If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. James 1:26 ESV Rodney Baker (Adelaide, Australia) has contributed several TW’s on Religion while I am in South Africa. Religious – threskos. What a loaded word! A word that occurs only once in the…
Then you will discern the fear of the Lord and discover the knowledge of God. Proverbs 2:5 NASB Fear – In Hebrew the word is yare. The Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT) tells us that this word is used in five different senses: 1) the emotion of being afraid, 2) the anticipation of…
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You. Psalm 56:3 NASB When – Are you afraid? I am. I have had a growing sense of fear for about a year now. I am concerned that our civilization is rushing toward the brink at breakneck speed. I look at my own financial circumstances. …
“Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and to keep the LORD’s commandments and His statutes which I…
They feared YHWH and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among who they had been carried away into exile. To this day they do according to the earlier customs: they do not fear YHWH, . . . 2 Kings 17:33-34 Feared – This just doesn’t make any sense. Verse…
YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Psalm 27:1 Fear – The children of Israel read the 27th Psalm in preparation for Rosh Hashanah. They do this as a matter of preparation for repentance (teshuvah from the verb shuv). Why is the 27th Psalm so important to the beginning of the…
YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Psalm 27:1 Fear – The question is rhetorical. The expected answer is “No one.” But that answer usually leaves out the one person that I really do fear. Even when no one else can bring me low because the Lord is my shepherd, there…
YHWH is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Psalm 27:1 Fear – Maybe it helps to be the king. I can see why David doesn’t fear anyone or anything. He has God on his side and he’s the king. That’s a big advantage. But what about the rest of us? We don’t…
15 de junio Y él respondió: “Te oí en el huerto, tuve miedo porque estaba desnudo, y me escondí.” Génesis 3:10 Miedo – Conocemos esta palabra: Solo que no la conocemos en este contexto. Es yare, el verbo que significa “temer, respetar, reverenciar y tener miedo.” Claro que su usanza más común en la Escritura…
and he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” Genesis 3:10 Afraid – We know this word. We just don’t know it in this context. It is yare, the verb that means “to fear, to respect, to reverence and to be afraid.” …
