desolation and unsavedness...
a few people indeed do seem
to sort of figure it out that there needs to be begging action involved
somewhere, but we need to set the record straight up front for the sake of
those who get confused and so that we can know for all clarity and assurance
what it actually means in the first place to be foreign spirit.
Rich church people are fond
of mentioning that being 'poor in spirit' supposedly has nothing to do with your
circumstances of not having money, however when it comes to defining what it
does mean they still seem to want to define it as recognizing your circumstance
of supposedly needing g-d - both of these circumstantial ideas are wrong...
being poor in spirit is not
a reference to your physical circumstances of lacking money, although it can be
radically associated with that, but it is much more not about recognizing your
need for g-d... the point is it's not circumstantial or recognizing your
circumstances, but it is giving over a reasonable righteous response
overflowing from the right attitude or "spirit".
...
remember that the law leads
us to anointed one. the law shows us that we are desolate, but this
acknowledgment of desolation doesn't save us but it is the righteousness of
Faith responding to the Good Hope in front of us that can save us.
recognition is what many
church people like to harp on, but recognition of desolation, even if we take
it in the accurate sense that we're not saved, is only stage 1, is only the
first step and there's nothing in the works of the law that are of faith,
therefore it cannot be said that those who "recognize"or
"acknowledge" their desolation are blessed because they are saved and
go to heaven...
but rather instead the long
needs us to Anointed One, and therefore it is not the recognizers or
acknowledges that are saved and seen in Romans 7 where the unsaved Paul is
fully acknowledging his desolation and it did nothing of itself to make him a
blessed inheritor of God's Kingdom, but rather instead, when we see the Pearl
we sell everything to get it. We are not looking at our desolation when Jesus
blesses our begging, we are looking at the Pearl and telling everything and
begging to obtain his kingdom of overflowing righteousness that we are hungry
and thirsty for in order to be saved...
this is the real Biblical
orthodox idea of the blessedness which David describes:
rom4
saying very clearly,
despite all of his material glory and possessions:
this poor man cried and the
Lord answered him and saved him
that is biblical saving
attitude or Spirit of being poor and being blessed with a Salvation of
inheriting God's Kingdom.
these are some of the
important elementary linguistic and moral and biblical principles of being poor
in spirit, and in some sense we would be happy if we could get church people to
just get directed on these basic facts, since they are indeed profound, but we
can't even stop with these basic simple facts because after getting the basic
foundation established we have to also move on to the even bigger problem how
church people get begging wrong:
WHO to Beg?
in generic theory, almost
no one in churches today really disagrees that you need to beg God. You need to
beg the right God for salvation and righteousness and virtue and His One Spirit
so you can inherit His kingdom.
indeed, even if they fumble
over the previous points and confused poverty with recognition, somehow they
might still be able to sort out this secondary point that being poor in spirit
includes having the right attitude of neediness toward God.
but church people very
quickly and sharply start disagreeing when God speaks of Who He Is, and defines
Himself along with His Bride and includes His servants along with Himself when
He is seated in glory on His throne...
>> Scrip:
we are seated together with
anointed one in heavenly places
the spirit and the bride
say come
church people are fine with
you saying you need to be needy toward God, but when you start repeating and
teaching what He says about begging the righteous then they start blaspheming
and contradicting and opposing the Scriptures.
the scripture is actually
didn't mean to make a gigantic point about begging righteous people since they
were already accustomed to doing this from ancient times and this was no New
concept for them but was a foreground conclusion for everyone who is begging...
but for us you have to yell
and scream it at church people since they are so dull of hearing and obstinate
and rebellious and self glorifying and prideful
with Biblical people it is
so foundational to their basic and simple orthodoxy because they have examples
in front of their eyes like Ruth begging Naomi for her God, and therefore when
the New Covenant comes along and talks about begging for truth it goes without
saying and is totally clear and easily established that of course begging
includes those through whom God is taught and transmitted.
and while it goes without
saying as a basic tenant of month using and has already been so easily
established the examples of people like Ruth, yet for us we have to reverse
translate their basic tendency in order to get on the first principles of
monotheism and get over our Protestant American modern hangups and prideful
obstinate detesting of begging other people...
but indeed we can and even
must reverse translate the basic tenets of their monotheistic faith:
Matthew_5:3
Matthew_5:6
so stop reading the Bible
like it is speaking to your modern prideful independent selfish self-expressive
egocentric culture and start reading the Bible obediently like an authoritative
monotheistic revelation of serious clean righteousness that you have to obey in
order to inherit heaven.
because if you don't need
do teachers for overflowing righteousness, then you're not those hungry and
thirsting for this very same righteousness, and as a consequence we see that
you're not the one begging, hungry and thirsting for this righteousness, and as
a consequence you are not even related to those inheriting Kingdom of Heaven.
Begging = Humility?
The reason we know that begging is a word for humility because the main
word for humility is pressed down and is used synonymously with the main word
for humility throughout the Bible
Humility Examples -- General Overview/Reminders
Abraham
Gen_18:27 — Abraham =
“dust and ashes”? (self-lowered; lowly before God; pleads for others)
Gen_18:32 — Persists
pleading (others prioritized)
Gen_33:3 — Jacob bows
repeatedly (honors Esau)
Gen_33:5 — Attributes
blessing to God (not self)
Moses’ Self-sacrifice
Exo_32:30-32 — Moses
offers self for people (self-sacrifice)
Exo_32:31 — Moses
confesses people’s sin (identifies with them)
Exo_32:32 — Offers himself
for them (self-sacrifice)
David lifts Mephibosheth
2Sa_9:7-8 — David lifts
Mephibosheth (honors lowly)
2Sa_9:7 — David
restores Mephibosheth (lifts lowly)
2Sa_9:8 — Mephibosheth
calls himself dead dog (self-abased)
Solomon Serves Israel with Wisdom
1Ki_3:7-9 — Solomon
humble; seeks wisdom (serves people)
1Ki_3:7 — Solomon
childlike (lowly self-view)
1Ki_3:9 — Seeks wisdom
to serve (others priority)
Wisdom
Psa_25:9 — Humble
guided in justice (teachable spirit = others considered)
Psa_37:11 — Meek
inherit peace (gentle disposition)
Psa_131:1-2 — Quieted
soul like child (lowly heart)
Psa_131:1 — Not haughty
or lofty (self-lowered)
Psa_131:2 — Quieted
soul childlike (content lowliness)
Pro_3:34 — Humble/lowly
favored by God
Pro_11:2 — Humility
brings wisdom (right estimation)
Pro_15:33 — Humility
before honor (ordered elevation)
Pro_22:4 — Humility
yields honor (others elevated…true riches)
Pro_27:2 — Let another
praise you (others exalt you; not self)
Ecc_7:8 — Patient spirit
better (restrained self)
Prophets
Isa_57:15 — God with
lowly (revives & lives with humble)
Isa_66:2 —
Values/Esteems broken/contrite spirit (trembles at word)
MT:
Mic_6:8 — Walk humbly
with God (righteous/just toward others)
Zec_9:9 — King humble;
riding donkey (gentle toward people)
Mat: Child/Slave = Greatest
Mat_18:3-4 — Become
Lowly As Child = True Greatness
Mat_18:3 — Become like
children (lowly posture)
Mat_18:4 — Humble
self-greatest (true greatness)
Mat_20:26-28 — Be servant
of all (greatness by service)
Mat_20:26 — Greatness
by salve-serving (others elevated)
Mat_20:27 — Be slave of
all (lowest place)
Mat_20:28 — Anointed
One serves many (gives life)
Mat_23:11 — Greatest is
salve/servant (self-abasement; others first)
Mat_23:12 —
Self-exalting humbled (reversal principle)
Luk: Humility
Luk_14:10 — Take lowest
place (others exalted/honored first)
Luk_14:11 —
Self-humbling exalted (God lifts)
Luk_18:13-14 —
Self-abased justified (tax collector humility)
Luk_18:13 — Lowly
confession (self-abasement)
Luk_18:14 — Humble
justified (exalted by God)
Luk_22:26-27 — Leader
as servant (serving posture)
Luk_22:26 — Leader as
younger (lower status)
Luk_22:27 — Serving
defines greatness (others centered)
Jam: Humility Exalted
Jam_3:13 — Meekness =
True Wisdom (gentle relationship management)
Jam_4:6 — God gives
favor to humble/lowly
Jam_4:10 — Humble
selves = be lifted (God exalts)
Down-Up Principle -- Humility is Essential!
Why Humility is so Vitally critically important all throughout the Bible
Down-Up is all throughout the Bible…
Why Down-Up?
·
Inspiration Resurrected:
The Down-Up Principle is a vitally important first step toward regaining real,
Biblical inspiration among us in our age today.
·
Down-Up = Begging
Humility: The Down-Up principle helps show why begging is such a vitally
important and necessary part of Biblical humility, favor, and salvation
See Others as Bigger
Mat_18:3 – Unless you are converted as children, you can’t
enter kingdom
See: Humility
= Heaven
Mat_18:3 NKJV and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you
are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the
kingdom of heaven.
Mat_19:14 NKJV …for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Mar_10:15 NKJV Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not
receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.
Kids are smaller, so they look up to bigger
Therefore…
Others are treated
Php_2:3 – as holding others above yourself
see: Php_2
(herein)
Php_2:3 NKJV Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or
conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
Rom_12:10 NKJV …in honor giving preference to one another;
1Pe_5:5 NKJV …be clothed with humility, for “God resists the
proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
Teens Rebel when they start getting bigger and thinking they
don’t have to be small anymore -- lusting after this world of self-exaltation
-- as if we all live in the ghetto and the only way to survive is to puff
yourself up.
Are you still secretly living as a rebellious teen
irrationally defining your own identity?
Cascades of Victorious Humility
Me↓ Others↑ (Humility ≈ Love)
·
Low Enough: When you
go down enough, all of the sudden, you can admire righteous people -- that’s
when you get saved.
·
Guaranteed Diagnoses:
If you're not admiring broken humble Bible obeyers, it's always because you
haven't gone down enough.
·
No More Excuses: You
no longer have to make or even tolerate excuses to despise inspiration when you
already know what the cause and effect really are!
Me↓ Others↑
Lies↓ Truth↑
Self↓ God↑
Despising↓ Clean Faith↑
Flesh↓ Clean Spirit↑
Flesh↓ God’s Inspiration↑
Me↓ Humble Obeyer's↑
↓↑ Self-Demotion → Exaltation by God
Do you have faith in (and obsessively prefer) Divine
exaltation?
Self↓ exalted-by-God↑
Self↓ externally lifted up↑
Me↓ Others↑ ≈ Humility, desolation acknowledgment,
Love, discernment-perception (Php_1) judging up (Heb_5), truest identity,
inspiration acknowledgment (no assuming non-inspiration)
↓ = ❤
When you have put yourself down enough it's easy to look up
to those who you have put above yourself.
It's easy to eagerly crave Gideon and Jephthah’s inspired
salvation when you realize how desperate and desolate you are.
My Flesh = uninspired; Obeyer's faith = God's Communications
to me
Now you finally no longer have to ‘stone the prophets’ (seen
below) when your flesh is down and God’s Inspiration is Up -- even on EARTH, as
in heaven!
Stop Stoning/Rejecting the Prophets & Those Sent to You
Mat_23:37-39; Luk_13:34-35; Luk_19:41-44
Goal of Humility
After you see ↓ = ❤, Hopefully you can
understand how critically vital it is to get pressed down into Biblical
humility!
Grab on and never let go!
Affliction, trials, and being pressed down makes you HUMBLE,
Believing God and Obeyers, & Saved by Inspiration, Perceptive, Loving, and
believing others and saving yourself & hears/others.
Pressed Down = Love!
❤ Internalize the reality:
Humility is Loving people
Lowering myself is always the most Loving thing to do
(Unlike “Joe Smiley” -- who says loving yourself is the best
thing you can do for others…)
Be Mission/Goal Minded: get Loving / humble no matter what
it takes! -- This IS Love & Salvation
Press Through Desolation
Lose & Lower Yourself
Be a nobody!
Hope in God's exaltation
Do everything resolutely exclusively extremely toward the
goal and prize of real Love humility Truth brokenness insufficiency and out of
this world divine inspiration (just like Moses in Numbers 12, etc.)
No Prophets; No Perception!
Why No Prophets?
Why are there No Prophets or even much of any inspired
people still alive today?
Because we’re still persecuting them!
Because Churches won’t let truth get proclaimed in their
sinful buildings…!
(A) Psa_74 – Saving Miracles Missing!
Psa_74:9
WEB We see no miraculous signs. There is
no longer any prophet, neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
Psa_74:9 LB We
have not seen our signs; there is no longer a prophet; and God will not know us anymore.
Psa_74:9 (73:9) τὰ σημεῖα
ἡμῶν οὐκ
εἴδομεν, οὐκ
ἔστιν ἔτι
προφήτης, καὶ
ἡμᾶς οὐ
γνώσεται ἔτι.
Psa_74:10
WEB How long, God, shall the adversary
reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
Psa_74:10 How
long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? Shall the enemy provoke Your name
forever?
Psa_74:10 (73:10) ἕως πότε, ὁ
θεός, ὀνειδιεῖ
ὁ ἐχθρός,
παροξυνεῖ ὁ ὑπεναντίος
τὸ ὄνομά σου
εἰς τέλος;
(B) Psa_74 – Appeal to Desperation
for Salvation = Orthodox Prayer
Psa_74:19
WEB Don't deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don't forget the life of
your poor forever.
Psa_74:19 Do
not deliver to the wild beasts a soul that gives
praise to You: do not forget forever the souls of Your poor.
Psa_74:19 (73:19) μὴ παραδῷς
τοῖς θηρίοις
ψυχὴν
ἐξομολογουμένην
σοι, τῶν ψυχῶν
τῶν πενήτων
σου μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ
εἰς τέλος.
And why has God withheld prophecy?
The Age of Rebellion is why!
1Th_2 – Forbidding Us From Speaking
To The Nations
1Th_2:14 CAB For you, brothers, became imitators of the
churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because you suffered the
same things from your fellow countrymen, just as also they did by the Jews,
1Th_2:14 ὑμεῖς
γὰρ μιμηταὶ
ἐγενήθητε,
ἀδελφοί,
τῶν
ἐκκλησιῶν
τοῦ Θεοῦ
τῶν οὐσῶν
ἐν τῇ ᾿Ιουδαίᾳ
ἐν Χριστῷ
᾿Ιησοῦ, ὅτι
τὰ αὐτὰ ἐπάθετε
καὶ ὑμεῖς
ὑπὸ τῶν
ἰδίων
συμφυλετῶν
καθὼς καὶ
αὐτοὶ ὑπὸ
τῶν
᾿Ιουδαίων,
1Th_2:14
υμεις γαρ
μιμηται
εγενηθητε
αδελφοι των εκκλησιων
του θεου των
ουσων εν τη
ιουδαια εν
χριστω ιησου
οτι BAτα BAαυτα
TSταυτα
επαθετε και
υμεις υπο των
ιδιων
συμφυλετων καθως
και αυτοι υπο
των ιουδαιων
1Th_2:15 who
killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us;
and they do not please God and are against all men,
1Th_2:15 τῶν
καὶ τὸν
Κύριον
ἀποκτεινάντων
᾿Ιησοῦν καὶ
τοὺς
προφήτας,
καὶ ἡμᾶς
ἐκδιωξάντων,
καὶ Θεῷ μὴ
ἀρεσκόντων,
καὶ πᾶσιν
ἀνθρώποις
ἐναντίων,
1Th_2:15
των και τον
κυριον
αποκτειναντων
ιησουν και
τους TSBιδιους
προφητας και SBAημας
Tυμας
εκδιωξαντων
και θεω μη
αρεσκοντων και
πασιν ανθρωποις
εναντιων
1Th_2:16 forbidding us from speaking to the Gentiles
so that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the
measure of their sins; but the wrath of God
has come upon them to the uttermost.
1Th_2:16
κωλυόντων
ἡμᾶς τοῖς
ἔθνεσι
λαλῆσαι ἵνα
σωθῶσιν, εἰς
τὸ
ἀναπληρῶσαι
αὐτῶν τὰς
ἁμαρτίας
πάντοτε.
ἔφθασε δὲ
ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς
ἡ ὀργὴ εἰς
τέλος.
All of these passages describe the apostasy
we’re in today…
2Ti_4 – Turn Ears Away From Truth
2Ti_4:3 For there will be a time when they will not put
up with sound doctrine, but according to their own lusts, they will heap up for
themselves teachers, tickling their ears,
2Ti_4:3 ἔσται
γὰρ καιρὸς
ὅτε τῆς
ὑγιαινούσης
διδασκαλίας
οὐκ
ἀνέξονται,
ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὰς
ἐπιθυμίας
τὰς ἰδίας
ἑαυτοῖς
ἐπισωρεύσουσι
διδασκάλους
κνηθόμενοι
τὴν ἀκοήν,
2Ti_4:3
εσται γαρ
καιρος οτε της
υγιαινουσης
διδασκαλιας
ουκ ανεξονται
αλλα κατα τας TSBεπιθυμιας
TSBτας
ιδιας Aεπιθυμιας
εαυτοις
επισωρευσουσιν
διδασκαλους κνηθομενοι
την ακοην
2Ti_4:4 and they will turn their ears away from the
truth, and be turned aside to myths.
2Ti_4:4 καὶ
ἀπὸ μὲν
τῆς
ἀληθείας
τὴν ἀκοὴν
ἀποστρέψουσιν,
ἐπὶ δὲ
τοὺς μύθους
ἐκτραπήσονται.
And “Joe Smiley” preachers are only the
beginning…
This does NOT mean they stop going to church
and hearing false prophets, “teachers, tickling their ears”, but that they seek
to stop the clean Truth proclaimers from ever speaking to them…
They forbid the real Prophets from ever
speaking to them…
As God has already said before this...
Isa_30 – Rebels Say “Don’t
Prophesy!”
…Says
A Rebellious People
Isa_30:8 WEB Now
go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be
for the time to come forever and ever.
Isa_30:8 LB Now then sit down and write these words on a
tablet, and in a book; for these things shall be for many long days, even
forever.
Isa_30:8 Νῦν οὖν
καθίσας
γράψον ἐπὶ
πυξίου ταῦτα καὶ
εἰς βιβλίον,
ὅτι ἔσται εἰς
ἡμέρας καιρῶν
ταῦτα καὶ ἕως
εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
Isa_30:9 WEB For
it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will
not hear the law of Yahweh;
Isa_30:9 For the people are disobedient, false
children, who would not hear the law of God;
Isa_30:9 ὅτι λαὸς
ἀπειθής ἐστιν,
υἱοὶ ψευδεῖς,
οἳ οὐκ
ἠβούλοντο
ἀκούειν τὸν
νόμον τοῦ θεοῦ,
Isa_30:10 WEB who
tell the seers, "Don't see!"
and to the prophets, "Don't prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.
Isa_30:10 who say to the prophets, “Do not report to us”; and to them that see
visions, “Do not speak them to us, but speak and
report to us deceitful things;
Isa_30:10 οἱ
λέγοντες τοῖς
προφήταις Μὴ
ἀναγγέλλετε
ἡμῖν, καὶ τοῖς
τὰ ὁράματα
ὁρῶσιν Μὴ
λαλεῖτε ἡμῖν,
ἀλλὰ ἡμῖν
λαλεῖτε καὶ
ἀναγγέλλετε
ἡμῖν ἑτέραν
πλάνησιν
Isa_30:11 WEB Get out of the way.
Turn aside from the path. Cause the Holy One
of Israel to cease from before us."
Isa_30:11 and turn us aside
from this way; remove from us this
path, and remove from us the oracle of Israel.”
Isa_30:11 καὶ
ἀποστρέψατε
ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς
ὁδοῦ ταύτης,
ἀφέλετε ἀφ᾿
ἡμῶν τὸν
τρίβον τοῦτον
καὶ ἀφέλετε
ἀφ᾿ ἡμῶν τὸν
ἅγιον τοῦ
Ισραηλ.
TSK on Isaiah_30:10
say: 1Ki_21:20, 2Ch_16:10, 2Ch_18:7-27, 2Ch_24:19-21, 2Ch_25:16, Jer_5:31, Jer_11:21, Jer_26:11, Jer_26:20-23, Jer_29:27, Jer_38:4, Amo_2:12, Amo_7:13, Mic_2:6, Act_4:17, Act_5:28, 1Th_2:15, 1Th_2:16, Rev_11:7
Destroyed for Rejecting knowledge
Hos_4:5 WEB You will stumble in the day,
and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.
Hos_4:5
Therefore they shall fall by day, and the prophet with you shall
fall; I have compared your mother unto
night.
Hos_4:5 καὶ
ἀσθενήσεις
ἡμέρας, καὶ
ἀσθενήσει καὶ
προφήτης μετὰ
σοῦ· νυκτὶ
ὡμοίωσα τὴν
μητέρα σου.
Hos_4:6
WEB My people are
destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected
knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because
you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children.
Hos_4:6
My people are as if they had no knowledge: because you have
rejected knowledge, I also will reject you, that you shall not minister
as priest unto Me: and as you have forgotten the law of your God, I also
will forget your children.
Hos_4:6 ὡμοιώθη
ὁ λαός μου ὡς
οὐκ ἔχων
γνῶσιν· ὅτι σὺ
ἐπίγνωσιν
ἀπώσω, κἀγὼ
ἀπώσομαι σὲ
τοῦ μὴ ἱερατεύειν
μοι· καὶ
ἐπελάθου
νόμον θεοῦ σου,
κἀγὼ
ἐπιλήσομαι
τέκνων σου.
Rebellious Religion
Rebellious Church today is (at least)
just as guilty as Apostate Israel was in Hosea’s day.
Knowledge rejection = not hearing Truth
proclaimers today…
We get the rejection we choose -- and it
is high time to repent and change lest we be completely destroyed
We need to reverse the rebellion against God’s Inspired
heroes -- but how can we do that when we have so much rebellion bound up in our
hearts?
The Point: Extreme Humility is vital and indispensable
because it makes us believe God’s inspiration sent to us so we can be saved, so
we need to do whatever it takes to get humble enough lest we perish from being
lost
Bound Up In Hearts
Pro_22:15
WEB Folly is bound up in the heart of a
child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Pro_22:15
LB Folly is bound up in the heart
of a child, but the rod and instruction will drive it far from him.
Pro_22:15 ἄνοια
ἐξῆπται
καρδίας νέου,
ῥάβδος δὲ καὶ
παιδεία
μακρὰν ἀπ᾿
αὐτοῦ.
Discipline vs. Mud
·
Discipline Can Believe:
We need Discipline and/or self-disciple to change and start having faith again
in God’s Truth…
·
Discipline Can Release:
Punishment brings us down so we can let go of evil.
·
Mud Can’t Hunger: We
don’t beg for food when we’re full of mud.
·
Exchange Your Craving:
When we drop what is bad, we crave to pick up what is good.
·
Hunger for
Righteousness*: If you throw up your junk food, and you fast, then you can
eagerly crave what is healthy on an empty stomach. (* Mat_5:6)
Pro_27:7
WEB A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but
to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
Pro_27:7
LB A satisfied soul scorns the
honeycomb, but to a hungry soul even bitter things appear sweet.
Pro_27:7 ψυχὴ ἐν
πλησμονῇ οὖσα
κηρίοις
ἐμπαίζει, ψυχῇ
δὲ ἐνδεεῖ καὶ
τὰ πικρὰ
γλυκεῖα
φαίνεται.
We need to get disciplined and hungry so we can finally
escape pride and embrace the Truth!
Down-Up Proven!
This Down-Up Principle is proven by all the numerous
examples below, as seen all throughout the Bible…
Humility Defined
Biblical Humility =
Hebrew Implies: Oppressed, Needy, etc. Including…
Greek: Pressed-Down & Poor-Begging
Naturally, The Hebrew Bible
initially Emphasizes the facial attitude of humility
The Greek Bible brings the
ideas to a climax by describing the choices and concrete actions you do to be
truly humble and saved
Biblical words and concepts
for humility
The Face of Poor-Humility
The Lie…
Video: TD Jakes
TD Jakes said ‘Humility is
not a facial expression’
A Lesson In Humility -
Bishop TD Jakes
https://youtu.be/tZOniUwfC6Q?si=hIWv3hzpGml28wuF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZOniUwfC6Q
Truth/Reality:
Hebrew Poor/Afflicted =
Eye-Focused (Furrowed Brow?)
i.e.
poor-gentle-humble-afflicted = a VERY Facial idea in the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Humility
Hebrew Words
Eye
5869 5870
Afflict…Depression / “looking down or browbeating”:
“ענה” (H6030 6031, 6033) → “עני” (H6040 H6041)
AHLB: A furrow depression
is formed between the eyes when watching intensely. The furrow may also be
formed by concentration or depression.
H6040 H6041
≈ H6035 H6041
6035 “”
Gentle: One who is
oppressed or depressed
6037 6038
h:6039
h:8589 (Fasting)
h:6031
6049 (Watch)
3282,_3283
Owl
6050
6051
6053
Cloud
6045
Business
5770
Abode
5772
4583
4585
4618
in the
ground
4616
LOW Humility
H8217 = LOW
Positivity ≠ Humility
The Idol of Rich Positivity
Rich want positivity
-- therefore they redefine humility as their own self-made idol!
This is avoiding a guilty
conscience instead of repenting and obeying to grab eternal life (Mat_6; 1Ti_6,
etc.)
Officially “thanking God”
for all the good He’s given you is a first step toward social reform, but it
does nothing to save or protect you from the rich harlot of Revelation!
The harlot is positive! “I
sit as a queen; will so no sorrow” -- laying mouth of the false prophets, from
Jeremiah to Revelation!
Biblical Hebrew-Greek humility is NOT
just raw positivity disguised as “thankfulness”!
Humility is not a graceful descent to
"a modest feeling" of yourself
It is a forced lowness in Hebrew, whether
externally or internally
It is pressing yourself down to squatting
and begging in Greek
Fasting into Humility
Fasting into Humble Eyes
Lev_16:29;
Ezr_8:21; Dan_10:12
Isaiah 58 - TrueFast
Commanded Humility Eyes
Isa_58:10
Exo_10:3 – be humbled
Gentile Humility Required!
· Don't be a hardhearted Gentile!
· Notice that this is one of the clear places the LAW speaks directly to the wicked sinful flesh of Gentiles, and the need to bow down their eyes!
·
Commands to be humble,
our commands to obey the virtue that saves
·
It is not a commanded
virtue that is lofty above your head beyond your ability
·
Afflicting yourself
into press down begging is always beneath your feet
Gen_16:9; Psa_132:1
Disobedience Implies God will Put Your Eyes Down
(Gen_15:13; Exo_1:11-12
Gen_16:6
Gen_16:9
Psa_119:71
Psa_34:
Psa_34:6 – this POOR man
cried
Psa_34:18 – broken heart
crushed Spirit closeness
Isa_61:1 – good message to
poor
Isa_66:2 – MT: poor struck
spirit
Mat_5:3 – poor in spirit
get kingdom of heaven
Pressed Down
Mat_18/23 / Luk_14/18 –
Whoever presses himself down will be lifted up
As seen below…
BSSm Excerpt:
(i) Lowliness = Favor: Pro_3:34; Jam_4:6-17; Jam_5:1-6 (3)(H); 1Pe_5:5-6, 1Pe_5:10, 1Pe_5:12; 1Co_15:9-10 (vs.1Co_4:1-21 –
1Co_5:6, etc.); 2Ti_2:1, 2Ti_2:14-26; Tit_2:11-15 (3)(H); (Tit_1:5 –
Tit_3:1-14); [Php_2 (iii)†,
etc. (comp. 1 – 4); Mat_18:4 (Greatest); Mat_23:12/Luk_14:11/Luk_18:14 (pressed-down lifted up); Zep_2:3 (seek) → Zep_3:9-12, Zep_3:16-20; Zec_4:7; Col_3:12 (put on); Col_4:6 (favor); [1Pe_3:8 (A humble mind)]; 1Pe_5:5 (Clothe…selves)]
See:
BSSm
Others = Better
Php_2:3 – Consider others
better than yourself
Php_2:3 NKJV Let nothing be
done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each
esteem others better than himself.
Rom_12:10 NKJV Be kindly
affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to
one another;
1Pe_5:5 NKJV Likewise you
younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive
to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But
gives grace to the humble.”
Inspired Saving Attitude
of Others = Better
· The attitude of Moses, Jesus, & ALL THOSE SAVED by imitating and unifying with Him!
Inferiority Complex Produces Begging
It's your job to maintain
awareness of your flesh's sinfulness
It's your job to maintain
an awareness of the glory of righteous people
If you have an inferiority
complex, because you see the sinfulness of your flesh and the glory of those
hoping and obedience, then of course you're going to be a a beggar to those who
are better than your self
Pleasure in Weakness
2Co_12:10 – I take pleasure
in weakness
2Co_12:10 NKJV Therefore I
take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in
distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2Co_12:9 NKJV And He said to
me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in
weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that
the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Jam_1:2 NKJV My brethren,
count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
Rom_5:3 NKJV And not only
that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces
perseverance;
So,
Humility is required for
salvation because...
· You've got to be convicted to have faith, because that's what faith is!
· You've got to acknowledge your sin and deep sinfulness
· Real humility is at the beginning of the Gospel of our salvation:
Begging Defined
Poor Crouching Begging Defined
Mat_5:3; Luk_6:20;
Luk_16:20
Poor crouching begging is
one of the hardest words to translate in The Sermon on the Mount without
monumental concepts being lost in translation
Biblical humility is
begging
Gospel saving humility is
begging
Themes and synonyms of
begging and asking are throughout the Sermon on the Mount
is about being needy
impoverished awareness of need and desperation enough to take action and
apprehend salvation and solve problems by pressed down lowly begging
No Hypocritical Definitions
Getting what you don't
already have is the goal of monotheism
Hypocrisy restates what you
already have think believe
In order to hide and
maintain and flatter conventional hypocrisy
No Circular Definitions
Surprisingly I have to warn
about something so elementary...
You don't include the
definition of a word within the definition of the word in order to define a
word...
Being poor in spirit is not
recognizing your poor and spirit - or any confusing variation thereof
Being poor in spirit is not
recognizing you are poor spiritually, or recognizing that you're already a
beggar, because that defeats the purpose of those who inherit the Kingdom of
Heaven
Anti-Macho
Bible is the opposite of...
· Macho Man
· Alpha Male
Begging is Asking
How to Get Started?
If you're wondering how to get started with begging... JUST ASK!
…As long as you don’t ask wrongly / ‘ask amiss’ (Jam_4:3)
>>Scrip: ES
Jam_4:3 NKJV You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss,
that you may spend it on your pleasures.
The pressed down humility of Jesus that thought about and treated others
better than Himself armed him with the virtues that sought out John the Baptist
and asked for the valuableeness of his baptism and quoted The divinely inspired
value of Moses's Words when He was most vulnerable in the wilderness
BTW: If you're wondering where God's Spirit
is at in your life, this is where!
Virtue is where The Clean Spirit is at
Love Asks
Love is about cherishing value
Seek out what value to cherish about every human as long as they're
alive
Humility looks for what value you need from them - and asks for it
After all, relationships are all about meeting needs
Just pause and think about how others have (or someone particularly has)
anything at all nice, enjoyable, or valuable, and then carefully think if
there's anything they have that you need and ask them for it.
This is not selfish resource consumption, but this is the humility that
is in real love that craves asks and even begs for the valuableness in other people
that you need - and when you receive them into your life you invite a
functioning (and maybe even excellent) relationship with them (and this can fix
all kind of broken relationships into surpassing excellence that you never knew
was available)
SOM Asking Words - Summary
>>> BSSm, etc.
Mat_5:3 – Beg spiritually (poor in spirit)
Mat_5:6 – Hunger & thirst for righteousness
Mat_5:17-20 – Do-teaching = greatness & Discipleship
Mat_6:9-13 – Ask for God’s will, provision, forgiveness, deliverance
(Lord’s Prayer)
Mat_6:33 – Seek first the kingdom & righteousness
Mat_7:7 – Ask, Seek, Knock (for good gifts)
Mat_7:11 – Expect good from the Father
Pride
Pride stops you from admitting there is something nice about someone
you're angry at
Pride stops you from asking others for something they have that is
better than what you have.
This is the exact same lovelessness of pride in both cases, there's no
(real moral) difference!
You don't need to slouch into low culture, because then you'll never
achieve the zealous value of real love, or the exciting purpose of greatness
Disciples Ask
Begging is as simple as...
Imitate, learn, be a disciple
Keep on Begging
[9/8/25]; 9/9/25; [9/7/25]; []; …9/14/25
The Continued Begging which Keeps Asking!
You must keep on begging because...
· You haven't (fully) inherited the kingdom of heaven! (Yet, so far)
· You desperately need help from Bible obeyers
· Obeyers Still Have What You Need!
· (Keep asking every time someone has something you need)
No Hasty Graduation
· Don't ever graduate from begging!
· This kind of hasty mistake is perhaps the worst form of "Premature Arrival Syndrome"
Paul & Jesus = Our Examples of Continued Begging
· Paul kept making himself poor (2Co_6), just exactly like…
· Jesus kept humbling Himself (Php_2:), & making Himself Poor (2Co_8:)
· Jesus’ humility included making Himself poor
>>Scrip:
The body parts of anointed one are not able to say to each other that, I
have no need of you
See: Independence
How often should I beg?
· As often as you need something, and God has it, then keep on begging God.
· As often as someone has something that you need, keep begging them.
Staying Humble = Continuing to Beg
Some people probably understand any kind of begging as only being for an
"altar call" type of response
But you can't truly make the statement that you can graduate from
begging so that you already did that and don't have to keep doing that anymore
Saying you don't have to beg anymore is like saying you don't have to be
humble anymore, because begging is one of the most important Bible words for
humility.
No “Altar Call Begging” and Fullness Afterward
1 Corinthians_4:8-
they did already do "an altar call" when they got baptized in 1st
Corinthians 1
So it looks like they've already done there salvation entrance begging,
but that's not what concerns Paul so much in 1st Corinthians_4:8
We see that their apostasy is in danger going to hell, and they're the
only ones (besides the Galatians) that have a problem continuing to beg Paul in
the Bible
Jesus Keeps Begging
Compare Philippians 2 with 2 Corinthians 6 & 8
In Philippians 2 Jesus kept on humbling Himself
In 2nd Corinthians 8 this included making Himself a poor crouching
beggar
So we don't get to stop having the mind of anointed one in Philippians
2, but we need to keep on humbling ourselves, which includes continuing to make
ourselves poor crouching beggars
Humility Begs for the Value it LOVES in Others!
If you're struggling to seriously value someone, you can even start
small: maybe they are valuable in small ways such as...
Physical skills (handy, sewing, technology, etc.)
Something slightly nice about their personality
Maybe there's something mentally valuable about them
Therefore begging is a biggest key to really loving people.
Begging is both faith and love in this sense
Therefore it is biblical for you to be eager to search out how to be a
beggar, because you need it for your own salvation in bearing good fruit as
well as other people need something seriously valuable that acknowledges and
cherishes them with real love
Begging Bible Heroes
Jesus' Begging
(A) Beggar
Jesus told us to be humble
beggars (Mat_5:3) -- so that implies He was one too -- Jesus “practiced what He
preached”
2Co_8:9 – Jesus made
Himself poor-beggar
We've got to talk
biblically, and somehow find a way to (verbally and literally) agree with Paul when
he said Jesus was as a beggar.
So don't think of how Jesus
was not a beggar, but instead think of how you can say He was a
beggar, and agree with the Bible, and talk like the Bible and still come out
Orthodox.
(B) Php_2:
We’re supposed to think like
Him as our example of humility (which would logically include His begging):
Phil_2:3 KJV Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
…let this mind be in you…
(C) Grew as A child Needing
Learning
Isa_7: Emanuel
Before the child will know
good from evil
Jesus Needed Marry
· Mary’s flesh
· To learn to talk & read from her
(D) Human Will to Sacrifice
His human will given up for
the Father’s
(E) Fasting
Mat_4: Luk_4:
Jesus depended on the words
of Moses in his most desperate hours of fasting and resisting the devil -- He
refused to Branch out on His own independent authority!
(F) Baptism
Jesus needed john to baptize Him.
(He needed/begged someone else)
Jesus gained maximum
approval from the Father by submitting through John's baptism, of all the
strange ironies…
(G) Foot Washing
Exemplified
Jesus bowed before the
disciples and wash their feet, similar to Maria Bethany who had washed His feet
(H) Jesus is MEAK! --
that’s Almost Beggarly
Mat_11: I am meek
Paul: The meekness of
anointed One
Paul's Begging
Paul made himself a
poor-beggar just like Jesus did! (as seen above)
Submitting to James - despite how utterly bold all is about proclaiming
his good message
>>Scrip:
I was with you in much fear and trembling
Knowing the terror of the lord we persuade men
David’s Poor Begging
..
what was already his
David only got in trouble when he was "exalted on the roof",
looking around freely where God had not appointed him to look
And when being confronted by his sin God reminded him yet again of his
lowly humbled beginnings
When Nathan said that God would build David into a house David sat on
the ground in the Tabernacle, which completely identifies David as a poor
crouching beggar
Brief Preview of David
1Sa_16 – 1Sa_17 – David = Poor Shepherd
1Sa_17 – David defeats Goliath & reportedly gets riches and
honor
1Sa_21:13 – David pretends to be insane before Achish to
escape danger.
Psa_34:6 NKJV This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, And saved him
out of all his troubles.
David becomes a VERY prosperous King
1Ch_16:7 NKJV On that day David first delivered this psalm into the hand
of Asaph and his brethren, to thank the LORD.
David keeps leading all Israel to sing about him being a Poor man
despite all the access her has to treasures
David keeps giving lot of money to God for the Temple, etc.
Jesus says that the temple makes gold holy
Summary Preview
1Sa_16:11 – David is the youngest, tending sheep.
1Sa_16:17-18 – David is skillful in playing, chosen to serve Saul.
1Sa_17:15 – David goes back and forth between Saul and feeding his
father’s sheep.
1Sa_17:25 – Promise of riches, Saul’s daughter, and tax exemption to the
man who kills Goliath.
1Sa_17:28 – Eliab rebukes David about “few sheep” and pride.
1Sa_17:33 – Saul calls David too young to fight Goliath.
>> Saul will give riches and honor to the one who
defeats Goliath
1Sa_18:4 – Jonathan gives David his robe, armor, sword, bow, and belt.
1Sa_18:5 – Saul sets David over men of war, accepted by people.
1Sa_18:18 – David says he is unworthy to be son-in-law to the king.
1Sa_18:27 – David kills Philistines, becomes Saul’s son-in-law, marries
Michal.
1Sa_21:13 – David pretends to be insane before Achish to
escape danger.
Psa_34:6 NKJV This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, And saved him
out of all his troubles.
Psa_107:6 NKJV Then they cried out to
the LORD in their trouble, And He delivered them out of their distresses.
1Sa_22:1-2 – David gathers 400 men in the cave of Adullam.
1Sa_27:5-6 – David asks Achish for a town, receives Ziklag.
1Sa_30:18-19 – David recovers wives, sons, daughters, and all
possessions plundered at Ziklag.
2Sa_8:11 – David dedicates silver and gold from subdued nations to
the LORD.
2Sa_22:1 – David sings to the LORD after deliverance from Saul and
enemies (Psalm 18).
2Sa_23:1 – David called the “sweet psalmist of Israel.”
2Sa_24:24 – David refuses to offer to God what costs him nothing, buys
threshing floor for silver.
2Sa_5:12 – David recognizes the LORD established him as king over
Israel.
2Sa_7:8 – God reminds David He took him from the sheepfold
to rule Israel.
2Sa_7:18 – David marvels before God: “Who am I,
that You have brought me this far?”
>> sits on the ground as a beggar
2Sa_12:7-8 – Nathan rebukes David, reminding him of God’s gifts: Saul’s
house, wives, kingdom, Israel, Judah.
1Ch_6:31-32 – David appoints men over the service of song
in the house of the LORD.
1Ch_15:16 – David orders Levites to appoint singers with instruments.
1Ch_15:27 – David and the Levites wear linen robes; Chenaniah is music
master with singers.
1Ch_16:4-6 – David appoints Levites to minister, thank,
and praise the LORD with instruments and trumpets.
1Ch_16:7 – David delivers a psalm to Asaph and his
brethren to thank the LORD.
1Ch_18:11 – David dedicates silver and gold taken from nations to the
LORD.
1Ch_21:24 – David refuses Ornan’s gift, insists on buying the threshing
floor at full price.
1Ch_22:14 – David prepares vast sums of gold, silver, bronze, iron,
timber, and stone for the temple.
1Ch_23:5 – Four thousand Levites to praise the LORD with instruments
made by David.
1Ch_25:1 – David and army captains set apart sons of Asaph, Heman,
Jeduthun to prophesy with instruments.
1Ch_29:2 – David prepares gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, stones,
and marble for God’s house.
1Ch_29:3 – David gives from his personal treasure of gold and silver to
the temple.
1Ch_29:6 – Leaders and captains offer willingly.
1Ch_29:9 – People rejoice in giving willingly; David also rejoices
greatly.
1Ch_29:14 – David says they only give back to God what is
His.
1Ch_29:16 – David acknowledges all abundance comes from God.
2Ch_5:12 – Levite singers (Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun) and 120 priests sound
trumpets at the Temple dedication.
2Ch_29:25 – Hezekiah stations Levites with instruments according to
command of David, Gad, and Nathan.
Ezr_3:10 – Priests and Levites (sons of Asaph) praise the LORD with
trumpets and cymbals, following David’s ordinance.
Neh_12:24 – Levite leaders give thanks in groups, according to David’s
command.
Neh_12:45 – Singers and gatekeepers keep their charge according to David
and Solomon’s command.
Psa_4:1 – “To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of
David…” (shows organized psalmody).
Psa_12:1 – “To the Chief Musician. On an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of
David…”
Psa_73:1 – “A Psalm of Asaph…” (reflecting David’s appointed musicians
writing psalms).
Psa_78:70-71 – God chose David from the sheepfold to shepherd Israel.
Psa_88:1 – “A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah… A contemplation of
Heman…”
Ezr_8:25 – Offering for the house of God, reflecting the pattern
established by David.
Later Riches
1Sa_17:52 — pursuing Philistines and mentioning Ekron, Gath, Shaaraim.
1Sa_27:8-12 — raiding Geshurites, Girzites, Amalekites under cover of
Achish.
1Sa_30 — assessment/recovery of Ziklag.
2Sa_8:1 — kingly subjugation of Philistine territories.
The Initial Humility and Poverty of David
1Sa_16:11 NKJV And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all the young men here?”
Then he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the
sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him. For we will not sit down
till he comes here.”
1Sa_17:15 NKJV But David occasionally went and returned from Saul to
feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
1Sa_17:28 NKJV Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the
men; and Eliab’s anger was aroused against David, and he said, “Why did you
come down here? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness?
I know your pride and the insolence of your heart, for you have come down to
see the battle.”
1Sa_17:33 NKJV And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against
this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war
from his youth.”
1Sa_18:18 NKJV So David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life or
my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”
2Sa_7:8 NKJV Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David,
‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following
the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.”
Reflecting on His Low Estate
Psa_78:70-71 NKJV He also chose
David His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; from following the ewes
that had young He brought him, to shepherd Jacob His people, and Israel His
inheritance.
2Sa_7:18 NKJV Then King David went
in and sat before the LORD; and he said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD?
And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?”
1Sa_21:13 NKJV So he changed his behavior before them, pretended madness
in their hands, scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva fall
down on his beard.
Psa_34:6 NKJV This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, And saved him
out of all his troubles.
Psa_107:6 NKJV Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, And He
delivered them out of their distresses.
Possessions Before Kingship
David’s Early Prestige
1Sa_17:25 NKJV So the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who
has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be that the man
who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, will give
him his daughter, and give his father’s house exemption from taxes
in Israel.”
1Sa_18:4 NKJV And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it
to David, with his armor, even to his sword and his bow and his belt.
1Sa_18:5 NKJV So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved
wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the
sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
1Sa_18:27 NKJV Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and
killed two hundred men of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins,
and they gave them in full count to the king, that he might become the king’s
son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.
1Sa_17:52 NKJV Then the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted and
pursued the Philistines as far as the valley and the gates of Ekron. And the
dead Philistines fell on the way from Shaaraim to Gath and to Ekron.
The Fugitive David
1Sa_21:13 NKJV So he changed his behavior before them, pretended madness
in their hands, scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva fall
down on his beard.
1Sa_22:1-2 NKJV David therefore departed from there and escaped to the
cave of Adullam. So when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they
went down there to him. And everyone who was in distress, everyone who was in
debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him. So he became captain
over them. And there were about four hundred men with him.
1Sa_27:5-6 NKJV So David said to Achish, “If I have now found favor in
your eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may
dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?” So
Achish gave him Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of
Judah to this day.
1Sa_30:18-19 NKJV So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried
away, and David rescued his two wives. And nothing of theirs was lacking,
either small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything which they had
taken from them; David recovered all.
1Sa_27:8-12 NKJV David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites,
the Girzites, and the Amalekites. He did not leave a man or bring any spoils to
Gath, pretending to Achish that he was raiding Judah and its surroundings.
1Sa_30:1-2 NKJV Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third
day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and Ziklag, and had
burned Ziklag with fire, and had taken captive the women and all who were in
it, from small to great.
1Sa_30:7-8 NKJV David inquired of the LORD whether to pursue the
Amalekites, and the LORD gave guidance to do so, recovering the spoil.
David Dedicates Spoils and Wealth to God
2Sa_8:11 NKJV King David also dedicated these to the LORD, along with
the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had
subdued.
1Ch_18:11 NKJV King David also dedicated these to the LORD, along with
the silver and gold that he had brought from all these nations—from Edom, from
Moab, from the people of Ammon, from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
David Refusing Riches
2Sa_24:24 NKJV Then the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy
it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God
with that which costs me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the
oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
1Ch_21:24 NKJV Then King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will surely buy
it for the full price, for I will not take what is yours for the LORD, nor
offer burnt offerings with that which costs me nothing.”
David Prepares for the Temple
1Ch_22:14 NKJV Indeed I have taken much trouble to prepare for the house
of the LORD one hundred thousand talents of gold and one million talents of
silver, and bronze and iron beyond measure, for it is so abundant. I have
prepared timber and stone also, and you may add to them.
1Ch_29:2 NKJV Now for the house of my God I have prepared with all my
might: gold for things to be made of gold, silver for things of silver, bronze
for things of bronze, iron for things of iron, wood for things of wood, onyx
stones, stones to be set, glistening stones of various colors, all kinds of
precious stones, and marble slabs in abundance.
1Ch_29:3 NKJV Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of
my God, I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have
prepared for the holy house, my own special treasure of gold and silver.
1Ch_29:6 NKJV Then the leaders of the fathers’ houses, leaders of the
tribes of Israel, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the officers
over the king’s work, offered willingly.
1Ch_29:9 NKJV Then the people rejoiced, for they had offered willingly,
because with a loyal heart they had offered willingly to the LORD; and King
David also rejoiced greatly.
David’s Public Prayer Over the
Offerings
1Ch_29:14 NKJV But who am I, and who are my people, That we should be
able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from You, And of Your
own we have given You.
1Ch_29:16 NKJV O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have prepared
to build You a house for Your holy name is from Your hand, and is all Your own.
David as King with Great Possessions
2Sa_5:12 NKJV So David knew that the
LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted His
kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
2Sa_8:6 NKJV Then David put
garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and
brought tribute. So the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
2Sa_8:11 NKJV King David also
dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold that he had
dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued.
2Sa_12:7-8 NKJV Then Nathan said to
David, “You are the man! Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘I anointed you king
over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. I gave you your master’s
house and your master’s wives into your keeping, and gave you the house of
Israel and Judah. And if that had been too little, I also would have given you
much more!’”
David the Psalmist and Composer
1Sa_16:17-18 NKJV So Saul said to
his servants, “Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”
Then one of the servants answered and said, “Look, I have seen a son of Jesse
the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of
war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and the LORD is with him.”
2Sa_22:1 NKJV Then David spoke to
the LORD the words of this song, on the day when the LORD had delivered him
from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.
2Sa_23:1 NKJV Now these are the last
words of David. Thus says David the son of Jesse; Thus says the man raised up
on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel.
Organization of Singers and Musicians
1Ch_6:31-32 NKJV Now these are the men whom David appointed over the
service of song in the house of the LORD, after the ark came to rest. They were
ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting,
until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they served in
their office according to their order.
1Ch_15:16 NKJV Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint
their brethren to be the singers accompanied by instruments of music, stringed
instruments, harps, and cymbals, by raising the voice with resounding joy.
1Ch_15:27 NKJV David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all
the Levites who bore the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah the music master with
the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.
1Ch_16:4-6 NKJV And he appointed some of the Levites to minister before
the ark of the LORD, to commemorate, to thank, and to praise the LORD God of
Israel: Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth,
Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-Edom: Jeiel with stringed
instruments and harps, but Asaph made music with cymbals; Benaiah and Jahaziel
the priests regularly blew the trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God.
1Ch_16:7 NKJV On that day David first delivered this psalm into the hand
of Asaph and his brethren, to thank the LORD.
1Ch_23:5 NKJV Four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised
the LORD with musical instruments, “which I made,” said David, “for giving
praise.”
1Ch_25:1 NKJV Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for
the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should
prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the
skilled men performing their service was…
2Ch_5:12 NKJV and the Levites who were the singers, all those of Asaph
and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east
end of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, stringed instruments
and harps, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets—
David’s Order of Psalmody -- Later Reflections
2Ch_29:25 NKJV And he stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD
with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the
commandment of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for
thus was the commandment of the LORD by His prophets.
Ezr_3:10 NKJV When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the
LORD, the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the
sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the ordinance of
David king of Israel.
Neh_12:24 NKJV And the heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah,
and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren across from them, to praise
and give thanks, group alternating with group, according to the command of
David the man of God.
Neh_12:45 NKJV Both the singers and the gatekeepers kept the charge of
their God and the charge of the purification, according to the command of David
and Solomon his son.
Desolation Requires Begging
Desolation Recognition = Begging
What stops begging? --
million-dollar question of our rebellious age…
Do you want help begging?
Then you need help coming
to terms with desolation
(1) Your Flesh is Sinful
Gen_6:1; Rom_3:1; etc
And that leads straight to
hell
(2) Fleshliness = Hell
you're not allowed to be
fleshly
SEARCH
Quote all of the Bible verses against being in the flesh,
including those that say flesh is associated with sinning, and walking after
the flesh proves your lost and going to hell, and those that describe New
Covenant people as not being in the flesh
(3) Proof of Flesh
The flesh is sinful,
therefore moral imperfections prove flesh
Matthew_5:48
Romans 6 - Romans 8
See: 2 Minds
Sin-Repentance-Perfection.htm#TwoMinds
INSP
Distinguishing Flesh vs. Spirit
Do you know the difference between the Flesh and the Spirit?
The Flesh is always disobeying the Bible (Rom_8:7) but the Spirit is always obeying the Bible (Rom_8:4 & see Rom_8:1-18).
This is exactly why you should be running with eager excitement to be with the
righteous, because obeyers are the only ones who have God’s Spirit* (Act_5:32, etc.) and Jesus said
they are the salty (contrasting) light of the world (Mat_5:13-16).
8/11/24
SEARCH
Quote all of the Bible verses that help prove whether or
not a person is in the flesh or being fleshly, such as the works of the flesh
are manifest or made clear, and as many other key versus and passages you
possibly can that directly linked being fleshly with being sinful, including
especially where the flesh breaks God's rules, because it doesn't submit to
God's law nor indeed can it, and make sure to get as many verses like this as
possible that directly link being in the flesh and being fleshly with breaking
God's rules and disobeying the Bible and being sinful
(4) Ask For Help to Get Heaven
Every time you disobey a
Bible verse you owe a debt to God to beg someone who is obeying those Bible
verses to help you be saved from sinning against them
You're not allowed to be
absurd, independent, self-assertive, entitled, egocentric, self vindicating,
self-pitying, pouting, amazed at how sorry you are for yourself, preoccupied
about your ego and self-perception and the narrative you're telling yourself
about yourself to justify yourself... You're not allowed to waste time, drag
your feet, be hypocritical, complain about the difficulty, grown in the
darkness, be satisfied with your own misery and miserable state of
desolation...
None of these foolish
things makes any sense at all, and they are an outrage to Heaven and Earth!
You see that flesh is
sinful, you see that you are falling into the flesh, so the only reasonable
thing to do is to beg for help to be saved from the flesh!
Why is The flesh so slow to
beg?
Stop the laziness and
egocentric prideful excuses! Get busy and get serious about salvation and cry
out to God and to His Obey All the Bible Representatives for His priestly
salvation from heaven!
Independence = Not Begging
Independence is Failing to Beg
Independence proves we have failed to beg like the Bible demands for salvation, to the exact same degree that we are independent
Repent of Self-idolatry & Self-worship & come OBEY Interdependence with Obeyers!
>>Scrip:
None of us lives to ourself
Despising & Assuming Non-Inspiration
Prideful despising is a root of Independence
The flesh never does Justice toward Truth right in front of its face
>>Scrip:
We Believe Moses
Pride vs. Humility
It takes humility to admit that you have a need
Therefore the humility of asking and begging is the logical scientific
integrity of Truth
It defeats the absurd madness of folly and irrational pride and
rebellious Independence
Hypocrisy
If indeed you're successfully begging God in private, you will not be
able to hold back horizontally when you come around true disciples
Love Needs
Stop despising people and invalidating their likableness and value and
in demand qualities that you need
Beggars Can't Be Choosers
· If you're obsessed with Truth it doesn't matter what container the word of God is inside
· If you should receive a divine rebuke from a donkey, how much more the surpassing cleanness of an obeyer?
· Fear judgement and stop making excuses to humble yourself to beg others for help
Inspired Body Parts Worth Begging
>>Scrip:
Anointed One's body parts can't say they don't need each other
Once you established a need you have for the body parts of Anointed One,
it is utter absurdity and hypocrisy to not ask them for that, and to seek that
out by any and every means
We need to stop having a low view of inspiration, because that directly
follows a low view of obedience
Socrates
Begging is in direct contrast to everything going on in churchanity today, which is extremely independent like Socrates with his personal independent guidance spirit, and people think they can follow the voice they have and get saved all by themselves and they don't have need of anyone else
Trusting in Flesh
Jer_17:5 Thus says the Lord: 'Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.'"
Our Own Plans
Jer_18:12 But they say, 'That is in vain! We will follow our own plans, and will every one act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.'"
Counsel & Reproof Refused
Pro_1:24-25 Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded, because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof."
Mocking Delegates
2Ch_36:16 But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy."
Amo_2:12 But you made the Nazirites
drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'You shall not prophesy.'"
Mat_13:57 And they took offense at
him. But Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is not without honor except in his
hometown and in his own household.'"
Avoiding Jerusalem = Rebellion
Jer_2:31 NKJV “O generation, see the word of the LORD! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are lords; We will come no more to You’?”
Isa_30:1 NKJV “Woe to the rebellious children,” says the LORD, “Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may add sin to sin.”
Rebellion = Divination
1Sa_15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king."
Right in Your Own Eyes
Deu_12:8 NKJV “You shall not at all do as we are doing here today—every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes.”
Jdg_21:25 NKJV In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Self-Deceived
Gal_6:2;…
Gal_6:3 KJV For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Isolation = Independence
Prov_18:1 KJV Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
2 Better Than 1
Ecc_4:9-12 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!"
Interdependence of Body Parts
1Co_12:21 KJV And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Apostles' Doctrine, Fellowship, & Bread
Acts_2:42 KJV And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Acts_2:44 KJV And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
Assembling with Obeyers
Heb_3:7-8 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, 'Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness'...
Heb_3:12 KJV Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Heb_3:13 KJV But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Heb_10:24 KJV And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Heb_10:25 KJV Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Forsaking obeyers = forsaking God!
Mutual Submission
1Pet_5:5 KJV Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Defining Independence!
-- Under Construction --
GPT:
Self-asserted autonomy
Anti-submission rebellion
Prideful self-sufficiency
Breaking covenantal dependence
GPT:
ACT Against Independence!
-- Under Construction --
Slavation = Salvation
Being a Slave (“Slavation”) is Getting Salvation in the Bible
(This is almost an inspired spelling mistake)
Rom_1: – I am debtor
Rom_8: – we are debtors
This is the opposite of entitlement, pride, social confidence
BSSm Excerpt:
(iii) Slave ** (2)(i): Mal_3:13-18; Joh_13:14-16; Joh_15:15, Joh_15:20; Rom_1:1, [Rom_1:9 (λατρεύω);
Rom_15:16 (λειτουργὸν)]; Rom_12:11; Rom_16:18; 1Co_9:19 (ii)‡; 2Co_4:5; Gal_1:10; Gal_5:13 (Love Slave-Serve); Eph_6:5-6; Phi_1:1 (i)†, etc. (Phi_2:10-11); Col_3:24; Tit_1:1; Jam_1:1; 1Pe_2:16; 2Pe_1:1; Jud_1:1; Rev_1:1; Rev_22:6, Rev_22:9 [ Phi_3:6-7;]; [Joh_12:26 (διακονῇ – deacon-servant);
Act_27:23 (λατρεύω)];
[i.e. Slave (1) has a vs.
with a of see: Lord (2)(i)]
See:
BSSm
Humility = Heaven
Why is humility needed for
salvation?
Mat_18:3, etc. – Unless you
are converted and become as children you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven
ES: Who Is the Greatest?
Mat_18:1 CAB At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is the greater in the kingdom of heaven?"
Mat_18:1 ᾿Εν ἐκείνῃ
τῇ ὥρᾳ προσῆλθον
οἱ μαθηταὶ
τῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ
λέγοντες·
τίς ἄρα
μείζων ἐστὶν
ἐν τῇ
βασιλείᾳ τῶν
οὐρανῶν;
Mat_18:1 εν εκεινη τη ωρα προσηλθον οι μαθηται τω ιησου λεγοντες τις αρα μειζων εστιν εν τη βασιλεια των ουρανων
Mat_18:2 Then Jesus called a little child, and set him in their midst,
Mat_18:2 καὶ
προσκαλεσάμενος
ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς
παιδίον ἔστησεν
αὐτὸ ἐν
μέσῳ αὐτῶν
Mat_18:2 και προσκαλεσαμενος TSBο TSBιησους παιδιον εστησεν αυτο εν μεσω αυτων
Mat_18:3 and said, "Assuredly I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you shall by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
Mat_18:3 καὶ εἶπεν·
ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν,
ἐὰν μὴ
στραφῆτε καὶ
γένησθε ὡς
τὰ παιδία, οὐ
μὴ εἰσέλθητε
εἰς τὴν
βασιλείαν τῶν
οὐρανῶν.
Mat_18:3 και ειπεν αμην λεγω υμιν εαν μη στραφητε και γενησθε ως τα παιδια ου μη εισελθητε εις την βασιλειαν των ουρανων
Mat_18:4 Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven.
Mat_18:4 ὅστις οὖν
ταπεινώσει ἑαυτὸν
ὡς τὸ
παιδίον τοῦτο,
οὗτός ἐστιν
ὁ μείζων ἐν
τῇ βασιλείᾳ
τῶν οὐρανῶν.
Mat_18:4 οστις ουν BAταπεινωσει TSταπεινωση εαυτον ως το παιδιον τουτο ουτος εστιν ο μειζων εν τη βασιλεια των ουρανων
Mat_18:5 And whoever receives one such little child in My name, receives Me.
Mat_18:5 καὶ ὃς ἐὰν
δέξηται
παιδίον τοιοῦτον
ἓν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί
μου, ἐμὲ
δέχεται·
Mat_18:5 και
ος εαν δεξηται TSBπαιδιον
TSBτοιουτον
εν Aπαιδιον Aτοιουτο
επι τω ονοματι
μου εμε
δεχεται
Mat_19:14 NKJV But Jesus
said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such
is the kingdom of heaven.”
Mar_10:15 NKJV Assuredly, I
say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will
by no means enter it.
notice the inferiority
complex
Faith Replaces Begging?
Is Faith Alone Valid?
Even if such heresy were,
faith is a conviction... And of course you need convicting Faith to be saved
Faith is not when you don't
feel convicted, but when you do!
Quick Salvation Review
Salvation from sin is the
New Covenant salvation (Matthew_1:21)
The gospel of your
salvation
The Gospels are the Gospel!
Mark tells us the gospel
began with John
Zachariah in Luke tells us
that John preached salvation
Jesus came preaching the
gospel as soon as John was not able
These are non-negotiable
explicit statements about the gospel and salvation even though they are denied
by liberal free thinking sloppiness in church
Humility Defined (Reminders)
See: Humility Defined (above)
The Choice of Humility
9/7/25
Choosing to regard others
as better than yourself is not necessarily a feeling at first
At first you don't see God,
but if you're like Hebrews 11 heroes you choose to lead it into the victory of
faith
So that Moses and the other
heroes of Faith LED themselves into seeing the Imperceivable One
So you don't feel humility
all the time but an obey a rigorously takes up their cross to choose humility
swiftly until they somehow experience it as a result
Humility = Greatness
Greatest = Least
See: David below…
Warnings Against Humility?
Is being "too humble", not real
humility?
Churchy people will say things like,
'real humility is not thinking less of yourself and thinking of yourself as
being small'.
So now, do you need to watch out lest you
go too far with humility?
And we might even have cautions and
concerns that if we get too broken, and lose ourselves too much, then we might
end up suicidal.
But 2Corinthians tells us that these
feelings and experiences of despairing life serve a purpose, and we have to be
careful not to forget and erase and mute out that purpose with vain and useless
flatteries of deception and misleading which will never cure or seriously heal
a person from the root cause of suicidal temptations.
Modern Rich religious people are
cautioning you against going too far with humility, and they're robbing your
hour of greatness by confusing you with instability, lest you go too far in the
Truth and are divinely rewarded by heaven's exaltation.
But...
"Being the least" is an extreme
humility!
Being the youngest is thinking of
yourself as being smaller than all others - The smallest in fact!
When the word of God is shared with you
It is an extremely dangerous symptom to be forgetful and experience spiritual
scriptural amnesia for the moral lessons that should have been changing and
completely transforming you into God's righteousness (2 Corinthians 5) every
single time you read the Bible through, and at every point You read the Bible
daily.
If you're not seeing the transformative
glorious face of Jesus anointed one in second Corinthians 2 -- 5, then not implies
that you are having a veiled reading of the old and new testament scriptures,
and if you are forgetting the moral lessons as you move on to read new Bible
stories that clearly warns you and indicates that you are being bad ground in
Jesus's parable of scattering the word of God like seed
A faulty and
inconsistent memory without permanent transformation when being exposed to the
light of God's word is a scary place to be and is in fact the point at which
obeying all the Bible breaks because you are not simultaneously upholding everything
God says when you're not walking in his spirit with his word written on your
heart and Jeremiah_31:31
semicolon and in Romans 2
The flesh doesn't like Biblical humility
because it messes up its entire sinful overconfidence operation and always
ruins the party by unmasking the devil.
Sinners don't like Biblical humility,
because it convicts and rebukes them for continuing to sin.
Flesh mongers despise Moses, assuming
he's not inspired, criticizing him for not being really humble enough, because
his humility is biblical and convicts their fleshly unchecked self-exaltation
Apostasy ignores Moses's biblical
humility because it doesn't look like their prideful pseudo humility and
therefore they assume Moses is prideful without evidence and blasphemes his
holy brokenness as if he has their own ambitions of lust.
There's almost nothing, except being
prayerfully quiet, that can be done to save an irrational person when they've
lost their brain and are denying their logical human obligations.
The need for quiet salvation is why Moses
essentially said nothing recorded when his siblings accidentally blasphemed
him, and this is needed even more under the New Covenant; this is what we are
to imitate when particularly and more emphatically seeking to save all people.
Look to Moses's inspired prophetic
example in Numbers 12 so that you might become wise through the Scriptures into
salvation that is through Jesus Anointed One as God continually inspires humans
with the Divine wisdom of God who is Jesus.
Blocked by Prideful Unbelief <<<
Joh_5:44 NKJV How can you believe, who receive honor from one another…?
Mar_6:3-6 NKJV Is this not the carpenter…? …So they were offended at Him… And He marveled because of their unbelief.
Joh_7:48 NKJV Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him?
Solution: Affliction & Pressed-down humility
2Ch_33:12 WEB When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
2Ch_33:12 LB And when he was afflicted, he sought the face of the Lord his God, and was greatly humbled before the face of the God of his fathers;
2Ch_33:12 καὶ ὡς ἐθλίβη,
ἐζήτησεν τὸ πρόσωπον
κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ
αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐταπεινώθη
σφόδρα ἀπὸ
προσώπου θεοῦ
τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ·
2Ch_33:13 WEB He prayed to him; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Yahweh he was God.
2Ch_33:13 and he prayed to Him. And He heeded him, and listened to his cry, and brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. And Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.
2Ch_33:13 καὶ
προσηύξατο πρὸς
αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπήκουσεν
αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐπήκουσεν
τῆς βοῆς αὐτοῦ
καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν
αὐτὸν εἰς
Ιερουσαλημ ἐπὶ
τὴν βασιλείαν
αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἔγνω
Μανασσης ὅτι κύριος
αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ
θεός. --
Psa_119:67 NKJV Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word.
Admires
2Ki_5:10-14 NKJV (Naaman humbled to accept simple instruction)
Lowness Cries Out to God <<<
A lower perspective is needed to make Truth visible.
You can have Desperation for God when
seeing self-desolation.
Samson Begs God
Samson’s Desperate Begging to God
— Philistine Oppression (long-term bondage)
Jdg_13:2-5 — Samson announced (divinely appointed savior-solution)
Jdg_15:18 — Samson cries out in thirst/need (personal desperation prayer)
Jdg_16:20 — LORD departs from Samson (wrong confidence / hidden downfall convicted/punished)
Jdg_16:28 — Samson cries to LORD again from prison (final desperate/humbled appeal)
Crying to God is the easy first step --
at least conceptually…
So…
Did you pray about it yet?
Samson’s Desperation & Ours…
· A Judge Begs God: the judge Samson is the one who (A) has to be made desperate to (B) beg God. -- This is in contrast to the “usual sinners” (as also specifically seen throughout the book of Judges) who have to be brought low before they're willing to beg...
Good Affliction!
Psa_119:71 – It is good for me to have been afflicted
Psa_119:65 WEB Do good to your servant, according to your word, Yahweh.
Psa_119:65 LB You have wrought kindly with Your servant, O Lord, according to Your word.
Psa_119:65 (118:65) θV τηθ.
Χρηστότητα ἐποίησας
μετὰ τοῦ δούλου
σου, κύριε, κατὰ
τὸν λόγον σου.
Psa_119:66 WEB Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in your commandments.
Psa_119:66 Teach me kindness, instruction, and knowledge; for I have believed Your commandments.
Psa_119:66 (118:66) χρηστότητα
καὶ παιδείαν
καὶ γνῶσιν δίδαξόν
με, ὅτι ταῖς ἐντολαῖς
σου ἐπίστευσα.
Psa_119:67 WEB Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.
Psa_119:67 Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept Your word.
Psa_119:67 (118:67) πρὸ τοῦ
με ταπεινωθῆναι
ἐγὼ ἐπλημμέλησα,
διὰ τοῦτο τὸ λόγιόν
σου ἐφύλαξα.
Psa_119:68 WEB You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
Psa_119:68 Good are You, O Lord; therefore in Your goodness teach me Your statutes.
Psa_119:68 (118:68) χρηστὸς
εἶ σύ, κύριε, καὶ
ἐν τῇ χρηστότητί
σου δίδαξόν με
τὰ δικαιώματά
σου.
Psa_119:69 WEB The proud have smeared a lie upon me. With my whole heart, I will keep your precepts.
Psa_119:69 The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me; but I will search out Your commandments with all my heart.
Psa_119:69 (118:69) ἐπληθύνθη
ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἀδικία
ὑπερηφάνων, ἐγὼ
δὲ ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ
μου ἐξερευνήσω
τὰς ἐντολάς
σου.
Psa_119:70 WEB Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
Psa_119:70 Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on Your law.
Psa_119:70 (118:70) ἐτυρώθη
ὡς γάλα ἡ καρδία
αὐτῶν, ἐγὼ δὲ τὸν
νόμον σου ἐμελέτησα.
Psa_119:71 WEB It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
Psa_119:71 It is good for me that You have afflicted me; that I might learn Your statutes.
Psa_119:71 (118:71) ἀγαθόν
μοι ὅτι ἐταπείνωσάς
με, ὅπως ἂν μάθω
τὰ δικαιώματά
σου.
When Help is Needed!
Psa_107:28 WEB Then they cry to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distress.
Psa_107:28 LB Then they cry to the Lord in their affliction, and He brings them out of their distresses.
Psa_107:28 (106:28) καὶ ἐκέκραξαν
πρὸς κύριον ἐν
τῷ θλίβεσθαι αὐτούς,
καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀναγκῶν
αὐτῶν ἐξήγαγεν
αὐτοὺς
Zep_3:12 LSV And I have left in your midst a people humble and poor, || And they have trusted in the Name of YHWH.
Begging God on Earth:
But the real virtue the separates hypocrisy from saving faith is when you cry
out for Truth that is right in front of you, because almost no one from
apostasy has escaped this overt trap…
Humility Admires Obeyers
Humble Admiration of Obeyers
Title Explained
·
Humility:
Afflicted/bow-ers/pressed-down/lowly/poor-crouching beggars/
·
Admires:
Persuaded/trust/receive as legitimate/love
Beyond Kindness into Saving FAITH
· Humility is Kind…
·
Root Despising:
Despising is the crewel/mean root-cause of all troubled relationships
·
Undervaluing Error:
A sinful undervaluing, devaluing, flattening, miss assessment of other people's
value is a stubborn characteristic of depraved flesh that can never love people
with righteous relationships.
· Broken Relationships: look at your broken and or dysfunctional relationships and take it to heart that lack of lowliness, and pride, and self-asserting identity are keeping you from the practical Love relationships you so deeply need, and hopefully crave -- and they completely stop you from “saving yourself and your hearers” (1Ti_4:16)
·
Lowliness Posture:
Lowliness gets underneath people in order to look up to their value -- Just
like Jesus did.
·
Redemptive Covenant:
Jesus's new, special, amazing, people-valuing humility is why we now have a
covenant of redemption and salvation for all people!
·
Pioneering Example:
Jesus's amazing pioneering accomplishment of a New Covenant compels all people
everywhere to follow His example and to change into greater excellencies of
human redemption (according to the will of God Our Savior and redeemer of all
fallen mankind).
But we need even more…
·
Beyond Kindness: lowliness
doesn't just stop at "loving the unlovable" (so to speak)
· Not Mere Niceness: we must see that real humility isn’t just “being nice to everyone”, as if “positivity were humility” -- like rich people fraudulently imagine and claim, but rather…
·
Saving Humility BELIEVES:
Salvation comes when you get lower than a social “fornicator” and “prostitute”,
with enough brokenness and self-disregard to perceive that this woman is
actually producing a virgin birth of God in her stomach! -- that’s the humbled,
pressed-down salvation of believing God on Earth!
So...
Pressed Down = Beyond Kindness into Saving FAITH
Lowliness Admires the Inspired
·
Crushed Identity:
But Biblical humility is pressed down underneath others with self-sacrificing
disregard and emptying of one's entire human identity to get a superhuman
identity of inspired Truth where God has animated His favorite people with
perfect obedience to everything he has said for your own salvation.
·
Admiring Obedience:
Biblical humility presses itself down, so low, that it admires those who have
been moved by God into inspired obedience, and places them properly above one’s
self to hope in salvation form God through them (just as God appointed).
Relationships & Redemption -- Broken by Pride
·
Atonement Needed:
You have to enter into His redemptive atonement salvation from sin, and…
·
Beggar ≠ Chooser:
beggars can't be choosers, therefore…
·
Beggars = Accept ALL Truth:
only beggars are the ones that submit to His will and accept the Word of God no
matter where it comes from, and
·
Rejoicing without Scandal:
beggars have no problem immediately rejoicing in inspired obeyers by nature…
·
Utter Brokenness:
after beggars have come to the point of utter brokenness and complete
self-denial, and have beat/lowered themselves down to the ground so that UP is
the only direction to look…
· Upward Dependence: beggars only perspective is to look up and beg for help from the Truth that God has given them through inspired obeyers...
Prerequisites to Admiration
This point presupposes that…
· You realize/feel how vital humility is for salvation
· You want to know how to prove that you’re humble
· You want to get to the root issue and escape the rebellion-apostasy
Preview of Examples
When reading the summaries below, Make sure to pay
special attention to the stories of…
·
God is Inside! --
Marry, Paul, & Obeyers
· Jephthah &
·
the other Judges
·
Naaman
Down-Up Principle (reminder)
See: Down-Up Principle
A Good Heart -- Wants to Admire/Believe
<<<<
Parable of the Sower -- Good Seed
Luk_8:8
But other seed fell into good ground, and
when it grew up, it produced fruit a hundredfold." Saying these things He
was calling out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
Luk_8:8 καὶ ἕτερον
ἔπεσεν εἰς
τὴν γῆν τὴν
ἀγαθήν καὶ
φυὲν ἐποίησε
καρπὸν ἑκατονταπλασίονα.
ταῦτα λέγων
ἐφώνει· ὁ ἔχων
ὦτα ἀκούειν
ἀκουέτω.
Luk_8:8 και
ετερον επεσεν BAεις
TSεπι
την γην την
αγαθην και
φυεν εποιησεν
καρπον εκατονταπλασιονα
ταυτα λεγων
εφωνει ο εχων
ωτα ακουειν
ακουετω
…
Luk_8:15 But that which fell on the good ground, these
are such who when they heard the word, with a noble and good heart, hold on to
it and bear fruit with endurance.
Luk_8:15 τὸ
δὲ ἐν τῇ
καλῇ γῇ, οὗτοί
εἰσιν οἵτινες
ἐν καρδίᾳ
καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ
ἀκούσαντες
τὸν λόγον
κατέχουσι
καὶ καρποφοροῦσιν
ἐν ὑπομονῇ.
Are You Humble Yet?
·
Want Faith?: Do you
want to believe in something more than this pitiful human life your flesh is
experiencing?
·
Tired Yet?: Have you
reached the end of your own human capability yet?
·
Got Humility?: Lacking
self Lowliness is the root problem that keeps you from real life, Faith,
romance, salvation
·
Lowly look up: If
you want faith to move forward in life you've got to get low enough about
yourself so you can look up and believe in the salvation you have put yourself
underneath
Lacking Lowliness is the root problem & key issue.
You're not really stalling because righteous people aren't
impressive to heaven or that they're not proven to be true logically - you
stall because of your own bowels
2Co_6: Restricted in Your Own Bowels
Don't require leprosy plagues (like Naaman at first and Miriam temporarily) before
you will come and ask the inspired monotheists for help - otherwise you're
exactly like Pharaoh in Exodus 10 and the end times rebellion that gets
destroyed for not listening to the plagues of the Two Witnesses.
Humility or Pride (Reminders)
Humility → Saving Faith
OR
Pride → Hell
Humility → Faith → Salvation/Heaven
Pride → Despising / Assuming Non-Inspiration →
No Total-Bible-Obedience → Judgement/Condemnation/Hell
Pride = Opposite of Eager-Happy Faith in God’s Inspired
Obedience
Humility Defined (Reminders)
Biblical Humility =
Hebrew Implies: Oppressed, Needy, etc. Including…
Greek: Pressed-Down & Poor-Begging
See: Humility
Defined (above)
Lowered Perspective: It's a lot easier to stop
thinking so bad about others when you lowered yourself sufficiently.
Deeper Humility: If you're struggling to forgive,
then push yourself down lower.
Humility Forgives
No Entitlement: There is no entitlement to debtors
and slaves (Rom_1, Rom_8; & see: BSSm).
Forgiveness Ground: Lowliness is where forgiveness
happens
Cross Example: Jesus’ most extreme humility on the
cross gave forgiveness to the whole world
Faith to Forgive: Can you have faith to forgive
others if you imitate Jesus’ sacrifice?
No Entitlement
We Are Debtors
Rom_8:12 NKJV Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the
flesh, to live according to the flesh.
Rom_1:14 NKJV I am a debtor both to Greeks and to
barbarians, both to wise and to unwise.
Rom_13:8 NKJV Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
We are Getting What we Deserve
Luk_23:41 NKJV And we indeed justly, for we receive the due
reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong.
Pro_24:12 NKJV …And will He not render to each man according
to his deeds?
Rom_2:6 NKJV who “will render to each one according to his deeds”
1Jn_4:11 – If he loved us this way, we ought to lay down our
lives for each other
Joh_15:13 NKJV Greater love has no one than this, than to
lay down one’s life for his friends.
1Jn_3:16 NKJV By this we know love, because He laid down His
life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the
brethren.
(Remember: We are debtors)
1Jn_4:11 NKJV Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to
love one another.
Us sacrificing like He sacrificed includes doing
ATONEMNT/Satisfaction for others who have sinned against you!!!
See: SRP
Are you thinking negatively of others?
You're probably not thinking
humbly/lowly/ negatively enough about yourself...
But not only does Humility Forgive, it also ADMIRES…
Intro to Humility's Admiration <<<
·
Faith Deficiency =
Humility Deficiency: Lacking faith in obeyers is directly caused by lacking
humility to acknowledge of your flesh's desolation.
·
Fleshly Lovelessness:
Your flesh can't really Love people because It never acknowledges what God is
saying about people
·
Value Rejection:
Flesh rebels against admiring all real human value because it's not being
honestly truthfully accurately scientifically crushed under crucifixion and
brought under the subjection of Biblical revealed humility.
·
Lawless Flesh Against
Favorites: Flesh does not listen to God's law much less does it ever care
to hear His voice and His testimony about the value of people, and much
less will it ever submit to believe God's highest praise of His favorite
inspired obedient people.
·
Untaught Truth: We
don't hear this Taught or talked about
·
Lack of Opportunities:
We don't have opportunities to practice these virtues much today.
·
Rare Inspiration:
There are not a lot of inspired people walking on the land, and therefore our
pride is almost never addressed or convicted.
·
Apostasy Denial =
Unrealistic: If You're tempted to deny modern universal desolation, then
why else does Church virtually never teach this and never practice this?
·
Remapped Bible:
We've remapped almost every Biblical teaching to something heretical to wrap
the Bible around our experience instead of crucifying our experience to obey
the Bible
Reality:
There's lots of room for admiring righteous obeyers
1Th_2:13 – Received it as the Word of God in Truth
1Th_2:10
CAB You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly
we were to you that believe;
1Th_2:10 ὑμεῖς
μάρτυρες καὶ
ὁ Θεός, ὡς ὁσίως
καὶ δικαίως
καὶ ἀμέμπτως
ὑμῖν τοῖς
πιστεύουσιν ἐγενήθημεν,
1Th_2:10
υμεις
μαρτυρες και ο
θεος ως οσιως
και δικαιως
και αμεμπτως
υμιν τοις
πιστευουσιν
εγενηθημεν
1Th_2:11
as indeed you know how each one of you, as a father to
his own children, we exhorted, and comforted you,
and imploring you,
1Th_2:11 καθάπερ
οἴδατε ὡς ἕνα ἕκαστον
ὑμῶν ὡς
πατὴρ τέκνα
ἑαυτοῦ
1Th_2:11
καθαπερ
οιδατε ως ενα
εκαστον υμων
ως πατηρ τεκνα
εαυτου
παρακαλουντες
υμας και
παραμυθουμενοι
1Th_2:12
that you would make your walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom
and glory.
1Th_2:12
παρακαλοῦντες
ὑμᾶς καὶ
παραμυθούμενοι
καὶ
μαρτυρόμενοι
εἰς τὸ
περιπατῆσαι ὑμᾶς
ἀξίως τοῦ
Θεοῦ τοῦ
καλοῦντος ὑμᾶς
εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ
βασιλείαν
καὶ δόξαν.
1Th_2:12 και BAμαρτυρομενοι
TSμαρτυρουμενοι
εις το Aπεριπατειν
TSBπεριπατησαι
υμας αξιως του
θεου του
καλουντος υμας
εις την εαυτου
βασιλειαν και
δοξαν
1Th_2:13 Because of this we also give thanks to God
unceasingly, so that when you received the word of God which you heard
from us, you received not the word of men, but just as it truly is,
the word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.
1Th_2:13 Διὰ τοῦτο
καὶ ἡμεῖς
εὐχαριστοῦμεν
τῷ Θεῷ ἀδιαλείπτως,
ὅτι
παραλαβόντες
λόγον ἀκοῆς
παρ᾿ ἡμῶν
τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐδέξασθε
οὐ λόγον ἀνθρώπων,
ἀλλὰ καθώς
ἐστιν ἀληθῶς,
λόγον Θεοῦ, ὃς
καὶ ἐνεργεῖται
ἐν ὑμῖν τοῖς
πιστεύουσιν.
1Th_2:13 Aκαι
δια τουτο και
ημεις
ευχαριστουμεν
τω θεω αδιαλειπτως
οτι
παραλαβοντες
λογον ακοης
παρ ημων του
θεου εδεξασθε
ου λογον
ανθρωπων αλλα
καθως εστιν
αληθως λογον
θεου ος και
ενεργειται εν
υμιν τοις
πιστευουσιν
1Th_2:14
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea
in Christ Jesus, because you suffered the same things from your fellow
countrymen, just as also they did by the Jews,
1Th_2:14 ὑμεῖς
γὰρ μιμηταὶ
ἐγενήθητε, ἀδελφοί,
τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν
τοῦ Θεοῦ τῶν
οὐσῶν ἐν τῇ
᾿Ιουδαίᾳ ἐν
Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ,
ὅτι τὰ αὐτὰ
ἐπάθετε καὶ
ὑμεῖς ὑπὸ
τῶν ἰδίων
συμφυλετῶν
καθὼς καὶ αὐτοὶ
ὑπὸ τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων,
1Th_2:14
υμεις γαρ
μιμηται
εγενηθητε
αδελφοι των εκκλησιων
του θεου των
ουσων εν τη
ιουδαια εν χριστω
ιησου οτι BAτα BAαυτα
TSταυτα
επαθετε και
υμεις υπο των
ιδιων
συμφυλετων καθως
και αυτοι υπο
των ιουδαιων
Bereans Search Scriptures
Paul and
Silas in Berea
Act_17:10
Then the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away during the night to
Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Act_17:10 Οἱ δὲ ἀδελφοὶ
εὐθέως διὰ
τῆς νυκτὸς ἐξέπεμψαν
τόν τε Παῦλον
καὶ τὸν
Σίλαν εἰς
Βέροιαν, οἵτινες
παραγενόμενοι
εἰς τὴν
συναγωγὴν τῶν
᾿Ιουδαίων ἀπῄεσαν.
Act_17:10
οι δε αδελφοι
ευθεως δια TSBτης νυκτος
εξεπεμψαν τον
τε παυλον και
τον σιλαν εις
βεροιαν
οιτινες
παραγενομενοι
εις την
συναγωγην Bαπηεσαν των
ιουδαιων TSAαπηεσαν
Act_17:11
CAB And these were more
noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all
readiness, each day examining the Scriptures to
see whether these things might be so.
Act_17:11 οὗτοι
δὲ ἦσαν εὐγενέστεροι
τῶν ἐν
Θεσσαλονίκῃ,
οἵτινες ἐδέξαντο
τὸν λόγον
μετὰ πάσης
προθυμίας, τὸ
καθ᾿ ἡμέραν
ἀνακρίνοντες
τὰς γραφὰς εἰ
ἔχοι ταῦτα οὕτως.
Act_17:11
ουτοι δε ησαν ευγενεστεροι
των εν
θεσσαλονικη
οιτινες εδεξαντο
τον λογον μετα
πασης
προθυμιας TSBτο
καθ ημεραν
ανακρινοντες
τας γραφας ει
εχοι ταυτα
ουτως
Act_17:12
Therefore many of them believed, and not a few of the prominent Greek women and
men.
Act_17:12 πολλοὶ
μὲν οὖν ἐξ αὐτῶν
ἐπίστευσαν,
καὶ τῶν ῾Ελληνίδων
γυναικῶν τῶν
εὐσχημόνων
καὶ ἀνδρῶν
οὐκ ὀλίγοι.
Act_17:12
πολλοι μεν
ουν εξ αυτων
επιστευσαν και
των ελληνιδων
γυναικων των
ευσχημονων και
ανδρων ουκ
ολιγοι
Act_17:13
But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed
by Paul in Berea, they came there also, agitating the crowds.
Act_17:13 ῾Ως δὲ ἔγνωσαν
οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς
Θεσσαλονίκης ᾿Ιουδαῖοι
ὅτι καὶ ἐν τῇ
Βεροίᾳ
κατηγγέλη ὑπὸ
τοῦ Παύλου ὁ
λόγος τοῦ
Θεοῦ, ἦλθον κἀκεῖ
σαλεύοντες
τοὺς ὄχλους.
Act_17:13 ως
δε εγνωσαν οι
απο της
θεσσαλονικης
ιουδαιοι οτι
και εν τη
βεροια
κατηγγελη υπο
του παυλου ο
λογος του θεου
ηλθον κακει
σαλευοντες Aκαι
Aταρασσοντες
τους οχλους
Act_17:14
Then immediately the brothers sent Paul away, to go toward the sea; but both
Silas and Timothy remained there.
Act_17:14 εὐθέως
δὲ τότε τὸν
Παῦλον ἐξαπέστειλαν
οἱ ἀδελφοὶ
πορεύεσθαι ὡς
ἐπὶ τὴν
θάλασσαν· ὑπέμενον
δὲ ὅ τε Σίλας
καὶ ὁ
Τιμόθεος ἐκεῖ.
Act_17:14
ευθεως δε
τοτε τον
παυλον
εξαπεστειλαν οι
αδελφοι
πορευεσθαι Aεως
TSBως
επι την
θαλασσαν Aυπεμειναν
TSBυπεμενον
Aτε
TSBδε
ο τε σιλας και ο
τιμοθεος εκει
Happy Faith Lacking? <<<<
Lacking Faith = Lacking Humility
A Happy Challenge
The Faith-Humility Struggle & Answer
·
Value Blindness: Are
you struggling to see where people are truly valuable?
·
Obstruction of
Cheerfulness: Are you struggling with clogged bowels so that it's hard to
rejoice in the happiness of another person?
·
Faith Struggle: Are
you struggling to have faith and what God is saying about people?
It is as simple as this:
You struggle to believe Truth, and the others because you
neglect embracing the convincing conviction of desolation against your own
flesh.
It really is that simple:
You really can rejoice much quicker than you think you can
Philippian Jailor
Acts 16 – Jailer/Jailor rejoiced because he had come to
believe in God
Act_16:26
CAB And suddenly there was a
great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and
immediately all the doors were opened and all the bonds were loosed.
Act_16:26 ἄφνω δὲ
σεισμὸς ἐγένετο
μέγας, ὥστε
σαλευθῆναι
τὰ θεμέλια
τοῦ
δεσμωτηρίου,
ἀνεῴχθησάν
τε παραχρῆμα
αἱ θύραι πᾶσαι
καὶ πάντων
τὰ δεσμὰ ἀνέθη.
Act_16:26
αφνω δε
σεισμος
εγενετο μεγας
ωστε
σαλευθηναι τα
θεμελια του
δεσμωτηριου Aηνεωχθησαν
TSBανεωχθησαν
Aδε
TSBτε
παραχρημα αι
θυραι πασαι
και παντων τα
δεσμα ανεθη
Act_16:27
And becoming awake, the prison keeper, seeing the doors of the prison open,
drawing a sword, he was about to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to have
escaped.
Act_16:27 ἔξυπνος
δὲ γενόμενος
ὁ δεσμοφύλαξ
καὶ ἰδὼν ἀνεῳγμένας
τὰς θύρας τῆς
φυλακῆς,
σπασάμενος
μάχαιραν ἤμελλεν
ἑαυτὸν ἀναιρεῖν,
νομίζων ἐκπεφευγέναι
τοὺς
δεσμίους.
Act_16:27 εξυπνος
δε γενομενος ο
δεσμοφυλαξ και
ιδων ανεωγμενας
τας θυρας της
φυλακης
σπασαμενος Aτην
μαχαιραν Aημελλεν
TSBεμελλεν
εαυτον
αναιρειν
νομιζων
εκπεφευγεναι τους
δεσμιους
Act_16:28
But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, "Do to yourself nothing
bad, for we are all here."
Act_16:28 ἐφώνησε
δὲ φωνῇ
μεγάλῃ ὁ
Παῦλος λέγων·
μηδὲν πράξῃς
σεαυτῷ
κακόν· ἅπαντες
γάρ ἐσμεν ἐνθάδε.
Act_16:28
εφωνησεν δε TSBφωνη
μεγαλη Aφωνη Aο TSBο
παυλος λεγων
μηδεν πραξης
σεαυτω κακον
απαντες γαρ
εσμεν ενθαδε
Act_16:29
And asking for a light he rushed in, and coming trembling, he fell before
Paul and Silas,
Act_16:29 αἰτήσας
δὲ φῶτα εἰσεπήδησε,
καὶ ἔντρομος
γενόμενος
προσέπεσε τῷ
Παύλῳ καὶ
τῷ Σίλᾳ,
Act_16:29
αιτησας δε
φωτα εισεπηδησεν
και εντρομος
γενομενος
προσεπεσεν τω
παυλω και Aτω TSBτω
σιλα
Act_16:30
and he brought them forth outside and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be
saved?"
Act_16:30 καὶ
προαγαγὼν αὐτοὺς
ἔξω ἔφη·
κύριοι, τί με
δεῖ ποιεῖν ἵνα
σωθῶ;
Act_16:30 και
προαγαγων
αυτους εξω εφη
κυριοι τι με
δει ποιειν ινα
σωθω
Act_16:31 And they said, "Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, you and your
household."
Act_16:31 οἱ δὲ εἶπον·
πίστευσον ἐπὶ
τὸν Κύριον ᾿Ιησοῦν
Χριστὸν, καὶ
σωθήσῃ σὺ
καὶ ὁ οἶκός
σου.
Act_16:31 οι
δε Aειπαν TSBειπον
πιστευσον επι
τον κυριον
ιησουν TSBχριστον
και σωθηση συ
και ο οικος σου
Act_16:32
And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all those in
his house.
Act_16:32 καὶ ἐλάλησαν
αὐτῷ τὸν
λόγον τοῦ
Κυρίου καὶ
πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν
τῇ οἰκίᾳ
αὐτοῦ.
Act_16:32 και
ελαλησαν αυτω
τον λογον του
κυριου Aσυν TSBκαι
πασιν τοις εν τη
οικια αυτου
Act_16:33
And taking them along in that same hour of the night and washed their wounds,
and immediately he and all his family were baptized.
Act_16:33 καὶ
παραλαβὼν αὐτοὺς
ἐν ἐκείνῃ
τῇ ὥρᾳ τῆς
νυκτὸς ἔλουσεν
ἀπὸ τῶν
πληγῶν, καὶ ἐβαπτίσθη
αὐτὸς καὶ
οἱ αὐτοῦ
πάντες
παραχρῆμα,
Act_16:33 και
παραλαβων
αυτους εν
εκεινη τη ωρα
της νυκτος
ελουσεν απο
των πληγων και
εβαπτισθη αυτος
και οι αυτου
παντες
παραχρημα
Act_16:34
And bringing them up into his house, he set a meal before them; and he
rejoiced with his whole house, having believed in God.
Act_16:34 ἀναγαγών
τε αὐτοὺς εἰς
τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ
παρέθηκε
τράπεζαν,
καὶ ἠγαλλιάσατο
πανοικεὶ
πεπιστευκὼς
τῷ Θεῷ.
Act_16:34
αναγαγων τε
αυτους εις τον
οικον TSBαυτου
παρεθηκεν
τραπεζαν και Bηγαλλιατο
TSAηγαλλιασατο
TSBπανοικι
Aπανοικει
πεπιστευκως τω
θεω
This is in fact the same as believing in people when God has
spoken exciting happy things about them, and through them…
Lay down clogged up bowels and unbelieving stubbornness and
slow hearted unbelief and move forward with cheerful rejoicing when you let go
and surrender to the Scriptures and Love people without restriction and rejoice
in the goodness God is saying about them without the roadblocks of hypocrisy
and desolation denial.
People Save People
We don't like to believe this, but...
People saving people is totally in the Bible
See: LOB > People “Saving” People?
Letteral-Obedience.htm#PeopleSavePeople
God is Inside! -- of Marry, Paul, & Obeyers
(A) Mary’s Got God!
Luke 1 - Elizabeth recognizes Mary has God in her
stomach!
Collaborative Summary:
Luk_1:1-4 — Purposeful
orderly account (certainty of gospel narrative)
Luk_1:5-7 — Zechariah
& Elizabeth introduced (righteous yet barren)
Luk_1:8-12 — Angel
appears in temple (fearful divine encounter)
Luk_1:13-17 — John
promised; forerunner mission (prepare Lord’s way)
Luk_1:18-20 — Zechariah
doubts; made mute (discipline for unbelief)
Luk_1:21-25 — Promise
confirmed; Elizabeth conceives (reproach removed)
Luk_1:26-29 — Gabriel
sent to Mary (virgin favored; troubled)
Luk_1:30-33 — Jesus
promised; eternal king (Son of Most High)
Luk_1:34 — Mary asks
how (seeks understanding)
Luk_1:35-37 — Holy
Spirit conception explained (nothing impossible)
Luk_1:38 — Mary submits
fully (humble obedience)
Luk_1:39-41 — Mary
visits Elizabeth (Spirit-filled recognition)
Luk_1:42-45 — Elizabeth
blesses Mary (faith honored & acknowledged)
Luk_1:46-55 — Mary
magnifies God (humble exalted; proud scattered)
Luk_1:56 — Mary stays,
then returns
Luk_1:57-58 — John
born; neighbors rejoice (mercy celebrated)
Luk_1:59-63 — John
named by command
Luk_1:64-66 — Zechariah
speaks; fear spreads (God’s hand recognized)
Luk_1:67-79 — Zechariah
prophesies (salvation, covenant, forerunner role)
Luk_1:80 — John grows
in wilderness (preparation for ministry)
Don't Stumble at Truth!
·
Strain for Truth:
You need to bend over backwards to acknowledge God is in Mary's stomach
·
Overcome Obstacles to
Believe Monotheism: You need to overcome all the odds, stumbling blocks,
racisms, and socioeconomic differences to believe that you need the inspiration
in that Jewish rabbi
(B) Paul’s Got God!
Philippians 1 – Paul has Anointed One's bowels in his
stomach
bowels
(C) RECOGNIZING God Inside!
Philippians 1 – there's an amazing SHARING of Love and overflowing
all around, over the top excitement into each other between Paul and the
Philippians
Philippians 1 – discernment compare 1Corinthians 9; 2
Corinthians
Perception = Seeing who is True and who is not
This holy PERCEPTION is praised by Isaiah & predicted by
Malachi…
Book of Remembrance
See: Book
of Remembrance
Incl.
WHO does God Recognize?
Ruth Begs Naomi
Ruth 1 - Ruth the Moabites begs to stay with Naomi
Collaborative Summary:
Rth_1:6 — Naomi hears
LORD visited Judah (return decision begins)
Rth_1:7 — Leaves Moab
with daughters (journey toward Judah)
Rth_1:8 — Naomi urges
return to mothers (dismissed to their people)
Rth_1:9 — Seeks rest
for them (desires their security)
Rth_1:10 — They insist
returning with her (initial shared loyalty)
Rth_1:11 — Naomi
questions benefit (no future sons?)
Rth_1:12 — Too old for
husband (no hope?)
Rth_1:13 — LORD’s hand
against me (bitter affliction lamented)
Rth_1:14 — Orpah
leaves; Ruth clings (division of responses)
Rth_1:15 — Naomi urges
Ruth follow sister (return to people/gods)
Rth_1:16 — Ruth refuses;
commits fully (Monotheistic people & God embraced)
Rth_1:17 — Death-bound
loyalty declared (unbreakable covenant commitment)
Rth_1:18 — Naomi stops
urging (resolve recognized)
Rth_1:19 — Both go to
Bethlehem (faithful journey continues)
Rth_1:6
WEB Then she arose with her
daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had
heard in the country of Moab how that Yahweh had visited his people in giving them
bread.
Rth_1:6
LB And she rose up, and her two
daughters-in-law, and they returned out of the country of Moab, for she heard
in the country of Moab that the Lord had visited His people to give them bread.
Rth_1:6 καὶ ἀνέστη
αὐτὴ καὶ αἱ δύο
νύμφαι αὐτῆς
καὶ ἀπέστρεψαν
ἐξ ἀγροῦ Μωαβ, ὅτι
ἤκουσαν ἐν ἀγρῷ
Μωαβ ὅτι ἐπέσκεπται
κύριος τὸν λαὸν
αὐτοῦ δοῦναι αὐτοῖς
ἄρτους.
Rth_1:7
WEB She went forth out of the place
where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way
to return to the land of Judah.
Rth_1:7
And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law
with her; and they went by the way to return to the land of Judah.
Rth_1:7 καὶ ἐξῆλθεν
ἐκ τοῦ τόπου, οὗ
ἦν ἐκεῖ, καὶ αἱ
δύο νύμφαι αὐτῆς
μετ᾿ αὐτῆς· καὶ
ἐπορεύοντο ἐν
τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι
εἰς τὴν γῆν
Ιουδα.
Rth_1:8
WEB Naomi said to her two
daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house: Yahweh deal
kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me.
Rth_1:8
And Naomi said to her daughters-in-law, “Go now, and each of you return to the
house of her mother. The Lord deal mercifully with you, as you have dealt with
the dead, and with me.
Rth_1:8 καὶ εἶπεν
Νωεμιν ταῖς νύμφαις
αὐτῆς Πορεύεσθε
δὴ ἀποστράφητε
ἑκάστη εἰς οἶκον
μητρὸς αὐτῆς·
ποιήσαι κύριος
μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν ἔλεος,
καθὼς ἐποιήσατε
μετὰ τῶν
τεθνηκότων καὶ
μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ·
Rth_1:9
WEB Yahweh grant you that you may find
rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they
lifted up their voice, and wept.
Rth_1:9
The Lord grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her
husband.” And she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
Rth_1:9 δῴη κύριος
ὑμῖν καὶ εὕροιτε
ἀνάπαυσιν ἑκάστη
ἐν οἴκῳ ἀνδρὸς
αὐτῆς. καὶ
κατεφίλησεν αὐτάς,
καὶ ἐπῆραν τὴν
φωνὴν αὐτῶν καὶ
ἔκλαυσαν.
Rth_1:10
WEB They said to her, No, but we will
return with you to your people.
Rth_1:10
And they said to her, “We will return with you to your people.”
Rth_1:10 καὶ εἶπαν
αὐτῇ Μετὰ σοῦ ἐπιστρέφομεν
εἰς τὸν λαόν σου.
Rth_1:11
WEB Naomi said, Turn again, my
daughters: why do you want to go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb, that
they may be your husbands?
