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NASB | Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household: |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his household: |
Subject: Are Positional and Practical truths true |
Bible Note: Hi Hank, the question I was answering from Joe was: "Please show me ONE God-honoring work that we can do which is not in keeping with God's moral law." and I gave the example that the Pharisees were all doing God-honoring work which are in keeping of God's moral law. Meaning, ACTION wise, they did it. But their hearts are not in God at all. Likewise, we can ALL do God-honoring work which are in keeping of God's moral law, but if are hearts are not in doing it out of love for God, but instead doing it out of "religion", then we've missed the mark too. And about James (I write this to Joe too) - did I say that his words are NOT TRUE??? No, I did not. What I was trying to say is that he's not as strong a preacher on grace as Paul is - it is not to say that his understanding about it is out of line! Even in the church today, we have different preachers with different revelations in different areas. One might be good at preaching in the area of grace but not in the area of the end times (which is not to say he DOESN'T understand end times) and vice-versa. Yet BOTH revelations are from God! So with Paul and James, we first have to have a strong understanding of grace (from Paul) before we can understand how to work (from James). In all of Paul's letters, it ALWAYS starts with building the understanding of grace BEFORE he moves on to how we should really work (under grace). And no wonder that Paul's letters are first before James even though James wrote his first... . I'm sure God wants us to understand our FULL righteous standing in Christ first in order to know how we should work. Not through self-effort, but through Spirit-effort. We cannot change ourselves through the power of our will, but we can use our will power to make a decision to set aside time to seek God. |