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Ask the Author / Re: Are we ‘there’ ... yet?
« on: March 24, 2023, 06:29:18 AM »
2023-03-24
On the 22nd, I was reading an article that was sent to me to pass on ... which I did even before reading ...
The article was well written and focused on our vital need of a Kinsman-Redeemer - Jesus - who paid the price, in full, for all our debts before an Holy, Holy, Holy God.
But later, I noticed that the author was using one of the ‘modern’ English translations of the Bible ... and that the text featured had several subtle shift’s in the message there ... the most glaring was to shift the emphasis away from trusting primarily in the power and faithfulness of God.
Can you see this subtle but vital difference here:
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)
vs.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
What is the Bible’s emphasis?
Is it on ... our power to hold on to Jesus?
Or is it on ... his power and faithfulness to hold on to us?
What does the Bible emphasize ‘cover to cover’?
On the 22nd, I was reading an article that was sent to me to pass on ... which I did even before reading ...
The article was well written and focused on our vital need of a Kinsman-Redeemer - Jesus - who paid the price, in full, for all our debts before an Holy, Holy, Holy God.
But later, I noticed that the author was using one of the ‘modern’ English translations of the Bible ... and that the text featured had several subtle shift’s in the message there ... the most glaring was to shift the emphasis away from trusting primarily in the power and faithfulness of God.
Can you see this subtle but vital difference here:
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)
vs.
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
What is the Bible’s emphasis?
Is it on ... our power to hold on to Jesus?
Or is it on ... his power and faithfulness to hold on to us?
What does the Bible emphasize ‘cover to cover’?