Deuteronomy 6:1-8 ...'Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his command...
We speak of Jesus as Master and we His bondservants, and in that relationship is the gratitude of knowing God’s mercy and grace in our deliverance from the bondage of sin and death. We are now bound by the love of God in Christ and that is a very different and positive, life giving...
To understand it, we can consider the range of meaning of the Greek words John used. What is the meaning of the Greek word for sin? The Greek word John used for sin is hamartia. Thayer’s Greek Lexicon notes that this word at its root meant “a failing to hit the mark,” and in...
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. 9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, ...
Deuteronomy 6:5- “Love Yahweh with all your heart, all your soul and all your might” and Leviticus 19:18-“Love Your neighbor as yourself”. If there is any question at all as to HOW we are to love Yahweh and HOW we are to love our neighbor, then His law (teaching) will sett...
There are three kinds of definitions of “education” (Scheffler 1960). The first type is called the descriptive . It is a statement that proposes to denote or explain the nature of the meaning of the word called “education” by using a variety of words to explain either what the phenomen...
Maybe it is because a loved one is no longer with you; or maybe some dread disease has shown its face, and then again there may be injuries from some recent accident. But when we remember the true meaning of the Christmas season, we have every reason to be joyful. God come to earth...
the word of the Lord was precious in those days.Clarifying the meaning of this phrase, theTargum of Samuelreads: “the word of the Lord was hidden in those days; no prophecy was revealed.”[xxvii]According to Robert Alter, the phrase indicates that “there is some sort of breakdown in ...
Deuteronomy 6:13-15Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name. / Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you. / For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled...
Gluttony is a visible expression of rebellion against God and man that destroys life (Deuteronomy 21:20). Drunkards (liquid-based gluttons) will not inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:10). Furthermore, Church leaders from the rigorous Middle Ages developed a more extensive view of...