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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 John, Thanks for your input, I will address the points that you made. First of all, we need to examine the definition that you gave for how Paul defined “law”, you said, “The term "law" means anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command.” This sounds like a dictionary definition, is that so? If that was Paul’s working definition, which it very well could have been, then the below passages make perfect sense…..he could very well have been talking about commonly known customs or commands which were popularly held…… i.e. those of the Pharisees etc. Read all of the below statements and insert “the customs and commands as defined by popular usage” in the place of “law”. These statements make perfect sense in that context. “The Law is not of faith” “I am dead to the Law” “We are delivered from the Law” “Messiah is the end of the Law for righteousness” “If you are led of the Spirit, you are not under the Law” “By deeds of the Law there shall no flesh be justified” “The Law brings wrath” Messiah “abolished in his flesh….the commandments” “A man is not justified by observing the Law but by faith in Y’shua Mashiach.” However, what is the most popular Christian take on the word “law”? It is the “law” that the LORD gave to Moses and it is not for Christians; they insert that concept into the above passages. Agreed so far? The Hebrew word unfortunately translated as “law” is, of course, “Torah” (8451). Look it up….it in no way, shape, manner, or form means what Christians purport it to mean. It means “teaching” or “instruction”. It is from the Hebrew root word “yarah” (3384), meaning “teach, aiming a finger at”. Therefore “Torah” is a teaching which points us in the right direction……and since it is the LORD who is doing the teaching, it is the LORD’s Torah…..not Moses’; the “law of Moses” is the teaching that the LORD gave to Moses to pass on to Israel. Is this what Christians so vehemently rail against…..is this what they protest that they are not under and if you say they are you are a written off as legalist and a Judaizer? They are railing against what they perceive the Torah to be, not against what it really is. Go back to the above listed passages…..insert “the LORD’s teaching” in the place of “law”…….do they make sense? Do you want your theology to be based upon bad mouthing the teachings of the LORD? Yet, that is what Christians are doing when they use these passages to “prove” that the Torah is not for Christians. They are in reality saying “The way that the LORD has instructed His people to go is not for us.” Continued……see next posting |