Rth_1:11
And Naomi said, “Return now, my daughters; and why do you go with me? Have I
yet sons in my womb to be your husbands?
Rth_1:11 καὶ εἶπεν
Νωεμιν Ἐπιστράφητε
δή, θυγατέρες
μου· καὶ ἵνα τί
πορεύεσθε μετ᾿
ἐμοῦ; μὴ ἔτι
μοι υἱοὶ ἐν τῇ
κοιλίᾳ μου καὶ ἔσονται
ὑμῖν εἰς ἄνδρας;
Rth_1:12
WEB Turn again, my daughters, go your way;
for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should
even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons;
Rth_1:12
Turn now, my daughters, for I am too old to be married: for I said, Suppose I
were married, and should bear sons;
Rth_1:12 ἐπιστράφητε
δή, θυγατέρες
μου, διότι γεγήρακα
τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἀνδρί·
ὅτι εἶπα ὅτι ἔστιν
μοι ὑπόστασις
τοῦ γενηθῆναί
με ἀνδρὶ καὶ τέξομαι
υἱούς,
Rth_1:13
WEB would you therefore wait until they were
grown? would you therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it
grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of Yahweh is gone forth against
me.
Rth_1:13
would you wait for them till they should be grown? Or would you refrain from
being married for their sakes? Not so, my daughters, for I am grieved for you,
that the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me.”
Rth_1:13 μὴ αὐτοὺς
προσδέξεσθε ἕως
οὗ ἁδρυνθῶσιν; ἢ
αὐτοῖς
κατασχεθήσεσθε
τοῦ μὴ γενέσθαι
ἀνδρί; μὴ δή,
θυγατέρες μου, ὅτι
ἐπικράνθη μοι ὑπὲρ
ὑμᾶς ὅτι ἐξῆλθεν
ἐν ἐμοὶ χεὶρ
κυρίου.
Rth_1:14
WEB They lifted up their voice, and wept
again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth joined with her.
Rth_1:14
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law
and returned to her people; but Ruth followed her.
Rth_1:14 καὶ ἐπῆραν
τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν
καὶ ἔκλαυσαν ἔτι·
καὶ κατεφίλησεν
Ορφα τὴν
πενθερὰν αὐτῆς
καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν
εἰς τὸν λαὸν αὐτῆς,
Ρουθ δὲ ἠκολούθησεν
αὐτῇ.
Rth_1:15
WEB She said, Behold, your sister-in-law
has gone back to her people, and to her god: return after your sister-in-law.
Rth_1:15
And Naomi said to Ruth, “Behold, your sister-in-law has returned to her people
and to her gods; turn now also after your sister-in-law.”
Rth_1:15 καὶ εἶπεν
Νωεμιν πρὸς
Ρουθ Ἰδοὺ ἀνέστρεψεν
ἡ σύννυμφός
σου πρὸς λαὸν αὐτῆς
καὶ πρὸς τοὺς
θεοὺς αὐτῆς· ἐπιστράφητι
δὴ καὶ σὺ ὀπίσω
τῆς συννύμφου
σου.
Rth_1:16
WEB Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to
leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go;
and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God
my God;
Rth_1:16
And Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you, or to return from following you;
for wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your
people shall be my people, and your God my God.
Rth_1:16 εἶπεν δὲ
Ρουθ Μὴ ἀπαντήσαι
ἐμοὶ τοῦ
καταλιπεῖν σε ἢ
ἀποστρέψαι ὄπισθέν
σου· ὅτι σὺ ὅπου
ἐὰν πορευθῇς,
πορεύσομαι, καὶ
οὗ ἐὰν αὐλισθῇς,
αὐλισθήσομαι·
ὁ λαός σου λαός
μου, καὶ ὁ θεός
σου θεός μου·
Rth_1:17
WEB where you die, will I die, and there
will I be buried: Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part
you and me."
Rth_1:17
And wherever you die, I will die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to
me, and more also, if I leave you, for death only shall divide between me and
you.”
Rth_1:17 καὶ οὗ ἐὰν
ἀποθάνῃς, ἀποθανοῦμαι
κἀκεῖ ταφήσομαι·
τάδε ποιήσαι
μοι κύριος καὶ
τάδε προσθείη, ὅτι
θάνατος
διαστελεῖ ἀνὰ
μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ
σοῦ.
Rth_1:18
WEB When she
saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to
her.
Rth_1:18
And Naomi, seeing that she was determined to
go with her, ceased to speak to her anymore.
Rth_1:18 ἰδοῦσα δὲ
Νωεμιν ὅτι
κραταιοῦται αὐτὴ
τοῦ πορεύεσθαι
μετ᾿ αὐτῆς, ἐκόπασεν
τοῦ λαλῆσαι πρὸς
αὐτὴν ἔτι.
[Naomi and Ruth Return]
Rth_1:19
WEB So they two went until they came to
Bethlehem. It happened, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was
moved about them, and the women said, Is
this Naomi?
Rth_1:19
Now they both went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they
arrived at Bethlehem, that all the city was excited because of them, and they
said, “Is this Naomi?”
Rth_1:19 ἐπορεύθησαν
δὲ ἀμφότεραι ἕως
τοῦ παραγενέσθαι
αὐτὰς εἰς
Βαιθλεεμ. καὶ ἤχησεν
πᾶσα ἡ πόλις ἐπ᾿
αὐταῖς καὶ εἶπον
Αὕτη ἐστὶν
Νωεμιν;
How Great is Naomi?
·
Proof Demanded:
Rebels have always acted like an obeyer needs prove their worthiness, by
miracles strength exaltations in this life, before a pervert will willingly
follow.
·
Flesh Distortion:
Flesh acts like obeyers are so different than the heroes in the Bible…
·
Dismissive Comparison:
“You’re not Paul the Apostle” says the anti-Bible pervert…
· Forgotten Faith: Why doesn’t anyone seem to remember that the same saving faith Ruth had, we all need to apprehend be saved, just like the dog woman???
Allow Disagreements?
·
Different motivations are
different spirits
·
What if an obeyer lets you
go and says, you are free to believe whatever you want -- are you willing to go
to your own gods???
Ruth & Naomi Apply to YOU! -- Take Action!
·
Naomi = Bible
Connection: Admiring Naomi is where your life gets connected to the
adventure story of the Bible because Naomi's about to put you in the genealogy
of Jesus Anointed One (Rth_1:15-17; Rth_4:11-22; Mat_1:5, Mat_1:16; Luk_3:23, Luk_3:32).
·
Don’t Neglect Begging:
Why aren't you begging like these women begged?
·
Moabite Identity
Realization: Don't you realize you're a Moabite?
·
Phoenician Identity
Realization: Don't you realize you're a Phoenician?
·
Begging Deficiency:
Lacking Ruth’s begging is the root core issue why we have such endless
rebellion, apostasy, and Bible disobedience today
· Church Contrast: No Begging is the reason the Bible is so immeasurably different from Church today
The Point: Stop thinking you are better than a dog
and start having real faith instead, like these heroic amazing women of
faith, and all the other Biblical heroes of real salvation did!
Naaman the Syrian -- Saved by Deciding to Get Low!
(A) 2nd Kings 5 Summary
Collaborative
Summary:
2Ki_5:1 – Naaman =
mighty leper commander -- Aramean/Aramaean/Syrian (of Aram/Syria)
2Ki_5:2-4 – Captive girl points to prophet
2Ki_5:5-7 – King sends letter; Israel distressed
2Ki_5:8 – Elisha calls Naaman to come
2Ki_5:9-10 – Wash in Jordan -- Simple command
2Ki_5:11-12 – Naaman angry; expects grandeur
2Ki_5:13 – Try it! -- Servants urge humble obedience
2Ki_5:14 – Washes; flesh restored (clean as child)
2Ki_5:15-16 – Confesses/Embraces Biblical God
(Monotheism); Gifts/Rewards/Payment refused
2Ki_5:17-19 – Requests soil/dirt; commits to exclusive
worship of Israel’s God
2Ki_5:20-24 – Gehazi covets; lies for gain
2Ki_5:25-26 – Elisha exposes hidden greed
2Ki_5:27 – Leprosy transferred to Gehazi
(B) Naaman Struggles to Get Baptized
2Ki_5:10
WEB Elisha sent a messenger to him,
saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again
to you, and you shall be clean.
2Ki_5:10
LB And Elisha sent a messenger to
him, saying, “Go and wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh shall
return to you, and you shall be cleansed.”
2Ki_5:10 καὶ ἀπέστειλεν
Ελισαιε ἄγγελον
πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγων
Πορευθεὶς λοῦσαι
ἑπτάκις ἐν τῷ
Ιορδάνῃ, καὶ ἐπιστρέψει
ἡ σάρξ σού σοι,
καὶ καθαρισθήσῃ.
2Ki_5:11
WEB But Naaman was angry, and went away,
and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call
on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover
the leper.
2Ki_5:11
But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, “Behold, I said to myself,
‘He will by all means come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of his
God, and lay his hand upon the place, and heal the leprosy.’
2Ki_5:11 καὶ ἐθυμώθη
Ναιμαν καὶ ἀπῆλθεν
καὶ εἶπεν Ἰδοὺ
δὴ ἔλεγον ὅτι ἐξελεύσεται
πρός με καὶ στήσεται
καὶ ἐπικαλέσεται
ἐν ὀνόματι θεοῦ
αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπιθήσει
τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ
ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον
καὶ ἀποσυνάξει
τὸ λεπρόν·
2Ki_5:12
WEB Aren't Abanah and Pharpar, the
rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in
them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
2Ki_5:12
Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters
of Israel? May I not go and wash in them, and be cleansed?” And he turned and
went away in a rage.
2Ki_5:12 οὐχὶ ἀγαθὸς
Αβανα καὶ
Φαρφαρ ποταμοὶ
Δαμασκοῦ ὑπὲρ
Ιορδάνην καὶ πάντα
τὰ ὕδατα
Ισραηλ; οὐχὶ
πορευθεὶς λούσομαι
ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ
καθαρισθήσομαι;
καὶ ἐξέκλινεν
καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἐν
θυμῷ.
2Ki_5:13
WEB His servants came near, and spoke to
him, and said, My father, if the prophet had asked you do some great thing,
wouldn't you have done it? how much rather then, when he says to you, Wash, and
be clean?
2Ki_5:13
And his servants came near and said to him, “Suppose the prophet had spoken a
great thing to you, would you not perform it? Yet he has but said to you,
‘Wash, and be cleansed.’”
2Ki_5:13 καὶ ἤγγισαν
οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ
καὶ ἐλάλησαν
πρὸς αὐτόν Μέγαν
λόγον ἐλάλησεν
ὁ προφήτης πρὸς
σέ, οὐχὶ ποιήσεις;
καὶ ὅτι εἶπεν
πρὸς σέ Λοῦσαι
καὶ καθαρίσθητι.
2Ki_5:14
WEB Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to
the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came again like the flesh of a little
child, and he was clean.
2Ki_5:14
So Naaman went down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to
the word of Elisha; and his flesh returned to him as the flesh of a little
child, and he was cleansed.
2Ki_5:14 καὶ κατέβη
Ναιμαν καὶ ἐβαπτίσατο
ἐν τῷ Ιορδάνῃ ἑπτάκι
κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα
Ελισαιε, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν
ἡ σὰρξ αὐτοῦ ὡς
σὰρξ παιδαρίου
μικροῦ, καὶ ἐκαθαρίσθη.
Naaman was Tested!
Beggar Principle:
Beggars can’t be choosers
Naaman Reaction:
Naaman was angry at first -- Flustered, upset, disappointed, frustrated
Naaman = Dog? / Deeper Testing:
Are you willing for obeyers/monotheists/inspired people to test your heart
deeper than you though was necessary?
Comparable Test:
Naaman Test is comparable to the Dog Woman’s test
Pride Questioned:
Do you think you are better than an Aramean/Syrian (Naaman)?
Expectation Bias:
Do you insist on preconceived ideas of how righteous people should behave to
make you happy???
Missed Prophet:
What if they were a prophet and you assumed they weren’t even inspired because
they contradicted your expectations?
Low = Miracle: no miracle would have happened to
Naman if he had not been brought low by leprosy, and cooperatively got low in
the immersing / baptismal Waters of the Jordan
See: A
Good Heart -- Wants to Admire/Believe
(C) Synagogue Fails Naaman’s Faith
Preceding context: the Good Message (Isa_61)
Dos NOT Apply to them!
…
Luk_4:22
And all were bearing witness to Him, and were marveling at the gracious words which
came out of His mouth. And they said, "Is this not Joseph's
son?"
Luk_4:22 Καὶ
πάντες ἐμαρτύρουν
αὐτῷ καὶ ἐθαύμαζον
ἐπὶ τοῖς
λόγοις τῆς
χάριτος τοῖς
ἐκπορευομένοις
ἐκ τοῦ
στόματος αὐτοῦ
καὶ ἔλεγον·
οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν
ὁ υἱός ᾿Ιωσὴφ;
Luk_4:22 και
παντες
εμαρτυρουν
αυτω και
εθαυμαζον επι
τοις λογοις
της χαριτος
τοις
εκπορευομενοις
εκ του
στοματος αυτου
και ελεγον Aουχι
TSBουχ
TSBουτος
TSBεστιν
TSBο
υιος Aεστιν
ιωσηφ Aουτος
Luk_4:23
He said to them, "You will surely say this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal
yourself! Whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in Your
hometown.' "
Luk_4:23 καὶ εἶπε
πρὸς αὐτούς·
πάντως ἐρεῖτέ
μοι τὴν
παραβολὴν
ταύτην· ἰατρέ,
θεράπευσον
σεαυτόν· ὅσα
ἠκούσαμεν
γενόμενα εἰς
τὴν
Καπερναούμ,
ποίησον καὶ ὧδε
ἐν τῇ
πατρίδι σου.
Luk_4:23 και
ειπεν προς
αυτους παντως
ερειτε μοι την
παραβολην
ταυτην ιατρε
θεραπευσον
σεαυτον οσα
ηκουσαμεν
γενομενα Aεις TSBεν
Aτην
TSBτη
Aκαφαρναουμ
TSBκαπερναουμ
ποιησον και
ωδε εν τη
πατριδι σου
Luk_4:24
Then He said, "Assuredly I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his
hometown.
Luk_4:24 εἶπε δέ·
ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν
ὅτι οὐδεὶς
προφήτης
δεκτός ἐστιν
ἐν τῇ
πατρίδι αὐτοῦ.
Luk_4:24
ειπεν δε αμην
λεγω υμιν οτι
ουδεις προφητης
δεκτος εστιν
εν τη πατριδι
αυτου
Luk_4:25
But I tell you truly, there were many
widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut
up three years and six months, and there was a great famine all over the
land;
Luk_4:25 ἐπ᾿ ἀληθείας
δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν,
πολλαὶ χῆραι
ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς
ἡμέραις ᾿Ηλίου
ἐν τῷ ᾿Ισραήλ,
ὅτε ἐκλείσθη
ὁ οὐρανὸς ἐπὶ
ἔτη τρία καὶ
μῆνας ἕξ, ὡς ἐγένετο
λιμὸς μέγας
ἐπὶ πᾶσαν
τὴν γῆν,
Luk_4:25 επ
αληθειας δε
λεγω υμιν
πολλαι χηραι
ησαν εν ταις
ημεραις ηλιου
εν τω ισραηλ
οτε εκλεισθη ο
ουρανος επι
ετη τρια και
μηνας εξ ως
εγενετο λιμος
μεγας επι
πασαν την γην
Luk_4:26
but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, in the region of
Sidon, to a widow woman.
Luk_4:26 καὶ
πρὸς οὐδεμίαν
αὐτῶν ἐπέμφθη
᾿Ηλίας εἰ
μὴ εἰς
Σάρεπτα τῆς
Σιδωνίας
πρὸς γυναῖκα
χήραν.
Luk_4:26 και
προς ουδεμιαν
αυτων επεμφθη
ηλιας ει μη εις
σαρεπτα της Aσιδωνιας
TSBσιδωνος
προς γυναικα
χηραν
Luk_4:27
And there were many lepers in Israel
in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman
the Syrian."
Luk_4:27 καὶ
πολλοὶ
λεπροὶ ἦσαν ἐπὶ
᾿Ελισαίου
τοῦ προφήτου
ἐν τῷ ᾿Ισραὴλ,
καὶ οὐδεὶς
αὐτῶν ἐκαθαρίσθη
εἰ μὴ
Νεεμὰν ὁ
Σύρος.
Luk_4:27 και
πολλοι λεπροι
ησαν TSBεπι TSBελισσαιου
TSBτου
TSBπροφητου
εν τω ισραηλ Aεπι
Aελισαιου
Aτου
Aπροφητου
και ουδεις
αυτων
εκαθαρισθη ει
μη Aναιμαν TSBνεεμαν
ο συρος
Luk_4:28
So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with
wrath,
Luk_4:28 καὶ ἐπλήσθησαν
πάντες θυμοῦ
ἐν τῇ
συναγωγῇ ἀκούοντες
ταῦτα,
Luk_4:28 και
επλησθησαν
παντες θυμου
εν τη συναγωγη
ακουοντες
ταυτα
Luk_4:29
and rising up they threw Him out of the city; and brought Him to the brow of
the hill on which their city was built, in order to throw Him down.
Luk_4:29 καὶ ἀναστάντες
ἐξέβαλον αὐτὸν
ἔξω τῆς
πόλεως καὶ ἤγαγον
αὐτὸν ἕως ὀφρύος
τοῦ ὄρους, ἐφ᾿
οὗ ἡ πόλις αὐτῶν
ᾠκοδόμητο,
εἰς τὸ
κατακρημνίσαι
αὐτόν·
Luk_4:29 και
ανασταντες εξεβαλον
αυτον εξω της
πολεως και
ηγαγον αυτον
εως TSτης
οφρυος του
ορους εφ ου η
πολις TSBαυτων
ωκοδομητο Aαυτων
TSBεις
Aωστε
TSBτο
κατακρημνισαι
αυτον
Luk_4:30
But having passed through the midst of them, He went on.
Luk_4:30 αὐτὸς
δὲ διελθὼν
διὰ μέσου αὐτῶν
ἐπορεύετο.
(D) Synagogue Blindness = Our Warning!
·
Truth Rejected:
No benefits without believing the Truth right in front of you -- that your
flesh despises -- as if you KNOW Jesus/inspired people by flesh.
·
Familiarity Blindness:
Assuming Jesus was Joseph's son, whom they knew (Luk_4:22),
hardened them to being amazed by Truth and believing Jesus (Luk_4:24) and leaving them as abandoned and
rejected Israel (Luk_4:25-27)
under plagues -- despite their religious synagogue attendance (Luk_4:28).
·
Future Warning:
Notice that this is also a prediction of future rejection of Religious people (Luk_4:25 → Rev_11 – 12, etc.) -- so this same exact
warning applies to US if we don’t learn to get low into the converting
baptismal waters of Discipleship just like Naaman and these other non-covenant
people did!
·
Naaman Example:
Naaman was saved, and is an example of how we must believe to escape religion
& End-Times Rebellion-Apostasy.
Jesus’ Inspiration = Faith’s Climax, Not End
·
Climactic Desperation:
Desperation to admit you have a problem and cry out for help and even believe
those whom God has inspired to save you, climaxes with Jesus,
·
Ongoing Need: Jesus
vindicates all the OT heroes, but
·
Ongoing: this need
to admit your desolation and cry out to inspired savior does NOT end with
Jesus’ proclamation in the New Covenant…
·
Misused Reputation:
Stop using Jesus's reputation as a means to make faith in God's inspiration
meaningless (on earth in our day and age).
· Present Faith: YOU Need to cry out for inspired help in front of you, and believe those whom God has inspired to save you, just like they did in the Bible
Job's Friends Get Intercession from Job
Collaborative Summary (here and the next few sub-points):
Job_42:6-10 — Job
humbled prays for friends (restores others)
[Job_42:6 — Job abhors
himself repents (self-humbling)]
Job_42:7-17 — Job's
Friends Rebuked
Job_42:8 — Friends seek
Job’s prayer (recognize his standing) <<<<
Job_42:10 — Job prays
for friends (serves repentant critics)
Saul Unrecognized
Saul: Rejected → Crisis → Embraced Savior/Deliverer
(Saul Vindicated, like Jephthah in Jdg_11)
1Sa_9:15-17 — Saul
chosen beforehand (divine selection indicated/revealed/foreshadowed)
1Sa_10:1 — Samuel
anoints Saul with oil (officially Anointed Oneened as King)
..
1Sa_10:26-27 — Some hearts
divinely touched; others despise Saul (divided reception)
1Sa_11:1-2 — Nahash
threatens mutilation (Ammonite crisis terror)
1Sa_11:4-5 — People
weep in fear (desperation emerges)
1Sa_11:6 — Spirit comes
on Saul (inspired salvation)
1Sa_11:7 — Fear of LORD
unites people (collective submission)
1Sa_11:11 — Saul
defeats Ammonites (deliverance proven)
1Sa_11:12-13 — People
want rebels executed/judged (vindication of chosen king)
David Unrecognized
David: Rejected → Pressure → Recognized Savior
1Sa_16:1 — Samuel sent
to Jesse (David chosen by God)
1Sa_16:12-13 — Samuel
anoints & Spirit comes on David (officially chosen)
1Sa_17:28-29 — David
despised by brothers (initial rejection)
1Sa_17:32-37 — David
volunteers against Goliath (faith before visible miracles)
1Sa_17:50 — David
delivers Israel (clear salvation act)
1Sa_18:6-9 — Saul
envies David (threatened authority)
1Sa_22:1-2 — Distressed
gather to David (afflicted seek him)
1Sa_23:1-5 — David
saves Keilah (acts as seen deliverer)
1Sa_24:17 — Saul admits
David more righteous (enemy recognizes deliverer)
2Sa_2:4 — Judah anoints
David (partial acceptance)
2Sa_5:1-3 — All Israel
comes in need (full recognition after struggle)
David accused of pride (1Sa_17:28-29)
-- just Like Moses was blasphemed (Num_12:3)
Just like Jesus says He was humble (Mat_11:) -- and they
though Jesus was crazy
>>Scrip:
They Though Jesus Was Crazy
Mar_3:21 NKJV But when His own people heard about this, they
went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, “He is out of His mind.”
Joh_10:20 NKJV And many of them said, “He has a demon and is
mad. Why do you listen to Him?”
Joh_7:5 NKJV For even His brothers did not believe in Him.
Do they really KNOW David?
Do David’s brothers Love David for who God says he is?
Are they assuming non-inspiration?
What’s wrong with the identity issue here?
Remember: God said:
I have rejected Him -- to David's oldest Brother
This is real discernment that virtually no one has today!
1Sa_16:7 NKJV But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at
his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him… For the
LORD does not see as man sees…
1Sa_16:6 NKJV So it was, when they came, that he looked at
Eliab and said, “Surely the LORD’s anointed is before Him!”
WARNING: God is REJECTING YOU if you
despise humbled inspiration like David! -- the BIBLE says so! -- LEARN from Miriam!
And God choses what the flesh rejects:
Psa_118:22 NKJV The stone which the builders rejected Has
become the chief cornerstone.
How are we ever going to know humility, Truth, how to love
people, or anything else until we conquer this injustice and attrocity???
Even though David’s brothers have been brought low by the
philistines, they are still not ready to logically and willingly believe
morality until visual proof is forced on them…
Some people would rather kill themselves than get discipled
by the Truth…
We need to begin understanding desolation (the evil of your
flesh) in this way
Abigail Recognizes David!
<<<
1Sa_25:23-31 — Abigail
humbles herself honors David (peacemaking)
1Sa_25:23 — Abigail
bows to ground (deep/striking humility)
1Sa_25:24 — Takes blame
herself (self-lowering)
1Sa_25:28 — Appeals for
mercy & honors David
Nabal’s Household Almost Destroyed
Nabal’s
Household was virtually doomed…
1Sa_25:17 NKJV Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his household…
…
1Sa_25:22 NKJV May God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I leave one male of all who belong to him by morning light.
…
1Sa_25:23 — Abigail
bows to ground
…
1Sa_25:33 NKJV And blessed is your advice and blessed are
you, because you have kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from
avenging myself with my own hand.
…
1Sa_25:38 NKJV Then it happened, after about ten days, that the LORD struck Nabal, and he died.
…
1Sa_25:41 NKJV So she arose, bowed her face to the earth,
and said, “Here is your maidservant, a servant to wash the feet of the servants
of my lord.”
Note: Abigail = a Major Matriarchically Pioneer of Foot
washing
Abigail’s Extreme Humility was Repeated by Jesus Getting
Foot Washing and instituting it for All Disciples!
See: BOW > Foot Washing
Biblical-Bowing.htm#Footwashing
Josiah Seeks Huldah
2Ch_34:19-27 — Josiah
Humbled Himself (soft heart)
2Ki_22:14-16 / 2Ch_34:22 – Josiah sough Huldah the
prophetess (2Ch_34:27-28)
·
Hidden Admiration:
When you’re really humble, you will also admire believe and seek out the humble
woman sitting in her house who happens to also be a prophetess.
·
Ignored Obeyers: Are
you ignoring inspired Obeyers today whom God wants to speak to you through?
·
Preemptive Obedience:
Don't wait for God to punish you with unbearable afflictions before you get
desperate enough to obey Him, and believe the True, righteous, humble, Bible
obeyers He has approved of today.
· Josiah Response: READ the Bible like Josiah did and Abraham indirectly teaches us to do in Luk_16 -- and repent to not go to the place of torment and ongoing rejection!
The Point: Go ahead and afflict yourself if you have
to, but by all means get low enough so that you automatically seek out the
unpopular and hidden Obey-ALL-the-Bible Truth that you need to be saved today!
Gifts Recognized! <<<
One Body Needs All
Interdependence — no self-sufficiency
Rom_12:3
– Sober judgment of measure given
Rom_12:4-5
– Many members, one body unity
Rom_12:6-8
– Different gifts, use accordingly
1Co_12:4-6
– Varieties of gifts, same God
1Co_12:7
– Manifestation given for all
1Co_12:12-14
– One body, many members
1Co_12:15-17
– No part may reject others
1Co_12:18-21
– God arranged; no independence
1Co_12:22-25
– Honor WEAKER; no division
1Co_12:26
– Shared suffering & honor
Eph_4:4-7
– One body; Favor given to each
Eph_4:11-13
– Gifts given to equip Holy Ones
1Pe_4:10-11
– Steward [Greek: Household Law-ers] of gifts, serving others
Receive Gifted People — Function
Recognized/Received
Mat_10:40-41
– Receive messengers, share reward
Luk_10:16
– Receiving them equals receiving Anointed One
Joh_13:20
– Receiving sent ones receives Anointed One
Rom_16:1-2
– Receive Phoebe fittingly
1Co_16:10-11
– Receive Timothy without fear
Php_2:29-30
– Receive Epaphroditus with honor
Col_4:10
– Receive Mark if he comes
3Jn_1:5-8
– Support traveling workers
Mutual Reception — acknowledge Favor in
others
Rom_14:1
– Receive weak without disputes
Rom_15:5-7
– Receive one another as Anointed One
Rom_15:14
– Full of goodness; able to admonish
2Co_7:2
– Make room; receive us
Gal_4:14
– Received me as an angel
Phm_1:17
– Receive him as me
Laborers & Leaders --
Recognized/Received
1Co_3:5-9
– Ministers are co-workers of God
2Co_10:12-18
– Not self-commending but approved
1Th_5:12-13
– Know and esteem leaders highly
Heb_13:7
– Remember leaders; imitate faith
Heb_13:17
– Submit to Watchful Leaders
1Co_16:15-18
– Acknowledge & SUBMIT to devoted servants
Php_1:3-5
– Fellowship in Good Message partnership
Discern True Vs False Gifts
Mat_7:15-20
– Know them by fruits
1Jn_4:1
– Test spirits for truth
2Pe_2:1-3
– False teachers exploit
Rev_2:2
– Test those claiming apostles
Actively Recognize & Value Specific
Gifts
1Co_12:27-31
– Appointed roles; desire gifts
1Co_14:29-31
– Discern and weigh prophetic gifts
1Th_5:20-21
– Do not despise; test and hold
1Ti_4:14
– Do not neglect your gift
2Ti_1:6
– Stir up God’s gift
Rom_12: Submit Under Gifts
Rom_12:3 — Sober self-view
(no overestimation)
Rom_12:10 — Prefer
others in honor (lift others up)
Gifts are recognized!!!
1Pe_4:10-11 – Stewards of the manifold favor of God
1Pe_4:10 NKJV As each one has received a gift, minister it
to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
1Pe_4:11 NKJV If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God… that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ…
Peter Greek: “Gifts” = House-Hold-Law-ers
Gal: Crucified Slavish Serving
Service of Humility Instructions in Galatians
Gal_2:20/Gal_5:24 — Crucified self; Anointed One lives
(self-denial humility)
Gal_5:13 — Serve one
another humbly (love service)
Gal_5:15 — Do not
devour each other (reject pride conflict)
Gal_5:23 – Humility = a
fruit of the Spirit
Gal_5:24 — Crucify flesh
with passions (active self-denial)
Gal_5:26 – No vainglory
Gal_6:1
— Restore gently; watch yourself (humble correction)
Gal_6:2
— Bear one another’s burdens (shared service/humility)
Gal_6:3
— Think nothing of self (reject self-deception)
Gal_6:3 — Self-nothingness
avoids deception (true humility)
[Gal_6:4 — Test own
work, not compare (quiet self-evaluation)]
[Gal_6:5 — Bear own
load (personal responsibility)]
Gal_6:6 — Share with
teacher (honor others)
_
Gal_6:9 — Do not grow
weary doing good (steady humility)
Gal_6:10 — Do good to
all (others prioritized)
_
Eph: Lowly Patient Serving & Submitting
Eph_4:2 — Lowliness bears
with patience (humility enduring with others)
Eph_5:21 — Submit to
one another (mutual lowering)
1Co: Prioritize Weaker
1Co_12:22-25 — Honor
weaker members more (body humility)
1Co_12:22 — Weaker
members necessary (value the lowly)
1Co_12:23 — Less honorable
given more honor (reverse esteem)
1Co_12:24 — God gives
greater honor (elevates lesser)
1Co_12:25 — Same care
for all (equal regard)
Col: Humble Forgiving Serves
Col_3:12-13 — Humility
forgives others
Col_3:12 — Put on
humility
Col_3:13 — Forgive one
another
Col_3:23-24 — Serve
others as the Lord
Col_3:23 — Serve from
heart (others as unto Lord)
1st Thessalonians
1Th_2:6 — Did not seek
glory (apostolic humility)
1Th_2:7 — Gentle
like nursing mother (tender humility)
1Th_2:8 — Gave selves
sacrificially (self-giving love)
1Th_2:9 — Labored not
burdensome (self-supporting)
1Th_3:12 — Abound in
love toward others (others-focused)
1Th_4:9 — Taught by God
to love (humble affection)
1Th_4:11 — Aspire quiet
life (lowly ambition)
1Th_5:11 — Edify one
another (others-building)
1Th_5:12 — Recognize
laboring leaders
1Th_5:13 — Esteem
them highly
1Th_5:14 — Patient with
all (gentle humility)
1Th_5:15 — Do good
always
\/
1Th_5:12 — Recognize
those who labor (see others’ worth)
1Th_5:13 — Esteem them
highly (honor above self)
1st Peter: Humble Submission
1Pe_2:17 — Honor all
people (universal value/esteem)
1Pe_3:8 — Be courteous,
tenderhearted (others-first minded)
1Pe_5:5 — Clothe with
humility toward obeyers -- all submit mutually
1Pe_5:6 — Humble under
God (await exaltation)
Php_2: Incarnation: Lower Self to Lift Others
Php_2:3 — Lowliness
esteems others better (above self)
Php_2:4 — Looks to
others’ interests (self-deprioritized)
Php_2:5-8 —
Self-emptying serves others (Anointed One example)
Php_2:5 — Anointed
One’s mindset -- Adopt pattern of humility
Php_2:6 — Did not
snatch/grasp equality (refused self-exaltation)
Php_2:7 — Emptied self,
serving (took servant form)
Php_2:8 — Humbled
Himself to death (ultimate cross-obedience)
Num_12: Miriam, Aaron, & Moses
Num_12:3-13 — Meek
Moses Intercedes (others restored)
Num_12:3 — Moses very
meek (lowly leader)
Num_12:11 — Aaron confesses
folly (self-abasement)
Num_12:13 — Moses
intercedes (serves offender)
Aaron’s humility and their atonement is tied into God’s
climactic revelation of just how great Moses is.
They have no problem begging Moses for atonement when they
see how low they’ve been brought.
See: MOS
Become an Emptied NOBODY!! (Take Action!)
So...
If all of this is true, then what are you waiting for?
Go ahead and empty yourself!
Become a nobody!
You've got nothing to lose, except your rotting pride
Unless indeed you think that you're worth saving more than
Jesus was when He was in the form of the Word of God...
Pray...
Make me invisible to The flesh
Make me a nobody
Because I am nobody in this life
Separate yourself to the romantic holiness of a New identity
exclusively within God's exaltation
Judges -- Believe BEFORE Failure!
12 Judges of Israel:
Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon,
Abdon, Samson
Judges Patterns
Judges’ Repeated Pattern (throughout almost the whole book)…
Sin → Affliction/Oppression (foreign enemy) →
Desperation → Cry/Beg → Deliverer Raised → Relief (Temporary)
→ Relapse (Fall Back into Sinning)
See: LOB > People “Saving” People?
Letteral-Obedience.htm#PeopleSavePeople
Judges Summaries
Othniel vs. NW Mesopotamia
Jdg_3:8 — Cushan-Rishathaim (king of Aram-Naharaim
-- NW Mesopotamia Oppression -- 1st foreign affliction-bondage)
Jdg_3:9 — Cried to LORD
→ Othniel = Savior raised up by God (1st
judge deliverer)
Ehud vs. Eglon/Moab
Jdg_3:12 — Oppressed by
Eglon King of Moab
Jdg_3:15 — Cried out;
Ehud raised up (left-handed savior)
Deborah vs. Jabin/Sisera
Jdg_4:2-3 — Oppressed
by Jabin/Sisera (King & Commander/General of Canaan; iron chariots terror;
harsh bondage)
Jdg_4:3 — Cried out to
LORD (severe oppression; distress-driven prayer)
Jdg_4:4-6 — Deborah
judging; Barak called (prophetess + commander raised)
Jdg_4:8 — Barak depends
on Deborah (faith mixed with fear)
Jdg_4:9 — Honor goes to
a woman (Jael foretold)
Jdg_4:21 — Jael kills
Sisera (unexpected salvation)
Their desperation made them willing to listen to God’s Words
in a woman…
How low do you have to be brought before you will love,
believe, and even obey obeyers who are socially less than you today/right now?
_
Gideon vs. Midian
Jdg_6:1-6 — Oppressed
by Midian (poverty, hiding, caves, fear; severe humiliation)
Jdg_6:6 — Israel
greatly impoverished; cried out (desperation climax; urgency)
Jdg_6:7-10 — LORD
responds, recalls sin (rebuke before deliverance)
Jdg_6:11-16 — Gideon
called (reluctant deliverer)
Baal Rebellion (Idol Apostasy)
Jdg_8:33-34 — Returned
to Baal after Gideon; forgot LORD (post-deliverance relapse)
Abimelech Rebellion
Jdg_9:22-24 — Abimelech
oppresses (internal corruption judgment)
Jdg_9:56-57 — God
repays wickedness (judgment without repentance)
Abimelech was an illegal/unauthorized/un-anointed King
Deu_17:14-15 – Moses said only have a king chosen by God
Later…
1Sa_8:7-8 – They half-heartedly try to keep this rule
1Sa_12:17 – what an evil thing you did…when you asked for a king
Tested After Rebellion
Jdg_10:6-9 — Oppressed
by Philistines & Ammonites (dual affliction)
Jdg_10:10 — Cried out
confessing sin (clear explicit repentance?)
Jdg_10:13-14 — God
tests their seriousness (rejects shallow cries)
Jdg_10:15-16 — Put away
idols; cried again (deeper repentance?)
Jephthah
Preceding Context: (A) Rebellions with Baal (Jdg_8); (B) Abimelech Rebellions (Jdg_9) & (C) God tests them (Jdg_10) (D)
Jdg_11:4-6 — Oppressed
by Ammonites; Jephthah Begged (elders seeking salvation from rejected & now
recalled leader)
Jdg_11:7-8 —
Desperation overrides prior rejection (humbled need drives humility &
repentance/reversal)
Jdg_11:9-11 — Jephthah
embraced as head/leader (submission for salvation, under pressure)
Remember this pattern?
Oppression → Desperation → Cry/Beg →
Jephthah Vindicated (previously rejected deliverer accepted) → Salvation
Do you have a hard heart that requires personal experienced
Oppression & Desperation before you can believe God’s saving inspired
heroes?
You’re about to lose…!
Inspired Identity: Notice that loving Jephthah and
believing that he is inspired is the same thing - because it's the core of his
identity according to what God is saying about him
Accepted Inspiration: In the same way, with all of
the Judges, and with any and all inspired people today: if you are not going to
accept them, neither do you have any divine love for them, and you won't be
saved by God's inspired obedience
Whoever doesn't love his brother whom he has seen how can he
love God whom he has not seen
1Jn_2:9 NKJV He who says he is in the light, and hates his
brother, is in darkness until now.
1Jn_3:14 NKJV We know that we have passed from death to
life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in
death.
1Jn_3:17 NKJV But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees
his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God
abide in him?
1Jn_4:20 NKJV If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his
brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has
seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
1Jn_4:21 NKJV And this commandment we have from Him: that he
who loves God must love his brother also.
Mat_25:40 NKJV And the King will answer and say to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.”
Jam_2:15 NKJV If a brother or sister is naked and destitute
of daily food,
Jam_2:16 NKJV and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace,
be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for
the body, what does it profit?
Samson
See: Samson
Begs God
Low to God & Obeyers
Whether (A) begging God directly (as seen above) or (B)
begging His inspired saviors (as seen throughout these points), GETTING LOW
always puts you in the right mind to grab/apprehend inspired salvation…
Dog Woman: Begging for Monotheism
The “Dog Woman” is otherwise “affectionately known as” the
Greek, Syro-Phoenician woman of Canaan.
In Mat_15:21-28
and Mar_7:24-30 A Greek, Syro-Phoenician
woman of Canaan says she's a dog…
Matthew 15 & Mark 7 -- Combined
Mat_15:21 — Jesus
departs to Tyre and Sidon (Gentile region)
Mar_7:24 — Jesus enters
Tyre; seeks privacy (hidden in Gentile area)
Mar_7:25 — Woman hears;
comes and falls* (urgent faith
approach) [προσεπεσεν
προς τους
ποδας αυτου ]
Mat_15:22 — Canaanite
woman cries for mercy (Canaanite identity; daughter demon-possessed) [εκραζεν να [εκραυγασεν] τσβ [αυτω] τσβ]
Mar_7:26 — Greek,
Syro-Phoenician* woman (Gentile
identity specified): Throw Out demon? [* ελληνις [συραφοινικισσα] β [συροφοινισσα] τσ συροφοινικισσα να]
Mat_15:23 — Jesus silent;
disciples urge dismissal (persistent crying [κραζει])
Mat_15:24 — Sent only
to Israel (mission priority) [τα
απολωλοτα
οικου ισραηλ ]
Mat_15:25 — She
bows pleading help (humble desperation) [[προσεκυνησεν] β προσεκυνει νατσ αυτω]
Mat_15:26 — Children’s
bread not for dogs [κυναρίοις]
(no “throwing”; Gentile exclusion test)
Mar_7:27 — Children fed
first; not dogs (priority to Israel stated)
Mat_15:27 — YES:
Dogs [τὰ κυνάρια]
eat crumbs from table (humble persistent faith response)
Mar_7:28 — Also:
[και] Dogs eat
crumbs under [υποκατω]
table [YES?: [ναι] τσβ κυριε και [γαρ] τσβ]
Mat_15:28 — Great
faith; daughter healed
Mar_7:29 — For this
saying, demon [δαιμονιον]
gone out (faith-filled, extremely humble response rewarded / honored)
Mar_7:30 — Daughter
healed at home (confirmed no demon) [δαιμονιον]
Divinity Distraction -- Avoid It!
<<<<<<<
Divinity Distraction -- Defined
·
Outdated/Antiquated/Preoccupation:
Divinity Distractions are caught up in debates that were settled about 2,700
years ago.
·
Hijacking:
Divinity Distractions are habitually exaggerated, shortsighted, ignorant,
attempts to artificially displace moral requirements about JC’s Divinity
instead. <<<<
·
Disobedient Flattery:
Divinity Distractions are empty religious JC flattery, which end up disobeying
the Bible’s authoritative examples and excusing people from imitating the
Gospels of Jesus. <<<
·
Don’t Move the
Milestones *: You are not better than the original
goal/objective of a Bible passage, and when you remove the original motivation
and objective, you displace and lose way more morality than you ever realized
possible.
·
Jesus’ Human Humility:
The Incarnation is NOT about Jesus being initially recognized as God -- it
takes until the end of John for Thomas to finally confess that loud and clearly
-- and that’s an intentionally highlighted climax in John.
·
Jesus = Rule, NOT
Exception!: Deep zealous and reverent Obedience to
Jesus’ authoritative example is more impressive than socially flattering Him
with Divinity Hype that neglects and excuses people from obedient imitation.
* Pro_22:28 – Don’t Move the Ancient
Milestones
Pro_22:28
WEB Don't move the ancient
boundary stone, which your fathers have set up.
Pro_22:28
LB Do not remove the old
landmarks, which your fathers placed.
Pro_22:28 μὴ μέταιρε
ὅρια αἰώνια, ἃ ἔθεντο
οἱ πατέρες σου .
There are MANY examples of Divinity
Distraction -- all aimed at reinterpreting and disobeying the original text of
the Scriptures in exchange for cheap and shallow Divinity Flattery…
Kissing-Toward ≠ Worship!
Rev_3:9
– “Kissing-Toward” ≠ Worshipping as God
Rev_3:9 KJV Behold, I
will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not,
but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship [προσ- – toward] before
thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
This is NOT “worship” as if to God… and we can see that even
from English…
Rev_3:9 CAB Behold, I will give those of the synagogue of
Satan, those who say they are Jews and are not, but they are lying—behold, I
will compel them to come and bow down at your feet [Aηξουσιν Bηξωσι
TSηξωσιν
και Aπροσκυνησουσιν
TSBπροσκυνησωσιν
ἐνώπιον
τῶν ποδῶν
σου], and they shall know that I have loved you.
Rev_3:9 ἰδοὺ
διδωμι ἐκ τῆς
συναγωγῆς τοῦ
Σατανᾶ τῶν
λεγόντων ἑαυτοὺς
᾿Ιουδαίους εἶναι,
καὶ οὐκ εἰσὶν,
ἀλλὰ
ψεύδονται· ἰδοὺ
ποιήσω αὐτοὺς
ἵνα ἥξουσι
καὶ
προσκυνήσουσιν
ἐνώπιον τῶν
ποδῶν σου,
καὶ γνῶσιν ὅτι
ἐγὼ ἠγάπησά
σε.
Rev_3:9
ιδου Aδιδω TSBδιδωμι
εκ της
συναγωγης του
σατανα των
λεγοντων εαυτους
ιουδαιους
ειναι και ουκ
εισιν αλλα
ψευδονται ιδου
ποιησω αυτους
ινα Aηξουσιν Bηξωσι
TSηξωσιν
και Aπροσκυνησουσιν
TSBπροσκυνησωσιν
ενωπιον των
ποδων σου και
γνωσιν οτι TSAεγω
ηγαπησα σε
Clearly, God is not
causing/promoting/authoring idolatry by making people “worship” other people!
See: BOW > Wicked Bow to Righteous
Biblical-Bowing.htm#WickedBowtoRighteous
Dog-Acknowledgement ≠ Divinity
Dog-Acknowledgement Was Not About Jesus’ Divinity
Just as Rev_3:9
is NOT talking about Worshipping people as God, so also the Dog Woman account is
NOT linguistically about Divinity Worship of Jesus…
Mat_15:25
CAB Then she came and worshipped
[προσεκύνησεν
– kissed-toward/bowed to] Him, saying, "Lord, help me!"
Mat_15:25 ἡ δὲ ἐλθοῦσα
προσεκύνησεν
αὐτῷ
λέγουσα·
Κύριε,
βοήθει μοι.
Mat_15:25 η δε
ελθουσα Bπροσεκυνησεν
TSAπροσεκυνει
αυτω λεγουσα
κυριε βοηθει
μοι
Notice the inconsistency between Rev_3:9 (προσκυνήσουσιν
→ “bow down”) and Mat_15:25
(Bπροσεκυνησεν
TSAπροσεκυνει
→ “worshipped”) -- this is NOT unbiased, but is just the inconsistent
misrepresentations of Divinity Distraction.
Imitate the “Dog Woman”
…Don’t
Excuse Yourself with heretical Divinity Distraction!
·
Desolation
Acknowledgement: The “dog woman” acknowledged the desolation of her flesh, and
Jesus announced/reveals the redemption of her faith.
·
Resist the Divinity
Distraction: It's not just because "Jesus is God" -- that’s an
Immorality of your flesh’s story, not the moral to this story; we need the
moral righteousness reported to us from the historical account in the Bible.
·
Rule, NOT Exception:
Jesus = the Rule for us to imitate, NOT the Exception to the Rule for us to be
excuse ourselves from (as if He’s too lofty for us, just because rebellion
flatters JC as g-d).
·
Incarnation ≠
Divinity Honored: Pretending like Jesus’ divinity (supposedly) amazed
everyone into uncommon reverence for Him as g-d, is just plain old incarnation
denial, and misses the whole point of the incarnation (Incarnation = Divinity
Emptied, Not Shown!)
·
Jewish Reverence: Many
people in the Gospels, including this woman, revered Jesus as a Jewish Rabbi --
and she needed to get into the benefits of this monotheism!
·
Our Required Humility,
Not His Excused Divinity: Dog Woman NOT so humble just because JC is g-d!
-- her humility is what we all need to get low to beg and have faith in the
unbiased Truth right in front of us!
·
A “Dog” Imitates Ruth:
The “dog woman” has the same begging-faith as Ruth the Moabite -- and Naomi is
NOT GOD when Ruth Righteously begs her!
The Point: say “YES” I’m a dog, just like the “Dog
Woman” Did (Mat_15:27), and beg for Truth just
like Ruth Did to Naomi…
1Sa_25:
The "Dog Woman" has the same virtue as you need
from Ruth to Naomi
If you really meet the real Jesus in heaven in prayer and
endure in obedient discipleship this is how the real Biblical Jesus treats all
of us...
Sirach: Wisdom’s Trials
Sir_4:11 Wisdom instructs6 [6
[ Sir_4:11] Heb(A), Syr / LXX “exalts”]
her
children
and admonishes
those who seek her.
12 He who loves
her loves life;
those
who seek her out win her
favor.
13 He who holds her fast inherits glory;
wherever
he dwells,
Yahweh bestows
blessings.
14 Those who serve her serve the Holy One;
those
who love her7 [7
[ Sir_4:14] LXX / Syr “; his tent”] Yahweh
loves.
15 He who obeys her judges nations;8 [8
[ Sir_4:15] LXX / Heb(A), Syr “truly”]
he who listens to her dwells in her
inmost chambers.
16 If one trusts
her, he will possess her;
his
descendants too will inherit her.9 [9
[ Sir_4:16] LXX, Syr / Heb(A) omits “If one trusts her…inherit her.”]
17 She walks
with him as a stranger,
and at first she puts him to the test;
fear and
dread she
brings upon him10 [10
[ Sir_4:17] LXX, Syr / Heb(A) omits “Fear and dread she brings upon him”]
and tries him with her
discipline;
with her precepts
she
puts him to the proof,
until his heart is fully with
her.
18 Then she comes back to bring him happiness
and reveal her
secrets to
him.
19 But if he fails her,
she will abandon
him
and deliver
him into the hands of despoilers.11 [11
[ Sir_4:11~19] LXX / Heb(A), Syr has the segment from “He who obeys…despoilers”
in first person.]
Independent Guidance Spirits
·
Greek Demons:
Greeks believed there were good demons (Greek: “EU” = Well-Demons, etc.)
·
Church-Sanctified-Demons:
These “good demons” are the same popular “personal guidance spirits” /
“” in churches today (“personal relationship with the LJC”)
·
Deceptive Molestation:
Good-Feeling Spirits are like a child molester that gives you candy, but the
deception ends in destruction and horrible defilement
·
Soulish = Demonic:
Your soul was never designed to connect to the spiritual realm -- it gets
demons, so stop being just like the pagans of antiquity!
Jam_3:15
– Earthly, Soulish, Demonic [ἐπίγειος,
ψυχική,
δαιμονιώδης]
Jas_3:14 But if you have bitter jealousy and strife in your
heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
Jas_3:14 εἰ δὲ
ζῆλον πικρὸν
ἔχετε καὶ ἐρίθειαν
ἐν τῇ
καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν,
μὴ κατακαυχᾶσθε
καὶ ψεύδεσθε
κατὰ τῆς ἀληθείας.
Jas_3:14 ει δε ζηλον
πικρον εχετε
και εριθειαν
εν τη καρδια υμων
μη
κατακαυχασθε
και ψευδεσθε
κατα της αληθειας
Jas_3:15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from
above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. [ἐπίγειος,
ψυχική,
δαιμονιώδης]
Jas_3:15 οὐκ ἔστιν
αὕτη ἡ σοφία ἄνωθεν
κατερχομένη,
ἀλλ᾿ ἐπίγειος,
ψυχική,
δαιμονιώδης.
Jas_3:15 ουκ εστιν αυτη
η σοφια ανωθεν
κατερχομενη Aαλλα
TSBαλλ επιγειος
ψυχικη
δαιμονιωδης
Jas_3:16 For where jealousy and strife exist, there unrest and every evil
deed are.
Jas_3:16 ὅπου
γὰρ ζῆλος
καὶ ἐριθεία,
ἐκεῖ ἀκαταστασία
καὶ πᾶν φαῦλον
πρᾶγμα.
The Good Spirits are proven by their
Fruit
In direct contrast to the Greek personal
guidance spirits that end up damaging you...
Righteousness IMPROVES Thinking
Clean Spiritual activity does NOT Degrade
your thinking over time like personal guidance spirits -- in the Dog Woman’s
daughter and in churches today…
Rom_1:17 – from faith to faith [ἐκ
πίστεως εἰς
πίστιν]
2Co_3:18
– from Glory to Glory
Pro_4:18 WEB But
the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and
more until the perfect day.
Pro_4:18 LB But the ways of the righteous shine like
light; ·they go forth and shine [προπορεύονται
καὶ φωτίζουσιν],
until the day has fully come [ἕως
κατορθώσῃ ἡ ἡμέρα].
Pro_4:18 ABP-2006 But the ways of the just are likened to light
-- they radiate. They go before and give light until whenever [should set up
the day].
Pro_4:18 αἱ δὲ ὁδοὶ
τῶν δικαίων ὁμοίως
φωτὶ λάμπουσιν,
προπορεύονται
καὶ φωτίζουσιν,
ἕως κατορθώσῃ ἡ
ἡμέρα·
Conformed to God
Rom_12:2
– Metamorphasized/Metamorphosed mind -- based on increasing LOGICAL-Scientific
mind!
(Metamorphasized
mind in Rom_12 = Transformation in 2Co)
Eph_4:22-24
– Renewed spirit of mind
2Co_5:17;
Gal_6:15 – New Creation
2Pe_1:3-11 – Divine Nature
Col_3:10
– put on new…
Rom_8:28-30
– Predestined to conform together…into glory
Php_3:20-21;
1Co_15:49 – lowly bodies changed into His glorious
body
2Ti_1:7 – God has not given us a spirit
of timidity, but …of a saved mind
2Ti_1:6
CAB For which cause I remind you
to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
2Ti_1:6 δι᾿ ἣν
αἰτίαν ἀναμιμνῄσκω
σε ἀναζωπυρεῖν
τὸ χάρισμα
τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὅ ἐστιν
ἐν σοὶ διὰ
τῆς ἐπιθέσεως
τῶν χειρῶν
μου·
2Ti_1:6 δι
ην αιτιαν
αναμιμνησκω σε
αναζωπυρειν το
χαρισμα του
θεου ο εστιν εν
σοι δια της
επιθεσεως των
χειρων μου
2Ti_1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear [δειλίας – timidity],
but of power and of love and ·of a sound [saved] mind [σωφρονισμοῦ
– i.e. non-recklessness].
2Ti_1:7 οὐ γὰρ ἔδωκεν
ἡμῖν ὁ
Θεὸς πνεῦμα
δειλίας, ἀλλὰ
δυνάμεως καὶ
ἀγάπης καὶ
σωφρονισμοῦ.
Thankful for Human Providence
Thankful, Not Proud
Be thankful for all ‘the ordained
boundaries in which God has placed you’ (Deu_32:8;
Act_17:26-27 -- quoted below) throughout your life
But be careful to shun being proud of
your flesh because that will disqualify you from the kingdom of heaven, since flesh
and blood cannot inherit God's invisible, non-earthly, spiritual Kingdom.
1Co_15:50 – flesh and blood cannot
inherit God's Kingdom
1Co_15:50 NKJV Now this I say, brethren,
that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption
inherit incorruption.
Joh_3:6 NKJV That which is born of the
flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Gal_5:21 NKJV …those who practice such
things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
---------------
Deu_32:8 WEB When the Most High gave to the nations their
inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the
peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
Deu_32:8 LB When the Most High divided the nations, when
He separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the nations according to the
number of the angels of God.
Deu_32:8 ὅτε διεμέριζεν
ὁ ὕψιστος ἔθνη, ὡς
διέσπειρεν υἱοὺς
Αδαμ, ἔστησεν ὅρια
ἐθνῶν κατὰ ἀριθμὸν
ἀγγέλων θεοῦ,
Deu_32:9 WEB For Yahweh's portion is his people. Jacob is
the lot of his inheritance.
Deu_32:9 And His people Jacob became
the portion of the Lord, Israel was the line of His inheritance.
Deu_32:9 καὶ ἐγενήθη
μερὶς κυρίου
λαὸς αὐτοῦ
Ιακωβ, σχοίνισμα
κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ
Ισραηλ.
Act_17:26 CAB And He made from one blood every nation of
men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, and He ordained their
preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,
Act_17:26 ἐποίησέ
τε ἐξ ἑνὸς αἵματος
πᾶν ἔθνος ἀνθρώπων
κατοικεῖν ἐπὶ
πᾶν τὸ
πρόσωπον τῆς
γῆς, ὁρίσας
προστεταγμένους
καιροὺς καὶ
τὰς ὁροθεσίας
τῆς
κατοικίας αὐτῶν,
Act_17:26
εποιησεν τε
εξ ενος TSBαιματος
παν εθνος
ανθρωπων
κατοικειν επι Aπαντος
Aπροσωπου
TSBπαν
TSBτο
TSBπροσωπον
της γης ορισας BAπροστεταγμενους
TSπροτεταγμενους
καιρους και
τας οροθεσιας
της κατοικιας
αυτων
Act_17:27 in
order for them to seek the Lord, if perhaps indeed they might grope for
Him and find Him, and yet being indeed not
far from each one of us;
Act_17:27 ζητεῖν
τὸν Κύριον,
εἰ ἄρα γε
ψηλαφήσειαν
αὐτὸν καὶ εὕροιεν,
καί γε οὐ μακρὰν
ἀπὸ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου
ἡμῶν ὑπάρχοντα.
Act_17:27
ζητειν τον Aθεον
TSBκυριον
ει αρα γε
ψηλαφησειαν
αυτον και
ευροιεν Aκαι Aγε
Bκαιγε
TSκαιτοιγε
ου μακραν απο
ενος εκαστου
ημων υπαρχοντα
Act_17:28 for in Him we live and move
and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also
His offspring.'
Act_17:28 ᾿Εν αὐτῷ
γὰρ ζῶμεν
καὶ
κινούμεθα
καὶ ἐσμέν, ὡς
καί τινες τῶν
καθ᾿ ὑμᾶς
ποιητῶν εἰρήκασι·
τοῦ γὰρ καὶ
γένος ἐσμέν.
---------------
Ethnicity Crucified -- Like the Dog Woman
Stories of Pride?
We've all got stories of national ethnic
racial pride, don't we?
Prove New Loyalty:
The dog woman had to prove that she was totally forsaking and renouncing all
national, ethnic, and racial pride and loyalty
Crucify Worldly Pride
·
Heavenly Intolerance:
There's no room for national pride here!
·
Crucifixion Required:
We've got to realize our obligations to die to the flesh so that we can serve
in the newness of the Kingdom of heaven.
Rev_2:20 – You tolerate that woman
Jessabelle
Rev_2:20 NKJV Nevertheless I have a few
things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a
prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants…
1Ki_16:31 NKJV …he took as wife Jezebel
the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians…
2Ki_9:22 NKJV …“Is it peace, Jehu?” So he
answered, “What peace, as long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her
witchcraft are so many?”
2Co_11:2-4
– You Put up with another JC! [καλῶς
Aανεχεσθε TSBηνειχεσθε]
FULL Demon Rejection – Proof Needed! <<<
·
Proof:
Prove You’ve Fully Rejected ALL Demons
·
Woman & YOU:
This Proof was Needed From Dog Woman, and is needed from you!
·
Desolation
Acknowledgment: Dog woman needed to prove that she was
now embracing the desolation of her flesh and heritage, and was ashamed of her
(physical-spiritual) identity.
·
Why admit Your Dog?:
Dogging your heritage is the same as surrendering to conviction of your demonic
dirty desolate heritage
·
Moral Maturity:
Have you gotten to this point of humility yet?
·
Ethnic Pride?:
Are you proud of your heritage?
·
Self-justified?:
Are you Protecting Your Independent, Self-sufficient, Self-respecting,
self-identified Dignity, Honor, and Prominence?
·
Identity Violation:
Protecting Your Independent Identity = Pride, & Always stops you from
having humble faith in the Truth Beneath your feet
·
Faith Needed:
We can’t have faith to humbly change our identity by listening to those we see
beneath ourselves -- Remember Naaman, who was Healed of Leprosy in 2Ki 5!
·
Dog Faith?:
Do you believe that you're a dog yet? --
·
Jesus’ Salvation:
Dog Humility = Saving Faith! -- That is who you are in light of to WHO Jesus
is!
Pride → Identity Protection →
No Faith in Inspiration/Repentance/Changing/Romance:
Pride → Above Others → Protecting Independent Identity &
Worldly Heritage → [x] No Humility or Saving Faith → Unbelief &
Despising Inspiration on Earth -- Not Listening to Those Under you announcing
demanded Change from God → No Change or Heavenly Romance → [x] No
Salvation, Transformation
The Point:
Get Low to Change Under Divine Inspiration on Earth!
Down-Up Principle -- of Dog Woman
·
Dog Woman↓ Jewish
Rabbi↑
·
Admire Above:
When you’ve lowered yourself enough then you're compelled to admire those above
you.
·
Admire Inspiration:
Being lowered enough makes you powerfully admire the Truth In Those whom God
has inspired to save you.
We see from the Dog Woman that once you go
down enough you automatically admire the obeyers who are above you, and then
you can be saved.
The Point:
Do whatever it takes to get low -- there is NO Love, faith, or New Covenant
salvation apart from humility under Divine Inspiration!
Obedience Produced by Humility
5/1/26
Num_12:3 > ALL House
Heb_3:
Php_2: Humbled > Obedient
1Pe_4:1 -- suffered > no sin
Malachi’s Perception
WHO does God Recognize?
WHO does God pay attention to??? Where Does Discernment intersect practical choices we make every day?
Isa_66:2 WEB For all these things has my hand made, and so all these things came to be," says Yahweh: "but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
Isa_66:2 LB For all these things are Mine,” says the Lord; “and to whom will I have respect, but to the humble and meek, and the man that trembles at My words?
Isa_66:2 πάντα γὰρ
ταῦτα ἐποίησεν
ἡ χείρ μου, καὶ ἔστιν
ἐμὰ πάντα ταῦτα,
λέγει κύριος·
καὶ ἐπὶ τίνα ἐπιβλέψω
ἀλλ᾿ ἢ ἐπὶ τὸν
ταπεινὸν καὶ ἡσύχιον
καὶ τρέμοντα
τοὺς λόγους
μου;
Book of Remembrance
ES: The Book of Remembrance
Mal_3:16 WEB Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
Mal_3:16 LB Thus they spoke, those that feared the Lord, everyone to his neighbor: and the Lord gave heed, and listened, and He wrote a book of remembrance before him for them that feared the Lord and reverenced His name.
Mal_3:16 Ταῦτα
κατελάλησαν οἱ
φοβούμενοι τὸν
κύριον, ἕκαστος
πρὸς τὸν πλησίον
αὐτοῦ· καὶ
προσέσχεν κύριος
καὶ εἰσήκουσεν
καὶ ἔγραψεν
βιβλίον
μνημοσύνου ἐνώπιον
αὐτοῦ τοῖς
φοβουμένοις τὸν
κύριον καὶ εὐλαβουμένοις
τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.
Mal_3:17 WEB They shall be mine," says Yahweh of Armies, "my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
Mal_3:17 “And they shall be Mine,” says the Lord Almighty, “in the day which I appoint for a peculiar possession; and I will make choice of them, as a man makes choice of his son that serves him.
Mal_3:17 καὶ ἔσονταί
μοι, λέγει κύριος
παντοκράτωρ, εἰς
ἡμέραν, ἣν ἐγὼ
ποιῶ εἰς
περιποίησιν,
καὶ αἱρετιῶ αὐτοὺς
ὃν τρόπον αἱρετίζει
ἄνθρωπος τὸν υἱὸν
αὐτοῦ τὸν
δουλεύοντα αὐτῷ.
Mal_3:18 WEB Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him.
Mal_3:18 Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, and between him that serves God, and him that does not serve Him.
Mal_3:18 καὶ ἐπιστραφήσεσθε
καὶ ὄψεσθε ἀνὰ
μέσον δικαίου
καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον ἀνόμου
καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον
τοῦ δουλεύοντος
θεῷ καὶ τοῦ μὴ
δουλεύοντος.
discernment or (more literally) Perception sees the value of God inside of people -- and therefore admires obeyers!
Malachi’s Humility
Mal_1:6
– Fatherly Honor Lacking (they’re at fault)
Mal_2:2
– Judgment warnings (if they don’t “take it to heart”)
Mal_2:9
– “So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated...”
Mal_3:7
– Return (repent/admit wrong-doing)
Mal_3:16-18
– Those who fear the LORD
Mal_4:2
– Reverent rewarded
So…
Mal_2:9
– “humiliated”
Mal_3:14 – special perception, including…
Mal_4:4, etc. – Moses & Elijah (2 Witnesses
of Rev_11)
Malachi’s Humility precedes (Mal_2:9) and follows the special perception (Mal_3:14)
of those fearing God (Mal_3:16)…
Malachi 3’s Remnant
· UN-Common: the holy huddle in Malachi 3 is not common people mixed with other apostate common people.
· Holy Gathering: fearing God (Mal_3:16) is a specific unique identifying qualification for the Holy Huddle of sacred special people.
· Fear Gives Perception: The special reverence of gathering with extra righteous, separated, God-fearing people, practically requires and prophetically predicts perceiving the difference between each other and the apostasy they are entrenched in all around (Mal_3:14).
· Differentiation is Discernment: Huddling away from conventional apostasy (Mal_3:14) prophetically predicts that they will disapprove of the wrong people and approve of the right people (Mal_3:18).
· End-times Discernment: this perceptive discernment (in Mal_3:14, Mal_3:18 and also seen in Php_1) takes them on into the ultimate End Times perception of Moses and Elijah in the very next chapter (Mal_4:4, etc.).
· Saving Discernment: this End-times Discernment of Moses and Elijah is the only way to escape antichrist by perceiving the right people (Php_1:9-10) with real Love (Php_1:9), spotless-blamelessness (Php_1:9-10; Eph_5:26-27; Rev_19:6-7, etc.), from the Revelation of the Two Witnesses (Rev_11) all the way to the Revelation of Jesus Anointed One Himself (Rev_19).
See the Right People!
·
Humility Perceives
Obeyers: All it takes to see Truth about obeyers
is to get low enough.
·
(No Opinions with
Discernment: did I make up this principle or is it clearly and repeatedly taught
and talked about all throughout the Bible? -- Perception is NOT the human realm
where people can believe uninspired falsehood if they want!)
·
Honesty Sees the Right
People: We have to get morally honest with our
consciences before the Truth with this down-up issue -- especially when
applied to perceiving who the right people are.
·
The Lowly Perspective
is Love-Perceptive: You only Love other people, especially
obeyers, when you get lower beneath them, and REALLY see them as exalted as God
sees them in the future!
Mount of Transfiguration
Just as the vision of the Transfiguration
predicted the future in many ways, so also God sees the future Glory of His
adopted Children as well…
Rom_8:30 …whom He justified, these He also glorified.
Rom_8:30 οὓς δὲ
προώρισε,
τούτους καὶ
ἐκάλεσε,
καὶ οὓς ἐκάλεσε,
τούτους καὶ
ἐδικαίωσε, οὓς
δὲ ἐδικαίωσε,
τούτους καὶ
ἐδόξασε.
And this is predictive as Paul has
already said a few verses before this…
ES: Future Glory
Rom_8:18 For
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be
revealed in us.
Future Glory
Rom_8:18 Λογίζομαι
γὰρ ὅτι οὐκ ἄξια
τὰ παθήματα
τοῦ νῦν
καιροῦ πρὸς
τὴν
μέλλουσαν
δόξαν ἀποκαλυφθῆναι
εἰς ἡμᾶς.
Rom_8:18 λογιζομαι
γαρ οτι ουκ
αξια τα
παθηματα του
νυν καιρου
προς την
μελλουσαν
δοξαν
αποκαλυφθηναι
εις ημας
Rom_8:19 For
the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly awaits the unveiling of the
sons of God.
Rom_8:19 ἡ
γὰρ ἀποκαραδοκία
τῆς κτίσεως
τὴν ἀποκάλυψιν
τῶν υἱῶν
τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀπεκδέχεται.
Rom_8:19 η γαρ
αποκαραδοκια
της κτισεως
την αποκαλυψιν
των υιων του
θεου
απεκδεχεται
Rom_8:20 For
the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but on account of Him who
subjected it in hope;
Rom_8:20 τῇ
γὰρ
ματαιότητι ἡ
κτίσις ὑπετάγη,
οὐχ ἑκοῦσα,
ἀλλὰ διὰ
τὸν ὑποτάξαντα,
ἐπ᾿ ἑλπίδι
Rom_8:20 τη γαρ
ματαιοτητι η
κτισις υπεταγη
ουχ εκουσα αλλα
δια τον
υποταξαντα Aεφ TSBεπ
ελπιδι
Rom_8:21 because
even the creation itself shall be freed from the slavery of corruption into the
freedom of the glory of the children of God.
Rom_8:21 ὅτι
καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ
κτίσις ἐλευθερωθήσεται
ἀπὸ τῆς
δουλείας τῆς
φθορᾶς εἰς
τὴν ἐλευθερίαν
τῆς δόξης τῶν
τέκνων τοῦ
Θεοῦ.
Rom_8:21 οτι
και αυτη η
κτισις
ελευθερωθησεται
απο της δουλειας
της φθορας εις
την ελευθεριαν
της δοξης των
τεκνων του
θεου
Rom_8:22 For
we know that all the creation groans together and labors in birth together
until now.
Rom_8:22 οἴδομεν
γὰρ ὅτι πᾶσα
ἡ κτίσις
συστενάζει
καὶ
συνωδίνει ἄχρι
τοῦ νῦν·
Love is Perceptive
·
Listen!
Open up your ears and realize something!
·
Love:
When you remove all doubt then you can Love each other without restriction!
·
Excitement:
that’s UNRESTRICTED Love! And Paul is VERY excited about it throughout Php_1 and the rest of the epistles…
·
Honest Love = Resolved
Perception: Love is when you totally settle the
issue of acknowledging who each person really is according to God's perception
and identification of their truest value and identity.
Be Amazed!
·
Admire the Approval:
Look at (1) who God acknowledges (Isa_66:2)
and look at (2) how amazingly He acknowledges them (Mal_3)!
·
Admire the Exaltation:
Look at how He empowers them with humbled virtue to perceive (Mal_3:), and look at how they use that
perception to embrace the Two Witnesses in the next chapter! (Mal_4:4, etc.)
·
Admire the Saving
Virtue: Look at how impressive it is for people to
(1) be humble and (2) fear God and (3) Love each other, (4) lowly enough to see
who each other really is, and (5) get recognized by God Himself with approval
in favor
Get In the Book!
·
Exciting
Authentication: When God writes a book about you, then
you are essentially already a hero written in the Bible, Because it's God's
inspired book you’re in!
·
No Despising:
God is not assuming that His heroes are uninspired by writing them in His
inspired book! -- He’s not despising His own Heroes like church people do!
·
Repent:
We need to destroy all despising to get in the inspired book!
Get Broken!
it’s time to Get Broken!
Summaries of Brokenness -- Exemplified Throughout the Bible
Psa_34:18
— Near brokenhearted saves crushed spirit
Psa_51:17
— Broken contrite heart accepted
Isa_57:15
— Dwells with contrite lowly
Isa_61:1
— Heals brokenhearted
Isa_66:2
— Looks to contrite trembling
Jer_20:7-9
— Broken yet word burns within
Lam_3:27-33
— Afflicted humbled hope restored
Eze_36:31
— Loathe selves for evil
Hos_5:15
— In affliction seek Him
Hos_6:1
— He has torn, He heals
Mic_7:8-9
— Fallen rise under discipline
Zep_3:12
— Poor afflicted trust Lord
Mat_5:3
— Poor in spirit kingdom
Mat_5:4
— Mourners comforted
Luk_4:18
— Heals brokenhearted
Luk_18:13-14
— Humbled sinner justified
2Co_4:8-10
— Pressed, yet not destroyed
2Co_7:10
— Godly sorrow, Repentance, leads to salvation
2Co_12:9-10
— Weakness, perfected in power
Heb_12:10-11
— Chastening, yields righteousness -- sharing holiness
Pro_3:34 — Humble, lifted up
Jam_4:9-10 — Mourn weep, be lifted
1Pe_5:5-6 — Humble under, God’s hand
2Co_1:9
– God who raises the Dead (quoted herein)
Chose Brokenness
·
Remember:
Think of your most broken season in life...
·
Cherish:
That's often the closest you get to Truth...
·
Learn:
But don't invite a beating by forgetting brokenness when your life goes well...
Fullness Danger
Deu_8: When You are Full—Do Not Forget
the LORD
Deu_8:10 WEB You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.
Deu_8:10 And you shall eat and be filled, and shall bless the Lord your God on the good land, which He has given you.
Deu_8:10 καὶ φάγῃ
καὶ ἐμπλησθήσῃ
καὶ εὐλογήσεις
κύριον τὸν θεόν
σου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
τῆς ἀγαθῆς, ἧς ἔδωκέν
σοι.
Deu_8:11 WEB Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you this day:
Deu_8:11 “Take heed to yourself that you do not forget the Lord your God, so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes, which I command you this day,
Deu_8:11 πρόσεχε
σεαυτῷ, μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ
κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ
σου τοῦ μὴ φυλάξαι
τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ
καὶ τὰ κρίματα
καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα
αὐτοῦ, ὅσα ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί
σοι σήμερον,
…
Deu_8:14 WEB then your heart be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
Deu_8:14 that you should be exalted in your heart, and forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
Deu_8:14 ὑψωθῇς τῇ
καρδίᾳ καὶ ἐπιλάθῃ
κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ
σου τοῦ ἐξαγαγόντος
σε ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου
ἐξ οἴκου δουλείας,
Deu_8:15 WEB who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;
Deu_8:15 who brought you through that great and terrible wilderness, where the biting serpent is, and the scorpion, and drought, where there was no water; who brought you a fountain of water out of the flinty rock;
Deu_8:15 τοῦ ἀγαγόντος
σε διὰ τῆς ἐρήμου
τῆς μεγάλης καὶ
τῆς φοβερᾶς ἐκείνης,
οὗ ὄφις δάκνων
καὶ σκορπίος
καὶ δίψα, οὗ οὐκ
ἦν ὕδωρ, τοῦ ἐξαγαγόντος
σοι ἐκ πέτρας ἀκροτόμου
πηγὴν ὕδατος,
Deu_8:16 WEB who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn't know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:
Deu_8:16 who fed you with manna in the wilderness, which you did not know, and your fathers did not know; that He might afflict you, and thoroughly test you, and do you good in your latter days.
Deu_8:16 τοῦ ψωμίσαντός
σε τὸ μαννα ἐν τῇ
ἐρήμῳ, ὃ οὐκ εἴδησαν
οἱ πατέρες σου, ἵνα
κακώσῃ σε καὶ ἐκπειράσῃ
σε καὶ εὖ σε ποιήσῃ
ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάτων τῶν
ἡμερῶν σου.
Deu_8:17 WEB and lest you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
Deu_8:17 Lest you should say in your heart, ‘My strength, and the power of my own hand have worked for me this great wealth!’
Deu_8:17 μὴ εἴπῃς
ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ
σου Ἡ ἰσχύς μου
καὶ τὸ κράτος τῆς
χειρός μου ἐποίησέν
μοι τὴν δύναμιν
τὴν μεγάλην ταύτην·
Deu_8:18 WEB But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.
Deu_8:18 But you shall remember the Lord your God, that He gives you strength to get wealth; even that He may establish His covenant, which the Lord swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
Deu_8:18 καὶ
μνησθήσῃ κυρίου
τοῦ θεοῦ σου, ὅτι
αὐτός σοι δίδωσιν
ἰσχὺν τοῦ ποιῆσαι
δύναμιν καὶ ἵνα
στήσῃ τὴν διαθήκην
αὐτοῦ, ἣν ὤμοσεν
κύριος τοῖς πατράσιν
σου, ὡς σήμερον.
Deu_8:19 WEB It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.
Deu_8:19 And it shall come to pass, that if you do at all forget the Lord your God, and should go after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall surely perish!
Deu_8:19 καὶ ἔσται
ἐὰν λήθῃ ἐπιλάθῃ
κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ
σου καὶ πορευθῇς
ὀπίσω θεῶν ἑτέρων
καὶ λατρεύσῃς
αὐτοῖς καὶ
προσκυνήσῃς αὐτοῖς,
διαμαρτύρομαι
ὑμῖν σήμερον τόν
τε οὐρανὸν καὶ
τὴν γῆν ὅτι ἀπωλείᾳ
ἀπολεῖσθε·
Deu_8:20 WEB As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you wouldn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
Deu_8:20 As also the other nations which the Lord God destroys before your face, so shall you perish, because you would not heed the voice of the Lord your God.
Deu_8:20 καθὰ καὶ
τὰ λοιπὰ ἔθνη, ὅσα
κύριος ἀπολλύει
πρὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν,
οὕτως ἀπολεῖσθε,
ἀνθ᾿ ὧν οὐκ ἠκούσατε
τῆς φωνῆς κυρίου
τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν.
The Breaking of Moses
See: MOS > The Breaking
of Moses
Moses-Greatness.htm#TheBreakingofMoses
Who Am I?
Preview of Insufficient “Nobodies”
(A) NOBODY
Exo_3:11 — Moses: Who am I?
Exo_4:10 — Moses: Slow Speech (heavy of mouth/tongue)
Exo_4:13 — Moses: Send Another [overconfident = lost person]
2Sa_7:18-21/1Ch_17:16-19 — David: Who am I? (Overwhelmed by favor)
[Note: a virtue repeated proves the
is flesh wrong for disobeying it]
(B) TOO YOUNG
1Ki_3:7-9 — Solomon: Child Unable to Lead (“I am but a little child; I don't know how to go out or come in”)
Jer_1:6 — Jeremiah: Too Young to Speak (“I cannot speak; I am only a youth”)
(Luk_22:25-26 — Jesus: the greatest will be as the youngest [ὁ μείζων ἐν ὑμῖν γινέσθω ὡς ὁ νεώτερος])
(C) LEAST
Jdg_6:12-16 — Gideon: Least & Weakest (“the weakest in Manasseh.”)
1Sa_9:21 — Saul: Least Tribe & Family (Benjamin)
1Sa_10:20-22 — Saul: Hiding from Kingship (among the baggage; Saul Feeling Small)
(D) SINFUL
Isa_6:5 — Isaiah: Undone & Unclean before God (“Woe is me, for I am undone; … unclean lips”)
Isa_6:6-8 — Isaiah:
Cleansed, Then Sent (Inspired attonement FIRST! --
before “being used”)
Luk_5:8 — Peter: Sinful man before Jesus (“Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”; Self-Quarantine!)
(E) UNWORTHY
Gen_32:10 — Jacob: Unworthy of Mercies (“I am unworthy of all the mercies … you have shown.”)
Joh_1:26-27 — John the Baptist: Unworthy before Anointed One (to unloose His sandal strap -- Mat_3:11, Mat_3:14; Mar_1:7; Luk_3:16; Act_13:25; Joh_3:28-31; etc.)
Luk_7:3-4 – Jews: Centurion is worthy, but Centurion feels/says otherwise…
Luk_7:6-7 — Centurion: Not worthy
You should come (Centurion before Jesus)
(F) SINFUL, & UNWORTHY
Luk_15:19-21 – Prodigal: Not Worthy to be Son
(G) LEAST, SINFUL, & UNWORTHY
Eph_3:8 — Paul: Least of all the Holy-Ones
1Ti_1:12-16 — Paul: Chief Sinner, Shown Mercy
1Co_15:8-10 — Paul: Least & Unworthy Apostle (“I persecuted” -- “Least” Because of Past Sin, NOT current lifestyle; Favor worked more than all)
These preview summaries are quoted and
elaborated a little bit more below... (So keep reading to go deeper)
Biblical Heroes feel like
nobodies.
Are you praying for Clean
Greatness?
Rom_3:23 ≈ 1Co_15:9
Rom_3:23 — all sinned & (presently) fall short of God’s glory
1Co_15:9 — Paul persecuted (Least & Unworthy Apostle)
Rom_3:23 CAB for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Rom_3:23 πάντες
γὰρ ἥμαρτον
καὶ ὑστεροῦνται
τῆς δόξης
τοῦ Θεοῦ,
Rom_3:24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus,
Rom_3:24
δικαιούμενοι
δωρεὰν τῇ
αὐτοῦ
χάριτι διὰ
τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως
τῆς ἐν
Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ,
No Flesh Boasting!
1Co_1:26 CAB For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many powerful, not many noble, are called.
1Co_1:26
Βλέπετε
γὰρ τὴν κλῆσιν
ὑμῶν, ἀδελφοί,
ὅτι οὐ
πολλοὶ σοφοὶ
κατὰ σάρκα,
οὐ πολλοὶ
δυνατοί, οὐ
πολλοὶ εὐγενεῖς,
1Co_1:26 βλεπετε γαρ την κλησιν υμων αδελφοι οτι ου πολλοι σοφοι κατα σαρκα ου πολλοι δυνατοι ου πολλοι ευγενεις
1Co_1:27 But God chose the foolish things of the world in order that He might humiliate the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world in order that He might humiliate the mighty.
1Co_1:27 ἀλλὰ
τὰ μωρὰ τοῦ
κόσμου ἐξελέξατο
ὁ Θεὸς ἵνα
τοὺς σοφούς
καταισχύνῃ,
καὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ
τοῦ κόσμου ἐξελέξατο
ὁ Θεὸς ἵνα
καταισχύνῃ
τὰ ἰσχυρά,
1Co_1:27 αλλα τα μωρα του κοσμου εξελεξατο ο θεος ινα Aκαταισχυνη τους σοφους TSBκαταισχυνη και τα ασθενη του κοσμου εξελεξατο ο θεος ινα καταισχυνη τα ισχυρα
1Co_1:28 And the base things of the world, and the things having been despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, in order that He might nullify the things which are,
1Co_1:28 καὶ τὰ
ἀγενῆ τοῦ
κόσμου καὶ
τὰ ἐξουθενημένα
ἐξελέξατο ὁ
Θεός, τὰ μὴ ὄντα,
ἵνα τὰ ὄντα
καταργήσῃ,
1Co_1:28 και τα αγενη του κοσμου και τα εξουθενημενα εξελεξατο ο θεος TSBκαι τα μη οντα ινα τα οντα καταργηση
1Co_1:29 so that no flesh may boast before God.
1Co_1:29 ὅπως μὴ
καυχήσηται πᾶσα
σὰρξ ἐνώπιον
τοῦ Θεοῦ.
1Co_1:29 οπως μη καυχησηται πασα σαρξ ενωπιον BAτου BAθεου TSαυτου
Boasting is Excluded!
Rom_3:27 CAB Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. Through what law? Of works? No, but through the law of faith.
Rom_3:27 Ποῦ οὖν
ἡ καύχησις; ἐξεκλείσθη.
διὰ ποίου
νόμου; τῶν ἔργων;
οὐχί, ἀλλὰ
διὰ νόμου
πίστεως.
Eph_2:8 CAB For by grace [favor] you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Eph_2:8 τῇ
γὰρ χάριτί
ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι
διὰ πίστεως·
καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ
ἐξ ὑμῶν,
Θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον·
Eph_2:8 τη γαρ χαριτι εστε σεσωσμενοι δια TSBτης πιστεως και τουτο ουκ εξ υμων θεου το δωρον
Eph_2:9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Eph_2:9 οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων,
ἵνα μή τις
καυχήσηται.
Eph_2:9 ουκ εξ εργων ινα μη τις καυχησηται
Eph_2:10 For we are His handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Eph_2:10 αὐτοῦ
γάρ ἐσμεν
ποίημα,
κτισθέντες ἐν
Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ
ἐπὶ ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς,
οἷς
προητοίμασεν
ὁ Θεὸς ἵνα ἐν
αὐτοῖς
περιπατήσωμεν.
Moses — Overwhelmed by Calling
Exo_3:11 WEB Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
Exo_3:11 LB And Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and that I should bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt?”
Exo_3:11 καὶ εἶπεν
Μωυσῆς πρὸς τὸν
θεόν Τίς εἰμι, ὅτι
πορεύσομαι πρὸς
Φαραω βασιλέα
Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ὅτι
ἐξάξω τοὺς υἱοὺς
Ισραηλ ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου;
Exo_4:10 WEB Moses said to Yahweh, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."
Exo_4:10 LB And Moses said to the Lord, “I pray, O Lord, I have not been sufficient in former times, neither from the time that You have begun to speak to Your servant: I am weak in speech, and slow of tongue.”
Exo_4:10 εἶπεν δὲ
Μωυσῆς πρὸς κύριον
Δέομαι, κύριε, οὐχ
ἱκανός εἰμι πρὸ
τῆς ἐχθὲς οὐδὲ
πρὸ τῆς τρίτης ἡμέρας
οὐδὲ ἀφ᾿ οὗ ἤρξω
λαλεῖν τῷ θεράποντί
σου· ἰσχνόφωνος
καὶ βραδύγλωσσος
ἐγώ εἰμι.
When Moses is out of attempted exemptions (“excuses”)…
Send Someone Else
Exo_4:13 WEB He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."
Exo_4:13 LB And Moses said, “O Lord, I pray, appoint another able person whom You shall send.”
Exo_4:13 καὶ εἶπεν
Μωυσῆς Δέομαι,
κύριε, προχείρισαι
δυνάμενον ἄλλον,
ὃν ἀποστελεῖς.
· Moses feels like a Nobody
· Moses says, “Who am I…?”
· Church thinks Moses’ inadequate feelings are bad, but…
· Bible repeats virtues to prove to you that the flesh is wrong to despise them…
David — Overwhelmed by God’s Promise (& Favor)
(A) 2Sa 7: David's
Prayer of Gratitude
2Sa_7:18 WEB Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
2Sa_7:18 LB Then King David came in, and sat before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord, my Lord, and what is my house, that You have loved me like this?
2Sa_7:18 καὶ εἰσῆλθεν
ὁ βασιλεὺς
Δαυιδ καὶ ἐκάθισεν
ἐνώπιον κυρίου
καὶ εἶπεν Τίς εἰμι
ἐγώ, κύριέ μου
κύριε, καὶ τίς ὁ
οἶκός μου, ὅτι ἠγάπηκάς
με ἕως τούτων;
2Sa_7:19 WEB This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come; and this too after the manner of men, Lord Yahweh!
2Sa_7:19 Whereas I was very little before You, O Lord, my Lord, yet You spoke concerning the house of Your servant for a long time to come. And is this the law of man, O Lord, my Lord?
2Sa_7:19 καὶ
κατεσμικρύνθη
μικρὸν ἐνώπιόν
σου, κύριέ μου κύριε,
καὶ ἐλάλησας ὑπὲρ
τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ
δούλου σου εἰς
μακράν· οὗτος
δὲ ὁ νόμος τοῦ ἀνθρώπου,
κύριέ μου κύριε.
2Sa_7:20 WEB What can David say more to you? for you know your servant, Lord Yahweh.
2Sa_7:20 And what shall David yet say to You? And now You know Your servant, O Lord, my Lord.
2Sa_7:20 καὶ τί
προσθήσει
Δαυιδ ἔτι τοῦ
λαλῆσαι πρὸς σέ;
καὶ νῦν σὺ οἶδας
τὸν δοῦλόν σου,
κύριέ μου κύριε.
2Sa_7:21 WEB For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
2Sa_7:21 And You have wrought for Your servant's sake, and according to Your heart You have brought about all this greatness, to make it known to Your servant,
2Sa_7:21 διὰ τὸν
λόγον σου πεποίηκας
καὶ κατὰ τὴν
καρδίαν σου ἐποίησας
πᾶσαν τὴν
μεγαλωσύνην
ταύτην γνωρίσαι
τῷ δούλῳ σου
(B) 1Ch 17: David's
Prayer of Gratitude
1Ch_17:16 WEB Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
1Ch_17:16 LB Then King David came and sat before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house, that You have loved me forever?
1Ch_17:16 καὶ ἦλθεν
ὁ βασιλεὺς
Δαυιδ καὶ ἐκάθισεν
ἀπέναντι κυρίου
καὶ εἶπεν Τίς εἰμι
ἐγώ, κύριε ὁ θεός,
καὶ τίς ὁ οἶκός
μου, ὅτι ἠγάπησάς
με ἕως αἰῶνος;
1Ch_17:17 WEB This was a small thing in your eyes, God; but you have spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, Yahweh God.
1Ch_17:17 And these things were little in Your sight, O God; You have also spoken concerning the house of Your servant for a long time to come, and You have looked upon me as a man looks upon his fellow, and have exalted me, O Lord God.
1Ch_17:17 καὶ ἐσμικρύνθη
ταῦτα ἐνώπιόν
σου, ὁ θεός, καὶ ἐλάλησας
ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον
τοῦ παιδός σου ἐκ
μακρῶν καὶ ἐπεῖδές
με ὡς ὅρασις ἀνθρώπου
καὶ ὕψωσάς με, κύριε
ὁ θεός.
1Ch_17:18 WEB What can David say yet more to you concerning the honor which is done to your servant? for you know your servant.
1Ch_17:18 What shall David do more toward You to glorify You? And You know Your servant.
1Ch_17:18 τί προσθήσει
ἔτι Δαυιδ πρὸς
σὲ τοῦ δοξάσαι;
καὶ σὺ τὸν δοῦλόν
σου οἶδας.
1Ch_17:19 WEB Yahweh, for your servant's sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
1Ch_17:19 And You have wrought all this greatness according to Your heart.
1Ch_17:19 καὶ κατὰ
τὴν καρδίαν
σου ἐποίησας τὴν
πᾶσαν μεγαλωσύνην.
Solomon — A Child
1Ki_3:7 WEB Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I don't know how to go out or come in.
1Ki_3:7 LB And now, O Lord my God, You have appointed Your servant in the place of David my father; and I am a little child, and know not my going out and my coming in.
1Ki_3:7 καὶ νῦν,
κύριε ὁ θεός
μου, σὺ ἔδωκας τὸν
δοῦλόν σου ἀντὶ
Δαυιδ τοῦ πατρός
μου, καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι
παιδάριον
μικρὸν καὶ οὐκ
οἶδα τὴν ἔξοδόν
μου καὶ τὴν εἴσοδόν
μου,
1Ki_3:8 WEB Your servant is in the midst of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that can't be numbered nor counted for multitude.
1Ki_3:8 But Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, which cannot be numbered.
1Ki_3:8 ὁ δὲ δοῦλός
σου ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ
λαοῦ σου, ὃν ἐξελέξω,
λαὸν πολύν, ὃς οὐκ
ἀριθμηθήσεται,
1Ki_3:9 WEB Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this your great people?
1Ki_3:9 Give therefore to Your servant a heart to hear and to judge Your people justly, and to discern between good and evil: for who will be able to judge this Your great people?”
1Ki_3:9 καὶ δώσεις
τῷ δούλῳ σου
καρδίαν ἀκούειν
καὶ διακρίνειν
τὸν λαόν σου ἐν
δικαιοσύνῃ τοῦ
συνίειν ἀνὰ μέσον
ἀγαθοῦ καὶ
κακοῦ· ὅτι τίς
δυνήσεται κρίνειν
τὸν λαόν σου τὸν
βαρὺν τοῦτον;
Jeremiah — Too Young / Unable
Jer_1:6 WEB Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child.
Jer_1:6 LB And I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I know not how to speak, for I am a youth.”
Jer_1:6 καὶ εἶπα
Ὦ δέσποτα κύριε,
ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι
λαλεῖν, ὅτι νεώτερος
ἐγώ εἰμι.
Gideon — Least & Weakest
Jdg_6:12 WEB The angel of Yahweh appeared to him, and said to him, Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor.
Jdg_6:12 LB And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you who are mighty in strength!”
Jdg_6:12 καὶ ὤφθη
αὐτῷ ὁ ἄγγελος
κυρίου καὶ εἶπεν
πρὸς αὐτόν Κύριος
μετὰ σοῦ, ἰσχυρὸς
τῶν δυνάμεων.
Jdg_6:13 WEB Gideon said to him, Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? and where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt? but now Yahweh has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.
Jdg_6:13 And Gideon said to him, “Be gracious with me, my Lord: but if the Lord is with us, why have these evils found us? And where are all His miracles, which our fathers have related to us, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ And now He has cast us out, and given us into the hand of Midian.”
Jdg_6:13 καὶ εἶπεν
πρὸς αὐτὸν
Γεδεων Ἐν ἐμοί,
κύριέ μου, καὶ εἰ
ἔστιν κύριος
μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν, εἰς
τί εὗρεν ἡμᾶς τὰ
κακὰ ταῦτα; καὶ
ποῦ ἐστιν πάντα
τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ,
ἃ διηγήσαντο ἡμῖν
οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν
λέγοντες Μὴ οὐχὶ
ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἀνήγαγεν
ἡμᾶς κύριος; καὶ
νῦν ἐξέρριψεν ἡμᾶς
καὶ ἔδωκεν ἡμᾶς
ἐν χειρὶ
Μαδιαμ.
Jdg_6:14 WEB Yahweh looked at him, and said, Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian: have not I sent you?
Jdg_6:14 And the Angel of the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this your strength, and you shall save Israel out of the hand of Midian: behold, I have sent you.”
Jdg_6:14 καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν
πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ ἄγγελος
κυρίου καὶ εἶπεν
Πορεύου ἐν ἰσχύι
σου ταύτῃ καὶ σώσεις
τὸν Ισραηλ ἐκ
χειρὸς Μαδιαμ·
ἰδοὺ ἐξαπέστειλά
σε.
Jdg_6:15 WEB He said to him, Oh, Lord, with which shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
Jdg_6:15 And Gideon said to him, “Be gracious with me, my Lord: how shall I save Israel? Behold, my thousand is weakened in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”
Jdg_6:15 καὶ εἶπεν
πρὸς αὐτὸν
Γεδεων Ἐν ἐμοί,
κύριέ μου, ἐν τίνι
σώσω τὸν
Ισραηλ; ἰδοὺ ἡ
χιλιάς μου ἠσθένησεν
ἐν Μανασση, καὶ ἐγώ
εἰμι ὁ μικρότερος
ἐν οἴκῳ πατρός
μου.
Jdg_6:16 WEB Yahweh said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.
Jdg_6:16 And the Angel of the Lord said to him, “The Lord shall be with you, and you shall strike Midian as one man.”
Jdg_6:16 καὶ εἶπεν
πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ ἄγγελος
κυρίου Κύριος ἔσται
μετὰ σοῦ, καὶ
πατάξεις τὴν
Μαδιαμ ὡσεὶ ἄνδρα
ἕνα.
Gideon’s Feelings
· God Lefts us; No miracles (Jdg_6:13)
· I (& my clan) = the least (Jdg_6:15)
· I/we can’t save (Jdg_6:15)
God’s Perspective -- Toward Gideon (Jdg_6:14)
· Gideon = “mighty man of valor” (Jdg_6:12)
· Honesty & Weakness = “this your might”/strength (Jdg_6:14)
· “I |have| sent you” (Jdg_6:14)
· “||I | The Lord|| will be with you” (Jdg_6:14)
· “save Israel” MT / “you shall save Israel” LXX (Jdg_6:14)
God Likes Gideon’s & Nathanael’s Honesty…
Joh_1:47 – Here is a True Israelite!
Joh_1:46 CAB And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."
Joh_1:46 καὶ εἶπεν
αὐτῷ
Ναθαναήλ· ἐκ
Ναζαρὲτ
δύναταί τι ἀγαθὸν
εἶναι; λέγει
αὐτῷ
Φίλιππος· ἔρχου
καὶ ἴδε.
Joh_1:46 και ειπεν αυτω ναθαναηλ εκ Sναζαρεθ TBAναζαρετ δυναται τι αγαθον ειναι λεγει αυτω Aο φιλιππος ερχου και ιδε
Joh_1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said about him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!"
Joh_1:47 εἶδεν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς
τὸν Ναθαναὴλ
ἐρχόμενον
πρὸς αὐτὸν
καὶ λέγει
περὶ αὐτοῦ·
ἴδε ἀληθῶς ᾿Ισραηλίτης,
ἐν ᾧ δόλος
οὐκ ἔστιν.
Joh_1:47 ειδεν ο ιησους τον ναθαναηλ ερχομενον προς αυτον και λεγει περι αυτου ιδε αληθως ισραηλιτης εν ω δολος ουκ εστιν
Joh_1:48 Nathanael said to Him, "From where do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you."
Joh_1:48 λέγει
αὐτῷ
Ναθαναήλ·
πόθεν με
γινώσκεις; ἀπεκρίθη
᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ
εἶπεν αὐτῷ·
πρὸ τοῦ σε
Φίλιππον φωνῆσαι,
ὄντα ὑπὸ
τὴν συκῆν εἶδόν
σε.
Joh_1:48 λεγει αυτω ναθαναηλ ποθεν με γινωσκεις απεκριθη TSο ιησους και ειπεν αυτω προ του σε φιλιππον φωνησαι οντα υπο την συκην ειδον σε
Joh_1:49 Nathanael answered and said to Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"
Joh_1:49 ἀπεκρίθη
Ναθαναήλ καὶ
λέει αὐτῷ·
ῥαββί, σὺ εἶ
ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ
Θεοῦ, σὺ εἶ ὁ
βασιλεὺς τοῦ
᾿Ισραήλ.
Joh_1:49 απεκριθη TSBναθαναηλ TSBκαι TSBλεγει αυτω Aναθαναηλ ραββι συ ει ο υιος του θεου συ TSBει TSBο βασιλευς Aει του ισραηλ
Joh_1:50 Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these."
Joh_1:50 ἀπεκρίθη
᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ
εἶπεν αὐτῷ·
ὅτι εἶπόν σοι
εἶδόν σε ὑποκάτω
τῆς συκῆς,
πιστεύεις;
μείζω τούτων
ὄψει.
Joh_1:50 απεκριθη ιησους και ειπεν αυτω οτι ειπον σοι Aοτι ειδον σε υποκατω της συκης πιστευεις μειζω τουτων Aοψη TSBοψει
Joh_1:51 And He said to him, "Most assuredly I say to you, from now on you shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."
Joh_1:51 καὶ
λέγει αὐτῷ·
ἀμὴν ἀμὴν
λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπ᾿
ἄρτι ὄψεσθε
τὸν οὐρανὸν
ἀνεῳγότα,
καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους
τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀναβαίνοντας
καὶ
καταβαίνοντας
ἐπὶ τὸν Υἱὸν
τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
Joh_1:51 και λεγει αυτω αμην αμην λεγω υμιν TSBαπ TSBαρτι οψεσθε τον ουρανον ανεωγοτα και τους αγγελους του θεου αναβαινοντας και καταβαινοντας επι τον υιον του ανθρωπου
BELIEVE: Have Faith in God & Gideon for Salvation!
· Church People are fond of telling obeyers that they can’t save anyone, which reinforces Gideon’s fears against God’s saving inspiration.
· It’s time people finally started listening to inspiration and having faith in God and Gideon!
God & Gideon’s Salvation!
(A) Dreamed by Enemies
Jdg_7:14 WEB His fellow answered, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God has delivered Midian, and all the army.
Jdg_7:14 LB And his neighbor answered and said, “This is none other than the sword of Gideon, son of Joash a man of Israel: God has delivered Midian and all the host into his hand.”
Jdg_7:14 καὶ ἀπεκρίθη
ὁ πλησίον αὐτοῦ
καὶ εἶπεν Οὐκ ἔστιν
αὕτη εἰ μὴ ῥομφαία
Γεδεων υἱοῦ
Ιωας ἀνδρὸς
Ισραηλ· παρέδωκεν
ὁ θεὸς ἐν χειρὶ
αὐτοῦ τὴν
Μαδιαμ καὶ πᾶσαν
τὴν παρεμβολήν.
Jdg_7:15 WEB It was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and its interpretation, that he worshiped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Yahweh has delivered into your hand the army of Midian.
Jdg_7:15 And it came to pass when Gideon heard the account of the dream and the interpretation of it, that he worshipped the Lord, and returned to the camp of Israel, and said, “Rise up, for the Lord has delivered the camp of Midian into our hand.”
Jdg_7:15 καὶ ἐγένετο
ὡς ἤκουσεν
Γεδεων τὴν ἐξήγησιν
τοῦ ἐνυπνίου
καὶ τὴν σύγκρισιν
αὐτοῦ, καὶ προσεκύνησεν
κυρίῳ καὶ ὑπέστρεψεν
εἰς τὴν
παρεμβολὴν
Ισραηλ καὶ εἶπεν
Ἀνάστητε, ὅτι
παρέδωκεν κύριος
ἐν χειρὶ ἡμῶν τὴν
παρεμβολὴν
Μαδιαμ.
…
(B) Trumpet Instructions
Jdg_7:18 WEB When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, For Yahweh and for Gideon.
Jdg_7:18 LB And I will blow the trumpet, and all you with me shall blow your trumpets round about the whole camp, and you shall say, ‘For the Lord and Gideon.’”
