Category: New Testament
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No “I” in “team”
so there are many of us, and in union with the Messiah we comprise one body, with each of us belonging to the others. Romans 12:5 (CJB) Belonging to the others – This verse is a difficult one to translate. Have you ever read it in the KJV, or the NASB? It doesn’t quite make…
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The Science of Faith
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) Substance – This is an interesting word – hypostasis. In the Greek, it’s related to science and medicine. It’s the sediment, or residue of something that has settled. It is the evidence that something has happened.
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In the Name of
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Matthew 28:19 (KJV) In the name of – Names are a big deal in the Hebrew culture during Biblical times.
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Rabbi
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. Matthew 23:8 (KJV) Rabbi – I just listened to short video where a pastor of a church makes the claim that Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, the author of the bestseller The Harbinger, is a false teacher because he…
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Ineffective Prescriptions
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. Matthew 17:16 (KJV) Cure – In the book Jehuda Halevi by Isaak Heinemann, an interesting metaphor is made describing those men, who meaning to do good, set out to do it on their own terms and not necessarily according to divine ordinances.…
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No ‘Buts’ About It
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. John 1:17 (KJV) But – We’ve stumbled upon another word added by the translators. The word “but” is not in the original Greek text, but it sure does help those with the paradigm that the old law is separate from…
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Judging Others
Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? Matthew 7:4 (NASB) Speck, log – There’s an interesting relationship here. At first we instantly notice that a speck is tiny and the log, or beam, is quite large.…
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Separation Destroys Us
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. 1 Corinthians 14:21 (KJV) In the law it is written – I find it interesting that Paul, a man who had Torah…
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Walk in the Spirit
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:25 (KJV) Spirit – We absolutely love this line. We’re a spiritual people, so we walk in the Spirit. I think I hear it in almost every conversation I have regarding obedience to God, and it’s often used to justify our…
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Pentecost’s Other Names
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. Acts 2:1 (KJV) Pentecost – It’s the name we Christians are most familiar with. Pentecost literally means “the 50th day”, but do we understand what it’s referring to here? Yes, Pentecost is the day that God poured…