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NASB | Luke 22:42 saying, "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 22:42 saying, "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup [of divine wrath] from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done." |
Subject: Submissive or Suppressed Wills |
Bible Note: Dear Brother Mark, You wrote, "Also remember, the heart as the center man is also a metaphor." (Did you mean inner man?) Actually, the use of the word heart in Scripture is not a metaphor. It is a label. It sounds like a metaphor to modern ears because we think of the heart as an organ in the body. Of course the ancients also knew of this organ and even something of how it functioned. But they thought that it was the seat of consciousness for the human being. We've inherited some of these notions in English, as well, when you consider the alternate meanings of the word that are in common use today. All the etymology aside, the writers of the Bible used heart as a label for that part of man that is invisible, the real essential person. The heart includes: The mind; i.e, the thoughts,? ?beliefs,? ?understandings,? ?memories,? ?judgments,? ?conscience,? ?and discernment (Matthew 13:15; Romans 1:21; Mark 2:6; Luke 24:38; 1 Kings 3:12; 1 Timothy 1:5). The affections; i.e., the longings,? ?desires,? ?feelings,? ?imaginations,? ?and emotions (Psalm 20:4; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Deuteronomy 28:47; 1 Samuel 1:8; Isaiah 35:4; Joshua 14:8; James 3:14; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Psalm 73:7; Hebrews 12:3). The place where the will operates; i.e., the part of the inner person that chooses or determines what actions to take (Deuteronomy 30:19; Joshua 24:15; Isaiah 7:15; Deuteronomy 23:15-16; Psalm 25:12), (It is interesting to note that all three of the above are said to be in operation in Moses in the passage of Hebrews 11:24-27. That's significant because it gives us a Hebraic perspective.) The heart of man is diseased ?(?Genesis? ?6:5?; ?8:21?; ?Psalm? ?51:5?; ?Ecclesiastes? ?9:3?; ?Matthew? ?15:19?; ?Romans? ?7:24-25?), and ?essentially unknowable to himself (Jeremiah 17:9), but completely understood by God (1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 6:30; Psalm 44:21; 139:2; Jeremiah 17:10; John 2:24-25; Acts 1:24; Revelation 2:23). The Word of God can both diagnose the disease as well as offer the prognosis (Hebrews 4:12). In Him, Doc PS Slightly off topic... but... you wrote, "I can only imagine the resolve that Jesus had to have, to march willingly into the hands His demonically driven tormentors." (sic) I know that the devil is mentioned in the influence of Judas, but where are we told that the other men involved in the Crucifiction of Christ were under demonic influence? |