Jdg_7:18 καὶ
σαλπιῶ ἐν τῇ
κερατίνῃ ἐγώ,
καὶ πάντες μετ᾿
ἐμοῦ σαλπιεῖτε
ἐν ταῖς κερατίναις
κύκλῳ ὅλης τῆς
παρεμβολῆς καὶ
ἐρεῖτε Τῷ κυρίῳ
καὶ τῷ Γεδεων.
…
(C) Trumpets Blown
Jdg_7:20 WEB The three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands with which to blow; and they cried, The sword of Yahweh and of Gideon.
Jdg_7:20 LB and the three companies blew their trumpets, and smashed their pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and in their right hands their horns to sound with; and they cried out, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon.”
Jdg_7:20 καὶ ἐσάλπισαν
αἱ τρεῖς ἀρχαὶ ἐν
ταῖς κερατίναις
καὶ συνέτριψαν
τὰς ὑδρίας καὶ ἐκράτησαν
ἐν χερσὶν ἀριστεραῖς
αὐτῶν τὰς λαμπάδας
καὶ ἐν χερσὶν
δεξιαῖς αὐτῶν
τὰς κερατίνας
τοῦ σαλπίζειν
καὶ ἀνέκραξαν Ῥομφαία
τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ τῷ
Γεδεων.
Saving Faith Reminders
· Lost Salvation: Gideon’s example is the saving faith of the Good Message, which is universally denied by church virtually everywhere today. But…
· Embrace Inspired Salvation: Look at all of the saving faith that God put into Gideon!
As said in BSSm:
· …'BELIEVE God & Moses' (Exo_3:18; Exo_4:1, Exo_4:4-5, Exo_4:29-31; Exo_14:31; Exo_19:9; Luk_16:27-31; (Joh_1:45); Joh_5:30-47; Mal_4:4; Act_26:22; Act_28:23; 1Co_4:6; 2Ti_3:15-17; Heb_3:5), • 'the Lord & Gideon' (Jdg_7:18, Jdg_7:20), & • 'BELIEVE God & His prophet(s)' (2Ch_20:20; i.e. Luk_16), incl. “the least”:
Luk_6:23; Mat_5:12; Mat_25:40, Mat_25:45 ; (2)(iv)(v), because • Assuming Non‑inspiration = Unbelief/Atheism
[Eph_2:12] = Hell (1)(i)(ii), (2)(iv)(v)
Saul Feeling Small
(A) Saul Feels Unworthy
1Sa_9:19 WEB Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer; go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today: and in the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.
1Sa_9:19 And Samuel answered Saul and said, “I am he: go up before me to the high place, and eat with me today, and I will send you away in the morning, and I will tell you all that is in your heart.
1Sa_9:19 καὶ ἀπεκρίθη
Σαμουηλ τῷ
Σαουλ καὶ εἶπεν
Ἐγώ εἰμι αὐτός·
ἀνάβηθι ἔμπροσθέν
μου εἰς Βαμα καὶ
φάγε μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ
σήμερον, καὶ ἐξαποστελῶ
σε πρωὶ καὶ πάντα
τὰ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ
σου ἀπαγγελῶ
σοι·
…
1Sa_9:21 WEB Saul answered, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then speak you to me after this manner?
1Sa_9:21 And Saul answered and said, “Am I not the son of a Benjamite, the least tribe of the people of Israel? And of the least family of the whole tribe of Benjamin? And why have you spoken to me according to this word?”
1Sa_9:21 καὶ ἀπεκρίθη
Σαουλ καὶ εἶπεν
Οὐχὶ ἀνδρὸς υἱὸς
Ιεμιναίου ἐγώ
εἰμι τοῦ μικροῦ
σκήπτρου φυλῆς
Ισραηλ καὶ τῆς
φυλῆς τῆς ἐλαχίστης
ἐξ ὅλου σκήπτρου
Βενιαμιν; καὶ ἵνα
τί ἐλάλησας πρὸς
ἐμὲ κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα
τοῦτο;
…
(B) Saul Anointed King
1Sa_10:1 WEB Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Isn't it that Yahweh has anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?
1Sa_10:1 And Samuel took a flask of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said to him, “Has not the Lord anointed you for a ruler over His people, over Israel? And you shall rule among the people of the Lord, and you shall save them out of the hand of their enemies; and this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be ruler over His inheritance:
1Sa_10:1 καὶ ἔλαβεν
Σαμουηλ τὸν
φακὸν τοῦ ἐλαίου
καὶ ἐπέχεεν ἐπὶ
τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ
καὶ ἐφίλησεν αὐτὸν
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ
Οὐχὶ κέχρικέν
σε κύριος εἰς ἄρχοντα
ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ,
ἐπὶ Ισραηλ; καὶ
σὺ ἄρξεις ἐν λαῷ
κυρίου, καὶ σὺ σώσεις
αὐτὸν ἐκ χειρὸς
ἐχθρῶν αὐτοῦ
κυκλόθεν. καὶ
τοῦτό σοι τὸ
σημεῖον ὅτι ἔχρισέν
σε κύριος ἐπὶ
κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ
εἰς ἄρχοντα·
Saul Was Hiding
1Sa_10:20 WEB So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
1Sa_10:20 And Samuel brought near all the tribes of Israel, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen by lot.
1Sa_10:20 καὶ προσήγαγεν
Σαμουηλ πάντα
τὰ σκῆπτρα
Ισραηλ, καὶ
κατακληροῦται
σκῆπτρον
Βενιαμιν·
1Sa_10:21 WEB He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken: but when they sought him, he could not be found.
1Sa_10:21 And he brought near the tribe of Benjamin by families, and the family of Matri was chosen by lot. And they brought near the family of Matri, man by man, and Saul the son of Kish was chosen. And he sought him, but he was not found.
1Sa_10:21 καὶ προσάγει
σκῆπτρον
Βενιαμιν εἰς
φυλάς, καὶ
κατακληροῦται
φυλὴ Ματταρι·
καὶ προσάγουσιν
τὴν φυλὴν
Ματταρι εἰς ἄνδρας,
καὶ κατακληροῦται
Σαουλ υἱὸς Κις.
καὶ ἐζήτει αὐτόν,
καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκετο.
1Sa_10:22 WEB Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, Is there yet a man to come here? Yahweh answered, Behold, he has hid himself among the baggage.
1Sa_10:22 And Samuel asked yet again of the Lord, “Will the man come here?” And the Lord said, “Behold, he is hid among the equipment.”
1Sa_10:22 καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν
Σαμουηλ ἔτι ἐν
κυρίῳ Εἰ ἔρχεται
ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐνταῦθα;
καὶ εἶπεν κύριος
Ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς κέκρυπται
ἐν τοῖς σκεύεσιν.
1Sa_10:23 WEB They ran and fetched him there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
1Sa_10:23 And he ran and took him from there, and he set him in the midst of the people. And he was taller than all the people from his shoulders and upwards.
1Sa_10:23 καὶ ἔδραμεν
καὶ λαμβάνει αὐτὸν
ἐκεῖθεν καὶ
κατέστησεν ἐν
μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ,
καὶ ὑψώθη ὑπὲρ
πάντα τὸν λαὸν ὑπὲρ
ὠμίαν καὶ ἐπάνω.
1Sa_10:24 WEB Samuel said to all the people, "You see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?" All the people shouted, and said, Long live the king.
1Sa_10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, “Have you seen whom the Lord has chosen to Himself, that there is no one like him among you all?” And all the people took notice, and said, “Long live the king!”
1Sa_10:24 καὶ εἶπεν
Σαμουηλ πρὸς πάντα
τὸν λαόν Εἰ ἑοράκατε
ὃν ἐκλέλεκται ἑαυτῷ
κύριος, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν
αὐτῷ ὅμοιος ἐν
πᾶσιν ὑμῖν; καὶ
ἔγνωσαν πᾶς ὁ
λαὸς καὶ εἶπαν
Ζήτω ὁ βασιλεύς.
1Sa_10:25 WEB Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
1Sa_10:25 And Samuel told the people the manner of the king, and wrote it in a book, and set it before the Lord. And Samuel sent away all the people, and each went to his place.
1Sa_10:25 καὶ εἶπεν
Σαμουηλ πρὸς τὸν
λαὸν τὸ δικαίωμα
τοῦ βασιλέως
καὶ ἔγραψεν ἐν
βιβλίῳ καὶ ἔθηκεν
ἐνώπιον κυρίου.
καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν
Σαμουηλ πάντα
τὸν λαόν, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν
ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν
τόπον αὐτοῦ.
1Sa_10:26 WEB Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and there went with him the army, whose hearts God had touched.
1Sa_10:26 And Saul departed to his house in Gibeah. And there went with Saul mighty men whose hearts God had touched.
1Sa_10:26 καὶ
Σαουλ ἀπῆλθεν
εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ
εἰς Γαβαα· καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν
υἱοὶ δυνάμεων, ὧν
ἥψατο κύριος
καρδίας αὐτῶν,
μετὰ Σαουλ.
1Sa_10:27 WEB But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
1Sa_10:27 But evil men said, “Who is this man that shall save us?” And they despised him, and brought him no gifts.
1Sa_10:27 καὶ υἱοὶ
λοιμοὶ εἶπαν Τί
σώσει ἡμᾶς οὗτος;
καὶ ἠτίμασαν αὐτὸν
καὶ οὐκ ἤνεγκαν
αὐτῷ δῶρα.
God’s inspiration = Believing & going with God’s anointed!
Saul went on to save Israel in the next chapter (1Sa_11), much Like Gideon, etc.
Isaiah — Undone & Unclean
(A) Isaiah Feels Unworthiness
Isa_6:5 WEB Then I said, "Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!"
Isa_6:5 And I said, “Woe is me, for I am pricked to the heart; for being a man, and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a people having unclean lips; and I have seen with my eyes the King, the Lord of hosts.”
Isa_6:5 καὶ εἶπα
Ὦ τάλας ἐγώ, ὅτι
κατανένυγμαι, ὅτι
ἄνθρωπος ὢν καὶ
ἀκάθαρτα χείλη
ἔχων ἐν μέσῳ
λαοῦ ἀκάθαρτα
χείλη ἔχοντος ἐγὼ
οἰκῶ καὶ τὸν
βασιλέα κύριον
σαβαωθ εἶδον
τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς
μου.
…
(B) Isaiah Gets a Solution
Isa_6:6-7 – God Cleans Isiah
…
(C) Isaiah Commissioned
Isa_6:8 WEB I heard the Lord's voice, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here I am. Send me!"
Isa_6:8 And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go to this people?” And I said, “Behold, here am I, send me.” And He said, “Go, and say to this people,
Isa_6:8 καὶ ἤκουσα
τῆς φωνῆς κυρίου
λέγοντος Τίνα ἀποστείλω,
καὶ τίς πορεύσεται
πρὸς τὸν λαὸν
τοῦτον; καὶ εἶπα
Ἰδού εἰμι ἐγώ·
ἀπόστειλόν με.
Peter — Sinful Man
Luk_5:8 When Simon Peter
saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a
sinful man, O Lord!"
Luk_5:8 ἰδὼν
δὲ Σίμων
Πέτρος
προσέπεσεν
τοῖς γόνασιν
᾿Ιησοῦ
λέγων· ἔξελθε
ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ, ὅτι
ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλός
εἰμι, Κύριε.
Luk_5:8
ιδων δε σιμων
πετρος
προσεπεσεν
τοις γονασιν TSτου
ιησου λεγων
εξελθε απ εμου
οτι ανηρ
αμαρτωλος ειμι
κυριε
Luk_5:9 For astonishment
gripped him and all who were with him at the haul of fish which they had taken.
Luk_5:9
θάμβος γὰρ
περιέσχεν αὐτὸν
καὶ πάντας
τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ
ἐπὶ τῇ ἄγρᾳ
τῶν ἰχθύων ᾗ
συνέλαβον,
Luk_5:9
θαμβος γαρ
περιεσχεν
αυτον και
παντας τους
συν αυτω επι τη
αγρα των
ιχθυων Aων TSBη
συνελαβον
Luk_5:10 And likewise also it gripped James and John,
the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon,
"Do not fear; from now on you shall be catching men."
Luk_5:10 ὁμοίως
δὲ καὶ ᾿Ιάκωβον
καὶ ᾿Ιωάννην,
υἱοὺς
Ζεβεδαίου, οἳ ἦσαν
κοινωνοὶ τῷ
Σίμωνι. καὶ εἶπε
πρὸς τὸν
Σίμωνα ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς·
μὴ φοβοῦ· ἀπὸ
τοῦ νῦν ἀνθρώπους
ἔσῃ ζωγρῶν.
Jacob — Unworthy of Mercy
Gen_32:10 WEB I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
Gen_32:10 Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which You have wrought with Your servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
Gen_32:10 (32:11) ἱκανοῦταί
μοι ἀπὸ πάσης
δικαιοσύνης
καὶ ἀπὸ πάσης ἀληθείας,
ἧς ἐποίησας τῷ
παιδί σου· ἐν γὰρ
τῇ ῥάβδῳ μου διέβην
τὸν Ιορδάνην
τοῦτον, νῦν δὲ γέγονα
εἰς δύο
παρεμβολάς.
John the Baptist — Unworthy of Jesus
Joh_1:26 John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know.
Joh_1:26 ἀπεκρίθη
αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης
λέγων· ἐγὼ
βαπτίζω ἐν ὕδατι·
μέσος δὲ ὑμῶν
ἕστηκεν ὃν ὑμεῖς
οὐκ οἴδατε.
Joh_1:26 απεκριθη αυτοις ο ιωαννης λεγων εγω βαπτιζω εν υδατι μεσος TSBδε υμων εστηκεν ον υμεις ουκ οιδατε
Joh_1:27 He is the One who comes after me, who has come to be before me, of whom I am not worthy that I should loose the strap of His sandal."
Joh_1:27 αὐτός
ἐστιν ὁ ὀπίσω
μου ἐρχόμενος,
ὃς ἔμπροσθέν
μου γέγονεν·
οὗ ἐγὼ οὐκ
εἰμὶ ἄξιος ἵνα
λύσω αὐτοῦ
τὸν ἱμάντα
τοῦ ὑποδήματος.
Joh_1:27 TSBαυτος TSBεστιν ο οπισω μου ερχομενος TSBος TSBεμπροσθεν TSBμου TSBγεγονεν ου TSBεγω ουκ ειμι Aεγω αξιος ινα λυσω αυτου τον ιμαντα του υποδηματος
No recorded sins of John or Paul after conversion -- and they don’t feel good enough
Prodigal Son -- Not Worthy!
Luk_15:19-21 – Prodigal Not Worthy to be Son
Luk_15:18 CAB I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,
Luk_15:18 ἀναστὰς
πορεύσομαι
πρὸς τὸν
πατέρα μου
καὶ ἐρῶ αὐτῷ·
πάτερ, ἥμαρτον
εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν
καὶ ἐνώπιόν
σου·
Luk_15:18 αναστας πορευσομαι προς τον πατερα μου και ερω αυτω πατερ ημαρτον εις τον ουρανον και ενωπιον σου
Luk_15:19 and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants." '
Luk_15:19 οὐκέτι
εἰμὶ ἄξιος
κληθῆναι υἱός
σου· ποίησόν
με ὡς ἕνα τῶν
μισθίων σου.
Luk_15:19 TSBκαι ουκετι ειμι αξιος κληθηναι υιος σου ποιησον με ως ενα των μισθιων σου
Luk_15:20 And he arose and went to his father. But when he was still far off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and he ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
Luk_15:20 καὶ ἀναστὰς
ἦλθε πρὸς
τὸν πατέρα ἑαυτοῦ.
ἔτι δὲ αὐτοῦ
μακρὰν ἀπέχοντος
εἶδεν αὐτὸν
ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ
καὶ ἐσπλαγχνίσθη,
καὶ δραμὼν ἐπέπεσεν
ἐπὶ τὸν
τράχηλον αὐτοῦ
καὶ
κατεφίλησεν
αὐτόν.
Luk_15:20 και αναστας ηλθεν προς τον πατερα Bαυτου TSAεαυτου ετι δε αυτου μακραν απεχοντος ειδεν αυτον ο πατηρ αυτου και εσπλαγχνισθη και δραμων επεπεσεν επι τον τραχηλον αυτου και κατεφιλησεν αυτον
Luk_15:21 And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
Luk_15:21 εἶπε δὲ
αὐτῷ ὁ υἱὸς·
πάτερ, ἥμαρτον
εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν
καὶ ἐνώπιόν
σου, καὶ οὐκέτι
εἰμὶ ἄξιος
κληθῆναι υἱός
σου.
Luk_15:21 ειπεν δε TSBαυτω ο υιος Aαυτω πατερ ημαρτον εις τον ουρανον και ενωπιον σου TSBκαι ουκετι ειμι αξιος κληθηναι υιος σου
Luk_15:22 But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.
Luk_15:22 εἶπε δὲ
ὁ πατὴρ
πρὸς τοὺς
δούλους αὐτοῦ·
ἐξενέγκατε
στολὴν τὴν
πρώτην καὶ ἐνδύσατε
αὐτόν, καὶ
δότε
δακτύλιον εἰς
τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ
καὶ ὑποδήματα
εἰς τοὺς
πόδας,
Luk_15:22 ειπεν δε ο πατηρ προς τους δουλους αυτου Aταχυ εξενεγκατε TSBτην στολην την πρωτην και ενδυσατε αυτον και δοτε δακτυλιον εις την χειρα αυτου και υποδηματα εις τους ποδας
Luk_15:23 And bring the fatted calf here and slaughter it, and let us eat and be merry;
Luk_15:23 καὶ ἐνέγκαντες
τὸν μόσχον
τὸν σιτευτόν
θύσατε, καὶ
φαγόντες εὐφρανθῶμεν,
Luk_15:23 και Aφερετε TSBενεγκαντες τον μοσχον τον σιτευτον θυσατε και φαγοντες ευφρανθωμεν
Luk_15:24 for this my son was dead and came to life, and he was lost and was found.' And they began to be merry.
Luk_15:24 ὅτι οὗτος
ὁ υἱός μου
νεκρὸς ἦν
καὶ ἀνέζησε,
καὶ ἀπολωλὼς
ἦν καὶ εὑρέθη.
καὶ ἤρξαντο
εὐφραίνεσθαι.
Luk_15:24 οτι ουτος ο υιος μου νεκρος ην και ανεζησεν TSBκαι TSBαπολωλως ην Aαπολωλως και ευρεθη και ηρξαντο ευφραινεσθαι
Centurion -- Not Worthy!
Luk_7:3-4 – Jews say Centurion is worthy, but Centurion feels/says…
Luk_7:6-7 — Not worthy You should come -- Centurion before Jesus
Luk_7:3 CAB And when he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, asking Him that He might come and heal his servant.
Luk_7:3 ἀκούσας
δὲ περὶ τοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ
ἀπέστειλε
πρὸς αὐτὸν
πρεσβυτέρους
τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων
ἐρωτῶν αὐτὸν
ὅπως ἐλθὼν
διασώσῃ τὸν
δοῦλον αὐτοῦ.
Luk_7:3 ακουσας δε περι του ιησου απεστειλεν προς αυτον πρεσβυτερους των ιουδαιων ερωτων αυτον οπως ελθων διασωση τον δουλον αυτου
Luk_7:4 And when they came to Jesus, they begged Him earnestly, saying he was worthy for whom He should grant this,
Luk_7:4 οἱ δὲ
παραγενόμενοι
πρὸς τὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν
παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν
σπουδαίως,
λέγοντες ὅτι ἄξιός
ἐστιν ᾧ
παρέξει τοῦτο·
Luk_7:4 οι δε παραγενομενοι προς τον ιησουν παρεκαλουν αυτον σπουδαιως λεγοντες οτι αξιος εστιν ω Aπαρεξη TSBπαρεξει τουτο
Luk_7:5 for he loves our nation, and he himself has built us a synagogue."
Luk_7:5 ἀγαπᾷ
γὰρ τὸ ἔθνος
ἡμῶν, καὶ
τὴν
συναγωγὴν αὐτὸς
ᾠκοδόμησεν
ἡμῖν.
Luk_7:5 αγαπα γαρ το εθνος ημων και την συναγωγην αυτος ωκοδομησεν ημιν
Luk_7:6 Then Jesus went with them. And when He was already not far away from the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying to Him, "Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof.
Luk_7:6 ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς
ἐπορεύετο
σὺν αὐτοῖς. ἤδη
δὲ αὐτοῦ οὐ
μακρὰν ἀπέχοντος
ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκίας
ἔπεμψε πρὸς
αὐτὸν ὁ ἑκατόνταρχος
φίλους λέγων
αὐτῷ·
Κύριε, μὴ
σκύλλου· οὐ
γὰρ εἰμι ἱκανός
ἵνα ὑπὸ τὴν
στέγην μου εἰσέλθῃς·
Luk_7:6 ο δε ιησους επορευετο συν αυτοις ηδη δε αυτου ου μακραν απεχοντος απο της οικιας επεμψεν TSBπρος TSBαυτον TSBο TSBεκατονταρχος φιλους Aο Aεκατονταρχης λεγων αυτω κυριε μη σκυλλου ου γαρ TSBειμι ικανος Aειμι ινα υπο την στεγην μου εισελθης
Luk_7:7 Therefore I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You. But just say the word, and my servant shall be healed.
Luk_7:7 διὸ οὐδὲ
ἐμαυτὸν ἠξίωσα
πρός σε ἐλθεῖν·
ἀλλὰ εἰπὲ
λόγῳ, καὶ ἰαθήσεται
ὁ παῖς μου.
Luk_7:7 διο ουδε εμαυτον ηξιωσα προς σε ελθειν Bαλλ TSAαλλα ειπε λογω και Aιαθητω TSBιαθησεται ο παις μου
Luk_7:8 For I also am a man appointed under authority, having soldiers under myself. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
Luk_7:8 καὶ
γὰρ ἐγὼ ἄνθρωπός
εἰμι ὑπὸ ἐξουσίαν
τασσόμενος, ἔχων
ὑπ᾿ ἐμαυτὸν
στρατιώτας,
καὶ λέγω
τούτῳ,
πορεύθητι,
καὶ
πορεύεται,
καὶ ἄλλῳ, ἔρχου,
καὶ ἔρχεται,
καὶ τῷ
δούλῳ μου,
ποίησον τοῦτο,
καὶ ποιεῖ.
Luk_7:8 και γαρ εγω ανθρωπος ειμι υπο εξουσιαν τασσομενος εχων υπ εμαυτον στρατιωτας και λεγω τουτω πορευθητι και πορευεται και αλλω ερχου και ερχεται και τω δουλω μου ποιησον τουτο και ποιει
Luk_7:9 When Jesus heard these things, He marveled at him, and turning to the crowd following Him, He said, "I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!"
Luk_7:9 ἀκούσας
δὲ ταῦτα ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς
ἐθαύμασεν αὐτόν,
καὶ στραφεὶς
τῷ ἀκολουθοῦντι
αὐτῷ ὄχλῳ
εἶπε· λέγω ὑμῖν,
οὐδὲ ἐν τῷ
᾿Ισραὴλ
τοσαύτην
πίστιν εὗρον.
Luk_7:9 ακουσας δε ταυτα ο ιησους εθαυμασεν αυτον και στραφεις τω ακολουθουντι αυτω οχλω ειπεν λεγω υμιν Bουτε TSAουδε εν τω ισραηλ τοσαυτην πιστιν ευρον
Luk_7:10 And when those who were sent returned to the house, they found the servant well who had been sick.
Luk_7:10 καὶ ὑποστρέψαντες
οἱ
πεμφθέντες εἰς
τὸν οἶκον εὗρον
τὸν ἀσθενοῦντα
δοῦλον ὑγιαίνοντα.
Luk_7:10 και υποστρεψαντες TSBοι TSBπεμφθεντες εις τον οικον Aοι Aπεμφθεντες ευρον τον TSBασθενουντα δουλον υγιαινοντα
Paul — Least & Unworthy
Eph_3:8 To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
Eph_3:8 ἐμοὶ
τῷ ἐλαχιστοτέρῳ
πάντων ἁγίων
ἐδόθη ἡ
χάρις αὕτη, ἐν
τοῖς ἔθνεσιν
εὐαγγελίσασθαι
τὸ ἀνεξιχνίαστον
πλοῦτος τοῦ
Χριστοῦ
Eph_3:8 εμοι τω ελαχιστοτερω παντων TSτων αγιων εδοθη η χαρις αυτη TSBεν τοις εθνεσιν ευαγγελισασθαι Aτο TSBτον ανεξιχνιαστον Aπλουτος TSBπλουτον του χριστου
1Ti_1:12 And I give thanks to the One who empowers me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because He considered me faithful, putting me into the ministry,
1Ti_1:12 Καὶ
Χάριν ἔχω τῷ
ἐνδυναμώσαντί
με Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ
τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν,
ὅτι πιστόν με
ἡγήσατο,
θέμενος εἰς
διακονίαν,
1Ti_1:12 TSBκαι χαριν εχω τω ενδυναμωσαντι με χριστω ιησου τω κυριω ημων οτι πιστον με ηγησατο θεμενος εις διακονιαν
1Ti_1:13 I, who was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I was shown mercy because, being ignorant, I did it in unbelief,
1Ti_1:13 τὸ
πρότερον ὄντα
βλάσφημον
καὶ διώκτην
καὶ ὑβριστήν·
ἀλλ᾿ ἠλεήθην,
ὅτι ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα
ἐν ἀπιστίᾳ,
1Ti_1:13 Aτο TSBτον προτερον οντα βλασφημον και διωκτην και υβριστην BAαλλα TSαλλ ηλεηθην οτι αγνοων εποιησα εν απιστια
1Ti_1:14 and the grace of our Lord superabounded with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
1Ti_1:14 ὑπερεπλεόνασε
δὲ ἡ χάρις
τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν
μετὰ πίστεως
καὶ ἀγάπης
τῆς ἐν
Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ.
1Ti_1:14 υπερεπλεονασεν δε η χαρις του κυριου ημων μετα πιστεως και αγαπης της εν χριστω ιησου
1Ti_1:15 Faithful is this word, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am first.
1Ti_1:15 Πιστὸς
ὁ λόγος καὶ
πάσης ἀποδοχῆς
ἄξιος, ὅτι
Χριστὸς ᾿Ιησοῦς
ἦλθεν εἰς
τὸν κόσμον ἁμαρτωλοὺς
σῶσαι, ὧν πρῶτός
εἰμι ἐγώ.
1Ti_1:15 πιστος ο λογος και πασης αποδοχης αξιος οτι χριστος ιησους ηλθεν εις τον κοσμον αμαρτωλους σωσαι ων πρωτος ειμι εγω
1Ti_1:16 However, because of this I was shown mercy, so that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, as a pattern for those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.
1Ti_1:16 ἀλλὰ
διὰ τοῦτο ἠλεήθην,
ἵνα ἐν ἐμοὶ
πρώτῳ ἐνδείξηται
᾿Ιησοῦς
Χριστὸς τὴν ἅπασαν
μακροθυμίαν,
πρὸς ὑποτύπωσιν
τῶν
μελλόντων
πιστεύειν ἐπ᾿
αὐτῷ εἰς
ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
1Ti_1:16 αλλα δια τουτο ηλεηθην ινα εν εμοι πρωτω ενδειξηται TSBιησους χριστος Aιησους την Aαπασαν TSBπασαν μακροθυμιαν προς υποτυπωσιν των μελλοντων πιστευειν επ αυτω εις ζωην αιωνιον
1Co_15:8 And last of all, as of one born out of due time, He appeared to me also.
1Co_15:8 ἔσχατον
δὲ πάντων ὡσπερεὶ
τῷ ἐκτρώματι
ὤφθη κἀμοί.
1Co_15:8 εσχατον δε παντων ωσπερει τω εκτρωματι ωφθη καμοι
1Co_15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
1Co_15:9 ᾿Εγὼ
γάρ εἰμι ὁ ἐλάχιστος
τῶν ἀποστόλων,
ὃς οὐκ εἰμὶ
ἱκανὸς καλεῖσθαι
ἀπόστολος,
διότι ἐδίωξα
τὴν ἐκκλησίαν
τοῦ Θεοῦ·
1Co_15:9 εγω γαρ ειμι ο ελαχιστος των αποστολων ος ουκ ειμι ικανος καλεισθαι αποστολος διοτι εδιωξα την εκκλησιαν του θεου
1Co_15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
1Co_15:10 χάριτι
δὲ Θεοῦ εἰμι
ὅ εἰμι· καὶ ἡ
χάρις αὐτοῦ
ἡ εἰς ἐμὲ
οὐ κενὴ ἐγενήθη,
ἀλλὰ περισσότερον
αὐτῶν
πάντων ἐκοπίασα,
οὐκ ἐγὼ δὲ,
ἀλλὰ ἡ
χάρις τοῦ
Θεοῦ ἡ σὺν ἐμοί.
1Co_15:10 χαριτι δε θεου ειμι ο ειμι και η χαρις αυτου η εις εμε ου κενη εγενηθη αλλα περισσοτερον αυτων παντων εκοπιασα ουκ εγω δε Aαλλα TSBαλλ η χαρις του θεου Aη TSBη συν εμοι
Clean Reactions to Divine Calling
· ‘Who am I?’ (Moses, David)
· ‘I am the least’ (Gideon, Saul, Paul)
· ‘I am unworthy’ (Jacob, John the Baptist)
· ‘I am unable’ (Jeremiah, Moses)
· ‘I am sinful’ (Isaiah, Peter)
[Intended, Designed, Ordained,
Exact, Appropriate]
Ready for Greatness?
You’re ready for Greatness when you feel unworthy, sinful, unable, least,
Humility Reminders
· You make yourself nobody, and then let God exalt you!
See: Php_2
UNDER Confidence, NOT OVERconfidence
Bible: The righteous struggle with UNDER
Confidence much more than OVERCONFIDENCE
This is a clearly established Biblical
fact
Science of under confidence and
irrational overconfidence
Exalted from Shepherding<<<
Raised From the Sheep Fold
The Burning Bush
Exo_3:1 – Moses was tending his father-in-law's
sheep [Jethro…the priest of Midian]
Exo_3:1 WEB Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.
Exo_3:1 LB Moses at the Burning Bush And Moses was feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he brought the sheep close to the wilderness, and came to the mount of Horeb.
The Burning Bush
Exo_3:1 Καὶ Μωυσῆς
ἦν ποιμαίνων τὰ
πρόβατα Ιοθορ
τοῦ γαμβροῦ αὐτοῦ
τοῦ ἱερέως
Μαδιαμ καὶ ἤγαγεν
τὰ πρόβατα ὑπὸ
τὴν ἔρημον καὶ ἦλθεν
εἰς τὸ ὄρος
Χωρηβ.
Preview Summaries of Exaltations
1Sa_16:11-13
— Taken from sheep, anointed king
2Sa_7:8
— Took from sheepfold to ruler
2Sa_7:9
— Made great name
2Sa_22:28
— Humble saved, haughty humbled
1Ch_17:7
— Took from sheepfold to ruler
Psa_78:70-71
— Chose from sheepfolds to shepherd Israel
Psa_89:20
— Found and anointed David
Act_13:22
— Raised up David as king
1Ki_14:7
— Raised Jeroboam from people
1Ki_16:2
— Exalted Baasha from dust
2Ki_14:26-27
— Saw affliction, saved Israel
Job_5:11
— Sets lowly on high
Psa_75:6-7
— God exalts and brings down
Psa_113:7-8
— Raises poor to princes
Psa_147:6
— Lifts humble, casts wicked down
Eze_16:3-6
— Raised from abandoned infancy
Eze_16:7-14
— Exalted to beauty and royalty
Dan_2:21
— Removes and raises kings
Dan_4:17
— Most High rules kingdoms
Dan_4:37
— Humbles those who walk proudly
Luk_1:52
— Puts down mighty, exalts lowly
Jam_4:10
— Humble yourselves, He lifts up
1Pe_5:6 — Humble, He exalts in time
Col_3: Hidden Life with Anointed One <<<
Col_3:1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
Col_3:1 Εἰ οὖν
συνηγέρθητε
τῷ Χριστῷ,
τὰ ἄνω ζητεῖτε,
οὗ ὁ Χριστός
ἐστιν ἐν
δεξιᾷ τοῦ
Θεοῦ
καθήμενος,
Col_3:2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
Col_3:2 τὰ ἄνω
φρονεῖτε, μὴ
τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς
γῆς.
Col_3:3 For you died, and your life has been hidden with Christ in God.
Col_3:3 ἀπεθάνετε
γάρ, καὶ ἡ
ζωὴ ὑμῶν
κέκρυπται
σὺν τῷ
Χριστῷ ἐν
τῷ Θεῷ·
Col_3:4 Whenever Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
Col_3:4 ὅταν ὁ
Χριστὸς
φανερωθῇ, ἡ
ζωὴ ὑμῶν, τότε
καὶ ὑμεῖς
σὺν αὐτῷ
φανερωθήσεσθε
ἐν δόξῃ.
Col_3:4 οταν ο χριστος φανερωθη η ζωη Aυμων TSBημων τοτε και υμεις συν αυτω φανερωθησεσθε εν δοξη
Col_3:5 Therefore put to death your members on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
Col_3:5
Νεκρώσατε οὖν
τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν
τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς
γῆς,
πορνείαν, ἀκαθαρσίαν,
πάθος, ἐπιθυμίαν
κακήν, καὶ
τὴν
πλεονεξίαν, ἥτις
ἐστὶν εἰδωλολατρία,
Col_3:5 νεκρωσατε ουν τα μελη TSBυμων τα επι της γης πορνειαν ακαθαρσιαν παθος επιθυμιαν κακην και την πλεονεξιαν ητις εστιν Aειδωλολατρια TSBειδωλολατρεια
Col_3:6 Because of which things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience,
Col_3:6 δι᾿ ἃ ἔρχεται
ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ
Θεοῦ ἐπὶ
τοὺς υἱοὺς
τῆς ἀπειθείας.
Col_3:6 δι α ερχεται η οργη του θεου Aεπι TSBεπι τους υιους της Aαπειθειας TSBαπειθειας
Lose Your Self! <<<
Lose your Life/Soul
Hating your Soul in This Life (reminders)
Luk_14:25-35; Joh_12:25
Preview Summaries
Mat_10:38-39 — Lose Soul/life to find it
Mat_16:24-25 — Deny Soul/self; lose life; take up cross
Mar_8:34-35 — Lose Soul/life for Jesus & Good Message
Luk_9:23-24 — Daily cross lose life
Luk_14:25-35 — Hate Soul/life; bear cross; Forsake ALL discipleship! (comp. Joh_12:24-25)
Luk_17:33 — Lose Soul/Life = Preserve It (“whoever seeks to save his soul will lose it”) <<
Joh_12:24-25 — Hate Soul/Life in this Age = Keep It (grain of wheat…dies…fruit) (comp. Luk_14:25-35)
Rom_6:6-7 — Old Man Crucified
Rom_8:13 — Kill Flesh = Live (by Spirit put to death… live)
2Co_4:10-11 — Death Working → Life Revealed (“always carrying…dying”)
2Co_5:14-15 — Live no longer for self
Gal_2:20 — Crucified with Anointed One = Lives
Gal_5:24 — Crucified Flesh Desires (those belonging to Anointed One)
Php_1:21 — To Die = Gain; Live = Anointed One
Php_3:7-8 — Loose ALL for Anointed One = Gain (count all loss for excellency)
Col_3:3 — Died Away (Now); Life Hidden in Christ
2Ti_2:11-12 — Die With = Live With Him (etc.)
1Pe_2:24 — Die to Sins; Live to Righteousness (death-to-life transition/transformation)
1Pe_4:1-2 — Those Suffered in Flesh = Ceased from Sin (participation in suffering)
Rev_12:11 — Didn’t Love life unto Death = Defeat Devil
Jam_4:10 — Humble self = be lifted
Luk_22:42 — Not My will but
Yours
Joh_15:13 — Lay down life
for friends
2Co_12:9‑10 — Weakness = Power in
Christ
Heb_12:2 — Endured cross
despised shame
Rom_14:7‑8 — Live or die = Lord’s
Become a Nobody!
Crucify Worldly “Wisdom”
Lose
a Reputation of Wisdom
(A) The “Wise” of the World are Nobody in God’s Kingdom
1Co_1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1Co_1:18 ῾Ο
λόγος γὰρ ὁ
τοῦ σταυροῦ
τοῖς μὲν ἀπολλυμένοις
μωρία ἐστί,
τοῖς δὲ σῳζομένοις
ἡμῖν
δύναμις Θεοῦ
ἐστι.
1Co_1:18 ο λογος γαρ ο του σταυρου τοις μεν απολλυμενοις μωρια εστιν τοις δε σωζομενοις ημιν δυναμις θεου εστιν
1Co_1:19 For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the prudent I will annul."
1Co_1:19
γέγραπται
γάρ· ἀπολῶ
τὴν σοφίαν
τῶν σοφῶν,
καὶ τὴν
σύνεσιν τῶν
συνετῶν ἀθετήσω.
1Co_1:19 γεγραπται γαρ απολω την σοφιαν των σοφων και την συνεσιν των συνετων αθετησω
1Co_1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1Co_1:20 ποῦ
σοφός; ποῦ
γραμματεύς;
ποῦ
συζητητὴς τοῦ
αἰῶνος
τούτου; οὐχὶ
ἐμώρανεν ὁ
Θεὸς τὴν
σοφίαν τοῦ
κόσμου
τούτου;
1Co_1:20 που σοφος που γραμματευς που συζητητης του αιωνος τουτου ουχι εμωρανεν ο θεος την σοφιαν του κοσμου TSBτουτου
1Co_1:21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, God was well pleased, through the foolishness of our preaching, to save those that believe.
1Co_1:21 ἐπειδὴ
γὰρ ἐν τῇ
σοφίᾳ τοῦ
Θεοῦ οὐκ ἔγνω
ὁ κόσμος
διὰ τῆς
σοφίας τὸν
Θεόν, εὐδόκησεν
ὁ Θεὸς διὰ
τῆς μωρίας
τοῦ
κηρύγματος σῶσαι
τοὺς
πιστεύοντας.
1Co_1:21 επειδη γαρ εν τη σοφια του θεου ουκ εγνω ο κοσμος δια της σοφιας τον θεον ευδοκησεν ο θεος δια της μωριας του κηρυγματος σωσαι τους πιστευοντας
1Co_1:22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom;
1Co_1:22 ἐπειδὴ
καὶ ᾿Ιουδαῖοι
σημεῖον αἰτοῦσι
καὶ ῞Ελληνες
σοφίαν ζητοῦσιν,
1Co_1:22
επειδη και
ιουδαιοι Aσημεια
TSBσημειον
αιτουσιν και
ελληνες σοφιαν
ζητουσιν
(B) Become a Fool to Become Wise
1Co_3:18 CAB Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
1Co_3:18 Μηδεὶς
ἑαυτὸν ἐξαπατάτω·
εἴ τις δοκεῖ
σοφὸς εἶναι ἐν
ὑμῖν ἐν τῷ
αἰῶνι τούτῳ,
μωρὸς
γενέσθω, ἵνα
γένηται
σοφός.
TSK:
If: 1Co_1:18-21, 1Co_4:10, 1Co_8:1, 1Co_8:2, Pro_3:5, Pro_3:7, Pro_26:12,
Isa_5:21, Jer_8:8, Rom_11:25, Rom_12:16
Pro_3:7 WEB Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
Pro_3:7 LB Do not be wise in your own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.
Pro_3:7 μὴ ἴσθι
φρόνιμος παρὰ
σεαυτῷ, φοβοῦ δὲ
τὸν θεὸν καὶ ἔκκλινε
ἀπὸ παντὸς
κακοῦ·
Stop the churchy philosophy!
Focus on not sinning instead!
Psa_45 – Forget Your People!
Psa_45:10 WEB Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father's house.
Psa_45:10 Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline your ear; forget also your people, and your father's house.
Psa_45:10 (44:11) ἄκουσον,
θύγατερ, καὶ ἰδὲ
καὶ κλῖνον τὸ οὖς
σου καὶ ἐπιλάθου
τοῦ λαοῦ σου καὶ
τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ
πατρός σου,
Psa_45:11 WEB So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.
Psa_45:11 Because the King has desired your beauty; for He is your Lord.
Psa_45:11 (44:12) ὅτι ἐπεθύμησεν
ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῦ
κάλλους σου, ὅτι
αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ κύριός
σου.
Born of Flesh, is Flesh
Joh_3:5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless someone is born of water and of Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Joh_3:5 ἀπεκρίθη
᾿Ιησοῦς· ἀμὴν
ἀμὴν λέγω
σοι, ἐὰν μή
τις γεννηθῇ
ἐξ ὕδατος
καὶ
Πνεύματος, οὐ
δύναται εἰσελθεῖν
εἰς τὴν
βασιλείαν τοῦ
Θεοῦ.
Joh_3:5 απεκριθη TSο ιησους αμην αμην λεγω σοι εαν μη τις γεννηθη εξ υδατος και πνευματος ου δυναται εισελθειν εις την βασιλειαν του θεου
Joh_3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Joh_3:6 τὸ
γεγεννημένον
ἐκ τῆς
σαρκὸς σάρξ
ἐστι, καὶ τὸ
γεγεννημένον
ἐκ τοῦ
Πνεύματος
πνεῦμά ἐστι.
Joh_3:6 το γεγεννημενον εκ της σαρκος σαρξ εστιν και το γεγεννημενον εκ του πνευματος πνευμα εστιν
Joh_3:7 Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
Joh_3:7 μὴ
θαυμάσῃς ὅτι
εἶπόν σοι, δεῖ
ὑμᾶς γεννηθῆναι
ἄνωθεν.
If you stay fleshly (Joh_3:5-7) you never get married to Jesus (Psa_45)!
Flesh doesn’t get in His Kingdom (Joh_3, etc.; 1Co_15:48-50).
Flesh Blood Cannot Inherit
1Co_15:48 Like the man made of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly.
1Co_15:48 οἷος ὁ
χοϊκός,
τοιοῦτοι καὶ
οἱ χοϊκοί,
καὶ οἷος ὁ ἐπουράνιος,
τοιοῦτοι καὶ
οἱ ἐπουράνιοι·
1Co_15:48 οιος ο χοικος τοιουτοι και οι χοικοι και οιος ο επουρανιος τοιουτοι και οι επουρανιοι
1Co_15:49 And just as we have borne the image of the man made of dust, let us also bear the image of the heavenly Man.
1Co_15:49 καὶ
καθὼς ἐφορέσαμεν
τὴν εἰκόνα
τοῦ χοϊκοῦ,
φορέσομεν
καὶ τὴν εἰκόνα
τοῦ ἐπουρανίου.
1Co_15:49 και καθως εφορεσαμεν την εικονα του χοικου Bφορεσωμεν TSAφορεσομεν και την εικονα του επουρανιου
1Co_15:50 Now this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor can corruption inherit incorruption.
1Co_15:50 Τοῦτο
δέ φημι, ἀδελφοί,
ὅτι σὰρξ καὶ
αἷμα
βασιλείαν
Θεοῦ
κληρονομῆσαι
οὐ δύνανται,
οὐδὲ ἡ
φθορὰ τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν
κληρονομεῖ.
1Co_15:50
τουτο δε φημι
αδελφοι οτι
σαρξ και αιμα
βασιλειαν θεου
κληρονομησαι
ου Aδυναται TSBδυνανται
ουδε η φθορα
την αφθαρσιαν
κληρονομει
Lose what doesn’t get God’s kingdom!
Humility Before Exaltation
Jam_4:6 → Jam_4:10
Jas_4:10 Be humbled before the Lord, and He will exalt
you.
Jas_4:10
ταπεινώθηκε
ἐνώπιον τοῦ
Κυρίου, καὶ ὑψώσει
ὑμᾶς.
Jas_4:10 ταπεινωθητε ενωπιον TSBτου κυριου και υψωσει υμας
Remember: Pro_3; Jam_4; 1Pe_5
Pro_29:23 WEB A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
Pro_29:23 Pride brings a man low, but the Lord upholds the humble-minded with honor.
Pro_29:23 ὕβρις ἄνδρα
ταπεινοῖ, τοὺς
δὲ ταπεινόφρονας
ἐρείδει δόξῃ κύριος.
Impossible Adventure
Impossible Mission-Adventure
Disciple Question: Accomplishments Beyond Your Ability?
Topic I've been thinking about and wondering if holy Sir
has more to say: Believing that God wants us to do hard things. God has called
his ppl to do what feels impossible very often. To push through what feels like
human limitations through faith and wisdom.
I've been thinking through not being angry or resentful
towards God for asking us to push through hard things. Like the default is to
say there is a wall here and I don't want to tackle it. But I find it
interesting that God has called us to be like athletes and warriors, who unlike
the average person, it's their job to push through the limitations of the human
body. Been thinking through this call to be courageous and push through
barriers and weaknesses that feel hard to push through, like an athlete pushing
through another rep even though their body is screaming to give up. And
embracing this calling and not resenting it or even hating it.
I wonder if holy Sir has more words on this topic to
really drive in some deep truths about it.
Psa_18:29; 2Sa_22:30 – I can scale a wall bust through a troop
Warnings Against Humility? (reminder)
It is commonly repeated by modern Jews, Christians, and other pagan philosophies that humility is not self-abasement, but holding a balanced view of your place in the world -- not over or under estimating your skills, abilities, and worth in this world, among others.
Religious people will even lie and say the Hebrew word for humility or meekness literally means to not have an overvalued or even undervalued perspective of yourself.
But this is NOT the meekness of wisdom!
Moses was UNDERCONFIDENT for the task placed on him
People are horrible estimates of their own value, so it does no good to tell them to have an accurate value of themselves
And you are even supposed to tear down whenever “balanced” view of your human goodness you think you have…
Inability = Biblical
Joh_15:5 – Apart from me you can do nothing
Joh_15:5 NKJV I am the vine, you are the branches… for without Me you can do nothing.
2Co_3:5 NKJV Not that we are sufficient of ourselves… but our sufficiency is from God.
Rom_7:18 NKJV …For to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.
Isa_3:6 – Lead this Rubble!
Isa_3:6
– You have clothes; Let this rubble be under your hand to lead
Isa_3:6 WEB Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, "You have clothing, you be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand."
Isa_3:6 LB For a man shall lay hold of his brother, as one of his father's household, saying, “You have clothing, you be our ruler, and let my food be under your power.”
Isa_3:6 ὅτι ἐπιλήμψεται
ἄνθρωπος τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ
αὐτοῦ ἢ τοῦ οἰκείου
τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ
λέγων Ἱμάτιον ἔχεις,
ἀρχηγὸς ἡμῶν
γενοῦ, καὶ τὸ βρῶμα
τὸ ἐμὸν ὑπὸ σὲ ἔστω.
Isa_3:7 WEB In that day he will cry out, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people.
Isa_3:7 And he shall answer in that day, and say, “I will not be your ruler; for I have no bread in my house, nor clothing; I will not be the ruler of this people.”
Isa_3:7 καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς
ἐρεῖ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ
ἐκείνῃ Οὐκ ἔσομαί
σου ἀρχηγός· οὐ
γὰρ ἔστιν ἐν τῷ
οἴκῳ μου ἄρτος
οὐδὲ ἱμάτιον·
οὐκ ἔσομαι ἀρχηγὸς
τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου.
God is determined to break the pride that lusts for leadership!
Wicked people want to lead when this world looks great and successful, but when the odds are against you and the situation is dire then wicked people shy away and show that their previous ambitions had nothing to do with courage and faith.
God providentially puts us through straining trials far beyond what we can possibly bear so that we will turn to Him to do what we could never do
our particular trials are part of God strategic Providence to form our characters and identities
Jump Over a Wall
2Sa_22:29 WEB For you are my lamp, Yahweh. Yahweh will light up my darkness.
2Sa_22:29 LB For You, O Lord, are my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
2Sa_22:29 ὅτι σὺ ὁ
λύχνος μου, κύριε,
καὶ κύριος ἐκλάμψει
μοι τὸ σκότος
μου.
2Sa_22:30 WEB For by you, I run against a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
2Sa_22:30 For by You shall I run as a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.
2Sa_22:30 ὅτι ἐν
σοὶ δραμοῦμαι
μονόζωνος καὶ ἐν
τῷ θεῷ μου ὑπερβήσομαι
τεῖχος.
2Sa_22:31 WEB As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
2Sa_22:31 As for the Mighty One, His way is blameless: the word of the Lord is strong and tried in the fire; He is a protector to all that put their trust in Him.
2Sa_22:31 ὁ ἰσχυρός,
ἄμωμος ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ,
τὸ ῥῆμα κυρίου
κραταιόν,
πεπυρωμένον, ὑπερασπιστής
ἐστιν πᾶσιν τοῖς
πεποιθόσιν ἐπ᾿
αὐτῷ.
Psa_18:28 WEB For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
Psa_18:28 LB For You, O Lord, shall light my lamp: my God, You shall lighten my darkness.
Psa_18:28 (17:29) ὅτι σὺ
φωτιεῖς λύχνον
μου, κύριε· ὁ θεός
μου, φωτιεῖς τὸ
σκότος μου.
Psa_18:29 WEB For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap over a wall.
Psa_18:29 For by You shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my God I will pass over a wall.
Psa_18:29 (17:30) ὅτι ἐν
σοὶ ῥυσθήσομαι
ἀπὸ πειρατηρίου
καὶ ἐν τῷ θεῷ
μου ὑπερβήσομαι
τεῖχος.
Psa_18:30 WEB As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
Psa_18:30 As for my God, His way is perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; He is a protector of all them that hope in Him.
Psa_18:30 (17:31) ὁ θεός
μου, ἄμωμος ἡ ὁδὸς
αὐτοῦ, τὰ λόγια
κυρίου
πεπυρωμένα, ὑπερασπιστής
ἐστιν πάντων τῶν
ἐλπιζόντων ἐπ᾿
αὐτόν.
Php_4:13 – I can strongly do all things
through anointed one
Detail Overload -- it’s OK to be Overwhelmed
Overwhelmed Path: If you feel overwhelmed, this is a
Biblically valid path toward your greatness.
Do Not Despise: Do NOT despise being overwhelmed with
details and burdens, nor despise anyone else under this trial and affliction.
Detail Awareness: God is in the details -- all throughout
the Bible.
Capacity Prayer: Don’t despise having “too much” overwhelmed
need, but pray for greater capacity to embrace God’s calling for greatness.
LEARN from Num_12!
Overwhelmed & Wanting Out!
Num 11 -- Moses is overwhelmed by leadership responsibility!
Moses does not want to keep being a leader!
In Num 11 Moses already desperately wanted out of leadership before numbers 12
Josh & Caleb <<<<<
Num_15:1
Spirit test!
They have a different spirit
Humility Needed for Greatness
When you are broken, humbled, and tired of this world and want out of its praise and exaltations, then God has finally got you closer to being ready to be useful in His greatness (2Ti_2, etc.)
God Raises the Dead
2Co_1:9 – The God who raises the dead (2Co_1:9; Rom_4:17; Heb_11:19)
2Co_1:8 CAB For we do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life.
2Co_1:8 Οὐ γὰρ
θέλομεν ὑμᾶς
ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοί,
ὑπὲρ τῆς
θλίψεως ἡμῶν
τῆς
γενομένης ἡμῖν
ἐν τῇ ᾿Ασίᾳ,
ὅτι καθ᾿ ὑπερβολὴν
ἐβαρήθημεν ὑπὲρ
δύναμιν, ὥστε
ἐξαπορηθῆναι
ἡμᾶς καὶ
τοῦ ζῆν·
2Co_1:8 ου
γαρ θελομεν
υμας αγνοειν
αδελφοι υπερ της
θλιψεως ημων
της γενομενης TSBημιν
εν τη ασια οτι
καθ υπερβολην TSBεβαρηθημεν
υπερ δυναμιν Aεβαρηθημεν
ωστε
εξαπορηθηναι
ημας και του
ζην
2Co_1:9 Yes, we have had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,
2Co_1:9 ἀλλὰ
αὐτοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς
τὸ ἀπόκριμα
τοῦ θανάτου
ἐσχήκαμεν, ἵνα
μὴ
πεποιθότες ὦμεν
ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτοῖς,
ἀλλ᾿ ἐπὶ τῷ
Θεῷ τῷ ἐγείροντι
τοὺς νεκρούς·
2Co_1:10 who delivered us
from so great a death, and is delivering us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us,
2Co_1:10 ὃς
ἐκ
τηλικούτου
θανάτου ἐρρύσατο
ἡμᾶς καὶ ῥύεται,
εἰς ὃν ἠλπίκαμεν
ὅτι καὶ ἔτι ῥύσεται,
2Co_1:10
ος εκ
τηλικουτου
θανατου
ερρυσατο ημας
και Aρυσεται TSBρυεται
εις ον
ηλπικαμεν Aοτι TSBοτι και
ετι ρυσεται
2Co_1:11 you also laboring together for us in prayer, that thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf for the gift given to us through many.
2Co_1:11
συνυπουργούντων
καὶ ὑμῶν ὑπὲρ
ἡμῶν τῇ
δεήσει, ἵνα ἐκ
πολλῶν
προσώπων τὸ
εἰς ἡμᾶς
χάρισμα διὰ
πολλῶν εὐχαριστηθῇ
ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.
2Co_1:11 συνυπουργουντων και υμων υπερ ημων τη δεησει ινα εκ πολλων προσωπων το εις ημας χαρισμα δια πολλων ευχαριστηθη υπερ Bυμων TSAημων
Rom_4:17 CAB (just as it is written, "I have appointed you a father of many nations") before God, whom he believed, the One who gives life to the dead and calls those things which are not as though they were;
Rom_4:17 καθὼς
γέγραπται ὅτι
πατέρα πολλῶν
ἐθνῶν
τέθεικά σε,
κατέναντι οὗ
ἐπίστευσε
Θεοῦ τοῦ ζῳοποιοῦντος
τοὺς νεκροὺς
καὶ καλοῦντος
τὰ μὴ ὄντα ὡς
ὄντα·
Rom_4:17 καθως γεγραπται οτι πατερα πολλων εθνων τεθεικα σε κατεναντι ου επιστευσεν θεου του ζωοποιουντος τους νεκρους και καλουντος τα μη οντα ως οντα
Rom_4:18 who, contrary to hope, on hope believed, so that he should become a father of many nations, according to what was spoken, "So shall your descendants be."
Rom_4:18 ὃς παρ᾿
ἐλπίδα ἐπ᾿
ἐλπίδι ἐπίστευσεν,
εἰς τὸ
γενέσθαι αὐτὸν
πατέρα πολλῶν
ἐθνῶν κατὰ
τὸ εἰρημένον·
οὕτως ἔσται
τὸ σπέρμα
σου·
Abraham (Heb_11:17) was…
Heb_11:19 CAB considering that even from the dead, God was able to raise him up, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
Heb_11:19
λογισάμενος
ὅτι καὶ ἐκ
νεκρῶν ἐγείρειν
δυνατὸς ὁ
Θεός· ὅθεν αὐτὸν
καὶ ἐν
παραβολῇ ἐκομίσατο.
Possible with God
3/27/26
Gen_18:14 WEB Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."
Gen_18:14 Shall anything be impossible with the Lord? At the appointed time I shall return to you, and Sarah shall have a son.”
Gen_18:14 μὴ ἀδυνατεῖ
παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ῥῆμα;
εἰς τὸν καιρὸν
τοῦτον ἀναστρέψω
πρὸς σὲ εἰς ὥρας,
καὶ ἔσται τῇ
Σαρρα υἱός.
Num_11:23 WEB Yahweh said to Moses, "Has Yahweh's hand grown short? Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not."
Num_11:23 And the Lord said to Moses, “Shall not the hand of the Lord be fully sufficient? Now shall you know whether My word shall come to pass to you or not.”
Num_11:23 καὶ εἶπεν
κύριος πρὸς
Μωυσῆν Μὴ χεὶρ
κυρίου οὐκ ἐξαρκέσει;
ἤδη γνώσει εἰ ἐπικαταλήμψεταί
σε ὁ λόγος μου ἢ
οὔ.
Zec_8:6 WEB Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?" says Yahweh of Armies.
Zec_8:6 Thus says the Lord Almighty: ‘If it shall be impossible in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, shall it also be impossible in My sight?’” Says the Lord Almighty.
Zec_8:6 τάδε λέγει
κύριος
παντοκράτωρ
Διότι εἰ ἀδυνατήσει
ἐνώπιον τῶν
καταλοίπων τοῦ
λαοῦ τούτου ἐν
ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις,
μὴ καὶ ἐνώπιον ἐμοῦ
ἀδυνατήσει; λέγει
κύριος
παντοκράτωρ.
Job_42:2 WEB "I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
Job_42:2 “I know that You can do all things, and nothing is impossible with You.
Job_42:2 Οἶδα ὅτι
πάντα δύνασαι, ἀδυνατεῖ
δέ σοι οὐθέν.
Mary’s Impossibility
Luk_1:34 — How shall this be? -- Mary questioning divine call
God’s Possibility
Luk_1:36 And behold, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for she who was called barren.
Luk_1:36 καὶ ἰδοὺ
᾿Ελισάβετ ἡ
συγγενίς σου
καὶ αὐτὴ
συνείληφυῖα
υἱὸν ἐν
γήρει αὐτῆς,
καὶ οὗτος
μὴν ἕκτος ἐστὶν
αὐτῇ τῇ
καλουμένῃ
στείρᾳ·
Luk_1:36 και ιδου ελισαβετ η Aσυγγενις TSBσυγγενης σου και αυτη Aσυνειληφεν TSBσυνειληφυια υιον εν BAγηρει TSγηρα αυτης και ουτος μην εκτος εστιν αυτη τη καλουμενη στειρα
Luk_1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible."
Luk_1:37 ὅτι οὐκ
ἀδυνατήσει
παρὰ τῷ
Θεοῦ πᾶν ῥῆμα.
Luk_1:37 οτι ουκ αδυνατησει παρα Aτου TSBτω Aθεου TSBθεω παν ρημα
Mat_19:25 And when His disciples heard, they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then is able to be saved?"
Mat_19:25 ἀκούσαντες
δὲ οἱ
μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ
ἐξεπλήσσοντο
σφόδρα
λέγοντες·
τίς ἄρα
δύναται σωθῆναι;
Mat_19:25 ακουσαντες δε οι μαθηται TSBαυτου εξεπλησσοντο σφοδρα λεγοντες τις αρα δυναται σωθηναι
Mat_19:26 And looking on them, Jesus said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
Mat_19:26 ἐμβλέψας
δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς
εἶπεν αὐτοῖς·
παρὰ ἀνθρώποις
τοῦτο ἀδύνατόν
ἐστι, παρὰ
δὲ Θεῷ
πάντα δυνατά
ἐστι.
Mat_19:26 εμβλεψας δε ο ιησους ειπεν αυτοις παρα ανθρωποις τουτο αδυνατον εστιν παρα δε θεω παντα δυνατα Bεστιν TSεστιν
TSK: but: Gen_18:14, Num_11:23, Job_42:2, Psa_3:8, Psa_62:11, Jer_32:27, Zec_8:6, Mar_10:27, Luk_1:37, Luk_18:27
Luk_18:25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
Luk_18:25 εὐκοπώτερον
γάρ ἐστι
κάμηλον διὰ
τρυμαλιᾶς
ραφίδος εἰσελθεῖν
ἢ πλούσιον εἰς
τὴν βασιλείαν
τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν.
Luk_18:25 ευκοπωτερον γαρ εστιν καμηλον δια Aτρηματος TSBτρυμαλιας Aβελονης TSBραφιδος εισελθειν η πλουσιον εις την βασιλειαν του θεου εισελθειν
Luk_18:26 And those who heard it said, "Who then is able to be saved?"
Luk_18:26 εἶπον
δὲ οἱ ἀκούσαντες·
καὶ τίς
δύναται σωθῆναι;
Luk_18:26 Aειπαν TSBειπον δε οι ακουσαντες και τις δυναται σωθηναι
Luk_18:27 But He said, "These things which are impossible with men are possible with God."
Luk_18:27 ὁ δὲ εἶπε·
τὰ ἀδύνατα
παρὰ ἀνθρώποις
δυνατὰ παρὰ
τῷ Θεῷ ἐστιν.
Luk_18:27 ο δε ειπεν τα αδυνατα παρα ανθρωποις δυνατα TSBεστιν παρα τω θεω Aεστιν
Luk_18:28 Then Peter said, "See, we have left all and followed You."
Luk_18:28 Εἶπε δὲ
ὁ Πέτρος· ἰδοὺ
ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν
τὰ πάντα
καὶ ἠκολουθήσαμέν
σοι.
Luk_18:28 ειπεν δε TSAο πετρος ιδου ημεις Aαφεντες TSBαφηκαμεν Aτα TSBπαντα Aιδια TSBκαι ηκολουθησαμεν σοι
Mar_10:25 It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God."
Mar_10:25 εὐκοπώτερόν
ἐστι κάμηλον
διὰ τρυμαλιᾶς
ῥαφίδος
διελθεῖν ἢ
πλούσιον εἰς
τὴν
βασιλείαν τοῦ
Θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν.
Mar_10:25 ευκοπωτερον εστιν καμηλον δια Aτης TSBτης τρυμαλιας Aτης TSBτης ραφιδος SAδιελθειν TBεισελθειν η πλουσιον εις την βασιλειαν του θεου εισελθειν
Mar_10:26 And they were exceedingly astonished, saying among themselves, "Who then is able to be saved?"
Mar_10:26 οἱ δὲ
περισσῶς ἐξεπλήσσοντο
λέγοντες
πρὸς ἑαυτούς·
καὶ τίς
δύναται σωθῆναι;
Mar_10:26 οι δε περισσως εξεπλησσοντο λεγοντες προς εαυτους και τις δυναται σωθηναι
Mar_10:27 But looking at them Jesus said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God."
Mar_10:27 ἐμβλέψας
αὐτοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς
λέγει· παρὰ
ἀνθρώποις ἀδύνατον,
ἀλλ᾿ οὐ
παρὰ Θεῷ·
πάντα γὰρ
δυνατὰ ἐστι
παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ.
Mar_10:27 εμβλεψας TSBδε αυτοις ο ιησους λεγει παρα ανθρωποις αδυνατον αλλ ου παρα TSτω θεω παντα γαρ δυνατα TSBεστιν παρα τω θεω
Mar_10:28 Then Peter began to say to Him, "See, we have left all things and have followed You."
Mar_10:28 ῎Ηρξατο
ὁ Πέτρος
λέγειν αὐτῷ·
ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς
ἀφήκαμεν
πάντα καὶ ἠκολουθήσαμέν
σοι.
Mar_10:28 TSκαι ηρξατο Aλεγειν ο πετρος TSBλεγειν αυτω ιδου ημεις αφηκαμεν παντα και Aηκολουθηκαμεν TSBηκολουθησαμεν σοι
MT
Jer_32:27 WEB Behold, I am Yahweh, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?
Jer_32:27 “I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: shall anything be hidden from Me?
Jer_32:27 (39:27) Ἐγὼ κύριος
ὁ θεὸς πάσης
σαρκός· μὴ ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ
κρυβήσεταί τι;
I Can Do All Things…
Over-ability Empowered
Php_4:13 NKJV I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
2Co_12:9 NKJV And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”
Col_1:11 NKJV strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power…
2Co_3:5 NKJV Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God.
Eph_3:20 NKJV Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think…
Meekness – Gentle-Humility
Meekness of Wisdom
Jam_3:13
CAB Is there anyone wise and
understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his works are
in meekness of wisdom.
Jam_3:13 Τίς
σοφὸς καὶ ἐπιστήμων
ἐν ὑμῖν;
δειξάτω ἐκ
τῆς καλῆς ἀναστροφῆς
τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ
ἐν πρᾳότητι
σοφίας.
Jam_3:13 τις
σοφος και
επιστημων εν
υμιν δειξατω εκ
της καλης
αναστροφης τα
εργα αυτου εν
πραυτητι σοφιας
Jam_3:14
But if you have bitter jealousy and strife in your heart, do not boast and lie
against the truth.
Jam_3:14 εἰ δὲ
ζῆλον πικρὸν
ἔχετε καὶ ἐρίθειαν
ἐν τῇ
καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν,
μὴ κατακαυχᾶσθε
καὶ ψεύδεσθε
κατὰ τῆς ἀληθείας.
Jam_3:14 ει
δε ζηλον
πικρον εχετε
και εριθειαν
εν τη καρδια
υμων μη
κατακαυχασθε
και ψευδεσθε
κατα της
αληθειας
Jam_3:15
This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual,
demonic.
Jam_3:15 οὐκ ἔστιν
αὕτη ἡ σοφία ἄνωθεν
κατερχομένη,
ἀλλ᾿ ἐπίγειος,
ψυχική,
δαιμονιώδης.
Jam_3:15 ουκ
εστιν αυτη η
σοφια ανωθεν
κατερχομενη Aαλλα
TSBαλλ
επιγειος
ψυχικη
δαιμονιωδης
Jam_3:16
For where jealousy and strife exist, there
unrest and every evil deed are.
Jam_3:16 ὅπου
γὰρ ζῆλος
καὶ ἐριθεία,
ἐκεῖ ἀκαταστασία
καὶ πᾶν φαῦλον
πρᾶγμα.
Jam_3:16
οπου γαρ
ζηλος και
εριθεια εκει
ακαταστασια και
παν φαυλον
πραγμα
Jam_3:17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to
yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
Jam_3:17 ἡ δὲ ἄνωθεν
σοφία πρῶτον
μὲν ἁγνή ἐστιν,
ἔπειτα εἰρήνική,
ἐπιεικής, εὐπειθής,
μεστὴ ἐλέους
καὶ καρπῶν ἀγαθῶν,
ἀδιάκριτος
καὶ ἀνυπόκριτος.
Jam_3:17 η δε
ανωθεν σοφια
πρωτον μεν
αγνη εστιν επειτα
ειρηνικη
επιεικης
ευπειθης μεστη
ελεους και
καρπων αγαθων
αδιακριτος TSBκαι
ανυποκριτος
Jam_3:18
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those making peace.
Jam_3:18 καρπὸς
δὲ τῆς
δικαιοσύνης ἐν
εἰρήνῃ
σπείρεται τοῖς
ποιοῦσιν εἰρήνην.
Meekness of Anointed One
(A) Jesus Says He Is Meek
Mat_11:28
Come to Me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Mat_11:28 Δεῦτε
πρός με
πάντες οἱ
κοπιῶντες
καὶ πεφορτισμένοι,
κἀγὼ ἀναπαύσω
ὑμᾶς.
Mat_11:29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I
am gentle and lowly in heart [πρᾷός
εἰμι καὶ
ταπεινὸς τῇ
καρδίᾳ], and you will
find rest for your souls.
Mat_11:29 ἄρατε
τὸν ζυγόν
μου ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς
καὶ μάθετε ἀπ᾿
ἐμοῦ, ὅτι πρᾷός
εἰμι καὶ
ταπεινὸς τῇ
καρδίᾳ, καὶ
εὑρήσετε ἀνάπαυσιν
ταῖς ψυχαῖς
ὑμῶν·
Mat_11:29
αρατε τον
ζυγον μου εφ
υμας και
μαθετε απ εμου
οτι Aπραυς TSBπραος
ειμι και
ταπεινος τη
καρδια και
ευρησετε αναπαυσιν
ταις ψυχαις
υμων
Mat_11:30
For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
Mat_11:30 ὁ γὰρ
ζυγός μου
χρηστὸς καὶ
τὸ φορτίον
μου ἐλαφρόν
ἐστιν.
Moses = meekest; So is Jesus
Notice there's nothing wrong with Jesus or Moses describing
themselves as being meek, even if Moses is accused of writing that about
Himself in Number 12.
(B) Paul Says Jesus Is Meek
2Co_10:1
CAB Now I, Paul, myself appeal to
you [παρακαλῶ
ὑμᾶς] by the meekness and
gentleness of Christ [διὰ
τῆς πρᾳότητος
καὶ ἐπιεικείας
τοῦ Χριστοῦ],
I who face to face am lowly [ταπεινὸς]
among you, but when I am away am bold toward you.
2Co_10:1 Αὐτὸς
δὲ ἐγὼ Παῦλος
παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς
διὰ τῆς πρᾳότητος
καὶ ἐπιεικείας
τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς
κατὰ
πρόσωπον μὲν
ταπεινὸς ἐν
ὑμῖν, ἀπὼν
δὲ θαρρῶ εἰς
ὑμᾶς·
2Co_10:1
αυτος δε εγω
παυλος
παρακαλω υμας
δια της Aπραυτητος
TSBπραοτητος
και επιεικειας
του χριστου ος
κατα προσωπον
μεν ταπεινος
εν υμιν απων δε
θαρρω εις υμας
2Co_10:2
But I beseech you that when I am present I
may not be bold with the confidence with which I plan to be bold toward some,
who consider us as walking according to the flesh.
2Co_10:2 δέομαι
δὲ τὸ μὴ
παρὼν θαρρῆσαι
τῇ
πεποιθήσει ᾗ
λογίζομαι
τολμῆσαι ἐπί
τινας τοὺς
λογιζομένους
ἡμᾶς ὡς
κατὰ σάρκα
περιπατοῦντας.
See: Philippians 1 -- Paul has Jesus’ Bowels, just like we see here in 2Co_10:1.
Do you need humility to be saved?
In other words…
Do you need Jesus and His Meekness in you to be saved?
The Point: Imitate Jesus’ inspired meekness of saving
wisdom to be saved (2Ti_3:14-17)!
(C) Jesus’ Meekness Cries Out!
Just as Jesus had faith in the Father to save Him (Heb_5:7) so also we need to Imitate Jesus’ saving
submissive, humble, meek wisdom to be saved by Him.
Jesus was a Beggar -- (Reminder!: 2Co_8:9, etc.)
Begging* = Faith = Heaven: Psa_34:1-22, etc. = Mat_5:3-12, etc. (2)(vi) = Luk_6:20-23 = Luk_16:20-22 = Jam_2:5 = 2Co_6:3-10 (iii)‡ ↔ 2Co_8:9
Heb_5:7
– To the One Who Could Save Him From Death
Heb_5:7
CAB who, in the days of His
flesh, when He had offered up both prayers and supplications, with strong
crying and tears to the One who was able to
save [σῴζειν]
Him from death, and was heard because of His fear of God,
Heb_5:7 ὃς ἐν
ταῖς ἡμέραις
τῆς σαρκὸς
αὐτοῦ
δεήσεις τε
καὶ ἱκετηρίας
πρὸς τὸν
δυνάμενον σῴζειν
αὐτὸν ἐκ
θανάτου μετὰ
κραυγῆς ἰσχυρᾶς
καὶ δακρύων
προσενέγκας,
καὶ εἰσακουσθεὶς
ἀπὸ τῆς εὐλαβείας,
Heb_5:8
though He was a Son, He learned obedience [ὑπακοήν]
by the things which He suffered.
Heb_5:8 καίπερ ὢν
υἱὸς, ἔμαθεν
ἀφ᾿ ὧν ἔπαθε
τὴν ὑπακοήν,
Heb_5:9
And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who
obey Him [ὑπακούουσιν
αὐτῷ],
Heb_5:9 καὶ
τελειωθεὶς ἐγένετο
τοῖς ὑπακούουσιν
αὐτῷ πᾶσιν
αἴτιος
σωτηρίας αἰωνίου,
Heb_5:9 και
τελειωθεις
εγενετο Aπασιν
τοις
υπακουουσιν
αυτω TSBπασιν
αιτιος
σωτηριας
αιωνιου
Example: If we see the meekness of Anointed One,
Imitate: It’s high time we got broken to imitate His
meekness enough to cry out with zeal and clean faith to be saved
Because Biblical meekness is the character and identity of
Jesus’ Meekness Mat_11:29; 2Co_10:1
and it is certainly taboo to think that Jesus's character
& identity doesn't Save you!
Jesus' Human Soul
Remarkable Confusion -- Over Jesus' soul
·
Divine-Human Nature:
We all know that Jesus’ Spirit is Divine, and his body was human.
·
Full Nature Affirmed:
We all know Jesus was fully God and fully human.
·
Soul Uncertainty:
Interestingly, many people are not really sure about Jesus's soul
·
Human Soul Assertion:
Despite average ignorance, the Bible makes it very clear that Jesus had to have
a human soul, even though I could actually get confused as a heretic for
claiming something like this in some circles
So…
Time to Review the Basics of the Soul
Let's get back to basics and review the
fundamental realities of human creation, which the Bible so clearly lays in
front of us (so that we won't lose our minds and go to completely crazy)…
More Than Dirt
·
Person vs. Machine:
Creating, begetting, and Beginning a PERSON, is not just making a machine made
of dirt.
·
Dirt-Body
Precedes Soul-Life: Dirt was already there before God's
Spirit blew on it.
Identity of Body vs. Soul
It can be said that “God formed Adam” or
“Man” (which are the same Hebrew word) “Out of the dust of
the ground” (Gen_2), and this is initially talking about the machine made of
dirt which was simply Adam's body, and this “body” can be called “Adam” and
“Man”, showing that a humans physical body is a part of their
preceding identity, however this mechanical part of his identity which is
initially called “Adam” correlates with the “redness” of the dirt, not the life
of his soul which came later.
So indeed the body can be called a person’s name as part of their
identity, and the first human body was essentially called ‘dirt’ by its
association with the “redness” of “Adam’s” skin, because “man” is implicitly
“red” in Hebrew, implying that man's skin retained the rich redness of
claylike dirt, and none of this implies the color-less
metaphysical vitality that can only be transmitted through God blowing energy
of life and vitality through His Spirit wind into Adam’s nostrils later on.
Therefore the machine which was called ‘the redness’ of dirt, was
carefully formed and structured to become a piece of a potential identity of
the personhood, or soul, who had not been begotten and generated yet, in the
exact same way that an egg and a seed are the same mechanical ‘dirt’
impregnated with human potential, with the seed particularly somehow carrying
the explosive potential vitality, contained and separated in some form or
fashion within it, awaiting implantation in the ‘dirt’, or the “mother earth”
of the egg, and then the seed “exploding itself” inside the egg to implant the
genetic information along with the vital solution to create and generate a
human soul.
So the mechanics of the first human body were named after the redness
of claylike dirt, and this is where we get the name “Adam” from in Hebrew, and
this body signified a foreshadowing prediction of the personhood that would be
created within this body when God blew into this dirt machine a wind of
vitality, and begot the dirt machine into a living soul. This is how the red man Adam began to
be a living soul -- and this "beginning" of "Genesis" is
called "begetting" or "generating", which shows that a
human’s vital personhood begins to exist when they are begotten into a human
soul.
Personhood Begins
Begetting a PERSON, is making SOMEONE,
and the individual and unique personhood of "someone" is not the dirt
that is there before the Spirit, but rather it is the human soul that is
resulting there after the Spirit impacts the dirt.
A Soul-Life Begins in the Womb
Because of this it is right to not only
say that “life begins in conception”, but even to say that beginning and
begetting a living Soul starts in the womb, and that the proper term of
PRODUCING a CHILD is the finished PRODUCT - and these completion terms are all
(linguistically) one in the same in Greek.
Compilation
·
Soul Compilation:
Spirit Plus dirt is how Adam was generated/begotten as a living soul.
·
Life Begins at
Conception: Adam was begotten by God's Spirit-Wind
blowing onto the dirt, and this is called “generating” or “begetting” a soul,
and ever since then, from that point onward, in this exact same way all human
life has been generated, every time a seed carries the spark of generation to
the mother's egg.
·
New Soul Created:
God's Spirit Plus Eve's egg necessarily generates a New human Soul, when
creating a new person, including a SOUL.
3 Stages of Starting Human Life
(1) Dirt / Machine / Potential / Body (or
a potential body)
(2) Spirit-Wind+Dirt / Seed+Egg /
Conception / Combination / Begetting / Beginning / Genesis / Generation /
Soul-creation / Personhood “Begotten” / Fruit of the Womb Growing
(3) Producing / Product / Child / Birth /
Finished Result / Harvested Fruit
(Ancient Concepts we’ve Lost: these key
words & concepts represent accurate ancient foundational understandings
that we've almost completely lost in our less functional dialects today.)
The Necessity of Jesus' Human Soul
Jesus's
Soul has to be human for several reasons...
·
2nd Adam:
He's the “second Adam” -- Adam was a generated human soul - which was NOT
eternal!
·
Only-Kind:
Since Jesus is called the “only-kind-generated-One”,
therefore this word “generated” or “begotten” necessarily
communicates the same miracle of making and generating new human life, which is
a soul.
·
Submitted Human Will:
Jesus had His own will to submit to the Father (seen below) - a never before
experienced reality!
Luk_22:42 NKJV saying, “Father, if it is
Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be
done.”
Joh_6:38 NKJV For I have come down from
heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
Joh_5:30 NKJV I can of Myself do nothing…
I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
2nd Adam = New Human Soul
·
Jesus = the 2nd
Adam
·
Adam’s Soul =
Spirit-Begotten/generated (Gen_2)
·
Adam's soul was
generated by God's Spirit, therefore…
·
Jesus’ soul was also
generated by God's Spirit (Mat_1-2; Luk_1-2)
Jesus = the Second/Last “Adam”
1Co_15:45 NKJV And so it is written, “The
first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving
spirit.
Rom_5:18 NKJV Therefore, as through one
man’s offense judgment came to all men… even so through one Man’s righteous act
the free gift came to all men…
Rom_5:19 NKJV For as by one man’s
disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will
be made righteous.
Growth Requires a Human Soul
Jesus “Grew” in all kind of ways
throughout the Bible.
·
Knowledge
·
Favor with God and Man
Isa_7:14 WEB Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isa_7:14 LB Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and you shall call His name Emmanuel.
Isa_7:14 διὰ τοῦτο
δώσει κύριος αὐτὸς
ὑμῖν σημεῖον· ἰδοὺ
ἡ παρθένος ἐν
γαστρὶ ἕξει καὶ
τέξεται υἱόν,
καὶ καλέσεις τὸ
ὄνομα αὐτοῦ
Εμμανουηλ·
Isa_7:15 WEB He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Isa_7:15 Butter and honey shall He eat, before He knows either to prefer evil or choose the good.
Isa_7:15 βούτυρον
καὶ μέλι φάγεται·
πρὶν ἢ γνῶναι αὐτὸν
ἢ προελέσθαι
πονηρὰ ἐκλέξεται
τὸ ἀγαθόν·
Isa_7:16 WEB For before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.
Isa_7:16 For before the child shall know good or evil, He shall refuse evil, to choose the good; and the land shall be forsaken which you are afraid of because of the two kings.
Isa_7:16 διότι πρὶν
ἢ γνῶναι τὸ
παιδίον ἀγαθὸν
ἢ κακὸν ἀπειθεῖ
πονηρίᾳ τοῦ ἐκλέξασθαι
τὸ ἀγαθόν, καὶ
καταλειφθήσεται
ἡ γῆ, ἣν σὺ φοβῇ ἀπὸ
προσώπου τῶν δύο
βασιλέων.
Luk_2:40 NKJV And the Child grew and
became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.
Luk_2:52 NKJV And Jesus increased in
wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
Heb_5:8 NKJV though He was a Son, yet He
learned obedience by the things which He suffered.
None of this development of a
rational-logical soul to grow in favor with God and man is possible with a soul
which has already been Divine before being incarnated
A Soul Has to Fight
A Soul’s Battle -- The
Battle of a Human Soul
A New Soul which has to learn knowledge
and fight to become rational and overcome the irrational temptations in the wilderness
of Matthew 4 and Luke 4 are all explicit features of a human soul that has to
make choices, which is what the soul does, in the sense of mind over Matter,
and there has to be then a choice as a human to submit to God, since the Son of
God was already eternally 'in the bosom of the Father' without any thing to
accomplish beyond what His infinite identity already was.
Temptation Must Be Real
If Jesus’ Spirit and soul were both
Divine and only his body were human, temptation collapses and the very idea is
flattened as irrelevant and meaningless - there has to be a development of the
Soul to become rational and learn through the human brain to please God,
through the Scriptures and inspired insight.
Mere Flesh Cannot Struggle
A body alone is no match for the ease of
God's eternal nature overriding every sin and temptation possible.
A Valid Representative -- of HUMANS
He has to be the same creature as men to
please God on behalf of men, and that includes especially his human sacrifice
to redeem humans
Incarnated Sacrifice
= Necessary
If God wanted to be as God on the cross
and there's no need for incarnation.
Other Sacrifices Possible
There are many other ways to offer some
sort of celestial sacrifice
Humanity Must Be Full
It's necessary that Jesus become
completely human because no other sacrifice would satisfy God for the sins of
humans.
Humanity Was Required
The non-negotiable requirement to become
human was specifically to enter into humanity and offer a sacrifice on their
behalf, not to be as God who hasn't become human and therefore doesn't properly
make God happy on behalf of humans when he stays God or an angel or any other
creature.
The HUMAN Soul
Offered Up
For Jesus's sacrifice, it says He poured
out His "soul", which was HUMAN, because a “sacrifice of God” does
not make atonement for the sins of HUMANS.
The Perfect Human Sacrifice
It is wrongly thought that it had to be
God on the cross, when in reality, it had to be a perfect human on the cross, and
God incarnate happened to be the only one who fit that description
The Infinite Worth of a HUMAN Sacrifice
Jesus's sacrifice was infinitely
valuable, not because he was God, since God did not kill God on the cross, but
God killed His HUMAN Son, and (not “or”) His HUMAN Son willingly gave up His
life, and yet only He could offer an infinitely valuable sacrifice because of
God's perfecting Spirit in Him - which is the second ADAM/MAN, not "the
second god", and this fulfills the original Adam's purpose to become a
creature of infinite value - which is what we now are all called to do in
following Jesus and gaining all of His benefits, being One Spirit with him who
is God (1 Corinthians 6) and ultimately being joined into his physical identity
as well (1 John 3; 1 Corinthians 15).
Incarnation’s Moral Revelation
The cross reveals a profound moral
necessity that the Incarnation teaches us:
Humanity Exalted
We can become of immeasurable and
infinite value as humans if we're inspired by God's Spirit, especially by the
unique pioneering accomplishment of Jesus, who became as we are so that we
could become as he is and reap the benefits of his startling perfection, even
though we have an otherwise highly disqualifying tainted past.
Shared Perfection Offered
The same inspiration which Jesus
perfectly obtained for us on our behalf is now passed on to us and held in
front of us to press in to grab hold of to enter into his perfect value which
we could never get ourselves so that we might be lifted up to God's lofty
standards through him and necessarily be transformed into immeasurable value by
God's own identity housing and living inside of us.
The HUAMN Mystery of Incarnation
Somehow, in the mystery of the
Incarnation, Jesus has to become completely human and offer it as us to appease
Himself over our sins
Breaking Sin Forever:
He broke our sinning to bring us to God, which humans never figured out on
their own in any respect on any level.
God Our Incarnate Savior
Where Does Jesus’ Divinity fit into the
incarnation?
The Unique Begetting
·
The one of a kind,
especially begotten Son of God is different and unique because this time
instead of just propelling Spirit wind toward dirt he carried the full identity
of his consciousness into the dirt with the Holy Spirit blowing on and INTO
Mary's egg.
·
Adams soul was
generated by simply propelling vitality
(KAI / Zoe) toward and into Adam's mechanically dirt body
·
Jesus was generated
when God not only propelled life toward and into an egg, but also carried His own
eternal consciousness as the Word of God into Mary's egg.
God Our Savior
God's identity is our savior
Salvation Reveals God: He has revealed
Who He is by saving us.
Jesus = ‘Lord’s Salvation’
God's identity is salvation and this is
the core meaning of Jesus's name in Hebrew.
God’s SAVIOR
Identity
Jesus had to be identified as
God because it is absolutely necessary to show Who God is when He becomes our
complete salvation.
Our Divine Hero
Therefore God has to be the ultimate one
who saves us and it is proper for him to be our great hero in everything.
Life of HUMAN Righteousness Needed for Atonement
His human life was filled with perfect
obedience and proclaiming the Truth and spiritual realities and call to
discipleship which would make you a part of His atonement.
Rom_5:19 CAB For through the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One many shall be constituted righteous.
Rom_5:19 ὥσπερ
γὰρ διὰ τῆς
παρακοῆς τοῦ
ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου
ἁμαρτωλοὶ
κατεστάθησαν
οἱ πολλοί, οὕτω
καὶ διὰ τῆς
ὑπακοῆς τοῦ
ἑνὸς
δίκαιοι
κατασταθήσονται
οἱ πολλοί.
Rom_5:19
ωσπερ γαρ δια
της παρακοης
του ενος ανθρωπου
αμαρτωλοι
κατεσταθησαν
οι πολλοι
ουτως και δια
της υπακοης
του ενος
δικαιοι
κατασταθησονται
οι πολλοι
Mat_3:14 But John tried to prevent Him, saying, "I have need by You to be baptized, and You are coming to me?"
Mat_3:14 ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιωάννης
διεκώλυεν αὐτὸν
λέγων· ἐγὼ
χρείαν ἔχω ὑπὸ
σοῦ βαπτισθῆναι,
καὶ σὺ ἔρχῃ
πρός με;
Mat_3:14 ο δε ιωαννης διεκωλυεν αυτον λεγων εγω χρειαν εχω υπο σου βαπτισθηναι και συ ερχη προς με
Mat_3:15 But Jesus answered and said to him, "Permit it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he permitted Him.
Mat_3:15 ἀποκριθεὶς
δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς
εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν·
ἄφες ἄρτι· οὕτω
γὰρ πρέπον ἐστὶν
ἡμῖν πληρῶσαι
πᾶσαν
δικαιοσύνην.
τότε ἀφίησιν
αὐτόν·
Gal_4:4 CAB But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Gal_4:4 ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν
τὸ πλήρωμα
τοῦ χρόνου, ἐξαπέστειλεν
ὁ Θεὸς τὸν
υἱὸν αὐτοῦ,
γενόμενον ἐκ
γυναικός,
γενόμενον ὑπὸ
νόμον,
Gal_4:4 οτε δε ηλθεν το πληρωμα του χρονου εξαπεστειλεν ο θεος τον υιον αυτου γενομενον εκ γυναικος γενομενον υπο νομον
Gal_4:5 so that He might redeem those under the law, so that we might receive the adoption.
Gal_4:5 ἵνα
τοὺς ὑπὸ
νόμον ἐξαγοράσῃ,
ἵνα τὴν υἱοθεσίαν
ἀπολάβωμεν.
Luk_2:52 – Jesus Grew in Favor with God
& Man
Luk_2:52 CAB And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
Luk_2:52 Καὶ ᾿Ιησοῦς
προέκοπτε
σοφίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ
καὶ χάριτι
παρὰ Θεῷ
καὶ ἀνθρώποις.
Luk_2:52 και
ιησους
προεκοπτεν Aεν Aτη σοφια
και ηλικια και
χαριτι παρα
θεω και
ανθρωποις
…Just Like other righteous humans…
Pro_3:3 WEB Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Pro_3:3 LB Let not mercy and truth forsake you; but bind them about your neck:
Pro_3:3 ἐλεημοσύναι
καὶ πίστεις μὴ ἐκλιπέτωσάν
σε, ἄφαψαι δὲ αὐτὰς
ἐπὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ,
καὶ εὑρήσεις χάριν·
Pro_3:4 WEB So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Pro_3:4 so shall you find favor; and provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.
Pro_3:4 καὶ
προνοοῦ καλὰ ἐνώπιον
κυρίου καὶ ἀνθρώπων.
1Sa_2:26 WEB The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.
1Sa_2:26 LB And the child Samuel grew, and was in favor with God and with men.
1Sa_2:26 καὶ τὸ
παιδάριον
Σαμουηλ ἐπορεύετο
καὶ ἐμεγαλύνετο
καὶ ἀγαθὸν καὶ
μετὰ κυρίου καὶ
μετὰ ἀνθρώπων.
--
Jesus built up a life of incomprehensible
Perfection and righteousness of immeasurable purity as a human with stored up
virtue righteousness passions perfections inspiration so that as this kind of
aww striking human he could make redemption for his fellow humans.
Heb_5:8-9 – Made Perfect → Author
of Salvation to the Listen-Obedient
Heb_5:5 CAB So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You."
Heb_5:5 οὕτω
καὶ ὁ
Χριστὸς οὐχ
ἑαυτὸν ἐδόξασε
γενηθῆναι ἀρχιερέα,
ἀλλ᾿ ὁ
λαλήσας πρὸς
αὐτόν· υἱός
μου εἶ σύ, ἐγὼ
σήμερον
γεγέννηκά σε·
Heb_5:5 ουτως και ο χριστος ουχ εαυτον εδοξασεν γενηθηναι αρχιερεα αλλ ο λαλησας προς αυτον υιος μου ει συ εγω σημερον γεγεννηκα σε
Heb_5:6 Just as He also says in another place: "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek";
Heb_5:6 καθὼς
καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ
λέγει· σὺ, ἱερεὺς
εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
κατὰ τὴν
τάξιν
Μελχισέδεκ.
Heb_5:6 καθως και εν ετερω λεγει συ ιερευς εις τον αιωνα κατα την ταξιν μελχισεδεκ
Heb_5:7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up both prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears to the One who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His fear of God,
Heb_5:7 ὃς ἐν
ταῖς ἡμέραις
τῆς σαρκὸς
αὐτοῦ
δεήσεις τε
καὶ ἱκετηρίας
πρὸς τὸν
δυνάμενον σῴζειν
αὐτὸν ἐκ
θανάτου μετὰ
κραυγῆς ἰσχυρᾶς
καὶ δακρύων
προσενέγκας,
καὶ εἰσακουσθεὶς
ἀπὸ τῆς εὐλαβείας,
Heb_5:7 ος εν ταις ημεραις της σαρκος αυτου δεησεις τε και ικετηριας προς τον δυναμενον σωζειν αυτον εκ θανατου μετα κραυγης ισχυρας και δακρυων προσενεγκας και εισακουσθεις απο της ευλαβειας
Heb_5:8 though He was a Son, He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.
Heb_5:8 καίπερ ὢν
υἱὸς, ἔμαθεν
ἀφ᾿ ὧν ἔπαθε
τὴν ὑπακοήν,
Heb_5:8 καιπερ ων υιος εμαθεν αφ ων επαθεν την υπακοην
Heb_5:9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
Heb_5:9 καὶ
τελειωθεὶς ἐγένετο
τοῖς ὑπακούουσιν
αὐτῷ πᾶσιν
αἴτιος
σωτηρίας αἰωνίου,
Heb_5:9 και τελειωθεις εγενετο Aπασιν τοις υπακουουσιν αυτω TSBπασιν αιτιος σωτηριας αιωνιου
Heb_5:10 having been designated by God a High Priest "according to the order of Melchizedek,"
Heb_5:10
προσαγορευθεὶς
ὑπὸ τοῦ
Θεοῦ ἀρχιερεὺς
κατὰ τὴν
τάξιν
Μελχισεδέκ.
Joh_18:36 CAB Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I might not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here."
Joh_18:36 ἀπεκρίθη
ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· ἡ
βασιλεία ἡ ἐμὴ
οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ
τοῦ κόσμου
τούτου· εἰ ἐκ
τοῦ κόσμου
τούτου ἦν ἡ
βασιλεία ἡ ἐμή,
οἱ ὑπηρέται
ἂν οἱ ἐμοὶ ἡγωνίζοντο,
ἵνα μὴ
παραδοθῶ τοῖς
᾿Ιουδαίοις·
νῦν δὲ ἡ
βασιλεία ἡ ἐμὴ
οὐκ ἔστιν ἐντεῦθεν.
Joh_18:36 απεκριθη TSο ιησους η βασιλεια η εμη ουκ εστιν εκ του κοσμου τουτου ει εκ του κοσμου τουτου ην η βασιλεια η εμη οι υπηρεται TSBαν οι εμοι ηγωνιζοντο Aαν ινα μη παραδοθω τοις ιουδαιοις νυν δε η βασιλεια η εμη ουκ εστιν εντευθεν
Joh_18:37 Pilate therefore said to Him, "Are You a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say rightly that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."
Joh_18:37 εἶπεν οὖν
αὐτῷ ὁ
Πιλᾶτος· οὐκοῦν
βασιλεὺς εἶ
σύ; ἀπεκρίθη
ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς·
σὺ λέγεις ὅτι
βασιλεύς εἰμι
ἐγώ. ἐγὼ εἰς
τοῦτο
γεγέννημαι
καὶ εἰς τοῦτο
ἐλήλυθα εἰς
τὸν κόσμον, ἵνα
μαρτυρήσω τῇ
ἀληθείᾳ. πᾶς
ὁ ὢν ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας
ἀκούει μου
τῆς φωνῆς.
Joh_18:37 ειπεν ουν αυτω ο πιλατος ουκουν βασιλευς ει συ απεκριθη Bο TSAο ιησους συ λεγεις οτι βασιλευς ειμι εγω TSBεγω εις τουτο γεγεννημαι και εις τουτο εληλυθα εις τον κοσμον ινα μαρτυρησω τη αληθεια πας ο ων εκ της αληθειας ακουει μου της φωνης
Joh_18:38 Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?" And having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no fault in Him.
Joh_18:38 λέγει
αὐτῷ ὁ
Πιλᾶτος· τί
ἐστιν ἀλήθεια;
Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν
πάλιν ἐξῆλθε
πρὸς τοὺς ᾿Ιουδαίους
καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς·
ἐγὼ οὐδεμίαν
αἰτίαν εὑρίσκω
ἐν αὐτῷ.
Joh_18:38
λεγει αυτω ο
πιλατος τι
εστιν αληθεια
και τουτο
ειπων παλιν
εξηλθεν προς
τους ιουδαιους
και λεγει
αυτοις εγω
ουδεμιαν TSBαιτιαν
ευρισκω εν
αυτω Aαιτιαν
Heb_2:14 NKJV Inasmuch then as the children have partaken
of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same…
Heb_10:5 CAB Therefore, when He entered into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me.
Heb_10:5 Διὸ εἰσερχόμενος
εἰς τὸν
κόσμον λέγει·
θυσίαν καὶ
προσφορὰν οὐκ
ἠθέλησας, σῶμα
δὲ κατηρτίσω
μοι·
Joh_17:4 CAB I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.
Joh_17:4 ἐγώ σε
ἐδόξασα ἐπὶ
τῆς γῆς, τὸ ἔργον
ἐτελείωσα ὃ
δέδωκάς μοι ἵνα
ποιήσω·
Joh_17:4 εγω σε εδοξασα επι της γης το εργον Aτελειωσας TSBετελειωσα ο δεδωκας μοι ινα ποιησω
Joh_17:5 And now, O Father, glorify Me alongside Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
Joh_17:5 καὶ νῦν
δόξασόν με
σύ, πάτερ,
παρὰ σεαυτῷ
τῇ δόξῃ ᾗ
εἶχον πρὸ τοῦ
τὸν κόσμον εἶναι
παρὰ σοί.
Joh_17:5 και νυν δοξασον με συ πατερ παρα σεαυτω τη δοξη η ειχον προ του τον κοσμον ειναι παρα σοι
Joh_17:6 I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You have given them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
Joh_17:6 ᾿Εφανέρωσά
σου τὸ ὄνομα
τοῖς ἀνθρώποις
οὓς δέδωκάς
μοι ἐκ τοῦ
κόσμου. σοὶ ἦσαν
καὶ ἐμοὶ αὐτοὺς
δέδωκας, καὶ
τὸν λόγον
σου
τετηρήκασι.
Joh_17:6
εφανερωσα
σου το ονομα
τοις ανθρωποις
ους Aεδωκας TSBδεδωκας
μοι εκ του
κοσμου σοι
ησαν Aκαμοι TSBκαι
TSBεμοι
αυτους Aεδωκας TSBδεδωκας
και τον λογον
σου Aτετηρηκαν
TSBτετηρηκασιν
His life inaugurated the kingdom that the
atonement brings people into.
Incarnation Denial
2Ti_2:8 – Seed of David according to the
gospel
Rom_1:3 NKJV concerning His Son Jesus
Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,
Act_13:23 NKJV From this man’s seed,
according to the promise, God raised up for Israel a Savior—Jesus—
2Ti_2:8 NKJV Remember that Jesus Christ,
of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel,
Good Message requires embracing the
practical historical reality Jesus physical humanity.
On-Demand Miracles
On-Demand Prophecy & Miracles =
Heresy
Mar_7:34 – Jesus SIGHED after
recalibrating His atmosphere -- when it was time for healing
Mar_7:34 NKJV Then, looking up to heaven,
He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”
NOT “at a moment’s notice” saying Lazarus
come forth (as wicked religious YouTuber said) -- that is blasphemous
heretical rebellious antichrist incarnation denial!
Joh_5:28 NKJV …the hour is coming in
which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
Joh_11:25 NKJV Jesus said to her, “I am
the resurrection and the life…”
Joh_11:33 NKJV Therefore, when Jesus saw
her weeping… He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.
…
Joh_11:43 NKJV Now when He had said these
things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”
Real Sacrifice & Resurrection
· Lost Virtue: What’s missing in Conventional Incarnation, Death, Burial, & Resurrection Theology?
· Story or Incarnation of inspiration?: Is JC an easy “story” to tell, or is His sacrifice (condemning all sinning) incarnate in you?
· Application Needed: Make sure that the Word has become flesh in your body so that your celebration is rational and valid and factually results in eternal life.
Be careful not to remove any elements of the good message.
Don't Celebrate Prematurely
Preview of No Hasty Rejoicing
Gen_24:21; Gen_40:16-19;
Exo_10:7; Lev_10:1-2;
Num_14:40-45; Num_16:3-35;
Deu_8:12-14; Deu_32:35; Jos_9:14-15; Jos_7:3-5; Jdg_16:20; 1Sa_4:3-11;
1Sa_13:8-14; 2Sa_3:36; 2Sa_5:24-25; 1Ki_20:11; Est_5:11-14; Est_7:9-10;
Job_4:7-8; Job_42:7-9;
Psa_7:14-16; Psa_37:12-13;
Psa_49:16-17; Psa_73:3-20;
Pro_14:12; Pro_16:18; Pro_20:21; Pro_25:8; Pro_27:1; Ecc_7:8-9; Ecc_8:11-13; Isa_28:16; Jer_32:8; Eze_13:10-16;
Amo_5:19; Mat_7:21-23;
Mat_25:1-13; Mat_25:24-30;
Luk_12:19-20; Luk_18:9-14;
Joh_2:23-25; Act_5:36-39;
Rom_11:20-22; Rom_14:22; 1Co_10:12; 1Co_11:28; 2Co_13:5; Gal_6:3-4; Eph_5:6; 1Ti_3:6; Tit_1:16; Heb_3:12-14;
Heb_4:1; Heb_10:35-36;
Jam_1:2-4; Jam_4:13-16;
2Pe_2:19; 1Jn_2:3-5; Rev_3:17-18; Rev_16:15
You don't get Resurrection until you get crucifixion.
You have nothing real from Jesus until it is incarnated in your flesh.
Comp.
