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NASB | 1 Corinthians 9:25 Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 9:25 Now every athlete who [goes into training and] competes in the games is disciplined and exercises self-control in all things. They do it to win a crown that withers, but we [do it to receive] an imperishable [crown that cannot wither]. |
Subject: self control / spirit control |
Bible Note: Dear IISa…….. Thanks for your input. I don’t believe that all sin is willful, for instance, sometimes a “white lie” will be out of my mouth before I know it……sometimes I get angry without a moment’s notice and sometimes I say things hastily that I regret and know were wrong and hurtful…..sometimes I see a cool car and wish it was mine……those are sins, i.e. missing the mark…..but they were not willful, I did not decide to do them, but there they are…..I do confess these shortfalls and try to curb my impulsiveness in the future…..with varying degrees of success. A willful sin is one you contemplate before hand, know it’s wrong, and go for it anyway. Also, I believe that calling good evil and evil good is willful sin. For instance, many practicing homosexuals, with the blessings of their pastors, say that homosexual sex is not a sin….just because they choose not to accept God’s definition of sin they are, I think, in the LORD’s eyes sinning willfully and defiantly…..and the preachers who encourage them, in the name of “love” are false teachers. I know a certain popular TV preacher, who over and over again has said there’s no sin, past, present or future which is not forgiven once you have "received Jesus into your heart", and once saved always saved……almost like carte blanche……Those kinds of statements seem to mislead a lot of people into seeing “salvation” as their get out of jail free card. Look at the letters to the churches in the Revelation, Y’shua is speaking to “church” people, not heathens……5 out of 7 are messing up……he doesn’t comfort them with sweet talk about grace and forgiveness……He says “Repent or else!”. This was only about 60 years after the resurrection and five-sevenths of the congregations were in pathetic shape…..we are over 2000 years removed …….what’s contemporary Christendom’s ratio of right track vs wrong track today….can we assume it’s better or worse than two-sevenths going in the right direction? Of course, every denomination thinks that they are “Philadelphia” and the one around the corner is “Laodicia”. Mt 7:21 also comes to mind…… "Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord”, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. [22] Many will say to me on that day, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?” [23] Then I will tell them plainly, I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers (practitioners of lawlessness)!” Y'shua specifically defines who will be rejected, calling them “anomia” (no law or without law) doers……the opposite then, those who will enter the kingdom, would be those who live the Law (nomos) i.e. do the will of the Father as Y’shua said. (I’m sure you know this, but just to be clear…..when Greek puts an “a” in front of a word…..it is the opposite of that word. As in “atheist”……a “theist” is one who acknowledges God…..and we all know what putting an “a” in front of that means….it’s the exact opposite.) The above, Mt 7:21, is also talking about “church” people……not heathens…..they must be really serious and active “church” people….into prophesy, driving out demons and performing miracles…..all in the name of the Messiah (they’re “giving him the glory”)…..with all this going on they must also be very visible in the congregation and a huge influence on others. This is scary stuff. Y’shua is offering no grace and no blood covering.....they are already standing in His presence.....it’s too late for repentance, the grace period is over…..they’re dead meat. Were they knowingly sinning? Apparently not….they’re shocked to find that they’re not in the loop. My guess is they did not know they were sinning because their definition of sin was amiss…….which illustrates that ignorance, which is seen as ignoring the Torah in Hosea, is not an excuse. [Hos 4:6 “My people are destroyed from LACK OF KNOWLEDGE (ignorance). Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because YOU HAVE IGNORED THE TORAH OF YOUR GOD, I also will ignore your children.“] We don’t know specifically what the Mt 7:21 people were up to so that we can specifically avoid the pit they got themselves into……Y’shua simply categorizes them as “lawless”…….so how then can we avoid their downfall? By being “lawful” I would think……how do you practice “lawfulness”…..by being full of the Law (i.e. accept it fully, not partially). Frankly, and brutally, in my opinion…….I think that Christianity’s negating of the fourth commandment is a fatal flaw, I think it qualifies as “lawlessness”…..it is ignoring "the Torah of your God", as Hosea says above. Civilly speaking, you don’t have to break every law in the book to be deemed a criminal……choosing to break one of them will do….of course, this is also the point which James 2:10-11 is making concerning Torah. Continued…….see next post |