“I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship, to make artistic designs for work” Exodus 31:3-4 Filled – You have to spill a little over the top! “Filled” is the Hebrew word male. In one context, it means to put into a…
“But Jesus answering said to him, “Permit it at this time”” Matthew 3:15 Permit – The first recorded word spoken by Jesus sets the stage for His entire ministry. It is the right word for the beginning of a year and the beginning of a life. In Greek, the word is aphes. It is from…
Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. Heb 10:35 Confidence – From two Greek words meaning “all” and “speaking”, parresias means “freedom in the act of speaking”. This word means that we have boldness and freedom to speak of our experience of faith. Because God accepts us, we are invited…
“sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it”. Genesis 4:7 Crouching – Genesis chapter 4 is the story of Cain and Abel. It is a story that we have probably known since childhood God knows that emotional situations can become the seedbed for sinful acts. He…
“for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart”. I Sam 16:7 Heart – This is only a part of verse 7, but a very important part. Even more interestingly, the translation from the New American Standard (above) is not exactly what the…
“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light”. Rom 13:12 Cast off – In the English language, we have only two “voices” (a grammatical term) – active or passive. But in Greek, there is a…
“The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness”. Psalm 103:8 Lovingkindness – This is a very important word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew is hesed. We saw it once before on January 24. Now we will look at more of its meaning. For centuries, this word was translated as…
“For He will give His angels charge concerning you, to guard you in all your ways”. Psalm 91:11 Guard – This word (shamar) in all its forms is used more than 400 times in the Old Testament. Its basic meaning is to watch over with great care. It is used to describe actions of the…
“And the Lord Jehovah will help me. On account of this I was not ashamed”. Isaiah 50:7 Help – In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word azar is used principally of military assistance. There are numerous passages where the word is used in the context of a real military battle, for example, when Egypt and…
“predestinating us to adoption through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will”. Eph 1:5 Adoption – Not used often in the New Testament, this word is as old as the second century BC. It is huiothesia. In Greek times, adoption was used to bring a son into the family for…
