07-23 - From Heb-11 Lk-7

8Th ‘Day’ Study, verses R paraphrased [ref] {thots}

Hebrews 11:14-16  Luke 7:1-10

            ☀️ A.M. Hebrews 11:14-16

14 - For people who talk like this  (being strangers and pilgrims, not identified with the pre and post Christendom “world”) make it clear they’re seeking a homeland.

     15 If they had been thinking of the land from which they had come out of, they would have looked for the opportunity to go back. {“Remember Lot’s wife.”} 16 But as it is, they want a better country! That is, a heavenly {blessed, perfect} one.

     Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city. {An enduring kingdom. Enduring because Perfect, because God iS Life and “is Perfect” - this is the first, foremost, and sole prime reality and law which is like unbreakable iron.. the iron rod/measuring rod by which Christ will rule the nations. God is a “consuming fire” of purity and light. Purity consumes impurity and Light consumes darkness. Life consumes death, a good trade.}

            🌙 P.M. Luke 7:1-10

1 - After this, Jesus entered Capernaum. 2 And a Roman centurion had a servant, highly valued by him, who was sick. He was at the very point of death. 3 And when the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Hebrews (Jews) asking him to come and heal his servant/worker.

     4 And when they came to Jesus, they asked him, and said, “He’s worthy for this, 5 for he loves our nation, and he even built our synagogue.”

     6 Jesus went with them, and when they were on the way, the centurion sent friends, saying, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself! For I’m not worthy to have you come under my roof. 7 Therefore I didn’t presume to come to you. But say the word, and let my servant be healed. 8 For I too, am a man under authority, with soldiers under me, and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes. And to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes. To my worker, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

     9 When Jesus heard this, he marveled, and turning to the crowd following him, said, “I tell you, not even in all Israel have I found such faith!” {And He received the sincere motive and offered no criticism.} 10 And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well.

           

Tomorrows verses, 07/24

Hebrews 11:17-21  Luke 7:11-23 and ACTS 6:1-15 separately

Word references - biblehub dot com or app

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

Jesus said he “will draw all” Jn.12:32.

have a great day! ☀️🕊️

04-02 - Eph-5 Mt-20

N.Testament & Prophecy Advanced CU Study, verses paraphrased  [ ] references { } thots

 • Ephesians 5:17-27  Matthew 20:17-28 and ACTS 20:1-16 separately

            ☀️ Ephesians 5:17-27

17 -  Therefore don’t be senseless, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 Don’t get drunk with wine, in which is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit! 19 Talking with one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. Be happy! Sing songs and make melody to the Lord!

     20 Always give thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name [onoma - authority, character, cause, name] of our Lord Jesus Christ. 21 Submit yourselves to one another in reverence of him. [Submit is hypotássō which is from hypó - under, and tássō - arrange.] {What works best? All considering self as under.. or all considering selves as over? It does like all things, include Logic, root word of which is Logos. In the Light of God’s radiance, aLL will thoroughly judge their self. And self, the human psyche, can be very harsh indeed.. to beating self up with many stripes.. until Christ Crucified, strong enough to appease every conscience, is realized.. Imagine having been a cruel and heartless despot, oppressing, torturing, raping and killing many.. or having been a sex trafficker of children.. Can we imagine ultimately the heart and gut wRenching remorse?! Imperfection is an abyss of potential. And entropy.. the worm in our ‘apple’ that “does not quit”.}

     22 Wives to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of the wife like Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in all things to their husbands. {Hypotasso, peaceful arrangement.}

     25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself for ‘her’, 26 that he might sanctify ‘her’ the church/the people, having cleansed them by the washing of the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing. {Radiant.} That the church/people might be holy, and without blemish. {It’s not by effort, lol, as if! But is God’s work in us, Heb.11:40! We have one rule, love God. If we genuinely do, we wiLL love and have genuine affection for our fellow person. And not just those like myself.}

            🌙 Matthew 20:17-28

17 - As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and said, 18 “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the leaders, the chief priests and scribes, and they’ll condemn him to death. 19 They’ll deliver him over to the Gentiles/nations (via Rome) to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.”

     20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee [John and James] came up to him with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him a favor. 21 He asked her, “What do you seek?” She said to him, “Tell me these two sons of mine will sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left, in your kingdom.” 22 Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I’m to drink?” They said to him, “We’re able.” 23 He said, “You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to give, but it’s for those for whom it’s been prepared by my Father.”

     24 And when the other ten disciples heard of it, they were indignant at the other two. 25 But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 26 It’s not so among you. For whoever would be great among you must be as a servant. 27 And whoever would be first among you, must be as a slave. 28 Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many [polus - multitude].” [1Tim.2:6 - who gave himself as a ransom for all (pas) which has been revealed at the proper time. 1Cor.15:22-24,28 w/ Mt.13:33, key word three, barley, wheat, grape. 27,28 is five times “pas”. Mt.13:30 is Rev.16:14-15-16 and Mt.25:1-13(10).]