Philippians 2
Romans 6
1st Corinthians 15
Manifested in Flesh
1Ti_3:16 CAB And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness: |God| [Aος TSBθεος] was manifested in the flesh [ἐφανερώθη ἐν σαρκί], justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, and was received up in glory.
1Ti_3:16 καὶ ὁμολογουμένως
μέγα ἐστὶ
τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας
μυστήριον·
Θεὸς ἐφανερώθη
ἐν σαρκί, ἐδικαιώθη
ἐν Πνεύματι, ὤφθη
ἀγγέλοις, ἐκηρύχθη
ἐν ἔθνεσιν, ἐπιστεύθη
ἐν κόσμῳ, ἀνελήμφθη
ἐν δόξῃ.
1Ti_3:16 και
ομολογουμενως
μεγα εστιν το
της ευσεβειας
μυστηριον Aος TSBθεος
εφανερωθη εν
σαρκι
εδικαιωθη εν
πνευματι ωφθη
αγγελοις
εκηρυχθη εν
εθνεσιν
επιστευθη εν
κοσμω Aανελημφθη
TSBανεληφθη
εν δοξη
Orthodox Incarnation?
Easy or Sacrificial?
·
Easy
orthodoxy is about the only thing church gets it right (...sometimes).
·
Sacrificial
orthodoxy is where you get saved.
In Philippians 2 people are often
striking out on both levels, and Even if they get the easy part right,
they virtually never find the sacrificial part.
Atonement Needed
Participating in the atonement is giving
up and surrendering this life to the Lordship of the Scriptures, and obeying
everything God is telling us to do.
---
4/4/26
Incarnation = Important
·
Vital:
Why is the incarnation SO IMPORTANT???
·
No Flexibility?:
Why can’t you teach a little wrong on this issue and it is just different
interpretations & opinions?
Right to interpet
Have their own opioion?
Seriousness of Incarnation Denial
Finding a way to deny the incarnation is
a deadly and serious a crime...
·
Authoritative Example:
Jesus is our authoritative example we absolutely must imitate to be saves
·
Cross Requirement:
You're not allowed to save your own soul life and not take up your cross
·
Submitted Speech:
You're not allowed to speak your own words & have theology/opionions
·
Cruciform Mindset:
You have to take up the same self-sacrificing crucifixion mindset Jesus had
·
Union Required:
You have to be unified with Jesus's death and resurrection to be saved at all!
·
Irrelevance is
Rejected: Pushing Jesus's life far away from your
obedience and denying His relevance to your requirements will condemn your soul
to hell
Incarnation = Imitation
Incarnation denial is so serious that
John says it is directly from hell as the embodiment of the devil in the person
of antichrist
When people start thinking of Jesus as
the exception to the rule, they excuse themselves from miracles, believing for
healing, taking up their cross, turning the other cheek, going to death
willingly, from being inspired, all of which will throw your soul into hell for
‘refusing him we speaks from heaven’ (Heb_12:25) with a redemption of the new
covenant that far surpasses all other revelations of God throughout ALL human
history.
Incarnation Obedience-Unity = Test the Spirits
1Jn_4:1 CAB Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1Jn_4:1 ᾿Αγαπητοί,
μὴ παντὶ
πνεύματι
πιστεύετε, ἀλλὰ
δοκιμάζετε
τὰ πνεύματα
εἰ ἐκ τοῦ
Θεοῦ ἐστιν· ὅτι
πολλοὶ
ψευδοπροφῆται
ἐξεληλύθασιν
εἰς τὸν
κόσμον.
1Jn_4:1 αγαπητοι μη παντι πνευματι πιστευετε αλλα δοκιμαζετε τα πνευματα ει εκ του θεου εστιν οτι πολλοι ψευδοπροφηται εξεληλυθασιν εις τον κοσμον
1Jn_4:2 By this the Spirit of God is known: Every spirit that confesses [together-likeness (ὁμολογεῖ)] that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
1Jn_4:2 ἐν
τούτῳ
γινώσκετε τὸ
πνεῦμα τοῦ
Θεοῦ· πᾶν
πνεῦμα ὃ ὁμολογεῖ
᾿Ιησοῦν
Χριστὸν ἐν
σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα,
ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ
ἐστι·
1Jn_4:2 εν τουτω Bγινωσκεται TSAγινωσκετε το πνευμα του θεου παν πνευμα ο ομολογει ιησουν χριστον εν σαρκι εληλυθοτα εκ του θεου εστιν
1Jn_4:3
and every spirit which does not confess [ὁμολογεῖ]
that Jesus |Christ
has come in the flesh|
is not of God. And ·this is the spirit [1Jn_4:1-2]
of the Antichrist [τοῦτό
ἐστι τὸ τοῦ
ἀντιχρίστου],
which you have heard that it is coming, and now is already [ἤδη] in the world.
1Jn_4:3 καὶ πᾶν
πνεῦμα ὃ μὴ ὁμολογεῖ
τὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν
ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ
ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα,
ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ
οὐκ ἔστι·
καὶ τοῦτό ἐστι
τὸ τοῦ ἀντιχρίστου,
ὃ ἀκηκόατε ὅτι
ἔρχεται, καὶ
νῦν ἐν τῷ
κόσμῳ ἐστὶν
ἤδη.
1Jn_4:3 και
παν πνευμα ο μη
ομολογει TSAτον
ιησουν TSBχριστον
TSBεν
TSBσαρκι
TSBεληλυθοτα
εκ του θεου ουκ
εστιν και
τουτο εστιν το
του
αντιχριστου ο
ακηκοατε οτι
ερχεται και
νυν εν τω κοσμω
εστιν ηδη
2Jn_1:7
CAB Because many deceivers
have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in
the flesh. ·This is a [the] deceiver and the antichrist
[οὗτός ἐστιν
ὁ πλάνος
καὶ ὁ ἀντίχριστος].
2Jn_1:7 ὅτι
πολλοὶ
πλάνοι ἐσῆλθον
εἰς τὸν
κόσμον, οἱ
μὴ ὁμολογοῦντες
᾿Ιησοῦν
Χριστὸν ἐρχόμενον
ἐν σαρκί· οὗτός
ἐστιν ὁ
πλάνος καὶ ὁ
ἀντίχριστος.
2Jn_1:7 οτι πολλοι πλανοι Aεξηλθον TSBεισηλθον εις τον κοσμον οι μη ομολογουντες ιησουν χριστον ερχομενον εν σαρκι ουτος εστιν ο πλανος και ο αντιχριστος
2Jn_1:8 Look to yourselves, lest we should lose those things for which we worked, but that we should receive a full reward.
2Jn_1:8
βλέπετε ἑαυτούς,
ἵνα μὴ ἀπολέσωμεν
ἃ εἰργασάμεθα,
ἀλλὰ μισθὸν
πλήρη ἀπολάβωμεν.
2Jn_1:8 βλεπετε εαυτους ινα μη Aαπολεσητε TSBαπολεσωμεν α ειργασαμεθα αλλα μισθον πληρη Aαπολαβητε TSBαπολαβωμεν
2Jn_1:9 Everyone who transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ, this one has both the Father and the Son.
2Jn_1:9 πᾶς ὁ
παραβαίνων
καὶ μὴ
μένων ἐν τῇ
διδαχῇ τοῦ
Χριστοῦ Θεὸν
οὐκ ἔχει· ὁ
μένων ἐν τῇ
διδαχῇ τοῦ
Χριστοῦ, οὗτος
καὶ τὸν
πατέρα καὶ
τὸν υἱὸν ἔχει.
2Jn_1:9 πας ο Aπροαγων TSBπαραβαινων και μη μενων εν τη διδαχη του χριστου θεον ουκ εχει ο μενων εν τη διδαχη TSBτου TSBχριστου ουτος και τον πατερα και τον υιον εχει
2Jn_1:10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house, and do not greet him;
2Jn_1:10 εἴ τις ἔρχεται
πρὸς ὑμᾶς
καὶ ταύτην
τὴν διδαχὴν
οὐ φέρει, μὴ
λαμβάνετε αὐτὸν
εἰς οἰκίαν,
καὶ χαίρειν
αὐτῷ μὴ
λέγετε·
2Jn_1:10 ει τις ερχεται προς υμας και ταυτην την διδαχην ου φερει μη λαμβανετε αυτον εις οικιαν και χαιρειν αυτω μη λεγετε
2Jn_1:11 for he who greets him shares in his evil works.
2Jn_1:11 ὁ γὰρ
λέγων αὐτῷ
χαίρειν
κοινωνεῖ τοῖς
ἔργοις αὐτοῦ
τοῖς πονηροῖς.
2Jn_1:11 ο TSBγαρ
λεγων Aγαρ
αυτω χαιρειν
κοινωνει τοις
εργοις αυτου
τοις πονηροις
Don't Oversimplify Spirit Tests!
·
No Oversimplification:
Don't water down the potency of what he's saying to your own complete hypocrisy
and uselessness…
·
Multiple Spirit Tests:
Keep in mind that this is only the first spirit test 1 John 4
·
Confessing TOGETHER is
required, NOT just saying what the demons believe
Incarnation Denial by Pseudo-Orthodox
“(8) All Christ's miracles were performed
without prayer.
He performed them with His own power; with
the power of His Divinity. The only miracle which was preceded by the Lord
addressing the Father was the miracle of raising Lazarus from the dead, and we
have discussed this issue before here on st-takla.org in other pages. Probably
the reason for this was that He wanted to hide His Divinity from Satan, because
there were only a few days until the Cross.”
https://chatgpt.com/c/69c964cc-7e50-8330-a0b5-4d3fc3278191
Prayer Dependence
Heavenward Thanks: publicly thanks Father before raising Lazarus to show dependence and faith (Joh_11:41-42; Joh_11:43-44)
Upward Blessing: looks up to heaven and blesses before multiplying food (Mat_14:19; Mar_6:41; Luk_9:16; Joh_6:11)
Bread Thanksgiving: gives thanks before feeding 4,000 (Mat_15:36; Mar_8:6-7)
Heavenward Sigh: looks up, sighs deeply before healing deaf/mute man (Mar_7:34)
Deep Groaning: sighs deeply in spirit before confronting unbelief tied to signs (Mar_8:12)
Private Prayer Healing: takes blind man aside, uses prayerful action in stages (Mar_8:23-25)
Touch + Prayer Dependence: lays hands with implicit reliance on God’s power (Mar_5:23; Mar_16:18)
All-Night Prayer Context: prays through night before major ministry works including miracles (Luk_6:12-19)
Withdrawal Prayer Pattern: withdraws to pray regularly amid healing ministry (Luk_5:15-16)
Spirit-Anointed Power: miracles performed in dependence on Spirit after prayer/anointing (Luk_4:1; Luk_4:14; Luk_4:18)
Exorcism Prayer Principle: certain demons require prayer (and fasting) to be cast out (Mar_9:29; Mat_17:21*)
Lazarus – Explicit Public Prayer
Joh_11:41 NKJV Then they took away the
stone… And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, Father, I thank
You that You have heard Me.
Joh_11:42 NKJV And I know that You always
hear Me, but because of the people… I said this, that they may believe…
Joh_11:43 NKJV Now when He had said these
things, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth!
Feeding the Multitudes – Looking Up &
Giving Thanks
Mat_14:19 NKJV …He looked up to
heaven, blessed and broke…
Mar_6:41 NKJV …looking up to heaven,
He blessed and broke the loaves…
Luk_9:16 NKJV Then He took the five
loaves… and looking up to heaven, He blessed…
Joh_6:11 NKJV And Jesus took the
loaves, and when He had given thanks…
Mat_15:36 NKJV And He took the seven
loaves and the fish and gave thanks…
Mar_8:6 NKJV …He gave thanks,
broke them and gave them…
Healing with Sigh / Heavenward Focus
Mar_7:34 NKJV Then, looking up to
heaven, He sighed, and said to him, Ephphatha…
Mar_8:12 NKJV But He sighed deeply in His
spirit…
Prayer Life Surrounding Miracles
Luk_5:15 NKJV …great multitudes came
together to hear, and to be healed…
Luk_5:16 NKJV So He Himself often
withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.
Luk_6:12 NKJV …He went out to the
mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer…
Luk_6:19 NKJV And the whole multitude
sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him…
Spirit-Dependent Ministry
Luk_4:1 NKJV Then Jesus, being filled
with the Holy Spirit…
Luk_4:14 NKJV Then Jesus returned in the
power of the Spirit…
Luk_4:18 NKJV The Spirit of the Lord
is upon Me…
Deliverance Requires Prayer
Mat_17:21 NKJV However, this kind does
not go out except by prayer and fasting.
Mar_9:29 NKJV This kind can come out
by nothing but prayer and fasting.
Greek Apostates Need to Look Up Like
Jesus Did!
Dan_4:30 WEB The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
Dan_4:30 the king spoke, saying, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power, for the honor of my glory?”
Dan_4:30 (4:27) ἀπεκρίθη
ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ
εἶπεν Οὐχ αὕτη ἐστὶν
Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη,
ἣν ἐγὼ ᾠκοδόμησα
εἰς οἶκον
βασιλείας ἐν τῷ
κράτει τῆς ἰσχύος
μου εἰς τιμὴν τῆς
δόξης μου;
…
Nebuchadnezzar goes Crazy (God’s judgment)
…
[Nebuchadnezzar Restored]
Dan_4:34 WEB At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
Dan_4:34 And at the end of the time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised Him that lives forever, and gave Him glory; for His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures to all generations.
Nebuchadnezzar Restored
Dan_4:34 (4:31) καὶ μετὰ
τὸ τέλος τῶν ἡμερῶν
ἐγὼ
Ναβουχοδονοσορ
τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς
μου εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν
ἀνέλαβον, καὶ αἱ
φρένες μου ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ
ἐπεστράφησαν,
καὶ τῷ ὑψίστῳ
εὐλόγησα καὶ τῷ
ζῶντι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
ᾔνεσα καὶ ἐδόξασα,
ὅτι ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτοῦ
ἐξουσία αἰώνιος
καὶ ἡ βασιλεία
αὐτοῦ εἰς γενεὰν
καὶ γενεάν,
Combination?
Is Incarnation a unity of God and man?
Most Importantly: Incarnation is a
leaving of Divinity that is reunited at glorification later Joh_17:4;
2Co_8:9
Jesus is NOT the exception to the rule,
He IS the RULE!
Stop hypocritically excusing people from
being like Jesus
The incarnation in Php_2 specifically
tells you to imitate Jesus’ mindset
·
Not His special unique
calling, but His standards and goals of faith and supernatural life
Heb_2:17 – Made Like His Brothers
Heb_2:14 CAB Therefore since the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same things, in order that through death He might destroy the one having the power of death, that is, the devil,
Heb_2:14 ἐπεὶ οὖν
τὰ παιδία
κεκοινώνηκε
σαρκὸς καὶ αἵματος,
καὶ αὐτὸς
παραπλησίως
μετέσχε τῶν
αὐτῶν, ἵνα
διὰ τοῦ
θανάτου
καταργήσῃ
τὸν τὸ
κράτος ἔχοντα
τοῦ θανάτου,
τοῦτ᾿ ἔστι
τὸν
διάβολον,
Heb_2:14 επει ουν τα παιδια κεκοινωνηκεν TSBσαρκος TSBκαι αιματος Aκαι Aσαρκος και αυτος παραπλησιως μετεσχεν των αυτων ινα δια του θανατου καταργηση τον το κρατος εχοντα του θανατου BAτουτ BAεστιν TSτουτεστιν τον διαβολον
Heb_2:15 and that He might set free these, as many as by fear of death through all of their lives, were subject to bondage.
Heb_2:15 καὶ ἀπαλλάξῃ
τούτους, ὅσοι
φόβῳ
θανάτου διὰ
παντὸς τοῦ
ζῆν ἔνοχοι ἦσαν
δουλείας.
Heb_2:15 και απαλλαξη τουτους οσοι φοβω θανατου δια παντος του ζην ενοχοι ησαν δουλειας
Heb_2:16 For indeed He does not take hold of angels, but He does take hold of the seed of Abraham.
Heb_2:16 οὐ γὰρ
δήπου ἀγγέλων
ἐπιλαμβάνεται,
ἀλλὰ
σπέρματος ᾿Αβραὰμ
ἐπιλαμβάνεται.
Heb_2:16 ου γαρ δηπου αγγελων επιλαμβανεται αλλα σπερματος αβρααμ επιλαμβανεται
Heb_2:17 Therefore He was obligated to become like His brothers in all respects, in order that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, in order that He might make propitiation for the sins of the people.
Heb_2:17 ὅθεν ὤφειλε
κατὰ πάντα
τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς
ὁμοιωθῆναι, ἵνα
ἐλεήμων
γένηται καὶ
πιστὸς ἀρχιερεὺς
τὰ πρὸς τὸν
Θεόν, εἰς τὸ
ἱλάσκεσθαι
τὰς ἁμαρτίας
τοῦ λαοῦ.
Heb_2:17 οθεν ωφειλεν κατα παντα τοις αδελφοις ομοιωθηναι ινα ελεημων γενηται και πιστος αρχιερευς τα προς τον θεον εις το ιλασκεσθαι τας αμαρτιας του λαου
Heb_2:18 For in that which He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to help those who are tempted.
Heb_2:18 ἐν ᾧ
γὰρ πέπονθεν
αὐτὸς
πειρασθείς,
δύναται τοῖς
πειραζομένοις
βοηθῆσαι.
NOT “a god” stuffing on the cross!
1 Peter_2:21
– left us an example to follow in his steps
Php_2:7 CAB but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming to be in the likeness of men.
Php_2:7 ἀλλὰ ἑαυτὸν
ἐκένωσεν
μορφὴν
δούλου
λαβών, ἐν ὁμοιώματι
ἀνθρώπων
γενόμενος,
καὶ σχήματι
εὑρεθεὶς ὡς
ἄνθρωπος
Php_2:7 Aαλλα
TSBαλλ
εαυτον
εκενωσεν
μορφην δουλου
λαβων εν ομοιωματι
ανθρωπων
γενομενος
Rom_8:3 CAB For what was impossible for the law to do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and concerning sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,
Rom_8:3 τὸ γὰρ
ἀδύνατον τοῦ
νόμου, ἐν ᾧ ἠσθένει
διὰ τῆς
σαρκός, ὁ
Θεὸς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ
υἱὸν πέμψας
ἐν ὁμοιώματι
σαρκὸς ἁμαρτίας
καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας,
κατέκρινε
τὴν ἁμαρτίαν
ἐν τῇ
σαρκί,
Rom_8:3 το γαρ αδυνατον του νομου εν ω ησθενει δια της σαρκος ο θεος τον εαυτου υιον πεμψας εν ομοιωματι σαρκος αμαρτιας και περι αμαρτιας κατεκρινεν την αμαρτιαν εν τη σαρκι
Rom_8:4 so that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Rom_8:4 ἵνα τὸ
δικαίωμα τοῦ
νόμου πληρωθῇ
ἐν ἡμῖν τοῖς
μὴ κατὰ
σάρκα
περιπατοῦσιν,
ἀλλὰ κατὰ
πνεῦμα·
1Co_15: Stop Denying the Good Message
1Co 15 Resurrection
1Co_15:1 — Gospel preached received stand
1Co_15:2 — Saved if hold fast
1Co_15:3 — Christ died for sins
1Co_15:4 — Buried raised third day
1Co_15:5 — Appeared to Cephas twelve
1Co_15:6 — Appeared to five hundred
1Co_15:7 — Appeared to James apostles
1Co_15:8 — Appeared last to Paul
1Co_15:9 — Least apostle unworthy
1Co_15:10 — Grace empowered abundant labor
1Co_15:11 — Same gospel believed preached
[1Co_15:12-29 – Resurrection Victory]
1Co_15:30 — Apostles risk danger constantly
1Co_15:31 — Daily dying affirmed
1Co_15:32 — Without resurrection pointless suffering
1Co_15:33 — Evil company corrupts habits
1Co_15:34 — Awake to righteousness stop sin
[1Co_15:35-55
— Vivid Resurrection Description & Defense]
1Co_15:56 — Sin strength law sting
1Co_15:57 — Victory through Christ given
1Co_15:58 — Steadfast abounding labor not vain
Incarnation is about being HUMAN, not God
1Co_15:22 NKJV For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all
shall be made alive.
1Co_15:45 NKJV The first man Adam became a living being. The
last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
The Fake Resurrection of Church People
Story (simplified)
Older Church guy: you believe in the resurrection of jc?
Me: Yes, and you only believe it if you're living in resurrected righteousness!
Church person: oh, well, I don't live all the way perfect like I should, and it's impossible to not have sin in your life
[He was flabbergasted that I didn't read the news for my own City, and then admitted he didn't read the Bible that much]
Church: I like resurrection power - we're like Paul
I want to know the power of his resurrection
But where is the sharing of His sufferings?
Philippians_2:6 - leading Himself not to snatch
Php_2: Jesus Humbled Himself!
Jesus = Rule, NOT Exception!
Stop making Jesus the exception to the rule when He IS the Rule -- for our imitation and salvation!
Application First
...
4/6/26
Paul starts with application first before
singing the praises and rehearsing the glorious account of Jesus's humility
This absolutely forbids any and all
Theory boasting - since application is put first, therefore the theory is
meaningless without the obedience, as Paul prioritizes YOUR incarnation of
Jesus's incarnation
Incarnation = Humility Applied
You need the incarnation alive in you!
You mean to press in two the crucifixion so that you can attain to / grab a
hold of the power of the resurrection of the dead!
You need the inspired
humble-minded-pressed-down-minded-mindset of right-thinking incarnation in your
life!
There's nothing powerful and amazing
about lacking love in your life!
There's nothing divinely inspired about
God's incarnation and crucifixion when you can love people amazingly like he
did!
Do you feel you're crying need for Jesus
in your life?
You're going to die, so you need to
choose to die by faith, so that you can have a hope of resurrection and not
perish in your sins under the gloomy judgment of a wasted and dirty life!
If you're not amazingly pressed down in
your mind you're not amazed by who He is
if you're not ferociously dying to all
sinning you're not amazed at what He did
If you're not living to obey everything
God says, like He perfectly obeyed, you're not persuaded by the power of His
resurrection (standing up again)
You don't mean the fake incarnation
You don't need the nasty heretical
blasphemous Antichrist Greek orthodox incarnation -- which even countless
Protestants have fallen in lust with
Flattering the supposed divinity of their
antichrist only earns you to unbearably deeper pits of hell where all idolaters
will be doomed who have not hopes in His saving repentance unto salvation and
life.
you need the teaching of the real Jesus's
incarnation to resurrect and come alive in your life
so much of this starts by hungering for
the Word of God in your life and getting extremely zealous for extreme humility
-- that IS His incarnation! -- there is no other humility that goes so far and
burns with zeal so extreme…
Php_1:?
– one soul…
Php_2:2
– Same MIND: unified thinking, shared love; One MIND: one accord, not divided
Php_2:3
– Lowly MIND: humility, others above self
Php_2:4
– Other-mind: regard others’ interests alongside your own
Php_2:5
– Anointed One’s-mind: adopt His self-emptying mindset
Why Admire??? -- Humility is NOT Egocentric!
Why should you regard others better than yourself? (Php_2:3)
Unconditional Humility & Inspiration Admiration
Unconditional humility is always required
But why would you look at others better than yourself?
If they're going to hell forever why not regard them according to their ultimate identity?
And if they're not going to help forever then your humility is not just about yourself, as if humility could be egocentric, but rather, exalting others should be based on a real value and not based on Protestant legal fiction.
Me Down; Others Up
Me↓ Others↑ (Humility ≈
Love)
Me↓ Others↑ = Jesus’
Incarnation Mindset
It is easy to admire others when you have
truly pressed yourself down
Philippians 2 Summary
Mind Humbled
·
Php_2: Mind Repeated
(Summary)
·
Pressed Down Mind for
us form Jesus
Php_2:1 — Comfort & Sharing/Reciprocation/fellowship in Anointed One
Php_2:2 — Be like-minded in love
Php_2:3 — No selfish ambition, be Humble/Pressed-down
Php_2:4 — Look to others’ interests
Php_2:5 — Mindset of Anointed One -- have it
Php_2:6 — Did not snatch/grab equality with God
Php_2:7 — Emptied
[ἐκένωσεν]
Himself → Became Slave [ἀλλὰ
ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν
μορφὴν
δούλου
λαβών]
[paraphrased: Made Himself of no reputation]
Php_2:8 — Humbled/pressed-down to Death
Php_2:9 — Exalted highly by God
Php_2:10 — Every knee will bow
Php_2:11 — Jesus = Lord -- Every tongue confess-together
Shorter Summary Overview
Php_2:1-2 — Unity in Anointed One’s mindedness
Php_2:3-4 — Humble; others above self
Php_2:5 — Mind of Anointed One -- commanded
Php_2:6-8 — Anointed One humbled unto death
·
Php_2:7 — Emptied
[ἐκένωσεν]
Himself → Slave [ἀλλὰ
ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν
μορφὴν
δούλου
λαβών]
[paraphrased: Made Himself of no reputation]
Php_2:9-11 — God exalted Anointed One above all
Philippians 2 Quoted
Php_2:1 CAB Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and acts of compassion,
Php_2:1 Εἴ τις οὖν
παράκλησις ἐν
Χριστῷ, εἴ τι
παραμύθιον ἀγάπης,
εἴ τις
κοινωνία
Πνεύματος, εἴ
τις σπλάγχνα
καὶ οἰκτιρμοί,
Php_2:1 ει τις ουν παρακλησις εν χριστω ει τι παραμυθιον αγαπης ει τις κοινωνια πνευματος ει BAτις TSτινα σπλαγχνα και οικτιρμοι
Php_2:2
fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in
spirit, intending the same purpose,
Php_2:2
πληρώσατέ
μου τὴν
χαρὰν, ἵνα τὸ
αὐτὸ φρονῆτε,
τὴν αὐτὴν ἀγάπην
ἔχοντες,
σύμψυχοι τὸ
ἐν φρονοῦντες,
Php_2:2 πληρωσατε μου την χαραν ινα το αυτο φρονητε την αυτην αγαπην εχοντες συμψυχοι το εν φρονουντες
Php_2:3 doing nothing according to selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility, regarding one another as being better than yourselves.
Php_2:3 μηδὲν
κατ᾿ ἐρίθειαν
ἢ κενοδοξίαν,
ἀλλὰ τῇ
ταπεινοφροσύνῃ
ἀλλήλους ἡγούμενοι
ὑπερέχοντας
ἑαυτῶν,
Php_2:3 μηδεν Aκατ TSBκατα εριθειαν Aμηδε Aκατα TSBη κενοδοξιαν αλλα τη ταπεινοφροσυνη αλληλους ηγουμενοι υπερεχοντας εαυτων
Php_2:4 Let each of you look out not only for his own concerns, but also for the concerns of others.
Php_2:4 μὴ τὰ ἑαυτῶν
ἕκαστος
σκοπεῖτε ἀλλὰ
καὶ τὰ ἑτέρων
ἕκαστος.
Php_2:4 μη τα εαυτων εκαστος Aσκοπουντες TSBσκοπειτε αλλα Aκαι TSBκαι τα ετερων Aεκαστοι TSBεκαστος
Php_2:5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
Php_2:5 τοῦτο
γὰρ
φρονείσθω ἐν
ὑμῖν ὃ καὶ ἐν
Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ,
Php_2:5 τουτο Aφρονειτε TSBγαρ TSBφρονεισθω εν υμιν ο και εν χριστω ιησου
Php_2:6 who, existing in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,
Php_2:6 ὃς ἐν
μορφῇ Θεοῦ
ὑπάρχων οὐχ
ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο
τὸ εἶναι ἴσα
Θεῷ,
Php_2:6 ος εν μορφη θεου υπαρχων ουχ αρπαγμον ηγησατο το ειναι ισα θεω
Php_2:7
but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming
to be in the likeness of men.
Php_2:7 ἀλλὰ ἑαυτὸν
ἐκένωσεν
μορφὴν
δούλου
λαβών, ἐν ὁμοιώματι
ἀνθρώπων
γενόμενος,
καὶ σχήματι
εὑρεθεὶς ὡς
ἄνθρωπος
Php_2:7 Aαλλα TSBαλλ εαυτον εκενωσεν μορφην δουλου λαβων εν ομοιωματι ανθρωπων γενομενος
Php_2:8
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient
unto death, even the death of the cross.
Php_2:8 ἐταπείνωσεν
ἑαυτὸν
γενόμενος ὑπήκοος
μέχρι
θανάτου,
θανάτου δὲ
σταυροῦ.
Php_2:8 TSB(2:8) και σχηματι ευρεθεις ως ανθρωπος A(2:8) εταπεινωσεν εαυτον γενομενος υπηκοος μεχρι θανατου θανατου δε σταυρου
Php_2:9
Therefore God also has highly exalted Him, and has graciously given Him a name
which is above every name,
Php_2:9 διὸ
καὶ ὁ Θεὸς
αὐτὸν ὑπερύψωσε
καὶ ἐχαρίσατο
αὐτῷ ὄνομα
τὸ ὑπὲρ πᾶν
ὄνομα,
Php_2:9 διο και ο θεος αυτον υπερυψωσεν και εχαρισατο αυτω Aτο ονομα το υπερ παν ονομα
Php_2:10 that at the name of Jesus every knee may bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,
Php_2:10 ἵνα ἐν
τῷ ὀνόματι
᾿Ιησοῦ πᾶν
γόνυ κάμψῃ
ἐπουρανίων
καὶ ἐπιγείων
καὶ
καταχθονίων,
Php_2:10 ινα εν τω ονοματι ιησου παν γονυ καμψη επουρανιων και επιγειων και καταχθονιων
Php_2:11 and that every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Php_2:11 καὶ πᾶσα
γλῶσσα ἐξομολογήσηται
ὅτι Κύριος ᾿Ιησοῦς
Χριστὸς εἰς
δόξαν Θεοῦ
πατρός.
Pressed Down
·
Jesus pressed Himself
down in Matthew 11 and Philippians 2
·
He lost His character
and identity and gave it up
·
He emptied His identity
and lost Himself so that it could be redefined by the Father
·
Jesus pressed Himself
down, lost His identity, emptied Himself, and become a nobody in Matthew 11 and
Philippians 2
·
Intentionally made
Himself a nobody in this life so that he could be saved from death by his
father and redefined into all glory that comes from the only God
·
So that Jesus never had
to exalt himself to be a high priest or to be glorious in God's house, but
completely dependent on the father to save, exalt and glorify Him
Philippians 2 Mistranslations
(A) This Mind… “Also In” -- ESV Omits
ESV is basically breaking the clear and
explicit imitation you're supposed to obey…
Php_2:5
ESV21 Have this mind among
yourselves, which is [καὶ ἐν
(omited)] yours in Christ Jesus,
Php_2:5
ESV+25 R15Have this mind among yourselves,
which is [καὶ ἐν (omited)]
yours in Christ Jesus,N1
N1: [alternative] Or which was also in Christ Jesus
The ESV footnotes mention the more realistic
original traditional translation (as seen in “N1” above).
ESV’s main text omits the words “and
in”/“also in” [καὶ
ἐν ],
as seen in virtually all other versions:
Php_2:5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
Php_2:5 τοῦτο
γὰρ
φρονείσθω ἐν
ὑμῖν ὃ καὶ ἐν
Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ,
Php_2:5
τουτο Aφρονειτε
TSBγαρ
TSBφρονεισθω
εν υμιν ο και εν
χριστω ιησου
(A) EQUALITY Snatching -- KJV
Misrepresents
Risks denying the incarnation In the
tradition of liturgical apostasy!
KJV along with other supposedly
conservative versions can often reverse the sense of quality snatching:
Php_2:6 KJV Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Php_2:6 CAB who, existing in the form of God, did not
consider it robbery to be equal with God,
Php_2:6 ὃς ἐν
μορφῇ Θεοῦ
ὑπάρχων οὐχ
ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο
τὸ εἶναι ἴσα
Θεῷ,
WS expresses this “traditional” KJV idea as:
·
“Jesus did not
consider the action of being equal to God, i.e., maintaining a state of being
equal to God, as an act of robbery” (WS on G2470)
And again:
·
“His truly being
in the form of God could not render His claim of equality with God as robbery.
The Lord did not esteem being equal with God as identical with the coming forth
or action of a robber (hárpax [G727]). The trans. meaning of harpagmós,
robbery, is necessary here” (WS on G2470)
More accurately:
Php_2:6 LSV who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not something to be seized to be equal to God,
Most exactly and literally:
Php_2:6
RTA …did not lead-himself [into reguarding/thinking]
for/to a snatch-thing the being same/equal to God
Reversals Accomplished by the Incarnation
Incarnation = reversal
Man > god?
God > Man
Eve took the fruit
Jesus did NOT snatch equality with God (Php_2:6)
No Snatching
No Grabbing
Php_2: equality
Reverses Gen_3:
Obedience reversal
Rom_5:
No Self-Exaltation in Jesus
Heb_5:5 – Anointed One did not exalt
himself to be high priest
Heb_5:4 CAB And no man takes this [pristly (Heb_5:1-3)] honor for himself, but he that is called by God, just as Aaron also was.
Heb_5:4 καὶ οὐχ
ἑαυτῷ τις
λαμβάνει τὴν
τιμήν, ἀλλὰ
καλούμενος ὑπὸ
τοῦ Θεοῦ,
καθάπερ καὶ ᾿Ααρών.
Heb_5:4 και ουχ εαυτω τις λαμβανει την τιμην αλλα TSο καλουμενος υπο του θεου Aκαθωσπερ TSBκαθαπερ και TSο ααρων
Heb_5:5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You."
Heb_5:5 οὕτω καὶ
ὁ Χριστὸς οὐχ
ἑαυτὸν ἐδόξασε
γενηθῆναι ἀρχιερέα,
ἀλλ᾿ ὁ
λαλήσας πρὸς
αὐτόν· υἱός
μου εἶ σύ, ἐγὼ
σήμερον
γεγέννηκά σε·
So…
Php_2:5
– Let this mind be in you, which was also in anointed one Jesus
who pressed himself down
(Quoted above)
Atoning Incarnation -- as MAN, not God!
Atonement is about becoming human, not
about being God!
God did not die as God, because God by
nature can't die, God is IMORTAL!
nor did Jesus die as an angel for your
sins, because that would have a tone for angels, and it would not be within the
human creation to make atonement for humanity.
God had to become a human, and as a human
he please God on behalf of all the other humans.
He had to live a perfect life as a human,
whereas he had already lived "eternity past" fully and perfectly
pleasing the Father as God.
If Jesus died as God to atone for people
he could have given up his life as a child, however he instead rather was
constrained to live his whole life as a perfect human in order to fulfill and
satisfy all of the righteous requirements of the law and a fully pleased God
with infinite favor and teach the way of righteousness to his human Brothers to
bring them to God through his truth and give out a perfect example and world
revolutionizing truth so people could follow him into the New Covenant as the
door to the Father.
Focusing on Jesus's Divinity as the
mechanism of atonement misses the entire point of the incarnation, which is to
make atonement for human sin with a human life, which was lived perfectly and
then took on sin.
Eze_4:4-6 – Prophet Bearing the Sins of the People
God
tells a prophet to take on and bear the sins of his people
Eze_4:3 And take to yourself an iron pan, and you shall set it for an iron wall between you and the city. And you shall set your face against it, and it shall be in a siege, and you shall besiege it. This is a sign to the children of Israel.
Eze_4:3 καὶ σὺ
λαβὲ σεαυτῷ τήγανον
σιδηροῦν καὶ θήσεις
αὐτὸ τοῖχον
σιδηροῦν ἀνὰ μέσον
σοῦ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον
τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἑτοιμάσεις
τὸ πρόσωπόν
σου ἐπ᾿ αὐτήν,
καὶ ἔσται ἐν
συγκλεισμῷ, καὶ
συγκλείσεις αὐτήν·
σημεῖόν ἐστιν
τοῦτο τοῖς υἱοῖς
Ισραηλ. --
Eze_4:4 WEB Moreover lie you on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; according to the number of the days that you shall lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.
Eze_4:4 “And you shall lie upon your left side, and lay the iniquities of the house of Israel upon it, according to the number of the hundred and fifty days during which you shall lie upon it; and you shall bear their iniquities [λήμψῃ τὰς ἀδικίας αὐτῶν].
Eze_4:4 καὶ σὺ
κοιμηθήσῃ ἐπὶ
τὸ πλευρόν σου
τὸ ἀριστερὸν
καὶ θήσεις τὰς ἀδικίας
τοῦ οἴκου
Ισραηλ ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῦ
κατὰ ἀριθμὸν τῶν
ἡμερῶν πεντήκοντα
καὶ ἑκατόν, ἃς
κοιμηθήσῃ ἐπ᾿
αὐτοῦ, καὶ λήμψῃ
τὰς ἀδικίας αὐτῶν.
Eze_4:5 WEB For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be to you a number of days, even three hundred ninety days: so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
Eze_4:5 For I have appointed you their iniquities for a number of days, for a hundred and ninety days: so you shall bear the iniquities of the house of Israel.
Eze_4:5 καὶ ἐγὼ
δέδωκά σοι τὰς
δύο ἀδικίας αὐτῶν
εἰς ἀριθμὸν ἡμερῶν
ἐνενήκοντα καὶ
ἑκατὸν ἡμέρας.
καὶ λήμψῃ τὰς ἀδικίας
τοῦ οἴκου
Ισραηλ
Eze_4:6 WEB Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it to you.
Eze_4:6 And you shall accomplish this, and then you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquities of the house of Judah for forty days: I have appointed you a day for a year.
Eze_4:6 καὶ
συντελέσεις
ταῦτα πάντα·
καὶ κοιμηθήσῃ ἐπὶ
τὸ πλευρόν σου
τὸ δεξιὸν καὶ λήμψῃ
τὰς ἀδικίας τοῦ
οἴκου Ιουδα
τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρας.
ἡμέραν εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν
τέθεικά σοι.
Eze_4:7 WEB You shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it.
Eze_4:7 So you shall set your face to the siege of Jerusalem, and shall strengthen your arm, and shall prophesy against it.
Eze_4:7 καὶ εἰς
τὸν συγκλεισμὸν
Ιερουσαλημ ἑτοιμάσεις
τὸ πρόσωπόν
σου καὶ τὸν
βραχίονά σου
στερεώσεις καὶ
προφητεύσεις ἐπ᾿
αὐτήν.
Eze_4:8 WEB Behold, I lay bands on you, and you shall not turn you from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.
Eze_4:8 And behold, I have prepared bonds for you, and you may not turn from your one side to the other, until the days of your siege shall be accomplished.
Eze_4:8 καὶ ἐγὼ ἰδοὺ
δέδωκα ἐπὶ σὲ
δεσμούς, καὶ μὴ
στραφῇς ἀπὸ τοῦ
πλευροῦ σου ἐπὶ
τὸ πλευρόν σου, ἕως
οὗ συντελεσθῶσιν
αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ
συγκλεισμοῦ
σου. --
Ezekiel bore the sin of God’s people as a
HUMAN before Jesus did, as a HUMAN -- and that’s remarkable!
God cannot take on human sin as God,
because God Himself will not be around such sin…
God Won’t Be Around Sinners
Psa_5:4 WEB For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you.
Psa_5:4 LB For You are not a God that desires iniquity; neither shall the worker of wickedness dwell with You.
Psa_5:4 (5:5) ὅτι οὐχὶ
θεὸς θέλων ἀνομίαν
σὺ εἶ, οὐδὲ
παροικήσει
σοι πονηρευόμενος·
Psa_5:5 WEB The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.
Psa_5:5 Neither shall the transgressors continue in Your sight. You hate, O Lord, all them that work iniquity.
Psa_5:5 (5:6) οὐ
διαμενοῦσιν
παράνομοι κατέναντι
τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν
σου, ἐμίσησας πάντας
τοὺς ἐργαζομένους
τὴν ἀνομίαν.
Isa_59:1 WEB Behold, Yahweh's hand is not shortened, that it can't save; neither his ear heavy, that it can't hear:
Isa_59:1 LB Separated from God Has the hand of the Lord no power to save? Or has He made His ear heavy, so that He should not hear?
Isa_59:1 Μὴ οὐκ ἰσχύει
ἡ χεὶρ κυρίου
τοῦ σῶσαι; ἢ ἐβάρυνεν
τὸ οὖς αὐτοῦ τοῦ
μὴ εἰσακοῦσαι;
Isa_59:2 WEB but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
Isa_59:2 But rather, your iniquities separate between you and God, and because of your sins has He turned away His face from you, so as not to have mercy upon you.
Isa_59:2 ἀλλὰ τὰ ἁμαρτήματα
ὑμῶν διιστῶσιν
ἀνὰ μέσον ὑμῶν
καὶ τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ
διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας
ὑμῶν ἀπέστρεψεν
τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ
ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν τοῦ μὴ
ἐλεῆσαι.
God cannot take on human sin as God,
because God Himself is too pure to even look at sin…
God’s Eyes Too Pure to Look on Evil
Hab_1:13 WEB You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
Hab_1:13 LB His eye is too pure to behold evil doings, and to look upon grievous afflictions: why do You look upon despisers? Will You be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?
Hab_1:13 καθαρὸς ὀφθαλμὸς
τοῦ μὴ ὁρᾶν
πονηρά, καὶ ἐπιβλέπειν
ἐπὶ πόνους οὐ
δυνήσῃ· ἵνα τί ἐπιβλέπεις
ἐπὶ καταφρονοῦντας;
παρασιωπήσῃ ἐν
τῷ καταπίνειν ἀσεβῆ
τὸν δίκαιον;
TSK: of: Job_15:15, Psa_5:4, Psa_5:5, Psa_11:4-7, Psa_34:15,
Psa_34:16, 1Pe_1:15, 1Pe_1:16
Psa_34:15 WEB Yahweh's eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
Psa_34:15 LB The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayer;
Psa_34:15 (33:16) ὀφθαλμοὶ
κυρίου ἐπὶ
δικαίους, καὶ ὦτα
αὐτοῦ εἰς δέησιν
αὐτῶν.
Psa_34:16 WEB Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Psa_34:16 but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord listened to them,
Psa_34:16 (33:17) πρόσωπον
δὲ κυρίου ἐπὶ
ποιοῦντας κακὰ
τοῦ ἐξολεθρεῦσαι
ἐκ γῆς τὸ μνημόσυνον
αὐτῶν.
When God is around sin, He destroys it.
Jesus was a HUMAN to bear it, as
foreshadowed by Ezekiel (Eze_4:3-8).
7 Humbling Actions of Jesus – in Philippians 2
[Php_2:5 — Anointed One’s mindset -- Adopt it!]
Php_2:6 — (1) Equality NOT snatched
Php_2:7 — (2) Emptied Himself, (3) Slave/servant form taken [λαβών] (4) becoming as a man [ὁμοιώματι ἀνθρώπων γενόμενος, καὶ σχήματι εὑρεθεὶς ὡς ἄνθρωπος]
Php_2:8 — (5) Humbled/Pressed-Down Himself, (6) Submissive-obedient-listening-under [ὑπήκοος] (6/7) to death (7) Even Cross Death
Jesus Was NOT Being All-Powerful
The Syrophoenician Woman's Faith
Mar_7:24 GHT and thence, stand[ing]-up/anew, he-comes-off/away into the boundaries of{Tyre} and of{Sidon} and, come[ing]-into into [a] home, he-has-been-will-ing not-one to-know, and he-is_not_enabled to-escape-notice,
Mar_7:24 [και] τσβ εκειθεν δε να αναστας απηλθεν εις τα ορια να [μεθορια] τσβ τυρου [και] τσβ [σιδωνος] τσβ και εισελθων εις [την] τσ οικιαν ουδενα ηθελεν γνωναι και ουκ ηδυνηθη λαθειν
Emptying
Stop Denying Jesus’ Emptying Incarnation
Stop removing pieces of the Good Message
Omissions are why relationships don’t
work
Incarnation Denial
Stop denying Incarnation
1Jn_4:2-3 – Denying Jesus came in the
flesh
Veiling ≠ Emptying
Transfiguration is PREDICTIVE of Jesus’
identity & return to heaven (as seen with Peter), not of initial human incarnation
Mat_17:2 NKJV and He was transfigured
before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as
the light.
Mat_17:5 NKJV …“This is My beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!”
Elijah Must Certainly Come
That is a FUTURE predictive statement!
This is not His current humanity but
predictive of His Truest future identity!
2Pe_1:16 CAB For we did not follow craftily devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but rather became eyewitnesses of His majesty.
2Pe_1:16 οὐ γὰρ
σεσοφισμένοις
μύθοις ἐξακολουθήσαντες
ἐγνωρίσαμεν
ὑμῖν τὴν
τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν
᾿Ιησοῦ
Χριστοῦ
δύναμιν καὶ
παρουσίαν, ἀλλ᾿
ἐπόπται
γενηθέντες τῆς
ἐκείνου
μεγαλειότητος
2Pe_1:16 ου γαρ σεσοφισμενοις μυθοις εξακολουθησαντες εγνωρισαμεν υμιν την του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου δυναμιν και παρουσιαν αλλ εποπται γενηθεντες της εκεινου μεγαλειοτητος
2Pe_1:17 For He received from God the Father honor and glory when a voice was brought to Him such as this by the Magnificent Glory: "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
2Pe_1:17 λαβὼν
γὰρ παρὰ
Θεοῦ πατρὸς
τιμὴν καὶ
δόξαν φωνῆς
ἐνεχθείσης
αὐτῷ τοιᾶσδε
ὑπὸ τῆς
μεγαλοπρεποῦς
δόξης, οὗτός
ἐστιν ὁ υἱός
μου ὁ ἀγαπητός,
εἰς ὃν ἐγὼ
εὐδόκησα·
2Pe_1:17 λαβων γαρ παρα θεου πατρος τιμην και δοξαν φωνης ενεχθεισης αυτω τοιασδε υπο της μεγαλοπρεπους δοξης TSBουτος TSBεστιν ο υιος μου ο αγαπητος Aμου Aουτος Aεστιν εις ον εγω ευδοκησα
2Pe_1:18 And we heard this voice being uttered from heaven, when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
2Pe_1:18 καὶ
ταύτην τὴν
φωνὴν ἡμεῖς
ἠκούσαμεν ἐξ
οὐρανοῦ ἐνεχθεῖσαν,
σὺν αὐτῷ ὄντες
ἐν τῷ ὄρει
τῷ ἁγίῳ.
2Pe_1:18 και ταυτην την φωνην ημεις ηκουσαμεν εξ ουρανου ενεχθεισαν συν αυτω οντες εν τω TSBορει TSBτω αγιω Aορει
2Pe_1:19 And we have the prophetic word made more sure, which you do well to heed, as a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;
2Pe_1:19 καὶ ἔχομεν
βεβαιότερον
τὸν
προφητικὸν
λόγον, ᾧ καλῶς
ποιεῖτε προσέχοντες
ὡς λύχνῳ
φαίνοντι ἐν
αὐχμηρῷ
τόπῳ ἕως οὗ ἡμέρα
διαυγάσῃ
καὶ φωσφόρος
ἀνατείλῃ ἐν
ταῖς
καρδίαις ὑμῶν·
2Pe_1:19 και
εχομεν
βεβαιοτερον
τον προφητικον
λογον ω καλως
ποιειτε
προσεχοντες ως
λυχνω φαινοντι
εν αυχμηρω
τοπω εως ου
ημερα διαυγαση
και φωσφορος
ανατειλη εν
ταις καρδιαις
υμων
Angelic Dependence
(A) Angels Strengthens Jesus -- After
Wilderness
The Devil Appealed to Angelic Help…
Mat_4:6 and said to Him,
"If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: 'He
shall give His angels orders concerning you,' and, 'In their hands they will
lift you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.' "
Mat_4:6 καὶ
λέγει αὐτῷ·
εἰ Υἱὸς εἶ
τοῦ Θεοῦ,
βάλε σεαυτὸν
κάτω·
γέγραπται
γὰρ ὅτι τοῖς
ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ
ἐντελεῖται
περὶ σοῦ,
καὶ ἐπὶ
χειρῶν ἀροῦσί
σε, μήποτε
προσκόψῃς
πρὸς λίθον
τὸν πόδα σου.
Luk_4:10 For it is written: 'He shall give His angels charge over You, to guard You,'
Luk_4:10
γέγραπται
γὰρ ὅτι τοῖς
ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ
ἐντελεῖται
περὶ σοῦ τοῦ
διαφυλάξαι
σε,
But then Clean Angels Came to Help
Without Sin…
Mat_4:11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
Mat_4:11 Τότε ἀφίησιν
αὐτὸν ὁ
διάβολος,
καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄγγελοι
προσῆλθον
καὶ
διηκόνουν αὐτῷ.
(B) Angel Strengthens Jesus -- in the
Garden
Luk_22:42 saying, "Father, if You will, remove this cup from Me--nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done."
Luk_22:42 λέγων·
πάτερ, εἰ
βούλει
παρενεγκεῖν
τοῦτο τὸ
ποτήριον ἀπ᾿
ἐμοῦ· πλὴν
μὴ τὸ
θέλημά μου, ἀλλὰ
τὸ σὸν
γινέσθω.
Luk_22:42 λεγων πατερ ει βουλει SAπαρενεγκε Aτουτο TBπαρενεγκειν το ποτηριον TSBτουτο απ εμου πλην μη το θελημα μου αλλα το σον Aγινεσθω TSBγενεσθω
Luk_22:43 Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening [ἐνισχύων] Him.
Luk_22:43 ὤφθη δὲ
αὐτῷ ἄγγελος
ἀπ᾿ οὐρανοῦ
ἐνισχύων αὐτόν.
Luk_22:43 Aωφθη TSBωφθη δε αυτω αγγελος απ ουρανου ενισχυων αυτον
Luk_22:44 And being in agony, He prayed more fervently. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down onto the ground.
Luk_22:44 καὶ
γενόμενος ἐν
ἀγωνίᾳ ἐκτενέστερον
προσηύχετο. ἐγένετο
δὲ ὁ ἱδρὼς
αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ
θρόμβοι αἵματος
καταβαίνοντες
ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.
Luk_22:44 και
γενομενος εν
αγωνια
εκτενεστερον
προσηυχετο Aκαι
εγενετο TSBδε
ο ιδρως αυτου
ωσει θρομβοι
αιματος
καταβαινοντες
επι την Aγην TSBγην
(C) Angels Could Rescue Jesus -- in the
Garden
Mat_26:52
But Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, for all those
who take the sword shall perish by the sword.
Mat_26:52 τότε
λέγει αὐτῷ
ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς· ἀπόστρεψόν
σου τὴν
μάχαιράν εἰς
τὸν τόπον αὐτῆς·
πάντες γὰρ
οἱ λαβόντες
μάχαιραν ἐν
μαχαίρῃ ἀποθανοῦνται.
Mat_26:52 τοτε λεγει αυτω ο ιησους αποστρεψον TSBσου την μαχαιραν Aσου εις τον τοπον αυτης παντες γαρ οι λαβοντες μαχαιραν εν Aμαχαιρη TSBμαχαιρα Bαποθανουνται TSAαπολουνται
Mat_26:53 Or do you think that I cannot now call upon My Father, and He will furnish Me with more than twelve legions of angels?
Mat_26:53 ἢ δοκεῖς
ὅτι οὐ
δύναμαι ἄρτι
παρακαλέσαι
τὸν πατέρα
μου, καὶ
παραστήσει
μοι πλείους ἣ
δώδεκα λεγεῶνας
ἀγγέλων;
Mat_26:53 η
δοκεις οτι ου
δυναμαι TSBαρτι
παρακαλεσαι
τον πατερα μου
και παραστησει
μοι Aαρτι TSBπλειους
Aπλειω
TSBη
δωδεκα Aλεγιωνας
TSBλεγεωνας
αγγελων
God, “the almighty”, does not need to be
“strengthened” or protected by Angels from mere humans or even the devil
himself.
Becoming a Poor-Beggar
2Co_8:9 CAB For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet on account of you He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.
2Co_8:9
γινώσκετε
γὰρ τὴν
χάριν τοῦ
Κυρίου ἡμῶν
᾿Ιησοῦ
Χριστοῦ, ὅτι
δι᾿ ὑμᾶς ἐπτώχευσε
πλούσιος ὤν, ἵνα
ὑμεῖς τῇ ἐκείνου
πτωχείᾳ
πλουτήσητε.
Emptying = Subtracting Something
·
Of ability/privileges,
not worth
·
Does “not know the day
or the hour”
·
Form
·
Glory
·
Use of omniscience
·
Authority
·
Special Favor -- He
grew in favor with God & man
·
Omnipotence -- could
have call legions of angels to rescue him, vs. just defeating them Himself
Omnipotence is one of the beigest
sacrifices Jesus made, and Church will so often not acknowledge, but this
“emptying” is the very act of incarnation necessary for their salvation.
Emptying - For Real!
3/29/26; 4/4/26-4/5/26
Philippians_2:3 vs. Philippians_2:7
Empty Glory (pride) vs emptying Himself (of Glory)
Romans_8:20 (useless) vs. Philippians_2:7 (enough)
Jesus gave up Divinity in all kinds of
incomprehensible ways
1Ti_6:16 – God is dwelling in immortality
and unapproachable light
1Ti_6:16 NKJV who alone has immortality,
dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see…
Psa_104:2 NKJV Who cover Yourself with
light as with a garment…
Joh_1:18 NKJV No one has seen God at any
time…
But Jesus gave up immortality to die
(specifically, and intentionally)
Subtraction = Required in Emptying
Something substantial has to be subtracted
or the phrase is meaningless
The privileges, positions, and postures
have to be what he emptied himself of
Divine shape/form are specifically
emptied
Emptying himself of divine shape/form
does not imply emptying of objective moral worth - since God does not ascribe
value based on what someone holds, but based on the virtuous actions of their
mind and hands
Emptying is not reducible to a metaphor
"Figurative emptying" disobeys
the instruction that he emptied himself, and it disobeys our requirement to imitate
the same mindset and deeds
Veiling glory is not emptying divinity
Pretending that Jesus disguised is Glory
instead of emptying it is just another form of Bible disobedience
The transfiguration really does reveal
who he is - but it is with a future reference that is predictive as a vision of
things to come, in both the immediate context as well as the context of the
rest of the whole Bible
His functionality as God is emptied
because He not only took on the shape but the character mindset and deeds of a
servant / slave
We are supposed to follow Jesus and his
apostles in being slaves
Eastern Greek pseudo Orthodox churches
strongly object to faithfully obeying Philippians 2 with cleanness - their entire
perverted rebellion is built around denying Jesus's incarnation of emptied
divinity.
(This often can stem from a long standing
historical opposition to Arians or proto Jehovah's witnesses)
What about Jesus is Divinity & the
Immutability of God?
Immutability
Col_2:9 NKJV For in Him dwells all the fullness of the
Godhead bodily.
Heb_13:8 NKJV Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today,
and forever.
Mal_3:6 NKJV For I am the Lord, I do not change.
"The immutability of God" feels
threatened by Philippians 2 deniers; however, we don't get to choose what to
believe after we've submitted to the saving lordship of the Scriptures.
It is never our position as obeys to
assert a framework we can understand before submitting to the mysteries we
cannot understand.
Our first priority is to say yes to all
Bible verses, and then only after we have submitted to Jesus's written lordship
can we pray and beg for understanding into all of His mysteries
Like “the Son can do nothing by himself”
(John_5:19) and “the Father
has given all judgment to the Son” (John_5:22)
A distinction has to be made:
Qualitative attributes are not the same
thing as privileged functionalities
God condescends all throughout the Bible,
and even the Bible itself is a condescension into human language, and therefore
the immutability of God stands firm from the very beginning of the writing of
Scripture as coexisting with his condescension into the realm of humanity
Whether it's a human or whether it's an
angel, God has been coming down to our level to speak on our terms for as long
as we've had human history.
Therefore, when the word of God empties
himself to become the man Jesus, it is the same principle that God has always
operated in, with full compliance to his immutability; however Jesus’s humility
is a more striking and deeply remarkable descent into the lowest humility
beyond comprehension.
So it's the same principle that has never
threatened God's immutability, but it's a profoundly deeper expression than humans
have ever been given as a revelation of God's salvation.
Mar_13:32 NKJV But of that day and hour no one knows, not
even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Joh_17:5 NKJV And now, O Father, glorify Me together with
Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
The very idea of God condescending is His
choice to willingly limit an apportioned part of Himself, without blasting us
with the Full force of his infinite holy identity.
Divine condescension is never revealed
Infinity.
It is by nature a limited revelation that
flows from the source of all infinity, and by very nature does not hit us with
the full force of that infinite source lest we be obliterated before we are
saved by His redeeming condescension
2Co_8:9 NKJV For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor…
..
Don't flatten the strong language of
Philippians 2
Jesus’ “emptying” is there to be amazed
at, to worship God for, to be saved by, to be redeemed through, and to imitate
in your very obedient thankful reverent awestruck faithful actions, even unto
making yourself also under other people…
There's no room at all for denial
demotion and dismissal and flattening of the strong language of Philippians 2
Heb_2:17 NKJV Therefore, in all things He had to be made
like His brethren…
Isa_53:3 NKJV He is despised and rejected by men…
Jesus:
grows (Luk_2:52)
learns obedience (Heb_5:8)
is weary (Joh_4:6)
Joh_5:30 NKJV I can of Myself do nothing… I do not seek My
own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
Preview Verse List…
Php_2:5-8; Joh_17:5; Mat_17:2; 2Pe_1:16-18; Rev_1:13-16; 2Co_8:9; Luk_9:58; Isa_53:2-3; Heb_12:2; Mar_13:32; Luk_2:52; Heb_5:8; Joh_11:34; 2Co_13:4; Heb_5:7; Mat_26:53; Joh_5:19; Joh_5:30; Joh_12:49-50; Joh_14:10; Luk_22:42; Joh_6:38; Mat_27:46; 2Co_5:21; Gal_3:13; 1Pe_2:24; Heb_2:14; Heb_2:9; Act_2:24; Mat_26:38; Heb_2:10; Mat_4:2; Joh_4:6; Joh_19:28; Php_2:9-11
Emptied of WHAT? <<<<<
Isa_7: > 50, 54 = Messiah
Does not know
Is surprised by events
Is NOT operating as God -- miracles, etc.
Learned good vs evil
Mar_13:32
Psa_119:97-104
Learned obedience
Mat_12:28
Anointed Jesus went around doing good
Greater work than these will you do
>> NOT God-proof
No as great as His father
God GAVE all authority to the son
CANNOT do anything of myself
· That is NOT omnipotence!
Had to pray!
Greek liar says: he did NOT pray when doing healings
What He Gave Up
· Divine Glory: preexistent glory veiled, later requested back; previewed at transfiguration, restored in Revelation (Php_2:6-7; Joh_17:5; Mat_17:2; 2Pe_1:16-18; Rev_1:13-16)
· Heavenly Riches: left divine riches/treasures/comfort for poverty and suffering (2Co_8:9; Joh_6:38; Luk_9:58)
· Visible Beauty: no outward form/majesty/desirability (Isa_53:2)
· Honor Status: equality with God → servant, humiliation, shameful death (Php_2:6-8; Heb_12:2)
· Omniscience (Functional): did not operate in full knowledge; learned, asked, did not know hour (Mar_13:32; Luk_2:52; Heb_5:8; Joh_11:34)
· Omnipotence (Functional): accepted weakness, dependence, vulnerability, need for deliverance (2Co_13:4; Heb_5:7; Mat_26:53)
· Independence: nothing “from Himself,” total reliance on Father (Joh_5:19; Joh_5:30)
· Own Words: spoke only what given by Father (Joh_12:49-50; Joh_14:10)
· Own Will: human will submitted to Father (Luk_22:42; Joh_6:38)
· Relational Nearness: veiled intimacy; grew in favor; experienced forsakenness (Luk_2:52; Mat_27:46)
· Righteous Standing (Imputed): bore sin, made sin, became curse (2Co_5:21; Gal_3:13; 1Pe_2:24)
· Heavenly Form: “form of God” → likeness of men, true humanity (Php_2:6-7; Heb_2:14)
· Impassibility: entered suffering, sorrow, anguish (Isa_53:3; Mat_26:38; Heb_2:10)
· Immortality (Experience): tasted death, needed to be saved from it (Heb_2:9; Act_2:24; Heb_5:7)
· Self-Sufficiency: lived by Spirit, prayer, obedience like a man (Mat_4:1; Luk_4:18; Heb_5:8)
· Provision: hunger, thirst, fatigue vs divine fullness (Mat_4:2; Joh_4:6; Joh_19:28)
· Security: exposed to danger, reliant on God’s rescue (Mat_4:6-7; Mat_26:53)
· Exalted Throne: left heavenly enthronement → later re-exalted (Php_2:9-11; Joh_17:5)
Emptied / Servant Form
Php_2:6-7 NKJV who, being in the form of God… but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant…
Poverty / Loss of Riches
2Co_8:9 NKJV though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor…
Luk_9:58 NKJV The Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.
No Beauty / Despised
Isa_53:2 NKJV He has no form or comeliness… no beauty that we should desire Him.
Isa_53:3 NKJV He is despised and rejected by men…
Limited Knowledge / Learning
Mar_13:32 NKJV But of that day and hour no one knows… nor the Son…
Luk_2:52 NKJV And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature…
Heb_5:8 NKJV though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience…
Joh_11:34 NKJV And He said, “Where have you laid him?”
Weakness / Dependence
2Co_13:4 NKJV For though He was crucified in weakness…
Heb_5:7 NKJV who… offered up prayers… to Him who was able to save Him from death…
Mat_26:53 NKJV Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?
Total Dependence / No Self-Action
Joh_5:19 NKJV The Son can do nothing of Himself…
Joh_5:30 NKJV I can of Myself do nothing…
Only Father’s Words
Joh_12:49 NKJV For I have not spoken on My own authority…
Joh_14:10 NKJV the words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority…
Submission of Will
Luk_22:42 NKJV not My will, but Yours, be done.
Joh_6:38 NKJV For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will…
Separation / Forsakenness
Mat_27:46 NKJV My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
Luk_2:52 NKJV Jesus increased… in favor with God…
Made Sin / Cursed
2Co_5:21 NKJV For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us…
Gal_3:13 NKJV Christ has redeemed us… having become a curse for us…
1Pe_2:24 NKJV who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree…
True Humanity
Heb_2:14 NKJV Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same…
Php_2:7 NKJV coming in the likeness of men.
Suffering / Anguish
Mat_26:38 NKJV My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death…
Heb_2:10 NKJV to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Death / Delivered from It
Heb_2:9 NKJV that He… might taste death for everyone.
Act_2:24 NKJV whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death…
Heb_5:7 NKJV …to Him who was able to save Him from death…
Hunger / Thirst / Weariness
Mat_4:2 NKJV And when He had fasted forty days… He was hungry.
Joh_4:6 NKJV Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey…
Joh_19:28 NKJV Jesus… said, “I thirst!”
Re-Exaltation
Php_2:9 NKJV Therefore God also has highly exalted Him…
Glory Veiled / Restored
Joh_17:5 NKJV And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
Mat_17:2 NKJV and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
2Pe_1:17 NKJV For He received from God the Father honor and glory…
Rev_1:14 NKJV His head and hair were white like wool… His eyes like a flame of fire.
Philippian Relationships Fixed all
Just Agree??
How can Paul just simply say, ‘tell these two women to agree’???
On one hand, you want it to be that simple because ideally we would all just be spiritual and it really would be that easy, but for some reason it just doesn't seem to work out like that in our experiences even though that's the way the Bible talks…
Just Agree!
Php_4:2 I implore Euodia and I implore Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.
Php_4:2 Εὐοδίαν
παρακαλῶ καὶ
Συντύχην
παρακαλῶ τὸ
αὐτὸ φρονεῖν
ἐν Κυρίῳ.
Php_4:2 SBAευοδιαν Tευωδιαν παρακαλω και συντυχην παρακαλω το αυτο φρονειν εν κυριω
Php_4:3 Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women who labored together with me in the gospel, and with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
Php_4:3 ναὶ ἐρωτῶ
καὶ σέ,
σύζυγε
γνήσιε,
συλλαμβάνου
αὐταῖς, αἵτινες
ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ
συνήθλησάν
μοι μετὰ καὶ
Κλήμεντος
καὶ τῶν
λοιπῶν
συνεργῶν μου, ὧν
τὰ ὀνόματα
ἐν βίβλῳ
ζωῆς.
Php_4:3 BAναι TSκαι ερωτω και σε TSBσυζυγε γνησιε Aσυζυγε συλλαμβανου αυταις αιτινες εν τω ευαγγελιω συνηθλησαν μοι μετα και κλημεντος και των λοιπων συνεργων μου ων τα ονοματα εν βιβλω ζωης
Questions
· Why No explanation?
· Is this saying Just be spiritual?
· Why no practical advice on just how to agree?
Answer
· Actually, Paul ALREADY told them the answer on how to agree, which is why he can now simply say, ‘just agree’…
Disagreements All Resolved -- by God Revealing Truth
Php_3:15 Therefore, as many as are mature, let us think this way; and if in anything you think otherwise, even this God will reveal to you.
Php_3:15 ῞Οσοι οὖν
τέλειοι, τοῦτο
φρονῶμεν·
καὶ εἴ τι ἑτέρως
φρονεῖτε,
καὶ τοῦτο ὁ
Θεὸς ὑμῖν ἀποκαλύψει.
Php_3:15 οσοι ουν τελειοι τουτο φρονωμεν και ει τι ετερως φρονειτε και τουτο ο θεος υμιν αποκαλυψει
Php_3:16 Nevertheless, to what we have attained, let us walk by the same rule, being of the same mind.
Php_3:16 πλὴν εἰς
ὃ ἐφθάσαμεν,
τῷ αὐτῷ
στοιχεῖν
κανόνι, τὸ αὐτὸ
φρονεῖν.
Php_3:16 πλην εις ο εφθασαμεν τω αυτω στοιχειν TSBκανονι TSBτο TSBαυτο TSBφρονειν
Php_3:17 Be fellow imitators of me, brothers, and look out for those walking this way, just as you have us for a pattern.
Php_3:17
Συμμιμηταί
μου γίνεσθε, ἀδελφοί,
καὶ σκοπεῖτε
τοὺς οὕτω
περιπατοῦντας,
καθὼς ἔχετε
τύπον ἡμᾶς.
This is all accomplished by The right mindset…
Increase Knowledge & Perception
Php_1:6 having been persuaded of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Christ Jesus;
Php_1:6
πεποιθὼς αὐτὸ
τοῦτο, ὅτι ὁ ἐναρξάμενος
ἐν ὑμῖν ἔργον
ἀγαθὸν ἐπιτελέσει
ἄχρι ἡμέρας ᾿Ιησοῦ
Χριστοῦ,
Php_1:6 πεποιθως αυτο τουτο οτι ο εναρξαμενος εν υμιν εργον αγαθον επιτελεσει Aαχρι TSBαχρις ημερας TSιησου χριστου BAιησου
Php_1:7 just as it is right for me to think this concerning you all, because I have you in my heart, both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace.
Php_1:7 καθώς ἐστι
δίκαιον ἐμοὶ
τοῦτο φρονεῖν
ὑπὲρ πάντων
ὑμῶν διὰ
τὸ ἔχειν με ἐν
τῇ καρδίᾳ
ὑμᾶς, ἔν τε
τοῖς δεσμοῖς
μου καὶ ἐν τῇ
ἀπολογίᾳ
καὶ
βεβαιώσει τοῦ
εὐαγγελίου
συγκοινωνούς
μου τῆς
χάριτος
πάντας ὑμᾶς
ὄντας.
Php_1:7 καθως εστιν δικαιον εμοι τουτο φρονειν υπερ παντων υμων δια το εχειν με εν τη καρδια υμας εν τε τοις δεσμοις μου και BAεν τη απολογια και βεβαιωσει του ευαγγελιου συγκοινωνους μου της χαριτος παντας υμας οντας
Php_1:8 For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.
Php_1:8 μάρτυς
γάρ μού ἐστιν
ὁ θεός, ὡς ἐπιποθῶ
πάντας ὑμᾶς
ἐν
σπλάγχνοις ᾿Ιησοῦ
Χριστοῦ.
Php_1:8 μαρτυς γαρ μου TSBεστιν ο θεος ως επιποθω παντας υμας εν σπλαγχνοις TSBιησου χριστου Aιησου
Php_1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all perception,
Php_1:9 καὶ τοῦτο
προσεύχομαι, ἵνα
ἡ ἀγάπη ὑμῶν
ἔτι μᾶλλον
καὶ μᾶλλον
περισσεύῃ ἐν
ἐπιγνώσει
καὶ πάσῃ αἰσθήσει,
Php_1:9 και τουτο προσευχομαι ινα η αγαπη υμων ετι μαλλον και μαλλον περισσευη εν επιγνωσει και παση αισθησει
Php_1:10 that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ,
Php_1:10 εἰς τὸ
δοκιμάζειν ὑμᾶς
τὰ
διαφέροντα, ἵνα
ἦτε εἰλικρινεῖς
καὶ ἀπρόσκοποι
εἰς ἡμέραν
Χριστοῦ,
Php_1:10 εις το δοκιμαζειν υμας τα διαφεροντα ινα ητε ειλικρινεις και απροσκοποι εις ημεραν χριστου
Php_1:11 having been filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Php_1:11
πεπληρωμένοι
καρπὸν
δικαιοσύνης
τὸν διὰ ᾿Ιησοῦ
Χριστοῦ εἰς
δόξαν καὶ ἔπαινον
Θεοῦ.
Php_1:11 πεπληρωμενοι Aκαρπον TSBκαρπων δικαιοσυνης Aτον TSBτων δια ιησου χριστου εις δοξαν και επαινον θεου
Crucified Life
Php_1:21 For to me, to live
is Christ, and to die
is gain.
Php_1:21 ᾿Εμοὶ
γὰρ τὸ ζῆν
Χριστὸς καὶ
τὸ ἀποθανεῖν
κέρδος.
[believe into Paul]
Php_1:28 and not being terrified in anything by your enemies, which is to them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and this from God.
Php_1:28 καὶ μὴ
πτυρόμενοι ἐν
μηδενὶ ὑπὸ
τῶν ἀντικειμένων,
ἥτις αὐτοῖς
μέν ἐστιν ἔνδειξις
ἀπωλείας, ὑμῖν
δὲ σωτηρίας,
καὶ τοῦτο ἀπὸ
Θεοῦ·
Php_1:28 και μη πτυρομενοι εν μηδενι υπο των αντικειμενων ητις TSBαυτοις TSBμεν εστιν Aαυτοις ενδειξις απωλειας Aυμων TSBυμιν δε σωτηριας και τουτο απο θεου
Have the Right Mind in You -- Like Jesus
Php_2:1 Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and acts of compassion,
Php_2:1 Εἴ τις οὖν
παράκλησις ἐν
Χριστῷ, εἴ τι
παραμύθιον ἀγάπης,
εἴ τις
κοινωνία
Πνεύματος, εἴ
τις σπλάγχνα
καὶ οἰκτιρμοί,
Php_2:1 ει τις ουν παρακλησις εν χριστω ει τι παραμυθιον αγαπης ει τις κοινωνια πνευματος ει BAτις TSτινα σπλαγχνα και οικτιρμοι
Php_2:2 fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit, intending the same purpose,
Php_2:2
πληρώσατέ
μου τὴν
χαρὰν, ἵνα τὸ
αὐτὸ φρονῆτε,
τὴν αὐτὴν ἀγάπην
ἔχοντες,
σύμψυχοι τὸ
ἐν φρονοῦντες,
Php_2:2 πληρωσατε μου την χαραν ινα το αυτο φρονητε την αυτην αγαπην εχοντες συμψυχοι το εν φρονουντες
Php_2:3 doing nothing according to selfish ambition or conceit, but with humility, regarding one another as being better than yourselves.
Php_2:3 μηδὲν
κατ᾿ ἐρίθειαν
ἢ κενοδοξίαν,
ἀλλὰ τῇ
ταπεινοφροσύνῃ
ἀλλήλους ἡγούμενοι
ὑπερέχοντας
ἑαυτῶν,
Php_2:3 μηδεν Aκατ TSBκατα εριθειαν Aμηδε Aκατα TSBη κενοδοξιαν αλλα τη ταπεινοφροσυνη αλληλους ηγουμενοι υπερεχοντας εαυτων
Php_2:4 Let each of you look out not only for his own concerns, but also for the concerns of others.
Php_2:4 μὴ τὰ ἑαυτῶν
ἕκαστος
σκοπεῖτε ἀλλὰ
καὶ τὰ ἑτέρων
ἕκαστος.
Php_2:4 μη τα εαυτων εκαστος Aσκοπουντες TSBσκοπειτε αλλα Aκαι TSBκαι τα ετερων Aεκαστοι TSBεκαστος
Php_2:5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
Php_2:5 τοῦτο
γὰρ
φρονείσθω ἐν
ὑμῖν ὃ καὶ ἐν
Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ,
Php_2:5 τουτο Aφρονειτε TSBγαρ TSBφρονεισθω εν υμιν ο και εν χριστω ιησου
Fear God; Don’t Argue!
Php_2:12 So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
Php_2:12 ῞Ωστε, ἀγαπητοί
μου, καθὼς
πάντοτε ὑπηκούσατε,
μὴ ὡς ἐν τῇ
παρουσίᾳ μου
μόνον, ἀλλὰ
νῦν πολλῷ
μᾶλλον ἐν τῇ
ἀπουσίᾳ
μου, μετὰ
φόβου καὶ τρόμου
τὴν ἑαυτῶν
σωτηρίαν
κατεργάζεσθε·
Php_2:12 ωστε αγαπητοι μου καθως παντοτε υπηκουσατε μη ως εν τη παρουσια μου μονον αλλα νυν πολλω μαλλον εν τη απουσια μου μετα φοβου και τρομου την εαυτων σωτηριαν κατεργαζεσθε
Php_2:13 for it is God who is working in you, both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
Php_2:13 ὁ Θεὸς
γάρ ἐστιν ὁ
ἐνεργῶν ἐν
ὑμῖν καὶ
τὸ θέλειν
καὶ τὸ ἐνεργεῖν
ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐδοκίας.
Php_2:13 TSBο θεος γαρ εστιν ο ενεργων εν υμιν και το θελειν και το ενεργειν υπερ της ευδοκιας
Php_2:14 Do all things without grumbling and disputing,
Php_2:14 πάντα
ποιεῖτε
χωρὶς
γογγυσμῶν
καὶ
διαλογισμῶν,
Php_2:14 παντα ποιειτε χωρις γογγυσμων και διαλογισμων
Php_2:15 in order that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as light bearers in the world,
Php_2:15 ἵνα
γένησθε ἄμεμπτοι
καὶ ἀκέραιοι,
τέκνα Θεοῦ ἀμώμητα
ἐν μέσῳ
γενεᾶς σκολιᾶς
καὶ διεστραμμένης,
ἐν οἷς
φαίνεσθε ὡς
φωστῆρες ἐν
κόσμῳ,
Php_2:15 ινα γενησθε αμεμπτοι και ακεραιοι τεκνα θεου Aαμωμα Aμεσον TSBαμωμητα TSBεν TSBμεσω γενεας σκολιας και διεστραμμενης εν οις φαινεσθε ως φωστηρες εν κοσμω
Php_2:16 holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.
Php_2:16 λόγον
ζωῆς ἐπέχοντες,
εἰς καύχημα
ἐμοὶ εἰς ἡμέραν
Χριστοῦ, ὅτι
οὐκ εἰς
κενὸν ἔδραμον
οὐδὲ εἰς
κενὸν ἐκοπίασα.
Selfishness!
Php_2:21 For all seek their own interests, not the things of Christ Jesus.
Php_2:21 οἱ
πάντες γὰρ
τὰ ἑαυτῶν
ζητοῦσιν, οὐ
τὰ Χριστοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ·
Php_2:21 οι παντες γαρ τα εαυτων ζητουσιν ου τα TSτου TSBχριστου ιησου Aχριστου
[But Timothy is Different]
Php_2:25 Yet I considered it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my needs;
Php_2:25 ᾿Αναγκαῖον
δὲ ἡγησάμην
᾿Επαφρόδιτον
τὸν ἀδελφὸν
καὶ συνεργὸν
καὶ
συστρατιώτην
μου, ὑμῶν δὲ
ἀπόστολον
καὶ
λειτουργὸν τῆς
χρείας μου,
πέμψαι πρὸς
ὑμᾶς,
Php_2:25 αναγκαιον δε ηγησαμην επαφροδιτον τον αδελφον και συνεργον και συστρατιωτην μου υμων δε αποστολον και λειτουργον της χρειας μου πεμψαι προς υμας
Php_2:26 since he was longing for you all, and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.
Php_2:26 ἐπειδὴ
ἐπιποθῶν ἦν
πάντας ὑμᾶς,
καὶ ἀδημονῶν
διότι ἠκούσατε
ὅτι ἠσθένησε.
Be Spiritual
Php_3:3 For we are the true circumcision, worshipping by the Spirit of God, rejoicing in Christ Jesus, and having no confidence in the flesh,
Php_3:3 ἡμεῖς
γάρ ἐσμεν ἡ
περιτομή, οἱ
Πνεύματι Θεοῦ
λατρεύοντες
καὶ
καυχώμενοι ἐν
Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ
καὶ οὐκ ἐν σαρκὶ
πεποιθότες,
Php_3:3 ημεις γαρ εσμεν η περιτομη οι πνευματι BAθεου TSθεω λατρευοντες και καυχωμενοι εν χριστω ιησου και ουκ εν σαρκι πεποιθοτες
Lose All
Php_3:7 But such things as were gain to me, these I have considered loss for the sake of Christ.
Php_3:7 ἀλλ᾿ ἅτινα
ἦν μοι κέρδη,
ταῦτα ἥγημαι
διὰ τὸν
Χριστὸν
ζημίαν·
Php_3:7 Aαλλα TSBαλλ ατινα ην μοι κερδη ταυτα ηγημαι δια τον χριστον ζημιαν
Think Right
Php_4:8 Finally, brothers, as many things as are true, as many as are honorable, as many as are just, as many as are pure, as many as are lovely--if there is any virtue and if there is any praise--meditate on these things.
Php_4:8 Τὸ
λοιπόν, ἀδελφοί,
ὅσα ἐστὶν ἀληθῆ,
ὅσα σεμνά, ὅσα
δίκαια, ὅσα ἁγνά,
ὅσα προσφιλῆ, ὅσα
εὔφημα, εἴ τις ἀρετὴ
καὶ εἴ τις ἔπαινος,
ταῦτα
λογίζεσθε·
Php_4:8 το λοιπον αδελφοι οσα εστιν αληθη οσα σεμνα οσα δικαια οσα αγνα οσα προσφιλη οσα ευφημα ει τις αρετη και ει τις επαινος ταυτα λογιζεσθε
Php_4:9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, practice these things; and the God of peace shall be with you.
Php_4:9 ἃ καὶ ἐμάθετε
καὶ
παρελάβετε
καὶ ἠκούσατε
καὶ εἴδετε ἐν
ἐμοί, ταῦτα
πράσσετε·
καὶ ὁ Θεὸς
τῆς εἰρήνης
ἔσται μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν.
Php_4:9 α και εμαθετε και παρελαβετε και ηκουσατε και ειδετε εν εμοι ταυτα πρασσετε και ο θεος της ειρηνης εσται μεθ υμων
Php_4:10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now once again you have revived your mindfulness on my behalf, inasmuch as indeed you were mindful, but you lacked opportunity.
Php_4:10 ᾿Εχάρην
δὲ ἐν Κυρίῳ
μεγάλως ὅτι ἤδη
ποτὲ ἀνεθάλετε
τὸ ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ
φρονεῖν· ἐφ᾿
ᾧ καὶ ἐφρονεῖτε,
ἠκαιρεῖσθε
δέ.
The Truth About Pride
11/1/24
Be Humble
11/1/24
Rom_12:16 NKJV Be of the same mind
toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the
humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
Rom_12:16 SBL τὸ αὐτὸ
εἰς ἀλλήλους
φρονοῦντες, μὴ
τὰ ὑψηλὰ φρονοῦντες
ἀλλὰ τοῖς
ταπεινοῖς
συναπαγόμενοι.
μὴ γίνεσθε
φρόνιμοι παρ’ ἑαυτοῖς.
Don’t Trust Yourself
10/31/24-11/1/24
Comp: LOW > Don’t
Trust Yourself | RiFi > Don’t
Trust Money
Psa_118 – Confidence In Man vs. Lord
Psa_118:5 WEB Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah
answered me with freedom.
Psa_118:5 LB I called on the Lord out of affliction; and He
hearkened to me, and brought me into a wide place.
Psa_118:5 (117:5) ἐν
θλίψει ἐπεκαλεσάμην
τὸν κύριον, καὶ ἐπήκουσέν
μου εἰς
πλατυσμόν.
Psa_118:6 WEB Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What
can man do to me?
Psa_118:6 The Lord is my
helper; and I will not fear, what shall man do to me?
Psa_118:6 (117:6) κύριος
ἐμοὶ βοηθός, οὐ
φοβηθήσομαι τί
ποιήσει μοι ἄνθρωπος.
Psa_118:7 WEB Yahweh is on my side among those who help
me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
Psa_118:7 The Lord is my
helper; and I shall see my desire upon my enemies.
Psa_118:7 (117:7) κύριος
ἐμοὶ βοηθός, κἀγὼ
ἐπόψομαι τοὺς ἐχθρούς
μου.
Psa_118:8 WEB It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than
to put confidence in man.
Psa_118:8 It is better to
trust in the Lord than to trust in man.
Psa_118:8 (117:8) ἀγαθὸν
πεποιθέναι ἐπὶ
κύριον ἢ
πεποιθέναι ἐπ᾿
ἄνθρωπον·
Psa_118:9 WEB It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than
to put confidence in princes.
Psa_118:9 It is better to
hope in the Lord, than to hope in princes.
Psa_118:9 (117:9) ἀγαθὸν
ἐλπίζειν ἐπὶ κύριον
ἢ ἐλπίζειν ἐπ᾿
ἄρχοντας.
Psa_118:10 WEB All the nations surrounded me, but in the
name of Yahweh, I cut them off.
Psa_118:10 All the nations
surrounded me; but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.
Psa_118:10 (117:10) πάντα
τὰ ἔθνη ἐκύκλωσάν
με, καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι
κυρίου ἠμυνάμην
αὐτούς·
One-way Skepticism of
Others = Hypocrisy
· Beware of the hypocrisy of supposedly “not trusting man” -- but then perversely trusting yourself!
· This filthy hypocrisy is what church people do day-in and day-out unendingly without ceasing…
· Modern rich confident societies love to boast in not trusting other while very gladly trusting in themselves (sometimes secretly)
Pro_3 – Trust God, Not Yourself -- & Give to Prove it
Pro_3:3 WEB Don't let kindness and truth
forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Pro_3:3 LB Let not mercy and truth forsake
you; but bind them about your neck:
Pro_3:3 ἐλεημοσύναι
καὶ πίστεις μὴ ἐκλιπέτωσάν
σε, ἄφαψαι δὲ αὐτὰς
ἐπὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ,
καὶ εὑρήσεις χάριν·
Pro_3:4 WEB So you will find favor, and good
understanding in the sight of God and man.
Pro_3:4 so shall you find
favor; and provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.
Pro_3:4 καὶ
προνοοῦ καλὰ ἐνώπιον
κυρίου καὶ ἀνθρώπων.
Pro_3:5 WEB Trust in Yahweh with all your heart,
and don't lean
on your
own understanding.
Pro_3:5 Trust in God
with all your heart; and be not exalted [ἐπαίρου] in your own
wisdom.
Pro_3:5 ἴσθι
πεποιθὼς ἐν ὅλῃ
καρδίᾳ ἐπὶ θεῷ,
ἐπὶ δὲ σῇ σοφίᾳ
μὴ ἐπαίρου·
Pro_3:6 WEB In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will
make your paths straight.
Pro_3:6 In all your ways acquaint
yourself with her, that she may rightly direct your paths.
Pro_3:6 ἐν
πάσαις ὁδοῖς
σου γνώριζε αὐτήν,
ἵνα ὀρθοτομῇ τὰς
ὁδούς σου, (ὁ δὲ
πούς σου οὐ μὴ
προσκόπτῃ. )
Pro_3:7 WEB Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear
Yahweh, and depart from evil.
Pro_3:7 Do not be wise
[φρόνιμος –
mindful] in your own conceit [παρὰ
σεαυτῷ]; but fear God, and depart from all
evil.
Pro_3:7 μὴ ἴσθι
φρόνιμος παρὰ
σεαυτῷ, φοβοῦ δὲ
τὸν θεὸν καὶ ἔκκλινε
ἀπὸ παντὸς
κακοῦ·
Pro_3:8 WEB It will be health to your body, and nourishment
to your bones.
Pro_3:8 Then shall there
be health to your body, and good keeping to your bones.
Pro_3:8 τότε
ἴασις ἔσται τῷ
σώματί σου καὶ ἐπιμέλεια
τοῖς ὀστέοις
σου.
Pro_3:9 WEB Honor Yahweh with your substance, with
the first fruits of all your increase:
Pro_3:9 Honor the Lord
with your just labors, and give Him the firstfruits of
your righteousness,
Pro_3:9 τίμα τὸν
κύριον ἀπὸ σῶν
δικαίων πόνων
καὶ ἀπάρχου αὐτῷ
ἀπὸ σῶν καρπῶν
δικαιοσύνης,
Pro_16 – A Way Seems Right = Death/Hell
Pro_16:25 WEB There is a way which seems right to a man,
but in the end it leads to death.
Pro_16:25 LB There are ways that seem right to a man, but
the end of them looks to the depth of hell.
Pro_16:25 εἰσὶν
ὁδοὶ δοκοῦσαι
εἶναι ὀρθαὶ ἀνδρί,
τὰ μέντοι
τελευταῖα αὐτῶν
βλέπει εἰς
πυθμένα ᾅδου.
Pro_16:26 WEB The appetite of the laboring man labors for
him; for his mouth urges him on.
Pro_16:26 A man who labors,
labors for himself, and drives from him his own ruin.
Pro_16:26 ἀνὴρ ἐν
πόνοις πονεῖ ἑαυτῷ
καὶ ἐκβιάζεται
ἑαυτοῦ τὴν ἀπώλειαν,
ὁ μέντοι σκολιὸς
ἐπὶ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ
στόματι φορεῖ
τὴν ἀπώλειαν.
Pro_28 – He
Who Trusts In His Own Heart Is A Fool
Pro_28:26 LSV Whoever is
trusting in his heart is a fool, || And
whoever is walking in wisdom is delivered.
Pro_28:26 WEB One who trusts in himself is a fool;
but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
Pro_28:26
LB He
who puts confidence [πέποιθεν] in his bold heart is a fool: but he that walks in wisdom
shall be safe.
Pro_28:26 ὃς πέποιθεν
θρασείᾳ καρδίᾳ,
ὁ τοιοῦτος ἄφρων·
ὃς δὲ πορεύεται
σοφίᾳ, σωθήσεται.
TSK: that: Pro_3:5, 2Ki_8:13, Jer_17:9, Mar_7:21-23, Mar_14:27-31, Rom_8:7
Trusting in The
Mind of Flesh is Wicked
Rom_8:6 CAB For the mind of the flesh is death, but the
mind of the Spirit is life and peace.
Rom_8:6 τὸ
γὰρ φρόνημα
τῆς σαρκὸς
θάνατος, τὸ
δὲ φρόνημα
τοῦ
πνεύματος
ζωὴ καὶ εἰρήνη·
Rom_8:7 Therefore the mind of the flesh is enmity
against God; for it does not submit to the law of God, nor indeed can it.
Rom_8:7
διότι τὸ
φρόνημα τῆς
σαρκὸς ἔχθρα
εἰς Θεόν· τῷ
γὰρ νόμῳ
τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐχ
ὑποτάσσεται·
οὐδὲ γὰρ
δύναται·
Rom_8:8 And those that are
in the flesh cannot please God.
Rom_8:8 οἱ δὲ ἐν
σαρκὶ ὄντες
Θεῷ ἀρέσαι
οὐ δύνανται.
Ecc_7:16 NKJV Do not be overly
righteous, nor be overly wise: why should you destroy yourself?
Ecc_7:16 MT אַל־תְּהִ֤י
צַדִּיק֙
הַרְבֵּ֔ה
וְאַל־תִּתְחַכַּ֖ם
יוֹתֵ֣ר לָ֑מָּה
תִּשּׁוֹמֵֽם׃
Ecc_7:16 LXX μὴ
γίνου δίκαιος
πολὺ, μηδὲ
σφόδρα
συνίσθι.
Jer_17 – Cursed Man-Flesh Trustor
Jer_17:5 WEB Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is
the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose
heart departs from Yahweh.
Jer_17:5 LB Judah’s Sin and Punishment “Cursed
is the man who trusts in man, and will lean his arm of flesh
upon him, while his heart departs from the Lord.
Jer_17:5 Ἐπικατάρατος
ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ὃς τὴν
ἐλπίδα ἔχει ἐπ᾿
ἄνθρωπον καὶ
στηρίσει σάρκα
βραχίονος αὐτοῦ
ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, καὶ ἀπὸ
κυρίου ἀποστῇ ἡ
καρδία αὐτοῦ·
Jer_17:6 WEB For he shall be like the heath in the desert,
and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched
places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.
Jer_17:6 And he shall be as
the wild tamarisk in the desert. he shall not see when good comes; but
he shall dwell in barren places, and in the wilderness, in a salty land
which is not inhabited.
Jer_17:6 καὶ
ἔσται ὡς ἡ ἀγριομυρίκη
ἡ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, οὐκ
ὄψεται ὅταν ἔλθῃ
τὰ ἀγαθά, καὶ
κατασκηνώσει ἐν
ἁλίμοις καὶ ἐν ἐρήμῳ,
ἐν γῇ ἁλμυρᾷ ἥτις
οὐ κατοικεῖται.
Jer_17:7 WEB Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh,
and whose trust Yahweh is.
Jer_17:7 But blessed is the
man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.
Jer_17:7 καὶ
εὐλογημένος ὁ ἄνθρωπος,
ὃς πέποιθεν ἐπὶ
τῷ κυρίῳ, καὶ ἔσται
κύριος ἐλπὶς αὐτοῦ·
Jer_17:8 WEB For he shall be as a tree planted by the
waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat
comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of
drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Jer_17:8 And he shall be as
a thriving tree by the waters, and he shall cast forth his root toward a moist
place. He shall not fear when heat comes, and there shall be shady branches
upon him; he shall not fear in a year of drought, and he shall not fail to bear
fruit.
Jer_17:8 καὶ
ἔσται ὡς ξύλον
εὐθηνοῦν παρ᾿ ὕδατα
καὶ ἐπὶ ἰκμάδα
βαλεῖ ῥίζας αὐτοῦ
καὶ οὐ φοβηθήσεται
ὅταν ἔλθῃ καῦμα,
καὶ ἔσται ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ
στελέχη ἀλσώδη,
ἐν ἐνιαυτῷ ἀβροχίας
οὐ φοβηθήσεται
καὶ οὐ διαλείψει
ποιῶν καρπόν. --
Jer_17:9 WEB The heart is deceitful above all things,
and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
Jer_17:9 “The heart is deep beyond all things,
and it constitutes the man, and who can know him?
Jer_17:9
βαθεῖα ἡ καρδία
παρὰ πάντα, καὶ ἄνθρωπός
ἐστιν· καὶ τίς
γνώσεται αὐτόν;
Jer_17:10 WEB I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try
the heart, even to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his doings.
Jer_17:10 I, the Lord, search
the hearts, and test the mind, to give to everyone according to his ways,
and according to the fruits of his doings.
Jer_17:10 ἐγὼ κύριος
ἐτάζων καρδίας
καὶ δοκιμάζων
νεφροὺς τοῦ δοῦναι
ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰς
ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ
κατὰ τοὺς
καρποὺς τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων
αὐτοῦ. --
God does NOT give you according to “sincerity” and “good intentions”, but actual motives and deeds.
Isa_5 – Switching Good & Evil & Mindful In Their Own Eyes
Isa_5:18 WEB Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords
of falsehood, and wickedness as
with cart rope;
Isa_5:18 LB Woe to them that draw sins to them as with
a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer's yoke;
Isa_5:18 οὐαὶ
οἱ ἐπισπώμενοι
τὰς ἁμαρτίας ὡς
σχοινίῳ μακρῷ
καὶ ὡς ζυγοῦ ἱμάντι
δαμάλεως τὰς ἀνομίας,
Isa_5:19 WEB Who say, "Let him make speed, let him
hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of
Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!"
Isa_5:19 who say, “Let him
speedily hasten what he will do, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the
Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.”
Isa_5:19 οἱ
λέγοντες Τὸ τάχος
ἐγγισάτω ἃ ποιήσει,
ἵνα ἴδωμεν, καὶ ἐλθάτω
ἡ βουλὴ τοῦ ἁγίου
Ισραηλ, ἵνα γνῶμεν.
--
Isa_5:20 WEB Woe to those who call evil good,
and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put
bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Isa_5:20 Woe to them
that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light
darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter.
Isa_5:20 οὐαὶ
οἱ λέγοντες τὸ
πονηρὸν καλὸν
καὶ τὸ καλὸν
πονηρόν, οἱ τιθέντες
τὸ σκότος φῶς
καὶ τὸ φῶς σκότος,
οἱ τιθέντες τὸ
πικρὸν γλυκὺ
καὶ τὸ γλυκὺ
πικρόν. --
Isa_5:21 WEB Woe to those who are wise in their own
eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Isa_5:21 Woe ·to them that are wise in their own conceit [οἱ συνετοὶ ἐν
ἑαυτοῖς], and knowing
[ἐπιστήμονες] in their own
sight.
Isa_5:21 οὐαὶ
οἱ συνετοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς
καὶ ἐνώπιον ἑαυτῶν
ἐπιστήμονες. --
Isa_5:22 WEB Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine,
and champions at mixing strong drink;
Isa_5:22 Woe to the strong
of you that drink wine, and the mighty that mingle strong drink;
Isa_5:22 οὐαὶ
οἱ ἰσχύοντες ὑμῶν
οἱ τὸν οἶνον πίνοντες
καὶ οἱ δυνάσται
οἱ κεραννύντες
τὸ σικερα,
Isa_5:23 WEB who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but
deny justice for the innocent!
Isa_5:23 who justify the
ungodly for rewards, and take away the righteousness of the righteous.
Isa_5:23 οἱ δικαιοῦντες
τὸν ἀσεβῆ ἕνεκεν
δώρων καὶ τὸ δίκαιον
τοῦ δικαίου αἴροντες.
Consider the religious hypocrisy in Isa_5:19, which Isiah has been confronting from the very first chaper.
They sin with money because they trust in themselves.
This happens to all kinds of more subtle degrees that hypocrisy quickly justifies itself from.
2Co_1 – Trials to Not Trust in Yourself, But the Resurrecting God
2Co_1:3
CAB Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
2Co_1:3 Εὐλογητὸς
ὁ Θεὸς καὶ
πατὴρ τοῦ
Κυρίου ἡμῶν
᾿Ιησοῦ
Χριστοῦ, ὁ
πατὴρ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν
καὶ Θεὸς
πάσης
παρακλήσεως,
2Co_1:4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, by means of the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
2Co_1:4 ὁ
παρακαλῶν ἡμᾶς
ἐπὶ πάσῃ
τῇ θλίψει ἡμῶν,
εἰς τὸ
δύνασθαι ἡμᾶς
παρακαλεῖν
τοὺς ἐν
πάσῃ θλίψει
διὰ τῆς
παρακλήσεως ἧς
παρακαλούμεθα
αὐτοὶ ὑπὸ
τοῦ Θεοῦ·
2Co_1:5 Because just as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.
2Co_1:5 ὅτι
καθὼς
περισσεύει
τὰ παθήματα
τοῦ Χριστοῦ
εἰς ἡμᾶς, οὕτω
διὰ Χριστοῦ
περισσεύει
καὶ ἡ
παράκλησις ἡμῶν.
2Co_1:5 οτι
καθως
περισσευει τα
παθηματα του
χριστου εις
ημας ουτως δια BAτου
χριστου
περισσευει και
η παρακλησις
ημων
2Co_1:6 Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer.
2Co_1:6 εἴτε δὲ
θλιβόμεθα, ὑπὲρ
τῆς ὑμῶν
παρακλήσεως
καὶ σωτηρίας
τῆς ἐνεργουμένης
ἐν ὑπομονῇ
τῶν αὐτῶν
παθημάτων ὧν
καὶ ἡμεῖς
πάσχομεν· εἴτε
παρακαλούμεθα,
ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑμῶν
παρακλήσεως
καὶ σωτηρίας·
2Co_1:6
ειτε δε
θλιβομεθα υπερ
της υμων
παρακλησεως
και σωτηριας Aειτε
Aπαρακαλουμεθα
Aυπερ
της Aυμων Aπαρακλησεως
Aτης
ενεργουμενης
εν υπομονη των
αυτων
παθηματων ων
και ημεις
πασχομεν Bκαι Bη
Bελπις
Bημων
Bβεβαια
Bυπερ
Bυμων
TSBειτε
TSBπαρακαλουμεθα
TSBυπερ
TSBτης
TSBυμων
TSBπαρακλησεως
και TSBσωτηριας
TSκαι
TSAη
TSAελπις
TSAημων
TSAβεβαια
TSAυπερ
TSAυμων
2Co_1:7 (And our hope concerning you is steadfast); if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation, knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, thus also you will partake of the consolation.
2Co_1:7 καὶ ἡ ἐλπὶς
ἡμῶν βεβαία
ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν·
εἰδότες ὅτι ὥσπερ
κοινωνοί ἐστε
τῶν
παθημάτων, οὕτω
καὶ τῆς
παρακλήσεως.
2Co_1:7
ειδοτες οτι Aως
TSBωσπερ
κοινωνοι εστε
των παθηματων
ουτως και της παρακλησεως
2Co_1:8 CAB For we do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life.
2Co_1:8 Οὐ γὰρ
θέλομεν ὑμᾶς
ἀγνοεῖν, ἀδελφοί,
ὑπὲρ τῆς
θλίψεως ἡμῶν
τῆς
γενομένης ἡμῖν
ἐν τῇ ᾿Ασίᾳ,
ὅτι καθ᾿ ὑπερβολὴν
ἐβαρήθημεν ὑπὲρ
δύναμιν, ὥστε
ἐξαπορηθῆναι
ἡμᾶς καὶ
τοῦ ζῆν·
2Co_1:8 ου
γαρ θελομεν
υμας αγνοειν
αδελφοι υπερ της
θλιψεως ημων
της γενομενης TSBημιν
εν τη ασια οτι
καθ υπερβολην TSBεβαρηθημεν
υπερ δυναμιν Aεβαρηθημεν
ωστε
εξαπορηθηναι
ημας και του
ζην
2Co_1:9 Yes, we have had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,
2Co_1:9 ἀλλὰ
αὐτοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς
τὸ ἀπόκριμα
τοῦ θανάτου
ἐσχήκαμεν, ἵνα
μὴ
πεποιθότες ὦμεν
ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτοῖς,
ἀλλ᾿ ἐπὶ τῷ
Θεῷ τῷ ἐγείροντι
τοὺς νεκρούς·
2Co_1:10 who delivered us
from so great a death, and is delivering us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us,
2Co_1:10 ὃς
ἐκ
τηλικούτου
θανάτου ἐρρύσατο
ἡμᾶς καὶ ῥύεται,
εἰς ὃν ἠλπίκαμεν
ὅτι καὶ ἔτι ῥύσεται,
2Co_1:10
ος εκ
τηλικουτου
θανατου
ερρυσατο ημας
και Aρυσεται TSBρυεται
εις ον
ηλπικαμεν Aοτι TSBοτι και
ετι ρυσεται
2Co_1:11 you also laboring together for us in prayer, that thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf for the gift given to us through many.
