T H I N K I N G C L E A R L Y
Romans 12:2
[2] Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of GOD is [that which is] good and acceptable and perfect.
G4964 to conform one’s self to another’s pattern
G165 world, age, an unbroken age as in forever
G3339 to metamorphosis; to transform or transfigure
Literally: To Change into another FORM
Same word used in JESUS’s transfiguration
G342 a renewal or a renovation
A Complete change for the better
Root to Cause to Grow up, to make new with VIGOR
A Continual Process – don’t stop GROWING
R O A D B L O C K S To Thinking Clearly
Ø Culture
o What “culture” do we see the World Through?
o …The Scriptures Through?
Ø Mind set “The ME mind set”
o The way WE process data
o OUR DEFINITIONS
o TRUTH
o HIS WORD or OURS
o HIS WORLD or OURS
o What is KNOWLEDGE ?
Ø Experience
o What we have been taught
o TIMING – Past / Present / Future
Ø T R U T H
o What is IT?
o What do we know about ATHEISM? ISLAM?
Ø If Allah is the GOD of Islam what is the name of OUR GOD?
o WHO is IT?
o We N E E D to ask the R I G H T questions!
E X A M P L E
W H A T Comes to M I N D ?
Ø OLD Testament
o T O R A H
o T A N A K H
o Does Knowledge of such things matter?
Ø NEW Testament
Ø Does the NEW V O I D the OLD?
o The OLD Testament is the New Testament Concealed
o The New Testament is the OLD Testament Revealed
o Pictures to Principles
HOSEA 4:6
[6] My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because thou hast rejected knowledge[1847], I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest [3547] to Me; seeing thou hast forgotten the TORAH [8451] of thy God, I also will forget thy children.”
#1847 da’ath knowledge
From the Root
#3045 ya-dah to know or to learn to know or to be made known
[due to seeking or introspection]
As opposed to
#1882 which means a decree [of a king] or law
From the ROOT
#1881 decree, law, regulation, a statute – from a Ruler
Da’ath has a more sense of acquisition of knowledge, an implied intimacy rather than a FORCED regulation as an edict by a King – understanding is not implied
#3547 ka’han Priest; as in the carrying out of priestly activities
Intermediary between GOD and People
#8451 to-raw literally means “teaching” or “instruction”
[used primarily in reference to the LORD’s Laws]
From the ROOT
#3384 yaw-raw “to shoot as an arrow, to throw, to cast”
“to flow as water”
“to point out” , “to teach” , “to HIT the mark [as an arrow]”
As Opposed To:
#2398 ha-ta “to miss” as in to miss the mark – S I N
What did JESUS say about the Hebrew Scriptures?
- He often quoted from the Hebrew Scriptures
- He commands us to observe the traditions in the Hebrew Scriptures
Matthew 5:17-20
[17 ] “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
[18 ] For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
[19 ] Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. [20 ] For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 23:1-3
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,
[2] “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves on the chair of Moses,
[3] so do and observe [5083] whatever they tell you—but not what they do. For they say, but they do not do.
#5083 tey’rey’o to attend to carefully, to keep, to hold fast, observe
What is the Seat of Moses?
Recent Archaeological finds have discovered a literal chair in early synagogues.
It is believed that the Rabbis when teaching from the Torah sat in this chair, as a symbol of authority – AS MOSES.
Luke 24:44-45
[44] Now HE said to them, “These are MY words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about ME in the LAW OF MOSES and the PROPHETS and the PSALMS must be fulfilled.
[45] Then HE opened their minds to understand the Scriptures
Hebrew Scriptures are designed to form the FOUNDATION of our Knowledge.
Ø The Lens through which we view the “world”
~Love Much. Forgive Often. Seek Earnestly.
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