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NASB | 2 Peter 1:17 For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, "This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased"-- |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Peter 1:17 For when He was invested with honor and [the radiance of the Shekinah] glory from God the Father, such a voice as this came to Him from the [splendid] Majestic Glory [in the bright cloud that overshadowed Him, saying], "This is My Son, My Beloved Son in whom I am well-pleased and delighted"-- [Matt 17:5] |
Subject: The Word Gifted to the People of God |
Bible Note: “If you write to your Aunt Mildred, would you think that anyone other than Aunt Mildred should interpret what you have written with the intent of her interpretation?†Great Illustration! Let us take it a step further: Now suppose your Aunt read these letters for 1500 years interpreting them as she believed you meant them, then one day a group of “enlightened individuals†came to Aunt Mildred and said you have been reading these letters all wrong! Your logic and your intellect should tell you that what the writer meant was totally different than your interpretation. You must be weak minded to have missed this or you had a hidden agenda. However on further research we find the people that are saying this are the ones that have an agenda. Now suppose we look at the situation almost 600 years after the fact the people that tried to destroy Aunt Mildred’s reading of the letter are still around but very much in the minority to those that agree with most parts of Aunt Mildred’s reading of the letter. Yet those that oppose Aunt Mildred interpretation refuse to accept that some people really don’t care how they interpret the letters to Aunt Mildred because they see much more important issues to be dealt with. Yet the protesters of Aunt Mildred’s interpretation will not stop trying to shame people into their way of thinking. They will even challenge a person’s belief system, their walk through life and even their intelligence in an effort to render Aunt Mildred’s interpretation of the letter invalid. |