Archive for March 2009
Blessed Hope.
A tune for Plain Old Bill.
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Absolutely beautiful tune.
And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put out his hand and took it, and with it he struck 1,000 men.
Book of Judges 15:15 Â ESV
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
Letter of James 4:17 ESV
Heavenly Father please forgive me.
Resurrection
1. anastasis (G386) denotes (I) “a raising up,” or “rising” (ana, “up,” and histemi, “to cause to stand”), Luk_2:34, “the rising up”; the KJV “again” obscures the meaning; the Child would be like a stone against which many in Israel would stumble while many others would find in its strength and firmness a means of their salvation and spiritual life; (II), of “resurrection” from the dead, (a) of Christ, Act_1:22; Act_2:31; Act_4:33; Rom_1:4; Rom_6:5; Phi_3:10; 1Pe_1:3; 1Pe_3:21; by metonymy, of Christ as the Author of “resurrection,” Joh_11:25;
(b) of those who are Christ’s at His Parousia (see COMING), Luk_14:14, “the resurrection of the just”; Luk_20:33, Luk_20:35, Luk_20:36; Joh_5:29 (1st part), “the resurrection of life”; Joh_11:24; Act_23:6; Act_24:15 (1st part); 1Co_15:21, 1Co_15:42; 2Ti_2:18; Heb_11:35 (2nd part), see RAISE, Note (3); Rev_20:5, “the first resurrection”; hence the insertion of “is” stands for the completion of this “resurrection,” of which Christ was “the firstfruits”; Rev_20:6;
(c) of “the rest of the dead,” after the Millennium (cf. Rev_20:5); Joh_5:29 (2nd part), “the resurrection of judgment”; Act_24:15 (2nd part), “of the unjust”;
(d) of those who were raised in more immediate connection with Christ’s “resurrection,” and thus had part already in the first “resurrection,” Act_26:23 and Rom_1:4 (in each of which “dead” is plural; see Mat_27:52);
(e) of the “resurrection” spoken of in general terms, Mat_22:23; Mar_12:18; Luk_20:27; Act_4:2; Act_17:18; Act_23:8; Act_24:21; 1Co_15:12, 1Co_15:13; Heb_6:2; (f) of those who were raised in OT times, to die again, Heb_11:35 (1st part), lit., “out of resurrection.”
2. exanastasis (G1815), ek, “from” or “out of,” and No. 1, Phi_3:11, followed by ek, lit., “the out-resurrection from among the dead.” For the significance of this see ATTAIN, No. 1.
3. egersis (G1454), “a rousing” (akin to egeiro, “to arouse, to raise”), is used of the “resurrection” of Christ, in Mat_27:53.
W.E. Vine Expository Dictionary of Bible Words
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
The LORD works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.
For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all. Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, obeying the voice of his word! Bless the LORD, all his hosts, his ministers, who do his will! Bless the LORD, all his works, in all places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
Book of Psalms 103 ESV
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
First letter of John 3:21-24 ESV
That message must not be disguised in phrases that are no longer clear, or hidden under words that have changed or lost their meaning; it must be presented in language that is direct and plain and meaningful to people today.
Mr Metzger sadly passed away not too long ago. The words above are from the introduction to the NRSV Bible and with regards to modern Bible translation and the message of God’s dealing with mankind.
Adversary
A. Noun.
antidikos (G476), firstly, “an opponent in a lawsuit,” Mat_5:25 (twice); Luk_12:58; Luk_18:3, is also used to denote “an adversary or an enemy,” without reference to legal affairs, and this is perhaps its meaning in 1Pe_5:8, where it is used of the Devil. Some would regard the word as there used in a legal sense, since the Devil accuses men before God.
B. Verb.
antikeimai (G480) is, lit., “to lie opposite to, to be set over against.” In addition to its legal sense it signifies “to withstand”; the present participle of the verb with the article, which is equivalent to a noun, signifies “an adversary,” e.g., Luk_13:17; Luk_21:15; 1Co_16:9; Phi_1:28; 1Ti_5:14.
This construction is used of the Man of Sin, in 2Th_2:4, and is translated “He that opposeth,” where, adopting the noun form, we might render by “the opponent and self-exalter against….” In Gal_5:17 it is used of the antagonism between the Holy Spirit and the flesh in the believer; in 1Ti_1:10, of anything, in addition to persons, that is opposed to the doctrine of Christ. In these two places the word is rendered “contrary to.” In the Sept. it is used of Satan, Zec_3:1, and of men, Job_13:24; Isa_66:6. See CONTRARY, OPPOSE.
C. Adjective.
hupenantios (G5227), “contrary, opposed,” is a strengthened form of enantios (en, “in,” and antios, “set against”). The intensive force is due to the preposition hupo. It is translated “contrary to,” in Col_2:14, of ordinances; in Heb_10:27, “adversaries.” In each place a more violent form of opposition is suggested than in the case of enantios see CONTRARY.
W.E. Vine Expository Dictionary of Bible words
