Kindle Notes & Highlights
The Christian Counselor’s New...
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“renew”
“spirit”
Ephesians...
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“new”
“brand new,”
“y...
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“new to ...
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II Corinthians 4:16 and Colossians 3:10.
“spirit.”
“mental attitude”
“attitude of...
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“spirit,”
The translators and commentators point out (and here Vine agrees) that the change viewed is not in the mind itself, but in the spirit (attitude) that the mind takes toward God’s new ways.
there is a renewal of mental attitude.
putting it all together, you come out with this: there must be a rejuvenation (renewal by making youthful) of one’s mental attitude toward God’s Word that will enabl...
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Isaiah 45:7 we read, “I form the light and create darkness; I make peace and create evil.” The Hebrew word translated “evil” means both moral offense (“sin”) and calamity. Here, the phrase itself, along with the parallelism in the verse, makes the choice between the two meanings for us. The evil in the passage is “trouble” or “calamity,” since it must be the opposite of peace, just as darkness is the opposite of light. Here, an understanding of rhetorical form enables us to interpret correctly.
1. One-volume commentaries—best
New Bible Commentary
Commentary sets—these
Commentaries on individual books of the Bible—
Vincent’s Word Studies
A. Robertson’s Word Pictures
historical, cultural, rhetorical and theological understanding of a passage than its grammatical meaning.
Bible dictionary
New Bible Dictionary (Eerdmans)
ISBE (The International Standard Bible ...
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H. H. Haley’s Pocket Bible Handbook
Manual or his Systematic Theology
A. A. Hodge’s Outlines of Theology,
A Theology of Christian ...
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History and archeology, therefore, can be very helpful.
CULTURAL INTERPRETATION
Jesus, the true High Priest, would not share His honor with another—not even with the emperor of Rome.
So, to begin with, He was saying, “Give Caesar his taxes, but don’t give him the worship that he desires; give that to God alone.” Fundamentally, that is the principle: all of Caesar’s claims must be examined; only those that belong to him may be met.
secondly, we see that although God has granted authority to the state, that authority is not unlimited. Caesar has rights, but God has reserved rights for Himself. The sovereign authority that belongs to God alone must not be usurped by any human political ruler. Caesar’s aut...
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God is sovereign even over that authority wh...
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John 19:11, Jesus told Pilate, “You wouldn’t have any authority over me if it hadn’t been...
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Christ’s words plainly warn us that there are two realms, two rulers over us, two authorities with whom we have to do—not one.
In every decision, therefore, the church must determine whether compliance with the state means noncompliance with God.
Christ’s words make it clear that one must comply with the demands of the state, but only so far as the state’s requirements remain within the bounds of the legitimate authority that God has given to it.
“We must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29).
All true authority is from God—authority in the home, in the church and in the state, therefore, he obeys God. So then, there can be no conflict in the exercise of authority in these realms when it is exercised according to the biblical limits prescribed for each. Problems arise when those in either one or more areas overreach their limits. At that point the transgressor of God’s boundaries no longer speaks with the authority of God, but merely as a human being.
when the state says no, the church must obey God rather than man. To put it simply, whenever a state requires a Christian to sin—i.e., to disobey God—he must refuse.
diverse types are historical narrative, prophecy, poetry, wisdom literature, apocalyptic literature, parable, the proverb, Gospel records, letters and typology.
Take for instance Psalm 108:3, 4, 5:
I will praise Thee, O Lord, Among the peoples, I will chant praises to Thee among the nations. For Thy lovingkindness is higher than the heavens, and Thy faithfulness soars to the skies. Be Thou exalted, O God, beyond the heavens, and may Thy glory tower over all the earth!
...a generation which did not prepare its heart; and its spirit was not faithful to God (Ps. 78:8b, Berkeley).
spirit is paralleled with heart.15
He who covers an offense seeks love (Prov. 17:9a, Berkeley)