2Co_1:11
συνυπουργούντων
καὶ ὑμῶν ὑπὲρ
ἡμῶν τῇ
δεήσει, ἵνα ἐκ
πολλῶν
προσώπων τὸ
εἰς ἡμᾶς
χάρισμα διὰ
πολλῶν εὐχαριστηθῇ
ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν.
2Co_1:11 συνυπουργουντων και υμων υπερ ημων τη δεησει ινα εκ πολλων προσωπων το εις ημας χαρισμα δια πολλων ευχαριστηθη υπερ Bυμων TSAημων
You will go through Trials to teach you to not trust in
yourself, so don’t multiply unnecessary trials upon yourself so that you are
overtaken and swallowed up in evil!
PENDING <<<<<<
-- Under Construction --
Self-Wise Person Has Less Hope than a Fool
Proverbs_26:12 "Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him."
Become A Fool To Be Wise
1 Corinthians_3:18-19
"Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is folly with God."
Refuge in Lord
Psalm_118:8-9 - "It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes."
Trusting Money
Psalm_49:6-7 - "They trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches. Yet they cannot redeem themselves or pay the price of redemption."
No Faith in Man’s Wisdom
1 Corinthians_2:5 - "So that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power."
Man = Nothing
Psalm_62:9 - "Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath."
Stop Trusting In Humans
Isaiah_2:22 - "Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Of what account are they?"
Self-Incompetence
2 Corinthians_3:5 - "Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God."
Do you have enough Self-Incompetence?
Only Boast in what God Says
1 Corinthians_1:31: "So that, as it is written, 'Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.'"
Confidence
Where do talking sins
come from?
What is the drive
behind us that is pushing us to speak?
All Words Come from the Heart
Mat_12:34-37 WEB You offspring of
vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of
the heart, the mouth speaks. 35 The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things,
and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things. 36 I tell you that every
idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you
will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
Notice these things:
- We see that all speaking sins come from a wicked, messed up, bad, evil heart
- The evil and wicked words in verses 34-35 are not exemplified by overtly gross and blatant crimes, but instead they are described by the phrase “every idle word that men speak” in verse 36
- What is the perversion of the heart that adjusts a person to keep speaking such evil, idle words? – It can be summarized by the word, “confidence” in the passages quoted later in this section, especially because Jesus says that they come from the heart in this passage.
- In verse 37 Jesus shows us that the evil, idle words will shoot us straight into Hell and condemnation
- So keep your mind on “The Judgment” when you have a mouth, especially when you are around others and are tempted to talk
- We need a serious and sober heart inspection to keep our mouth from condemning our whole body in the end!
Ecc_5:6 CAB Do not allow your mouth to lead your flesh to sin…
One of The Bible’s Main Descriptions of Bad
Confidence
Pro_27:12 CAB A wise man, when evils are approaching, hides
himself, but fools pass on, and will be punished. [also see Pro_22:3]
Confidence through Knowledge
Wis_9:5-6 Brenton For I thy servant and son of thine handmaid am a feeble person, and of a short time, and too young for the understanding of judgment and laws. 6 For though a man be never so perfect among the children of men, yet if thy wisdom be not with him, he shall be nothing regarded.
Wis_9:13-18 Brenton For what man is he that can know the counsel of God? or who can think what the will of the Lord is? 14 For the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our devices are but uncertain. 15 For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthy tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things. 16 And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us: but the things that are in heaven who hath searched out? 17 And thy counsel who hath known, except thou give wisdom, and send thy Holy Spirit from above? 18 For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed, and men were taught the things that are pleasing unto thee, and were saved through wisdom.
Important Read: 1Co_1 – 2
1Co_8:1-3 CAB …we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. 2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he has come to know nothing yet as he ought to know. 3 But if anyone loves God, this one has been known by Him.
1Co_3:18 CAB Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
Jas_3:13 CAB Is there anyone wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his works are in meekness of wisdom. (also see verse 14-15)
Also compare:
“1Co_1:18-21, 1Co_4:10… Pro_3:5, Pro_3:7, Pro_26:12; Isa_5:21; Jer_8:8; Rom_11:25; Rom_12:16” (TSK)
Warnings
about Confidence
through Knowledge
Just why do we have to speak and show people that we know
something, when the Bible says we should show real wisdom in “meekness”
(as seen previously in Jas_3:13)? If it were right to speak whenever we knew
something, then it would never be that we would have to practice self-control
and hold our tongue if we were “wise and endued with knowledge,” but we know
for sure that this belief is wrong and evil because it would contradict these
Scriptures that clearly command us to show it in “meekness”.
What right
do we have to go about telling everyone all of these things we know when Jesus,
who always knew unthinkably more than our foolish minds can grasp, held His
tongue and had to practice self-denial?
What unreasonable demon has so seized us that we think of our own mouth
as so much more distinguished than Jesus’ mouth so that we should never have to
stop talking all the time, as long as we knew about something we can say? When
are we going to repent of this wickedness?
When are we going to be humbled by our forerunner enough to close our
foolish mouths that we have judged so wise as to never need to be closed?
It may seem
to be that I could warn 10,000 times for people to repent and stop talking, but
I say it only to have 20,000 confident talkers who think they have so much to
say from God by the stirring of their own belly.
Indeed, if
anyone who hears or reads this perishes by the unbearable anger and wrath of
God because they did not close their mouths, I am innocent of their lives.
Their blood be upon their own heads,
because I clearly warned them to repent
of these things from the Scriptures, but they stiffened their necks and
hardened their hearts, and with blinded and irrational eyes would not repent
and cease to open their mouths!
Pro_13:3 CAB …he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself…
Jas_3:13 CAB Is there anyone wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his works are in meekness of wisdom.
Thoughts and Warnings from my “Inspirations”
Prayer Journal
Damnable Confidence
The fearful callus and puffing of time, and the weight
of experience, brings damnable confidence.
1/28/10; 2/2/10
Destroy Foolish Confidence
The more you defile your
value for the foolish confidences gained by valuing the flesh, the closer you
will come to the integrity of the unencumbered faith of a child. You will be
able to operate with clean hands and a pure heart of faith when you dishonor
and disregard the things you have previously learned to gain confidence from.
Ironically, the value of fleshly confidence is the worst enemy to clean faith.
Honoring God means despising the very basis and foundation of your greatest
confidence.
See: Php_3:4-11
2/11/2009
Do Not Presumptuously Exalt Yourself into Ministry
1Ti_1:12 CAB And I
give thanks to the One who empowers me,
Christ Jesus our Lord, because He considered me faithful, putting me into the
ministry,
God put Paul into the ministry based on counting him faithful, but we so quickly think we should put ourselves into the ministry because we have so many things to say, and we think we have lots of good ideas that everyone else needs to hear.
A few chapters later Paul also said that the overseer (the main leader of a Church) should be:
1Ti_3:6 CAB not a new convert [νεόφυτονG3504], lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
But we think the world needs us, and so comes all kinds of filthiness, transgression and condemnation upon the earth in all kinds of various manifestations, because we do not care about fearing God for our own recently reformed soul as this Scripture commands us.
And James says:
Jas_3:1 CAB My brothers, let not many become teachers, knowing that we shall receive greater judgment.
But we are so convinced that the world needs us and we are not even finished being saved yet! Why do we disrespect God by presuming our own worthiness? Why not rather assume that we are too far gone to be used and wait in complete brokenness, subjection and humiliation until perhaps God may exalt us one day to be used? Why are we so quick and stubborn to addictively approve ourselves? But we go about gleefully exalting ourselves while we have not even yet heard the first Word of commissioning from God! In fact, we have heard and read the command to not go and speak to the people, and yet we have disobeyed and promoted ourselves anyway!
Why do we despise God and his holiness so much that we would be willing to profane His holy name (and reputation) and His Divine Words for the sake of exalting ourselves in ministry so that we get a chance to speak our own words? We care not that we are presuming upon God as though He is allowing and even commanding us to talk when He has said no such thing, and we open our mouth in presumption and don’t even care that our own defiled and filthy words come out in the name of God. We hate on God so much, so addictively, because we cannot so much as close our mouth, and then we blame God for our atrocities by saying his spirit gave us the words of this hateful crime. But speaking things that are correct out of personal commission is still rebellion and a practice of evil.
It is high time we actually loved God instead of our own worthless words, which are profaning about as His Words.
It is time we repented of loving our own soul and expressing our own worthless heart, and actually began to love the real Jesus instead.
Conclusions About Confidence…
Where is the fear and trembling with all the talking?
Don’t Approve
Yourself!
2Co_10:18 CAB For not he who commends [συνιστῶν] himself is approved [δόκιμοςG1384 (dokimos)], but he whom the Lord commends [συνίστησιν].
[Remember: 1Co_9/ 2Co_13?]
Compare TSK Cross
References:
2Co_10:18
not: 2Co_10:12, 2Co_3:1, 2Co_5:12; Pro_21:2, Pro_27:2; Luk_16:15, Luk_18:10-14
approved: 2Co_6:4, 2Co_13:7; Act_2:22; Rom_14:18, Rom_16:10; 1Co_11:19; 2Ti_2:15
but: Mat_25:20-23; Joh_5:42-44, Joh_12:43; Rom_2:29; 1Co_4:5; 1Pe_1:7
Your surest damnation is to
try and justify yourself with many words.
2/7/10
Don’t Play Games as a Hypocrite and Make Excuses
to Talk
·
Religious spirits always
find ways to be self-exalting no matter how many times you command and exhort
unto humility and self-denial.
· No matter what context you put it in, the flesh will always find any and every opportunity and method to exalt itself, even if that means talking about correct and good-sounding things.
· Talking about Biblical things is not a sanctified excuse to indulge in the filthy addiction of talking.
· If you are excited and eager to talk about natural things, you are also defiled when you are excited and eager to talk about spiritual things.
· The confidence that drives a person to speak about normal things is at least just as defiled when talking about spiritual things.
Remove Confidence from Your Heart and Your Mouth
We
should cry in prayer: “Remove dirty and natural affirmations from my life, so
that I am not driven and compulsed into hell by the constant transgressions of
my mouth springing from my own confidence!”
Beware of:
· Age Confidence
· Affirmed, confident, extroverted personality motivation
· When it is consistently easy to wake up and go about life without a troubled soul…beware of this, because walking in the strength of fleshly confidence is a satan worship that will make Hell the only reasonable place to send such a person at judgment!
Fear God
Heb_12:14 NKJV Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
Act_24:25 NKJV Now as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid...
Rom_1:18 NKJV For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men...
Joh_3:36 NKJV He who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
Nah_1:3 NKJV The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked.
Fear the Judge, Not the Judgement
Fear the Judge, to Not Fear the Judgement
Mat_10:28 NKJV And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
No Fear? …of Judgement!
1Jn_4:16 And we have come
to know and believe the love which God has in us. God is love, and he that
abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
1Jn_4:16
καὶ ἡμεῖς
ἐγνώκαμεν
καὶ
πεπιστεύκαμεν
τὴν ἀγάπην ἣν
ἔχει ὁ Θεὸς ἐν
ἡμῖν. ῾Ο
Θεὸς ἀγάπη
ἐστί, καὶ ὁ
μένων ἐν τῇ
ἀγάπῃ ἐν
τῷ Θεῷ
μένει καὶ ὁ
Θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ.
1Jn_4:16
και ημεις
εγνωκαμεν και
πεπιστευκαμεν
την αγαπην ην
εχει ο θεος εν
ημιν ο θεος
αγαπη εστιν και
ο μενων εν τη
αγαπη εν τω θεω
μενει και ο
θεος εν αυτω Aμενει
Bμενει
1Jn_4:17 By this love has
been perfected with us: that we may have confidence [παρρησίαν] in the day of
judgment; because just as He is, we also are in this world.
1Jn_4:17 ἐν
τούτῳ
τετελείωται ἡ
ἀγάπη μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν,
ἵνα
παρρησίαν ἔχωμεν
ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ
τῆς κρίσεως, ὅτι
καθὼς ἐκεῖνός
ἐστι καὶ ἡμεῖς
ἐσμεν ἐν τῷ
κόσμῳ τούτῳ.
1Jn_4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love
casts out fear, because fear involves punishment. But he that fears has not
been made perfect in love.
1Jn_4:18 φόβος
οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν
τῇ ἀγάπῃ,
ἀλλ᾿ ἡ
τελεία ἀγάπη
ἔξω βάλλει
τὸν φόβον, ὅτι
ὁ φόβος
κόλασιν ἔχει·
ὁ δὲ
φοβούμενος οὐ
τετελείωται ἐν
τῇ ἀγάπῃ.
1Jn_4:19 We love Him
because He first loved us.
1Jn_4:19 ῾Ημεῖς
ἀγαπῶμεν αὐτόν,
ὅτι αὐτὸς
πρῶτος ἠγάπησεν
ἡμᾶς.
1Jn_4:19 ημεις αγαπωμεν TSBαυτον οτι αυτος πρωτος ηγαπησεν ημας
1Co_2:3 – I was with you in fear and in trembling
2Co_5:11 – Therefore knowing the terror of the lord we persuade men
Test Your own Salvation
2Co_13:5 WEB Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don't you know as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? -- unless indeed you are disqualified G96. [αδοκιμοι G96 (adokimos) – that is, “not” (a) “aproved” (dokimos)]
Ú Don’t be proud and offended so that you are unwilling to examine your own Salvation!
Ú He’s not asking you to do anything that he’s not willing to do himself (Compare Gal_2:2; 2Jn_1:8-9)
1Co_9:27 WEB but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected G96. [αδοκιμος G96 (adokimos) – that is, “not” (a) “aproved” (dokimos)]
We Still Need to Be Saved
Salvation never ceases
to be an issue
1Ti_4:13-16 CAB Until I come, give attention to public reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. 15 Meditate on these things; be in these things, so that your progress may be evident to all. 16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
Even Jesus had this right attitude:
Heb_5:7
If in Some Way
Php_3:7-15 CAB But
such things as were gain to me, these I have considered loss for the sake of
Christ. 8 More than that I also consider all things to
be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I
have sustained the loss of all things, and I consider them to be rubbish, in
order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found
in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is
through the faith of Christ, the
righteousness which is from God by faith; 10 so as
to know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His
sufferings, being conformed to His death,
11
if in some way [εἴ
πως] I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained, or have already
been made perfect; but I press on, if also I may lay hold of that for which I
was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. 13 Brothers, I
do not count myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching
forward to those things which are ahead,
14
I press toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus. 15 Therefore, as many as are mature, let us
think this way; and if in anything you think otherwise, even this God will
reveal to you.
The End of your Faith
1Pe_1:9 KJV
Receiving the end of your faith, even
the salvation of your souls.
[TSK: Rom_6:22; Heb_11:13; Jam_1:21]
These verses don't leave you complacently
saying, "I'm saved," but ask you, "Are you going to be
saved" in the end. Don't confidently say, "I'm saved," ask in
fear, "Will I be saved?"
In this section, look at all of the
charges to fear God that even the greatest of the saints received!
Full Reward
2Jn_1:8 CAB Look to yourselves, lest we should lose those
things for which we worked, but that we should receive a full reward.
Righteous Scarcely Saved
1Pe_4:18 CAB And "If the righteous one is scarcely saved, where will the godless and
the sinner appear?"
You and I still Need the Gospel
Said to a Church:
Rom_1:13-15 CAB Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that often I planned to come to you (and I was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles. 14 I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise. 15 So, as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.
Fear and Trembling Before the Corinthians
1Co_2:1-5 CAB And I, brothers, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, announcing to you the testimony of God… 3 And I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. 4 And my message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 in order that your faith might not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
It was this way for Jesus too:
Work Out Salvation With Fear And Trembling
Heb_5:5-9 CAB So
also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He
who said to Him: "You are My Son, Today I have begotten You." 6 Just as He also says in another place:
"You are a priest forever according to the order of
Melchizedek"; 7 who, in the
days of His flesh, when He had offered up both prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears
to the One who was able to save Him from
death, and was heard because of His fear of God, 8 though He was a Son, He learned obedience
by the things which He suffered. 9 And having
been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
(This is absolutely amazing!)
Php_2:3-12 CAB doing nothing according to selfish ambition or conceit, but with
humility, regarding one another as being better than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look out not only for his own
concerns, but also for the concerns of others.
5
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, existing in the form of God, did not
consider it robbery to be equal with God,
7
but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and
coming to be in the likeness of men. 8 And being
found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient unto
death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore
God also has highly exalted Him, and has graciously given Him a name which is
above every name, 10 that at the
name of Jesus every knee may bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth,
and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
12 So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
Calling and Election
2Pe_1:10 CAB Therefore, brothers, be even more diligent
to make your calling and election sure, for by doing these things you shall by
no means stumble at any time.
Heb_4:1 CAB Therefore let us fear, lest while the promise remains to enter into His rest, anyone of you seems to have fallen short.
Heb_12:21 - OT was this way, even to Moses
↓
Heb_12:28-29 CAB …let us have grace [favor], through which we serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
1Pe_1:17 CAB And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear;
2Co_7:1 CAB Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
(this makes Godly repentance: 2Co_7:11, and makes you receive people differently: 2Co_7:15)
Rom_3:18 - no fear of God before eyes
Rom_11:20 - don't be proud, but fear
Rom_13:7 - give to all their dues
2Co_11:3 - fear for other's salvation (also: 2Co_12:20)
Eph_5:21 - submit in fear of God
Eph_6:5 - servants with Fear & Trembling (also: 1Pe_2:18)
1Ti_5:20 - it results from rebuking as we ought
Heb_11:7 - Noah move with it
1Pe_2:17 - fear God, Honor the King
1Pe_3:2 – wives should do it to their
husbands (same Greek “fear” in Eph_5:33)
1Pe_3:15 - even answer with fear
Jud_1:12 - spots without fear (no fear
= End-times apostasy)
Jud_1:23 - save some with fear
Rev_11:18 - saints rewarded for fear
Rev_14:7 - loud voice demanding it
Rev_15:4 - hits everyone eventually
Rev_18:10/ Rev_18:15 - nations will do it at God's Judgment
Rev_19:5 - charged unto Praise
Loving Trials
2/7/16 (recompiled); 11/3/16
Still True Through Trials
Season Updates / Reminders
4/28/18-4/29/18
Still-True-Through-Trials--4.29.18.mp3
Despite trials, everything is still consistent w what we have already heard...
(from heaven and through exhortations)
it is not that everything changed, it is that we have lacked opportunity and strategy
and endurance...
What have been experiencing is not reality.
I am not persuaded by such trials.
Now I just need each of you to be faithful, and not be amazed by such
trials either.
Always remember the temporary nature of such pains, and the eternal
nature of the Truth.
the Creator thoroughly “tries out” the children of men so that they may
come out as gold.
Temporarily Distance yourself from your
trail and feelings: what am I going to do
with this soul of mine?
Most of our feelings of worthlessness/apathy/something died are due to
our lack of “devotions” at this season.
Return to the first works.
Forage -- We need to get scientific until we find out what pleases...
Get scientific until we solve this problem with knowledge.
the ball is in our court to obey and remain faithful and be bound to get
somewhere
Very soon after you rediscover how to put these things back in place again,
you can spring back up and live
the winter is past. let's Spring to life again!
…
in the meantime, before we feel like we have to give up and fail, let is
firmly remember or Divine origins and even the Divine origins of this stage -
lest we act like crazy people...
Content Remaining Within Trials
~Dec 2017; 1/7/18
1Co_7:20-24; 1Pe_2:18-25 – Content to be slaves
Heb_13:5-6 -- be content
Act_14:22 -- much tribulation enter the kingdom
Act_14:21 CAB
And having preached the gospel to that city and having made many
disciples, they returned to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch,
Act_14:21 Εὐαγγελισάμενοί
τε τὴν πόλιν
ἐκείνην καὶ
μαθητεύσαντες
ἱκανοὺς ὑπέστρεψαν
εἰς τὴν
Λύστραν καὶ |Aεις| ᾿Ικόνιον
καὶ |Aεις| ᾿Αντιόχειαν,
Act_14:22 CAB
strengthening [ἐπιστηρίζοντεςV-PAP-NPM] the souls [τὰς
ψυχὰς] of the disciples, urging them
[παρακαλοῦντεςV-PAP-NPM] ·to
continue [ἐμμένεινV-PAN
– be remaining (present tense)]
in the faith, ·saying, "[καὶ
ὅτι – and that: “]Through
many tribulations [διὰ
πολλῶν
θλίψεων] we ·must
[δεῖV-PAI-3S] · [(in) going into]
enter into [εἰσελθεῖν
V-2AAN εἰς PREP] ·the
kingdom of [the]
God [τὴν
βασιλείαν τοῦ
Θεοῦ]."
Act_14:22 ἐπιστηρίζοντεςV-PAP-NPM
τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν
μαθητῶν, παρακαλοῦντες
ἐμμένειν τῇ
πίστει, καὶ ὅτι
διὰ πολλῶν
θλίψεων δεῖ
ἡμᾶς εἰσελθεῖν
εἰς τὴν
βασιλείαν τοῦ
Θεοῦ.
Act_14:23 And having chosen elders for them in every church, and having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Act_14:23
χειροτονήσαντες
δὲ αὐτοῖς TSBπρεσβυτέρους
κατ᾿ ἐκκλησίαν
|Aπρεσβυτερους|,
προσευξάμενοι
μετὰ νηστειῶν
παρέθεντο αὐτοὺς
τῷ Κυρίῳ
εἰς ὃν
πεπιστεύκασι.
>> Trials ultimately draw out the best or worst from us.
>> either way they bring things to the surface and finally get things to be where they truly are.
>> cooperate with the process
>> even if you long to be together
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Rev_2:5, etc. – First works
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Ultimate love separation
Love The Offence, And you Will be Free From Fear of Persecution!
Be enraptured with
inoculating infatuation with the truth, and then no other fear will ever be
attractive to you
Other dates: mostly somewhere between: ~ 2010-2012
(as seen in Spiritual Interface > Defeat Fear); 2/13/17 (recompiled)
Question
Why do we sometimes lack
motivation to undergo persecution for the unpopular and ostracizing
commands of the Bible? Why is it hard for us to look weird and be misunderstood?
Partial Answer
Fear sets in when it
comes to the reproach of Christ (the offense of the cross) when we do not see
the strangeness of the cross as an attractive thing
Are You “Offended” at the “Scandal”?
Note: “Offended” is the KJV version of the actual word: “scandal” or
“fall”
1Pe_2:8 KJV And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence [σκανδάλου – lit. scandal], even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
From: Isa_8:12-14 (MT, not LXX); Isa_57:14
Quoted exactly the same in: Rom_9:32-33; 1Co_1:23; 2Co_2:16
In the mean time, this tribal fear kills us secretly from within and manifests itself in panic and fears that compulse us to unfaithfulness to true and right things. This is one more major reason why the world (including the church) is full of scandals. We all know these things are dreadfully wrong, but fear kills us from doing even what we all know is right, and blocks us from knowing and acting on what is obviously true. Fear blurs the mind from rationality, and things that seemed clear before become impossibly obscure in times of pressure.
We have just got to do something about this death of evil, treacherous fear!
There is a “Call to Action”
- It is time to have integrity;
- It is time to defeat fear and renounce all of our leagues with it;
- You Can Winn!!: There is no more room in a person’s life to accommodate and entertain fear when they have already hurt from crucifixion!
1Pe_4:1-2 KJV Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
The Reproach and the Offense
The main passages for this point
Heb_11:24-26 CAB By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to have the temporary pleasure of sin, 26 regarding the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.
[TSK: Heb_10:32-35, Heb_13:13; Psa_69:7,
Psa_69:20, Psa_89:50, Psa_89:51; Isa_51:7; Act_5:41; 2Co_12:10; 2Co_12:10]
Gal_5:11 CAB And I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense [scandal] of the cross has been done away with.
Mat_11:6 CAB And blessed is the one who is not offended because of Me."
[TSK: Isa_8:14; Rom_9:32, Rom_9:33; Luk_6:22; 1Co_1:18, 1Co_1:23; 1Pe_2:8, 1Pe_2:9]
Gal_1:10 CAB For do I just now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
The Offense
Of The Cross
- it never makes
sense to a fleshly mind to die willingly!
- In a literal
"pictorial" sense they were constantly misunderstanding and
mis-quoting Jesus as He was crucified
- 'He is calling for
Elijah' (sounds closer in Greek)
- You who would
destroy the temple...
- 'Let God rescue you
from the cross' – as though that were His goal
Side note: judging someone
based on your distortion of their motives is perverted, unstable, unsound,
irrational, unreasoning, unjust, and a scandal of integrity, from a hating and
wicked heart that only wants to sin in folloy and care nothing for truth)
For us, we must Love the Offense!
- defeat fear &
hurt (& "having to do" things) asap - never leave it festering
(Peter denied because of this)
- Love Jesus' scandal, so
that you will never scandal from integrity of loving the offense of the cross!
Freedom from the fear of Paganism means the life of the cross
- dwell before Him without
fear
- you may indeed have
Paul's situations:
2Co_7:5 CAB For indeed, when we came to Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side; outside were fightings, inside were fears.
- but the question is if you are going to act like the fear is reasonable and cooperate with it... (as said previously)
2Co_1:8-11 CAB For we do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Yes, we have had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, 10 who delivered us from so great a death, and is delivering us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, 11 you also laboring together for us in prayer, that thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf for the gift given to us through many.
Jer15 – God Saves Great People in the Midst of their Persecution
Jer's Legitimate Associated With God & Persecution
Jer_15:15 – Jer's persecution
(Jer_15:16 – MT: I ate Your Words... / LXX: Consume them...)
Jer_15:17 – no siting / rejoicing w them
Jer's Cry
Jer_15:18 – Jer's Persistent wound (LXX: 'Why do they that grieve me prevail against me?')
>> See: Sometimes It takes Time
God's Motivating Answer with Conditions of Faith
Jer_15:19 – (1) Return / Purify Mouth (2) God Helps / Jer will Be God's Mouth (...then they return, not you)
>> (comp: Mat_12:36-37 – by words condemned or justified)
Jer_15:20 – they shall by no means prevail against you
Jer_15:21 – God is there to rescue [LXX: ἐξαιρεῖσθαί...λυτρώσομαί...]
Monothiestic real prophecy leaves you weak, it does not make your flesh strong (Paul said ...strivings without and fears within). It is anti-christ that makes you bullet proof. On demand prophecy is false. Real prophecy does not take trials away. Jeremiah felt an unresolve about/ after prophecying Elijah felt unresolve about/ after prophecying.
God is not phased at working out inspiration thru his great people, while at the same time saving his great people.
Being perfect is not that far away as we set it out to be. If you do what you know to do then God will do what you cannot do.
The big answer as to how to win is to be mindful of the words you speak.
Jer_15:20
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Jer_1:18, Jer_1:19
God is true. If God tells you to do something and it does not work, he will tell you to do it again. YOU are the variable Not Him. Be reverent, wait, soften your heart, believe what he said was the answer and some day your eyes will pop open and it will happen when you do it perfectly.
If you find a perpetual problem, and God gave a simply answer it is you, Not Him. It is that true and it is that good. If it doesn't seem to work there is some where that needs more revernce. Pause, Fear(God), Search.
God takes every moment of thinking about reverencing God, as reverencing God, and God considers every moment of this precious
Gal_5:1-2
2Co_3:17
"What I have found is that if I can generally avoid speaking I come pretty close to being just about perfect (see Jas_3:2).
2/12/11"
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Sometimes It takes Time when Crying for Help
2Sa_6:7-12 , 1Ch_15:11-15 - Like David bring the ark in
It does not delight God when you begrudgingly do what he was wanting the most to begin with (ie hate the process of waiting and hurting while searching for reverence)
make sure you don't do begrudgingly what God was eagerly waiting for you to do from the begining
Hos_6:1-2 - In three days He will Revive / I will revive you...
2Ki_20:5 - On the third day Hezekiah will go up to the house of the Lord
Mar_10:34 - On the 3rd day He will rise again
Job's example
Jas_5: Job > Our Help
Mat_21:19; Mar_11:12-25 – Fig Tree
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Psalm-Like Cry – Venting Perfect Words in Faith
Psa_41:11 – I know you are for me when you do not let my adversarys triumph over me
IT is a legitimate reason to ask if God is delighting in you but it is not a legitmate reason to doubt or give up and blame God for any failures
If you hav clean zeal that is faith but if your tainted some how it degrades to plain ole blasphemy. If it is tainted, if there is uncleanness, religious hypocrisy is going on, you do not have clean zeal you should fear to open your mouth.
Complainting is almost the same thing as cursing.
Sometimes you need to vent but other times you just need to get your act together and make some good confessions.
Orthodox statements/good confessions go along way. Somethings it is a time to vent but a lot of times you just need to make some good confessions. And you better learn the difference or you will be hurting for a long time.
If you are not clean and you are venting your are just complaining and blaspheming.
Venting is for clean and spiritual faith.
It is clean and cherished by God.
It shows you feel like he does, and makes Him more urgent to do what He already wants to do...
Venting without faith is just 'sancified blasphemy' and ends in judgement.
Don't let the flesh be bold and vent all its dirty doubt, but crucifie it and make Orthodox confessions so you might live.
Good confessions
Pas_32:3 - don't keep
silent...
God to Abraham: Be Perfect Before Me...
Gen_12:1
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Gen_17:1 – God told Abraham, 'Be perfect' even after he had visions
>> See: BBsum
How about Moses when he thought God was going to save the children of Isreal by him and had to wait 40 years
Mat5: Be Perfect... Luk 6: Be Merciful... – Refining Your Words and Judgements Toward Others
>> (This also belongs in 'Bible diffaculties' & 'Divine Mistakes')
You know the child because the child takes on the nature of the father.
Remove from your words every
If you want to purify your words- you have to purge out your words from non-compassionate statements.
Mat_5:48 – Be perfect as Father...
Luk_6:36 – Be compassionate as Father...
>> See: context
>> both are saying that mercy is the way to being perfect
>> think: refusing to assign guilt to those whom you do not own --
>> Rom_14:4 – who are you to judge another man's servant?
>> New Covenant: Paul even insists that you forgive Onesimus (Phm_1:8-21)
>> and we have seen that 'being perfect' is the way to finally win
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How to not have your enemies triumph over you - be more perfect
How to be perfect - purify your words
How to purify your words - remove every unmerciful statement
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2Ki_22:11, 2Ki_22:18-20 – Josiah quickly pricked when truth finally hit him
Persueing truth is wanting to benfit others, because you are not even beginning to persue truth if you don't want save yourself and your hearers.
A way to save other people is defeating your enemies including other people's demons you are trying to save.
The Hope
Isa_49:19-21 – Who has born these to me?
>> Isa_49:26 – your enemies will no longer win against you...'
Israel was supposed to be 'a city on a hill' (Mat_5:14-15 – i.e. Like Jerusalem)
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Watch Out for a Kick Back After
Great Victories
3/29/15;
3/30/15 (revising God's original instructions)
Noah with the wine
Lot with his daughters
Gedeon with the vest
Peter with walking on water, then sinking
Peter with saying who Anointed One is, but
then shortly thereafter, speaking by satan
this esp.
happens after revising God's original instructions
Gen_19:19-21 – Lot
Moses asked for helpers, and they were later part of the rebellion
Moses asked for a speaker subsitute, and then Arron, even
though he was good, made a golden calf
Abraham ask for
Ishmiel, and he became an ememy to Abraham's inheritance
Get Romantic Toward God When Going Through Trials
Some
Ways To Get Romantic Toward God
3/6/16 (1st written &
Presented); 12/9/23
James & 2Co_12:
Take pleasure in trials that make you weak,
so that God’s power can come on you!
Defining Romance & Her
Enemies
·
Romance
is the passionate love, pursuit, and experience of intimacy.
·
Being
romantic is loving intimacy, and the most perfect form of it is being
passionately zealous to do anything it takes to get it.
·
Romantic
people confer extreme value upon others so that they are energetically and
enthusiastically motivated and obsessively driven to relate to them.
·
Getting
romantic has a lot to do with a combination of responding to, and especially
initiating, pursuits of intimacy.
·
By
the way, one person said that appreciating other people, and successfully
communicating it, will result in intimacy.
·
Doorknobs
(for example) do not give over a reasonable response to the affection shown to
them.
·
“Foxes”
(Son_2:15)
compete with romance so that intimacy is somehow made sour, not desirable,
unappealing, and not exciting.
·
A
beautiful, attractive, appealing, important, valuable, enthralling, mysterious
person can be made “ugly” and uninteresting / unexciting in the eyes of a
ruined and worthless-hearted doorknob.
·
“Foxes”
turn functioning people into doorknobs so that the most appealing and delicious
people in all existence (David and or God, for examples) are repulsive to the
perverted and evil tongue and to the stomach of one captured by the foxes of
satan / the devil / thorough accusation thrower.
·
Repeated
Example: Michal against David
·
Note/reminder: it is always the fault of the one offended
& non-romantic & doing the despising.
·
God
is always infinitely hot and romantic, and humans are usually shallow, boring,
and apathetic.
·
God
made us for the value of intimacy – both human and Divine, and even the Hybrid
combination thereof!
·
We
are commanded to never be complacent or take a rest from romance.
·
God
demands that we are always hot, and never lukewarm.
·
What
are you going to do to stay romantic, esp. toward God & His people?
Some Ways God Reveals His
Romance
Rom_5:8
– God stands together a demonstration of his own love for us in this
Pro_15:8
– The prayer of the upright is his MT: delight H7522; LXX: acceptable
(CAB) [δεκται]
Strong on H7522
רצן רצון
râtsôn râtsôn
raw-tsone',
raw-tsone'
From
H7521; delight: - (be) acceptable (-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good)
pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as . . . (what) would.
WS on H7522
רצוֹן
rāṣôn, ָרֹצן
raṣōn: A masculine noun meaning
pleasure, delight, desire, will, favor, acceptance. This term is ascribed both
to human agents and to God. For humans, the word often described what the heart
was set on having or doing, whether for good or evil (Gen_49:6; 2Ch_15:15; Neh_9:24, Neh_9:37; Est_1:8; Psa_145:16, Psa_145:19; Dan_8:4; Dan_11:3).
When attributed to God, the term expresses the divine goodwill which He extends
to humanity as He sees fit (Deu_33:16, Deu_33:23; Psa_5:12 [13]; Psa_69:13 [14]; Psa_106:4; Pro_12:2; Pro_18:22; Isa_49:8; Isa_60:10; Isa_61:2). In passages pertaining to
the offering of sacrifices, offerings, or fasting in worship, the word designates
the favorable reception of the worshipers (and thus their worship) by the Lord
(Exo_28:38; Lev_1:3; Lev_19:5; Lev_22:19-21, Lev_22:29; Lev_23:11; Isa_56:7; Isa_58:5; Isa_60:7; Jer_6:20). On a few occasions, the
word denotes anything that is pleasing to God (i.e., His will [lit., His
pleasure]; Psa_40:8
[9]; Psa_103:21; Psa_143:10). This noun is derived from
the verb rāsāh (H7521).
Examples
from DAP (Chat):
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Hd: All: Home work / Conf.
Prep / Class participation: Name some ways God makes romantic moves toward us
Hd: feel free to type here
in chat and or at the top of the QNAs doc
Hd: pls participate
h:
having a proclaimer tell us truth so that we can know Him
Hd: :+)
h: letting
us hear the bible read to us and interpretted and even.hearing greek and
hebrew read to us. hearing the bible in the original language is
warming to me
h:
allowing us to find life and hope and resolve in prayer
h:
having an open door policy: you can come to him and repent at any moment, you
cam cast your cares on him all the time, there is mercy
available all the time
v: wow what an exciting
homework topic!. I am really warmed by the Lord's jealousies over me,
like when He says to come to him first and don't delay
v: I really like it when
the Lord corrects my former misconceptions of things, and it is so
relieving to do the new found truth I found our
v: *out
v: for example finding
out that women should get beat if they don't submit to their man is so romantic
and relieving to me.
A: =-) lol
A: When the Lord sings
together with you, making songs of favor.
A: The Lord being welcoming
to you anytime you choose to believe at any moment.
A: The command to 'not
delay in turning to the Lord' (you don't have to snowball or have
downward spiral crashes).
A: He's always awake, and
doesn’t slumber, and thus always there to hear you pray; He has the wherewithal
to always be engaged and He’s always awake and zealous to wrestle with
you when needed.
A
He
‘chastens’ those he loves
Yet he doesn’t do phantom guilts; but he always
gives a way/solution to be righteous
A
He
defends his own- Love always
covers and protects, and doesn’t do shame
Ex when outsiders sought to find fault with the
disciples for not washing their hands or for picking grain on the Sabbath, the
Lord knew how to “speak for his accused ones on their behalf, and even turn the
spotlight back on the accusers. I love the Manliness of the Lord when he speaks
on behalf of Truth and his vulnerable ones, and when he draws out the greater
guilt of hypocrites.
Aye:
Wow, what a neat homework/conference prep and responses
A: Yeah...and all
the girls get provoked!
Aye:
He gives us commandments and solid things to go by. He tells us
what to do so we don't have to be unstable.
Aye:
He's willing to hold our hands (you seive my right hand with your
counsel you guide me Psa_73) and help us to get it right and be perfect
Aye:
He goes before us with goodness: he's willing to make people
great before they realize what greatness is (ex. our Mom).
Aye:
He's willing to overthrow the whole earth just to exalt his salvation and save
you (then the earth shook and quaked the foundations of the earth were
distrubed and were shaken because my God was angry with them (psa_18), holding
the sun still, etc.
Aye:
he gets really mad because of his jealousy.
Aye:
oh my blood pressure and heart rating going up. <<
A
Like
H also mentioned- the command to cast all our cares upon Him...
He's not intimidated by our "luggage",
nor is he easily discouraged. He's knows how to bear the weight of these
things, and He has the "muscles", wherewithal, resolve, and
confidence to do it.
…
A: Another romantic move:
In general, the Lord has already told us about all our trials ahead
of time (and things have even been written in the Scriptures to call next to us
unto hope). He has dealt soberly, honestly, concerningly, and lovingly towards
us so that we don't stagger in shock, thinking things are "strange",
and end up losing our minds in the midst of trials. He has told us ahead of
time so that we might believe (Joh_14:29), and have no excuse.
v
Oh
that He is so consistent and not a flickle human, oh his consistency
and faithfulness is very attractive.
He is manily, courageous, and brave enough to die
for his woman. That's very warming that the Lord actuallyy died for us,
and its not just a whole bunch of talk with no action either, he actually did
it already. And found a way to protect and have his bride when its all said and
done. He's better than any gangster I have every known.
He can and has out done us in everything and with
every feeling. Therefore, if I feel like I'm just bursting at the seams with
love for God, that's because He felt that way and more towards me before hand.
Another example would be the Lord dancing for/over me in more
exciting and swavvy ways than I could do for Him. =)-K
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It Is Time For Romantic Justice! – God’s Extravagant Love vs. Our Imperative Ambition
·
It
is all good and everything when God shows that He loves us, but it is not good
if we are unreasonably and disproportionately complacent and apathetic toward
His awesome kindness toward us who are already unworthy in ourselves.
·
God
loves us more than we love Him, but we should at least seek to out-do His
expression of Love back to Him (i.e. returning favor to God in felt ways).
·
God
loves us more than we love Him, even though we are infinitely less worthy of
Love, but,
·
Justice
happens when we finally realize this and get up and get zealous to set the
record straight and seek to make a bigger deal about Loving God than His
current expression of Love to us.
·
One
of God’s biggest occupations among men is declaring His immeasurable love for
us.
·
One
of our biggest obligations to God is to make Him “feel” love from us, as the
only reasonable response.
·
It
is proper for unfaithful people to be punished (possibly even without warm
affectionate love), no matter how much they may be loved (objectively).
·
The
more faithful someone is, the more worthy they are to constantly feel and be
shown the value of warm love.
·
“Showing”
the value of love (making someone feel it) is properly reserved unto the one
who is most faithful.
·
Since
God is way more faithful than us, we should be the ones going around as
urgently as we can to do love to God as much as possible with our deeds and
felt expressions, even if we ourselves are still not
worthy/perfected/ready/completed in faithfulness enough for God to make us
“feel” His Love for us as much as we crave.
I am Tired of Romantic Injustice!
·
I
for one am extremely tired of seeing God be so much more worthy than humans,
and yet seeing humans be so nauseatingly complacent toward God.
·
I
am tired of seeing the Worthy One ignored and all of His advances considered
unexciting.
·
People
are not emotional rocks! -- When are we ever going to learn this??
·
Much
less is God emotionally like a lifeless rock.
·
God’s
mighty strength and infinite power are like a rock, but His passion and soul
and love is an unquenchable and blazing fire.
·
It
is our job (our imperative ambition) to keep God motivated and hot toward us
with urgent romantic appeals.
·
If
we don't, He will ultimately work out salvation by Himself with His own right
arm*, and His
intimacy will go to others who are more worthy, because they will entreat His
justice.
* (Isa_41:28;
Isa_50:2); (Isa_51:9
- awake!); Isa_59:16-17, etc.; Isa_63:5, etc. (Joh_16:32
– even great people temporarily left Jesus Alone)
TSK:
mine own: Isa_40:10,
...Isa_52:10, Psa_44:3, Psa_98:1, Hos_1:7, 1Co_1:24, Heb_2:14, Heb_2:15
God Withdraws To Wait For
Justice
Gen_4:26 – In
Enosh's day, men began to seek God...
Gen_6:3 – God said:
my spirit will not always remain with mankind because he is flesh
·
Among
many other things, one of the big reasons that God withdraws Himself from
humans is because justice is pending.
·
God
waits for people to come and do some faithfulness/romance, without being
satiated with even more pleasures on top of pleasures (gratification and
pampering) before being motivated to action/excitement.
·
It
is extremely romantic from Heaven's perspective to look down and see a human
sitting in dust and ashes and hurting without physical consolation, yet being
passionate to set the record straight, and look up in the heaven and to love
God without any external feelings of happiness and goodness.
·
It
is time to happily sing in prison with Paul and Silas
·
It
is extremely romantic from God's perspective to look down and see a human who
finally wants to love His intimacy.
The Romantic God Who Can Seem Like an
Unjust Judge
Luk_18:1, etc. –
Jesus told the parable that man ought to always pray...
·
We
should consider praying even when God feels like an unjust judge who is personally
indifferent to us. -- this is the real God, that fleshly church people do not
know.
·
Endurance
is extremely scarce and endangered and hard to come by today, because people do
not know the real God.
\/\/\/
Don't Go Crazy
2/21/16; 3/6/16
Paul Tells us How to Stay
Sane in Trial
2Th_2:2, etc. –
don't fall from your mind
2Co_1:9 – we
had the sentence of death in ourselves
Job's Different
"Friends"
Job_2:11 – Job's
three friends
Job_42:10-12, etc.,
esp. v. Job_42:11 –
brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances
·
When
the rest of Job's (more helpful) family & friends finally came (40 chapters
later), he was finally comforted after all of his sorrow.
·
They
came and ate, and brought him money, and comforted him.
The “Friends” that Make You
Crazy or Sane
·
It
is amazing how what you hear affects your perception of reality.
·
If
you listen to demons, don't be surprised if you go absolutely crazy.
·
If
you listen to pessimistic people, be sure to speak some faithful words in your
ears in a debriefing to recover your sanity whenever needed.
How To Win by Romance
Making Someone Happy is What Romance
Obligations Are All About
Being
Pleasing vs. Being Hated
Exo_21:8 – MT: "IF
DYSFUNCTIONAL in~EYE~s2 LORD~s~her" (MechTr); LXX: ἐὰν
μὴ εὐαρεστήσῃ τῷ
κυρίῳ αὐτῆς
Deu_21:11-14,
esp. Deu_21:14 (MT: H2654;
LXX: μὴ θέλῃς αὐτήν)
Gen_28:8, (Jdg_14:3), 1Sa_8:6, (1Sa_18:8,)
WS on H2654
"חֵפץ
ḥāp̱ēṣ,
ָחַפץ
ḥāp̱aṣ:
A verb meaning to delight in, to have pleasure, to have favor, to be pleased.
Shechem took delight in Dinah (Gen_34:19); King Ahasuerus also took delight in
Esther (Est_2:14). This word describes Solomon's pleasure in building the
Temple (1Ki_9:1). The Lord is described as taking pleasure in His people Israel
(Isa_62:4). He is also pleased with those who practice justice and
righteousness (Jer_9:24 [23])."
Hated
Deu_24:1-4 -- in a bad sense
Hos_9:14-15 -- in a righteous sense
TSK: I hated:
Lev_26:30, Eze_23:18 [God’s mind/soul alienated from her],
Zec_11:8
TSK: I will drive:
Hos_9:3, Hos_9:17, Hos_1:6, Hos_1:9, Hos_3:4, 1Ki_9:7-9, 2Ki_17:17-20,
Psa_78:60, Jer_3:8, Jer_11:15, Jer_33:24-26, Amo_5:27
Rom_9:13 – Jacob loved, Esau hated
[1Co_7 – spouses being mutually pleasing to
each other]
Make God
Happy
·
In
many ways, the sum total answer for obediently loving in all romance is to
make God happy.
·
Consider
all the ways that God makes humans happy: food, spiritual food and truth, etc.
·
When
are we going to get up with Phineas (despite apathetic temptations, depressions,
etc.) and make God happy?
·
Neither
people nor God are an emotional rock
·
Make
worthy people & God happy -- if your goal is romance.
Faithful Romance is The Way
to Win
·
If
you are faithful and remember what God said, you will be exceedingly pleasing though
you go through many trials and discouragements.
·
Though
you may bear bad feelings now, you will bear God's adoration and inherit His
intimacy in the end.
FollowUps
3/7/16
Be Happy & Feminine
It is not romantic or feminine to not be happy.
List things you can do to
make God happy:
Sing
Pray
Smile toward God
Make poor people happy!
Do what is the desire & tendency of
proclaimer / righteous assembly...
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Being Willing to Receive Evil
Being Willing In Your Orthodox Theology to Receive Good
And Evil From God
1/17/16 (first written & presented); 2/11/16
Moses was humiliated without miracles for many years before being especially empowered
At First, Jesus…
· grew in favor
· Was not publically called out by demons
· Did not know good from evil
· Allowed his earthly father to die
Job_2:9-10 – Will we receive good from the lord and not evil
TSK: shall we
receive: Job_1:1-3, Job_1:10, Job_1:21, 2Sa_19:28, Lam_3:38-41,
Joh_18:11, Rom_12:12, Heb_12:9-11, Jam_5:10
Gen_12:7-10, esp. v. Gen_12:10; Gen_26:1-6 – Abraham & Isaac have to relocate because there is a famine in the land of promise.
Rth_1:19-21 – I went out full, but I came back empty
TSK: and the: 1Sa_2:7-8, Job_1:21
(TSK: the
Lord: Job_10:17, Job_13:26, Job_16:8, Mal_3:5)
1Sa_25:1, etc. – David seeks help from Nabal >> Get the specific verse I am referring to
>>
TSK/other examples like this
2Sa_19:31-39 (esp. 2Sa_19:34-39) – Barzillai stayed back and King David blessed him
Luk_16:20-22, etc. -- a beggar who died
TSK: that:
Job_3:13-19, Isa_57:1, Isa_57:2, Rev_14:13
\/\/
Jacob’s wife dies after obeying God!
>>Scrip:
Notice Jesus’ acceptance of Lazarus’ death as being perfectly in the will of God - Luk_16:19-25
Joh_11:4 Lazarus (brother of Mary and Martha)
Don’t fear only believe… - Luk_8:50
Paul said he left someone somewhere sick – 2Ti_4:20
…
Eternal weight of reward – 2Co_4:17
When the worst things happen, we need a theology like Jesus that doesn’t see these things as unorthodox
Learn an orthodox theology on how to wait
Dealing with Drama
Moving mountains,
Sacrificing Issac
You need special commissioning to forgo your responsibilities
Persecution
See: LUX
See: MVP > Strike the Monotheists!
Flee Persecutions
5/26/16
Mat_10:23 LB But whenever they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly I say to you, by no means will you have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Mat_10:23 οταν δε διωκωσιν υμας εν τη πολει ταυτη φευγετε εις την Aετεραν TSBαλλην αμην γαρ λεγω υμιν ου μη τελεσητε τας πολεις του ισραηλ εως αν ελθη ο υιος του ανθρωπου
TSK: Mat_2:13, Mat_4:12, Mat_12:14, Mat_12:15, Luk_4:29-31, Joh_7:1, Joh_10:39-42, Joh_11:53, Joh_11:54, Act_8:1, Act_9:24, Act_9:25, Act_13:50, Act_13:51, Act_14:6, Act_14:7, Act_14:19, Act_14:20, Act_17:10, Act_17:14, Act_20:1
Pro_22:3 WEB A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
Pro_22:3 CAB An intelligent man seeing a bad man severely punished is himself instructed, but fools pass by and are punished.
Pro_22:3 πανοῦργος
ἰδὼν πονηρὸν
τιμωρούμενον
κραταιῶς αὐτὸς
παιδεύεται, οἱ
δὲ ἄφρονες
παρελθόντες ἐζημιώθησαν.
TSK: prudent: Pro_14:16,
Pro_27:12, Exo_9:20,
Exo_9:21, Isa_26:20,
Isa_26:21, Mat_24:15-18,
1Th_5:2-6, Heb_6:18,
Heb_11:7
Love Disciplin
4/28/16; 11/4/16
We have a group of a majority of spanking-less people.
· Mir and other said their parents did not spank them
These concerns still affect us today.
We still face trial and temptations and vulnerabilities from not being spanked sufficiently.
Jer_46:28 WEB Don't be
afraid you, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; for I am with you: for I will make
a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a
full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave
you unpunished.
Jer_46:28 CAB Fear not,
My servant Jacob, says the Lord; for I am with you. She that was without
fear and in luxury, has been delivered up; for I will make a full end of every
nation among whom I have thrust you forth. But I will not cause you to fail.
Yet will I chastise you in the way of judgment, and will not hold you entirely
guiltless.
Jer_46:28 (26:28) μὴ
φοβοῦ, παῖς μου
Ιακωβ, λέγει κύριος,
ὅτι μετὰ σοῦ ἐγώ
εἰμι· ὅτι ποιήσω
συντέλειαν ἐν
παντὶ ἔθνει, εἰς
οὓς ἐξῶσά σε ἐκεῖ,
σὲ δὲ οὐ μὴ ποιήσω
ἐκλιπεῖν· καὶ
παιδεύσω σε εἰς
κρίμα καὶ ἀθῷον
οὐκ ἀθῳώσω σε.
Domestic Discipline of the Righteous
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7/16/16
Deu_8:5 KJV+ Thou shalt also considerH3045 inH5973 thine heart,H3824 that,H3588 asH834 a manH376 chastenethH3256 (H853) his son,H1121 so the LORDH3068 thy GodH430 chastenethH3256 thee.
Deu_8:5 And you shall know in your heart, that as if any man should chasten his son, so the Lord your God will chasten you.
Deu_8:5 καὶ γνώσῃ
τῇ καρδίᾳ σου ὅτι
ὡς εἴ τις παιδεύσαι
ἄνθρωπος τὸν υἱὸν
αὐτοῦ, οὕτως κύριος
ὁ θεός σου
παιδεύσει σε,
Lev_26:43 WEB The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them: and they will accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.
Lev_26:43 CAB And I will remember the land, and the land shall be left of them; then the land shall enjoy her Sabbaths, when it is deserted through them; and they shall accept the punishment of their iniquities, because they neglected My judgments, and in their soul loathed My ordinances.
Lev_26:43 καὶ ἡ γῆ ἐγκαταλειφθήσεται
ὑπ᾿ αὐτῶν· τότε
προσδέξεται ἡ
γῆ τὰ σάββατα αὐτῆς
ἐν τῷ ἐρημωθῆναι
αὐτὴν δι᾿ αὐτούς,
καὶ αὐτοὶ
προσδέξονται
τὰς αὐτῶν ἀνομίας,
ἀνθ᾿ ὧν τὰ κρίματά
μου ὑπερεῖδον
καὶ τοῖς προστάγμασίν
μου προσώχθισαν
τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτῶν.
Lev_26:44 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Yahweh their God;
Lev_26:44 And yet not even thus, while they were in the land of their enemies, did I overlook them, nor did I loathe them so as to consume them, to break My covenant made with them; for I am the Lord their God.
Lev_26:44 καὶ
οὐδ᾿ ὧς ὄντων αὐτῶν
ἐν τῇ γῇ τῶν ἐχθρῶν
αὐτῶν οὐχ ὑπερεῖδον
αὐτοὺς οὐδὲ
προσώχθισα αὐτοῖς
ὥστε ἐξαναλῶσαι
αὐτοὺς τοῦ
διασκεδάσαι τὴν
διαθήκην μου τὴν
πρὸς αὐτούς· ὅτι
ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος
ὁ θεὸς αὐτῶν.
>> TSK
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Examples
of things that might call for a spanking
2/18/16
Abating man's courage
Finding ways to not be able to quickly
respond to man's directives
Finding exceptions and problems so that
man cannot lead
Not being sequential
Everything Suggesting Indebted mind
reading
Guilt / liabilities for not mind reading
Not communicating & then blaming the
leader for not mind reading
'Fire proof'/femenist/jump up to please
the woman/delighting much in the man being forced to 'learn' and change...
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DD
Paul:
trembling
>tsk
Guard cam
trambling before Paul
>tsk
Like a
woman fearing before a man streaching and shaking his hand/arm...
They will
fear as women...
Abigal's
bowing seems consistent with this
As God is
enticed and enthrawled by trembling, so a man is overwhelmingly provoked by a
fearing woman.
DD
Although
it says and overseer must be blameless in rulling his own house, in the most
spiritual ambition Paul says, 'let the husband see that he loves his
wife' and "let the woman see that she fears her man" -- so let
a woman chase her own soul down for fearing her man before her husband even get
a chance to lay a finger on her
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Bbs: mk ppt
or .ai file for DDD play!
Wis_7:20
Romantic Trails – That’s what God Really Want in Place of Shallow Complacency and Limited Romance
Divine romance does not "pop" when difficulties arrise. God does not stop thinking romantically, so niether should we. Since the truth of God's romantic sentiments are in the heavens, they do not truly stop even when we have gotten distracted.
Johna ran away partly to see if God would 'let him off the hook', but on God's end the romance was unstoppable. -- The fluctuating feminine emotions of our humanity feels like things rise or fall with the seasonal shifting of our unstable soul, but God's solidity is apprehended by those with unmoved faith in His logos.
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The Element Of Anger In Discipline
8/25/15
Anger does not sabotage romance.
If anger seems to quench love, then you are not really doing love.
God burned with Anger at the burning bush
God made a storm for Jonah
Both of these examples had to do with God’s burning jealousy over demanding that His prophets be made great. -- that is the very heart pumping essence of romance -- burning jealousy, and hot passion, demanding control, manipulative forcefulness, overshadowing rape (snatching) into greatness…
Anger does not stop romance, it proves that hot romance is there, else they would be cool and possibly indifferent towards you!
Romance that cannot withstand the heat of jealousy is shallow and worth not much more than the highest aspirations of this life.
Control shows dominant mastership -- without which you cannot have romance.
Even displeasure shows ownership and kingship and dependence and zeal to define you, and solidifys vulnerability -- this is all very romantic
Sometime: What better opportunity to strike deeply with pleasure, and break a bone with a gentle tongue, or to humble yourself with adoration and prove consistent love…?
It is more blessed to give than to receive
Isn’t there a blessedness in enduring and proving selfless love and consistent good bowel in all things?
When does selflessness come in?
and you can change a lot by example
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The Righteous
Management of Sorrow
8/13/15
Morning righteously means managing your sorrow in faith
No morn as those who have no hope
Worldly sorrow
For the present, All punishment is not joyful, but...
Leap for joy
Paul and Silas
No one will be able to take away your favorable rejoicing
Being called a dog
Endurance And Reward
10/29/15;
10/31/15; 11/19/16 (recompiled)
The
Treachery of Loving Murder
People want investment before being proven faithful.
this is a deep evil, and perverse trechary.
Vs.
Loving to Be Tested
The whole point of the word "tested and approved" (all throughout the Bible) is that you would be treated with contempt and held at a distence until you have been shown worthy to approach holy and true clean things...
Esther 'enduring' and waiting a year in oils and preprarations, and hoping to be choosen by the king.
⦁ you got to endure and wait to be choosen
⦁ don't sabatage all your waiting so that you have to start over
farmer waits patiently for fruit...
endure to the end
David's sin with Bathsheba: God does 'change' plans and directions (although not predestination) based on your sin...
Job's loving venting vs. uggly and hatable unfaithful mourning...
⦁ ever notice that God's favorites seem to 'get away' with things that others are destroied for
after having done the will of God you may take care of the reward
big point: you got to wait and endure helplessly for who knows how long for God to mysteriously and soverignly choose you...
we often complain about how long we wait, but it is often us foolishly making ourselves wait unnessesarily longer for no reason... it is our own vain foolishness that shoots ourselves in the foot and causes needless grief, playing foolish games, dancing around foolishly with embarased failure for no reason...
God always seems to think you need to wait longer than you think because He actually cares about reverence and notices all the good and justice you are oblivous to.
He makes you wait longer than you wanted, but He also makes you rewarded deeper than you ever concieved.
) reward excedingly and abundantly more than we ask or think
) present sufferings not worthy to be compared w glory to be revealed in us
often the goal is to just remain no matter what with out explanation for starteling suffering and rejection...
⦁ job
⦁ 2co
if you will stop starting over, and playing the fool with your own needs for salvation, then in enduring and remaining you can eventually catch gusts of wind and get on a winning streak, and eventually even suddenly jump to new hights...
his always works because God absolutely has to be faithful and reward you big time for what good you do...
He always rewards us according to our works, and so often and in so many ways, the only 'work' He wants from you is to just believe and simply endure in that faith without apostacy...
story: at my darkest hours i did not feel like God wanted me at all, but i knew that if i endured that eventually He would just have to reward me because 'He cannot deny Himself' and would absolutely have to burst through because of my 'continual comming' and the stored up petitions would have to burst forth...
Love Discipline
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Son_5:
\/
Son_6:
Even when it feels like the master has drawn Himself away from us after we stalled to respond, in reality He is found in the vineyard -- He is planning more secret romance than you could think of, and when you feel hurt and rejected by his correction, He is actually thinking and secretly planning way more romance than you were.
DD &
Discernment
Dd has a lot to do with discernment because discernment
happens when you are always happy about every single thing God says, even if it
is harsh or a rebuke against you or someone else. That's being faithful in all
God's house, when God can finally find someone who will agree with Him in
everything and do Him the Justice of always Justifying Him and agreeing with
His more excelent ways.
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Using the framework of this life to train someone up is
definitely part of what that would mean
It is not just the act of “spanking someone” but the
entire posture of fear, reverence…
God does not have to punish you in order for you to move
with quick and deep fear before Him and reverencing his hand over you to do all
faith and love into Him
Domestic
Discipline is Not Just A Little Romantic, it Is Downright Erotic
6/11/15
DD is not just incidently a little
romantic; it does not just happen to have a few side effects and implications
and consequences that go along with it; DD is not just incidently a little
romantic, it is foundationally and fundamentally passionate and wounding-ly
errotic. It is profoundly romantic and addictively motivating, and burning in
truth, and overwhelming in proclamations, and deep in testimony, and loving in
truth, and absolutely defining in gender, doing extreme and absolute justice in
the parable of marriage, overwhelming a husband with her fear and reverence, inciting
courage, singing of majestic parables, unbearable burning, unshakable fear and
motivation, preaching to the whole world to unconditionally run to fear and
submit to and be married under the awesome authority of God.
A wife that is urgently moved with terror
and fear before her husband's presence provokes and forces out all firey
burning, passionate motivation, love and respect, uncontrolable and
overwhelming romance, deep and passionate motivation, profound and intense
sticking, maximum explosions of hormones (with all of its surprising and
exciting parabolic implications)...
She burns and sears with unbearble heat
the love of her beautiful face upon his heart, and with tramatic memories and
unbearable turnings of the piercing and shinning of reverent virtue, the fear
and terror from the reverance of her lovable countenence, and her virtuous
expressions of value and faith into his manliness immediately bypasses his will
and goes right through his hands and chest and mightely, and even violently, grabs
and apprehends the core sensitivenesses and intimacies of his heart, and will
never let him go, and will repeatedly lead and thrust him back to her over and
over again. He will not find the fulfillment of contentment until he is back at
her side, and in her presence continually.
Things
to Look Up
An overseer must be blameless... Rulling
his hose well...
If we would judge ourselves we would not
be judged
No discipline at the time seems joyous...
If you are without discipline...
Put your feet into my feeters
Her collar will be a neclace, her fetters,
braclets...
Isa: Shaking arm...
Jesus still disciplines His bride
·
I will kill her children with death
It is consistent with the romance we can
see that God made
>get: love rebuke! -- see: llo
WebLinks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_discipline
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_and_domestic_violence
"Secondly, they need to focus on ending the violence, rather than on keeping families together"
"When women became pastors they found that much of their time became devoted to handling domestic abuse and other forms of violence against women; Their involvement included crisis intervention."
http://www.christiandomesticdiscipline.com/how_to_discipline.html
http://www.christiandomesticdiscipline.net/christiandomesticdisciplinespankinghome.html
http://learningdd.com/blog/the-many-faces-of-domestic-discipline-im-a-police-officer-and-i-practice-domestic-discipline/
A Man’s
Authoritative Charge
Terms of
Punishment Prerogative – I Command You to Fear Me and Love Me For Disciplining
You!
If ever punished, you will fearfully
submit and even desperately beg to be chastened and hurt under me, and you will
dependently cling to me for comfort afterward, and you will always give me all
your best strength no matter how much I may hurt you, and you will even love me
passionately for saving you through correcting you.
Like we always say: look at God, now look
at the parable, now believe and be infinitely courageous to max it out of this
world by faith.
Approach the Consuming Fire Throne with Favor, Boldness, and Fear
Heb_4:16 CAB Therefore let us come boldly to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Heb_4:16 Greek
προσερχώμεθα
οὖν μετὰ
παρρησίας τῷ
θρόνῳ τῆς
χάριτος, ἵνα
λάβωμεν ἔλεον
καὶ χάριν εὕρωμεν
εἰς εὔκαιρον
βοήθειαν.
Heb_8:12
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their
lawless deeds I shall by no means remember anymore."
Heb_9:26
since it would have been necessary for Him to suffer often from the foundation
of the world; but now, once at the consummation of the ages, He has been
revealed for the removal of sin through the sacrifice of Himself.
Heb_10:38-39 CAB But the just shall live by faith, and if he withdraws, My soul has no pleasure in him." 39 But we are not of those shrinking back to destruction, but of faith, to the saving of the soul.
Heb_10:39 Greek ἡμεῖς
δὲ οὐκ ἐσμὲν
ὑποστολῆς εἰς
ἀπώλειαν, ἀλλὰ
πίστεως εἰς
περιποίησιν
ψυχῆς.
After saying ‘Don’t let your hands grow limp!’ he says…
Heb_12:28-29 CAB Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us have grace [χάριν], through which we serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
Heb_12:28-29 Greek
Διὸ
βασιλείαν ἀσάλευτον
παραλαμβάνοντες
ἔχωμεν χάριν,
δι᾿ ἧς
λατρεύωμεν εὐαρέστως
τῷ Θεῷ
μετὰ αἰδοῦς
καὶ εὐλαβείας· 29
καὶ γὰρ ὁ
Θεὸς ἡμῶν
πῦρ καταναλίσκον.
It takes a real MAN with lots of manly “nerve” to say: fear me with terrifying reverence and Love me with all your strength and don’t you dare run away from me because of my belt, and in fact you best run to my love quickly no matter how much I might discipline you…
So also women must give all their greatest strength to their men to love and fear them with trembling and run toward them with worshipful love, even if they might carry fearful discipline in their hand. -- talk about emotional dependence on an everything-dominant man.
By the way: the bad shrinking back fear / irreverent fear / unfaithful mourning has to be broken out of cats and humans…
Retaliating in the Form of Temper Tantrums Opposes Favor
how will I be comforted by those who I should receive comfort?
1Co_4:21 CAB What do
you desire? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and a spirit of
gentleness?
2Co_1:23-24 CAB Moreover I
call upon God as a witness against my soul, that in order to spare you, I came
no more to Corinth. 24 Not that we
lord it over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for by faith you
stand.
2Co_2:1-3 CAB But I
determined this within myself, that I would not come again to you in
sorrow. 2 For if I make you sorrowful, then who is he
who makes me glad if not the one which
is made sorrowful by me? 3 And I wrote
this very thing to you, lest when I came, I should have sorrow from those from
whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.
2Co_13:10 CAB Because of
this I write these things being absent, in order that when I am present I may
not deal sharply with you, according to the authority which the Lord gave me
for edification and not for destruction.
You have loved Justice and truth when you beg for
discipline and with a maxing and confounding faith, you energetically turn
around with shocking faith and give the best of all you have to cheer on and
encourage the strength of your savior husband.
--
When you stay uncorrected, you feel unloved as you
contradict the authority of the rebuke. But when you break under faith and
reverence for the chastisement and fear the good and rightness of what is being
done to you, then you resolve well with the potant and zealous saltiness, and
are deeply reverant and sacread and faithful, and after learning again to love
justice, you are very easily made happy at the comfort and afirmation of the
big and powerful authority, and you have a full set of consolation to move
forward, because you really feel loved in the end of the process that someone
has troubled themselves to give you truth and make you worth even more in
righteousness.
Is it right what they are giving you?
A
Spiritual Woman’s Passionate and Amazing Romantic Response
Discovering Domestic
Discipline – A Dramatic Poem
5/31/15-6/2/15; 6/4/15
Thou art too convicting for me my dove, too convicting,
too convicting. I cannot bear thy virtues... I must flee away...
Oh, but master,
please help me, please discipline me, I run after thee!
I thought we
already corrected on that matter, oh innocent one...
Oh please sir,
I am sure we have not! I need your mighty chastisement over me...
You have
persuaded me my Dove with ravishments I cannot bear! If I must learn to do such
fearful and shocking things, I must first
make it out to the woodshed for my own soul lest thy deeply romantic humility
and burning subjection cause me to faint from convictions in this matter.
Oh my master,
return quickly to my salvation! What you learn for yourself don’t hold back
from me! Teach me a lesson in the full strength of your courage, and tell me
what is good. Order me, command me, make me fear with exciting reverence by
shaking your thick, strong, impressive, muscular arm over me, thunder over me
and make my insides quiver, tell me what I'll get if I don't obey you, and
dominantly overshadow me as the authoritative, manly husband-God in the
Scriptures! Then I will be overwhelmed and fall with ravishment under your
manly strength and I will be happy in subjection with the deepest eager fear,
reverence, respect and love for you! I will cleave and stick to you in
dependence all of my days, and I will jump and respond to you quickly, and call
you my Fearful Master, Courageous Lord, and Manly Husband. I lay here at the
threshold of the door that you may not come back in without looking down upon
my desperation and redirect my frame back to reverence as soon as you return...
Oh my Dove, my
hand shall be harder on me and softer on you, and my feet shall be yet even
quicker to return into thy overwhelming loves, and truly, I will increase my
strength over you until I am truly your man and you are truly my woman.
Signed
Plaque on the Wall
Signed Plaque to put on the wall of the
home (perhapse next to the belts or rod):
"I freely and whole-heartedly consent
to, and rather moreso, I beg and plead for domestic discipline from my husband,
my master and Lord, however and whenever he deems appropriate, at his own
discression, with or without notice or warning, that I might at all times be
subject to his fear at any instant.
Additionally, I perpetuallly herafter for
the rest of our lives wave any supposed "rights" to be protected by
the state and or federal governments or any agencies or individuals of any
kind, and I even perpetuallly wave any rights to reverse this decision, and
even moreso besides this, not only do I wave these imagined "rights",
but I reject with disgust any notion of interference of any kind at all between
my husband and me by any third party, with the only permited third party input
being that they should tell me to return and submit even more furvently under
my husband.
Of my own free will and preference and
insistance, I perpetually surrender, wave, renounce, reject, and forbid any
claimed "right" of mine or anyone else to seek to help me escape or
be protected from any discipline from my husband, or diminish it at all
whatsoever, unless God Himself says otherwise. And I furthermore reject and
renounce in this same way any claimed "right" to change my mind later
for the rest of our lives.
I shall be considered the exclusive
private property of my husband, and if necessary, even at the expense of my
citizenship and every right afforded to me by any government, and he shall be
absolutely and perpetuallly sovereign over me in all matters, and I shall
pertain to no one else's businesses except as much as he may permit me (in his
own discression) to be among the community of the righteous.
We the undersigned to herby wholeheartedly
and perpetually agree and confim and validate this legally and morally binding,
perpetual, irreversable, unrevokable, involable, and life-long agreement for
the rest of our lives
Master, Lord, Husband
________
Wife (Private property of said Master)
________
Witness(es)
________
Date
________
"
Note: if any lawyer would be willing to
contribute to making this even more legally binding, please contact us and
offer any helpful suggestions.
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Excerpts
From Salvation Marriage
Will Your Salvation
Marriage
Mean Comfort and/or Discipline?
Do You Get The Point of Salvation Marriage?
Do you really want to get saved in marriage to the degree and in
the sense God is willing to save you?
In some cases it could be comfort, therapy,
and consolation. In other cases it could mean salvation from potential sins and
character flaws. -- This depends on how much and in what ways you have
suffered/been disciplined before marriage.
After telling women how they ought to be
submissive in marriage and even suffer wrongly (1Pe_3:1-6),
Peter says,
1Pe_4:1 CAB Therefore, since Christ [anointed one] suffered for us in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same mind, because he who suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
1Pe_4:1 Greek Χριστοῦ
οὖν παθόντος
ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν
σαρκὶ καὶ ὑμεῖς
τὴν αὐτὴν ἔννοιαν
ὁπλίσασθε, ὅτι
ὁ παθὼν
σαρκὶ
πέπαυται ἁμαρτίας,
Note: suffering like Jesus did
(even if you are innocent) makes you stop sinning!
What
Happens when a Salvation Marriage Means Discipline & Correction?
We
may already be well adjusted to rejoice in the hope of comforting marriages,
but what happens when the salvation includes the zeal of correction?
For men it
depends on courageously loving spiritual things above the strength of the
flesh, and being a real man who is won over by the surpassing virtues of his
amazing woman. I tell you, he will probably be making some trips out to the
woodshed to get saved after facing his overwhelmingly convicting wife.
For women, it depends on loving/craving/hurting for/and even
begging for discipline…
·
In this case, since a man is now finally back in the
place of Adam, he can finally use this to be a spiritual Adam who saves his
wife from sin
·
He can use his thundering and authoritative voice and
rightful position to finally beat away that old serpent!
·
And if spiritual women are able to save men, how much more readily can
the man, who is a savior by nature, save his own woman? (Just as Paul remarks
about the “natural branches” being more efficiently grafted into their own
olive tree in Rom_11:17-24)
·
How then can a woman run after greatness within such a
salvation marriage as this?
·
You cannot be saved in marriage if you do not crave and
beg for correction to change in great humility and virtue lust...
·
Crave being defined and changed by someone else’s
substance
·
I want to see women following after their men and putting
a belt in their hand and begging for truth, salvation, and life, and redemption
(esp from the snake that will inevitably attempt to come to her; by the way, if
she is spiritual and “on top of things” then when her savior comes she should
be ready to jump into his arms, dashing away from the danger; also, it’s a
healthy posture to beg God for correction and you will be mercied- ex Psa_139:23-24,
1Co_11:31-32; be righteous like Job and be happy for God to just
speak to you because He is indeed being romantic to his own and bestowing value
upon you through his Words; Imagine yourself in prayer towards God, and now max
out in this reasonable and healthy posture in marriage)
“I want God to correct me, and not man” –
let’s crush this evangelical, heretical posture (by the way, a woman said this)
“h: How shall a righteous female who is
married to an unrighteous man long for his unrighteous discipline, I guess I
only understand her submitting and longing for righteousness....”
Do what you can on your side to win him
over and also to squeeze anything you can out of him to feel the righteousness
of the parable. Just find something, anything, to incite him to be a man. By
the time you are chasing after a righteous man with a belt he will be so
overwhelmed with romance that he won’t know what to do with you. (This is
probably as close as you’re going to get to making a righteous man faint).
These things are spicy, salty, extremely
profound parables
Reminder about discipline (5/31/15):
Whether it means suffering wrongly or it means hurting from being legitimately
corrected, the Bible parallels all such “discipline” as being valuable for
obtaining virtue and endurance and correction from God. Therefore, if a woman
suffers wrongly from an unjust husband she can speak to how a woman ought to
submit in a good marriage, and even more mysteriously, a woman who loves to beg
for correction from her righteous husband can speak directly to a woman
suffering wrongly.
Remember how Hebrews 12 parallels Jesus'
innocent suffering (Heb_12:2-3) with our receiving correction from God
(Heb_12:3-14, etc.) just like we just saw in 1Pe_3:1, 1Pe_4:1?
Heb_12:11
– ALL discipline works good- this can get a bit romantic (hint- Greek word for
“trained”)…
Therefore, I would say that salvation
marriages that include salvation by discipline make a woman ready to preach to
troubled women, and I am getting that specific because it looks like some of us
have already gotten written into these things…
Side
Spiritual Notes – How We Ended Up in This Bible Study
·
5/23/15 Al started facing a deep
and painful trial (after a community talk we all had that night)
·
Salvation Marriage was originally set to be taught
the next day 5/24/15, but it was postponed (it was not ready yet so we did a
QNA instead), and now I am really glad it was postponed!
·
The next morning of 5/25/15 I told
Al that I had written several things that morning and the night before in light
of “helping” with her trial
·
Among other things I wrote, the
morning of 5/25/15 around 11am, I added these last two sections to Salvation Marriage, including the
quotation of 1Pe_4:1 (as
seen previously).
· Even though we were not actually doing this Bible study yet, I read this verse and part of the rest of this chapter (which deals with trials) to the disciples between about 11am and 12 pm (in light of Al’s current trial, and in light of the errands we were about to go on), and I also read Act_14:21-22 (and partly referenced Heb_12:1-2) -- note- remember that even the trials in the rest of the 1Peter 4 chapter do pertain to discipline
· Al (who was under a heavy trial) had quoted 1Pe_4:1 and Act_14:21-22 in prayer that same morning
· While driving in the SUV and starting our way out to our errands, Al mentioned (from behind the modesty curtain) that she had just quoted these same two passages (1Pe_4:1 and Act_14:21-22) that morning in prayer
· Indeed I had written some things to help Al in her trial with depths that I did not realize
· With excitement I replied and said that this was spiritual, and compared it to the same type of principle as Jesus prophesying while on the cross -- i.e. I knew she was suffering through a trial (being emotionally hurt) yet she was getting spiritual things that were correlating with the passages I had just read that morning
· Furthermore, the fact that I reference 1Pe_4:1 (and linked it to Acts 14) to suffering within marriage is a very strange and distinctive application by default, but it just so happened to be the exact same verses that Al was quoting
· Al and Ay both responded right back to me and said that this comparison I just made was what Ay had just said to Al that morning, in praise and admiration of Al’s virtues in the mist of Al’s trial (more specifically, Ay had greeted Al and said that she was like Jesus bleeding virtues while suffering on the cross)
·
Said in Chat: “on the way
out to errands today, we all realized something else important and spiritual
happened... more details later. Its great living around exciting people who are
prone toward the orchestrations of God :+)” (3:26 pm CT)
· I had added 1Pe_4:1 in light of learning to suffer / love being disciplined both before marriage and within marriage, prefacing this quotation with the specific words, “After telling women how they ought to be submissive in marriage and even suffer wrongly (1Pe_3:1-6), Peter says…”
· As for what I have composed here, It would seem Al pertains a lot to all of this
· There Al goes again, learning things and personifying something spiritual to help women in the worst marriages!
· What should we do with these things? Muse and be amaze, I suppose, until God fulfills all of these mysteries and parables.
The
Background Nature of
Women
made to Teat Their Husbands As New Fathers
Women were married much younger, and often
it really did feel like being married into a new father, especially since her
point of origin is changed to his rib
Also consider that "Adam was formed
first, and then Eve" therefore women mature faster than men so that they
will be ready to marry earlier in life than men, and they will be able bear
babies sooner...
Therefore since the days of Adam God
prebuilt into all humans the craving for younger women to wish to marry older,
stronger, authoritative men who will take the place of their (older) dads...
Older men will naturally know more as Adam
was entrusted with knowledge from God to give to Eve, and not just because He
had been around the garden longer and personally named the animals himself, so
he can naturally teach her all that he discovered and categorized himself, but
also even tell her of his direct knowledge of what God said about the tree of
knowledge...
The fall of humans into sin is initiated
with a woman listening to the knowledge of another male and seeking to gain
knowledge that contradicts Adams authority over her...
Therefore God has insisted on setting it
up to where woman would be perpetually inclined to wish for an older man so
that he might be her husband and father from which she came out of his rib.
Why you need to write Poetry to your Wife
6/4/15
All of the prophets are poetry because
they incite zeal and oppose the life of despicable, worthless, luxurious
complacency
Instead of the Mechanic being all
motivated by his work on cars, he should be writing poetry in his heart to
bring back to his wife...
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Probation
other
dates; ~1/19/16; 1/26/16; 1/29/16-1/30/16; 2/2/16; 2/4/16; 3/10/16; 4/17/16;
4/4/17; other dates (some seen below); 8/13/17; many other date(s); 1/20/19
....
Be Subject To Correction
Probation means you are
wrong about something & the love of Truth should obsessively drive you to
change...
The Goal is to Change!
· Whenever you’re in probation, The goal is constantly to change!
· but sometimes I would not have known it based on responses and ideas and notions and beliefs and attitudes and words spoken among us
· hardened heart and hurt insubordination make you complain and blaspheme correction
Too Week?
Exo_5-6 – Moses appealing
to the children of Israel while their hearts were hard because their tasks were
heavy
The Examples of our own Children
· sometimes our children have flinched back in reverence when corrected, but so many other times one may have whined and complained and made a big noisy fuss when corrected...
· which of these is worthy of sympathy?
· which of these is submissively yielding to correction?
· we see that unfaithful morning in the face of correction is not actually a sorrow fitted unto and worthy of sympathy, but is instead unfaithful rebellious & undisciplined...
· they seem to be crying at your punishment, but their crying is not actually worthy of belief nor is it a reasonable response to the correction they have received...
· some crying actually begs more spanking!
· those who have been insufficiently spanked will make a loud noisy cry of protest, but those who have been sufficiently spanked by their parents will yield to correction, emotionally preferring rather to accuse themselves and change then to risk spurning the one they reverence...
·
Every single time there has
been unfaithful morning among us it has ALWAYS been very easy to see how we’re
wrong and need to repent…
(or are we willing to have a breach in luxury and self-defense???)
· Do you want to cry out for more spankings or be subject to the Father of spirits* and live?
· I warn you to watch* and fix* your reverence that it not repeatedly keep breaching and decreasing…
Care about what is
righteously needed, but don't defend the customs and assumptions and
preferences of the flesh!
Stop
responding with upset, fear, anger, despair, disgruntled exasperation, discouragement,
hopeless sadness, etc.
These
symptoms are unfaithful, and are a way of self-pity and self-defense and
self-preservation...
stop
protesting correction and start welcoming change and salvation...
remove
the cushions and finally love and court the Truth
* Non Subjection & Birthright Despising
· Consider the link between non subjection (Heb_12:5-11, etc.) and birthright despising (Heb_12:14-17)
Perfection Makes You Rejoice At Correction
· David and Nathan -- see: SRP
· Let the righteous strike me (Psa_141:5 -- below)!
Psa_141:5 WEB Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness;
let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it;
Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
Psa_141:5 LB The righteous shall chasten me with mercy,
and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall
my prayer also be in their pleasures.
Psa_141:5 (140:5) παιδεύσει
με δίκαιος ἐν ἐλέει
καὶ ἐλέγξει με, ἔλαιον
δὲ ἁμαρτωλοῦ μὴ
λιπανάτω τὴν
κεφαλήν μου, ὅτι
ἔτι καὶ ἡ
προσευχή μου ἐν
ταῖς εὐδοκίαις
αὐτῶν.
Samson’s Probation & Restoration
Other date(s); 1/19/19
Jdg_16:22 WEB However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
Jdg_16:22 LB And the hair of his head began to grow as before it was shaven.
Jdg_16:22 Καὶ ἤρξατο
θρὶξ τῆς κεφαλῆς
αὐτοῦ βλαστάνειν,
καθὼς ἐξυρήσατο.
Phineas’ Accusation of Continued Uncleanness
Kingless Probation
They even rebelled and made Abimalech (bond-son of Gideon) their own un-anointed king over Israel.
But once out of probation: This kingless season was to be followed by a good and monotheistic kingship of David.
David
1/19/19
Submitted to Nathan
David Named his son after the one who convicted him…
Don't Blaspheme Noah
Other date;
11/4/17
Noah had integrity to quarantine himself when he was drunk!
Esp. Gen_9:21
Gen_9:20 WEB Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
Gen_9:20 And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
Gen_9:20 Καὶ ἤρξατο
Νωε ἄνθρωπος
γεωργὸς γῆς καὶ
ἐφύτευσεν ἀμπελῶνα.
Gen_9:21 WEB He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
Gen_9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.
Gen_9:21 καὶ ἔπιεν
ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου καὶ
ἐμεθύσθη καὶ ἐγυμνώθη
ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ.
Gen_9:22 WEB Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
Gen_9:22 And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers outside.
Gen_9:22 καὶ εἶδεν
Χαμ ὁ πατὴρ
Χανααν τὴν γύμνωσιν
τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ
καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἀνήγγειλεν
τοῖς δυσὶν ἀδελφοῖς
αὐτοῦ ἔξω.
Gen_9:23 WEB Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father's nakedness.
Gen_9:23 And Shem and Japheth, having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face was backward, and they did not see the nakedness of their father.
Gen_9:23 καὶ λαβόντες
Σημ καὶ Ιαφεθ τὸ
ἱμάτιον ἐπέθεντο
ἐπὶ τὰ δύο νῶτα
αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν
ὀπισθοφανῶς
καὶ συνεκάλυψαν
τὴν γύμνωσιν
τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν,
καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον
αὐτῶν ὀπισθοφανές,
καὶ τὴν γύμνωσιν
τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν
οὐκ εἶδον.
Gen_9:24 WEB Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
Gen_9:24 And Noah recovered from the wine, and knew all that his younger son had done to him.
Gen_9:24 ἐξένηψεν
δὲ Νωε ἀπὸ τοῦ
οἴνου καὶ ἔγνω ὅσα
ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ὁ
υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ
νεώτερος,
Gen_9:25 WEB He said, "Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers."
Gen_9:25 And he said, “Cursed be the servant Canaan, a slave shall he be to his brothers.”
Gen_9:25 καὶ εἶπεν
Ἐπικατάρατος
Χανααν· παῖς οἰκέτης
ἔσται τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς
αὐτοῦ.
Gen_9:26 WEB He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
Gen_9:26 And he said, “Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant.
Gen_9:26 καὶ εἶπεν
Εὐλογητὸς κύριος
ὁ θεὸς τοῦ Σημ,
καὶ ἔσται
Χανααν παῖς αὐτοῦ.
Gen_9:27 WEB May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant."
Gen_9:27 “May God make room for Japheth, and let him dwell in the habitations of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.”
Gen_9:27 πλατύναι
ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ιαφεθ
καὶ κατοικησάτω
ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις
τοῦ Σημ, καὶ
γενηθήτω
Χανααν παῖς αὐτῶν.
Forced Fast
Deu_8:2 WEB You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
Deu_8:2 LB And you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness, that He might afflict you, and try you, and that the things in your heart might be made manifest, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
Deu_8:2 καὶ
μνησθήσῃ πᾶσαν
τὴν ὁδόν, ἣν ἤγαγέν
σε κύριος ὁ θεός
σου ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ,
ὅπως ἂν κακώσῃ
σε καὶ ἐκπειράσῃ
σε καὶ
διαγνωσθῇ τὰ ἐν
τῇ καρδίᾳ σου, εἰ
φυλάξῃ τὰς ἐντολὰς
αὐτοῦ ἢ οὔ.
Deu_8:3 WEB He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh does man live.
Deu_8:3 And He afflicted you and let you hunger, and fed you with manna, which your fathers knew not; that He might teach you that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God shall man live.
Deu_8:3 καὶ ἐκάκωσέν
σε καὶ ἐλιμαγχόνησέν
σε καὶ ἐψώμισέν
σε τὸ μαννα, ὃ οὐκ
εἴδησαν οἱ πατέρες
σου, ἵνα ἀναγγείλῃ
σοι ὅτι οὐκ ἐπ᾿
ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται
ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ἀλλ᾿
ἐπὶ παντὶ ῥήματι
τῷ ἐκπορευομένῳ
διὰ στόματος
θεοῦ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος.
Deu_8:4 WEB Your clothing didn't grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
Deu_8:4 Your garments did not grow old from off you, your shoes were not worn from off you, your feet were not painfully hardened, behold, for these forty years!
Deu_8:4 τὰ ἱμάτιά
σου οὐ κατετρίβη
ἀπὸ σοῦ, οἱ πόδες
σου οὐκ ἐτυλώθησαν,
ἰδοὺ τεσσαράκοντα
ἔτη.
Deu_8:5 WEB You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh your God chastens you.
Deu_8:5 And you shall know in your heart, that as if any man should chasten his son, so the Lord your God will chasten you.
Deu_8:5 καὶ γνώσῃ
τῇ καρδίᾳ σου ὅτι
ὡς εἴ τις παιδεύσαι
ἄνθρωπος τὸν υἱὸν
αὐτοῦ, οὕτως κύριος
ὁ θεός σου
παιδεύσει σε,
Deu_8:6 WEB You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
Deu_8:6 And you shall keep the commands of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him.
Deu_8:6 καὶ φυλάξῃ
τὰς ἐντολὰς
κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ
σου πορεύεσθαι
ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ
καὶ φοβεῖσθαι
αὐτόν.
See: all of Deu_8:2-6, etc.
DOING FAITHFUL LOVE WITHOUT EXCUSES
See: Lov
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Causes of Probation
9/8/17
· will-generated contradiction from uncircumcised ears
· Attitudes of incapability
· Choosing unfaithfulness
· (consider Isaac's blessing, if you feed him the food that his soul loves.)
· I am here to help cast away demons who are attacking you, but I am not here to play games with willful sorcery
· If you do not take your part seriously enough, then you may never get the attention needed to get healed.
Intro
This is along the lines of an addition in the series of what to learn from them who fell.
6/7/17
5/28/17; 6/7/17
Num_5:2 WEB "Command
the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, and everyone
who has an issue, and whoever is unclean by the dead.
Num_5:2 LB “Command the children of Israel, and let them
send forth out of the camp every leper, and everyone who has a discharge, and
everyone who is unclean from a dead body.
Num_5:2 Πρόσταξον
τοῖς υἱοῖς
Ισραηλ καὶ ἐξαποστειλάτωσαν
ἐκ τῆς
παρεμβολῆς πάντα
λεπρὸν καὶ πάντα
γονορρυῆ καὶ πάντα
ἀκάθαρτον ἐπὶ
ψυχῇ·
Num_5:3 WEB Both
you shall put male and female outside of the camp; that they not defile their
camp, in the midst of which I dwell."
Num_5:3 Whether male or female, send them forth out of
the camp; and they shall not defile their camps in which I dwell among them.”
Num_5:3 ἀπὸ
ἀρσενικοῦ ἕως
θηλυκοῦ ἐξαποστείλατε
ἔξω τῆς
παρεμβολῆς, καὶ
οὐ μὴ μιανοῦσιν
τὰς παρεμβολὰς
αὐτῶν, ἐν οἷς ἐγὼ
καταγίνομαι ἐν
αὐτοῖς.
Num_5:4 WEB The
children of Israel did so, and put them out outside of the camp; as Yahweh
spoke to Moses, so did the children of Israel.
Num_5:4 And the children of Israel did so, and sent them
out of the camp: as the Lord said to Moses, so did the children of Israel.
Num_5:4 καὶ
ἐποίησαν οὕτως
οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ
καὶ ἐξαπέστειλαν
αὐτοὺς ἔξω τῆς
παρεμβολῆς·
καθὰ ἐλάλησεν
κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ,
οὕτως ἐποίησαν
οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ.
Num_12:14 WEB Yahweh said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn't she be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again."
Num_12:14 LB And the Lord said to Moses, “If her father had only spit in her face, would she not be ashamed seven days? Let her be set apart seven days outside the camp, and afterwards she shall come in.”
Num_12:14 καὶ εἶπεν
κύριος πρὸς
Μωυσῆν Εἰ ὁ πατὴρ
αὐτῆς πτύων ἐνέπτυσεν
εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον
αὐτῆς, οὐκ ἐντραπήσεται
ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας; ἀφορισθήτω
ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας ἔξω
τῆς παρεμβολῆς
καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα
εἰσελεύσεται.
Num_12:15 WEB Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days, and the people didn't travel until Miriam was brought in again.
Num_12:15 And Miriam was separated outside the camp for seven days; and the people did not move forward until Miriam was cleansed.
Num_12:15 καὶ ἀφωρίσθη
Μαριαμ ἔξω τῆς
παρεμβολῆς ἑπτὰ
ἡμέρας· καὶ ὁ
λαὸς οὐκ ἐξῆρεν,
ἕως ἐκαθαρίσθη
Μαριαμ.
4/4/17
Lev_13:45 WEB "The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes, and the hair of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, 'Unclean! Unclean!'
Lev_13:45 LB And the leper in whom the plague is, let his garments be torn, and his head uncovered; and let him have a covering put upon his mouth, and he shall be called unclean.
Lev_13:45 Καὶ ὁ
λεπρός, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν
ἡ ἁφή, τὰ ἱμάτια
αὐτοῦ ἔστω
παραλελυμένα
καὶ ἡ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ
ἀκατακάλυπτος,
καὶ περὶ τὸ στόμα
αὐτοῦ περιβαλέσθω
καὶ ἀκάθαρτος
κεκλήσεται·
Lev_13:46 WEB All the days in which the plague is in him he shall be unclean. He is unclean. He shall dwell alone. Outside of the camp shall be his dwelling.
Lev_13:46 All the days in which the plague shall be upon him, being unclean, he shall be esteemed unclean; he shall dwell apart, his place of sojourn shall be outside the camp.
Lev_13:46 πάσας
τὰς ἡμέρας, ὅσας
ἂν ᾖ ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῦ ἡ
ἁφή, ἀκάθαρτος ὢν
ἀκάθαρτος ἔσται·
κεχωρισμένος
καθήσεται, ἔξω
τῆς παρεμβολῆς
ἔσται αὐτοῦ ἡ
διατριβή .
Lev_14:35 WEB then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, 'There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.'
Lev_14:35 LB then the owner of the house shall come and report to the priest, saying, ‘I have seen a plague in the house.’
Lev_14:35 καὶ ἥξει
τίνος αὐτοῦ ἡ οἰκία
καὶ ἀναγγελεῖ
τῷ ἱερεῖ λέγων Ὥσπερ
ἁφὴ ἑώραταί
μου ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ.
Psa_149:2 WEB Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
Psa_149:2 LB Let Israel rejoice in Him that made him; and let the children of Zion exalt in their King.
Psa_149:2 εὐφρανθήτω Ισραηλ ἐπὶ τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτόν, καὶ υἱοὶ Σιων ἀγαλλιάσθωσαν ἐπὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ αὐτῶν·
Good posture to pray and address God, esp. in
seasons of probation.
Initial Probation
4/17/16
>> you are a fleshball
>> you are NOT spiritual
>> get insp / other BBS?
>>Scrip:
The law is spiritual, but I am fleshly
1ti standard of Paul’s testimony
Examples Probation-al Dealings in the Bible
11/17/16
clothes created in heaven
The Father & Jesus & angels wears
clothes
>>Scrip:
meats were created to be received...
but were not originally given in the garden,
later given under Noah
Faithfulness During Probation
7/24/16
If it is hard for you to get the help that you feel the need for then that is an indicator that it is not the main thing that heaven is requiring / on heaven’s heart at the moment
You should not just say, ‘You
took away reciprocation… give it back!’
You should instead say, ‘You took away
reciprocation… what do You want me to learn/give over?’
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The Integrity of Isolation
...
3/12/16
Noah isolated himself in his tent when he was
drunk.
Only Argue if You Have (1) Wisdom and or (2) The Spirit
Otherwise,
shut your sinful mouth from debating!
3/10/16
Act_6:9 LB But there arose some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, both of the Cyrenians and the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, debating with Stephen.
Act_6:9
ανεστησαν δε
τινες των εκ
της συναγωγης
της λεγομενης
λιβερτινων και
κυρηναιων και
αλεξανδρεων
και των απο κιλικιας
και ασιας
συζητουντες τω
στεφανω
Act_6:10 And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
Act_6:10 και ουκ
ισχυον
αντιστηναι τη
σοφια και τω
πνευματι ω
ελαλει
Seek to Not Argue Much Without Being Filled??
>> what about Apollos?
>>Scrip:
Jas: Don’t boast about demonic “wisdom”!!
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Self-Quarantine
2/21/16;
3/3/16
We have already seen how self-quarantine is a
basic and fundamental requirement of social justice and sanity.
>> Scripture: /\
Luxury and riches and pride are the causes of
being blind and unable to self quarantine.
As a minimum requirement of Justice insanity and
worthiness you are absolutely demanded and required to recognize when you are
evil and messed up and morally bankrupt.
It is absolutely intolerable for someone to not
see how bad they are, especially if they have helped words and preaching going into
their ears.
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Probation
2/23/16
mat_5:26-27 -
The Point: How to Respond & Know Your Probation
2/11/16
Absolutely do not let any judgments or declarations come out of your mouth
indicating you know or have jurisdiction to speak to or define any of these
things...
·
Salvation
·
Favor
·
Big caution: Comparing one great
person to another
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>>Scrip:
No love feast…
if we would judge ourselves we would not be
judged
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1/29/16
Apprehend and orthodox conception of your probation so that you will
both hope cheerfully while waiting in your humiliation, and at the same time,
without compromise, you will seriously not trust yourself.
Both of these things are absolutely necessary for non heretical ortho,
so that you may win, and eventually come out of your probation alive and saved.
You can choose to stay in your probation in darkness and bitterness, or
you can do these things and come out spiritual and maybe even prophesying!
> Zachariah! John's Dad
You will be silent for a season...
> TSK!
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·
Garden, etc.
·
don't make a new convert a leader
·
don't put yonger women on supported roster
>> Google: the Bible teaches probation
The very principles of probation teaches
one-way trust
God is not required to trust you in order to
require and motivate you to trust and love Him
thess: take him out of community reciprocation
until he really wants to work... (not working all around, etc.)
Accountability for Those Still In Probation
…2/2/16
Welcome & Crave Accountability
Example: How much soda should we drink --
Self-Disciplined invitations for Accountability
We should be Willing to be treated differently, Rather than offended like a predicable flesh ball
· we should not think anything strange to ask some more than others because some of us are in probation in some areas, and others are not…
· We don’t have a right to get offended, we have a responsibility to justice to own our probation
Opening the Window - Follow Up
1/08/16; 1/13/16
· You should not want indiscriminate 'go ahead' when there have been many unresolved questions
· You should want my filtering and correction and verification
· You should recognize your own internal needs
· If I have found ways to function without needing the window to be open, then I need you to help me understand why you especially need the window to be open.
· If we do not operate like this, then I cannot provide your much needed accountability
· Integrity demands that you crave accountability, and even recognize where it is most needed!
· When we can all operate appropriately, then that opens the door up for a rational basis for operational trust -- which is something we absolutely have to fight for!
· By the way: I am very zealous and ambitious to lead by example: I have almost always taken correction very willingly, and even happily , & I have conscientiously sought it out all the more whenever I have needed it the most.
· I am NOT hard to approach, nor have I even been hard to correct.
· What may indeed sometimes have been hard, is for you to truly understand a real virtue in truth and to communicate it to me in and morally effective enough way to establish all integrity and accountability
· ( by the way: in these cases I am NOT being the measurement of whether or not you have made a point, but your own mouth speaks a measurement of how much such things have really been internalised in you)
· (Sidetrack: hypocrisy is when you allow yourself to be tricked into thinking you have done your duty before authentically / legitimately taking a hold of virtue.)
One-way
trust is very Biblical!
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Sir_5:1-12 Brenton Set thy heart upon thy goods; and say not, I have enough for my life. 2 Follow not thine own mind and thy strength, to walk in the ways of thy heart: 3 And say not, Who shall control me for my works? for the Lord will surely revenge thy pride. 4 Say not, I have sinned, and what harm hath happened unto me? for the Lord is longsuffering, he will in no wise let thee go. 5 Concerning propitiation, be not without fear to add sin unto sin: 6 And say not His mercy is great; he will be pacified for the multitude of my sins: for mercy and wrath come from him, and his indignation resteth upon sinners. 7 Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord, and put not off from day to day: for suddenly shall the wrath of the Lord come forth, and in thy security thou shalt be destroyed, and perish in the day of vengeance. 8 Set not thine heart upon goods unjustly gotten, for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity. 9 Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so doth the sinner that hath a double tongue. 10 Be stedfast in thy understanding; and let thy word be the same. 11 Be swift to hear; and let thy life be sincere; and with patience give answer. 12 If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour; if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
Arpox
5/29/13; (other dates); 6/21/13; 8/7/13; 1/15/14 (Asking Questions); 9/17/14; 12/29/14; …6/27/16; 7/15/16; 11/24/17; 1/10/18
Condemning the
assertive overbearing pushy bully car salesman ravenous rapacious wolf pervert
Stop Selling Start Closing
Grant Cardone
11/1/18 (finished listening to video); 11/18/18
The Virtue of Turning Upon
>> where are the original notes
for this?
In some sense the opposite of Arpox
G1933 -- ἐπιεικής
WS Says: “epieikḗs; gen. epieikoús, masc.-fem., neut. epieikés, adj. from epí (G1909), upon, on, an intens., and eikós (n.f.), fair, equitable. Fitting, appropriate, suitable, proper, to be lenient, yielding, unassertive (1Ti_3:3; Tit_3:2; Jas_3:17; 1Pe_2:18; Sept.: Psa_86:5). Used in the neut. as a noun tó epieikés, your tolerance, clemency (Php_4:5).”
