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NASB | Matthew 12:34 "You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:34 "You brood of vipers, how can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. |
Subject: Where's the LOVE |
Bible Note: At the time it was written all scripture was the Old Testament. It was not until Peter wrote as you have rightly quoted that Paul's writings could be look at as Scripture. We must remember that the Bible is an Middle eastern book, written by middle eastern men. To understand it we must understand them and how they thought. It is dangerous to take the context and transpose it into the way we think today. Take the word fammine. When a fammine came upon the land in the Bible it meant an economic collapse. So to look at any prophecy that may be being fulfilled today we need to look at "fammine" as fammine and economic collapse. Just an example, not an explaination of some particular scripture. We need to understande grammar, yes sirree. I have often expressed woe that I do not remember how to diagram sentences to help me understand what I am reading. All this (education)is important and even essential to being a disciple of Jesus. However, (here is where I contradict myself)when the church was formed at Pentecost how many of the those 3000 that were saved do you think could read. How many of the apostles could read. Did everyone who met on the day after Pentecost have their bibles tucked under their arm? Scrolls of scripture were kept in the Synagogue. Most towns were lucky to have even a portion of the Torah. How were these trained up in the Lord. I wonder if we don't have too much and it causes us to become spiritually constipated. Thank you Tim for your insight every time I read a response It causes me to reflect on just what I believe and teach. I enjoy reading your notes. IN CHRIST Jeff |