           

Tomorrows verses, 04/03

Ephesians 5:28-6:3  Luke 16:1-15

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

Jesus said he “will draw all” Jn.12:32.

have a great day! ☀️🕊️

02-27 - Ro-14 Mt-15

N.Testament & Prophecy Advanced CU Study, verses paraphrased [ ] references { } thots

 • Romans 14:1-7  Matthew 15:21-39

           ☀️ Romans 14:1-7

1 - As for those who are weak in faith, welcome them! But not to quarrel over opinions. 2 One person believes he may eat anything, while the person with the more sensitive conscience, eats only vegetables. 3 Let not the one who eats despise/feel superior to the one who abstains! And let not the one who abstains - pass judgment/feel superior - to the one who eats! For God welcomes both. 4 Who are you {any of us} to pass judgment on another of the Lord’s servants? It is before their own master that they stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

     5 One person judges one day as better than another, while another judges all days to be alike. LeT, each one be fuLLy convinced in their - own - mind. 6 The one observing the day, is observing it to the Lord. The one observing all days alike, is also observing unto the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since they give thanks to God. While the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord, and also gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives to our self, and none of us dies to our self. (Next verse - for we live or we die unto the Lord.) {Sabbath and foods.}

            🌙 Matthew 15:21-39

21 - After this Jesus went to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is terribly oppressed by a demon!” 23 But he didn’t answer her a word. And his disciples said, “Send her away, for she’s following us around.” 24 He answered, “I’m only sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” {First Israel, then the nations.. like giving thanks, break the bread, give it to the disciples, who distribute it.. In this case, it will be the gospel distributed to the nations, then during long second advent distributed by..?}

     25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” 26 And he answered, “It’s not right to give the children's bread to the little puppies [kunarion - little dog, puppy].” 27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the puppies eat the crumbs that fall from the masters' table.”

     28 Then Jesus, marveling, said, “Oh woman, great is your faith! It will be done for you as you have asked.” And her daughter was instantly made well.

     29 Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on the mountain {hillside} and sat down. 30 And great crowds came from all over, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and put them at his feet, and he healed them all.

     31 And the people marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled walking, the lame made whole, and the blind seeing. And the God of Israel was glorified [doksázō - from dóksa - glory, glorify, literally - to ascribe weight by recognizing the genuine substance and value]. {Father separated himself, by separating Israel, from being considered just another ‘god’ of the nations..}

     32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I’m concerned for the people. They’ve been with us now for three days and they don’t have any food. And I don’t want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.” 33 And the disciples said, “Where are we to get enough bread in such a remote place to feed so great a crowd?” 34 And Jesus said, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” 35 And directing the people to sit down, 36 he took the seven loaves and the fish, and giving thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 37 And everyone ate and was satisfied. And they took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left over. 38 Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 Then, after sending the people on their way, they went by boat to the region of Magadan.

           

Tomorrows verses, 02/28

Romans 14:1-7  Matthew 15:21-39

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

have a great day! ☀️🕊️

10-08 - Galatians 3 8-15

paraphrased ‘enter the story’

   🕊️reading & study 🕊️

8 - The Scriptures long ago told how God would accept the nations because of their faith. This is why God told Abraham - the good news - that in him, all nations would be blessed. 9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed with, and like, Abraham. He is called the man of faith.

     10 The thing is, anyone relying on fulfilling of the law, to be accepted, are under a curse! For it’s written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t abide by, and do - all - that’s written in the Book of the Law.” {God iS life, and “is perfect” mt.5:48, so to stray in any tiny way in thought, word or deed is to become imperfect! Life as we presently know it is unavoidable, because no option to stray in Eden, would be creation as an Ant Farm. This imperfection/entropy is an all important contrast.}

     11 It’s proven no one is justified - before God - by the law. For it’s written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” 12 And the law is not of faith, rather it’s a way, as it’s written, that “The one who does the law, shall live by all the law.” 13 And Christ redeemed and rescued/delivered us from that curse {and captivity} by becoming a curse for us. For it’s written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree” — 14 so that to the nations the blessing of Abraham comes in Jesus Christ, so the promise of the Spirit is received through believing/faith.

     {🗝️? The only way to BE “perfect” is by God’s Spirit/Presence fully reigning upon the Throne of our Heart. We are the temple meant for God’s Spirit/Presence, as is creation itself. He is Life. There is no other “way”.}

     15 To give an example - even with a man-made covenant/contract, no one annuls it, or adds to it, once it’s been ratified. [And “faith” preceded The Law. Abraham was before Moses.]

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🗝️ [  ] - word/language insights, 

usually from biblehub dot com - peering through translator partial unbelief; cross references, etc.

      {  } - thots

Tomorrow - Galatians 3:16-21

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)

Romans 11 25-36

  02/22 ~ From New Testament Letters

  🕊️ (In the Order Believed Written)

         Paul’s Letter To The Romans           

25 - So you don’t become arrogant, and lest you be wise in your own sight {a very bad thing} don’t be unaware of this mystery - that a partial hardening has - come upon - Israel, untiL the fullness of the nations is come in. 26 And so in this way, all Israel will be saved, as it’s written, “The one who delivers will come from Zion, and will banish ungodliness from Jacob. 27 And this is my covenant [agreement, contract, testament] with them when I take away their sins [hamartia - (their/our) missing the mark].”

     28 As concerns the gospel, they’re opponents.  {Were.} But as regards election, they’re beloved. Opponents for your sake, and beloved for the patriarchs, 29 for the gifts and calling oF God are irrevocable [ametamelétos -  not regretted, without repentance, no change of mind]. 30 For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy - because Israel was disobedient. 31 Now they too have been disobedient.

     So you (from the nations) receive mercy, and they receive mercy. 32 For GOD has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy upon all.

     33 Oh, the depth of the riches! And the wisdom! And the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his ways. And how unfathomable his judgments! {Just hoW do you create genuinely able to think and reason beings, aNd, keep paradise/perfection intact?}

     34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Who could ever be his advisor?” 35 “Or who has given a gift to him that could ever measure up to what he gives?” 36 For it’s from him, and through him, and to him, that all things are. To him be Glory forever. Amen.

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

      {  } - thots

Tomorrows verses - Romans 12:1-9

My own studies. Verses paraphrased.