“lenient”
The problem with defining “ἐπιεικής”
as “lenient” is that “lenient” can sometime imply:
Tolerant
Non-strict
Soft
And monotheists are obviously not Tolerant, Non-strict, or Soft.
Read the Bible!
Pervert-Atheism
1/29/18
Nabal vs. David & Deu_23:16
Deu_25:17
WEB Remember what Amalek did to you by
the way as you came forth out of Egypt;
Deu_25:17
Destroy the Amalekites “Remember what things Amalek did to you by the way, when
you went forth out of the land of Egypt,
Deu_25:17 Μνήσθητι
ὅσα ἐποίησέν
σοι Αμαληκ ἐν τῇ
ὁδῷ ἐκπορευομένου
σου ἐξ Αἰγύπτου,
Deu_25:18 WEB how he met you by the way, and struck the hindmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn't fear God.
Deu_25:18
how he withstood you in the way, and harassed your rear, even those that were
weary behind you, and you hungered and were weary; and he did not fear God.
Deu_25:18 πῶς
ἀντέστη σοι ἐν
τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ ἔκοψέν
σου τὴν οὐραγίαν,
τοὺς κοπιῶντας
ὀπίσω σου, σὺ δὲ
ἐπείνας καὶ ἐκοπίας,
καὶ οὐκ ἐφοβήθη
τὸν θεόν·
Deu_25:19 WEB Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky; you shall not forget.
Deu_25:19
And it shall come to pass whenever the Lord your God shall have given you rest
from all your enemies round about you, in the land which the Lord your God
gives you to inherit, you shall blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven,
and shall not forget to do it.
Deu_25:19 καὶ
ἔσται ἡνίκα ἐὰν
καταπαύσῃ σε κύριος
ὁ θεός σου ἀπὸ
πάντων τῶν ἐχθρῶν
σου τῶν κύκλῳ
σου ἐν τῇ γῇ, ᾗ κύριος
ὁ θεός σου δίδωσίν
σοι ἐν κλήρῳ
κατακληρονομῆσαι,
ἐξαλείψεις τὸ ὄνομα
Αμαληκ ἐκ τῆς ὑπὸ
τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ
οὐ μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ.
Dr. George Simon Thoughts
11/26/17
Book:
IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING - SIMON, GEORGE K., JR., PH.D.
ISBN: 9781935166306
ISBN-10 1935166301
ISBN-13 9781935166306
Number Of Pages 176 pages
Format Paperback
Publication Date 2010-04-01
Interesting how he associated “ARPOX” (ravenous wolves) with the same pervert personality that I did…
He is a psychologist
Challenged the traditional mislabeling of narcissists wolves
They are not in denial subconsciously using defense mechanisms
they are not subconsciously defending themselves from unbearable emotional pain
narcissists are conscious of what they are doing
They are fundamentally in a posture of offense (attack), not defense
They know what they are doing, and it is habitual, and pretending it is a defense only enables and justifies their madness and very deception to hurt more people.
narcissists play off of lies to get sympathy to control others
believing they are “defense mechanisms” only reinforces their deception further and worsens the problem.
………
……
Neurosis -- too nervous
Narcissist -- too little fear
Psychopath -- no conscious
No Macho
11/24/17
(Comp. Lux?)
>es search: macho! -- add! (2nd Tim_2:23, etc)
Clouds Without Rain
9/4/17
Pro_25:14 WEB As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.
Pro_25:14 CAB As winds and clouds and rains are conspicuous things, so is he that boasts of a false gift.
Pro_25:14 ὥσπερ ἄνεμοι
καὶ νέφη καὶ ὑετοὶ
ἐπιφανέστατοι,
οὕτως οἱ καυχώμενοι
ἐπὶ δόσει
ψευδεῖ.
TSK: boasteth: Pro_20:6,
1Ki_22:11, Luk_14:11,
Luk_18:10-14, 2Co_11:13-18, 2Co_11:31,
2Pe_2:15-19, Jud_1:12, Jud_1:13, Jud_1:16
2Pe_2:10 and especially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are bold, self-willed, illustrious persons, they do not tremble at blaspheming,
2Pe_2:10
μάλιστα δὲ
τοὺς ὀπίσω
σαρκὸς ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ
μιασμοῦ
πορευομένους
καὶ
κυριότητος
καταφρονοῦντας.
τολμηταί αὐθάδεις,
δόξας οὐ
τρέμουσι
βλασφημοῦντες,
2Pe_2:11 whereas angels, being greater in might and in power, do not bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord.
2Pe_2:11 ὅπου ἄγγελοι,
ἰσχύϊ καὶ
δυνάμει
μείζονες ὄντες,
οὐ φέρουσι
κατ᾿ αὐτῶν
παρὰ Κυρίῳ
βλάσφημον
κρίσιν.
2Pe_2:11 οπου αγγελοι ισχυι και δυναμει μειζονες οντες ου φερουσιν κατ αυτων παρα Aκυριου TSBκυριω βλασφημον κρισιν
2Pe_2:12 But these, as unreasoning natural animals, having been born for capture and destruction, blaspheme at things which they are ignorant of, and shall be destroyed in their destruction,
2Pe_2:12 οὗτοι
δέ, ἄλογα ζῷα
φυσικὰ
γεγεννημένα
εἰς ἅλωσιν
καὶ φθοράν, ἐν
οἷς ἀγνοοῦσι
βλασφημοῦντες,
ἐν τῇ φθορᾷ
αὐτῶν
καταφθαρήσονται,
2Pe_2:12 ουτοι δε ως αλογα ζωα Aγεγεννημενα φυσικα TSBγεγενημενα εις αλωσιν και φθοραν εν οις αγνοουσιν βλασφημουντες εν τη φθορα αυτων Aκαι Aφθαρησονται TSBκαταφθαρησονται
2Pe_2:13 receiving the wages of unrighteousness, counting as a pleasure to revel in the daytime, they are spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they feast with you,
2Pe_2:13
κομιούμενοι
μισθὸν ἀδικίας·
ἡδονὴν ἡγούμενοι
τὴν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ
τρυφήν,
σπίλοι καὶ
μῶμοι, ἐντρυφῶντες
ἐν ταῖς ἀπάταις
αὐτῶν
συνευωχούμενοι
ὑμῖν,
2Pe_2:13 Aαδικουμενοι TSBκομιουμενοι μισθον αδικιας ηδονην ηγουμενοι την εν ημερα τρυφην σπιλοι και μωμοι εντρυφωντες εν ταις απαταις αυτων συνευωχουμενοι υμιν
2Pe_2:14 having eyes full of adultery and unable to cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart having been trained in greediness, they are accursed children.
2Pe_2:14 ὀφθαλμοὺς
ἔχοντες
μεστοὺς
μοιχαλίδος
καὶ ἀκαταπαύστους
ἁμαρτίας,
δελεάζοντες
ψυχὰς ἀστηρίκτους,
καρδίαν
γεγυμνασμένην
πλεονεξίας ἔχοντες,
κατάρας
τέκνα·
2Pe_2:14 οφθαλμους εχοντες μεστους μοιχαλιδος και ακαταπαυστους αμαρτιας δελεαζοντες ψυχας αστηρικτους καρδιαν γεγυμνασμενην BAπλεονεξιας TSπλεονεξιαις εχοντες καταρας τεκνα
2Pe_2:15 They have left behind the straight way and gone astray, having followed after the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
2Pe_2:15
καταλείποντες
εὐθεῖαν ὁδὸν
ἐπλανήθησαν,
ἐξακολουθήσαντες
τῇ ὁδῷ
τοῦ Βαλαὰμ
τοῦ Βοσόρ, ὃς
μισθὸν ἀδικίας
ἠγάπησεν,
2Pe_2:15 Aκαταλειποντες TSBκαταλιποντες TSτην ευθειαν οδον επλανηθησαν εξακολουθησαντες τη οδω του βαλααμ του βοσορ ος μισθον αδικιας ηγαπησεν
2Pe_2:16 but he was rebuked for his own lawlessness: a dumb donkey speaking with the voice of a man restrained the madness of the prophet.
2Pe_2:16 ἔλεγξιν
δὲ ἔσχεν ἰδίας
παρανομίας· ὑποζύγιον
ἄφωνον ἐν ἀνθρώπου
φωνῇ
φθεγξάμενον ἐκώλυσε
τὴν τοῦ
προφήτου
παραφρονίαν.
2Pe_2:16 ελεγξιν δε εσχεν ιδιας παρανομιας υποζυγιον αφωνον εν ανθρωπου φωνη φθεγξαμενον εκωλυσεν την του προφητου παραφρονιαν
2Pe_2:17 These are waterless wells, clouds being driven by a storm, for whom the darkness of the netherworld has been reserved forever.
2Pe_2:17 οὗτοί
εἰσι πηγαὶ ἄνυδροι,
νεφέλαι ὑπὸ
λαίλαπος ἐλαυνόμεναι,
οἷς ὁ ζόφος
τοῦ σκότους
εἰς αἰῶνα
τετήρηται.
2Pe_2:17 ουτοι εισιν πηγαι ανυδροι Aκαι Aομιχλαι TSBνεφελαι υπο λαιλαπος ελαυνομεναι οις ο ζοφος του σκοτους TSBεις TSBαιωνα τετηρηται
2Pe_2:18 For when they speak haughty words of emptiness, they entice through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, those who are escaping from those who are living in error,
2Pe_2:18 ὑπέρογκα
γὰρ
ματαιότητος
φθεγγόμενοι
δελεάζουσιν ἐν
ἐπιθυμίαις
σαρκὸς ἀσελγείαις
τοὺς ὄντως ἀποφυγόντας
τοὺς ἐν
πλάνῃ ἀναστρεφομένους,
2Pe_2:18 υπερογκα γαρ ματαιοτητος φθεγγομενοι δελεαζουσιν εν επιθυμιαις σαρκος Sεν ασελγειαις τους Aολιγως TSBοντως Aαποφευγοντας TSBαποφυγοντας τους εν πλανη αναστρεφομενους
2Pe_2:19 promising to them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom anyone has been defeated, by this one also he has been enslaved.
2Pe_2:19 ἐλευθερίαν
αὐτοῖς ἐπαγγελλόμενοι,
αὐτοὶ δοῦλοι
ὑπάρχοντες
τῆς φθορᾶς· ᾧ
γάρ τις ἥττηται,
τούτῳ δεδούλωται.
2Pe_2:19 ελευθεριαν αυτοις επαγγελλομενοι αυτοι δουλοι υπαρχοντες της φθορας ω γαρ τις ηττηται τουτω TSBκαι δεδουλωται
Jud_1:8 CAB Likewise indeed even these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glories.
Jud_1:8 ῾Ομοίως
μέντοι καὶ οὗτοι
ἐνυπνιαζόμενοι
σάρκα μὲν
μιαίνουσι,
κυριότητα δὲ
ἀθετοῦσι,
δόξας δὲ
βλασφημοῦσιν.
Jud_1:8 ομοιως μεντοι και ουτοι ενυπνιαζομενοι σαρκα μεν μιαινουσιν κυριοτητα δε αθετουσιν δοξας δε βλασφημουσιν
Jud_1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when taking issue with the devil, was arguing about the body of Moses, dared not to bring a railing accusation, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"
Jud_1:9 ὁ δὲ
Μιχαὴλ ὁ ἀρχάγγελος,
ὅτε τῷ
διαβόλῳ
διακρινόμενος
διελέγετο
περὶ τοῦ Μωϋσέως
σώματος, οὐκ
ἐτόλμησε
κρίσιν ἐπενεγκεῖν
βλασφημίας, ἀλλὰ
εἶπεν· ἐπιτιμήσαι
σοι Κύριος.
Jud_1:9 ο δε
μιχαηλ ο
αρχαγγελος οτε
τω διαβολω
διακρινομενος
διελεγετο περι
του Aμωυσεως
TSBμωσεως
σωματος ουκ
ετολμησεν
κρισιν επενεγκειν
βλασφημιας Aαλλα TSBαλλ
ειπεν
επιτιμησαι σοι
κυριος
Jud_1:10 But these speak blasphemously of those things which they do not know; but what they do know naturally, like unreasoning animals, they are destroyed by these things.
Jud_1:10 οὗτοι
δὲ ὅσα μὲν οὐκ
οἴδασι
βλασφημοῦσιν,
ὅσα δὲ φυσικῶς
ὡς τὰ ἄλογα
ζῷα ἐπίστανται,
ἐν τούτοις
φθείρονται.
Jud_1:10 ουτοι δε οσα μεν ουκ οιδασιν βλασφημουσιν οσα δε φυσικως ως τα αλογα ζωα επιστανται εν τουτοις φθειρονται
Jud_1:11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, and in the error of Balaam they have rushed for profit, and have perished in the rebellion of Korah.
Jud_1:11 οὐαὶ
αὐτοῖς, ὅτι
τῇ ὁδῷ
τοῦ Κάϊν ἐπορεύθησαν,
καὶ τῇ
πλάνῃ τοῦ
Βαλαὰμ μισθοῦ
ἐξεχύθησαν,
καὶ τῇ ἀντιλογίᾳ
τοῦ Κορὲ ἀπώλοντο.
Jud_1:11 ουαι αυτοις οτι τη οδω του καιν επορευθησαν και τη πλανη του βαλααμ μισθου εξεχυθησαν και τη αντιλογια του κορε απωλοντο
Jud_1:12 These are stains in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves, they are waterless clouds being carried along by winds; late autumn trees unfruitful, twice having died, having been uprooted,
Jud_1:12 Οὗτοί
εἰσιν οἱ ἐν
ταῖς ἀγάπαις
ὑμῶν
σπιλάδες,
συνευωχούμενοι
ἀφόβως, ἑαυτοὺς
ποιμαίνοντες,
νεφέλαι ἄνυδροι
ὑπὸ ἀνέμων
παραφερόμεναι,
δένδρα
φθινοπωρινὰ, ἄκαρπα,
δὶς ἀποθανόντα,
ἐκριζωθέντα,
Jud_1:12 ουτοι
εισιν Aοι
εν ταις
αγαπαις υμων
σπιλαδες
συνευωχουμενοι
Sυμιν αφοβως
εαυτους
ποιμαινοντες
νεφελαι ανυδροι
υπο ανεμων BAπαραφερομεναι
TSπεριφερομεναι
δενδρα
φθινοπωρινα
ακαρπα δις αποθανοντα
εκριζωθεντα
Jud_1:13 raging waves on the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the darkness of the netherworld has been reserved forever.
Jud_1:13 κύματα ἄγρια
θαλάσσης ἐπαφρίζοντα
τὰς ἑαυτῶν
αἰσχύνας, ἀστέρες
πλανῆται, οἷς
ὁ ζόφος τοῦ
σκότους εἰς
αἰῶνα
τετήρηται.
Jud_1:13 κυματα αγρια θαλασσης επαφριζοντα τας εαυτων αισχυνας αστερες πλανηται οις ο ζοφος του σκοτους εις TSτον αιωνα τετηρηται
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2Co_10:12 CAB For we dare not to class ourselves or to
compare ourselves with those who commend themselves, but they, measuring
themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, do not
understand.
2Co_10:12 Οὐ
γὰρ τολμῶμεν
ἐγκρῖναι ἢ
συγκρῖναι ἑαυτούς
τισι τῶν ἑαυτοὺς
συνιστανόντων·
ἀλλὰ αὐτοὶ
ἐν ἑαυτοῖς
ἑαυτοὺς
μετροῦντες
καὶ
συγκρίνοντες
ἑαυτοὺς ἑαυτοῖς
οὐ συνιοῦσιν.
2Co_10:12
ου γαρ τολμωμεν
εγκριναι η
συγκριναι
εαυτους τισιν
των εαυτους
συνιστανοντων
αλλα αυτοι εν
εαυτοις εαυτους
μετρουντες και
συγκρινοντες
εαυτους
εαυτοις ου Aσυνιασιν
TSBσυνιουσιν
2Co_10:13 But we will not boast beyond
limits, but according to the measure of the sphere of
influence which God assigned us as a measure, to reach even as far as
you.
2Co_10:13 ἡμεῖς
δὲ οὐχὶ εἰς
τὰ ἄμετρα
καυχησόμεθα,
ἀλλὰ κατὰ
τὸ μέτρον
τοῦ κανόνος
οὗ ἐμέρισεν
ἡμῖν ὁ
Θεὸς μέτρου,
ἐφικέσθαι ἄχρι
καὶ ὑμῶν.
2Co_10:13
ημεις δε Aουκ TSBουχι
εις τα αμετρα
καυχησομεθα
αλλα κατα το
μετρον του
κανονος ου
εμερισεν ημιν
ο θεος μετρου
εφικεσθαι αχρι
και υμων
2Co_10:14 For we are not
overextending ourselves, as though our authority did not reach to you, for it
was to you that we came with the gospel of Christ;
2Co_10:14 οὐ
γὰρ ὡς μὴ ἐφικνούμενοι
εἰς ὑμᾶς ὑπερεκτείνομεν
ἑαυτούς· ἄχρι
γὰρ καὶ ὑμῶν
ἐφθάσαμεν ἐν
τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ
τοῦ Χριστοῦ,
2Co_10:14
ου γαρ ως μη
εφικνουμενοι
εις υμας
υπερεκτεινομεν
εαυτους αχρι
γαρ και υμων
εφθασαμεν εν τω
ευαγγελιω του
χριστου
2Co_10:15 not boasting beyond the
limits in the labors of others, but having hope, that as your faith is increased,
we shall be greatly enlarged by you according to our sphere of influence,
2Co_10:15 οὐκ
εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα
καυχώμενοι ἐν
ἀλλοτρίοις
κόποις, ἐλπίδα
δὲ ἔχοντες, αὐξανομένης
τῆς πίστεως
ὑμῶν, ἐν ὑμῖν
μεγαλυνθῆναι
κατὰ τὸν
κανόνα ἡμῶν
εἰς
περισσείαν,
2Co_10:15
ουκ εις τα
αμετρα
καυχωμενοι εν
αλλοτριοις
κοποις ελπιδα
δε εχοντες
αυξανομενης
της πιστεως
υμων εν υμιν
μεγαλυνθηναι
κατα τον
κανονα ημων
εις περισσειαν
2Co_10:16 to preach the gospel to
the regions beyond you, and not to boast in the things done in the sphere of influence of others.
2Co_10:16
καὶ εἰς τὰ
ὑπερέκεινα ὑμῶν
εὐαγγελίσασθαι,
οὐκ ἐν ἀλλοτρίῳ
κανόνι εἰς
τὰ ἕτοιμα
καυχήσασθαι.
2Co_10:16
εις τα
υπερεκεινα
υμων
ευαγγελισασθαι
ουκ εν
αλλοτριω
κανονι εις τα
ετοιμα
καυχησασθαι
2Co_10:17 But "he who
boasts, let him boast in the LORD."
2Co_10:17 ῾Ο
δὲ
καυχώμενος ἐν
Κυρίῳ
καυχάσθω·
2Co_10:17
ο δε
καυχωμενος εν
κυριω καυχασθω
2Co_10:18 For not he who commends
himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commends.
2Co_10:18 οὐ
γὰρ ὁ ἑαυτὸν
συνιστῶν, ἐκεῖνός
ἐστι
δόκιμος, ἀλλ᾿
ὃν ὁ Κύριος
συνίστησιν
2Co_10:18
ου γαρ ο
εαυτον Aσυνιστανων
TSBσυνιστων
εκεινος εστιν
δοκιμος Aαλλα TSBαλλ
ον ο κυριος συνιστησιν
God Hears Poor & Judges Bully
Psa_10:17 WEB Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
Psa_10:17 CAB The Lord has heard [εἰσήκουσεν] the desire [ἐπιθυμίαν] of the poor [πενήτων
– needy]: Your ear has
inclined to the
preparation of their heart;
Psa_10:17 (9:38) τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν
τῶν πενήτων εἰσήκουσεν
κύριος, τὴν ἑτοιμασίαν
τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν
προσέσχεν τὸ οὖς
σου
Psa_10:18
to judge the fatherless and
the oppressed, that man
who is of the earth may terrify no more.
Psa_10:18 to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth.
The Popular Rich Oppress & Despise the Righteous Poor
Wis_2:10 Br Let us oppress the poor righteous man, let us not spare the widow, nor reverence the ancient gray hairs of the aged.
Wis_2:10
καταδυναστεύσωμεν
πένητα δίκαιον,
μὴ φεισώμεθα χήρας
μηδὲ πρεσβύτου
ἐντραπῶμεν
πολιὰς
πολυχρονίους·
Wis_2:11 Let our strength be the law of justice: for that which is feeble is found to be nothing worth.
Wis_2:11 ἔστω
δὲ ἡμῶν ἡ ἰσχὺς
νόμος τῆς
δικαιοσύνης, τὸ
γὰρ ἀσθενὲς ἄχρηστον
ἐλέγχεται.
Wis_2:19 Let us examine him with despitefulness and torture, that we may know his meekness, and prove his patience.
Wis_2:19 ὕβρει
καὶ βασάνῳ ἐτάσωμεν
αὐτόν, ἵνα γνῶμεν
τὴν ἐπιείκειαν
αὐτοῦ καὶ
δοκιμάσωμεν τὴν
ἀνεξικακίαν αὐτοῦ·
Liberal Wicked People (Sadducees) Say this against Jesus.
Gideon – God Thinks Weak Poor Can Save Other People
God Thinks Poor, Weak,
Non-Self-Confident People Are Mighty Enough To Save Other People
Jdg_6:14 WEB Yahweh looked at him, and said, Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian: have not I sent you?
Jdg_6:14 LB And the Angel of the Lord
turned to him and said, “Go in this your strength, and you shall save Israel out
of the hand of Midian: behold, I have sent you.”
Jdg_6:14 καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν
πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ ἄγγελος
κυρίου καὶ εἶπεν
Πορεύου ἐν ἰσχύι
σου ταύτῃ καὶ σώσεις
τὸν Ισραηλ ἐκ
χειρὸς Μαδιαμ·
ἰδοὺ ἐξαπέστειλά
σε.
Jdg_6:15 WEB He said to him, Oh, Lord, with which shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest [KJV: poorH1800] in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
Jdg_6:15 LB And Gideon said
to him, “Be gracious with me, my Lord: how
shall I save Israel? Behold, my thousand is weakened in Manasseh, and
I am the least in my father’s
house.”
Jdg_6:15 καὶ εἶπεν
πρὸς αὐτὸν
Γεδεων Ἐν ἐμοί,
κύριέ μου, ἐν τίνι
σώσω τὸν
Ισραηλ; ἰδοὺ ἡ
χιλιάς μου ἠσθένησεν
ἐν Μανασση, καὶ ἐγώ
εἰμι ὁ μικρότερος
ἐν οἴκῳ πατρός
μου.
It is the “poorest” and “the least” who can save in mighty virtue, according to God.
12/3/16
Exo_2:13 WEB He went
out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each
other. He said to him who did the wrong, "Why do you strike your
fellow?"
Exo_2:13 CAB And having
gone out the second day, he saw two Hebrew men fighting; and he said to the
injurer, Why do you strike your neighbor?
Exo_2:13 ἐξελθὼν
δὲ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ
δευτέρᾳ ὁρᾷ δύο
ἄνδρας Εβραίους
διαπληκτιζομένους
καὶ λέγει τῷ ἀδικοῦντι
Διὰ τί σὺ τύπτεις
τὸν πλησίον;
Exo_2:14 He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge
over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was
afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known."
Exo_2:14 And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge
over us? Will you slay me as you slew the Egyptian yesterday? Then Moses was
alarmed, and said, If it be thus, this matter has become known.
Exo_2:14 ὁ δὲ
εἶπεν Τίς σε
κατέστησεν ἄρχοντα
καὶ δικαστὴν ἐφ᾿
ἡμῶν; μὴ ἀνελεῖν
με σὺ θέλεις, ὃν
τρόπον ἀνεῖλες
ἐχθὲς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον;
ἐφοβήθη δὲ
Μωυσῆς καὶ εἶπεν
Εἰ οὕτως ἐμφανὲς
γέγονεν τὸ ῥῆμα
τοῦτο;
>> TSK
11/29/16
2Pe_2:10 CAB and
especially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and
despise authority. They are bold, self-willed, illustrious persons, they do not
tremble at blaspheming,
2Pe_2:10
μάλιστα δὲ
τοὺς ὀπίσω
σαρκὸς ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ
μιασμοῦ
πορευομένους
καὶ
κυριότητος
καταφρονοῦντας.
τολμηταί αὐθάδεις,
δόξας οὐ
τρέμουσι
βλασφημοῦντες,
2Pe_2:11 whereas angels, being greater in might and in
power, do not bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord.
2Pe_2:11 ὅπου
ἄγγελοι, ἰσχύϊ
καὶ δυνάμει
μείζονες ὄντες,
οὐ φέρουσι
κατ᾿ αὐτῶν
παρὰ Κυρίῳ
βλάσφημον
κρίσιν.
2Pe_2:12 But these, as unreasoning natural animals, having
been born for capture and destruction, blaspheme at things which they are
ignorant of, and shall be destroyed in their destruction,
2Pe_2:12 οὗτοι
δέ, ἄλογα ζῷα
φυσικὰ
γεγεννημένα
εἰς ἅλωσιν
καὶ φθοράν, ἐν
οἷς ἀγνοοῦσι
βλασφημοῦντες,
ἐν τῇ φθορᾷ
αὐτῶν
καταφθαρήσονται,
2Pe_2:13 receiving
the wages of unrighteousness, counting as a pleasure to revel in the daytime, they are spots and blemishes, reveling in their
deceptions while they feast with you,
2Pe_2:13
κομιούμενοι
μισθὸν ἀδικίας·
ἡδονὴν ἡγούμενοι
τὴν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ
τρυφήν,
σπίλοι καὶ
μῶμοι, ἐντρυφῶντες
ἐν ταῖς ἀπάταις
αὐτῶν
συνευωχούμενοι
ὑμῖν,
2Pe_2:14 having eyes full of adultery and unable to cease
from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart having been trained in
greediness, they are accursed children.
2Pe_2:14 ὀφθαλμοὺς
ἔχοντες
μεστοὺς
μοιχαλίδος
καὶ ἀκαταπαύστους
ἁμαρτίας,
δελεάζοντες
ψυχὰς ἀστηρίκτους,
καρδίαν
γεγυμνασμένην
πλεονεξίας ἔχοντες,
κατάρας
τέκνα·
2Pe_2:15 They have left behind the straight way and gone
astray, having followed after the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the
wages of unrighteousness;
2Pe_2:15
καταλείποντες
εὐθεῖαν ὁδὸν
ἐπλανήθησαν,
ἐξακολουθήσαντες
τῇ ὁδῷ
τοῦ Βαλαὰμ
τοῦ Βοσόρ, ὃς
μισθὸν ἀδικίας
ἠγάπησεν,
Rich bullies are motivated by the reward of unrighteousness.
Perverts boast in the lessons that they have learned on how to do lawlessness excellency in ways that increases their money and strength.
11/11/16
Hos_7:15 WEB Though I
have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.
Hos_7:15 CAB They were
instructed by Me, and I strengthened their arms; and they devised evils against
Me.
Hos_7:15 κἀγὼ
κατίσχυσα τοὺς
βραχίονας αὐτῶν,
καὶ εἰς ἐμὲ ἐλογίσαντο
πονηρά.
Hos_10:1 WEB Israel is
a luxuriant vine that puts forth his fruit. According to the abundance of his
fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have
adorned their sacred stones.
Hos_10:1 CAB Israel is
a vine with choice branches, her fruit is abundant: according to the multitude
of her fruits she has multiplied her altars; according to the wealth of
his land, he has set up pillars.
Hos_10:1 Ἄμπελος
εὐκληματοῦσα
Ισραηλ, ὁ καρπὸς
αὐτῆς εὐθηνῶν·
κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος
τῶν καρπῶν αὐτοῦ
ἐπλήθυνεν τὰ
θυσιαστήρια,
κατὰ τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς
γῆς αὐτοῦ ᾠκοδόμησεν
στήλας.
11/7/16
Eze_22:27 WEB Her
princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest
gain.
Eze_22:27 CAB Her
princes in the midst of her are as wolves ravening to shed blood, that they may
get dishonest gain.
Eze_22:27 οἱ ἄρχοντες
αὐτῆς ἐν μέσῳ
αὐτῆς ὡς λύκοι ἁρπάζοντες
ἁρπάγματα τοῦ ἐκχέαι
αἷμα, ὅπως
πλεονεξίᾳ
πλεονεκτῶσιν.
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10/25/16
Ecc_6:10 WEB Whatever has been, its name was given long ago; and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is mightier than he.
Ecc_6:10 CAB If anything has been, its name has already been called. And it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is stronger than he.
Ecc_6:10 Εἴ τι ἐγένετο,
ἤδη κέκληται ὄνομα
αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐγνώσθη
ὅ ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος,
καὶ οὐ δυνήσεται
τοῦ κριθῆναι
μετὰ τοῦ ἰσχυροῦ
ὑπὲρ αὐτόν·
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10/23/16
Pro_21:24 WEB The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.
Pro_21:24 CAB A bold and self-willed and insolent man is called a pest, and he that remembers injuries is a transgressor.
Pro_21:24 θρασὺς
καὶ αὐθάδης καὶ
ἀλαζὼν λοιμὸς
καλεῖται· ὃς δὲ
μνησικακεῖ,
παράνομος.
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Absolute Humility that Snuffs Out all Chance of Arpox
9/6/16
Eph_4:2 CAB with all humility and meekness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,
Eph_4:2 μετὰ
πάσης
ταπεινοφροσύνης
καὶ πρᾳότητος,
μετὰ
μακροθυμίας,
ἀνεχόμενοι ἀλλήλων
ἐν ἀγάπῃ,
Tit_3:2 CAB to slander no one, to be peaceable, gentle, demonstrating all meekness to all men.
Tit_3:2 μηδένα
βλασφημεῖν, ἀμάχους
εἶναι, ἐπιεικεῖς,
πᾶσαν ἐνδεικνυμένους
πρᾳότητα
πρὸς πάντας
ἀνθρώπους.
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Sir_3:17 My son, ·conduct [διέξαγε] your affairs
[ἔργα] with humility
[πραύτητι],5
[πραύτητι τὰ ἔργα
σου διέξαγε – NETS: in
gentleness conduct your affairs] [[Sir3:17] LXX “meekness”]
and ·you will be loved
more than a giver
of gifts
[ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπου
δεκτοῦ ἀγαπηθήσῃ
– NETS: you will be loved more than a person who gives].
[this is conditional love,
and doing this helps defeat fear]
18 Humble yourself the
more, the greater you are [ὅσῳ μέγας
εἶ, τοσούτῳ
ταπείνου
σεαυτόν – NETS: The greater you are, the
more you should
humble yourself], and you will find favor [χάριν] with the Lord.
19 [Many are ·lofty and the noble.] [Br: in high place, and of renown]
[But it is
to the humble [Br:
meek (Greek: ??)] that he
reveals his plans] [Br:
mysteries].6 [[Sir3:19]
LXX(II) adds {not in Rahlfs}]
[moral note: conditional
favor. He ‘oppose the proud but give favor to the humble’; Jesus: the greatest
among you must be the least]
20 For great is the power [ἡ δυναστεία – the powerful ability; Br: power; NETS: dominance (dishonesty or textual variation?)] of the Lord;
he is glorified by [ὑπὸ – under; fig. by (NETS)] the humble [τῶν ταπεινῶν].
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8/8/16
Ecc_5:1 WEB Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.
Ecc_5:1 LB Fear God. Keep Your Vows Keep your foot, whenever you go to the house of God; and when you are near to hear, let your sacrifice be better than the gift of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.
Ecc_5:1 (4:17) Φύλαξον
πόδα σου, ἐν ᾧ ἐὰν
πορεύῃ εἰς οἶκον
τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ἐγγὺς
τοῦ ἀκούειν· ὑπὲρ
δόμα τῶν ἀφρόνων
θυσία σου, ὅτι οὔκ
εἰσιν εἰδότες
τοῦ ποιῆσαι
κακόν.
Liberal Wicked People
(Sadducees) Say against Jesus:
Wis_2:10 Br Let us oppress the poor righteous man, let us not spare the widow, nor reverence the ancient gray hairs of the aged.
Wis_2:10
καταδυναστεύσωμεν
πένητα δίκαιον,
μὴ φεισώμεθα χήρας
μηδὲ πρεσβύτου
ἐντραπῶμεν
πολιὰς
πολυχρονίους·
Wis_2:11 Let our strength be the law of justice: for that which is feeble is found to be nothing worth.
Wis_2:11 ἔστω δὲ ἡμῶν
ἡ ἰσχὺς νόμος τῆς
δικαιοσύνης, τὸ
γὰρ ἀσθενὲς ἄχρηστον
ἐλέγχεται.
Wis_2:19 Let us examine him with despitefulness and torture, that we may know his meekness, and prove his patience.
Wis_2:19 ὕβρει καὶ
βασάνῳ ἐτάσωμεν
αὐτόν, ἵνα γνῶμεν
τὴν ἐπιείκειαν
αὐτοῦ καὶ
δοκιμάσωμεν τὴν
ἀνεξικακίαν αὐτοῦ·
>> Get Hebrew!
Sir_1:26 BR If thou desire wisdom, keep the commandments, and the Lord shall give her unto thee.
Sir_1:26 ἐπιθυμήσας
σοφίαν διατήρησον
ἐντολάς, καὶ κύριος
χορηγήσει σοι
αὐτήν.
Sir_1:27 For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction: and faith and meekness are his delight.
Sir_1:27 σοφία γὰρ
καὶ παιδεία φόβος
κυρίου, καὶ ἡ εὐδοκία
αὐτοῦ πίστις
καὶ πραότης.
Sir_1:28 Distrust not the fear of the Lord when thou art poor: and come not unto him with a double heart.
Sir_1:28 μὴ ἀπειθήσῃς
φόβῳ κυρίου καὶ
μὴ προσέλθῃς αὐτῷ
ἐν καρδίᾳ δισσῇ.
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8/6/16
Pro_28:26 WEB One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
Pro_28:26 LB He who puts confidence in his bold heart is a fool: but he that walks in wisdom shall be safe.
Pro_28:26 ὃς πέποιθεν
θρασείᾳ καρδίᾳ,
ὁ τοιοῦτος ἄφρων·
ὃς δὲ πορεύεται
σοφίᾳ, σωθήσεται.
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8/5/16
Pro_21:13 KJV+ Whoso stoppethH331 his earsH241 at the cryH4480 H2201 of the poor,H1800 he alsoH1571 shall cryH7121 himself,H1931 but shall notH3808 be heard.H6030
Pro_21:13 LB He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear him.
Pro_21:13 ὃς φράσσει
τὰ ὦτα τοῦ μὴ ἐπακοῦσαι
ἀσθενοῦς, καὶ αὐτὸς
ἐπικαλέσεται,
καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ
εἰσακούων.
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8/04/16
“Psychopathy (/saɪˈkɒpəθi/), also known as sociopathy (/soʊsiˈɒpəθi/), is traditionally defined as a personality disorder[1] characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, egotistical traits.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy
8/4/16
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8/2/16
Pro_3:27 WEB Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
Pro_3:27 LB Do not refrain from doing good to the poor, whenever your hand may have power to help them.
Pro_3:27 μὴ ἀπόσχῃ
εὖ ποιεῖν ἐνδεῆ,
ἡνίκα ἂν ἔχῃ ἡ
χείρ σου βοηθεῖν·
Pro_3:28 WEB Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you," when you have it by you.
Pro_3:28 Do not say, “Come back another time, tomorrow I will give”; while you are able today to do him good; for you know not what the next day will bring forth.
Pro_3:28 μὴ εἴπης
Ἐπανελθὼν ἐπάνηκε
καὶ αὔριον δώσω,
δυνατοῦ σου ὄντος
εὖ ποιεῖν· οὐ γὰρ
οἶδας τί τέξεται
ἡ ἐπιοῦσα.
An Aprox always seems to find a way to overstep his boundaries to extend his control beyond what justice allows.
Pro_3:30 WEB Don't strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm.
Pro_3:30 LB Do not quarrel with a man without a cause, lest he do you some harm.
Pro_3:30 μὴ
φιλεχθρήσῃς
πρὸς ἄνθρωπον
μάτην, μή τι εἰς
σὲ ἐργάσηται
κακόν.
Pro_3:31 WEB Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
Pro_3:31 Do not procure the reproaches of bad men, neither shall you covet their ways.
Pro_3:31 μὴ κτήσῃ
κακῶν ἀνδρῶν ὀνείδη
μηδὲ ζηλώσῃς τὰς
ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν·
Pro_3:32 WEB For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.
Pro_3:32 For every transgressor is unclean before the Lord, neither does he sit among the righteous.
Pro_3:32 ἀκάθαρτος
γὰρ ἔναντι κυρίου
πᾶς παράνομος, ἐν
δὲ δικαίοις οὐ
συνεδριάζει.
Pro_3:33 WEB Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
Pro_3:33 The curse of God is in the houses of the ungodly, but the habitations of the just are blessed.
Pro_3:33 κατάρα
θεοῦ ἐν οἴκοις ἀσεβῶν,
ἐπαύλεις δὲ
δικαίων εὐλογοῦνται.
Pro_3:34 WEB Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.
Pro_3:34 The Lord resists the proud, but He gives grace to the humble.
Pro_3:34 κύριος ὑπερηφάνοις
ἀντιτάσσεται,
ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν
χάριν.
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7/13/16
Psa_10:2 KJV+ The wickedH7563 in his prideH1346 doth persecuteH1814 the poor:H6041 let them be takenH8610 in the devicesH4209 thatH2098 they have imagined.H2803
Psa_10:2 While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued; the wicked are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.
Psa_10:2 (9:23) ἐν τῷ ὑπερηφανεύεσθαι
τὸν ἀσεβῆ ἐμπυρίζεται
ὁ πτωχός,
συλλαμβάνονται
ἐν διαβουλίοις,
οἷς διαλογίζονται.
Psa_10:3 KJV+ ForH3588 the wickedH7563 boastethH1984 ofH5921 his heart'sH5315 desire,H8378 and blessethH1288 the covetous,H1214 whom the LORDH3068 abhorreth.H5006
Psa_10:3 Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.
Psa_10:3 (9:24) ὅτι ἐπαινεῖται
ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς ἐν
ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις
τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ,
καὶ ὁ ἀδικῶν ἐνευλογεῖται·
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7/12/16
Job_31:21 KJV+ IfH518 I have lifted upH5130 my handH3027 againstH5921 the fatherless,H3490 whenH3588 I sawH7200 my helpH5833 in the gate:H8179
Job_31:21 LB if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior to his:
Job_31:21 εἰ ἐπῆρα
ὀρφανῷ χεῖρα
πεποιθὼς ὅτι
πολλή μοι βοήθεια
περίεστιν,
Job_31:22 KJV+ Then let mine armH3802 fallH5307 from my shoulder blade,H4480 H7929 and mine armH248 be brokenH7665 from the bone.H4480 H7070
Job_31:22 LB then let my shoulder start from the blade bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.
Job_31:22 ἀποσταίη
ἄρα ὁ ὦμός μου ἀπὸ
τῆς κλειδός, ὁ δὲ
βραχίων μου ἀπὸ
τοῦ ἀγκῶνός
μου συντριβείη.
>> Merge w due24 below…!
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7/9/16; 4/2/22
Deu_24:10 KJV+ WhenH3588 thou dost lendH5383 thy brotherH7453 anyH3972 thing,H4859 thou shalt notH3808 goH935 intoH413 his houseH1004 to fetchH5670 his pledge.H5667
Deu_24:10 LB “If your neighbor owes you a debt, any debt whatsoever, you shall not go into his house to take his pledge:
Deu_24:10 Ἐὰν ὀφείλημα
ᾖ ἐν τῷ πλησίον
σου, ὀφείλημα ὁτιοῦν,
οὐκ εἰσελεύσῃ
εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν
αὐτοῦ ἐνεχυράσαι
τὸ ἐνέχυρον·
Deu_24:11 KJV+ Thou shalt standH5975 abroad,H2351 and the manH376 to whomH834 thouH859 dost lendH5383 shall bring outH3318 (H853) the pledgeH5667 abroadH2351 untoH413 thee.
Deu_24:11 you shall stand outside, and the man who is in your debt shall bring the pledge out to you.
Deu_24:11 ἔξω στήσῃ,
καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος,
οὗ τὸ δάνειόν
σού ἐστιν ἐν αὐτῷ,
ἐξοίσει σοι τὸ ἐνέχυρον
ἔξω.
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Deu_24:14 KJV+ Thou shalt notH3808 oppressH6231 an hired servantH7916 that is poorH6041 and needy,H34 whether he be of thy brethren,H4480 H251 orH176 of thy strangersH4480 H1616 thatH834 are in thy landH776 within thy gates:H8179
Deu_24:14 You shall not unjustly withhold the wages of the poor and needy of your brothers, or of the strangers who are in your cities.
Deu_24:14 Οὐκ ἀπαδικήσεις
μισθὸν πένητος
καὶ ἐνδεοῦς ἐκ
τῶν ἀδελφῶν
σου ἢ ἐκ τῶν
προσηλύτων τῶν
ἐν ταῖς πόλεσίν
σου·
Deu_24:15 KJV+ At his dayH3117 thou shalt giveH5414 him his hire,H7939 neitherH3808 shall the sunH8121 go downH935 uponH5921 it; forH3588 heH1931 is poor,H6041 and settethH5375 (H853) his heartH5315 uponH413 it: lestH3808 he cryH7121 againstH5921 thee untoH413 the LORD,H3068 and it beH1961 sinH2399 unto thee.
Deu_24:15 You shall pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against you to the Lord, and it shall be sin to you.
Deu_24:15 αὐθημερὸν
ἀποδώσεις τὸν
μισθὸν αὐτοῦ, οὐκ
ἐπιδύσεται ὁ ἥλιος
ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ, ὅτι πένης
ἐστὶν καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ
ἔχει τὴν ἐλπίδα·
καὶ οὐ καταβοήσεται
κατὰ σοῦ πρὸς κύριον,
καὶ ἔσται ἐν σοὶ
ἁμαρτία
Pro_3:27 KJV+ WithholdH4513 notH408 goodH2896 from them to whom it is due,H4480 H1167 when it isH1961 in the powerH410 of thine handH3027 to doH6213 it.
Pro_3:27 LB Do not refrain from doing good to the poor, whenever your hand may have power to help them.
Pro_3:27 μὴ ἀπόσχῃ
εὖ ποιεῖν ἐνδεῆ,
ἡνίκα ἂν ἔχῃ ἡ
χείρ σου βοηθεῖν·
Pro_3:28 KJV+ SayH559 notH408 unto thy neighbour,H7453 Go,H1980 and come again,H7725 and to morrowH4279 I will give;H5414 when thou hastH3426 it byH854 thee.
Pro_3:28 Do not say, “Come back another time, tomorrow I will give”; while you are able today to do him good; for you know not what the next day will bring forth.
Pro_3:28 μὴ εἴπης
Ἐπανελθὼν ἐπάνηκε
καὶ αὔριον δώσω,
δυνατοῦ σου ὄντος
εὖ ποιεῖν· οὐ γὰρ
οἶδας τί τέξεται
ἡ ἐπιοῦσα.
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7/7/16
Lev_25:43 KJV+ Thou shalt notH3808 ruleH7287 over him [your poor ‘slave-brother’] with rigour;H6531 but shalt fear thy God.H3372 H4480 H430
Lev_25:43 You shall not oppress him with labor, and shall fear the Lord your God.
Lev_25:43 οὐ
κατατενεῖς αὐτὸν
ἐν τῷ μόχθῳ καὶ
φοβηθήσῃ κύριον
τὸν θεόν σου.
>> See: context too
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6/27/16
Psa_69:26 KJV+ ForH3588 they persecuteH7291 him whomH834 thouH859 hast smitten;H5221 and they talkH5608 toH413 the griefH4341 of those whom thou hast wounded.H2491
Psa_69:26 because they persecuted him whom You have smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
Psa_69:26 (68:27) ὅτι ὃν
σὺ ἐπάταξας, αὐτοὶ
κατεδίωξαν, καὶ
ἐπὶ τὸ ἄλγος τῶν
τραυματιῶν
σου προσέθηκαν.
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6/27/16
2Co_10:12-18 CAB For we dare not to class ourselves or to compare ourselves with those who commend themselves, but they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, do not understand. 13 But we will not boast beyond limits, but according to the measure of the sphere of influence which God assigned us as a measure, to reach even as far as you. 14 For we are not overextending ourselves, as though our authority did not reach to you, for it was to you that we came with the gospel of Christ; 15 not boasting beyond the limits in the labors of others, but having hope, that as your faith is increased, we shall be greatly enlarged by you according to our sphere of influence, 16 to preach the gospel to the regions beyond you, and not to boast in the things done in the sphere of influence of others. 17 But "he who boasts, let him boast in the LORD." 18 For not he who commends himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commends.
2Co_10:12-18 Greek
Οὐ γὰρ
τολμῶμεν ἐγκρῖναι
ἢ συγκρῖναι ἑαυτούς
τισι τῶν ἑαυτοὺς
συνιστανόντων·
ἀλλὰ αὐτοὶ
ἐν ἑαυτοῖς
ἑαυτοὺς
μετροῦντες
καὶ
συγκρίνοντες
ἑαυτοὺς ἑαυτοῖς
οὐ συνιοῦσιν. 13
ἡμεῖς δὲ
οὐχὶ εἰς
τὰ ἄμετρα
καυχησόμεθα,
ἀλλὰ κατὰ
τὸ μέτρον
τοῦ κανόνος
οὗ ἐμέρισεν
ἡμῖν ὁ
Θεὸς μέτρου,
ἐφικέσθαι ἄχρι
καὶ ὑμῶν. 14
οὐ γὰρ ὡς
μὴ ἐφικνούμενοι
εἰς ὑμᾶς ὑπερεκτείνομεν
ἑαυτούς· ἄχρι
γὰρ καὶ ὑμῶν
ἐφθάσαμεν ἐν
τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ
τοῦ Χριστοῦ, 15
οὐκ εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα
καυχώμενοι ἐν
ἀλλοτρίοις
κόποις, ἐλπίδα
δὲ ἔχοντες, αὐξανομένης
τῆς πίστεως
ὑμῶν, ἐν ὑμῖν
μεγαλυνθῆναι
κατὰ τὸν
κανόνα ἡμῶν
εἰς
περισσείαν, 16
καὶ εἰς τὰ
ὑπερέκεινα ὑμῶν
εὐαγγελίσασθαι,
οὐκ ἐν ἀλλοτρίῳ
κανόνι εἰς
τὰ ἕτοιμα
καυχήσασθαι. 17 ῾Ο
δὲ
καυχώμενος ἐν
Κυρίῳ
καυχάσθω· 18
οὐ γὰρ ὁ ἑαυτὸν
συνιστῶν, ἐκεῖνός
ἐστι
δόκιμος, ἀλλ᾿
ὃν ὁ Κύριος
συνίστησιν
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Job_29:12 KJV+ BecauseH3588 I deliveredH4422 the poorH6041 that cried,H7768 and the fatherless,H3490 and him that had noneH3808 to helpH5826 him.
Job_29:12 LB For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.
Job_29:12 διέσωσα
γὰρ πτωχὸν ἐκ
χειρὸς δυνάστου
καὶ ὀρφανῷ, ᾧ οὐκ
ἦν βοηθός, ἐβοήθησα·
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Confronting The Observer
1/8/16
Mat_27:14 -- Jesus not answering… not taking their “efforts to ask and make judgements” seriously to reverence…
See: Cheap Shots /
JCH
That is most of those who might hear me…
>>Scrip:
In the latter days they will be fierce
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~Sep 2015
False prophet (Jesus calls them arpox wolves) Takes the yoke off of Jeremiah's neck... So God killed that pervert
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>> Bible: arpox: L&S !! (arpox in secular usage)
The opposite of Arpox is Epi-eikes – yielding
>> See: BBS RTF!!! – get any notes from here!
--
Deu_22:3 CAB Thus shall you do to his donkey, and thus shall you do to his garment, and thus shall you do to everything that your brother has lost; whatsoever things have been lost by him, and you have found, you shall not have power to overlook.
Deu_22:3 Greek οὕτως
ποιήσεις τὸν ὄνον
αὐτοῦ καὶ οὕτως
ποιήσεις τὸ ἱμάτιον
αὐτοῦ καὶ οὕτως
ποιήσεις κατὰ
πᾶσαν ἀπώλειαν
τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ
σου, ὅσα ἐὰν ἀπόληται
παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ καὶ
εὕρῃς· οὐ
δυνήσῃ ὑπεριδεῖν.
--
This is a fundamental condemnation of ‘being strong to do evil’ (look up this ref too)
Sir_7:36 Brenton
Whatsoever thou
takest in hand [ἐν πᾶσι
τοῖς λόγοις
σου], remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss [εἰς
τὸν αἰῶνα οὐχ ἁμαρτήσεις].
Sir_8:1-3 Brenton Strive
[διαμάχου] not with a mighty
[δυνάστου] man' lest thou fall
into his hands. 2 Be not at variance
with a rich man, lest he overweigh thee: for gold hath destroyed many, and
perverted the hearts of kings. 3 Strive [διαμάχου] not with a man that
is full of tongue [γλωσσώδους], and heap not wood
upon his fire.
Sir_8:1-3 Greek Μὴ
διαμάχου μετὰ ἀνθρώπου
δυνάστου, μήποτε
ἐμπέσῃς εἰς τὰς
χεῖρας αὐτοῦ. 2
μὴ ἔριζε μετὰ ἀνθρώπου
πλουσίου, μήποτε
ἀντιστήσῃ σου
τὴν ὁλκήν·
πολλοὺς γὰρ ἀπώλεσεν
τὸ χρυσίον καὶ
καρδίας βασιλέων
ἐξέκλινεν. 3
μὴ διαμάχου
μετὰ ἀνθρώπου
γλωσσώδους καὶ
μὴ ἐπιστοιβάσῃς
ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ αὐτοῦ
ξύλα.
Sir_8:10-12 Brenton Kindle not the coals
of a sinner, lest thou be burnt with the flame of his fire. 11 Rise not up in anger
at the presence of an injurious person, lest he lie in wait to entrap thee in
thy words 12 Lend
not unto him that is mightier than thyself; for if thou lendest him, count it
but lost.
Sir_8:14-19 Brenton Go not to law with a
judge; for they will judge for him according to his honour [δόξαν;
NETS: in his favor]. 15 Travel not by the
way with a bold fellow, lest he become grievous unto thee: for he will do
according to his own will, and thou shalt perish with him through his folly. 16 Strive not with an
angry man, and go not with him into a solitary place: for blood is as nothing
in his sight, and where there is no help, he will overthrow thee. 17 Consult not with a
fool; for he cannot keep counsel.
18
Do no secret thing before a stranger; for thou
knowest not what he will bring forth.
19
Open not thine heart to every man, *lest he requite thee
with a shrewd turn [* NRSV Gr: and let him not return a favor to you;
NRSV Heb: or you may drive away your happiness].
>> notice that arpox is bold to defy Jeremiah, but truth weakly and meakly appeals toward truth
>> they... pray, standing on the treet corners - confident in spiritual things - exalting their religiosity over other who were not asking for their faith (<< clarify ) - Jesus instructs us not to be zealous to affect other people who 'less spiritual than us' and less practiced in faith, which makes them seem like suitable victems for our spiritual rape
The pushy arpox just runs over everything else
He dominates and defines everything by his own soul's strength and
By his energy, he does not ever need to know God or man because the same crime of ego centric arpox that pushes out a self knowledge over everyone else, deadens his own moral perceptions so that he never has a shot at truly knowing people of value.
*To truly know people (and God) is to morally percieve their real value*
If you do not know people, you hate them, because you disarange and set asside their true value.
))-- go get, "not knowing God is a crime worthy of damnation -- get notes and MP3
But the apox is so happy and energized in defining over other people that he never KNOWS them and their true value. So also, discernment is on another planet from him alltogether.
Arpox is about being so bussy being self-energized that you do not ever know men or God.
Senior apostacy and strong sucess in this life makes you an exalting arpox.
This leaves you not knowing people, and your complacency to not know people, including God, makes you shearly contrary to God WHO WANTS TO BE KNOWN. - And all real relationships in this life require being known.
(Cult heretics consist of one or more aprox defining everone else by their own dirty soul. Arpox leaders are the same dirtiness that cultish heretics are made of, and arpox is the primary essence of their crime.)
Arpox wants to define others so much that it never knows (or percieves) that it needs to KNOW, And the pausing to know someone is the righteous justice that saves you when you stand in aw to reverence God.
Thos who arpox over other people, do so because they hate to know God.
Those who pass by a righteous person do so because they hate God who invested in him.
Those who are content to move forward without truly knowing others are happy at despising God, they are skilled at being blind, and sucessful at destroying their own salvation.
And truly, life is all about relationships. And those whom you do not know, you hate the prospect of their relationship.
God has placed it as the duty of man to know your earthly father (naturally) so that you may know your heavenly Father by faith.
God has placed it as the duty of man to know the righteous on earth so that you may come to know Jesus from heaven. If you do not truly know other people on earth (i.e. morally percieve their true value) then how will you ever percieve and know God in heaven who you cannot even see with your eyes or hear with your ears??
And don't think for a moment that your dull and unrighteous heart will profoundly know God in a personal way in prayer if you can't even muster up the simple and much more basic justice on earth of loving and cleaving to the righteous!! You sinning hypocrite! Your worthless and rediculous relationship with some dirty god without actually doing the heart-purifying work of justice on the earth, is the same shameful perversion that heath pagans have been doing since men began to commit idolatry and worship deamons!
But as for knowing the righteous...
as with all relationship of dignaty, we do not seek prostitution - that is to say, we do not seek an unworthy knowing of another person's intimacy. We do not seek the grose incroaching eyes of 'bird watchers'. We seek a reasonable responce of commitment, because intimacy is not reserved for feeling love, but for those DOING love, and this DOING of Love is the reasonable responce of commitment which entreates another person unto a relationship of dignaty and mutual knowing, and sharing.
Morally percieving another person's value, is knowing them, beacuse this rightes perception is according to God, and it is the reasonable responce that energizes you to obsessively know Him who you have not known in your flesh, and as one who flushes a toilet, the reverence of knowing the true value for others quickly removes the shame of arpox away from your life.
Therfore, to know the household of God is not to ask for more unwarented intimacy to be dispplyed as a dirty harlot does, but to know the righteous is to give the reasonable responce... to know them based on your moral reverence of them, not their cheapening display of intimacy to you.
In the same way, truly, if we find those skattered remnants of truth throughout the earth, we will have already known them before ever meeting them, because we have already loved and embraced their righteousness. (And truly, that older woman prophetes will recognize me even thow I may come from afar, because she has waited and sought me before she ever heard my name. And if we will endure for the salvation of God's household, they will be added to us for the children of God's posterity).
Sir_6:7-17 Brenton If thou wouldest get a friend, prove him first and be not hasty to credit him. 8 For some man is a friend for his own occasion, and will not abide in the day of thy trouble. 9 And there is a friend, who being turned to enmity, and strife will discover thy reproach. 10 Again, some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy affliction. 11 But in thy prosperity he will be as thyself, and will be bold over thy servants. 12 If thou be brought low, he will be against thee, and will hide himself from thy face. 13 Separate thyself from thine enemies, and take heed of thy friends. 14 A faithful friend is a strong defence: and he that hath found such an one hath found a treasure. 15 Nothing doth countervail a faithful friend, and his excellency is invaluable. 16 A faithful friend is the medicine of life; and they that fear the Lord shall find him. 17 Whoso feareth the Lord shall direct his friendship aright: for as he is, so shall his neighbour be also.
Sir_6:7-17
Greek
εἰ κτᾶσαι
φίλον, ἐν
πειρασμῷ κτῆσαι
αὐτὸν καὶ μὴ
ταχὺ ἐμπιστεύσῃς
αὐτῷ. 8 ἔστιν γὰρ φίλος
ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ
καὶ οὐ μὴ
παραμείνῃ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ
θλίψεώς σου. 9 καὶ ἔστιν
φίλος μετατιθέμενος
εἰς ἔχθραν καὶ
μάχην ὀνειδισμοῦ
σου ἀποκαλύψει. 10 καὶ ἔστιν
φίλος κοινωνὸς
τραπεζῶν καὶ οὐ
μὴ παραμείνῃ ἐν
ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεώς
σου· 11 καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς
σου ἔσται ὡς σὺ
καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς οἰκέτας
σου παρρησιάσεται· 12 ἐὰν
ταπεινωθῇς, ἔσται
κατὰ σοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ
τοῦ προσώπου
σου κρυβήσεται. 13 ἀπὸ
τῶν ἐχθρῶν σου
διαχωρίσθητι
καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν φίλων
σου πρόσεχε. 14 φίλος
πιστὸς σκέπη
κραταιά, ὁ δὲ εὑρὼν
αὐτὸν εὗρεν
θησαυρόν. 15 φίλου
πιστοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν
ἀντάλλαγμα, καὶ
οὐκ ἔστιν
σταθμὸς τῆς
καλλονῆς αὐτοῦ. 16 φίλος
πιστὸς φάρμακον
ζωῆς, καὶ οἱ
φοβούμενοι κύριον
εὑρήσουσιν αὐτόν. 17 ὁ
φοβούμενος κύριον
εὐθυνεῖ φιλίαν
αὐτοῦ, ὅτι κατ᾿
αὐτὸν οὕτως καὶ
ὁ πλησίον αὐτοῦ.
4/4/13
>> find other missing copy of the Bible study that is like this
>> Merge w due24 above…!
Deu_24:10-15 CAB-cGNT If your neighbor owes you a debt, any debt whatsoever, you shall not go into his house to take his pledge: 11 you shall stand outside, and the man who is in your debt shall bring the pledge out to you. 12 And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight. 13 You shall surely restore his pledge at sunset, and he shall sleep in his own garment, and he shall bless you; and it shall be mercy to you before the Lord your God. 14 You shall not unjustly withhold the wages of the poor and needy of your brothers, or of the strangers who are in your cities. 15 You shall pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against you to the Lord, and it shall be sin to you.
Note: Even lost people knew this! When foolish church goers are rapacious, they betray that they've not even measured up to the basic, monotheistic righteousness of the law!
they are less than humans who know what s right to do in their own strength!
No Respecter of Persons
Deu_10:17 WEB For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn't regard persons, nor takes reward.
Deu_10:17 LB For the Lord your God, He is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great and mighty; the awesome God, who is no respector of persons, nor will He by any means accept a bribe;
Deu_10:17 ὁ γὰρ κύριος
ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν, οὗτος
θεὸς τῶν θεῶν
καὶ κύριος τῶν
κυρίων, ὁ θεὸς ὁ
μέγας καὶ ἰσχυρὸς
καὶ ὁ φοβερός, ὅστις
οὐ θαυμάζει πρόσωπον
οὐδ᾿ οὐ μὴ λάβῃ
δῶρον,
Deu_10:18 WEB He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.
Deu_10:18 executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and He loves the stranger, to give him food and clothing.
Deu_10:18 ποιῶν κρίσιν
προσηλύτῳ καὶ ὀρφανῷ
καὶ χήρᾳ καὶ ἀγαπᾷ
τὸν προσήλυτον
δοῦναι αὐτῷ ἄρτον
καὶ ἱμάτιον.
What to Do When God Testifies Against You
4/29/13-5/1/13; 5/4/13; 5/12/13; 5/16/13; 5/25/13;
5/30/13; 6/17/13 (Handling Trials); 6/21/13 (compiling and revising); 6/22/13
(1st presentation); 6/26/13-6/27/13 (Moments of Intensity);
6/29/13-6/30/13 (more on don’t defend yourself); 7/1/13; 7/5/13-7/6/13;
7/11/13; 7/20/13-7/21/13; 1/15/14; 6/27/16
Just when you thought that faith was impossible, now
you are even charged to believe when God testifies against you!
>> get trials out of rtf notes
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7/7/16
Num_12: -- Leprosy described as ‘God spiting in your face’
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Psa_69:26 KJV+ ForH3588 they persecuteH7291 him whomH834 thouH859 hast smitten;H5221 and they talkH5608 toH413 the griefH4341 of those whom thou hast wounded.H2491
Psa_69:26 because they persecuted him whom You have smitten; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.
Psa_69:26 (68:27) ὅτι ὃν
σὺ ἐπάταξας, αὐτοὶ
κατεδίωξαν, καὶ
ἐπὶ τὸ ἄλγος τῶν
τραυματιῶν
σου προσέθηκαν.
Naomi Says, 'God has Testified Against Me'
[NETS, p. 241]
Rth_1:3, 5-18 CAB And Elimelech, Naomi's husband died... 5 And both Mahlon and Chilion died also; and the woman survived her husband and her two sons. 6 And she rose up, and her two daughters-in-law, and they returned out [ἀπέστρεψαν ἐξ] of the country of Moab, for she heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had visited His people to give them bread. 7 And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went by the way to return to the land of Judah. 8 And Naomi said to her daughters-in-law, Go now, return each to the house of her mother: the Lord deal mercifully with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me. 9 The Lord grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. And she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept. 10 And they said to her, We will return with you to your people. 11 And Naomi said, Return now, my daughters; and why do you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb to be your husbands? 12 Turn now, my daughters, for I am too old to be married: for I said, Suppose I were married, and should bear sons; 13 would you wait for them till they should be grown? Or would you refrain from being married for their sakes? Not so, my daughters, for I am grieved for you, that the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me. 14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law and returned to her people; but Ruth followed her. 15 And Naomi said to Ruth, Behold, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods; turn now also after your sister-in-law. 16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following you; for wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. 17 And wherever you die, I will die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if I leave you, for death only shall divide between me and you. 18 And Naomi, seeing that she was determined to go with her, ceased to speak to her anymore. 19 Now they both went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they arrived at Bethlehem, that all the city was excited because of them, and they said, Is this Naomi? 20 And she said to them, No, do not call me Naomi [נעמי – Strong H5281: “From H5278; pleasant”: Strong H5278: “agreeableness, that is, delight, suitableness, splendor or grace: - beauty, pleasant (-ness)”/ H5276 (see this number for more)] ; call me 'Bitter,' for the Mighty One has dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and the Lord has brought me back empty. And why do you call me Naomi, seeing the Lord has humbled me and the Mighty One has afflicted me [WEB: seeing Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?"]?
4 Levels / Scenarios of Opposing Testimony
Defining what it actually means to 'have God testify
against you'
There are At Least 4 basic Levels of God Testifying Against You...
(1) I Like You, But You Still Need To Go Through Bad Feelings
I Like You; You Are Doing Perfect Truth, But You Still
Need To Learn To Believe Goodness Even When I Act Like I Hate You
i.e. The only time when this classic title actually is
true: "When Bad Things Happen to Good People"
Example(s): God made people feel bad and
guilty even though they were innocent
·
Naomi
·
Job
·
Jesus (becoming sin)
·
Paul (sentence of death in ourselves) – needed strengthening
by the coming of Titus (etc.)
·
etc. -- we plan to read many of these
throughout...
(2) I Like You, But You Are WRONG
Example(s):
- Peter
- Moses
-
etc. -- we plan to read many of these throughout...
(3) I Do Not Like You (Currently), and You Are Wrong -- I am Rejecting You / and Testifying Against You
There is still room for repentance. There is still a
chance God might have been secretly loving you from the foundation of the
world, yet for a time His current activity of opposing you is a dreadful
display of His disgust for you.
Example(s):
- Eze_18: & 33
- a few of the kings repented
- ! Simon the sorcerer (Act_8:12-24) !!
- at one time we were, by nature, vessels of wrath, even
as others... hateful and hating one Another... but then kindness and love
appeared!
- Eph_2:3-5; 2Ti_2:20;
- God opposes proud, but favor to humble - so HUMBLE
YOURSELF! -- you could go from being opposed to being favored, as long as you
choose humility!
1Sa_16:6-14 CAB And it came to pass when they came in, that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before Him. 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance, nor on his stature, for I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart. 8 And Jesse called Abinadab, and he passed before Samuel. And he said, Neither has God chosen this one. 9 And Jesse caused Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither has God chosen this one. 10 And Jesse caused his seven sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said, the Lord has not chosen these. 11 And Samuel said to Jesse, Have you no more sons? And Jesse said, There is yet a little one; behold, he tends the flock. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him, for we may not sit down till he comes. 12 And he sent and fetched him. And he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes, and very good looking. And the Lord said to Samuel, Arise, and anoint David, for he is good. 13 And Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose, and departed to Ramah. 14 And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.
Note: It appears that God/ David eventually found some use for at least some of these brothers (or other brothers?) (at least externally)
see: 1Sa_22:1, 2Sa_4:9 (by later including some of them in David's army...), (2Sa_21:21/1Ch_20:7)
conversly see: MT vs. LXX: 2Sa_13:3; 2Sa_13:32;
The Hope: let God be
true and every man a liar!
-- This hope
constantly applies to all of the scenarios we are going over...
(4) Unforgivable State of Absolute Rejection
Heb_6:, Heb_10: Gospels, etc.
Example(s): Esau, the Spirit-Blaspheming Pharisees
Note:
· Most people are not in this state.
· Don't cheaply and easily export your responsibility and guilt by claiming your lack of obedience and endurance is God’s fault for not wanting to forgive you.
· As others have correctly noticed, most people are not rejected by God because they “can’t” repent, but because they “won’t…”
Understanding the Difference & the Boundaries of Application
· When you are right but still opposed, the opposition is purely external and circumstantial, not moral
· “God’s testimony” is really only speaking of the circumstances you find yourself in! (this is really good news and hope!)
· When you are wrong and opposed, the opposition has moral reasons
· Whenever you feel unresolvable/unbearable fears/ stresses of God testifying against you, it is almost always because you are severely confusing these categories of opposition.
-- Like Job's frustration when his friends accused him of moral guilt [i.e. they understood the opposition to be a spiritual/moral testimony against him] when in fact, it said that he was blameless before all of Job's trials fell on him (see: Job below).
No Fleshly, Prideful, Self-Approval OR Being Bossed
Around by Demons
by the way: you do not ever have a right to say where you are spiritually, or to determine which testimony is being done against you. Rom_3:4 always applies. You always need a perfect and objective standard to find where you are.
remember examples from #1… Rom_3:4 always applies
Rom_3:4 CAB Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar, just as it is written: "That You may be justified in Your words, and You may overcome when You are judged."
Heb_12:11 CAB Now no discipline seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, later it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those having been trained by it.
What to do…
· When it is Not Clear Yet
· Coming to Terms after it is clear >> Cain did not repent!!
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7/1/13
proerbs reprofs are the way of life
- get really good a being rebuked and corrected
- if you are not good at this, you are eaither seared
and or illigitomate
7/2/13
if you are not
chastised/painfully corrected, beg God for correction till you are exaspirated...
other wise you are uncorrected in your error and near to cursing and rejection.
-- her who fell: without correction/repentance or deep guilt and remorse for
shameful flesh lust
The Terrifying Oblivion of Insensitivity to God’s Rebuke
>>
I do not like you, and your wrong:
false prophets, such as Hananiah -- they boldly thought they could speak for God, but were bitterly rejected
What if You Do Not Perceive chastening?
Q: what if you do not know if/when you are being chastised/ ‘testified against’
Conscious Being Seared
1Ti_4:1-2 CAB But the Spirit explicitly says, that in latter times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having been seared with a hot iron as to their own conscience,
1Ti_4:1-2 Greek Τὸ δὲ Πνεῦμα ῥητῶς λέγει ὅτι ἐν ὑστέροις καιροῖς ἀποστήσονταί τινες τῆς πίστεως προσέχοντες πνεύμασι πλάνοις καὶ διδασκαλίαις δαιμονίων, 2 ἐν ὑποκρίσει ψευδολόγων, κεκαυστηριασμένων τὴν ἰδίαν συνείδησιν,
Samson Did Not Realize that God had Left Him
Jdg_16:20-21 CAB And Delilah said, The Philistines are upon you, Sampson. And he awoke out of his sleep and said, I will go out as at former times, and shake myself; and he knew not that the Lord had departed from him. 21 And the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he became a grinder in the prison house.
Cain Refused Tender Appeals – CAB, WEB, Greek
Gen_4:6-7 CAB And the Lord God said to Cain, Why are you downcast, and why has your countenance fallen? 7 Have you not sinned if you have brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? Be still, to you shall be his submission, and you shall rule over him.
Gen_4:6-7 Greek καὶ εἶπεν κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῷ Καιν Ἵνα τί περίλυπος ἐγένου, καὶ ἵνα τί συνέπεσεν τὸ πρόσωπόν σου; 7 οὐκ, ἐὰν ὀρθῶς προσενέγκῃς, ὀρθῶς δὲ μὴ διέλῃς, ἥμαρτες; ἡσύχασον· πρὸς σὲ ἡ ἀποστροφὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ σὺ ἄρξεις αὐτοῦ.
Gen_4:6-7 WEB Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen? 7 If you do well, will it not be lifted up? If you don't do well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it."
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Judas Not Openly Exposed/Confronted At First
Jesus did not always directly rebuke Judas, but when He
did, Judas went to betray Jesus
Joh_6:58-71 CAB This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna, and died. He that eats this bread shall live forever." 59 These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum. 60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying; who can hear it?" 61 And Jesus, knowing in Himself that His disciples were murmuring about this, He said to them, "Does this offend you? 62 What then if you should see the Son of Man ascending where He was before? 63 It is the Spirit who makes alive; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. 64 But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who were the ones who did not believe, and who was the one who would betray Him. 65 And He said, "Because of this I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father." 66 From this time many of His disciples turned back and no longer would walk with Him. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?" 68 But Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." 70 He answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?" 71 Now He was speaking about Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for he was intending to betray Him, though he was one of the twelve.
Judas Betrays Jesus
Joh_13:2 CAB And after supper, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him,
Joh_13:18 CAB I do not speak concerning all of you. I know those whom I chose; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.'
Joh_13:20-22 CAB Most assuredly I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me." 21 When Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in His spirit, and testified and said, "Most assuredly I say to you, one of you will betray Me." 22 Therefore the disciples were looking at one another, perplexed about whom He was speaking.
Joh_13:27-28 CAB And after the piece of bread, then Satan entered him. Therefore Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly." 28 But no one reclining at the table knew for what purpose He said this to him.
Joh_17:12 CAB When I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You have given Me I guarded; and not one of them is lost except the son of perdition, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Mat_26:8-16 CAB But when His disciples saw it, they became indignant, saying, "Why this waste? 9 For this perfume could have been sold for much, and have been given to the poor." 10 But when Jesus became aware of it, He said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful work for Me. 11 For you have the poor with you always, but Me you do not have always. 12 For this woman, having put this perfume on My body, she did it for My burial. 13 Assuredly I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman did will be spoken as a memorial to her." 14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?" And they weighed out for him thirty silver coins. 16 And from then on he sought an opportunity to betray Him.
Joh_12:3-8 CAB Then Mary, having taken a pound of very costly pure nard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 Then one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, who was about to betray Him, said, 5 Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" 6 This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to pilfer the things which were placed in it. 7 But Jesus said, "Let her alone; she has kept this for the day of My burial. 8 For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always."
(Luk_22:1-6 – no context preceding betrayal)
Act_1:16-17 CAB Men, brothers; it was necessary for this Scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus; 17 for he was numbered with us and obtained a portion in this ministry."
Don't Defend Yourself! – Don’t Avoid Bad Feelings
What happens when you really are wrong? – 2 OR 3?
Embrace/ Submit under God’s Rebuke: Don’t Praise
Yourself!
Remember
Examples…
· Peter vs. David’s Brothers
Don’t be Like Cain and Judas!!!
Pro_15:31-33 CAB
(TEXT OMITTED) 32 He that rejects instruction hates himself,
but he who heeds rebuke loves his soul. 33 The fear of
the Lord is instruction and wisdom, and the highest honor will correspond
therewith.
Pro_15:30-33 Greek
θεωρῶν ὀφθαλμὸς
καλὰ εὐφραίνει
καρδίαν, φήμη δὲ
ἀγαθὴ πιαίνει ὀστᾶ. 32 ὃς ἀπωθεῖται
παιδείαν, μισεῖ
ἑαυτόν· ὁ δὲ
τηρῶν ἐλέγχους
ἀγαπᾷ ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ. 33 φόβος
θεοῦ παιδεία
καὶ σοφία, καὶ ἀρχὴ
δόξης ἀποκριθήσεται
αὐτῇ.
Pro_15:31-33 WEB
The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the
wise. 32 He who refuses correction despises his own soul,
but he who listens to reproof gets understanding. 33 The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before
honor is humility.
--
Pro_10:17 CAB
Instruction keeps the right ways of life, but instruction unchastened
goes astray.
Pro_10:17 WEB
He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes
reproof leads others astray.
Bad Feelings Superior to Good Feelings
· Bad feelings in this life = praise from God
· You should almost prefer bad feelings so that maybe you, as a wretched creature, might find some hope and redemption.
· That is partly why we willfully fast.
Love the Healthy Times of Bad Feelings
· File names – most people spend as little time as possible to just get it done
·
Most people spend as
little time as possible feeling bad about their errors
·
We ought to spend a lot of
time rebuking ourselves so that we may not be cursed and
destroyed
·
We ought to be pleading
with God to reveal every error and mistake possible as soon as
possible and bring it to the surface as lovingly as He will so that we may
never get the foolish idea that we are better off/ further along than we
thought
· May we never again make these mistakes
· Making this mistake is infinitely worse than feeling bad/discouraged about ourselves for the rest of our lives.
· We should not be excited to make ourselves feel good as approved christians, we should be overwhelmingly excited with the surpassing glorious privilege of holding ourselves under probation so that we might finally see truth on the earth!!!
· The sin of the modern church: Even calling each other brother and sister is evil and is full of hypocrisy, when we are under darkness, and questionable-ness – subtle things we do to brag that we are saved
· Face discouragement, don’t avoid anything that blesses you with weakness and rebuke and discomfort, because you need all the salvation you can get.
If you do not like God to testify against you, then you hate God whom you should be welcoming into your life.
Arpox Criminals Flatter Themselves
· Your integrity is who you are when you are at your worst, so don’t flatter yourself when you think you are doing your best, and especially don’t flatter yourself in the eyes of others because this breach of insanity will kill you!!
· Insanity is when lies are made to look factual.
· You should actually care about what God cares about.
· Hiding your folly enough to trick people in cooperating with your filthiness is a crime of arpox that will gain more guilt than the initial crime itself.
· It is one thing to be evil, it is even more to deceive others into thinking you are accepted.
Judge Your Selves!
· Most people are trying so hard to defend themselves from bad feelings that they never get around to having a shot at repentance.
· You should not be seeking to avoid a testimony against you, but you should be praying to JUDGE YOURSELF NOW!
· You should not be seeking/trying to make yourself/me/others/God convinced that you are doing better… you should be desperately seeking to confess and repent as quickly and as massively as you can.
1Co_11:31-32 CAB For if we judge ourselves correctly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, in order that we may not be condemned with the world.
1Co_11:31-32 Greek εἰ γὰρ ἑαυτοὺς διεκρίνομεν, οὐκ ἂν ἐκρινόμεθα· 32 κρινόμενοι δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου παιδευόμεθα, ἵνα μὴ σὺν τῷ κόσμῳ κατακριθῶμεν.
Pro_27:2 CAB Let your neighbor, and not your own mouth, praise you; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Pro_27:5-8 CAB Open reproofs are better than secret love. 6 The wounds of a friend are more to be trusted than the spontaneous kisses of an enemy… 8 As when a bird flies down from its own nest, so a man is brought into bondage whenever he estranges himself from his own place.
MT: each man will declare his own love....
LXX: Pro_20:6 CAB A man is valuable and a merciful man precious, but it is hard to find a faithful man.
GNT Alternatives (from TSK): Mat_6:2, Luk_18:8, Luk_18:11, Luk_22:33,
Introductory Warnings
Doing Good, But Rebuked
If God keeps you, most likely you will go through seasons where you realize you were not as far along as you thought, and or, you will at least go through season where you feel like you are being rebuked after doing well.
Because of this, we need to do a Bible study…
God Speaks, But Not As Quickly As You Think -- When People Are Still Under Probation
Due to the common mistakes of new “hard-core” people
· Most of what people think is “God leading them” or “the Holy Spirit showing them something” is not actually that at all, since the exact same practices are found all throughout the heathen churches.
· BEWARE when pagan christians talk the same way about “God leading them” as you experience. (this is the realm where you are not hearing God, but falling back on relying on what is natural to fill in the gap and make up for your lack of expressed approval from God)
· This is very frequently subconsciously carried over from churchianity
· These things are untested ideals, values, and subtle roots of “christian expectations” used in churchianity, which even get used by hard-core people.
· Tragic reality: God “speaks” to pagans and Heretics the same ways that He supposedly speaks to you (BIG PROBLEM!).
· If you hold yourself up to the integrity of this light, you will have to face situations where God does not actually back up what you thought was “God leading you” by “special revelation” or even prophecy.
· Example: things you thought were so inspired and prophetic, you later find out you were actually wrong about what you said. HAVE INTEGRITY! God is perfect.
· This is a classic breaking situation where you have to wait under the new light that God was, evidently, not supporting you when you thought you were doing perfectly fine in faith.
Summary of What Faithfulness Finds
I spent my first few years of following Jesus learning to believe that I could hear God’s voice, and then I spent many more years learning that I had not heard His voice as much as my soul liked to think.
Beware of
· Quick prophecies
· Moments of intensity
· Personal, Self-generated spiritual experiences
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We LIKE bad feelings–such as intentionally fasting- because it pops our bubble quicker!!
WARNING 3: Be Careful of fast and impulsive words
·
Be
very careful about thinking out loud
·
Don’t
simplify and multiply a quick speech about matters that are bigger than your
understanding
·
Don’t,
don’t, DON’T! Throw together a quick letter that meddles with infinitely
sensitive matters, and then say, “Here are some quick rough thoughts that I
have not yet even thought through yet. I have not reviewed it yet, or even
prayed yet, but these are just some initial thoughts ”
Example Quick Email
“I fully agree with most of your sentiments
expressed but I disagree on some of the detail. I think you have missed a few
points that are needed to round your book off.
I have not read it in great detail but have read the sections of interest to
me.
Before you finalize your book I would like you to read the document that I
wrote on the same subject since I think that there are a few points that I have
included that you have missed - for instance on the betrothal issue. Or at
least, you should look at them and decide whether your views need adjustment or
not. I think we have the same spirit and the same goal - to seek the truth and
to tell the world that remarriage is a great sin.
(I am also aware that my document is very light weight compared to yours and
needs a major review in the light of greater insight I have developed by
reading works like yours etc. But for the current purpose the attached version
is sufficient.)
I don't know if you are aware of the work done by Dr Leslie McFall. It is
essential that you look at his comments on Matthew_19:9
etc.
…What you will see from my work is that I place a
lot of emphasis on two extremely important texts that you don't even mention in
your document at all…
1Co_7:24 ESV So, brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.”
Modern Examples of Busted Bubbles
Worship Music Example
Worship music feels so strong, and you think god is moving so much, but then you look to your right or left and honesty notices that a demonized person is having a blast, just like you are!
“god Told me…”
· !!! you will usually have crushing times when (whether fact or felt) you find that you were no hearing/being directed by God as much as you thought you were...
· And the answer is always to increase in reverence!
Tragedy = Reality
you thought you were sooo spiritual, but then you can even do anything right when a tragedy hits / when you are fasting and frustrated (think: disciples fleeing in garden)
Moments of Intensity
- happen when it has been easy for you to feel sucessful in one area without being tested in other areas
- you quickly projet your false sense of sucess over others who are more honest in their more overt in their struggle
- moments of intensity are untested sucesses that only work in a certain settup/season/circumstance [prosperity gospel works where there is money, but not so much for poor places]
- false rejoicing is based off of lack of integrity...
- you would fail just like all other people if you were tested like in the same situation they are in
- you have misjudged your relief with sucess over the struggles of other people which you do not understand
- it is irreverent to assume that you have any answer or right or place to tell other people that they ought to be somewhere in this area when you yourself are exactly the same as them, you just are not as trubled as them because your situation is currently lighter than theirs...
- your superiority is a puff of smoke that will easily and quickly disolve, even after you have boasted over others that are just like you, only they are more grieved over what you are falsely confident in
- you cannot lead others until you truly concor their fears
- the fact that you are sheltered from their temptation is only the providence of God, not your internal advantage
even still... what do you have that you have not recieved... and if you recieved, then why do you boast?
Handling Trials
Side Note about trials: sometimes God prolongs our trials, lest we seem do what He asks externally out of shear obligation. No, this is too important. No room to mistake doing His sensitive pleasure with complying unwillingly.
Because what He wants it a bit more special than usual, it is better to wait for instruction than to get a quick metric accomplished and think that we have pleased God.
Women typically do this to men excessively: they want flowers, but they want him to do it out of love rather than blandly doing it as a goal to get out of the way.
Heb: no discipline seems joyious...
· at the heart of all discipline is a word spoken against you
· this is one of the biggest reasons humanism absolutely hates monotheism...
· Humanism Vs Monotheism – all men are evil vs. man's highest purpose is his own pleasure
>> look up WIKI!! / more accurate deffinitions...
[NETS
p 721]
Sir_2:1-2
Brenton My
son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul for temptation. 2 Set thy heart
aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.
Sir_2:17 Brenton They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and humble their souls in his sight,
>> see whole chapter!!
Sir_2:10 Brenton Look at the generations of old, and see; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him?
Primary Biblical Examples of Receiving Opposition from Heaven
Jonah’s Example
He ended up writing it in a book. He continued in honesty toward God until God made his heart finally agree with God’s own agenda.
Moses
· Burning Bush
· Circumcision of his child
· Aaron’s sons died
· Striking the rock
· Trials in between: God, don't you care about me
>> add: Zerubabble / Joshua the priest
Post-Crucifixion Disciples
"we had thought he was the Anointed One" (only "felt" like God was crushing their faith…)
Saul of Bengamine
· when he made his own 'innovations' (even after he had a changed heart)
· did not repent of feeling like it was ok w his own god to offer sacrifices
Saul was unwilling to stay repentant
Job says, 'God has Testified Against me'
Ultimate example of enduring under satan’s false accusations done under the providence of God (God said that satan had turned His hand against Job)
Job Was Blameless
MT
Job_1:1 WEB There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
LXX
Job_1:1 CAB There was a certain man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was true, blameless, righteous, and godly, abstaining from everything evil.
Job’s Complaint
Job_10:17 WEB You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me.
Job_10:17 CAB renewing against me my torture: and You have dealt with me in great anger, and You have brought trials upon me.
Job_13:25-26 WEB Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble? 26 For you write bitter things against me, and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth:
Job_13:24-26 CAB Why do You hide Yourself from me, and regard me as Your enemy? 25 Will You be startled at me, as at a leaf shaken by the wind? Or will You set Yourself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze? 26 For You have written evil things against me, and You have compassed me with the sins of my youth.
Job_16:7-9 WEB But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made desolate all my company. 8 You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face. 9 He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
Job_16:7-9 CAB (16:8) But now He has made me weary, and a worn out fool, and He has laid hold of me. 8 (16:9) My falsehood has become a testimony, and has risen up against me: it has confronted me to my face. 9 (16:10) In His anger He has cast me down; He has gnashed His teeth upon me: the weapons of His robbers have fallen upon me.
Job_27:2 YLT God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty--He made my soul bitter.
Job_27:2 WEB "As God lives, who has taken away my right, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.
Job_27:2 CAB As God lives, who has thus judged me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul;
· Sound familiar??
· Remember Naomi saying this???
(Compare: Mal_3:5)
Jesus says, 'God has Testified against me'
Jesus was ‘made sin’ and treated as being very guilty
even though He was innocent
Mat_27:46
CAB And about the ninth hour
Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lima
sabachthani?" that is, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken
Me?"
2Co_5:21 CAB For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Eli Agreed with Samuel, but Still Remained Evil Inside
1Sa_1:12-19
– Even though Eli misjudged Anna/ Hannah, he was still able to bless her to
have children
Note!: Hannah endured in coming to God in faith, even though God had testified against her by closing her womb.
God warned Eli in Ch 2 about judgment
1Sa_3:16-18 CAB And Eli said to Samuel, Samuel, my son; and he said, Behold, here am I. 17 And he said, What was the word that was spoken to you? I pray you do not hide it from me: may God do these things to you, and more also, if you hide from me anything of all the words that were spoken to you in your ears. 18 And Samuel reported all the words, and did not hide them from him. And Eli said, He is the Lord, He shall do that which is good in His sight.
But Eli did not repent, or stop his sons from doing evil.
1Sa_3:21 CAB ...And Eli was very old, and his sons kept advancing in wickedness, and their way was evil before the Lord.
1Sa_4:13-22 CAB And he came, and behold, Eli was upon the seat by the gate looking along the way, for his heart was greatly alarmed for the ark of God. And the man entered into the city to bring news, and the city cried out. 14 And Eli heard the sound of the cry, and said, What is the voice of this cry? And the men hastened and went in, and reported to Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety years old, and his eyes were so dim that he could not see. 16 And Eli said to them that stood round about him, What is the voice of this sound? And the man hastened and advanced to Eli, and said to him, I am he that has come out of the camp, and I have fled from the battle today. And Eli said, What has happened, my son? 17 And they young man answered and said, The men of Israel fled from the face of the Philistines, and there was a great slaughter among the people, and both your sons are dead, and the ark of God has been taken. 18 And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from the seat backward near the gate, and his back was broken, and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. And he judged Israel twenty years. 19 And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas was with child, and was about to bring forth. And she heard the news, that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead; and she wept and was delivered, for her pains came upon her. 20 And in her time she was at the point of death; and the women that stood by her said to her, Fear not, for you have born a son. But she answered not, and her heart did not regard it. 21 And she called the child Ichabod, because of the ark of God, and because of her father-in-law, and because of her husband. 22 And they said, The glory of Israel has departed, for the ark of the Lord has been taken.
Notes About Eli
· Salvation never ceases to be an issue
· Eli died a wicked death comparable to Nabal: 1Sa_25:36-39
· Sometimes it's better to not even know the right answer! (Jesus: the harlots are entering the Kingdom before you)
David –
Bringing the Ark back
Read these long passages: 2Sa_6:1-19; 1Ch_15:1-29; 1Ch_16:1-4
Got to obey rules, and pause in humiliation, and recognition that you were “driving faster than your skill set actually permitted/warranted” (as my parable puts it), and then you are commanded to jump back up and rejoice as soon as you hear the clarity from God (and it might be lap communication)
Compare, David's 'accident' when handling the ark, with the case when God was going to kill Moses for 'forgetting (?) to circumcise'
David – Waiting Under Persecution – David Gloriously Lets God Testify Against Him
2Sa_16:5-13 CAB And King David came to Bahurim; and behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul, and his name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came forth and cursed as he went, 6 and cast stones at David, and at all the servants of King David. And all the people and all the mighty men were on the right and left hand of the king. 7 And thus Shimei said when he cursed him, Go out, go out, you bloody man, and man of sin. 8 The Lord has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, because you have reigned in his place; and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son: and behold, you are taken in your mischief, because you are a bloody man. 9 Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why does this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over now and take off his head! 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him alone, and so let him curse, for the Lord has told him to curse David: and who shall say, Why have you done thus? 11 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, Behold, my son who came forth out of my bowels seeks my life; still more now may the son of Benjamin: let him curse, because the Lord has told him. 12 If by any means the Lord may look upon my affliction, thus shall He return me good for his cursing this day. 13 And David and all the men with him went along the road: and Shimei went by the side of the hill next to him, cursing as he went, and casting stones at him, and sprinkling him with dirt.
[TSK
on Shimei: 2Sa_19:16-18, 1Ki_2:8, 1Ki_2:9, 1Ki_2:36-44, 1Ki_2:45, 1Ki_2:46]
Endure Chastisement Like a Son!
Heb_12:5-8,
Heb_12:10-11;
Peter Receive Correction Many Times
- Jesus: get behind me Satan (Mat_16:23)
- Jesus: Peter, do you love me? (Joh_21:15-17)
Paul
Paul (sentence of death in ourselves) – needed strengthening by the coming of Titus (etc.)
Other Notes
Two Things you Need When
(1) Humility to Avoid Sin (i.e. be too weak to sin)
(2) Faith to take hold of what is good
>> part 1: humility and faith
>> Part 2: how to cry out?
Humility -- Love Lowliness
8/15/16
Sir_3:17 My son,
·conduct
[διέξαγε] your affairs
[ἔργα] with humility
[πραύτητι],5
[πραύτητι τὰ ἔργα
σου διέξαγε – NETS: in
gentleness conduct your affairs] [[Sir3:17] LXX “meekness”]
and ·you will be loved
more than a giver
of gifts
[ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπου
δεκτοῦ ἀγαπηθήσῃ
– NETS: you will be loved more than a person who gives].
[this is conditional love,
and doing this helps defeat fear]
18 Humble yourself the
more, the greater you are [ὅσῳ μέγας
εἶ, τοσούτῳ
ταπείνου
σεαυτόν – NETS: The greater you are, the
more you should
humble yourself], and you will find favor [χάριν] with the Lord.
19 [Many are ·lofty and the noble.] [Br: in high place, and of renown]
[But it is
to the humble [Br:
meek (Greek: ??)] that he
reveals his plans] [Br:
mysteries].6 [[Sir3:19]
LXX(II) adds {not in Rahlfs}]
[moral note: conditional
favor. He ‘oppose the proud but give favor to the humble’; Jesus: the greatest
among you must be the least]
20 For great is the power [ἡ δυναστεία – the powerful ability; Br: power; NETS: dominance (dishonesty or textual variation?)] of the Lord;
he is glorified by [ὑπὸ – under; fig. by (NETS)] the humble [τῶν ταπεινῶν].
Sir_7:17 More and more, humble your pride;
what awaits man is
fire and worms.4 [4 [Sir7:17] Heb / LXX “; the
punishment of the ungodly is fire and worms”]
Sir_22:23 Make fast friends with a man while he is poor;
thus will you enjoy his prosperity with him;
for there should never be an y despising o f a man’s appearance
or admiration
of a rich man
who is stupid.2 [2 [ Sir_22:23] some LXX
adds]
in time of trouble remain true to him,
so as to share in his inheritance when it comes.
Fake Poverty
8/15/16
Sir_25:2 Three kinds of men I hate;
their manner of life I loathe indeed:
a proud pauper, a rich dissembler,
and an old man lecherous in his dotage.
You Cannot Plan Obedience, You Can Only Choose it
right Now
You
Cannot Plan Repentance, You Can Only Choose it right Now
8/15/16
Sir_18:20 Before you are judged, seek merit for yourself,
and at the time of visitation you will have a ransom.
21 Before you have fallen,1 [1 [ Sir_18:21] Syr / LXX “before you get sick”] humble yourself;
when you have sinned, show repentance. Do not delay to forsake sins,
do not neglect it till you are in distress. Do not set a time for abandoning sin;
remember that death
will not delay.2 [2 [ Sir_18:21] Syr / all
others omits “Do not delay to forsake…will not delay.”]
22 Let nothing prevent the prompt payment of your vows;
do not wait to fulfill them when you are dying.3 [3
[ Sir_18:22] Syr omits “Let nothing prevent…you are dying.”]
23 Before making a vow have the means to fulfill it;
do not be one who puts Yahweh to the test.
24 Think of wrath and the day of death,
the time of vengeance when he will hide his face.
25 Remember the time of hunger in the time of plenty, poverty and want in the day of wealth.
26 Between morning and evening the weather changes;
before Yahweh all things are fleeting.
>> Sync: BBS RTF | OUC | JojBB | llo
>> comp. Pop: ouc
Slavery
Slaves Don’t Have Rights
Other date(s) ~ Aril 2019; 4/18/19
Mar_9:35-37
Mat_20:28 (Mat_20:20-28)
Mat_20:27 – Διακονος… Δουλος = no rights
Mar_10:44-45 (Mar_10:31, Mar_10:35-45)
Mat_23:11-12
Gal_5:13-14
Gal_6:2
Gal_6:9
Php_2:1-11
Php_2:4
Rom_12:9-13
Rom_15:1
Act_20:35
1Pe_4:10-11
2Ch_15:7
Deu_15:11
Pro_11:25
Pro_19:17
Heb_6:10
Heb_13:16
Deal With Your Attractions, QUICK!
created 2011; revised: 8/16/11; 10/24/11; 1/27/12; 1/30/12;
6/1/12; 7/26/12-7/27/12 (Falling in love); 8/1/12-8/2/12; 8/9/12; 8/11/12;
8/12/12; 8/13/12; 8/17/12; 8/18/12; 8/23/12; 9/14/12; 9/28/12; 5/16/13; 9/13/13
>> eventually get , Cooperate with what Likes You! (from rtf bbs notes)
Hating God’s commands
>> get context:
Lev_26:14-16 CAB But if you will not hearken to Me, nor obey these My ordinances, 15 but disobey them, and your soul should loathe My judgments, so that you should not keep all My commands, so as to break My covenant, 16 then will I do thus to you: I will even bring upon you perplexity and the itch, and the fever that causes your eyes to waste away, and disease that consumes your life; and you shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat them………
Sir_2:1-4
Brenton My son, if thou come to
serve the Lord, prepare thy soul for temptation. 2 Set thy heart
aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble. 3 Cleave unto him,
and depart not away [“Cling to him, and do not
stand aloof” – NETS (p 721)], that thou mayest be increased at thy last end…
(1) Romance: Falling in Love
Define: Falling in Lust
· Have you ever fallen in love before? > Yes, i have fallen in lust many times, but I repented.
· An incest website: ‘You cannot choose who you fall in love with’ (same is assumed about homosexuality)
"In romantic relationships, "falling in love" is mainly a Western term used to describe the process of moving from a feeling of neutrality towards a person to one of love. The use of the term "fall" implies that the process is in some way inevitable, uncontrollable, risky, irreversible, or that it puts the lover in a state of vulnerability, in the same way the word "fall" is used in the phrase "to fall ill" or "to fall into a trap". The term is generally used to describe an (eventual) love that is strong, although not necessarily permanent."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_in_love
Retrieved 7/27/12
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism
We Are So Duped By
Are Culture!
· We all are sooo convinced that falling in love is a universal magic that simply must be due to all mankind!
· We even re-write other cultures in Disney Moves to impress this romantic ideal [this is a form of transculturation].
· Country songs: “you can lead a heart to love, but you can’t make it fall”.
Premarital Love Examples
· Isaac and Rebecca
· David and Abigail;
· There was love before marriage (Jacob: good; Michal: good or bad?);
· But most of the time it was: marry first, and then deal with it if she is not pleasing in his eyes... etc.
Biblical Romantic Infatuation is Based on Prophecy, Not Feeling
People of faith are romantically infatuated
based on God’s Words about who they are called to marry, not on their feeling a
special moment.
· Tobit
· David and Abigail
· Jewish Ideal: Isaac married Rebecca, then he loved her
Problems We Need to Change
· Westerners have a counterfeit that shamefully tries to make exciting love available for everyone by magical moments upon evil souls.
· We have adjusted our perception of excitement so that everyone can feel like they have a “special marriage”.
· Marriage is first for giving your life away to your spouse to raise children according to the basic responsibility that God has generally laid on the human race.
· Only favored people get something Truly Special in marriage, and the cheap magic we worship only makes a self-serving cop out and dishonest and lustful indulgence out of your responsibility in marriage.
· “Falling in love” is selfish magic, and a great sin for all foolishness and deception in praising the breaking of God’s purity rules.
· Being surprised and excited about God’s greatness and ordained provision is Godly and righteous for faith.
Compatibility Issues Are a Myth from Hell
· If you are a human, you can love other humans.
· Functioning Humans are ALWAYS compatible for marriage (although some choices might be more advantageous).
· People are fond of religiously asking, “Who’s The One for you?” when in reality, “Get over it sister; any man will do to beget children, as long as he will (hopefully) stay with you”.
· And much, MUCH more so: Functioning Godly people are ALWAYS compatible for relationship.
· The only thing that distinguishes one potential from another is what God has specifically commanded and ordained. (also: because of this we have to always be careful with all gender boundaries.)
· Aladdin is Satan’s model for selfish lust and eventual divorce.
· Isaac is God’s model for selfless greatness and real love.
· You can endure all the pains of marriage (OR ANY RELATIONSHIP) as long as you know that God has called you to it.
· That is the ONLY question.
· Stop waiting around for a magical wizard’s spell of sinful lust to overtake you, so that you feel like you need to fall into sin before you will be willing to lust people.
· Deal with your attractions; don’t let them make you “fall” into sin.
· Be a follower of Jesus who denies themselves, listens to God’s voice, and Loves people by willful and conscientious excited faith and self-sacrifice!
· Now you can finally obey the Bible when it commands you to love people!
Eph: Husbands love you wifes…
John/Col/
etc: love one another
Confronting Pagan Romantic Feeling Worship
Repent of the emotional notion that you have learned
from the world that you always have to do what you feel like... Repent of this
paganism and rebellion and be a believer in truth:
Foolish Lies
· "I cannot change who I am"
· "You can't help who you fall in love with"
· "god accepts me just the way i am" (and "loves you too much to leave you the same")
· "Why won't you accept me the way i am?"
Facts
· You can control who you lust after!
·
If you fall in love/
lust with your neighbor’s wife, it is always sin!
· You are commanded to repent and control your sinful lusts and who you “love”!!!!
· Don’t be a fool and do this very same thing with any other relationship, especially when you are commanded to relate to people by faith (and not the sinful fantasy of “falling in friendship” with people).
Notes
· You only love people when you are doing justice toward them.
· Love is not a feeling you have for people but a value you choose to confer to them.
· God makes some relationships easy (a reasonable person) and others harder (an unpleasant spouse), but you are always commanded to choose to love.
· It is a great thing for God to Love you!
· Now you are commanded to be in self-control and go love the people God has commanded you to love.
(1Co_7 even commands you to be well minded toward your spouse!)
The Bible Commands En-mighty-ing Self-Control
Act_24:24-25 CAB Now after some days, when Felix arrived with Drusilla his wife, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him *concerning the faith in Christ [* περὶ τῆς εἰς Χριστὸν πίστεως – around concerning that faith (which is) into anointed one]. 25 And as he reasoned [διαλεγομένου] *about righteousness [* περὶ δικαιοσύνης; (note: περὶ is the same as v. 24)], self-control [ἐγκρατείας], and the judgment [τοῦ κρίματος] which is going to be, Felix became afraid and answered, "Go away for now; but when I have opportunity I will summon you."
Gal_5:22-23 CAB But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control [ἐγκράτεια]--against such things there is no law.
1Co_9:24-27 CAB Do
you not know that those running in a stadium all run, but one receives the
prize? So run, in order that you may win.
25
And everyone who competes [ἀγωνιζόμενος]
*exercises self-control [* ἐγκρατεύεται]
in all things. Now they compete in order that they may receive a
perishable crown [στέφανον],
but we compete for an imperishable crown [one]. 26 Therefore I run thus: not as without a goal,
thus I box: not as one beating the air. 27 But I treat
my body roughly, and I bring it into subjection, lest, having preached to
others, I myself should become disqualified.
