09-13 James 4 7-11

a paraphrased ‘enter the story’

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    From New Testament Letters

   (In the Order Believed Written)

{Instead of Galatians 5:20, rivalry, etc} 7 - Submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil {and the devilish}. And he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God. And he will draw near to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners! [Harmatoi - we missing the mark.] Purify your hearts, you people who can't make up your mind! 9 Grieve, mourn, and weep! Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom! {Heartfelt remorse for any evils done and even flaws. This is not the world’s racial shaming for political advantage.} 10 Humble yourselves before the LORD, and he will lift you up! [Hupsoó - to lift or raise up, uplift, lift on high, exalt] {especially during his long second advent}.

     11 Don’T speak evil against one another, brethren/brothers and sisters! {Groups to groups..? moderately left and moderately right, hell believers and hell not believers.. on and on?}

     The one who speaks against a brother or sister or judges his brother or sister, speaks evil against the truth and judges the truth. But if you judge the truth, you’re then not a doer of truth, but a judge. {Have unlawfully made yourself to be judge?}

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🗝️ [  ] - word/language insights, usually from biblehub dot com - peering through translator partial unbelief; cross references, etc.

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Tomorrows verses - James 4:12-17

My own studies, had to paraphrase to post.. which has turned out to be an interesting way to ‘enter the ‘story’. 

Start the day with a Psalm (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150)

LUKE 10 21-28

 a paraphrased ‘enter the story

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   09/09 - GospeL Verses

21 - At that same hour (when the seventy-two returned, excited over their journey) he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father! Lord of heaven and earth! That you have hidden these things from the learned and {those the world considers} wise, and have revealed them as to little children. Yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. 22 All [pas - all, every, the whole] has been given to me by my Father. And no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is, except the Son, and those who the Son chooses to reveal him to.” {Father and Son are so close, both administer God’s Spirit/Presence, the same as will “seal” and saturate all creation and humanity.}

     23 Then he turned to the disciples and said, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! 24 For I tell you many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and didn’t. And to hear what you hear, and didn’t hear it.”

     25 And then a lawyer stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit the enduring life?” 26 Jesus said, “What’s written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27 And the lawyer (scribe) answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”

     28 And Jesus said to him, “You’ve answered right! Do this, and you shall live.” {But we have to do it perfectly. Or accept “Christ Crucified” as our pardon, and our declared innocent verdict. The judge needing to be appeased? Our own psyche and conscience.}

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🗝️ [  ] - word/language insights, usually from biblehub dot com - peering through translator partial unbelief; cross references, etc.

      {  } - thots

Tomorrows verses - Luke 10:29-42

My own studies, had to paraphrase to post..

Start the day with a Psalm (jan 1-20, feb-20’s, mar-30’s, apr-40’s, etc. dec-120-150)