Verse 8.-But Noah found grace.Hen; the same letters as in Noah, but reversed (cf.Genesis 18:3;Genesis 39:4;1 Kings 11:19). The present is the first occurrence of the word in Scripture. "Now for the first timegracefinds a tongue to express its name" (Murphy); and it clearly sig...
fall short of) the grace of God." Without the heart's resting on His grace and consequently on Christ and His work, all is vain; because all is man, and fallen man, presuming otherwise to seek acceptance with God. In such a condition there never can be an adequate sense of sin any ...
(Genesis, Ch. 2: Verse 18) God casts man into a deep sleep, and takes one of his ribs to make woman. In the Garden of Eden, the woman lacks the strength to resist the serpent’s temptation. She sins by eating the forbidden fruit and then gets man to eat it. Once man confesses,...
19d. "Witnesses" (μάρτυρες,mártyres; yes, "martyrs"). Since a great many people, even in the jury, have actually heard Socrates talking at one time or another (since he does so publicly), he confidently calls on them to inform everyone else if Socrates has ever talked mu...
“Because you have kept my command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world to test those who dwell on the earth.” This verse is a promise made by Christ to one of His seven churches, the church of Philadelphia. The hour of ...
On January 23, 2025 By Bill Smith In Culture, History, Theology Like The Gospel of John: Christ the Creator John’s Gospel opens with the unmistakable echo of Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning … God.” He fills that out a bit more than Moses, but there is no doubt that John intend...
This posture can be understood as a profound reflection of divine action, particularly when compared to God the Father breathing life into Adam in Genesis 2:7. Here’s how the two are connected: 1. **Divine Humility and Intimacy**: In Genesis, God stoops down to breathe life into Adam,...
1、“(þæt is sēo ǣreste Moyses booc)“在文中以括号的形式点明Cædmon当时获得的歌谣是用Moyses唱的; 2、Englishness; 3、ondswaredon ond cwǣdon,answer和say不一样,或者就是这个动作重复; 4、iċ eom (i am); 5、利用英雄体(heroic verse)来赞颂基督教上帝“从这里开始”,显然关于...
Let’s close with two final points. First, let me quote a verse from the apostle Paul regarding the desire to get right with God. “I know what enthusiasm [they] have for God, but it is misdirected zeal. For [they] don’t understand God’s way of making people right with Himself....
The idea, here, is God says He did not create the world in vain (the Hebrew word is the same as the word for void in Genesis 1:1). ii. Based on these ideas, some have advanced what has been called the “Gap Theory.” It is the idea that there was a long and indefinite chrono...