Elders/ overseers (leaders) must have this virtue to lead: Tit_1:8; 2:2
The Points
· You can control whether you fall into filthy lust or not, when you are not supposed to love someone else’s forbidden intimacy.
· You can control if you love those you are commanded to love, whether it be marriage or any other relationship, no matter what you feel or think by default.
you are commanded to Love God with everything - you CAN decide who you love
Applying Romantic Foolishness to Spiritual Things
What if You Have an Evil Lot of Lusting for Evil?
· We are All Born with different preferences, and temptations that come with our unique lots in life.
·
Have you ever considered
how completely vain it is that we get zealous about right and wrong and we all
think that we are right, when logically speaking, we must all be mostly wrong
since we all disagree about most everything by default!
(think: recent social controversies/ politics/ election time)
· What should you do if you happen to prefer evil?
· Some people are even born with demons.
Lev_20:27 CAB And as for a man or woman whosoever of them shall have in them a divining spirit, or be an enchanter, let them both die the death: you shall stone them with stones, they are guilty.
Think: drunkards – they are guilty
Think: people now
think homosexuals are just receiving their lot in life.
The things we think are happenstantial, the Bible calls material guilt.
Jos_24:15 CAB But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom you dwell upon their land. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, for He is holy.
I am not Convicted About That
- pagan uninformed conscious
- this = no faith: faith is the conviction of unseen things (~Heb 11)
- "of this they’re willfully ignorant"
- you don't see why it’s wrong, but faith is being convicted about what you do not see... And instead of educating your conscious, you willfully remain ignorant and simply say like a worthless fool on a log, "i'm not convicted about that"
- before God (whom you obviously do not believe) it is irrelevant whether or not you feel convicted, because since when has an ignorant conscious caused eternal truth to cease to exist?? (talk about sticking your head in the sand!)
- why don’t you try that clever line when a cop pulls you over?
Fool:
I’m not convicted about speeding;
Cop:
> I’ll tell you what, why don’t you just keep on speeding and getting tickets and then you can try that clever non-conviction-line before the Judge, and we’ll see how “convicted” you feel when your license is taken away (God: …when your soul is taken away).
> your dull conscious does not supersede my accurate radar reading of your crime, nor is not going to change a thing about your driving record
Solidity: Your ignorant conscious and foolish character has nothing to do with right or wrong any more than it pertains to your speeding ticket (accept that it probably caused both judgments to fall against you).
- my sister: watch me disappear – closing your eyes
- i know nothing against myself, but *i am not justified by this* (1CO4)
Hard Necked, Fleshly
Lusters
- neh striking fools
- pro: though you grind a fool, his foolishness will not depart
- Pro: stocks are for fool/ a rod for the back of fools
- Pro: after often rebuke… hardens neck… suddenly destroyed
The Absurd Myth of Feeling-Dependent Faithfulness
· Falling without first doing faithfulness is apostasy (one of the words for divorce!)
· Do not be a pagan longing to feel something before you obey: share God's heart now for truth to happen instead
· Say to your soul: I am in trial... Now is my chance to do what is right!
· count it all joy brothers - SEE TSK!
I no longer want to see
miracles to 'be faithful', but i long to be faithful to see miracles
Jesus Did Not Say Fall in Love With Your Neighbor as Yourself!!!
· If anyone is a mutual follower of Jesus you love them without boundaries, otherwise, one of you is not a follower of Jesus to this same degree.
· Waiting to love reasonably, is paganism (romanticism).
Examples of Attraction for Good and Lust for Evil
- Eve: sinlessness does not have to be attracted to evil
- Gen_6: – bad angels messed up marriage (Jude warns against this)
- Sodom and Gomorrah
- God likens this to spiritual prostitution
- Tamar & Ruth lusted after good things
- Joseph fled youthful lusts (he spoke rationally to change attraction)
- Man in Joshua who hid some of the spoils
- Judges: people constantly failed God and kept going to worthless things
- Saul
'the tax collectors went in, and you saw it, but did not repent' -- we must take the eagerness of others as a demand for us to move urgently!
2th2 - take a hold of the love of the truth; imitation: the queen of the south traveled to hear truth... (this adds value to the faith and expectation)
Jesus Is Attractive
Psa_45
You are
not waiting on God if you are not choosing to be attracted to Him
Jesus, Simon, Mary, and honorable anointing
Also: Jesus, when entering Jerusalem
some people thought that this was irreverent to be righteous and finally do justice, and honor humble truth, and actually care about hidden righteousness in the secret depths of the heart.
>> also: 'even His brothers did not believe...'
"see the pearl" - have I added this yet?
Change Your Lusts
Heb_11: – moses had respect unto the reward
You are not waiting on God if you are not choosing to be attracted to Him
Compare MT
Zec_9:9 CAB Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; proclaim it aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, your King is coming to you, righteous, and your Savior; He is meek and riding on a donkey, a young foal of a donkey.
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And
even though He had no form or comeliness…
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Zec_9:17 CAB For if He has anything good, and if He has anything fair, the young men shall have grain, and there shall be fragrant wine to the virgins.
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And More express in the MT:
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Zec_9:17 WEB For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
Col_3:1-5 CAB If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life has been hidden with Christ in God. 4 Whenever Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. 5 Therefore put to death your members on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
2Pe_2:3 – taste and see... then you can expose yourself to the right attraction
2Pe_2:7-8 – Unpersuaded Lust-mongers
Believing
by being passionately persuaded [as opposed to: απειθουσιν] is the solution
2Th_2:11-12 CAB And *because of [*διὰ] this, God will send them *strong
delusion [*ἐνέργειαν
πλάνης – lit. an energizing of trickery/
deception],
*in
order for [εἰς τὸ – lit. into that of] them to believe the lie
[τῷ
ψεύδει], 12 so that
they all might be damned [κριθῶσι
– judged and condemned]
who did not believe the truth, but *delighted in [*εὐδοκήσαντες
ἐν τῇ – tested and approved in the…] unrighteousness […to be good (in their minds)].
[see DivRem for
updates!]
What
you Boast and Rejoice Is in, is the attraction you worship
boast
in the Lord
boast
in my weakness (be attracted to this!!!)
Jas_4:13-17 – don't boast in your doing... such attraction is
perverted sin
Rom_1:25 – adored/ worshiped
Rom_2:8-9 – emotionally (passionately) unpersuaded to ‘obey’ Truth, but unrighteousness instead
1Co_10:
Written as an example... that no lust after
evil things
- "we want meet"
- go back to Egypt
- Pushed away Moses: Act
Conclusion – The Poor Always Have Healthy Attractions
- Don't
be attracted to the fleshly worship in the previous chapter
the
base of this is being completely abhorrent to filthiness, then cleanness is
glorious to you.
In a
broken poverty you lust after something right that you do not yet have.
poor people are the only ones who seem to be in a "lucky" life-scenario.
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Easily Persuaded
Well-Persuaded by Wisdom/Truth
Persuasion is one of the
fundamental foundational virtues of unity and reciprocation with God and his
people (Obeyer disciples).
Persuasion Required for Salvation
WS: Act_18:4, "he . . . persuaded the Jews,"
See all of the other numerous cross references all throughout the Scriptures about this persuasion!
(example: See: WS on G3982)
1Sa_24:8 – David persuades men not to kill Saul
Luk_20:6 – People persuaded that John was a prophet
Luk_16:31 LSV
And he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will
they be persuaded if one may rise out of the dead.”
Luk_16:31 εἶπε
δὲ αὐτῷ·
εἰ Μωϋσέως |Aμωυσεως TSBμωσεως| καὶ τῶν
προφητῶν οὐκ
ἀκούουσιν,
οὐδὲ |Aουδ TSBουδε| ἐάν
τις ἐκ νεκρῶν
ἀναστῇ
πεισθήσονται.
Act_19:8 LSV
And having gone into the synagogue, he was speaking boldly for three months,
reasoning and persuading the things concerning the Kingdom of God,
Act_19:8 Εἰσελθὼν
δὲ εἰς τὴν
συναγωγὴν ἐπαρρησιάζετο
ἐπὶ μῆνας
τρεῖς
διαλεγόμενος
καὶ πείθων
τὰ |Aτα TSBτα| περὶ τῆς
βασιλείας τοῦ
Θεοῦ.
Act_26:28 LSV
And Agrippa said to Paul, “In [so]
little you persuade me to become a Christian?”
Act_26:28 ὁ
δὲ ᾿Αγρίππας
πρὸς τὸν Παῦλον
TSBἔφη· ἐν ὀλίγῳ
με πείθεις
Χριστιανὸν
γενέσθαι |Aποιησαι
TSBγενεσθαι|.
Act_27:11 – centurion
persuaded by the helmsman rather than Paul
Act_28:24 LSV
and some, indeed, were believing [ἐπείθοντο] the
things spoken, and some were not believing [ἠπίστουν].
Act_28:24 καὶ οἱ
μὲν ἐπείθοντο
τοῖς
λεγομένοις,
οἱ δὲ ἠπίστουν.
2Pe_2:7-8 – Unpersuaded Lust-mongers
Believing
by being passionately persuaded [as opposed to: απειθουσιν] is the solution
Gal_3:1; Gal_5:7 – Galatians failing to remain persuaded by Truth
Gal_3:1 ῏Ω
ἀνόητοι
Γαλάται, τίς
ὑμᾶς ἐβάσκανε
τῇ ἀληθείᾳ
μὴ πείθεσθε,
οἷς κατ᾿ ὀφθαλμοὺς
᾿Ιησοῦς
Χριστὸς
προεγράφη ἐν
ὑμῖν ἐσταυρωμένος;
Gal_3:1 ω
ανοητοι
γαλαται τις
υμας εβασκανεν
TSBτη TSBαληθεια TSBμη TSBπειθεσθαι
οις κατ
οφθαλμους
ιησους χριστος
προεγραφη TSBεν TSBυμιν
εσταυρωμενος
Gal_5:7 ᾿Ετρέχετε
καλῶς· τίς ὑμᾶς
ἐνέκοψε τῇ
ἀληθείᾳ μὴ
πείθεσθαι;
Gal_5:7
ετρεχετε
καλως τις υμας BAενεκοψεν TSανεκοψεν Aτη TSBτη
αληθεια μη
πειθεσθαι
Rom_2:8-9 – emotionally (passionately) unpersuaded to ‘obey’ Truth, but unrighteousness instead
Rom_2:8 LSV
and to those contentious, and disobedient [ἀπειθοῦσι],
indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness—indignation and wrath,
Rom_2:8 τοῖς
δὲ ἐξ ἐριθείας,
καὶ ἀπειθοῦσι
τῇ ἀληθείᾳ,
πειθομένοις
δὲ τῇ ἀδικίᾳ
θυμὸς καὶ ὀργὴ·
Rom_2:8
τοις δε εξ
εριθειας και Aαπειθουσι TSBαπειθουσιν TSBμεν τη αληθεια
πειθομενοις δε
τη αδικια TSBθυμος TSBκαι
οργη Aκαι Aθυμος
(vs. Rom_2:19 – persuaded by one’s own hypocrisy/confidence)
Unbelief Highlights
· Gen_4 – Cain was not persuaded by Abel's righteousness
· Gen_26:15-25 – the Canaanites stopped up Abraham's monotheistic wells
· 2Sa_16:8-13 – Shimei (Saul's descendant) threw rocks at David
· The apostate, liberal, pagan Kings refused to be persuaded by the clean monotheistic Prophets
· Act_13:6-12 – Bar-Jesus / Elymas (Jewish magician & false prophet) tried to persuade the proconsul Sergius Paulus (in Paphos) and Paul trumped him with God's authority
2Co_5:11 LSV
having known [Εἰδότες],
therefore [οὖν], the fear of the
LORD, we persuade men, and we are revealed to God, and I also hope to have been
revealed in your consciences;
2Co_5:11 Gr Εἰδότες
οὖν τὸν
φόβον τοῦ
Κυρίου ἀνθρώπους
πείθομεν, Θεῷ
δὲ
πεφανερώμεθα,
ἐλπίζω δὲ
καὶ ἐν ταῖς
συνειδήσεσιν
ὑμῶν
πεφανερῶσθαι.
[Gal_1:10 – Persuading-pleasing men or God?
Gal_1:10 ἄρτι γὰρ ἀνθρώπους πείθω ἢ τὸν Θεόν; ἢ ζητῶ ἀνθρώποις ἀρέσκειν; εἰ TSBγὰρ ἔτι ἀνθρώποις ἤρεσκον, Χριστοῦ δοῦλος οὐκ ἂν ἤμην.]
[TS-Variation: Heb_11:13 LSV All these died in faith, having not
received the promises, but having seen them from afar, TS|and having been persuaded|, and having greeted [them], and having confessed that they are
strangers and sojourners on the earth,
Heb_11:13
Κατὰ
πίστιν ἀπέθανον
οὗτοι πάντες,
μὴ λαβόντες
τὰς ἐπαγγελίας,
ἀλλὰ
πόρρωθεν αὐτὰς
ἰδόντες,
καὶ |TSπεισθεντες TSκαι| ἀσπασάμενοι,
καὶ ὁμολογήσαντες
ὅτι ξένοι
καὶ
παρεπίδημοί
εἰσι ἐπὶ τῆς
γῆς.]
Persistent Persuasion Required
· 1Co_10:12 – Let anyone who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall
· Let's take heed lest we also perish
Hopefully Bible-obeyers have apprehended this basic requirement for initial salvation, but this virtue is never finished working out righteousness for the rest of their lives in saving them, and it even makes them actually increase in being well-persuaded by Truth and Wisdom as ‘they shine brighter into that perfect day’ (Pro_4:18).
From Persuasion to
Well-Persuasion
· Have we been persuaded by the Truth of Divine Bible obedience?
· Are we ready to grow in being even more Well-persuaded by Truth?
· What do you think the difference is ‘from one level of glory to the next’ (2Co_3:18)?
Persuasion Required for Unity
· The World is radically evil, but why should the righteous ever suffer from lack of virtue?
· Why should the righteous ever feel lonely among themselves?
· Why should the righteous ever sabotage or even endanger the foundation of their unity and reciprocation?
· You got to embrace the Divinely-wise Truth-Love that gives you the integrity to be persuaded by Wisdom into full agreement with the righteous in order to be the Truth upon the earth that changes everything and lasts into eternity!
Persuaded by What???
· Not by wolves! (4Ma_12:6 Greek)
· Not by lies, but…
· By Truth (Rom_2:8-9; Gal_3:1; Gal_5:7) and Wisdom (Jas_3:17)!
Pro_14:16 WEB A wise man fears,
and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
Pro_14:16 A wise man fears, and departs from evil, but the fool trusts in
himself, and joins himself with the transgressor.
Pro_14:16 σοφὸς
φοβηθεὶς ἐξέκλινεν
ἀπὸ κακοῦ, ὁ δὲ ἄφρων
ἑαυτῷ πεποιθὼς
μείγνυται ἀνόμῳ.
Mar_10:24 LSV
And the disciples were astonished at His words, and Jesus again answering says to
them, “Children, how hard it is to those trusting [πεποιθότας] on
riches [ἐπὶ
χρήμασιν] to
enter into the Kingdom of God!
Mar_10:24 οἱ
δὲ μαθηταὶ ἐθαμβοῦντο
ἐπὶ τοῖς
λόγοις αὐτοῦ.
ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς
πάλιν ἀποκριθεὶς
λέγει αὐτοῖς·
τέκνα, πῶς
δύσκολόν ἐστι
τοὺς
πεποιθότας ἐπὶ
χρήμασιν εἰς
τὴν
βασιλείαν τοῦ
Θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν.
Mar_10:24 οι
δε μαθηται
εθαμβουντο επι
τοις λογοις αυτου
ο δε ιησους
παλιν
αποκριθεις
λεγει αυτοις τεκνα
πως δυσκολον
εστιν TSBτους
TSBπεποιθοτας
TSBεπι
TSτοις
TSBχρημασιν
εις την
βασιλειαν του
θεου εισελθειν
(Luk_11:22 – trusting /
being persuaded in armor)
Luk_18:9 – persuade upon
themselves that they were righteous
Luk_18:9 Gr Εἶπε δὲ
καὶ πρός
τινας τοὺς πεποιθότας
ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτοῖς
ὅτι εἰσὶ δίκαιοι,
καὶ ἐξουθενοῦντας
τοὺς
λοιποὺς, τὴν
παραβολὴν
ταύτην·
2Co_1:9 – Paul’s
death-sentence saved him from this
2Co_1:9 ἀλλὰ
αὐτοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς
τὸ ἀπόκριμα
τοῦ θανάτου
ἐσχήκαμεν, ἵνα
μὴ
πεποιθότες ὦμεν
ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτοῖς,
ἀλλ᾿ ἐπὶ τῷ
Θεῷ τῷ ἐγείροντι
τοὺς νεκρούς·
Act_23:21 – don’t be
persuaded by hypocrite Jews trying to kill Paul
Act_21:14 – Paul,
unpersuaded to spare his life
Php_3:3-4 LSV
For we are the circumcision, who are serving God by the Spirit, and glorying in
Christ Jesus, and having no trust in flesh [πεποιθότες],
4 though I also have [cause of] trust in flesh. If any other one
thinks to have trust in flesh, I more;
Php_3:3 ἡμεῖς
γάρ ἐσμεν ἡ
περιτομή, οἱ
Πνεύματι Θεοῦ
|BAθεου
TSθεω|
λατρεύοντες
καὶ
καυχώμενοι ἐν
Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ
καὶ οὐκ ἐν
σαρκὶ
πεποιθότες,
Php_3:4 καίπερ ἐγὼ ἔχων πεποίθησιν καὶ ἐν σαρκί. εἴ τις δοκεῖ ἄλλος πεποιθέναι ἐν σαρκί, ἐγὼ μᾶλλον·
Zealous & Persuadable
· The Virtue of being easily persuaded in Jas_3:17 (seen below) literally means & refers to being efficiently “well” good persuaded by Wisdom.
·
It does not, for example,
pertain to the counterfeit of being persuaded by the persecution of sinful
people (as seen in the Greek of 4Ma_12:6 * below)
[* this is a linguistic reference, not a canonical
endorsement]
· Easily persuaded does not mean apathetic or non-zealous.
· The Maccabean Martyrs had to stand firm and maintain zeal and resist being well-persuaded by the lies of sinful pagans and yet simultaneously be well-persuaded by the Truth of the Resurrection.
· Being well-persuaded is only a virtue if you are being persuaded by a virtue; otherwise it is apostasy, compromise, and giving up.
· Moses had to maintain zeal for what God said while also remaining the meekest person in the World (Num_12:3) in order to also be persuaded by Aaron (as seen in Lev_10 below).
· David had to be a zealous warrior and ready to kill evil flesh balls and yet also be so quickly and delightfully persuaded by the Divine and striking wisdom of Abigale (as referenced below in 1Sa_25)
· You have to be a zealous warrior and a Loving gentle Shepherd at the same time.
· Being Easily persuaded does not imply that you are not assertive or sometimes insisting on a superior worldview, goal, or value system.
· Standing against lies and being persuaded by Truth go hand-in-hand and are always simultaneously required.
· You got to be zealous to stand for Truth and you also got to be easily persuaded by Wisdom & Truth.
· Let’s beware and be educated so as to not mistake setbacks and the requirements for communication as lack of persuasion.
· We got to get this virtue right lest we mistake “Divine mistakes”, working through communications, ordained frictions, or even good zeal as though it were lacking the virtue of being easily persuaded.
· We got to get this virtue right so we can actually be good persuaded by the Truth in Bible-obeyers (each other, if we’re disciples) & teachers/leaders (Heb_13:17) and enter into a new era of unity, agreement, and reciprocation with the Truth, as the World has virtually never seen!
Valid Conditions of Persuasion
Things Which Require
Persuasion - Things You Should Be Persuaded By -
Which Most People Aren't
· Love
· Wisdom
· Logic
· Virtue
·
Holiness (see below)
·
Reverence! (see below)
· Truth - no matter how it is stated... even hardcore Truth, which is sometimes harsh
· What else?
These are Valid
Conditions (Prerequisites) of Persuasion.
While we want to be as
quickly persuaded by facts as possible, these virtues have to be somewhere, as
Prerequisites, in order to establish those facts as Truth.
A righteous person is not
accountable or responsible or liable for being persuaded by any non-knowledge
of unestablished facts, therefore finding, communicating, and establishing
these real facts with these real virtues is the only path to valid and morally
virtuous persuasion.
If you lack real knowledge,
then persuade with raw virtue, not pseudo-“facts”.
Whether or not something
may or may not be correct is not relevant / is completely irrelevant to the
virtue of being well-persuaded, nor is there any virtue at all in wishing that
anyone be persuaded by it, since virtuous faith always requires the integrity
of established Truth before God has assigned a righteous person to be
faithfully engaged with any information.
Invalid Conditions of Persuasion
· Politeness
· Softness
· Niceness
·
Easiness -- WHO is supposed
to have the “easiness” aspect in being “easily persuaded”???
Is it the one speaking or the one listening?
The “easiness” aspect does NOT always go both ways when apprehending
this virtue!
(that’s an
enigma-question to a very simple fact, but many people can act like they have
no clue as to the basic definitions, ideals, and goals here when pursuing this
persuasion-virtue)
Although niceness and other
amenities are very desirable whenever possible and available, yet they are
logically and morally invalid prerequisites to being easily persuaded by the Truth.
These are invalid,
inappropriate, and unacceptable as prerequisites of persuasion.
If you abuse them like
that, you get hell as a reward.
Barriers to Persuasion That Must Be Removed
· Oversensitivity
· Pillow & cushion-requirements
· Distrust toward the Truth
· Foreign postures toward Monotheism and Orthodoxy (what makes you different?)
· Flesh! (comp. 1Co_3:1-4 with 1Co_4:7 below)
1Co_4:7 LSV for who makes you ·to differ [διακρίνει – TSK: “Gr. distinguisheth thee”]? And what do you have, that you did not receive? And if you also received, why do you glory as not having received?
1Co_4:7 τίς γάρ
σε διακρίνει;
τί δὲ ἔχεις ὃ
οὐκ ἔλαβες;
εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔλαβες,
τί καυχᾶσαι
ὡς μὴ λαβών;
>> READ!:
Jam_3:14-18 - Jas_4:1-2, Jam_4:16
Light-Upon
God = Light-Upon
Psa_86:5 WEB For you, Lord,
are good, and ready to forgive;
abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
Psa_86:5 CAB For You, O Lord, are kind and gentle [ἐπιεικὴς], and plenteous in mercy [πολυέλεος] to all that call upon You.
Psa_86:5 (85:5) ὅτι σύ,
κύριε, χρηστὸς
καὶ ἐπιεικὴς
καὶ πολυέλεος
πᾶσι τοῖς ἐπικαλουμένοις
σε.
Let it Be Known
Php_4:5 LSV
Let your reasonableness [ἐπιεικὲς] be
known to all men; the LORD [is] near;
Php_4:5 τὸ ἐπιεικὲς
ὑμῶν
γνωσθήτω πᾶσιν
ἀνθρώποις. ὁ
Κύριος ἐγγύς.
Overseer Requirement
1Ti_3:3 LSV
not given to wine, not a striker, but gentle [ἐπιεικῆ], not
contentious [ἄμαχον], ·not a lover [warm-liker] of money [silver]
[ἀφιλάργυρον],
1Ti_3:3 μὴ
πάροινον, μὴ πλήκτην,
TSBμὴ TSBαίσχροκερδῆ,
TSBἀλλ᾿ |Aαλλα|
ἐπιεικῆ, ἄμαχον,
ἀφιλάργυρον,
(1Ti_5 = Elder)
Overseer-Elder Requirement
Tit_1:7 LSV
for it is required of the overseer to be blameless [ἀνέγκλητον], as
God’s steward [οἰκονόμον], not
self-pleased [αὐθάδη (≈Isa_24:8*)], nor
prone to anger [ὀργίλον], not
given to wine [πάροινον (≈Isa_24:9*)], not
an abuser [πλήκτην], not
given to shameful gain
[αἰσχροκερδῆ];
Tit_1:7 δεῖ γὰρ
τὸν ἐπίσκοπον
ἀνέγκλητον εἶναι
ὡς Θεοῦ οἰκονόμον,
μὴ αὐθάδη,
μὴ ὀργίλον,
μὴ πάροινον,
μὴ πλήκτην,
μὴ αἰσχροκερδῆ,
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Self-Willed: Gen_49:3, Gen_49:7; Pro_21:24; Isa_24:8-9* (ABP LXX) [αὐθάδεια G829.1]; 2Pe_2:10
* Self-willed + Wine: Isa_24:8-9 ≈
Tit_1:7
Tit_3:2 LSV
to speak evil [βλασφημεῖν] of no
one, ·not to
be quarrelsome[ἀμάχους]—gentle [ἐπιεικεῖς],
showing [ἐνδεικνυμένους] all
meekness [TSBπρᾳότητα
|Aπραυτητα] to[ward]
[πρὸς] all
men,
Tit_3:2
μηδένα
βλασφημεῖν, ἀμάχους
εἶναι, ἐπιεικεῖς,
πᾶσαν ἐνδεικνυμένους
TSBπρᾳότητα
|Aπραυτητα|
πρὸς πάντας
ἀνθρώπους.
Wisdom from Above = Light-Upon
& Well-Persuadable
>> read: Jas_3:13-18
Jas_3:17 LSV
but the wisdom from above [ἄνωθεν
(same as Joh_3:3, etc.)], first, indeed, is [being] [holy-]pure [ἁγνή], ·then [i.e. after
prerequisites] peaceable [ἔπειτα εἰρήνική], gentle [ἐπιεικής,], well-convinced [εὐπειθής], full
of kindness and good fruits
[μεστὴ ἐλέους
καὶ καρπῶν ἀγαθῶν], uncontentious [ἀδιάκριτος], and
unhypocritical [ἀνυπόκριτος]—
Jas_3:17 ἡ
δὲ ἄνωθεν
σοφία πρῶτον
μὲν ἁγνή ἐστιν,
ἔπειτα εἰρήνική,
ἐπιεικής,
εὐπειθής [εὖ, πείθομαι
(AMGL)], μεστὴ ἐλέους
καὶ καρπῶν ἀγαθῶν,
ἀδιάκριτος TSBκαὶ ἀνυπόκριτος.
James 3 Prerequisites for Well-Persuasion
· Notice the holy-purity to being well-persuaded
· Notice the “wisdom” prerequisite-condition of being well-persuaded in a virtuous way.
4Ma_12:6 – Don’t be
Well-Persuaded by Threats of Persecution and Martyrdom
4Ma_12:6 And having thus exhorted him, he sent for the mother of the boy;
that, by condoling with her for the loss of so many sons, he might incline her,
through the hope of safety, to render the survivor obedient [εὐπείθειαν].
4Ma_12:6 καὶ
ταῦτα παρακαλῶν
τὴν μητέρα τοῦ
παιδὸς μετεπέμψατο,
ὅπως αὐτὴν ἐλεήσας
τοσούτων υἱῶν
στερηθεῖσαν
παρορμήσειεν ἐπὶ
τὴν σωτήριον εὐπείθειαν
τὸν περιλειπόμενον.
Good Masters
1Pe_2:18 LSV
Servants, be subject in all fear to the masters, not only to the good [ἀγαθοῖς] and
gentle [ἐπιεικέσιν], but
also to the crooked [σκολιοῖς];
1Pe_2:18 Οἱ οἰκέται,
ὑποτασσόμενοι
ἐν παντὶ
φόβῳ τοῖς
δεσπόταις, οὐ
μόνον τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς
καὶ ἐπιεικέσιν,
ἀλλὰ καὶ
τοῖς σκολιοῖς.
Moses’ Persuadable-ness
Lev_10:1-20 – Moses
Commands Eating, but is Persuaded Otherwise (in the end)
Moses Tells Aaron &
Sons to Eat Sacrifices, Despite His Children's Death, but is persuaded by Aaron
in the end
The Deadly Sin – Explained
· Strange 1, Unholy 2, Drunken 3
· (1) Strange: Exo_30:9 (prohibition); Lev_10:1; Memorialized: Num_3:4; Num_26:61; (& Compare: Num_16:18-35, Num_16:46)
· (2) Unholy: Exo_29:44; Exo_19:22 (death-warning); Lev_8:33; Lev_10:3
· (3) Drunken: Lev_10:8-11; Isa_5:11-12, etc.; Isa_28:7-9; Isa_29:9-10, etc.; Eph_5:18; 1Ti_3:3, 1Ti_3:8; Tit_1:7
Drunken
Exo_30:9 WEB You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor
burnt offering, nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink offering on it.
Exo_30:9 CAB And you shall not offer strange [ἕτερον (same root as 1Ti_1:3)] incense upon it, nor and offering made by fire, nor a
sacrifice; and you shall not pour a drink offering upon it.
Exo_30:9 καὶ οὐκ ἀνοίσεις
ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῦ θυμίαμα
ἕτερον, κάρπωμα,
θυσίαν· καὶ
σπονδὴν οὐ σπείσεις
ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῦ.
(2Co_11:4 – another [ἄλλον ᾿Ιησοῦν] JC)
1Ti_1:3 LSV …that you might charge certain [ones] not to teach any other thing [μὴ ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖν
V-PAN – not to be doing other-teaching (same root as
Exo_30:9)],
1Ti_1:3 Καθὼς
παρεκάλεσά
σε προσμεῖναι
ἐν ᾿Εφέσῳ,
πορευόμενος
εἰς
Μακεδονίαν, ἵνα
παραγγείλῃς
τισὶ μὴ ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖν
(1Ti_1:9 – unsacred [ἀνοσίοις] = under law-condemnation)
Tit_1:5 LSV
…that you may
arrange [ἐπιδιορθώσῃ] the
things lacking, and may set elders down in every city, as I appointed to you;
Tit_1:5
Τούτου
χάριν
κατέλιπόν |Aαπελιπον TSBκατελιπον| σε ἐν
Κρήτῃ, ἵνα
τὰ λείποντα
ἐπιδιορθώσῃ
καὶ
καταστήσῃς
κατὰ πόλιν
πρεσβυτέρους,
ὡς ἐγώ σοι
διεταξάμην,
(Tit_1:8 – sacredness [ὅσιον] required for Elder-overseers required)
Lev_16:12 WEB He shall take a censer
full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh, and two handfuls of
sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:
Lev_16:12 CAB And he shall take his
censer full of coals of fire off the altar, which is before the Lord; and he
shall fill his hands with fine compound incense, and shall bring it inside the
veil.
Lev_16:12 καὶ
λήμψεται τὸ
πυρεῖον πλῆρες
ἀνθράκων πυρὸς
ἀπὸ τοῦ
θυσιαστηρίου
τοῦ ἀπέναντι
κυρίου καὶ πλήσει
τὰς χεῖρας
θυμιάματος
συνθέσεως
λεπτῆς καὶ εἰσοίσει
ἐσώτερον τοῦ
καταπετάσματος
Lev_16:13 and he shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that
the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the testimony, so that he will not die.
Lev_16:13 And he shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the
smoke of the incense shall cover the mercy seat over the tables of testimony, and he shall not die.
Lev_16:13 καὶ ἐπιθήσει
τὸ θυμίαμα ἐπὶ
τὸ πῦρ ἔναντι
κυρίου· καὶ
καλύψει ἡ ἀτμὶς
τοῦ θυμιάματος
τὸ ἱλαστήριον
τὸ ἐπὶ τῶν
μαρτυρίων, καὶ
οὐκ ἀποθανεῖται.
BTW: Multiple
Sacrifices Going on?
· (A) Other offering(s): Lev_10:12-15 – meal offering (WEB) / sacrifice (CAB)
· (B) Goat / Sin (offering): Lev_10:16-17 & Lev_10:16-19 , vs.
Why Was Moses
Angered?
·
‘Don't outwardly morn lest there be wrath on this
people’ (~Lev_10:6*)
·
You can see why Moses was angry since two people
were just recently killed for not obeying God's rules exactly like He said.
·
We actually see that this sinful morning (which
can result in wrath and more death) in fact happened as a result of Korah’s
rebellion in Number 16 (Aaron’s sons killed: Lev_10; Miriam & Aaron
Grumble: Num_12; rebels burned: Num_16:35; complainers plagued & killed: Num_16:41-50)
·
The mourning that Moses forbade Aaron to do was
actually carried out later on by flesh-ball blasphemers after Korah’s
rebellion, resulting in even more unnecessary loss of life.
* Leviticus_10:6
Lev_10:6 WEB Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to
Ithamar, his sons, "Don't let the hair of your heads go loose, neither
tear your clothes; that you don't die, and that he not be angry with all the
congregation: but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the
burning which Yahweh has kindled.
Lev_10:6 CAB And Moses said to Aaron, and Eleazar and
Ithamar his sons that were left, “You shall not uncover [καταλελειμμένους] your heads, and you shall not tear [ἀποκιδαρώσετε] your clothes [τὰ ἱμάτια
ὑμῶν],
so that you do not die, and so there should be wrath on all the congregation.
But your brothers, even all the house of Israel, shall lament for the burning,
with which they were burned by the Lord.
Lev_10:6 καὶ εἶπεν
Μωυσῆς πρὸς
Ααρων καὶ
Ελεαζαρ καὶ
Ιθαμαρ τοὺς υἱοὺς
αὐτοῦ τοὺς
καταλελειμμένους
Τὴν κεφαλὴν ὑμῶν
οὐκ ἀποκιδαρώσετε
καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια ὑμῶν
οὐ διαρρήξετε, ἵνα
μὴ ἀποθάνητε
καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν
συναγωγὴν ἔσται
θυμός· οἱ ἀδελφοὶ
ὑμῶν πᾶς ὁ οἶκος
Ισραηλ κλαύσονται
τὸν ἐμπυρισμόν,
ὃν ἐνεπυρίσθησαν
ὑπὸ κυρίου.
Why Was Moses Persuaded? – Moral Answers
· Leviticus 4 & 6 are needed to understand the story in Leviticus 10
· Sin offerings were sometimes eaten & sometimes completely burned:
· Lev_6:30 WEB No sin offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the Tent of Meeting [CAB: tabernacle of witness] to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be eaten: it shall be burned with fire.
· Trapp: “a mistake there was easy and probable, because that matter might seem something doubtful, by reason of two laws concerning it seemingly contrary, the one Lev_4:21, where it is to be burned, the other Lev_6:26, where it was to be eaten. But they are thus reconciled: It was to be burnt when the blood of this sacrifice was brought into the holy place, Lev_4:16,17; and when that was not done, which Aaron this first time could not do, for the reason expressed in Lev_10:18, it was to be eaten, and here lay their mistake.”
· Constable: “If the blood was smeared inside the tent of meeting, the animal's carcass was burned outside the camp (Lev_4:1-21). If, however, the blood was smeared on the altar of burnt offering outside the tent of meeting, the priests were entitled to eat the meat (Lev_6:11”
·
Gill: “The Jews say (u), an
high priest may offer, being a mourner, but not eat; a common priest may
neither offer nor eat; and which they illustrate by this passage, that Aaron
offered and did not eat, but his sons did neither.
(u) Misn. Horayot, c. 3. sect. 5. Maimon. & Bartenora in ib.”
·
This adapted priestly practice of not eating
sacrifices while mourning seems to have answered this question and was
solidified in the Scriptures as well as Jewish tradition.
·
Eating Prohibitions if Mourning: Deu_12:7, Deu_12:18; Deu_26:14;
1Sa_1:7-8; Hos_9:4
Pulpit: “comp. Deu_12:7 1Sa_1:7, 8 Hos_9:4” -- best
answer I’ve heard (despite all the other sloppiness in Pulpit on this passage)
· (Bridge commentary describes the Persuadable-ness)
The Real Summary of Moses’ Persuasion
So many people blunder
when describing what actually happened in Leviticus 10, but now that obedience
brings in the missing moral puzzle pieces, we can much more gladly say what
happened:
· Moses says: we need to correctly keep up with this propitiation procedure (and priestly consecration) despite the death of your brothers.
· Aaron says: yet wouldn't a father's mourning state / sorrow invalidate the acceptance of eating the sacrifice, which would presumably be a package deal if his children were to eat it, since it's supposed to be the priest & his household who eats... they went as far as they possibly could morally in initially offering the sacrifice, and they & we were morally prevented by death from going further.
· Moses addresses Aaron’s children, but Aaron steps in and essentially includes himself and somewhat (implicitly) points out both (A) his necessary inclusion as the high priest and house-hold father, and (B) (even more explicitly) his invalidating status to eat.
· On one hand eating is required, but on the other hand it is unavailable in this case due to the required inclusion of a mourning father who cannot happily lead his children in eating the holy food of the sacrifices.
· We see that holy duties that are fundamentally required must not be carried out when we can’t do them in a holy way.
·
If there was any question at all about a mourner
eating holy food, this story answered it.
·
If there was any question at all if the sin
offering would become unclean by eating it with sorrow and mourning, Aaron
asked the question and Moses answered it by confirming that Aaron was also
right and understood correctly that the sorrow of mourning would have made the
sin offering unacceptable.
· We see that Moses was fundamentally right, but was also persuadable when additional holiness and acceptableness considerations where reverently communicated.
Aaron's Virtues that Persuaded Moses
· Reverence
· Holiness
· Sacredness
· Purity
· “Brotherhood” – Loving Moses enough to communicate (see: Lev_19:17-18; Mat_18)
· Meek Gentle patience to endure with communication
· Mindfulness
· Meticulousness
· Attention to Detail
· Logic
· Obedience - to what God had previously told Moses
· Agreeing with God in the execution of his own two sons (giving glory to God and validating the righteousness of his holy decisions/judgment calls)
David’s Persuadable-ness
1Sa_25:2-42 – David, Nabal, & Abigale
· 1Sa_25:5-12 – Nabal’s Blasphemous Sin
· 1Sa_25:13-20 – Abigail Hurries
· 1Sa_25:21-35 – Abigail Makes Atonement
· 1Sa_25:36-39 – Nabal Judged
· 1Sa_25:39-42 – Abigail Married to David
Let’s not grow weary * and hardened by forgetting the amazing virtuous persuasions of Aaron and Abigale, as well as Moses and David
* Heb_3:12-14 LSV Watch out, brothers, lest there will
be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living
God, 13 but exhort one another
every day, while [it] is called
“Today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin, 14 for we have become partakers of the
Christ, if we may hold fast the confidence [we
had] at the beginning to the end,
Heb_3:12
Βλέπετε, ἀδελφοί,
μή ποτε ἔσται ἔν
τινι ὑμῶν
καρδία
πονηρὰ ἀπιστίας
ἐν τῷ ἀποστῆναι
ἀπὸ Θεοῦ ζῶντος,
Heb_3:13 ἀλλὰ
παρακαλεῖτε ἑαυτοὺς
καθ᾿ ἑκάστην
ἡμέραν ἄχρις
οὗ τὸ
σήμερον καλεῖται,
ἵνα μὴ
σκληρυνθῇ TSAτις ἐξ ὑμῶν
|Bτις|
ἀπάτῃ τῆς
ἁμαρτίας·
Heb_3:14 μέτοχοι γὰρ TSBγεγόναμεν τοῦ Χριστοῦ |Aγεγοναμεν|, ἐάνπερ τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς ὑποστάσεως μέχρι τέλους βεβαίαν κατάσχωμεν,
Abigale's Virtues that Persuaded David
· Reverence
· Holiness
· Sacredness
· Mindfulness
· Purity
·
Logic
- Gave David new info
- Established “first things first” (Abigale did not know of David’s rejected
messengers at first)
· Zeal for what God had told David
· Agreeing with God in the execution of her husband (remember what Aaron did?)
· Others?
Persuasion to Imitation
· The need for us to imitate these Bible heroes is the exact same principle and fundamental need as our need to imitate the good in each other (comp. Heb_6:12; Heb_13:7).
· More than 80% of our corporate hang-ups could easily be fixed overnight by simple admiration and faithful imitation.
· Why have we sometimes still been hard to persuade to the point that imitation might not even be on the horizon?
· It is an unbearable failure when people have good things among us and others of us have sometimes been so dense that we haven’t harvested the opportunity to improve.
· The Creator has placed valuable things in each of us in various ways and in various degrees.
· How dare we prefer or own wrong above another's right?
· 'Why not rather risk being wronged' (1Co_6:7) rather than being wrong?
· If we are easily persuaded by value, that is, if we actually Love each other reasonably, then we can very easily be persuaded by the good which God has placed in each other and imitate it so that we all reciprocate and grow into something amazing and Truly Loving on the earth.
The Point: The Virtue of Good Persuasion is proven by the faithfulness of Loving imitation.
Virtue Shows How to Persuade
Review Questions from
Our Persuasion Examples
·
·
How do we know who is right
and who has the greater need to be persuaded and change?
(think: Virtue! think: Abigale!)
· If your both right, then what did Aaron and Abigale do to persuade their heroes?
· Virtue Example Reminders: they displayed logic, gave new info, agreed with God & righteous zeal, and they admired, validated, and persuaded their heroes.
· What are some root issues and basic principle sins Nabal did when failing to be persuaded by Truth?
Not all good persuasion requires the same amount of virtue nor does it always need to be displayed in the same ways, but the more Davidic and Mosaic someone gets by being zealous for the Truth of what God says, the more the speaker is indebted to display mightier virtue to persuade them. The more fundamentally right someone is, the more you need to validate that righteousness in order to endorse good persuasion and win with God and man when you speak to them.
Who’s Right and Who’s Wrong?
Are You Both Right,
or is One Person More Right than the Other?
· Persuasion is often needed weather your both right or if one is more right than the other.
· When you’re facing friction, either it's an Aaron and Moses or it’s a David and Nabal scenario (to whatever degree).
· Either your both right or one is more right and the other is more wrong (to whatever degree it is not a “hybrid scenario”).
· If you're both right, then typically the resolution comes of its own strength in the virtue of both parties, but if one has a problem and another really does have a solution, then this can call for more critical thinking...
· So… How do you know who’s right and who’s wrong in such a case as this?
The Point: It is easier to persuade when both parties are right in different ways, but if it is otherwise, then we need to test ourselves with much more diligence and integrity.
Knowledge Management
Reminders
· We all know that we have to be slow and patient to listen carefully to each other so we can determine what is real Truth.
· We all know that assumptions can blind our eyes and what seemed to be true at one moment can suddenly flip around when the veil is removed from our hearts, and in this sense…
· We need to always be prepared to be well persuaded as soon as new information is presented to us, as long as it has real knowledge/Truth.
· We need to always help each other remember to reverence each other because no matter how real something feels and no matter how vivid the impression of knowledge might be, all of us are very capable (and some of us are particularly close) to uncovering deeper and more excellent knowledge.
· Our experiences are temporary by default, and it takes quite a bit of courage and integrity to determine if our perceptions are actually indeed canonical.
· Every person is responsible for his or her own knowledge to determine if it is True or not, and to test it with integrity.
· No one is allowed to carelessly move forward and not care enough to test their own knowledge/impressions to see if they are True or false.
· No one is allowed to boast of knowledge that they do not really/Truly have.
· You should only be zealous for knowledge when you have been charged to do so.
· We should always guard our hearts with the utmost excellence and integrity, giving preference and making space for others to introduce us to the newer knowledge of Truth.
· While many issues are extremely fine-tuned when it comes to the internal integrity to manage, check, and judge our inner thoughts, yet there are some practical and concrete external checkpoints that we can embrace with scientific integrity to get us closer to the Truth in a somewhat swifter way...
The Point: Let’s stop all laziness with ourselves (let’s shun lazy thinking and complacent tolerance of errors in our thoughts) and always abound in patience toward each other and be diligent to determine who has excellence and who needs persuasion.
So what virtue and excellence are we supposed to be looking for, and how can we determine Truth in a more swift way?
Virtue Reminders
· Be sure to be asking for those Old paths (Jer_6:16).
· Be sure to be admiring those more excellent values.
· Be sure not to be gullible and brainwashed by the convenience and fast-paced hypnotism of our fake, rich, and indulgent culture and age...
· So how do you know who is right and who is wrong?
·
Who is humble?
Who is meek?
Who is gentle?
Who is Loving?
Who is subtle and wise?
Who is going against the grain of the flesh and chopping a different path?
Who has denied the hypnotism and status
quo, and thought of a more excellent way with the help of the wind from
heaven?
Who has displayed Divinely righteous virtue?
· Once you know who is more right and who is more wrong, then you can consider how, who, and in what way people need to be well persuaded.
· Now you finally have a chance to really watch and consider and measure, and sink your teeth deep into the phenomena and virtue of being well persuaded...
· Now we have a measuring scenario to observe the virtue and obligate the need of good persuasion.
· Now it is actually orthodox to wish for someone to be persuaded, because now you know where Truth is at -- and that’s the only way it can be “good” to be persuaded.
The Point: Have integrity. Insist on excellence. Be diligent with Truth (to determine & know it). Display Virtue. Be honest and be persuaded by Truth.
Have scientific integrity to know who’s right and who’s wrong, and never be slow to be persuaded when Truth is offered to help you be corrected.
Disarrangements – Resolving vs. Accommodating
Disarrangements with Persuasion
Let’s make some serious progress on our journey to finally understanding this virtue of being well-persuaded.
We’ve looked at what good persuasion is and now we need to also contrast it with what it is not in order to perceive this virtue more clearly and distinctly, and to obtain it more accurately in all mighty excellence and surpassingly infinite moral success.
How Good vs. Bad Persuasion Handles Disarrangements
· Good persuasion is about resolving disarrangements, not accommodating them.
· Good persuasion ≈ faith in the Truth.
· Persuasion toward bad ≈ accommodating disarrangements ≠ good persuasion.
· Don’t seek bad persuasion to believe bad, but good Persuasion to believe good, which also fixes the bad.
Beware when: You skipped the prerequisites of integrity and assumed you were further along than you really were!
The Troubles of Disarrangements
· A troubled, disarranged, and unaware person might accidentally speak unto ‘subverting the hearers’ (2Ti_2:14 *), yet they ought to always thank God and the kind and righteous person whomever might lift them up to a more excellent perception and understanding, since simply accommodating them by pretending persuasion usually just strengthens and promotes more disarrangement and untrue vanity.
·
Disarrangements
sabotage communication, and accommodating them creates confusion and promotes
vain drama with no purpose or end, and disqualifies the participants from righteous
persuasion, and keeps everyone involved away from the Truth.
·
Disarrangements
must be addressed and fixed, not ignored, accommodated, tolerated, pampered, or
praised.
·
Does
all of this go without saying or do people’s actions really show that they
really don’t know or believe what we’ve just said?
* 2Ti_2:14
LSV Remind [them] of these things, testifying fully before
the LORD—not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion* of those hearing; [*
Mat_21:12-13,Mar_11:15-18 ]
2Ti_2:14
Ταῦτα ὑπομίμνῃσκε,
διαμαρτυρόμενος
ἐνώπιον τοῦ
TSBΚυρίου
|Aθεου|
μὴ λογομαχεῖν,
TSBεἰς
|Aεπ| οὐδὲν
χρήσιμον, ἐπὶ
καταστροφῇ
τῶν ἀκουόντων.
Careful Humility Mitigates the Troubles of Disarrangement
· By default, we all have disarrangements in various degrees scattered in various ways and places throughout our souls.
· When interfacing with our disarrangements we are considering a range of possible concerns depending on how much trouble we have, and where these problems are located in our souls.
· Lacking understanding and needing to talk through it is not a disarrangement (by default), but promoting/endorsing illogical and non-virtuous thoughts is a concerning trouble.
· While we recognize that we're not complete yet and we still have problems, we can at least be very ambitious to not promote those problems upon other people while we eagerly seek to fix all things.
Who Needs Persuasion?
· Among disciples, the speaker hopes the listener will be well-persuaded by the virtue they delight them with, but the speaker does NOT want the listener to like, accommodate, or tolerate any of the disarrangements they have.
· If a speaker has disarrangements, then the primary need for persuasion flips back on the initial speaker, not the listener.
· When the speaker lacks the valid necessary requirements mandated for logically and virtuously persuading others, then the one who first thought to persuade others should pause, back up, fear the Truth, and first reverently labor to be persuaded themselves.
· The Blind cannot lead the blind.
· The beam-eyed cannot help fix and heal the speck-eyed.
· It risks hypocrisy to wish for others to be persuaded if you’re still wrong somewhere (to that same degree).
· Those in probation who struggle to employ virtue in their speech should first beg for redemption before being happy to contaminate others.
· A speaker may indeed have some valid points to make when it comes to some of the surface-level issues and considerations at hand, but if they can’t address and present them with virtue then they don’t know where they’re right and where they’re wrong, and this calls for a lot of humility and carefulness, to say the least.
· Any advantage that a straying person has is in spite of them (not because of them), and their advantage is out of their control.
· It is safe to ask others to help you sort through your perceptions and blind spots, but it is presumptuous to wish for them to change before you have been corrected.
· Desiring for others to be persuaded when a speaker is in an unhealthy state is inappropriate, premature, and hazardous!
· Those who are wrong Truly need persuasion the most.
· Do not hypocritically entangle those who are right into your own need to be persuaded.
Self-Quarantining Disarrangements & Welcoming Help
·
The
one who speaks while still yet being in need of virtue ought to be the first to
recognize their need, and greatly welcome any and all help which is at all
possible, and never seek or wish for the non-virtuous persuasion of others who
are more arranged than themselves.
·
Don’t
groan in the flesh under the curse of the Law when you ought to fear God and
welcome your salvation!
·
Don’t
wish to prove anything to anyone who is more qualified to save you than you
are, especially and particularly when it is actually time for you to first be
enlightened.
The Point: Recognize your need and give thanks to those who help you.
Imitate Zeal, Don’t “Persuade” It!
· Admire, imitate, & be persuaded by righteous zeal against wrong.
· Don’t try or wish to persuade clean zeal to change, since you yourself should know very well that you desperately need its Truth to be saved!
· Persuade righteous people by first admiring and validating their righteous zeal and only when or after you have done justice to it, can you then seek an even more authenticating persuasion for the righteous by giving them new and non-contradictory information.
· You can change someone’s information without contradicting their clean zeal, and every righteous person will happily be persuaded by this.
· Persuade a righteous person’s information with more Truth and he will thank you, but if you disagree with their zeal God will step back from you.
· Notice with Moses and David that they had real reasons to be wrathful or angry at first.
· Moses was zealous for the Word of God and David was fundamentally and socially required and compelled to punish the intolerable hazards & danger of Nabal’s outrageous perversion & disarrangements (comp. Tit_1:11, etc. *).
· Righteous people have real, weighty, and serious reasons to be zealous for others to be persuaded by the Divine Truth they speak and represent.
· Nabal greatly owed fear* and faith to David but refused persuasion and was eventually & inevitably destroyed.
· Aaron and Abigale acknowledged their indebtedness, subjection, and lowered state and saved themselves as well as many others, on top of successfully persuading their righteous and admired heroes.
·
Clean people don’t hate God
by insulting Divine zeal!
(…and we see this so
powerfully when considering such important examples such as these.)
· Moses’, David’s, and Abigale’s persuasion all stand in direct contrast and opposition to the danger of promoting/stimulating/fostering/defending disarrangements and creating our own non-canonical & uninspired drama and accommodating vanity.
· Don’t endorse your disarrangements like Nadab and Abihu, nor defend the mistakes or blunders of your disarrangements like Nabal, but fix them and even make atonement for others like Abigale and Aaron did, and praise and imitate the righteous persuasions and clean zeal of Moses and David.
* Tit_1:9-11 LSV holding—according to the teaching—to
the steadfast word, that he may also be able to exhort in the sound teaching,
and to convict the deniers [ἀντιλέγοντας
ἐλέγχειν]; 10
for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers [ἀνυπότακτοι
ματαιολόγοι], and mind-deceivers [φρεναπάται]—especially those of the circumcision—
11 whose mouths must be
covered [οὓς
δεῖ ἐπιστομίζειν], who overturn [ἀνατρέπουσι] whole households, teaching what things it
should not, for [the] sake of
shameful gain.
Tit_1:9 ἀντεχόμενον
τοῦ κατὰ
τὴν διδαχὴν
πιστοῦ
λόγου, ἵνα
δυνατὸς ᾖ
καὶ παρακαλεῖν
ἐν τῇ
διδασκαλίᾳ
τῇ ὑγιαινούσῃ
καὶ τοὺς ἀντιλέγοντας
ἐλέγχειν.
Tit_1:10 Εἰσὶ
γὰρ πολλοὶ TSBκαὶ |Aκαι| ἀνυπότακτοι
ματαιολόγοι
καὶ
φρεναπάται,
μάλιστα οἱ ἐκ
τῆς περιτομῆς,
Tit_1:11 οὓς δεῖ
ἐπιστομίζειν,
οἵτινες ὅλους
οἴκους ἀνατρέπουσι
διδάσκοντες ἃ
μὴ δεῖ αἰσχροῦ
κέρδους
χάριν.
Meaningful Drama
·
The Creator has sovereignly
assigned frictions in all of our important relationships to draw out meaningful
discussions that
change us and glorify God by patiently accomplishing Wisdom and virtue in us.
·
God-ordained
drama calls us to question our assumptions, embrace mighty logic to talk
through things with each other, gain real knowledge we never knew was there,
reaffirm courageous humility to always prefer the Truth over our own souls, and
embrace the romance of always changing to integrate more of each other’s Truth
into our lives.
·
It
is inherently a completely clean process, and wise people exalt that cleanness
into Divine beauty.
·
We grow in eternal rewards
when we are faithful and wise to find Truth in our assigned dramas.
·
We Love each other more
when we sacrifice to integrate each other deeper into our lives by the Truth
through our assigned dramas, and we obtain a more weighty Divine Unity as a
reward.
Vain Drama – Patience or Accommodation?
·
Vain
drama is when we create our own unassigned drama from our own disarrangements,
and is based on confusing misunderstandings and completely unneeded conflicts
with no point.
·
Assigned dramas are from
heaven but vain ones are from the world & hell beneath it.
·
Assigned drama comes in
spite of virtue and integrity, and it produces good.
·
Vain
drama comes from character flaws, and it produces bad.
·
We
should not take untruth at face value.
·
Since
vain drama is inherently untrue and not assigned to us from heaven, we are not
responsible for “fixing” it (we are not related to non-reality), and it does
not profit men nor honor God when we are preoccupied by it.
· Vain drama does not (validly/Truthfully) obligate us to “fix” unreal conflicts that happened in the fantasy of confusion.
· Vain drama needs to be exposed, confessed, corrected, and replaced with Truth before you can honor and improve your real relationships.
·
Good
persuasion is extremely patient with necessary drama, and yet, at the same time
it does not create its own unnecessary vain drama or accommodate it in others.
·
Vain drama &
disarrangements need correction, not faith (or “persuasion”).
(At first you might
like to think this goes without saying, but you can’t take that for granted
based on how seriously people take confusion and vain, fiction-based conflicts,
and how much they want everyone else to do the same.)
·
Valid
patience strengthens virtue to obtain good-persuasion, especially after disarrangements
are corrected and Truth comes to the surface.
·
Patience
and good-persuasion with ordained drama fixes problems and facilitates Divine
Unity.
·
Accommodating vain drama
deepens problems and reinforces confusion.
·
Accommodation and virtuous
persuasion are opposites, so you have to choose one or the other.
·
Accommodation and virtuous
persuasion are direct opponents in a battle for your attention, faith, and
persuasion, so that they trade off of each other. – The more you choose the one
the more you give up on and oppose the other.
·
Vain drama is often a decoy which necessarily competes with the
patience to communicate through ordained drama which the Creator has assigned
unto us.
·
Accommodating vain drama does not fix any root problems but only distracts,
entangles, and preoccupies people in untruth and hinders and pushes them away
from fulfilling their real mission of virtuous and excellent communication
through real Love.
·
Accommodating vain drama is so far from solving problems that it actually
risks validating them, which can actually strengthen them to proliferate and
keep multiplying so that no one ever gets any Truth accomplished.
·
If
you create or accommodate unneeded empty vain
drama, it does not help you be patient with the real
drama which The Creator has assigned unto you, but rather it actually hinders
Logic, which is one of the valid prerequisite virtues for accomplishing clean
excellent persuasion, and without such virtue you cannot Truly and Lovingly be
patient with anyone with enough clean faith to fix or glorify any of your
important relationships.
·
Meek
gentle patience is (of course) always required by all disciples even when vain
drama is at hand, but humble patience and persuasion are especially required
from the one in danger of endorsing vanity, much more than the listener.
When you fail to quarantine your own disarrangements and don’t get help early enough, you risk piling confusion on top of your relationships. Then the legitimate drama which The Creator has assigned unto you is buried under the weight and distraction of misunderstandings and inevitable conflicts, and preoccupies everyone with managing completely unneeded and useless drama instead of actually working on obtaining Truth and qualitatively improving their Divine Unity & virtuous agreement.
How to Take Action Against Vain Drama
· Deal with disarrangements.
· Oppose confusion.
· Refuse vain drama – Expose, convict, repent, heal, and correct it.
· Get help first, and don’t demand / seek / request / wish for (bad) persuasion in the meantime.
· Beg for correction and give thanks when it is finally given.
· Accredit righteousness to those who hold you accountable to reality, don’t risk incriminating them as though they lack good persuasion.
Solving Disarrangements with Orthodox Persuasion
·
The
solution to vain drama is not accommodation
and non-virtuous persuasion.
·
The
solution to vain drama is for the performer to
first be persuaded by virtue and Truth, and then all parties involved can move
forward together in Divine Unity to be mutually persuaded by the same Truth.
·
We
all need to cooperate with virtue so that we can all be persuaded by Truth in
the right order without hypocrisy or accidentally validating vanity in the
process.
·
Being
well-persuaded is a mighty virtue of all the great patriarchs and matriarchs of
Monotheism, and we all need to successfully and sufficiently participate in
this same cleanness long before wishing to call it out of others.
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Lam_3:38-40 - search -- love discipline
Why Does a Good God Allow Suffering?
There is actually a bit of liable hypocrisy here in even asking this question.
You should rather be asking (with greater frustration and anguish): why does God allow evil people like me to keep staying alive, and why doesn’t a good God just end all this evil and death in the world by killing me and getting rid of all this darkness and filthy evil???
Why Does a Good God Allow Evil Suffering?
Lam_3:38-40
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1/7/04 (Word: Created/Modified); 3/6/17
(recompiled)
Self-Discipline – How to
Discipline Yourself When Raised By Undisciplined Parents
; Self Discipline ; doctrine of the will
11/10/14; 11/20/14-11/21/14; 2/14/15 (Heb); 2/20/15
(Overcommers Thoughts, etc.); 2/21/17 (recompiled)
Self-discipline
2/23/15; 2/21/17 (recompiled)
You cannot
Self-discipline and repent unless you first take full responsibility for your
actions, including the evil actions and unbeliefs of your heart. You should
always feel personally responsible and ashamed and guilty of all unbelief
(wether it be in heart, word or deed) whenever it happens.
(see: 'Glory
Barn' notes)
---------------
; 2/21/17 (recompiled)
Mir/joj/MrS
Even if I do not want it, we got to get me there... wether I like it or
not... overide my will (See: Mir 2014 or 2015 email!)
---------------
; 2/21/17 (recompiled)
Heb: 'we
(jewish people, generally) all had fathers who corrected us...'
1co11: if judge yourselves, you would not be judged
God abhors the offspring of the irreverent
I beat my body
>> TSK
I chastened my soul w fasting
>> TSK
The Luxury of non-discipline
Rebuke your own soul
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See: Love in Truth
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Psa_141:5
WEB Let the righteous strike me, it is
kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse
it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
Psa_141:5 LB The righteous shall chasten me with mercy,
and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall
my prayer also be in their pleasures.
Psa_141:5 (140:5) παιδεύσει
με δίκαιος ἐν ἐλέει
καὶ ἐλέγξει με, ἔλαιον
δὲ ἁμαρτωλοῦ μὴ
λιπανάτω τὴν
κεφαλήν μου, ὅτι
ἔτι καὶ ἡ
προσευχή μου ἐν
ταῖς εὐδοκίαις
αὐτῶν.
PR 9:8 Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you. (NIV)
PR 15:31 He who listens to a life-giving rebuke will be at home among the wise. (NIV)
PR 17:10 A rebuke impresses a man of discernment more than a hundred lashes a fool. (NIV)
PR 25:12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man's rebuke to a listening ear. (NIV)
-Brings brokenness -Brings humility......
Pro_15:33 WEB The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.
Pro_15:33 LB The fear of the Lord is instruction and wisdom, and the highest honor will correspond therewith.
Pro_15:33 φόβος
θεοῦ παιδεία
καὶ σοφία, καὶ ἀρχὴ
δόξης ἀποκριθήσεται
αὐτῇ.
No Social Shame
5/11/12-5/12/12; 6/23/12;
6/26/12-6/29/12; 7/4/12-7/7/12; 7/10/12; 7/13/12-7/15/12; 9/26/12; 10/20/12;
6/21/13
The difference between social dignity and heavenly
Honor
Note: currently these passages are simply taken from
CAB
without sufficient corrections from the Greek yet. They are for light weight
reference only, and as always, the details should never be considered as
authoritative until the original languages are consulted.
Prayers Against Social Shame
Make me invisible
No social shame
Help to be a disciplinarian
>> 1) arrows: social shame stops you from doing the profound justice of faith that God mysteriously demands... story: when prophet told a future king to strike the ground w arrows,
Basic Facts About Shame That Most People Have No Clue About Today
Note: Read the main text first, then return to consider the gray footnote text
· There is a such thing as good shame in society and communities, and there is such a thing as bad shame.
·
Good shame is fearing the
reputation of sin before God.
[this can be reinforced in society]
·
Bad shame is fearing the
reputation of social disapproval in this life from evil people.
[Although there is certainly also the bad shame of fearing the
hopeless, devaluing, never-ending accusations of irrational demons, we are
currently talking about having No (Bad)
Social Shame In Society for now]
· Good shame reverently shrinks back from both willful and accidental defilement that come through presumption.
· Bad shame shrinks back from becoming unpopular through profaning common opinion.
· Good shame fears losing God's righteousness.
· Bad shame fears losing self-lust.
·
Good shame protects things
like sexuality, purity, extreme modesty, humility, and every other virtue (i.e.
moral excellency).
[Although, not hypocritically with an eye toward what society will
think, but in truth, by willingly participating in the scandal God has called
us to (Joh_4; Pregnant Marry), caring about true protection of
virtue, including the courage to be considered an evil doer for the sake of
faithfulness.]
· Bad shame protects things like popularity, convenience, indulgence, luxury, entertainment, vanity, strength and competence before worthless people, social life, social status, social fun, and self-image.
·
Good shame means being too
weak in conscious* to sin.
[* remember: your conscious
in the Bible is your (moral)
together-perception]
· Bad shame means being too weak in virtue to do what is right.
· Good shame is when you faithfully choose to refrain from being bold in the sins which God has forbidden.
· Bad shame is when you treacherously refrain from having courage against the popular sin which God has charged you to testify against.
· Despising good shame was once called being “shameless” in our culture, and is based on belittling the honor and value that God has demanded that all humans recognize and protect.
· Despising bad shame is when you overcome the common deception by the courage of faith, and break society’s rules in obeying righteousness.
·
Social shame is when you are afraid of losing
something you should never have been lusting after to begin with.
·
Both good shame and bad shame
are discussed in the Scriptures – and we need to be sensitive to it!
(for Good Shame: see Bible
studies such as the No Dating Battle List;
For Bad Shame: see this Bible study.)
Sir_4:20-21 Brenton Observe the opportunity, and beware of evil; and be not ashamed when it concerneth thy soul. 21 For there is a shame that bringeth sin; and there is a shame which is glory and grace.
1. Faith-fulness Courageously Defies Social Shame in Lusting After Righteousness!
Esther Getting Ready To Make A Decision About Going Before The King
Remember the context of
the story: Esther was being informed that she needed to do something about
Haman's conspiracy to kill all of the Jews, and now she has to wrestle with the
social boundary that she would need to break in order to do something to save
her nation
Est_4:10-16 WEB Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a message to Mordecai: 11 "All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, know, that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the inner court without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king might hold out the golden scepter, that he may live. I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days." 12 They told to Mordecai Esther's words. 13 Then Mordecai asked them [to] return answer to Esther, "Don't think to yourself that you will escape in the king's house any more than all the Jews. 14 For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. Who knows if you haven't come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" 15 Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai, 16 "Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish."
Very Basic Thoughts
· If you go ahead and perish by faithful confession like Esther did, then you can also face the perishing threats of people who cannot destroy the soul.
· What social fears would you be willing to overcome if your life was on the line?
· Wakeup call/ life-hint: your life is on the line!
Heb 12 – Jesus “Despised The Shame”
Jesus Pioneered the
way as Our Leader, And Sat Down At Right Hand as Our Example, So that we too
Should Despise the Temporary Social Shame of This Wicked Life
Heb_12:1-3 CAB So therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every impediment, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus [and not at their faces (Eze_3:7-9)], the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him [i.e. he looked to the reward (as already stated in Heb_11:26)] endured the cross, despising the shame [αἰσχύνης καταφρονήσας], and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you be weary and discouraged in your souls.
· Thorough note: there is a parallelism between whether or not you also despise the shame (along with the faith captain/ leader/ pioneer) and whether or not you faint when God rebukes you. – take the time to sit there and thoroughly understand what is being said here about this.
· Also note that we are to look away from this world just as Jesus did.
TSK
despising: Heb_10:33, Heb_11:36, Psa_22:6-8, Psa_69:19, Psa_69:20, Isa_49:7, Isa_50:6, Isa_50:7, Isa_53:3, Mat_26:67, Mat_26:68, Mat_27:27-31, Mat_27:38-44, Mar_9:12, Luk_23:11, Luk_23:35-39, Act_5:41, 1Pe_2:23, 1Pe_4:14-16
(these are very good references to read if you get the chance)
2. Sin Avoids Truth for Fear of Social Shame
Saul Yields to Personal, Independent Religion That Pleases the Masses Rather than Patiently Honoring Truth
Note: Although the LXX version of this book has a
lot of support, remember to compare MT variations
Samuel’s Posture to
Saul
1Sa_10:8 CAB And you shall go down in front of Gilgal, and behold, I will come down to you to offer a whole burnt offering, and peace offerings. You shall wait seven days until I come to you, and I will make known to you what you shall do.
What Saul Did Instead
1Sa_13:6-14 CAB And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait so that they could not draw near, and the people hid themselves in caves, sheepfolds, rocks, ditches, and pits. 7 And they that went over crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. And Saul was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed after him in amazement. 8 And he continued seven days for the appointed testimony, as Samuel told him, and Samuel came not to Gilgal, and his people were dispersed from him. 9 And Saul said, Bring some victims here, that I may offer whole burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he offered the whole burnt offering [1Sa_15:12]. 10 And it came to pass when he had finished offering the whole burnt offering, that Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to meet him, and to bless him. 11 And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw how the people were scattered from me, and that you were not present as you purposed, according to the set time of the days, and the Philistines were gathered to Michmash. 12 Then I said, Now will the Philistines come down to me to Gilgal, and I have not sought the face of the Lord. So I forced myself and offered the whole burnt offering. 13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly, for you have not kept my command, which the Lord commanded you, as now the Lord would have confirmed your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 But now your kingdom shall not stand, and the Lord shall seek for Himself a man after His own heart; and the Lord shall appoint him to be a ruler over His people, because you have not kept all that the Lord has commanded you.
1Sa_15:1-35 CAB And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint you king over Israel. And now hear the voice of the Lord. 2 Thus said the Lord of hosts, Now will I take vengeance for what Amalek did to Israel, when he met him in the way as he came up out of Egypt. 3 And now go, and you shall strike Amalek and Hierim and all that belongs to him, and you shall not save anything of his alive, but you shall utterly destroy him. And you shall devote him and all his to destruction, and you shall spare nothing belonging to him; and you shall slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, calf and sheep, camel and donkey… 7 And Saul struck Amalek from Havilah to Shur, fronting Egypt. 8 And he took Agag the king of Amalek alive, and he killed all the people and Hierim with the edge of the sword. 9 And Saul and all the people saved Agag alive, and the best of the flocks, and of the herds, and of the fruits, of the vineyards, and of all the good things; and they would not destroy them. But every worthless and despised thing they destroyed. 10 And the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, 11 I greatly regret that I have made Saul to be king; for he has turned back from following Me, and has not kept My word. And Samuel was grieved, and cried to the Lord all night. 12 And Samuel rose early and went to meet Israel in the morning, and it was told Saul, saying, Samuel has come to Carmel, and he has raised up help for himself. And he turned his chariot, and came down to Gilgal to Saul. And behold, he was offering up a whole burnt offering to the Lord, the chief of the spoils which he brought out of Amalek [this sounds familiar…]. 13 And Samuel came to Saul. And Saul said to him, Blessed are you of the Lord; I have performed all that the Lord said. 14 And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears, and the sound of the oxen which I hear? 15 And Saul said, I have brought them out of Amalek, that which the people preserved, even the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, that it might be sacrificed to the Lord your God, and the rest I have utterly destroyed. 16 And Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what the Lord has said to me this night. And he said to him, Speak on. 17 And Samuel said to Saul, Are you not little in His eyes, though a leader of one of the tribes of Israel? And yet the Lord anointed you to be king over Israel. 18 And the Lord sent you on a journey, and said to you, Go, and utterly destroy: you shall slay the sinners against Me, even the Amalekites; and you shall war against them until you have consumed them. 19 And why did you not listen to the voice of the Lord, but instead swoop down upon the spoils, and do that which was evil in the sight of the Lord? 20 And Saul said to Samuel, Because I listened to the voice of the people. Yet I went the way by which the Lord sent me [Saul wants credit for partial obedience, even when it is mostly rebellion by cursing the main command], and I brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I destroyed Amalek. 21 But the people took of the spoils, the best flocks and herds out of that which was destroyed, to sacrifice before the Lord our God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel said, Does the Lord take as great pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? Behold, obedience is better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams. 23 For sin is as divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject you from being king over Israel. 24 And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, in that I have transgressed the word of the Lord and your direction; for I feared the people, and I listened to their voice. 25 And now remove my sin, I pray, and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord your God. 26 And Samuel said to Saul, I will not turn back with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord will reject you from being king over Israel. 27 And Samuel turned his face to depart, and Saul caught hold of the edge of his robe, and tore it. 28 And Samuel said to him, The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from out of your hand this day, and will give it to your neighbor, who is better than you. 29 And Israel shall be divided in two: and God will not turn nor repent, for He is not as a man to repent. 30 And Saul said, I have sinned; yet honor me, I pray, before the elders of Israel, and before my people; and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord your God. 31 So Samuel turned back after Saul, and he worshipped the Lord. 32 And Samuel said, Bring me Agag the king of Amalek. And Agag came to him trembling; and Agag said, Is death thus bitter? 33 And Samuel said to Agag, As your sword has bereaved women of their children, so shall your mother be made childless among women. And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord in Gilgal. 34 And Samuel departed to Ramah, and Saul went up to his house at Gibeah. 35 And Samuel did not see Saul again till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned after Saul, and the Lord regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
Saul Never Stopped Being Able to
Religiously Harden his Heart
1Sa_23:19-21 CAB
And the Ziphites came up out of the dry country to Saul to the hill,
saying, Behold, is not David hidden with us in Messara, in the narrows in Caene
in the hill of Echela, which is on the right of Jeshimon? 20 And now according to all the king's
desire to come down, let him come down to us; they have shut him up into the
hands of the king. 21 And Saul
said to them, Blessed are you of the
Lord, for you have been grieved on my account.
·
Do you prefer to disobey Jesus and hypocritically
offer your gift before an altar of demons while violating your brother or
sister, sacrificing religiously, instead of honestly obeying the real charge of
God to actually obey Him and do what He says to do?
Jesus Rebukes the Disciples Corporately
Disciples were
silent when Jesus would have brought up the conflict corporately...
Luk_22:24 CAB And there became also a dispute among them, as to which of them seemed to be greater…
Mar_9:33-37 CAB Then He came to Capernaum. And being in the house He asked them, "What were you disputing about with one another on the road?" 34 But they were silent, for on the road they had discussed with one another who was greater. 35 And having sat down He called the twelve, and said to them, "If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all." 36 And taking a child, He stood him in their midst. And taking him in His arms, He said to them, 37 whoever receives one of these little children in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me, receives not Me, but Him who sent Me."
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Luk_22:24-27 CAB And there became also a dispute among them, as to which of them seemed to be greater. 25 But He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called 'benefactors.' 26 But you shall not be thus; but let the greatest among you, let him be as the youngest, and he who leads as he who serves. 27 For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves.
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Jesus Rebukes Peter Publically
Peter took Him aside
to rebuke, but Jesus rebuked him corporately...
Mat_16:18 – on this rock I will build my called out assembly
Mar_8:31-35 CAB And He began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise. 32 He was speaking this word with boldness [see Greek]. And Peter, taking Him aside, began to rebuke Him [note: not like Paul rebuked Peter]. 33 But when He had turned and saw His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, "Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." 34 And having summoned the crowd together with His disciples, He said to them, "Whoever is willing to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's, will save it.
This is a lot like:
Zec_7:2-5 CAB And Sherezer and Arbeseer the king and his men sent to Bethel, to entreat the favor of the Lord, 3 speaking to the priests that were in the house of the Lord Almighty, and to the prophets, saying, The holy offering has come in here in the fifth month, as it has done already many years. 4 And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, 5 Speak to the whole people of the land, and to the priests, saying, Though you fasted or lamented in the fifth or seventh months (yea, behold, these seventy years) have you at all fasted to Me?
Do Not Be Silent
·
You are already good or bad inside; go ahead and
confess wherever you are at so that bowels
can begin moving…
·
Stopped up compassions is the death of treachery.
·
Don’t stall from confessing your evil or “personal
hurt” for fear of social shame.
·
If you really are ashamed of your evil, then change, but if you have not yet
changed don’t add insult to injury by crossing your arms and keeping your
reciprocation from others!
·
Confess it humbly, or humiliate yourself in the
process/ in confessing it, but whatever you do don’t be hard and silent!
·
Hiding yourself in shame of your evil from those
you should be loving and needing is much worse than the initial sins that you
do against them or even the hurts you feel from them.
Jesus Insists On
Corporate Communication
·
Jesus is insistent on corporate resolution even
when they are stuck and remaining silent.
·
Jesus is not at all concerned about protecting
religious face/ reputation... or cushioning your hard heart
·
But if Peter is rebuked corporately, what if he
loses respect? What if Judas starts to think that Peter is not actually the
right rock to build on?
·
In fact, Judas hardened at the public rebuke when
his religious hypocrisy was profaned.
·
Jesus puts people’s “personal business” in front
of everyone when they are hypocritically pretending to follow Him.
·
Do you have any of that hypocritical “personal
business” that despises being exposed?
(also, Mat_16:23)
Rough
Communication is Better than Hardened Silence
Joh_11:20-27 CAB Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21 Then Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever You may ask of God, God will give You." 23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 24 Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection in the last day." 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He that believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" 27 She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world."
Pro_27:4-6 CAB
Wrath is merciless and anger sharp, but envy can bear nothing. 5 Open reproofs are better than secret
love. 6 The wounds of a friend are more to be trusted
than the spontaneous kisses of an enemy.
Sir_20:2-3 NETS
How good it is to question rather than to be angry. And he who admits
freely will be kept from disparagement (to bring reproach or discredit upon)
Sir_6:36 KJV-1611 And if thou seest a man of
vnderstanding, get thee betimes vnto him, and let thy foote weare the steps of
his doore. (NETS says...turn to him early and let your foot wear out the
thresholds of his doors)
Abham and Sarah vs. Hagar
the psalms prove that God likes even rough communication and is even willing to use it as prophecy!!!
3. How to Embrace Faith-fulness and Shun the Sinful Fear of Social Shame
Wearing Someone Out by Faith is Better than Being Killed by Social Complacency
Jesus Taught A Parable
That They Should Always Pray
Luk_18:1-8 CAB Then He spoke a parable to them, that one must always pray and not lose heart, 2 saying: "A certain judge was in a certain city, who did not fear God nor have regard for men. 3 Now there was a widow in that city; and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give justice to me against my adversary.' 4 And he did not want to for a time; but afterward he said within himself, 'although I do not fear God, nor have regard for man, 5 yet because this widow bothers me I will give justice to her, lest she wear me out by forever coming to me.' " 6 Then the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said. 7 And God, shall He not execute justice for His own elect, who cry out day and night to Him, and yet He is patient with them? 8 I tell you that He will execute justice for them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"
Give Me Bread! – and Save Me from Social Shame!
Luk_11:5-10 CAB And He said to them, "Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him'; 7 and he will answer from within and say, 'Do not trouble me; the door has already been shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give to you'? 8 I say to you, even if he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, yet on account of his persistence [against social convenience] he will get up and give him as much as he needs. 9 "So I say to you, ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
Jesus Didn’t Get A
Chance To Eat Because Many People Coming And Going
Mar_3:20 CAB And they came into a house. Then again a crowd assembled, so that they were not even able to eat food.
Mar_6:30-34 CAB Then the apostles gathered to Jesus and they reported to Him all things, both everything they had done and everything they had taught. 31 And He said to them, "Come you yourselves privately to a deserted place and rest a little." For there were many coming and going, and they were not even finding opportunity to eat. 32 And they went away to a deserted place in the boat privately. 33 But the multitudes saw them going, and many recognized Him, and ran together there on foot from all the cities, and preceded them, and they came together to Him. 34 And when He came out, Jesus saw a large crowd, and He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.
Mary Anointing Jesus at Bethany – Something Infinitely More Important than Your Shame
Mar_14:3 CAB And while He was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as He was reclining for a meal [this is better than King Ahasuerus (Est_5:1, etc.)], a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly pure nard. And having broken the flask, she began to pour it out over His head.
Mat_26:6-10 CAB And when Jesus was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, 7 a woman came to Him having an alabaster flask of very expensive perfume, and she began to pour it on His head as He reclined to eat. 8 But when His disciples saw it, they became indignant, saying, "Why this waste? 9 For this perfume could have been sold for much, and have been given to the poor." 10 But when Jesus became aware of it, He said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? For she has done a beautiful work for Me.
Luk_7:36-48 WEB One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee's house, and sat at the table. 37 Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment. 38 Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner." 40 Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you." He said, "Teacher, say on." 41 "A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 When they couldn't pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?" 43 Simon answered, "He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most." He said to him, "You have judged correctly." 44 Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. 45 You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet. 46 You didn't anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment. 47 Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little." 48 He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." 49 Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?" 50 He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."
Be like Mary and
let justice finally burst forth!
And do you realize why I say this? If not, you of
all people desperately need discipleship!
Digging Through a Roof
The Faith of Friends
that Disregards Social Shame!
Mar_2:1-5 CAB And He entered again into Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in a certain house. 2 And immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no longer any room, not even near the door. And He was speaking the word to them. 3 And they came to Him, bringing a paralytic being carried by four men. 4 And not being able to get near Him because of the crowd, they removed the tiles from the roof where He was, and having dug through they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying. 5 And Jesus, seeing their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Child, your sins have been forgiven you."
(also see, Luk_5:17-20)
Blind Bartimaeus
Mar_10:46-52 CAB And they came to Jericho. And as He was going out from Jericho along with His disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus the blind man, the son of Timaeus, was sitting alongside the road begging. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!" 48 And many rebuked him, that he should be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!" 49 And having stopped, Jesus asked for him to be called. Then they called the blind man, saying to him, "Have courage, rise up; He is calling you." 50 And casting away his garment, he rose up and came to Jesus. 51 So Jesus answered and said to him, "What do you desire that I should do for you?" And the blind man said to Him, "Rabboni, that I may receive sight." 52 Then Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has healed you." And immediately he received sight, and he followed Jesus on the road.
Many Other Examples
There are so many more
examples we could list, including…
· Woman with the issue of blood
· Canaanite woman with demonized daughter
· Many others I am looking forward to listing here…
Let Love Be Without Hypocrisy
Rom_12:9 CAB Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
Eph_4:29-32 CAB Let no corrupt word proceed from your mouth, but only what is good for edification, that it may give grace to them that hear. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and blasphemy be removed from you, with all malice. 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted [εὔσπλαγχνοι – good boweled], forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ forgave us.
Col_3:12-15 CAB Therefore, as the elect of God,
holy and beloved, put on [Ενδύσασθε]
hearts [σπλάγχνα
– bowels] of compassion
[οἰκτιρμοῦ],
kindness [χρηστότητα],
humility [ταπεινοφροσύνην],
meekness [πρᾳότητα],
patience [μακροθυμίαν];
13 forbearing one another and forgiving
yourselves, if anyone should have a complaint against any; just as Christ
forgave you, so you also do. 14 But above all these things put on love,
which is the bond of perfection. 15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in
one body; and be thankful.
Love Is Only Straitened In Our Own Sin
You Are Not
Straightened In Us, But By Your Own Passions
2Co_6:11-13 CAB O Corinthians! We have spoken openly to you, our heart has been opened wide. 12 You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections. 13 Now in return for the same--I speak as to children--you also be opened wide.
· Preceding context: Paul is able to endure hardships and love them (as we saw in Heb_12 earlier)
· He is not ashamed to unknown and troubled on every side
· He is willing to love, to pour out, and to give even more even if he is loved less by it
2Co_12:9 – the favor of the anointed one is sufficient for Paul so that he may rejoice (boast) in things that make him weak
2Co_12:15 CAB And I gladly will spend and be expended for your souls; although the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.
Additional
· do not let social shame (inhibitions) betray you into complacency
· social shames are why we have such a shallow culture, without bowls of compassion, without the deeds of moved bowels
· No flesh! No rich social shame! (ultimately) no excuses! No complacency that minimize what is Divine....
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Submitted Suffering
9/10/05; 11/7/05; 3/25/06 (Word: Modified/Printed);
10/17/07; 8/20/09; 6/26/10; 2/20/17… 10/1/23
TSK: Phi_1:28, 2Th_1:4-8, 1Pe_4:13-16, [Rev_1:6, Rev_1:9, Rev_5:10, Rev_20:4, Rev_20:6]
Logic, Not Feelings
One of the very first things to do to resolve any bad feelings, from general discouragement to outright suicidal depression, is not to seek to change your feelings, but rather to establish a logical basis for why you should hope against hope when hurting and going through trials.
Don't seek to change the results of your feelings but seek to change the cause of your knowledge.
We automatically see the moment of bad, but we need to see the eternity of good
The moment we feel something damaging, we inherently and automatically feel and understand that it is bad.
The moment we realize Truth by faith, we apprehend the knowledge that it works into good.
We quickly feel the evil of this life with our bodies and with our souls (as long as we are not blinded too much by participating in the evil), and yet we can instead apprehend the Truth by embracing faith in what can’t see from what Truth says.
Follow
Jesus in Suffering
Luk_24:26 - Anointed One must suffer
Joh_12:26 - If you are a servant, then you will be with Him
Mat_19:28-29 – you who have fallowed = Thrones & reward all
those who forsake
Joh_15:20 - No servant greater than Master
1Pe_2:21 MKJV For you were not called to this? For Christ also
suffered on our behalf, leaving us an example, that you should follow His
steps,
Heb_13:13 MKJV Therefore let us
go forth to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach.
2Ti_3:12 WEB Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus
will suffer persecution.
Phi_3:8-10 MKJV ...I also count
all things to be loss ...10 that I may know Him and the power of His
resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable to
His death;
Because
it’s the Path to Heaven
Act_14:21-22 MKJV
...they returned to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch, 22 confirming the souls of
the disciples, calling on them to continue in the faith and that through much
tribulation we must enter into the kingdom of God.
Mat_16:24-25 MKJV Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever desires to lose his life for My sake shall find it.
- We often try to find ways to be comfortably saved into the kingdom
- Comfortable salvation (effortless spirituality) is not a real/Biblical option
1Th_3:4 - We are to suffer
2Ti_1:8 - “Be a partaker”
2Ti_2:12 - IF we suffer, then we reign with Him
Rom_8:17 - IF Suffer & glorified together
1Pe_4:12-16 - persecution not strange
2Co_12:10 - Take pleasure in weakness
Rom_5:3-5 WEB Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; 4 and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope: 5 and hope doesn't disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Count On Suffering
8/22/05; 2/20/17 (recompiled); 10/1/23
· Count on being miserable, (if you wish to start following Jesus) just as you set your face to endure hardship when fasting - How different it is then, when you have good things happen that you would have previously taken for granted.
· Remember Humanism: “The chief end of man is his own happiness” – If this is what you live for and this is what you expect, then how can you be thankful when your perceived “Chief end” is unfulfilled?
Isa_50:7 KJV For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore
shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I
know that I shall not be ashamed.
Heb_12:2-4 MKJV looking to Jesus the Author and Finisher of
our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising
the shame, and sat down at the right of the throne of God. 3 For
consider Him who endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, lest
you be weary and faint in your minds.
4 You have not yet resisted unto
blood, striving against sin.
1Pe_4:1-4, 16 KJVB Forasmuch then as Christ has suffered for us
in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that has
suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;
2 That he no longer should live
the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of
God. 3 For we have spent enough time in the past in
our lives doing the desires of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness,
[lewdness, wantonness] lusts, drunkenness, revelings, carousing, and abominable
idolatries: 4 In which they think that it is strange that
you all do not run with them to the same overflow of reckless living, speaking
evil of you…
16 Yet if any man suffer as
a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on in this matter.
1Pe_4:12 KJV Beloved, think it not strange concerning the
fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto
you:
2Ti_3:12 WEB Yes, and all who desire to live godly in
Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
· Is it strange
to hurt in childbirth? What if my sister changed her mind
in the middle of the pregnancy and though it would be ok to have an abortion?
Don’t Forfeit Suffering
Mt.5: 10-12, & 38-42
It's amazing how foolishly we resist our few opportunities to suffer!! We barley get the chance to suffer here, and your going to complain if someone does you wrong??! Are you ashamed to suffer for JESUS?? Isn't it an honor to you??
Act_16:23
When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison,
charging the jailer to keep them safely, 24 who, having received such a charge, threw
them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks. 25 But about
midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the
prisoners were listening to them. (NIV)
You say,
"Yah but that
was for JESUS. But if they hit me
just because, and it's not for Jesus, then I'll hit them back."
What about this chapter we are reading? ----
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Mat 5 38 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye,
and a tooth for a tooth.' 39 But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever
strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have
your cloak also. 41 Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. 42 Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you. |
and
again, What about the following verse?----
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1PE_2:18 Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. [19] For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God. [20] But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. [21] To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. |
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(Teachers.. ect. -Don't be foolish and gossip about them!) |
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1PE
3: 13 Who is
going to harm you if you are eager to do good? [14] But even if you
should suffer for what is right, you are blessed.
"Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened." [15] But in
your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. ... 1PE
4: 12 Dear
friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as
though something strange were happening to you. [13] But rejoice that
you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed
when his glory is revealed. [14] If you are insulted because of the name of
Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on
you. [15] If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal,
or even as a meddler.
[16] However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but
praise God that you bear that name. [17] For it is time for judgment to
begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the
outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God? [18] And,
"If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the
sinner?" 1PE_4:19 So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good. (NIV) |
What if
someone bad
mouths you? --Are you
going to defend yourself and loose your reward?
(Think: and
Joseph)
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Isa_53:7 He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth. |
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PHP
2: 1
If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort
from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and
compassion, [2] then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the
same love, being one in spirit and purpose. [3] Do nothing out of selfish
ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than
yourselves. [4] Each of you should look not only to your own
interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Your attitude
should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6 Who,
being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, |
7 but made
himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest
place and gave him the name that is above every
name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, in heaven and on earth and under the
earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (NIV/WEB mix) |
2Ti_3:12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in
Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. (WEB)
The Purpose of Suffering
Find the right
motivation of hope when hurting
Resolve Request -- from Overseer’s Wife
9/30/23
Sat_12:41am(edited)
I would appreciate prayers that I would be successful in facing & resolving this whole incident. I see that my soul is still restless/unnerved/unsettled by what happened. I haven't fully faced and processed things yet.
I would appreciate if @Hd could talk some more about processing trauma, and believing in redemption, and not looking back (with a desire to change the past). I think I believe these things already to some degree, but this incident is helping to draw out breeches in my faith, where it is not bulletproof.
1st Peter Suffering Thoughts -- from Overseer’s Wife
10/1/23
Sunday, October 1st 2023
Sun_8:45am
Yummy- 1Pet_3:8- 4:19
Seems like such a relevant/pertinent and at-hand chunk of Scripture. Feel free to find any way to read any of this today for conference
Sun 9:00am
Whoever loves life and desires to see good days...
Seek peace
Don't return evil, but give over a blessing.
Who will hurt you if you do good?
But even if you do hurt then you can be blessed.
Don't be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.
Holy-ify God in your hearts.
Have a good conscience even if people defame you as evil doers.
Cash in on the redemption in suffering/hurting (i.e. 3:17).
Being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit.
Think like Anointed One.
Whoever suffers (successfully?) in the flesh ceases from sin.
Giving up the lusts of the flesh; yielding/embracing the will of God.
Don't think it strange when you have trials.
Rejoice by faith that you are hurting.
Judgement begins here, at the house [of] God...
Therefore let those who hurt commit their souls to him while doing good.
He is a faithful Creator (interesting Peter uses God as Creator as convincing leverage for his appeal...)
Sun_9:20am(edited)
@Hd Peter says to not suffer as an evil doer (or because you did something wrong?), but as one who does the will of God, etc.
The conscience of the righteous tend to be super (or supernaturally) sensitive. It seems easy to find a way to blame yourself for this n that, or to have those "should of, could of, would of" moments. How can we be well fortified in this area?
Ex Joseph
He could have thought, "maybe I shouldn't have shared my dreams with my brothers. Maybe they wouldn't have been provoked against me if I would have just walked around in silence around them. And then maybe I wouldn't have gotten sold into slavery"
Or with Potiphar's wife situation- "if I had not been in the house at that time when none of the other men were around then maybe I wouldn't have been caught by her, and in prison now"
[Overseer] Sun_10:52am
Yayy, Thanks :+)
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AlSun_3:26pm
I guess there is a difference between making a mistake and doing evil, correct?
And making mistakes could theoretically be within the acceptable will of God? Verses, "evil doing" = necessarily a morally wrong move?
Basic Biblical Concepts
Think: Book of Job
Vs
The utter vanity of atheism = rich people cannot find hope or resolve when life gets bad… the unrighteous/unjust/Rich People perish under trial as James says…
Rich Fail Testing in James
“The rich man will fade away in his ways”
Jam_1:10 NKJV but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away.
Jam_1:11 NKJV For no sooner has the sun risen with a burning heat than it withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beautiful appearance perishes. So the rich man also will fade away in his pursuits.
…
Jam_1:13 NKJV Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”…
Jam_1:14 NKJV But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires…
Jam_1:15 NKJV Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
1Ti_6:9 NKJV But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.
1Ti_6:10 NKJV For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil…
Riches Are Temporary / Fade Away
Psa_49:16 NKJV Do not be afraid when one becomes rich, When the glory of his house is increased;
Psa_49:17 NKJV For when he dies he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.
Pro_23:5 NKJV Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.
Ecc_5:13 NKJV There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches kept for their owner to his hurt.
Tested & Saved
Jam_1:12 NKJV Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life…
1Pe_1:7 NKJV that the genuineness of your faith… though it is tested by fire… may be found to praise, honor, and glory…
Jesus Saves us from LUX -- if we cooperate!
We finally get a chance to possibly…
· Suffer
· feel how evil sin is
· save our rich souls
· taste some bad to learn more about reality as opposed to all the good we have
embrace cooperation with God
>>Scrip:
Better in the house of mourners than mirth
Repenting of handling trauma the wrong way
Joh_11:
Learn to breath deep
Cooperate with God’s will for us to feel profound evil/damage/pain
Result can be: we are no longer shallow spiritually immature people in danger of “just talking” hardcore…
We need to get virtuous and righteous so we’re not caught unprepared when needing supernatural intervention and answers to prayers
Goal: only suffer the amount needed to gain more virtue, but not from lack of virtue… (because the latter is no credit/favor to us)
Defeat pride, entitlement, lazy unbelief
And finally: learn to be optimistic
Moral Definitions
· Hope / expecting (good) / Optimism
· Joy / rejoice = cheerfulness
· Faith / Belief = standing under it (persevering, remaining, enduring)
Suffering Explanation, Exhortation, Application
9/30/23-10/1/23
Through many trials we are
indebted to enter into God's Kingdom
Trust Needed
All evil is under God's
control
Rom8
Our only part is to make
sure we love God & are called sufficiently... (repented, & prepared to
be found in Him in peace)
We need to bend down and
pray fervently to trust deep down...
These trials can hit hard
when we've already been anxious and they confront us more directly with the
deep need to trust...
Death & Trials Both Have the Same Purpose
Just as death serves a very
important purpose to testify against sin when God wins each personal life-long
battle, so also suffering in general serves a purpose to teach us about how
evil sin is before we die, especially in hopes that we might glorify the
Creator and be saved to ultimately live.
Persecuation & Trials Both Have the Same Purpose
Mat & Jam, etc
We are told to rejoice in
both persecution as well as trials
They are not always
necessarily entirely all that different, especially since we are supposed to
lead both of them into rejoicing.
It is our responsibility to
lead all trials into cheerful rejoicing
Shared Sorrow & Shared Rejoicing
Rejoicing Does NOT
Mean No Crying
Do your duty as a human to
cry, but then do your duty to become a new human by rejoicing in favorable Hope
by faith in the spirit.
Paul and Silas Rejoice Anyway
Paul and Silas sing in jail
Notice that Paul and Silas
rejoiced when being persecuted by the Philippian jail system.
They could have potentially
been sorrowful for each other's hurts and wounds, but much more glorious than
this was their shared rejoicing and cheerful singing which got heaven's
attention. - We need to attain to such glories corporately... so let's go ahead
and get on the same team and believe into each other so we have a shot at it!
Martyrdom is the Purpose of Family
This shared rejoicing
through persecution is exactly who we are supposed to turn our physical family
into being, and much more should our spiritual family have unrestricted
rejoicing to go through trials and even ultimately be martyred together (if God
so wills)!
You can hurt for another
beloved person who is hurting, but at some point you have to find the purpose
of all hurting and lead it into a resolve of Hope which you can rejoice at the opportunity
to believe in the face of hurting.
Body Trials vs Faith Conquering
Trials of Your Early
Body vs. Overcoming Faith Victory of Your
Glorious Future
Your Early Body is Distracted!
Your body is essentially (virtually,
almost) entirely invested in this life, since that is the only form of
expression it has ever known.
In your body, you can feel
all kinds of sorrow, sadness, discouragement, fear, overwhelm, confusion,
panic, fight or flight, from being attached to this life - and when you
experience all of these sensations from being attached to the body, don't be so
gullible as to take it personally.
Your body is doing what it
is doing as being virtually entirely consistent with this life, and now it's
time for you to do what you need to do by being entirely invested in the next
age.
Let’s say that again:
Your body is doing what it
is doing from being almost entirely invested and focused on this life,
including the brokenness of sin and the inherent untruth and deception that
comes with it, which is why you need to say no to yourself, and now it's time
for you to do what you are doing by choosing to become a new creation by faith
and overcome this life by being focused on the next life.
Feeling vs. Faith
Often times we humans
experience a disturbing event and our bodies react to it based on the a-moral
principles of broken physics, and we can face the immediate temptation to feel
like we’ve already lost and been defined this way in the flesh, as ‘the cursed unbelieving
lost person’ who can’t stop sinning and can’t stop reacting to sin in a sinful
way, since we are already feeling the natural sensations of negativity in our
bodies that contradict faith, but in fact this is exactly where it is time for
faith to kick in:
We have not lost when we
feel fear, we lose when we believe that feeling.
That initial feeling is
typically part of being tied to the body.
When our body leads, then
our soul is also fearful when such disarrangement exposes us and makes us
vulnerable to every evil spirit warring against us.
But as soon as we feel it,
whether in our bodies or even our souls, then it is time to say:
Don’t fear only believe
This is exactly why we say
“no” to ourselves.
Sorrow with Optimism
Leading Your Sadness
We may indeed be very
required to be sad, but the most important critical defining urgent part is
where we get cheerful and optimistic!
After all sorrow you might
go through, also watch to follow up and debrief to make sure none of it was
worldly without faith. Then you can repent and get out all that is empty and
untrue as you press toward the resolve of faith as seen in the Psalms.
Sad Past, Hopeful Future
We are sad in respect to
what bad has happened in the past, but we look forward with optimistic
cheerfulness to what is coming in the future by means of this temporary evil
which testifies to the Truth.
You may need to strain in
the sharpness of gnawing pain, but you need to put on cheerful optimism when
despising the shame (Heb 12).
You are temporarily
currently being devalued by the hurts of your body, perhaps right now when
going through trials, but pain has always been intended as a motivator to
bounce back with even greater bulletproof optimism from the value of Hope and
Faith in the Truth.
Special Hope is
Motivating
A brilliant person does
what no other human can do and he rejoices greatly as onlookers applaud his
breathtaking accomplishments, and we instead rejoice greatly at the opportunity
to Hope in what no one else can hope in as Heaven looks on and applauds us with
eternal rewards...
We rejoice against the
hopelessness-es and limitations of the body and this life because we have such
great opportunities for faith and rewards for overcoming the pressures to fail,
and we can win by choosing righteousness and successful obedience instead. --
No one else has this blessed hope, and calling to be righteous, and no one else
actually fulfills all Justice in the process of suffering, and we must exalt
and max out to shine in our faces in the face of such opportunities through
suffering and trials.
End-focus-ness Makes Optimistic Endurance (in the Meantime)
And when enduring, we must
also be keeping in mind and remembering this, that: our sorrow is to last for a
moment, only as long as the Creator has laid a timely and sufficient response
to heavy affliction upon us, but our optimistic cheerfulness (real Biblical
"joy") is to be ongoing, permanent, and bulletproof into forever, and
definitely preceding our rewards as much as possible. Keeping in mind and
remembering that it is a foolish folly and hazardous irresponsibility and
reckless unrighteousness to measure ourselves or each other by the initial
response of our bodies to adversity and unpleasant trials. Because just as we look
to the Future for optimism and Hope from God so also we look to how each of us
completes a matter much more than the beginning, and we measure and consider
how we lead, and how we should lead, the responses of our body from this
physical life on into cheerfulness and Orthodox optimism to determine what
orthodox hope should save us through every season of trial.
It is the end of a matter that tells us the
conclusion, not the beginning, and it is our diligent ambition to grow even
further in faith and Truth as gloriously new creatures by downloading the
conclusion of the future as close to the source of the beginning as we can,
while only fulfilling the initial necessary requirement of sorrow to
righteously respond to the evil of this life.
Righteousness is the Missing Ingredient for Ultimate Optimism
Correct Creature or Conquering Crown?
Church people might say
that God is going to take care of you and work it all out, and this can be generically
true (or correct) in a limited sense for this life because God takes care of
all of His creatures, including sinful unregenerate ones, especially if they
will at least partly cooperate with Him.
