Matthew 16:18: “And I say unto you, thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my church.” Someone asked me a question about the word for church in the Aramaic. The word in the Greek is ekklesia which is a legal word and simply means the called out. Jesus most likely spoke these
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Deuteronomy 6:5: “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God…” So you read this and you have no problem with it. Sure we are to love the Lord God. I mean any self-respecting Christian will not deny he loves God. I remember when I was an
WORD STUDY: GOOD (SHEPHERD) John 10:11: “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for his sheep.” Good: Greek: kalos – beautiful, fine, excellent, blameless, high moral character. Aramaic: tawa’ – A relationship with someone or something that is harmonious and in sync. Jesus calls himself a good shepherd. There are a
WORD STUDY: WICKED Isaiah 5:23: “Which justify the wicked for the reward and take the righteousness from the righteous from him.” Wicked – Hebrew: rasha – A term used for merchants who use false balances The NIV probably has the clearest rendering for Isaiah 5:23: “Who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice
WORD STUDY: BIND, LOOSE Matthew 16:19: “And I will give to you the keys to the kingdom of heaven and whatsoever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven and whatsoever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” In Matthew 16:19 Jesus gave the keys to the kingdom to Peter and told
WORD STUDY – SIN (AVONI) I Kings 17:18: “And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? Art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?” Sin – Hebrew: Avoni – Sin, to make crooked We are familiar with the
Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: I Samuel 18:9: “And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.” I remember hearing an evangelist tell of a time he went to a church in some back water town. He was asked to conduct a two week revival. After the first few days he
Good Morning Yaman Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomim: Psalms 95:2: “Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with Psalms.” If you have been reading my journal you probably know that I don’t speak a party line, I don’t join in any reindeer games nor do I
