Today’s Word

A World Apart

You shall have no other gods before Me. Exodus 20:3 ESV Before – “But it is only in the modern societies of the West that nonreligious man has developed fully. Modern nonreligious man assumes a new existential situation; he regards himself solely as the subject and agent of history, and he refuses all appeal to…
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Reminders

To know wisdom and instruction, to discern the sayings of understanding, Proverbs 1:2 NASB The sayings – The NASB translation of ‘emer renders the Hebrew with a nod toward oral communication. The ESV uses the stricter “words,” a translation that could easily lead us the think of written material. Of course, Solomon’s proverbs are both,…
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Finishing the Job

And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 NASB Is perfected – The Greek verb, teleo, in this sentence is a present…
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Divine Engineering

And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 NASB Sufficient – Is grace really sufficient for you? Are you content with the…
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What I Can’t Do

And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 NASB Weakness – We live in a world of power. Anyone who demonstrates weakness…
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Theoretical Community (2)

Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1 NASB No condemnation – The classical Greek meaning of krima includes “dividing out,” “sifting,” “judging,” and “deciding.” It is connected in the LXX to the Hebrew idea of restoring “the legal relationship which has been disrupted.”[1] But as we learned…
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