But church people know
almost nothing about rejoicing for being persecuted for real righteousness
sake, just as they cannot really find the purpose for suffering since they
themselves have never been really that willing to learn to not sin.
Sin is The Cause & Ignoring it is The Problem
God is in control of all
evil and has even predestined every single detail of every single person's sin
throughout all of existence.
We know that all evil &
damaging hurt results from sin, and by this consequence, hurt testifies against
sin to the glory of the real King of Justice in heaven, and whenever the real
God is finally glorified we have hope and purpose for optimistic rejoicing,
even if it is through such evil.
We can learn all kinds of
things from suffering such as endurance, patience, hope, and trusting the Creator.
Some of these things we need to learn as humans, but when we look past this
life and embrace the optimistic satisfaction of God testifying against evil
then the purpose is fulfilled in accomplishing Truth and we can be consoled
with a heavenly satisfaction by faith that (at least, and by all means) the
sweetest thing we love the most, Truth, is being glorified.
We must be responsible to
respond to the moral needs of this life when anyone's body suffers evil, or any
damage at all happens to valuable things, but along with this acknowledgment
and faithful management of this temporary life we also now have a much higher
responsibility to lead all evil into optimistic hope and even cheerful
rejoicing.
The Need of Mourning
When someone dies or even
if someone is hurting we do well to look back and embrace the sorrow of the
evils of this life.
the house of mourners is
better than the house of mirth
We need to mourn and we
need to do so completely, without an ounce of avoidance and deference and
hypnotic sedation like our grotesque modern cultures can do.
A “celebration” for
someone's supposed “home going” is a multiplied abomination, adding endless
insults to injuries.
But though we are to mourn
to the fullest extent needful, yet we must never sorrow with worldly sorrow
since it results in death instead of repentance when learning how evil sin is.
Learning that Sin is Bad
Get one of the main point
of life:
We need to hurt and really
learn that sin is bad!
So many people boast in
what they’ve supposedly learned through their trails and experiences, but they
have nothing because they have never stopped sinning!
Though he was inspired
(Acts) , yet Moses was pushed away by the evil fleshly Israelites until at
last, later on in his life, he said 'I have known your stiff neck' when
describing and predicting how sinful they had been and would be.
We also still have great
needs to learn how evil the flesh is, because how else will we go from being
tempted to
over-engage in social situations in this life and in these societies, on into
running with the two witnesses who plague the entire inhabitable world?
(everywhere where people live in houses)
When we close our eyes and
learn how evil sin is, we can glorify God who is finally saying the Truth about
who He really is, and all of our suffering and hurting has potent purpose
attached to it from which we can lead all experiences of evil into favorable
rejoicing and optimistic hope as we actually choose righteousness and advance
in Truth when going throughout all of our trials. - and that is a serious
reason to rejoice!
Monetary Lowliness
Pro_13:20-21
\
Sheds light on the foolishness of pursuing money.
>> all throughout Genesis Samuel, Kings and Chronicles
Psa_36:8 KJV+ They shall be abundantly satisfiedH7301 with the fatnessH4480 H1880 of thy house;H1004 and thou shalt make them drinkH8248 of the riverH5158 of thy pleasures.H5730
Psa_36:8 LB They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of Your house; and You shall cause them to drink of the full stream of Your delights.
Psa_36:8 (35:9) μεθυσθήσονται
ἀπὸ πιότητος
τοῦ οἴκου σου,
καὶ τὸν χειμάρρουν
τῆς τρυφῆς σου
ποτιεῖς αὐτούς·
Psa_37:3 KJV+ TrustH982 in the LORD,H3068 and doH6213 good;H2896 so shalt thou dwellH7931 in the land,H776 and verilyH530 thou shalt be fed.H7462
Psa_37:3 LB Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and you shall be fed with the wealth of it.
Psa_37:3 (36:3) ἔλπισον
ἐπὶ κύριον καὶ
ποίει χρηστότητα
καὶ κατασκήνου
τὴν γῆν, καὶ
ποιμανθήσῃ ἐπὶ
τῷ πλούτῳ αὐτῆς·
Poor Scriptures List
9/28/02-9/29/02; 12/20/02 (Word: Modified); 1/16/04; Other date(s)?; 11/24/07; 2/20/17
(recompiled)
Why you should want to
be poor
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The New covenant was introduced with the goodness of being poor |
Lk. 6:20-26/ Mt.5:3-6 |
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Jesus was poor |
2Cor. 8:9, Mt. 8:20/ Lk9:58 |
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The apostles where poor, following Jesus’ foot steps (Also see: Act. 3:6, and 2Cor_8:2-4) |
1Cor_4:9-13, 2Cor. 6:8-9 |
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You’re not supposed to store up $
|
Mt. 6:26 |
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God may
kill you if you wrongly store up money for yourself and thus become a fool Side Issues: -Does
Jesus kill
people? -Is God the one who killed the rich man, (mentioned in Luke)? It is strongly implied that He is the one who demanded the life. Also see: |
Lk.
12:13-21 Rev.19:15 & 21 Gen_20:3-4 |
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It’s Hard for rich people to go to Heaven |
Mt.
9:23-26/ Mk. 10:24-27/ Lk. 18:23-27 |
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* If you are rich now, you’ll be poor later. The Bible says, “Woe to you who are rich now…” * |
Lk. 6:20-26 |
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If you’re rich, then misery will
come upon you and the corrosion of your wealth will eat your flesh like fire. (It is important to know what it means to be “rich” see Mt. 5:3) |
Jam_5:1-3 (Also see
verses 4-6) |
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Being rich is a low/humiliating position for you to be in, if you believe in Jesus |
Jas_1:9 |
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The Bible
sometimes calls money “Filthy Lucre” (KJV) G146 αἰσχροκερδής aischrokerdēs
ahee-skhrok-er-dace' From G150 and κέρδος kerdos (gain);
sordid: - given to (greedy of) filthy lucre. |
1 Thes_3:3 |
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God Has chosen the poor! (see V. 5) |
Jas_2:1-7 |
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If you don’t hate $, then you do not Love God but you hate him and you are not serving Him! |
Mt. 6:24, Lk. 16:13 |
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If you want to get rich you fall in to temptation, destruction, ruin, foolishness, harmful desires, grief, and all kinds of evil |
1 Tim_6:6-11 |
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· By the way, this list is not at all intended to be
easy to understand or make a lot of sense. ·
Neither does Lk. 6:20-26, (mentioned above). ·
See other List below… |
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You’re supposed to willingly and
joyfully except it if someone steels from you, and give them more of you’re
stuff |
Heb_10:24, Mt.5:40-42 |
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If you’re rich and consistently don’t give to the poor, you go to Hell |
Lk.
16:19-26, Think: Mt.
25:41-46 |
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The Bible says to show restraint instead of striving to get rich |
Prov_23:4 |
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More reasons |
Prov_28:20-22 |
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Good Riches
Why It Can Be Good to Be Rich:
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If you give to the poor, God has no problem, (in general), with making you rich [The Corinthians were rich like this] |
2Cor_9:10 |
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Joseph of Arimathea was rich and was well spoken of |
Mt 27:57-60 Mk:15:23 |
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*Paul could handle being rich or being poor- neither one bothered him at all…* |
Phil_4:11-13 |
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Similarly Jesus was OK with people being rich (If they are mindful of the poor) |
Lk. 5:29, 14:12-13 |
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…he did not value $ or any wordily goods |
Phil_3:7-8 |
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1.
1. People in the
early church did not lack anything 2.
and yet they
did not consider any thing theirs own possession 3.
and they gave
to those in need 4.
and they let
people confiscate their goods (Because of this, God could trust them with $) |
Act_4:32-35 Heb_10:34 |
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How a rich Christian should act (good passage) |
1Tim_6:17 |
Questions:
1. Do you love or hate $ ?
2. Are you ready to ‘Get rich quick?’
3. Is $ a blessing to you, or is getting
closer to Jesus the blessing to
you?
4. Even more than this, do you love to suffer?
5. Do you love being lowly, humble, “not cool”?
Poverty Reading Compilation
7/15/16
G4432 G4433 G4434 √
ABP+ Exo_23:11; Lev_19:10; Lev_19:15; Lev_23:22; Deu_8:9; Deu_14:5; Deu_24:19; Jdg_6:6; Jdg_14:15; Rth_3:10; 1Sa_2:7; 1Sa_2:8; 2Sa_22:28; 2Ki_25:12; 1Ch_22:14; Est_1:20; Est_9:22; Job_5:16; Job_22:8; Job_29:12; Job_30:27; Job_34:28; Job_36:6; Job_36:21; Psa_9:18; Psa_10:2; Psa_10:9; Psa_10:14; Psa_12:5; Psa_14:6; Psa_22:24; Psa_25:16; Psa_31:10; Psa_34:6; Psa_34:10; Psa_35:10; Psa_37:14; Psa_40:17; Psa_41:1; Psa_44:24; Psa_68:10; Psa_69:29; Psa_69:32; Psa_70:5; Psa_72:2; Psa_72:4; Psa_72:12; Psa_72:13; Psa_74:21; Psa_79:8; Psa_82:3; Psa_82:4; Psa_86:1; Psa_88:9; Psa_88:15; Psa_102:0; Psa_107:10; Psa_107:41; Psa_109:16; Psa_109:22; Psa_113:7; Psa_132:15; Psa_140:12; Pro_13:8; Pro_14:20; Pro_14:21; Pro_14:31; Pro_17:5; Pro_19:1; Pro_19:4; Pro_19:7; Pro_19:17; Pro_19:22; Pro_22:2; Pro_22:7; Pro_22:9; Pro_22:22; Pro_23:21; Pro_28:3; Pro_28:6; Pro_28:8; Pro_28:15; Pro_28:27; Pro_29:7; Pro_29:14; Pro_31:20; Isa_3:14; Isa_3:15; Isa_10:2; Isa_14:30; Isa_24:6; Isa_25:3; Isa_29:19; Isa_41:17; Isa_48:10; Isa_58:7; Isa_61:1; Jer_5:4; Jer_39:10; Lam_3:1; Lam_3:19; Eze_16:49; Eze_18:12; Eze_22:29; Amo_2:7; Amo_4:1; Amo_5:11; Amo_8:4; Amo_8:6; Hab_3:14; Mat_5:3; Mat_11:5; Mat_19:21; Mat_26:9; Mat_26:11; Mar_10:21; Mar_12:42; Mar_12:43; Mar_14:5; Mar_14:7; Luk_4:18; Luk_6:20; Luk_7:22; Luk_14:13; Luk_14:21; Luk_16:20; Luk_16:22; Luk_18:22; Luk_19:8; Luk_21:3; Joh_12:5; Joh_12:6; Joh_12:8; Joh_13:29; Rom_15:26; 2Co_6:10; 2Co_8:2; 2Co_8:9; Gal_2:10; Gal_4:9; Jas_2:2; Jas_2:3; Jas_2:5; Jas_2:6; Rev_2:9; Rev_3:17; Rev_13:16;
G3993 G3998 -- Excluding Previous
ABP+ Exo_22:25; Exo_23:3; Exo_23:6; Exo_30:15; Lev_14:21; Lev_25:25; Lev_25:35; Lev_27:5; Lev_27:6; Deu_15:11; Deu_24:12; Deu_24:14; Deu_24:15; 2Sa_12:1; 2Sa_12:3; 2Sa_12:4; 2Ki_24:14; Psa_9:9; Psa_9:12; Psa_10:8; Psa_10:10; Psa_10:12; Psa_10:17; Psa_11:4; Psa_22:26; Psa_49:2; Psa_69:33; Psa_74:19; Psa_109:31; Psa_112:9; Pro_18:23; Pro_22:16; Pro_23:4; Pro_28:11; Pro_30:9; Pro_30:14; Pro_31:9; Ecc_4:13; Ecc_4:14; Ecc_5:8; Ecc_6:8; Ecc_9:15; Ecc_9:16; Jer_20:13; Jer_22:16; Jer_40:7; Jer_52:15; Jer_52:16; Dan_4:27; Amo_2:6; Amo_5:12; Zec_7:10; Luk_21:2; 2Co_9:9;
poor poverty destitut needy meek humble humilliat lowly
-- not incl previous:
beg
ABP+ Gen_15:13; Gen_16:9; Gen_31:50; Lev_16:29; Lev_16:31; Lev_23:27; Lev_23:32; Jdg_16:5; Jdg_16:6; Jdg_16:19; Jdg_19:24; 1Sa_18:23; 2Sa_7:10; 1Ki_8:35; 1Ch_17:9; 2Ch_6:26; Ezr_8:21; Job_5:11; Job_12:21; Job_22:23; Job_36:8; Job_40:11; Psa_10:18; Psa_18:27; Psa_34:18; Psa_55:19; Psa_102:17; Psa_113:6; Psa_131:2; Psa_138:6; Pro_3:34; Pro_6:11; Pro_10:4; Pro_10:15; Pro_11:2; Pro_13:18; Pro_15:33; Pro_16:1; Pro_24:34; Pro_25:7; Pro_28:19; Pro_29:23; Pro_30:8; Pro_31:7; Isa_11:4; Isa_25:4; Isa_25:11; Isa_26:6; Isa_32:7; Isa_49:13; Isa_54:11; Isa_58:3; Isa_58:4; Isa_58:5; Isa_58:10; Isa_66:2; Lam_3:34; Eze_29:14; Dan_4:37; Dan_7:24; Zep_2:3; Zep_3:12; Mat_11:29; Mat_23:12; Luk_1:52; Rom_12:16; 2Co_7:6; 2Co_10:1; 2Co_12:21; Php_4:12; Jas_1:9; Jas_4:6; Jas_4:10; 1Pe_5:5;
-- CAB:
br-CAB Gen_15:13; Gen_31:50; Gen_34:2; Gen_47:18; Exo_1:12; Exo_22:25; Exo_23:3; Exo_23:6; Exo_23:11; Exo_30:15; Lev_14:21; Lev_16:29; Lev_16:31; Lev_19:10; Lev_19:15; Lev_23:22; Lev_23:27; Lev_23:29; Lev_23:32; Lev_25:25; Lev_25:35; Lev_27:8; Num_12:3; Num_13:21; Deu_8:9; Deu_15:4; Deu_15:7; Deu_15:11; Deu_21:14; Deu_22:24; Deu_22:29; Deu_24:14; Deu_24:16; Deu_24:17; Deu_26:6; Jdg_3:30; Jdg_16:5; Jdg_16:6; Jdg_16:19; Jdg_19:24; Jdg_20:5; Rth_1:21; Rth_3:10; 1Sa_2:7; 1Sa_2:8; 1Sa_7:13; 1Sa_12:8; 1Sa_18:23; 2Sa_12:1; 2Sa_12:3; 2Sa_12:4; 2Sa_13:12; 2Sa_13:14; 2Sa_13:32; 2Sa_15:34; 2Sa_22:28; 1Ki_8:35; 2Ki_14:26; 2Ki_22:19; 2Ki_24:14; 2Ki_25:12; 1Ch_17:10; 1Ch_22:14; 2Ch_28:19; 2Ch_32:26; 2Ch_33:12; 2Ch_33:23; 2Ch_34:27; Ezr_8:21; Est_1:1; Est_1:20; Est_4:17; Est_6:13; Est_9:22; Job_5:11; Job_12:21; Job_16:2; Job_22:23; Job_22:29; Job_24:4; Job_24:6; Job_24:12; Job_29:12; Job_30:27; Job_31:20; Job_31:34; Job_34:20; Job_34:28; Job_36:6; Job_36:8; Job_36:15; Job_36:21; Psa_9:9; Psa_9:12; Psa_9:18; Psa_10:2; Psa_10:8; Psa_10:9; Psa_10:10; Psa_10:12; Psa_10:14; Psa_10:17; Psa_11:4; Psa_12:5; Psa_14:6; Psa_18:27; Psa_22:24; Psa_22:26; Psa_25:9; Psa_25:16; Psa_31:10; Psa_34:2; Psa_34:6; Psa_34:10; Psa_34:18; Psa_35:10; Psa_35:13; Psa_35:14; Psa_37:11; Psa_37:14; Psa_39:2; Psa_40:17; Psa_41:1; Psa_44:24; Psa_45:4; Psa_49:2; Psa_51:17; Psa_68:10; Psa_69:29; Psa_69:32; Psa_69:33; Psa_70:5; Psa_72:2; Psa_72:4; Psa_72:12; Psa_72:13; Psa_74:19; Psa_74:21; Psa_76:9; Psa_82:3; Psa_82:4; Psa_86:1; Psa_88:9; Psa_88:15; Psa_102:1; Psa_102:17; Psa_107:10; Psa_107:41; Psa_109:16; Psa_109:22; Psa_109:31; Psa_112:9; Psa_113:7; Psa_131:2; Psa_132:1; Psa_132:15; Psa_138:6; Psa_140:12; Psa_147:6; Psa_149:4; Pro_3:27; Pro_3:34; Pro_6:11; Pro_10:4; Pro_10:15; Pro_11:2; Pro_13:8; Pro_13:18; Pro_14:20; Pro_14:21; Pro_14:30; Pro_14:31; Pro_16:19; Pro_16:33; Pro_17:5; Pro_17:14; Pro_18:12; Pro_19:4; Pro_19:7; Pro_19:17; Pro_19:22; Pro_21:13; Pro_21:17; Pro_22:2; Pro_22:7; Pro_22:9; Pro_22:16; Pro_22:22; Pro_23:4; Pro_23:21; Pro_25:8; Pro_25:9; Pro_25:14; Pro_25:31; Pro_25:34; Pro_26:5; Pro_26:7; Pro_26:9; Pro_27:7; Pro_30:3; Pro_30:6; Pro_30:8; Pro_30:11; Pro_30:15; Pro_30:19; Pro_30:27; Pro_31:7; Pro_31:14; Pro_31:20; Pro_31:23; Ecc_4:13; Ecc_4:14; Ecc_5:7; Ecc_6:8; Ecc_9:15; Ecc_9:16; Isa_2:9; Isa_3:14; Isa_3:15; Isa_3:17; Isa_10:2; Isa_11:4; Isa_14:30; Isa_14:32; Isa_24:6; Isa_25:3; Isa_25:4; Isa_26:5; Isa_26:6; Isa_29:19; Isa_32:7; Isa_41:17; Isa_49:13; Isa_58:4; Isa_58:7; Isa_61:1; Isa_66:2; Jer_5:4; Jer_13:18; Jer_20:13; Jer_22:16; Jer_33:9; Jer_39:43; Jer_40:10; Lam_2:5; Lam_3:1; Lam_3:19; Lam_5:11; Eze_16:49; Eze_18:12; Eze_22:10; Eze_22:11; Eze_22:29; Dan_3:23; Dan_4:24; Dan_5:22; Amo_2:6; Amo_2:7; Amo_4:1; Amo_5:11; Amo_5:12; Amo_8:4; Amo_8:6; Hab_3:14; Zep_2:3; Zep_3:12; Zec_7:10; Zec_7:14; Zec_9:9; Mat_5:3; Mat_5:5; Mat_11:5; Mat_11:29; Mat_18:4; Mat_19:21; Mat_21:5; Mat_23:12; Mat_26:9; Mat_26:11; Mar_10:21; Mar_12:42; Mar_12:43; Mar_12:44; Mar_14:5; Mar_14:7; Luk_1:48; Luk_1:52; Luk_3:5; Luk_4:18; Luk_6:20; Luk_7:22; Luk_14:11; Luk_14:13; Luk_14:21; Luk_18:14; Luk_18:22; Luk_19:8; Luk_21:2; Luk_21:3; Luk_21:4; Joh_12:5; Joh_12:6; Joh_12:8; Joh_13:29; Act_4:34; Act_27:7; Rom_12:16; Rom_15:26; 1Co_13:3; 2Co_6:10; 2Co_8:2; 2Co_8:9; 2Co_9:9; 2Co_10:1; 2Co_12:21; Gal_2:10; Eph_4:2; Php_2:8; Php_3:21; Col_3:12; 2Ti_2:25; Tit_3:2; Jas_1:9; Jas_1:21; Jas_2:2; Jas_2:3; Jas_2:5; Jas_2:6; Jas_2:15; Jas_3:13; Jas_4:6; Jas_4:10; 1Pe_3:15; 1Pe_5:5; 1Pe_5:6; Rev_2:9; Rev_3:17; Rev_13:16; Tob_2:2; Tob_4:7; Tob_4:19; Tob_4:21; Jdt_4:9; Wis_2:10; Wis_2:19; Wis_12:6; Sir_1:27; Sir_1:28; Sir_2:17; Sir_3:17; Sir_3:18; Sir_3:19; Sir_3:20; Sir_4:1; Sir_4:4; Sir_4:5; Sir_4:8; Sir_7:11; Sir_7:17; Sir_7:32; Sir_10:14; Sir_10:15; Sir_10:22; Sir_10:23; Sir_10:28; Sir_10:30; Sir_10:31; Sir_11:12; Sir_11:14; Sir_11:21; Sir_12:5; Sir_12:11; Sir_13:3; Sir_13:18; Sir_13:19; Sir_13:20; Sir_13:21; Sir_13:22; Sir_13:23; Sir_13:24; Sir_18:21; Sir_18:25; Sir_21:5; Sir_22:23; Sir_25:2; Sir_26:4; Sir_26:28; Sir_29:8; Sir_29:9; Sir_29:22; Sir_30:14; Sir_31:20; Sir_31:21; Sir_32:13; Sir_32:17; Sir_34:4; Sir_36:23; Sir_37:20; Sir_38:19; Sir_40:3; Sir_41:2; Sir_45:4; Bar_2:19; Bar_6:28; 2Ma_4:47; 1Es_3:19; 3Ma_5:6; 4Ma_2:8;
WEBA
WEBA Gen_34:2; Gen_41:19; Gen_45:11; Exo_10:3; Exo_22:25; Exo_23:3; Exo_23:6; Exo_23:11; Exo_30:15; Lev_14:21; Lev_19:10; Lev_19:15; Lev_23:22; Lev_25:25; Lev_25:35; Lev_25:39; Lev_25:47; Lev_26:41; Lev_27:8; Num_12:3; Deu_8:2; Deu_8:3; Deu_8:16; Deu_15:4; Deu_15:7; Deu_15:9; Deu_15:11; Deu_21:14; Deu_22:24; Deu_22:29; Deu_24:12; Deu_24:14; Deu_24:15; Jdg_6:15; Jdg_19:24; Rth_3:10; 1Sa_2:7; 1Sa_2:8; 1Sa_18:23; 2Sa_12:1; 2Sa_12:3; 2Sa_12:4; 1Ki_21:29; 2Ki_22:19; 2Ki_24:14; 2Ki_25:12; 2Ch_7:14; 2Ch_12:6; 2Ch_12:7; 2Ch_12:12; 2Ch_30:11; 2Ch_32:26; 2Ch_33:12; 2Ch_33:19; 2Ch_33:23; 2Ch_34:27; 2Ch_36:12; Ezr_8:21; Est_1:1; Est_1:20; Est_4:8; Est_4:17; Est_6:13; Est_9:22; Job_5:15; Job_5:16; Job_20:10; Job_20:19; Job_22:29; Job_24:4; Job_24:9; Job_24:14; Job_29:12; Job_29:16; Job_30:25; Job_31:16; Job_31:19; Job_34:19; Job_34:28; Job_40:12; Psa_9:18; Psa_10:17; Psa_12:5; Psa_14:6; Psa_22:26; Psa_25:9; Psa_34:2; Psa_34:6; Psa_35:10; Psa_37:11; Psa_37:14; Psa_40:17; Psa_41:1; Psa_49:2; Psa_68:10; Psa_68:30; Psa_69:32; Psa_69:33; Psa_70:5; Psa_72:2; Psa_72:4; Psa_72:12; Psa_72:13; Psa_74:19; Psa_74:21; Psa_82:3; Psa_82:4; Psa_86:1; Psa_102:17; Psa_107:41; Psa_109:16; Psa_109:22; Psa_109:31; Psa_112:9; Psa_113:7; Psa_132:15; Psa_138:6; Psa_140:12; Psa_141:8; Psa_147:6; Psa_149:4; Pro_3:34; Pro_6:3; Pro_6:11; Pro_10:4; Pro_10:15; Pro_11:24; Pro_13:7; Pro_13:8; Pro_13:18; Pro_13:23; Pro_14:20; Pro_14:21; Pro_14:23; Pro_14:31; Pro_16:19; Pro_17:5; Pro_18:23; Pro_19:1; Pro_19:4; Pro_19:7; Pro_19:17; Pro_19:22; Pro_20:13; Pro_21:5; Pro_21:13; Pro_21:17; Pro_22:2; Pro_22:7; Pro_22:9; Pro_22:16; Pro_22:22; Pro_23:21; Pro_24:34; Pro_28:3; Pro_28:6; Pro_28:8; Pro_28:11; Pro_28:19; Pro_28:22; Pro_28:27; Pro_29:7; Pro_29:13; Pro_29:14; Pro_29:23; Pro_30:8; Pro_30:9; Pro_30:14; Pro_31:7; Pro_31:9; Pro_31:20; Ecc_4:13; Ecc_4:14; Ecc_5:8; Ecc_6:8; Ecc_9:15; Ecc_9:16; Isa_2:9; Isa_3:14; Isa_3:15; Isa_5:15; Isa_10:2; Isa_10:30; Isa_11:4; Isa_13:11; Isa_14:8; Isa_14:30; Isa_25:4; Isa_25:11; Isa_26:6; Isa_29:19; Isa_32:7; Isa_41:17; Isa_57:15; Isa_58:5; Isa_58:7; Isa_61:1; Isa_66:2; Jer_2:34; Jer_5:4; Jer_5:28; Jer_13:18; Jer_20:13; Jer_22:16; Jer_39:10; Jer_40:7; Jer_44:10; Jer_52:15; Jer_52:16; Eze_16:49; Eze_18:12; Eze_18:13; Eze_18:17; Eze_21:26; Eze_22:10; Eze_22:11; Eze_22:29; Eze_29:14; Eze_32:15; Dan_3:23; Dan_4:27; Dan_5:22; Dan_10:12; Amo_2:6; Amo_2:7; Amo_4:1; Amo_5:11; Amo_5:12; Amo_8:4; Amo_8:6; Zep_2:3; Zep_3:12; Zec_7:10; Zec_9:9; Zec_11:11; Mat_5:3; Mat_11:5; Mat_11:29; Mat_18:4; Mat_19:21; Mat_21:5; Mat_23:12; Mat_26:9; Mat_26:11; Mar_10:21; Mar_12:42; Mar_12:43; Mar_12:44; Mar_14:5; Mar_14:7; Luk_1:48; Luk_1:52; Luk_4:18; Luk_6:20; Luk_7:22; Luk_11:41; Luk_12:33; Luk_14:11; Luk_14:13; Luk_14:21; Luk_18:14; Luk_18:22; Luk_19:8; Luk_21:2; Luk_21:3; Luk_21:4; Joh_12:5; Joh_12:6; Joh_12:8; Joh_13:29; Act_3:2; Act_3:3; Act_3:10; Act_10:2; Act_10:4; Act_10:31; Act_24:17; Act_27:7; Rom_12:16; Rom_15:26; 1Co_1:28; 1Co_13:3; 2Co_6:10; 2Co_7:6; 2Co_8:2; 2Co_8:9; 2Co_9:9; 2Co_10:1; 2Co_12:21; Gal_2:10; Php_2:8; Php_4:12; 1Ti_6:5; Heb_11:37; Jas_1:9; Jas_1:10; Jas_2:2; Jas_2:3; Jas_2:5; Jas_2:6; Jas_4:6; Jas_4:10; 1Pe_5:5; 1Pe_5:6; Rev_2:9; Rev_3:17; Rev_13:16; Tob_2:2; Tob_4:7; Tob_4:19; Tob_4:21; Jdt_4:9; Jdt_16:11; Wis_2:10; Wis_10:4; Sir_1:27; Sir_2:17; Sir_3:17; Sir_3:18; Sir_3:20; Sir_4:1; Sir_4:4; Sir_4:8; Sir_7:11; Sir_7:17; Sir_7:32; Sir_10:14; Sir_10:15; Sir_10:22; Sir_10:23; Sir_10:28; Sir_10:30; Sir_10:31; Sir_11:1; Sir_11:12; Sir_11:14; Sir_11:21; Sir_12:5; Sir_12:11; Sir_13:3; Sir_13:18; Sir_13:19; Sir_13:20; Sir_13:23; Sir_13:24; Sir_18:21; Sir_18:25; Sir_21:5; Sir_22:23; Sir_25:2; Sir_26:4; Sir_26:28; Sir_29:8; Sir_29:9; Sir_29:22; Sir_30:14; Sir_31:4; Sir_34:20; Sir_34:21; Sir_35:13; Sir_35:17; Sir_36:23; Sir_37:20; Sir_38:19; Sir_40:3; Sir_41:2; Sir_45:4; Bar_6:28; 2Ma_5:27; 2Ma_8:35; 1Es_3:19; 2Es_2:20; 2Es_8:49; 2Es_10:7; 2Es_11:42; 2Es_14:13; 2Es_15:49; 2Es_15:51; 3Ma_5:6; 4Ma_2:8;
G1729
ABP+ Deu_15:4; Deu_15:7; Deu_28:20; Deu_28:57; Job_30:3; Job_30:4; Pro_3:27; Pro_6:11; Pro_6:32; Pro_7:7; Pro_9:4; Pro_9:13; Pro_9:16; Pro_10:21; Pro_11:12; Pro_11:16; Pro_12:11; Pro_13:25; Pro_14:23; Pro_15:21; Pro_17:14; Pro_18:2; Pro_21:17; Pro_24:30; Pro_24:34; Pro_27:7; Pro_28:16; Isa_25:4; Eze_4:16; Eze_4:17; Eze_12:19; Amo_4:6; Act_4:34;
Already Read
Gen_41:19; Gen_45:11; Exo_22:25; Exo_23:3; Exo_23:6; Exo_23:11; Exo_30:15; Lev_14:21; Lev_19:10; Lev_19:15; Lev_23:22; Lev_25:25; Lev_25:35; Lev_25:39; Lev_25:47; Lev_27:8; Num_13:20; Deu_8:9; Deu_15:4; Deu_15:7; Deu_15:9; Deu_15:11; Deu_24:12; Deu_24:14; Deu_24:15;
Jdg_6:15; Rth_3:10; 1Sa_2:7; 1Sa_2:8; 1Sa_18:23; 2Sa_12:1; 2Sa_12:3; 2Sa_12:4; 2Sa_22:28; 2Ki_24:14; 2Ki_25:12; 1Ch_22:14; Est_1:20; Est_9:22;
Job_5:15; Job_5:16; Job_20:10; Job_20:19; Job_24:4; Job_24:6; Job_24:9; Job_24:12; Job_24:14;
Job_29:12; Job_29:16; Job_30:25; Job_30:27; Job_31:16; Job_31:19; Job_31:20; Job_31:34; Job_34:19; Job_34:20; Job_34:28;
Job_36:6; Job_36:8; Job_36:15; Job_36:21;
Psa_9:9; Psa_9:12; Psa_9:18;
Psa_10:2; Psa_10:8; Psa_10:9; Psa_10:10; Psa_10:12; Psa_10:14; Psa_10:17;
Psa_11:4; Psa_12:5; Psa_14:6; Psa_22:24; Psa_22:26; Psa_25:16; Psa_31:10; Psa_34:6; Psa_34:10; Psa_35:10;
Fully Compiled
>> Add?: ABP+ Deu_15:4; Deu_15:7; Deu_28:20; Deu_28:57; Job_30:3; Job_30:4; Pro_3:27; Pro_6:11; Pro_6:32; Pro_7:7; Pro_9:4; Pro_9:13; Pro_9:16; Pro_10:21; Pro_11:12; Pro_11:16; Pro_12:11; Pro_13:25; Pro_14:23; Pro_15:21; Pro_17:14; Pro_18:2; Pro_21:17; Pro_24:30; Pro_24:34; Pro_27:7; Pro_28:16; Isa_25:4; Eze_4:16; Eze_4:17; Eze_12:19; Amo_4:6; Act_4:34;
Exo_23:11; Lev_19:10; Lev_19:15; Lev_23:22; Deu_8:9; Deu_14:5; Deu_24:19; Jdg_6:6; Jdg_14:15; Rth_3:10; 1Sa_2:7; 1Sa_2:8; 2Sa_22:28; 2Ki_25:12; 1Ch_22:14; Est_1:20; Est_9:22; Job_5:16; Job_22:8; Job_29:12; Job_30:27; Job_34:28; Job_36:6; Job_36:21; Psa_9:18; Psa_10:2; Psa_10:9; Psa_10:14; Psa_12:5; Psa_14:6; Psa_22:24; Psa_25:16; Psa_31:10; Psa_34:6; Psa_34:10; Psa_35:10; Psa_37:14; Psa_40:17; Psa_41:1; Psa_44:24; Psa_68:10; Psa_69:29; Psa_69:32; Psa_70:5; Psa_72:2; Psa_72:4; Psa_72:12; Psa_72:13; Psa_74:21; Psa_79:8; Psa_82:3; Psa_82:4; Psa_86:1; Psa_88:9; Psa_88:15; Psa_102:0; Psa_107:10; Psa_107:41; Psa_109:16; Psa_109:22; Psa_113:7; Psa_132:15; Psa_140:12; Pro_13:8; Pro_14:20; Pro_14:21; Pro_14:31; Pro_17:5; Pro_19:1; Pro_19:4; Pro_19:7; Pro_19:17; Pro_19:22; Pro_22:2; Pro_22:7; Pro_22:9; Pro_22:22; Pro_23:21; Pro_28:3; Pro_28:6; Pro_28:8; Pro_28:15; Pro_28:27; Pro_29:7; Pro_29:14; Pro_31:20; Isa_3:14; Isa_3:15; Isa_10:2; Isa_14:30; Isa_24:6; Isa_25:3; Isa_29:19; Isa_41:17; Isa_48:10; Isa_58:7; Isa_61:1; Jer_5:4; Jer_39:10; Lam_3:1; Lam_3:19; Eze_16:49; Eze_18:12; Eze_22:29; Amo_2:7; Amo_4:1; Amo_5:11; Amo_8:4; Amo_8:6; Hab_3:14; Mat_5:3; Mat_11:5; Mat_19:21; Mat_26:9; Mat_26:11; Mar_10:21; Mar_12:42; Mar_12:43; Mar_14:5; Mar_14:7; Luk_4:18; Luk_6:20; Luk_7:22; Luk_14:13; Luk_14:21; Luk_16:20; Luk_16:22; Luk_18:22; Luk_19:8; Luk_21:3; Joh_12:5; Joh_12:6; Joh_12:8; Joh_13:29; Rom_15:26; 2Co_6:10; 2Co_8:2; 2Co_8:9; Gal_2:10; Gal_4:9; Jas_2:2; Jas_2:3; Jas_2:5; Jas_2:6; Rev_2:9; Rev_3:17; Rev_13:16; Exo_22:25; Exo_23:3; Exo_23:6; Exo_30:15; Lev_14:21; Lev_25:25; Lev_25:35; Deu_15:11; Deu_24:12; Deu_24:14; Deu_24:15; 2Sa_12:1; 2Sa_12:3; 2Sa_12:4; 2Ki_24:14; Psa_9:9; Psa_9:12; Psa_10:8; Psa_10:10; Psa_10:12; Psa_10:17; Psa_11:4; Psa_22:26; Psa_49:2; Psa_69:33; Psa_74:19; Psa_109:31; Psa_112:9; Pro_18:23; Pro_22:16; Pro_23:4; Pro_28:11; Pro_30:9; Pro_30:14; Pro_31:9; Ecc_4:13; Ecc_4:14; Ecc_5:8; Ecc_6:8; Ecc_9:15; Ecc_9:16; Jer_20:13; Jer_22:16; Jer_40:7; Jer_52:15; Jer_52:16; Dan_4:27; Amo_2:6; Amo_5:12; Zec_7:10; Luk_21:2; 2Co_9:9; Gen_15:13; Gen_16:9; Gen_31:50; Lev_16:29; Lev_16:31; Lev_23:27; Lev_23:32; Jdg_16:5; Jdg_16:6; Jdg_16:19; Jdg_19:24; 1Sa_18:23; 2Sa_7:10; 1Ki_8:35; 1Ch_17:9; 2Ch_6:26; Ezr_8:21; Job_5:11; Job_12:21; Job_22:23; Job_36:8; Job_40:11; Psa_10:18; Psa_18:27; Psa_34:18; Psa_55:19; Psa_102:17; Psa_113:6; Psa_131:2; Psa_138:6; Pro_3:34; Pro_6:11; Pro_10:4; Pro_10:15; Pro_11:2; Pro_13:18; Pro_15:33; Pro_16:1; Pro_24:34; Pro_25:7; Pro_28:19; Pro_29:23; Pro_30:8; Pro_31:7; Isa_11:4; Isa_25:4; Isa_25:11; Isa_26:6; Isa_32:7; Isa_49:13; Isa_54:11; Isa_58:3; Isa_58:4; Isa_58:5; Isa_58:10; Isa_66:2; Lam_3:34; Eze_29:14; Dan_4:37; Dan_7:24; Zep_2:3; Zep_3:12; Mat_11:29; Mat_23:12; Luk_1:52; Rom_12:16; 2Co_7:6; 2Co_10:1; 2Co_12:21; Php_4:12; Jas_1:9; Jas_4:6; Jas_4:10; 1Pe_5:5; Gen_34:2; Gen_47:18; Exo_1:12; Lev_23:29; Lev_27:8; Num_12:3; Num_13:20-21; Deu_15:4; Deu_15:7; Deu_21:14; Deu_22:24; Deu_22:29; Deu_24:16; Deu_24:17; Deu_26:6; Jdg_3:30; Jdg_20:5; Rth_1:21; 1Sa_7:13; 1Sa_12:8; 2Sa_13:12; 2Sa_13:14; 2Sa_13:32; 2Sa_15:34; 2Ki_14:26; 2Ki_22:19; 1Ch_17:10; 2Ch_28:19; 2Ch_32:26; 2Ch_33:12; 2Ch_33:23; 2Ch_34:27; Est_1:1; Est_4:17; Est_6:13; Job_16:2; Job_22:29; Job_24:4; Job_24:6; Job_24:12; Job_31:20; Job_31:34; Job_34:20; Job_36:15; Psa_25:9; Psa_34:2; Psa_35:13; Psa_35:14; Psa_37:11; Psa_39:2; Psa_45:4; Psa_51:17; Psa_76:9; Psa_102:1; Psa_132:1; Psa_147:6; Psa_149:4; Pro_3:27; Pro_14:30; Pro_16:19; Pro_16:33; Pro_17:14; Pro_18:12; Pro_21:13; Pro_21:17; Pro_25:8; Pro_25:9; Pro_25:14; Pro_25:31; Pro_25:34; Pro_26:5; Pro_26:7; Pro_26:9; Pro_27:7; Pro_30:3; Pro_30:6; Pro_30:11; Pro_30:15; Pro_30:19; Pro_30:27; Pro_31:14; Pro_31:23; Ecc_5:7; Isa_2:9; Isa_3:17; Isa_14:32; Isa_26:5; Jer_13:18; Jer_33:9; Jer_39:43; Jer_40:10; Lam_2:5; Lam_5:11; Eze_22:10; Eze_22:11; Dan_3:23; Dan_4:24; Dan_5:22; Zec_7:14; Zec_9:9; Mat_5:5; Mat_18:4; Mat_21:5; Mar_12:44; Luk_1:48; Luk_3:5; Luk_14:11; Luk_18:14; Luk_21:4; Act_4:34; Act_27:7; 1Co_13:3; Eph_4:2; Php_2:8; Php_3:21; Col_3:12; 2Ti_2:25; Tit_3:2; Jas_1:21; Jas_2:15; Jas_3:13; 1Pe_3:15; 1Pe_5:6; Tob_2:2; Tob_4:7; Tob_4:19; Tob_4:21; Jdt_4:9; Wis_2:10; Wis_2:19; Wis_12:6; Sir_1:27; Sir_1:28; Sir_2:17; Sir_3:17; Sir_3:18; Sir_3:19; Sir_3:20; Sir_4:1; Sir_4:4; Sir_4:5; Sir_4:8; Sir_7:11; Sir_7:17; Sir_7:32; Sir_10:14; Sir_10:15; Sir_10:22; Sir_10:23; Sir_10:28; Sir_10:30; Sir_10:31; Sir_11:12; Sir_11:14; Sir_11:21; Sir_12:5; Sir_12:11; Sir_13:3; Sir_13:18; Sir_13:19; Sir_13:20; Sir_13:21; Sir_13:22; Sir_13:23; Sir_13:24; Sir_18:21; Sir_18:25; Sir_21:5; Sir_22:23; Sir_25:2; Sir_26:4; Sir_26:28; Sir_29:8; Sir_29:9; Sir_29:22; Sir_30:14; Sir_31:20; Sir_31:21; Sir_32:13; Sir_32:17; Sir_34:4; Sir_36:23; Sir_37:20; Sir_38:19; Sir_40:3; Sir_41:2; Sir_45:4; Bar_2:19; Bar_6:28; 2Ma_4:47; 1Es_3:19; 3Ma_5:6; 4Ma_2:8; Gen_41:19; Gen_45:11; Exo_10:3; Lev_25:39; Lev_25:47; Lev_26:41; Deu_8:2; Deu_8:3; Deu_8:16; Deu_15:9; Jdg_6:15; 1Ki_21:29; 2Ch_7:14; 2Ch_12:6; 2Ch_12:7; 2Ch_12:12; 2Ch_30:11; 2Ch_33:19; 2Ch_36:12; Est_4:8; Job_5:15; Job_20:10; Job_20:19; Job_24:9; Job_24:14; Job_29:16; Job_30:25; Job_31:16; Job_31:19; Job_34:19; Job_40:12; Psa_68:30; Psa_141:8; Pro_6:3; Pro_11:24; Pro_13:7; Pro_13:23; Pro_14:23; Pro_20:13; Pro_21:5; Pro_28:22; Pro_29:13; Isa_5:15; Isa_10:30; Isa_13:11; Isa_14:8; Isa_57:15; Jer_2:34; Jer_5:28; Jer_44:10; Eze_18:13; Eze_18:17; Eze_21:26; Eze_32:15; Dan_10:12; Zec_11:11; Luk_11:41; Luk_12:33; Act_3:2; Act_3:3; Act_3:10; Act_10:2; Act_10:4; Act_10:31; Act_24:17; 1Co_1:28; 1Ti_6:5; Heb_11:37; Jas_1:10; Jdt_16:11; Wis_10:4; Sir_11:1; Sir_31:4; Sir_34:20; Sir_34:21; Sir_35:13; Sir_35:17; 2Ma_5:27; 2Ma_8:35; 2Es_2:20; 2Es_8:49; 2Es_10:7; 2Es_11:42; 2Es_14:13; 2Es_15:49; 2Es_15:51; Deu_28:20; Deu_28:57; Job_30:3; Job_30:4; Pro_6:32; Pro_7:7; Pro_9:4; Pro_9:13; Pro_9:16; Pro_10:21; Pro_11:12; Pro_11:16; Pro_12:11; Pro_13:25; Pro_15:21; Pro_18:2; Pro_24:30; Pro_28:16; Eze_4:16; Eze_4:17; Eze_12:19; Amo_4:6;
Expurgated:
Lev_27:5; Lev_27:6;
Poverty Reading – Filtered
>>
1Sa_7:13;
2Sa_7:10;
1Sa_12:8; 2Sa_13:12; 2Sa_13:14; 2Sa_13:32; 2Sa_15:34;
1Ki_21:29;
1Ki_8:35; [2Ch_6:26] 2Ki_14:26; 2Ki_22:19;
[2Ch_6:26;] 2Ch_7:14;
1Ch_17:9; 1Ch_17:10;
Humility & turning from sin required for firgiveness. (God will give mercy to an evil person even if they only humble themselves temporarily):
2Ch_12:6; 2Ch_12:7; 2Ch_12:12; 2Ch_28:19; 2Ch_30:11; 2Ch_32:26; 2Ch_33:12; 2Ch_33:19; 2Ch_33:23; 2Ch_34:27; 2Ch_36:12;
Ezr_8:21;
>>
1Es_3:19; 2Es_10:7; 2Es_11:42; 2Es_14:13; 2Es_15:49; 2Es_15:51; 2Es_2:20; 2Es_8:49;
Est_1:1; Est_4:17; Est_4:8; Est_6:13;
Tob_2:2; Tob_4:19; Tob_4:7; Tob_4:21;
Jdt_4:9; Jdt_16:11;
Job_5:11; Job_12:21; Job_16:2; Job_22:23; Job_22:29; Job_30:3; Job_30:4; Job_40:11; Job_40:12;
Psa_10:18; Psa_18:27; Psa_25:9; Psa_34:2; Psa_34:18; Psa_35:13; Psa_35:14; Psa_37:11; Psa_39:2; Psa_45:4; Psa_49:2; Psa_51:17; Psa_55:19;
Psa_74:19; Psa_76:9; Psa_102:1; Psa_102:17; Psa_109:31; Psa_112:9;
Psa_131:2; Psa_132:1; Psa_138:6; Psa_141:8; Psa_147:6; Psa_149:4;
Pro_10:4; Pro_10:15; Pro_10:21;
Pro_11:2; Pro_11:12; Pro_11:16; Pro_11:24;
Pro_3:27; Pro_3:34;
Pro_6:3; Pro_6:11;
Pro_13:7; Pro_13:18; Pro_13:23; Pro_13:25;
Pro_14:23;
Pro_15:21; Pro_15:33;
Pro_16:19;
Pro_17:14;
Pro_18:2; Pro_18:12; Pro_18:23;
Pro_20:13;
Pro_21:5; Pro_21:13; Pro_21:17;
Pro_22:16;
Pro_23:4;
Pro_24:30; Pro_24:34;
Pro_25:7; [NA?: Pro_25:31; Pro_25:34;]
Pro_27:7;
Pro_28:11; Pro_28:16; Pro_28:19; Pro_28:22;
Pro_29:13; Pro_29:23;
--
> Pro_30:3; Pro_30:6; Pro_30:8-9; Pro_30:11; Pro_30:14-15; Pro_30:19; Pro_30:27;
>> Pro_28:3; Pro_28:6; Pro_28:8-9; Pro_28:11; Pro_28:14-15; Pro_28:19; Pro_28:27;
--
> Pro_31:7; Pro_31:9; Pro_31:14; Pro_31:23;
>> Pro_29:7; Pro_29:9; Pro_29:14; Pro_29:23;
> Pro_26:5; Pro_26:7; Pro_26:9;
>>Pro_31:5; Pro_31:7; Pro_31:9;
>> Dreams, etc.
Ecc_4:13-14; Ecc_5:7-8;
Ecc_6:8; Ecc_9:15-16;
--
Wis_2:10; Wis_2:19; [Wis_10:4; Wis_12:6;]
Sir_1:27;
--
Sir_1:28; Sir_10:14; Sir_10:15;
14 The thrones of the arrogant God overturns and establishes the lowly in their stead.
15 The roots of the proud1 [1 [Sir10:15] others omit “proud”] nations
God plucks up,2 [2 [Sir10:15] LXX, Syr / Heb(A)
omits “The roots…plucks up”]
to plant the humble in their place:
Sir_10:22-23;
21 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of acceptance;
effrontery
and pride are the beginning of rejection.5 [5 [Sir10:21] Heb(A), LXX(I), Syr, Lat / LXX(II) adds]
22 Be it tenant or wayfarer, alien or pauper, his glory is the fear of Yahweh.
23 It is not right to despise a man who is wise but poor, nor proper to honor any sinner.
Sir_10:28; Sir_10:30; Sir_10:31;
Sir_11:1; Sir_11:12; Sir_11:14; Sir_11:21;
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Sir_2:17;
Sir_3:17-20;
Sir_4:1; Sir_4:4-5; Sir_4:8;
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Sir_7:11; Sir_7:17; Sir_7:32;
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Sir_12:5; Sir_12:11;
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Sir_13:3; Sir_13:18; Sir_13:19-24;
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Sir_18:21; Sir_18:25;
Sir_21:5; Sir_22:23; Sir_25:2;
Sir_26:4; Sir_26:28;
Sir_29:8-9; Sir_29:22;
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.... not as processed:
Sir_30:14;
Sir_31:4; Sir_31:20-21;
Sir_32:13; Sir_32:17;
[Sir_34:4; Sir_34:20-21;]
Sir_35:13; Sir_35:17;
[Sir_36:23;] Sir_37:20; Sir_38:19; Sir_40:3; Sir_41:2; Sir_45:4;
---
Isa_2:9;
Isa_3:17;
Isa_5:15;
Isa_10:30; Isa_11:4;
---
Isa_13:11; Isa_14:8; Isa_14:32;
Isa_25:4; Isa_25:11;
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Isa_26:5-6; Isa_32:7; Isa_49:13;
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Isa_54:11; Isa_57:15;
Isa_58:3-5; Isa_58:10;
Isa_66:2;
Jer_2:34; Jer_5:28; Jer_13:18; Jer_20:13; Jer_22:16; Jer_33:9;
Jer_39:43 [MT: Jer_32:43]; Jer_40:7 [2Ki_24:14; 2Ki_25:12]; [Jer_40:10;] Jer_44:10; Jer_52:15-16;
Lam_2:5; Lam_3:34; Lam_5:11;
Bar_2:19; Bar_6:28;
Eze_4:16-17;
Eze_12:19; Eze_18:13; Eze_18:17; Eze_21:26; Eze_22:10; Eze_22:11; Eze_29:14; Eze_32:15;
[Dan_3:23;] Dan_4:24 -- MT: Dan_4:27 >> Dan_4:27; Dan_4:37; Dan_5:22; Dan_7:24; Dan_10:12;
Amo_2:6; Amo_4:6; Amo_5:12;
Zep_2:3; Zep_3:12;
Zec_7:10, etc. Zec_7:14; Zec_9:9, etc; Zec_11:11;
2Ma_4:47; [2Ma_5:27; 2Ma_8:35;]
3Ma_5:6; 4Ma_2:8;
>> poverty apocrypha -- still needed
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NT Refs
Mat_5:3, Mat_5:5; Mat_11:5, Mat_11:29;
Mat_18:4; Mat_19:21; Mat_21:5; Mat_23:12; Mat_26:9, Mat_26:11;
Mar_10:21; Mar_12:42-44; Mar_14:5, Mar_14:7;
Luk_1:48, Luk_1:52; Luk_3:5; Luk_4:18; Luk_6:20; Luk_7:22; Luk_11:41; Luk_12:33;
Luk_14:11, Luk_14:13, Luk_14:21; Luk_16:20, Luk_16:22; Luk_18:14, Luk_18:22;
Luk_19:8; Luk_21:2-4;
Joh_12:5-6, Joh_12:8; Joh_13:29;
Act_3:2-3, Act_3:10; Act_4:34; Act_10:2, Act_10:4, Act_10:31; Act_24:17; [Act_27:7;]
Rom_12:16; Rom_15:26;
Gal_2:10; Gal_4:9;
Php_2:8; Php_3:21; Php_4:12;
Eph_4:2;
Col_3:12;
[1Ti_6:5;] 2Ti_2:25;
Tit_3:2;
Heb_11:37;
Jas_1:9-10, Jas_1:21; Jas_2:2-3, Jas_2:5-6, Jas_2:15; Jas_3:13; Jas_4:6; Jas_4:10;
1Pe_5:5-6;
Rev_2:9; Rev_3:17; Rev_13:16;
Luxury Reading
9/22/16; 1/23/18
NEW Luxury Reading
1/23/18
2:3; 2Co7:14-15)
(G4432 G4433 G4434 >> G3993 G3998 poor poverty needy)
English Results -- KJV+ WEB + CAB + ABP = 532 Refs
rich wealth luxury Pride Arrogance Conceit Haught confidence Conceit Affluence Wealth riches fortune treasure extravagan indulge delicacy
Gen_3:23; Gen_3:24; Gen_13:2; Gen_14:23; Gen_15:14;
Gen_30:43; Gen_31:1; Gen_31:16; Gen_34:29; Gen_36:7; Gen_43:23; Gen_49:20;
Exo_1:11; Exo_19:5; Exo_30:15; Lev_11:15; Lev_25:47; Lev_25:49; Num_13:20;
Deu_8:17; Deu_8:18; Deu_14:15; Deu_28:12; Deu_28:56; Deu_32:34; Deu_33:12;
Deu_33:19; Deu_33:28; Jos_22:8; Jdg_5:10; Jdg_5:19; Jdg_9:26; Jdg_18:7;
Rth_2:1; Rth_3:10; 1Sa_2:7; 1Sa_2:10; 1Sa_2:32; 1Sa_17:25; 1Sa_21:13;
1Sa_27:12; 2Sa_12:1; 2Sa_12:2; 2Sa_12:4; 1Ki_3:11; 1Ki_3:13; 1Ki_7:51;
1Ki_10:23; 1Ki_14:26; 1Ki_15:18; 2Ki_12:18; 2Ki_14:14; 2Ki_15:20; 2Ki_16:8;
2Ki_18:15; 2Ki_18:19; 2Ki_19:28; 2Ki_20:13; 2Ki_20:15; 2Ki_20:17; 2Ki_24:13;
1Ch_9:26; 1Ch_26:20; 1Ch_26:22; 1Ch_26:24; 1Ch_26:26; 1Ch_27:25; 1Ch_27:27;
1Ch_28:1; 1Ch_29:3; 1Ch_29:8; 1Ch_29:12; 1Ch_29:28; 2Ch_1:11; 2Ch_1:12;
2Ch_5:1; 2Ch_8:15; 2Ch_9:22; 2Ch_12:9; 2Ch_16:2; 2Ch_17:5; 2Ch_18:1; 2Ch_20:25;
2Ch_25:24; 2Ch_32:8; 2Ch_32:27; 2Ch_36:18; Ezr_1:8; Ezr_2:69; Ezr_5:14;
Ezr_5:17; Ezr_6:1; Ezr_7:20; Ezr_7:21; Ezr_9:12; Neh_7:70; Neh_7:71; Neh_9:25;
Neh_10:38; Neh_12:44; Neh_13:13; Est_1:4; Est_1:20; Est_3:13; Est_5:11; Est_10:2;
Est_10:3; Job_3:21; Job_4:6; Job_6:20; Job_8:14; Job_12:5; Job_15:11;
Job_15:29; Job_18:14; Job_20:10; Job_20:15; Job_20:18; Job_20:26; Job_21:7;
Job_21:13; Job_22:24; Job_22:25; Job_23:12; Job_27:10; Job_27:17; Job_27:19;
Job_29:24; Job_30:29; Job_31:24; Job_31:25; Job_34:19; Job_36:18; Job_36:19;
Job_38:22; Job_39:13; Job_39:14; Psa_104:24; Psa_10:8; Psa_112:3; Psa_118:8;
Psa_118:9; Psa_119:14; Psa_119:36; Psa_126:4; Psa_135:4; Psa_135:7; Psa_139:11;
Psa_14:7; Psa_17:14; Psa_22:29; Psa_34:10; Psa_36:8; Psa_37:3; Psa_37:16;
Psa_39:6; Psa_39:11; Psa_44:12; Psa_45:12; Psa_49:2; Psa_49:6; Psa_49:10;
Psa_49:12; Psa_49:16; Psa_49:20; Psa_52:7; Psa_62:10; Psa_63:5; Psa_65:5;
Psa_65:9; Psa_65:12; Psa_66:12; Psa_68:15; Psa_71:5; Psa_73:12; Psa_76:5; Psa_85:1;
Psa_92:10; Pro_1:13; Pro_1:18; Pro_1:33; Pro_2:4; Pro_2:7; Pro_3:14; Pro_3:16;
Pro_3:26; Pro_4:9; Pro_5:10; Pro_6:31; Pro_8:18; Pro_8:21; Pro_10:4; Pro_10:15;
Pro_10:22; Pro_11:13; Pro_11:16; Pro_11:28; Pro_13:5; Pro_13:7; Pro_13:8;
Pro_13:10; Pro_13:21; Pro_13:22; Pro_13:23; Pro_14:20; Pro_14:24; Pro_14:26;
Pro_15:6; Pro_15:16; Pro_16:18; Pro_16:27; Pro_17:6; Pro_17:16; Pro_18:11;
Pro_18:23; Pro_19:14; Pro_19:22; Pro_21:6; Pro_21:17; Pro_21:20; Pro_21:22;
Pro_22:1; Pro_22:2; Pro_22:4; Pro_22:7; Pro_22:16; Pro_23:4; Pro_23:5;
Pro_24:4; Pro_24:25; Pro_25:9; Pro_27:24; Pro_28:6; Pro_28:8; Pro_28:11;
Pro_28:20; Pro_28:22; Pro_29:3; Pro_29:23; Pro_30:8; Pro_31:3; Pro_31:14;
Pro_31:28; Pro_31:29; Ecc_2:8; Ecc_4:8; Ecc_5:12; Ecc_5:13; Ecc_5:14; Ecc_5:19;
Ecc_6:2; Ecc_9:11; Ecc_10:6; Ecc_10:20; Son_8:7; Isa_2:7; Isa_5:14; Isa_5:17;
Isa_8:4; Isa_10:3; Isa_10:13; Isa_10:14; Isa_13:21; Isa_16:14; Isa_17:4;
Isa_17:5; Isa_22:15; Isa_23:18; Isa_24:8; Isa_26:4; Isa_28:8; Isa_29:2;
Isa_29:5; Isa_29:7; Isa_29:8; Isa_30:6; Isa_30:15; Isa_30:23; Isa_32:9;
Isa_32:14; Isa_32:17; Isa_32:18; Isa_32:19; Isa_33:6; Isa_33:20; Isa_34:13;
Isa_36:4; Isa_39:2; Isa_39:4; Isa_43:20; Isa_45:3; Isa_53:9; Isa_60:5;
Isa_60:11; Isa_60:16; Isa_61:6; Isa_66:11; Jer_2:20; Jer_2:37; Jer_5:5; Jer_5:27;
Jer_9:23; Jer_10:13; Jer_10:22; Jer_15:9; Jer_15:13; Jer_17:3; Jer_17:11;
Jer_20:5; Jer_22:17; Jer_24:1; Jer_38:2; Jer_41:8; Jer_46:28; Jer_48:7;
Jer_48:13; Jer_48:36; Jer_49:4; Jer_49:31; Jer_49:33; Jer_50:37; Jer_50:39;
Jer_51:13; Jer_51:16; Lam_4:3; Eze_7:11; Eze_16:49; Eze_22:25; Eze_22:27;
Eze_23:11; Eze_23:15; Eze_26:12; Eze_27:12; Eze_27:18; Eze_27:24; Eze_27:27;
Eze_27:33; Eze_28:4; Eze_28:5; Eze_28:13; Eze_28:26; Eze_29:16; Eze_31:9;
Eze_31:16; Eze_31:18; Eze_34:14; Eze_34:27; Eze_36:35; Dan_1:2; Dan_3:2;
Dan_3:3; Dan_11:2; Dan_11:13; Dan_11:24; Dan_11:28; Dan_11:43; Hos_6:11;
Hos_10:1; Hos_12:8; Hos_13:15; Joe_1:17; Joe_2:3; Joe_3:1; Joe_3:5; Amo_2:16;
Amo_8:5; Oba_1:3; Oba_1:6; Oba_1:13; Mic_1:7; Mic_3:11; Mic_5:12; Mic_6:10;
Mic_6:12; Mic_7:5; Hab_2:6; Hab_2:9; Zep_1:13; Zep_3:20; Zec_3:4; Zec_9:3;
Zec_11:5; Zec_14:14; Mat_2:11; Mat_6:19; Mat_6:20; Mat_6:21; Mat_12:35;
Mat_13:22; Mat_13:44; Mat_13:52; Mat_19:21; Mat_19:23; Mat_19:24; Mat_27:57;
Mar_4:19; Mar_7:22; Mar_10:21; Mar_10:23; Mar_10:24; Mar_10:25; Mar_12:41;
Luk_1:53; Luk_2:19; Luk_6:24; Luk_6:45; Luk_7:25; Luk_8:14; Luk_12:15;
Luk_12:16; Luk_12:21; Luk_12:33; Luk_12:34; Luk_14:12; Luk_15:12; Luk_15:13;
Luk_16:1; Luk_16:11; Luk_16:19; Luk_16:21; Luk_16:22; Luk_18:22; Luk_18:23; Luk_18:24;
Luk_18:25; Luk_19:2; Luk_21:1; Act_4:31; Act_8:27; Act_16:16; Act_19:25;
Act_28:31; Rom_1:29; Rom_2:4; Rom_2:5; Rom_9:23; Rom_10:12; Rom_11:12;
Rom_11:17; Rom_11:33; Rom_16:23; 1Co_1:5; 1Co_4:8; 1Co_5:10; 1Co_5:11;
1Co_6:10; 1Co_10:24; 2Co_1:15; 2Co_2:3; 2Co_3:4; 2Co_3:12; 2Co_4:7; 2Co_6:10;
2Co_7:4; 2Co_7:16; 2Co_8:2; 2Co_8:9; 2Co_8:22; 2Co_9:5; 2Co_9:11; 2Co_10:2;
2Co_11:17; 2Co_12:14; Gal_5:10; Eph_1:7; Eph_1:18; Eph_2:4; Eph_2:7; Eph_2:12;
Eph_3:8; Eph_3:12; Eph_3:16; Eph_4:19; Eph_5:3; Eph_5:5; Php_1:25; Php_2:19;
Php_3:3; Php_3:4; Php_4:19; Php_5:27; Col_1:27; Col_2:2; Col_2:3; Col_2:23;
Col_3:5; Col_3:16; 1Th_2:5; 2Th_3:4; 1Ti_3:13; 1Ti_5:6; 1Ti_6:9; 1Ti_6:17;
1Ti_6:18; Tit_3:6; Phm_1:21; Heb_3:6; Heb_3:14; Heb_4:16; Heb_10:19; Heb_10:35;
Heb_11:26; Jas_1:10; Jas_1:11; Jas_2:5; Jas_2:6; Jas_5:1; Jas_5:2; Jas_5:3;
Jas_5:5; Jas_5:13; 2Pe_1:11; 2Pe_2:3; 2Pe_2:13; 2Pe_2:14; 2Pe_3:7; 1Jn_2:28;
1Jn_3:21; 1Jn_4:17; 1Jn_5:14; Rev_2:9; Rev_3:17; Rev_3:18; Rev_5:12; Rev_6:15;
Rev_13:16; Rev_18:3; Rev_18:7; Rev_18:9; Rev_18:15; Rev_18:17; Rev_18:19;
Strong’s Number Results -- KJV+ ABP+ = 429 Refs
H1264; H1347; H1363; H1411; H1489; H1490; H1596;
H1952; H2087; H214; H2633; H4301; H4362; H4543; H5133; H5233; H5459; H6223; H6238;
H6239; H7075; H7310; H7399; H7769; H8226; H986; G100; G2142; G2343; G2343;
G2344; G4050; G4051; G4145; G4146; G4147; G4148; G4149; G5172; G5536;
Filter out these refs:
H3405 G2410 Jericho H5133 goods substence substance
height excellency hope majesty armoury basket matured graze
>> Red
exclusions are for ABP
>> Dropped words: power strong strength might
confidence H3690 H2896 H982 H3581 H7311 H3515 H5381 H2428
>> lifted|puffed up
>> Get/add Strong’s nums
Gen_3:23; Gen_3:24; Gen_13:2; Gen_14:23; Gen_30:43;
Gen_31:16; Gen_36:7; Gen_43:23; Gen_49:20; Exo_1:11; Exo_2:10; Exo_19:5;
Exo_30:15; Lev_22:11; Lev_26:19; Deu_7:6; Deu_14:2; Deu_17:12; Deu_18:22;
Deu_26:18; Deu_28:12; Deu_32:34; Deu_33:19; Jos_6:19; Jos_6:24; Jos_22:8;
Jdg_11:2; Rth_3:10; 1Sa_2:7; 1Sa_17:25; 1Sa_17:28; 2Sa_12:1; 2Sa_12:2;
2Sa_12:3; 2Sa_12:4; 1Ki_3:11; 1Ki_3:13; 1Ki_7:51; 1Ki_9:19; 1Ki_10:23;
1Ki_14:26; 1Ki_15:18; 2Ki_4:18; 2Ki_12:18; 2Ki_14:14; 2Ki_16:8; 2Ki_18:15;
2Ki_18:19; 2Ki_20:13; 2Ki_20:15; 2Ki_20:17; 2Ki_24:13; 1Ch_9:26; 1Ch_26:20;
1Ch_26:22; 1Ch_26:24; 1Ch_26:26; 1Ch_27:25; 1Ch_27:27; 1Ch_27:28; 1Ch_28:12;
1Ch_29:3; 1Ch_29:8; 1Ch_29:12; 1Ch_29:28; 2Ch_1:11; 2Ch_1:12; 2Ch_5:1; 2Ch_8:4;
2Ch_8:6; 2Ch_8:15; 2Ch_9:22; 2Ch_11:11; 2Ch_12:9; 2Ch_16:2; 2Ch_16:4; 2Ch_17:5;
2Ch_17:12; 2Ch_18:1; 2Ch_20:25; 2Ch_25:24; 2Ch_32:26; 2Ch_32:27; 2Ch_32:28;
2Ch_36:18; Ezr_1:8; Ezr_2:69; Ezr_5:14; Ezr_5:17; Ezr_6:1; Ezr_7:20; Ezr_7:21;
Neh_7:70; Neh_7:71; Neh_10:38; Neh_10:39; Neh_12:44; Neh_13:12; Neh_13:13;
Est_1:4; Est_1:20; Est_5:11; Est_10:2; Job_3:21; Job_6:20; Job_11:8; Job_15:29;
Job_20:15; Job_20:18; Job_21:7; Job_27:17; Job_27:19; Job_30:24; Job_31:25;
Job_35:12; Job_36:19; Job_38:11; Job_38:22; Psa_104:24; Psa_10:4; Psa_10:8;
Psa_112:3; Psa_119:14; Psa_135:4; Psa_135:7; Psa_139:11; Psa_23:5; Psa_33:7;
Psa_34:10; Psa_36:8; Psa_37:16; Psa_39:6; Psa_44:12; Psa_45:12; Psa_49:2;
Psa_49:6; Psa_49:10; Psa_49:16; Psa_52:7; Psa_59:12; Psa_65:9; Psa_66:12;
Psa_73:12; Psa_76:5; Pro_1:18; Pro_2:4; Pro_2:7; Pro_3:14; Pro_3:16; Pro_4:7;
Pro_4:9; Pro_8:13; Pro_8:18; Pro_10:2; Pro_10:4; Pro_10:15; Pro_10:22;
Pro_11:2; Pro_11:4; Pro_11:16; Pro_11:28; Pro_13:7; Pro_13:8; Pro_13:10;
Pro_13:11; Pro_13:22; Pro_13:23; Pro_14:20; Pro_14:24; Pro_15:6; Pro_15:16;
Pro_16:18; Pro_16:27; Pro_17:6; Pro_17:16; Pro_18:11; Pro_18:23; Pro_19:4;
Pro_19:10; Pro_19:14; Pro_19:22; Pro_21:6; Pro_21:17; Pro_21:20; Pro_21:24;
Pro_22:1; Pro_22:2; Pro_22:4; Pro_22:7; Pro_22:16; Pro_23:4; Pro_24:4;
Pro_27:24; Pro_28:6; Pro_28:8; Pro_28:11; Pro_28:20; Pro_28:22; Pro_29:3; Pro_30:8;
Pro_30:15; Pro_30:16; Pro_31:3; Pro_31:28; Pro_31:29; Ecc_1:3; Ecc_2:8;
Ecc_2:11; Ecc_2:13; Ecc_2:15; Ecc_3:9; Ecc_4:8; Ecc_5:9; Ecc_5:12; Ecc_5:13;
Ecc_5:14; Ecc_5:16; Ecc_5:19; Ecc_6:2; Ecc_6:8; Ecc_7:11; Ecc_7:12; Ecc_9:11;
Ecc_10:6; Ecc_10:10; Ecc_10:11; Ecc_10:20; Son_7:6; Isa_2:7; Isa_4:2; Isa_5:14;
Isa_13:11; Isa_14:11; Isa_16:6; Isa_16:14; Isa_23:9; Isa_24:8; Isa_29:2;
Isa_29:5; Isa_29:7; Isa_29:8; Isa_30:6; Isa_32:14; Isa_32:18; Isa_33:6;
Isa_33:20; Isa_36:4; Isa_39:2; Isa_39:4; Isa_45:3; Isa_53:9; Isa_60:5;
Isa_60:16; Isa_61:6; Jer_5:27; Jer_9:23; Jer_10:13; Jer_12:5; Jer_13:9;
Jer_15:13; Jer_16:5; Jer_17:3; Jer_17:11; Jer_20:5; Jer_38:11; Jer_41:8;
Jer_48:7; Jer_48:29; Jer_49:4; Jer_49:19; Jer_50:25; Jer_50:31; Jer_50:32;
Jer_50:37; Jer_50:44; Jer_51:13; Jer_51:16; Jer_51:34; Lam_4:5; Eze_1:18;
Eze_7:10; Eze_7:24; Eze_16:49; Eze_16:56; Eze_22:25; Eze_27:12; Eze_27:18;
Eze_27:24; Eze_27:27; Eze_27:33; Eze_28:4; Eze_28:13; Eze_30:6; Eze_30:18;
Eze_31:9; Eze_31:16; Eze_31:18; Eze_32:12; Eze_33:28; Eze_34:14; Eze_36:35;
Eze_40:42; Dan_1:2; Dan_3:2; Dan_3:3; Dan_11:2; Dan_11:13; Dan_11:24;
Dan_11:28; Dan_11:43; Hos_5:5; Hos_7:10; Hos_12:8; Hos_13:15; Joe_1:17;
Joe_2:3; Amo_2:2; Amo_3:10; Amo_8:5; Oba_1:3; Mic_2:9; Mic_6:10; Mic_6:12;
Zep_2:10; Zec_9:3; Zec_9:6; Zec_10:11; Zec_11:3; Zec_11:5; Mal_3:10; Mal_3:17;
Mat_2:11; Mat_6:19; Mat_6:20; Mat_6:21; Mat_12:34; Mat_12:35; Mat_13:22;
Mat_13:44; Mat_13:52; Mat_19:21; Mat_19:23; Mat_19:24; Mat_27:57; Mar_4:19;
Mar_8:8; Mar_10:21; Mar_10:23; Mar_10:24; Mar_10:25; Mar_12:41; Luk_1:53;
Luk_6:24; Luk_6:45; Luk_7:25; Luk_8:14; Luk_12:16; Luk_12:21; Luk_12:33;
Luk_12:34; Luk_14:12; Luk_16:1; Luk_16:19; Luk_16:21; Luk_16:22; Luk_18:22;
Luk_18:23; Luk_18:24; Luk_18:25; Luk_19:2; Luk_21:1; Act_4:37; Act_8:18; Act_8:20;
Act_19:25; Act_24:26; Rom_2:4; Rom_2:5; Rom_5:17; Rom_9:23; Rom_10:12;
Rom_11:12; Rom_11:33; 1Co_1:5; 1Co_4:8; 1Co_16:2; 2Co_4:7; 2Co_6:10; 2Co_8:2;
2Co_8:9; 2Co_8:14; 2Co_8:20; 2Co_9:11; 2Co_12:14; Eph_1:7; Eph_2:4; Eph_2:7;
Eph_3:8; Eph_3:16; Php_4:19; Col_2:2; Col_2:3; Col_3:16; 1Ti_6:9; 1Ti_6:17;
1Ti_6:18; Tit_3:6; Heb_11:26; Jas_1:10; Jas_1:11; Jas_1:21; Jas_2:5; Jas_2:6;
Jas_5:1; Jas_5:2; Jas_5:3; 2Pe_1:11; 2Pe_2:13; 2Pe_3:7; Rev_2:9; Rev_3:17;
Rev_3:18; Rev_5:12; Rev_6:15; Rev_13:16; Rev_18:3; Rev_18:15; Rev_18:17;
Rev_18:19;
Rev_18:19;
English and Strong’s Refs Compiled = 638 Refs
9/22/16
Gen_3:23; Gen_3:24; Gen_13:2; Gen_14:23; Gen_15:14;
Gen_30:43; Gen_31:1; Gen_31:16; Gen_34:29; Gen_36:7; Gen_43:23; Gen_49:20;
Exo_1:11; Exo_2:10; Exo_19:5; Exo_30:15; Lev_11:15; Lev_22:11; Lev_25:47;
Lev_25:49; Lev_26:19; Num_13:20; Deu_7:6; Deu_8:17; Deu_8:18; Deu_14:2;
Deu_14:15; Deu_17:12; Deu_18:22; Deu_26:18; Deu_28:12; Deu_28:56; Deu_32:34;
Deu_33:12; Deu_33:19; Deu_33:28; Jos_6:19; Jos_6:24; Jos_22:8; Jdg_5:10;
Jdg_5:19; Jdg_9:26; Jdg_11:2; Jdg_18:7; Rth_2:1; Rth_3:10; 1Sa_2:7; 1Sa_2:10;
1Sa_2:32; 1Sa_17:25; 1Sa_17:28; 1Sa_21:13; 1Sa_27:12; 2Sa_12:1; 2Sa_12:2;
2Sa_12:3; 2Sa_12:4; 1Ki_3:11; 1Ki_3:13; 1Ki_7:51; 1Ki_9:19; 1Ki_10:23;
1Ki_14:26; 1Ki_15:18; 2Ki_4:18; 2Ki_12:18; 2Ki_14:14; 2Ki_15:20; 2Ki_16:8;
2Ki_18:15; 2Ki_18:19; 2Ki_19:28; 2Ki_20:13; 2Ki_20:15; 2Ki_20:17; 2Ki_24:13;
1Ch_9:26; 1Ch_26:20; 1Ch_26:22; 1Ch_26:24; 1Ch_26:26; 1Ch_27:25; 1Ch_27:27;
1Ch_27:28; 1Ch_28:1; 1Ch_28:12; 1Ch_29:3; 1Ch_29:8; 1Ch_29:12; 1Ch_29:28;
2Ch_1:11; 2Ch_1:12; 2Ch_5:1; 2Ch_8:4; 2Ch_8:6; 2Ch_8:15; 2Ch_9:22; 2Ch_11:11;
2Ch_12:9; 2Ch_16:2; 2Ch_16:4; 2Ch_17:5; 2Ch_17:12; 2Ch_18:1; 2Ch_20:25;
2Ch_25:24; 2Ch_32:8; 2Ch_32:26; 2Ch_32:27; 2Ch_32:28; 2Ch_36:18; Ezr_1:8; Ezr_2:69;
Ezr_5:14; Ezr_5:17; Ezr_6:1; Ezr_7:20; Ezr_7:21; Ezr_9:12; Neh_7:70; Neh_7:71;
Neh_9:25; Neh_10:38; Neh_10:39; Neh_12:44; Neh_13:12; Neh_13:13; Est_1:4;
Est_1:20; Est_3:13; Est_5:11; Est_10:2; Est_10:3; Job_3:21; Job_4:6; Job_6:20;
Job_8:14; Job_11:8; Job_12:5; Job_15:11; Job_15:29; Job_18:14; Job_20:10;
Job_20:15; Job_20:18; Job_20:26; Job_21:7; Job_21:13; Job_22:24; Job_22:25;
Job_23:12; Job_27:10; Job_27:17; Job_27:19; Job_29:24; Job_30:24; Job_30:29;
Job_31:24; Job_31:25; Job_34:19; Job_35:12; Job_36:18; Job_36:19; Job_38:11;
Job_38:22; Job_39:13; Job_39:14; Psa_104:24; Psa_10:4; Psa_10:8; Psa_112:3;
Psa_118:8; Psa_118:9; Psa_119:14; Psa_119:36; Psa_126:4; Psa_135:4; Psa_135:7;
Psa_139:11; Psa_14:7; Psa_17:14; Psa_22:29; Psa_23:5; Psa_33:7; Psa_34:10;
Psa_36:8; Psa_37:3; Psa_37:16; Psa_39:6; Psa_39:11; Psa_44:12; Psa_45:12;
Psa_49:2; Psa_49:6; Psa_49:10; Psa_49:12; Psa_49:16; Psa_49:20; Psa_52:7;
Psa_59:12; Psa_62:10; Psa_63:5; Psa_65:5; Psa_65:9; Psa_65:12; Psa_66:12;
Psa_68:15; Psa_71:5; Psa_73:12; Psa_76:5; Psa_85:1; Psa_92:10; Pro_1:13;
Pro_1:18; Pro_1:33; Pro_2:4; Pro_2:7; Pro_3:14; Pro_3:16; Pro_3:26; Pro_4:7;
Pro_4:9; Pro_5:10; Pro_6:31; Pro_8:13; Pro_8:18; Pro_8:21; Pro_10:2; Pro_10:4;
Pro_10:15; Pro_10:22; Pro_11:2; Pro_11:4; Pro_11:13; Pro_11:16; Pro_11:28;
Pro_13:5; Pro_13:7; Pro_13:8; Pro_13:10; Pro_13:11; Pro_13:21; Pro_13:22;
Pro_13:23; Pro_14:20; Pro_14:24; Pro_14:26; Pro_15:6; Pro_15:16; Pro_16:18;
Pro_16:27; Pro_17:6; Pro_17:16; Pro_18:11; Pro_18:23; Pro_19:4; Pro_19:10;
Pro_19:14; Pro_19:22; Pro_21:6; Pro_21:17; Pro_21:20; Pro_21:22; Pro_21:24;
Pro_22:1; Pro_22:2; Pro_22:4; Pro_22:7; Pro_22:16; Pro_23:4; Pro_23:5;
Pro_24:4; Pro_24:25; Pro_25:9; Pro_27:24; Pro_28:6; Pro_28:8; Pro_28:11;
Pro_28:20; Pro_28:22; Pro_29:3; Pro_29:23; Pro_30:8; Pro_30:15; Pro_30:16;
Pro_31:3; Pro_31:14; Pro_31:28; Pro_31:29; Ecc_1:3; Ecc_2:8; Ecc_2:11;
Ecc_2:13; Ecc_2:15; Ecc_3:9; Ecc_4:8; Ecc_5:9; Ecc_5:12; Ecc_5:13; Ecc_5:14;
Ecc_5:16; Ecc_5:19; Ecc_6:2; Ecc_6:8; Ecc_7:11; Ecc_7:12; Ecc_9:11; Ecc_10:6;
Ecc_10:10; Ecc_10:11; Ecc_10:20; Son_7:6; Son_8:7; Isa_2:7; Isa_4:2; Isa_5:14;
Isa_5:17; Isa_8:4; Isa_10:3; Isa_10:13; Isa_10:14; Isa_13:11; Isa_13:21;
Isa_14:11; Isa_16:6; Isa_16:14; Isa_17:4; Isa_17:5; Isa_22:15; Isa_23:9;
Isa_23:18; Isa_24:8; Isa_26:4; Isa_28:8; Isa_29:2; Isa_29:5; Isa_29:7;
Isa_29:8; Isa_30:6; Isa_30:15; Isa_30:23; Isa_32:9; Isa_32:14; Isa_32:17;
Isa_32:18; Isa_32:19; Isa_33:6; Isa_33:20; Isa_34:13; Isa_36:4; Isa_39:2;
Isa_39:4; Isa_43:20; Isa_45:3; Isa_53:9; Isa_60:5; Isa_60:11; Isa_60:16; Isa_61:6;
Isa_66:11; Jer_2:20; Jer_2:37; Jer_5:5; Jer_5:27; Jer_9:23; Jer_10:13;
Jer_10:22; Jer_12:5; Jer_13:9; Jer_15:9; Jer_15:13; Jer_16:5; Jer_17:3;
Jer_17:11; Jer_20:5; Jer_22:17; Jer_24:1; Jer_38:2; Jer_38:11; Jer_41:8;
Jer_46:28; Jer_48:7; Jer_48:13; Jer_48:29; Jer_48:36; Jer_49:4; Jer_49:19;
Jer_49:31; Jer_49:33; Jer_50:25; Jer_50:31; Jer_50:32; Jer_50:37; Jer_50:39;
Jer_50:44; Jer_51:13; Jer_51:16; Jer_51:34; Lam_4:3; Lam_4:5; Eze_1:18;
Eze_7:10; Eze_7:11; Eze_7:24; Eze_16:49; Eze_16:56; Eze_22:25; Eze_22:27;
Eze_23:11; Eze_23:15; Eze_26:12; Eze_27:12; Eze_27:18; Eze_27:24; Eze_27:27;
Eze_27:33; Eze_28:4; Eze_28:5; Eze_28:13; Eze_28:26; Eze_29:16; Eze_30:6;
Eze_30:18; Eze_31:9; Eze_31:16; Eze_31:18; Eze_32:12; Eze_33:28; Eze_34:14;
Eze_34:27; Eze_36:35; Eze_40:42; Dan_1:2; Dan_3:2; Dan_3:3; Dan_11:2;
Dan_11:13; Dan_11:24; Dan_11:28; Dan_11:43; Hos_5:5; Hos_6:11; Hos_7:10;
Hos_10:1; Hos_12:8; Hos_13:15; Joe_1:17; Joe_2:3; Joe_3:1; Joe_3:5; Amo_2:2;
Amo_2:16; Amo_3:10; Amo_8:5; Oba_1:3; Oba_1:6; Oba_1:13; Mic_1:7; Mic_2:9;
Mic_3:11; Mic_5:12; Mic_6:10; Mic_6:12; Mic_7:5; Hab_2:6; Hab_2:9; Zep_1:13;
Zep_2:10; Zep_3:20; Zec_3:4; Zec_9:3; Zec_9:6; Zec_10:11; Zec_11:3; Zec_11:5;
Zec_14:14; Mal_3:10; Mal_3:17; Mat_2:11; Mat_6:19; Mat_6:20; Mat_6:21; Mat_12:34;
Mat_12:35; Mat_13:22; Mat_13:44; Mat_13:52; Mat_19:21; Mat_19:23; Mat_19:24;
Mat_27:57; Mar_4:19; Mar_7:22; Mar_8:8; Mar_10:21; Mar_10:23; Mar_10:24;
Mar_10:25; Mar_12:41; Luk_1:53; Luk_2:19; Luk_6:24; Luk_6:45; Luk_7:25;
Luk_8:14; Luk_12:15; Luk_12:16; Luk_12:21; Luk_12:33; Luk_12:34; Luk_14:12;
Luk_15:12; Luk_15:13; Luk_16:1; Luk_16:11; Luk_16:19; Luk_16:21; Luk_16:22;
Luk_18:22; Luk_18:23; Luk_18:24; Luk_18:25; Luk_19:2; Luk_21:1; Act_4:31;
Act_4:37; Act_8:18; Act_8:20; Act_8:27; Act_16:16; Act_19:25; Act_24:26;
Act_28:31; Rom_1:29; Rom_2:4; Rom_2:5; Rom_5:17; Rom_9:23; Rom_10:12;
Rom_11:12; Rom_11:17; Rom_11:33; Rom_16:23; 1Co_1:5; 1Co_4:8; 1Co_5:10;
1Co_5:11; 1Co_6:10; 1Co_10:24; 1Co_16:2; 2Co_1:15; 2Co_2:3; 2Co_3:4; 2Co_3:12;
2Co_4:7; 2Co_6:10; 2Co_7:4; 2Co_7:16; 2Co_8:2; 2Co_8:9; 2Co_8:14; 2Co_8:20;
2Co_8:22; 2Co_9:5; 2Co_9:11; 2Co_10:2; 2Co_11:17; 2Co_12:14; Gal_5:10; Eph_1:7;
Eph_1:18; Eph_2:4; Eph_2:7; Eph_2:12; Eph_3:8; Eph_3:12; Eph_3:16; Eph_4:19;
Eph_5:3; Eph_5:5; Php_1:25; Php_2:19; Php_3:3; Php_3:4; Php_4:19; Php_5:27;
Col_1:27; Col_2:2; Col_2:3; Col_2:23; Col_3:5; Col_3:16; 1Th_2:5; 2Th_3:4;
1Ti_3:13; 1Ti_5:6; 1Ti_6:9; 1Ti_6:17; 1Ti_6:18; Tit_3:6; Phm_1:21; Heb_3:6;
Heb_3:14; Heb_4:16; Heb_10:19; Heb_10:35; Heb_11:26; Jas_1:10; Jas_1:11; Jas_1:21;
Jas_2:5; Jas_2:6; Jas_5:1; Jas_5:2; Jas_5:3; Jas_5:5; Jas_5:13; 2Pe_1:11;
2Pe_2:3; 2Pe_2:13; 2Pe_2:14; 2Pe_3:7; 1Jn_2:28; 1Jn_3:21; 1Jn_4:17; 1Jn_5:14;
Rev_2:9; Rev_3:17; Rev_3:18; Rev_5:12; Rev_6:15; Rev_13:16; Rev_18:3; Rev_18:7;
Rev_18:9; Rev_18:15; Rev_18:17; Rev_18:19;
Rev_18:19;
Lux Filtered -- Previous Poverty Refs Filtered = 567 Refs (~351 After Being Condensed)
9/22/16
(A) Genesis-Job
Gen_3:23-24; (comp. Gen_12:2-3, Gen_12:5, Gen_12:16) Gen_13:2 (Gen_13:5-6, etc. Gen_13:14-15 etc. etc. Gen_24:35, Gen_26:12, Gen_26:13, Gen_36:7); Gen_14:21-23 (Gen_31:1, Gen_31:16); Gen_15:14; Gen_30:43; Gen_31:1, Gen_31:16; Gen_34:29; Gen_36:7; Gen_43:23; Gen_49:20;
Exo_1:11; Exo_2:10; Exo_19:5; [Lev_11:15; Lev_22:11; Lev_25:49]; Lev_26:19; Num_13:20; Deu_7:6; Deu_8:9-16, Deu_8:17-18; Deu_14:2, [Deu_14:15]; Deu_17:12-13; Deu_18:22; Deu_26:18; Deu_28:12, [Deu_28:56]; Deu_32:34; Deu_33:12 (confidence), Deu_33:19, Deu_33:28 (confidence); Jos_6:19, Jos_6:24; Jos_22:8;
[Jdg_5:10], Jdg_5:19; Jdg_9:26; [Jdg_11:2]; Jdg_18:7; Rth_2:1, 1Sa_2:10, 1Sa_2:32; 1Sa_17:25-28; [1Sa_21:13]; 1Sa_27:12; [1Ki_3:11-13;] 1Ki_7:51; 1Ki_9:19 (MT); 1Ki_10:23; 1Ki_14:26; 1Ki_15:18; [2Ki_4:18]; 2Ki_12:18; [2Ki_14:14; 2Ki_15:20; 2Ki_16:8]; 2Ki_18:15-19; 2Ki_19:28; 2Ki_20:13-17; 2Ki_24:13; 1Ch_9:26; 1Ch_26:20-22; 1Ch_26:24-26; 1Ch_27:25-28; 1Ch_28:1, 1Ch_28:11-12; 1Ch_29:3-12, 1Ch_29:28; 2Ch_1:11-12; 2Ch_5:1; 2Ch_8:4-6; 2Ch_8:15; 2Ch_9:12-22, etc.; 2Ch_11:11; 2Ch_12:9; 2Ch_16:2-4; 2Ch_17:5, 2Ch_17:12-13; 2Ch_18:1; 2Ch_20:25; 2Ch_25:24; [2Ch_32:8], 2Ch_32:27-28; 2Ch_36:18; Ezr_1:8, etc.; Ezr_2:69; Ezr_5:14, Ezr_5:17; Ezr_6:1; Ezr_7:20-21; Ezr_9:12; Neh_7:70-71; Neh_9:25; Neh_10:38-39; Neh_12:44-47; Neh_13:12-13; Est_1:4, Est_1:6-7; Est_3:13; Est_5:11; Est_10:2-3; Job_3:21 (suicidal poverty); Job_4:6; Job_6:20; Job_8:14; [Job_11:8]; Job_12:5; Job_15:11, Job_15:29 (bad people won't be rich); Job_18:14; Job_20:15, Job_20:18, Job_20:26; Job_21:7 (the wicked do get wealth), Job_21:13; Job_22:24-25; Job_23:12; Job_27:10, Job_27:17, Job_27:19; Job_29:24; [Job_30:24, Job_30:29]; Job_31:24-25; Job_35:12; Job_36:18-19; Job_38:11, Job_38:22; Job_39:13-14;
(B) Psalms, Proverbs,
Ecc, SoS
Psa_14:7 (Psa_14:4-7); Psa_17:14 (big variation); Psa_22:29; Psa_23:5; (Psa_33:7); Psa_36:8; Psa_37:3, Psa_37:16; Psa_39:6, Psa_39:11; Psa_44:12; Psa_45:12; Psa_49:6 (trusting in Lux = fool that dies in hell), Psa_49:10-12, Psa_49:16, Psa_49:20; Psa_52:7; Psa_59:12; Psa_62:10; Psa_63:5; Psa_65:5, Psa_65:9, Psa_65:12; Psa_66:12; Psa_68:15; Psa_71:5; Psa_73:12; Psa_76:5; Psa_85:1; Psa_92:10; Psa_104:24; Psa_112:3; Psa_118:8-9; Psa_119:14, Psa_119:36; Psa_126:4; Psa_135:4, Psa_135:7; Psa_139:11; Pro_1:13, Pro_1:18-19, Pro_1:33; Pro_2:4, Pro_2:7; Pro_3:14, Pro_3:16, Pro_3:26; Pro_4:7, Pro_4:9; Pro_5:10; Pro_6:31; Pro_8:13, Pro_8:18, Pro_8:21; Pro_10:2, (Pro_10:4), (Pro_10:15), Pro_10:22; (Pro_11:2), Pro_11:4, [Pro_11:13] (Pro_11:16), Pro_11:28; Pro_13:5, (Pro_13:7), (Pro_13:8), Pro_13:10, Pro_13:11; (Pro_14:20), Pro_14:24, Pro_14:26; Pro_15:6, Pro_15:16; Pro_16:18-20, Pro_16:27; Pro_17:5-6, Pro_17:16; Pro_18:8-12, (Pro_18:23); (Pro_19:4), Pro_19:10, Pro_19:14, (Pro_19:22); Pro_21:6, (Pro_21:17), Pro_21:20, Pro_21:22, Pro_21:24-26; Pro_22:1, (Pro_22:2), Pro_22:4, (Pro_22:7, Pro_22:16); Pro_24:3-5, Pro_24:24-25; Pro_27:23-24; (Pro_28:6, Pro_28:8, Pro_28:11), Pro_28:20, (Pro_28:20-22); Pro_29:3, (Pro_29:23); Pro_31:3, (Pro_31:14), Pro_31:28-29; Ecc_1:3; Ecc_2:8, Ecc_2:11, Ecc_2:13, Ecc_2:15; Ecc_3:9; Ecc_4:8; Ecc_5:9-16, etc. Ecc_5:19, etc.; Ecc_6:2, (Ecc_6:8); Ecc_7:11-12; Ecc_9:11; Ecc_10:6, Ecc_10:10-11, Ecc_10:20;
Son_7:6; Son_8:7;
(C) Isiah, Jeremiah,
Lam
Isa_2:7; (Isa_4:2); Isa_5:14-20, etc.; Isa_8:4; Isa_10:3, Isa_10:13-14; (Isa_13:11), (Isa_13:21); Isa_14:11; Isa_16:6, Isa_16:14; Isa_17:4-5; Isa_22:15; Isa_23:9, Isa_23:18; Isa_24:8; Isa_26:4-6; Isa_28:8; Isa_29:2-8; Isa_30:6, Isa_30:15, Isa_30:23; Isa_32:9-19; Isa_33:6, Isa_33:20; Isa_34:13; Isa_36:4; Isa_39:2-4; Isa_43:20; Isa_45:3; Isa_53:9; Isa_60:5, Isa_60:11, Isa_60:16; Isa_61:6; Isa_66:11;
Jer_2:20, Jer_2:37; Jer_5:5, Jer_5:27; Jer_9:23; Jer_10:13, Jer_10:22; Jer_12:5; Jer_13:9; [Jer_15:9], Jer_15:13; [Jer_16:5]; Jer_17:3, Jer_17:11; Jer_20:5; Jer_22:17; [Jer_24:1; Jer_38:2], Jer_38:11; Jer_41:8; Jer_46:28; Jer_48:7, Jer_48:13, Jer_48:29, Jer_48:36; Jer_49:4, Jer_49:19, Jer_49:31-33; Jer_50:25, Jer_50:31-32, Jer_50:37-39, Jer_50:44; Jer_51:13, Jer_51:16, Jer_51:34;
Lam_4:3-5;
(D) Ezekiel - Malachi
Eze_1:18; Eze_7:10-11, Eze_7:24; (Eze_16:49), Eze_16:56; Eze_22:25-27;
[Eze_23:11, Eze_23:15]; Eze_26:12; Eze_27:12-33 (Eze_27:12, Eze_27:18, Eze_27:24, Eze_27:27, Eze_27:33); Eze_28:2-5; Eze_28:13, [Eze_28:26;] Eze_29:15-16; Eze_30:6, Eze_30:18; Eze_31:9, Eze_31:16-18; Eze_32:12; Eze_33:28; Eze_34:14-16, Eze_34:27; Eze_36:35; [Eze_40:42;] Dan_1:2; Dan_3:1-3; Dan_11:2-43 (Dan_11:2, Dan_11:13, Dan_11:24, Dan_11:28; Dan_11:43); Hos_5:5; Hos_6:11; Hos_7:10; Hos_10:1; Hos_12:8; Hos_13:15; Joe_1:17; Joe_2:2-3; [Joe_2:3 == Amo_5:18] Joe_3:1, Joe_3:5; Amo_2:2, Amo_2:16; Amo_3:10; Amo_8:4-7; Oba_1:3, Oba_1:6, Oba_1:11-13; Mic_1:7; Mic_2:9; [Mic_2:2, Mat_23:13, Mar_12:40, Luk_20:47] Mic_3:11; [Mic_5:12]; Mic_6:10, Mic_6:12-14; Mic_7:5; Hab_2:5-12, (particularly: Hab_2:6; Hab_2:9); Zep_1:11-13; Zep_1:18; Zep_2:10; [Zep_3:20]; Zec_3:4; Zec_9:3, Zec_9:6; Zec_10:11; Zec_11:3, Zec_11:5; Zec_14:14; Mal_3:10, [Mal_3:17];
(E) Gospels &
Acts
Mat_2:11; (Mat_6:19-21); Mat_12:34-37; Mat_13:22, Mat_13:44-46, Mat_13:52; Mat_27:57; Mar_4:19; Mar_7:22; Mar_8:8; Mar_12:41-44; Luk_1:53; Luk_2:19; (Luk_6:24-45); Luk_7:23-26; Luk_8:14; Luk_12:13-16, Luk_12:21, etc. etc. (Luk_12:32-34); Luk_14:12-14; Luk_15:12-13; (Luk_18:22-25); Luk_19:2; Luk_21:1;
Act_4:31, Act_4:37; Act_8:18-20, Act_8:23-27; Act_16:16; Act_19:23-29; Act_24:26; Act_28:31;
(F) Epistles - Revelation
Rom_1:29; Rom_2:4-5; Rom_5:17; Rom_9:23; Rom_10:12; Rom_11:12, Rom_11:17, Rom_11:33; Rom_16:23;
1Co_1:5, etc.; 1Co_4:8; 1Co_5:10-11; 1Co_6:10; [1Co_10:24]; 1Co_16:2; 2Co_1:15; 2Co_2:3; 2Co_3:4, 2Co_3:12; 2Co_4:7; (2Co_6:10); 2Co_7:4, 2Co_7:16; (2Co_8:2; 2Co_8:9), 2Co_8:14, 2Co_8:20-22; 2Co_9:5, 2Co_9:11; 2Co_10:2 (Assming non-insp; lo); 2Co_11:17 (sarchasm); 2Co_12:14 (rifi/SOM);
Gal_5:9-10 (lo>sarcasm?/at least a lot of irony); Eph_1:6-9, Eph_1:18; Eph_2:4, etc. Eph_2:7, etc. Eph_2:12; Eph_3:8, Eph_3:12-16; Eph_4:19; Eph_5:3, Eph_5:5;
Php_1:25; [Php_2:19]; Php_3:3-4, etc.; Php_4:19; [Php_5:27 -- no such chapter!] Col_1:27; Col_2:2-3, Col_2:23; Col_3:5, Col_3:16;
1Th_2:5; 2Th_3:4, 1Ti_3:13; 1Ti_5:6; 1Ti_6:9, 1Ti_6:17-19; Tit_3:6; Phm_1:21;
Heb_3:6, Heb_3:14; Heb_4:16; Heb_10:19, Heb_10:35; Heb_11:26;
2Pe_1:11; 2Pe_2:3, 2Pe_2:13-14; [2Pe_3:7];
1Jn_2:28; 1Jn_3:21; 1Jn_4:17; 1Jn_5:14;
Rev_5:12; Rev_6:15; Rev_18:3, Rev_18:7-9, Rev_18:15-19; (Rev_18:15; Rev_18:17; Rev_18:19)
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Paul and Peter Were (literal) “Idiots”
Other date; 12/11/17
Act_4:13 CAB Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter
and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they
marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
Act_4:13
θεωρουντες
δε την του
πετρου
παρρησιαν και
ιωαννου και
καταλαβομενοι
οτι ανθρωποι
αγραμματοι
εισιν και
ιδιωται εθαυμαζον
επεγινωσκον τε
αυτους οτι συν
τω ιησου ησαν
Pro_28:8 WEB He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.
Pro_28:8 He that increases his wealth by usury and unjust gains, gathers it for him that pities the poor.
Pro_28:8
ὁ πληθύνων τὸν
πλοῦτον αὐτοῦ
μετὰ τόκων καὶ
πλεονασμῶν τῷ ἐλεῶντι
πτωχοὺς συνάγει
αὐτόν.
>> where should this go?
>> SOM, LPC, etc?
Jesus did not say, blessed are the
plain in dress or spirit... He only blessed the poor.
the vast majority of Anabaptists (Amish,
Menno, Hutter, etc.) are closed to the clean proclamation of truth because of
the vanity of being plain without being poor.
the flesh always finds counterfeits
for poverty:
The fleshly natural earthly
Anabaptist culture has successfully engrained the counterfeit of
"plain" for poor among its posterity.
Plain does not mean hard core or
courageous...
Pro_28:19 ὁ ἐργαζόμενος
τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γῆν
πλησθήσεται ἄρτων,
ὁ δὲ διώκων
σχολὴν πλησθήσεται
πενίας.
Pro_28:20 ἀνὴρ ἀξιόπιστος
πολλὰ εὐλογηθήσεται,
ὁ δὲ κακὸς οὐκ ἀτιμώρητος
ἔσται.
Pro_20:13 μὴ ἀγάπα
καταλαλεῖν, ἵνα
μὴ ἐξαρθῇς· διάνοιξον
τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς
σου καὶ ἐμπλήσθητι
ἄρτων.
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