Category: Posts by Nancy
Wednesday Word Study – Tares
October 19, 2011
Tares
Transliteration: zizanion
Phonetic Spelling: (dziz-an’-ee-on)
Definition: spurious wheat, darnel; a plant that grows in Palestine which resembles wheat in many ways but is worthless. 2215 zizánion (plural, tares/zizania) – a tare (darnel); (figuratively) a pseudo-believer (false Christian); a fruitless person living without faith from God and therefore is “all show and no go!”
On our Monday Meditation this week we read the scripture Matthew 13:30:
Matthew 13:30
Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.
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Monday Meditations – Matthew 13:30
October 17, 2011
Today’s Meditation Verse
Matthew 13:30
Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.
Justice is something we all want and seek. But many times we are left wondering why doesn’t God do something sooner? Why does He wait to deal with those who are in the enemy’s camp? Why does He allow them to kill, steal and destroy? Because there is a divine appointed time to administer justice.
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The Rules That Break Fellowship
October 14, 2011
1 John 1:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
7But if we [really] are living and walking in the Light, as He [Himself] is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses (removes) us from all sin and guilt [keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations].
I grew up in a denominational church that taught us that we were constantly in and out of fellowship with Christ. I am sure they used the scripture above as their basis for fact.
We would do something that we thought was sin and then we were told we were out of fellowship with God and to repair that we would have to repent and get “right” with God and then our fellowship would be restored.
But from everything I’ve been studying in depth over the past few years I have found that theology to be incorrect.
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Wednesday Word Study – Fellowship
October 12, 2011
Fellowship
Transliteration: koinónia
Phonetic Spelling: (koy-nohn-ee’-ah)
Short Definition: participation, communion, fellowship
Definition: (lit: partnership) (a) contributory help, participation, (b) sharing in, communion, (c) spiritual fellowship, a fellowship in the spirit. properly, what is shared in common as the basis of fellowship (partnership, community)
This is another word that Christians use often that the rest of the world does not. We often use this word when referring to our Christian brothers and sisters.
But on Monday the verse that was highlighted was:
I John 1:3 AMP
3What we have seen and [ourselves] heard, we are also telling you, so that you too may [d]realize and enjoy fellowship as partners and partakers with us. And [this] fellowship that we have [which is a [e]distinguishing mark of Christians] is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah).
In this verse the word fellowship refers to our relationship with Father God. When we read about fellowship I believe we draw a picture of friendly interaction and communication. Maybe even events where we gather and have fun. Many churches have ‘fellowship halls’ for just such occasions.
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Monday Meditations – I John 1:3
October 10, 2011
Today’s Meditation Verse:
I John 1:3
3What we have seen and [ourselves] heard, we are also telling you, so that you too may [d]realize and enjoy fellowship as partners and partakers with us. And [this] fellowship that we have [which is a [e]distinguishing mark of Christians] is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah).
The point that I want to bring out in today’s scripture is shown by using the Amplified Bible. And that point is where John states that we have fellowship with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. The brackets in the Amplified state that this is a distinguishing mark of Christians.
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Take Care
October 7, 2011
This week we have been talking about caring and the cares of this life. We have learned that we must care about certain things to a certain degree, but when something begins to cause us concern that affects us adversely then we have crossed the line to anxiety which is fear. And fear is distrust in God.
I don’t think as Christians our problem is that we don’t care enough, but we care too much. We carry many burdens that we were never supposed to carry. We reserve certain issues in our lives to carry while only bothering Father God with those things that “we just can’t take any more”.
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Wednesday Word Study – Cares
October 5, 2011
Cares
Strongs Concordance Number: 3199
Transliteration: meló
Phonetic Spelling: (mel’-o)
Definition: it is a care, it is an object of anxiety, it concerns.
Our verse on Monday Meditations this week was I Peter 5:7 and in the King James reads like this…
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
At first glance we would think that the first care and careth are just similar versions of the same word, but they are not. Continue reading
Monday Meditations – I Peter 5:7
October 3, 2011
Today’s Meditation Verse:
I Peter 5:7 King James Bible (KJV)
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1 Peter 5:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Casting the [a]whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, [b]once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you [c]watchfully.(A)
Most of the time when a scripture comes to my mind it comes to me in the King James Version because that was the version I was reading and studying when the word of God first came alive to me and burned into my heart. So that is the way I remember it, not from memorization, but because that is how it was seared into my heart.
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Wednesday Word Study – Children
September 28, 2011
Children
John 1:12
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,
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