Lord, Lord, Did We Not

Matthew 7, Lord, Jesus, Κύριε, Church Invisible, Church Visible, Born of Spirit, Christian, God, Mythoughts, Thoughts of God, David Reese

In Matthew 7, Jesus makes a statement that should give each of us pause to consider our personal relationship with Him. Jesus said that not everyone who calls out to Him “Κύριε, Κύριε”, “Lord, Lord” are of His flock, the household of God. If people who claimed to follow Jesus, to the point of producing miracles, did […]

Importance of Forgiving

Forgiveness - Purposefully altering one’s attitude toward someone who has offended or otherwise owes us a debtm changing from negative feelings toward them to a desire for them to prosper, Thoughts of God, Thoughtsfogod, David Reese

As believers in Jesus, we have reason to be cautious as we look at Matthew 18:23-35 18:23-35. “For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves…. “And the lord of that slave felt compassion and released him and forgave him the debt. But that slave went […]

Pesher – How Does the Scripture Apply to Us

Pesher is an interpretive technique where a text is interpreted, not as much related to its original setting, but rather to provide a solution or application related to the current cultural setting.

Pesher is one of those words heard more often in academic settings than in a local congregation. Pesher can be one of those words we hear and we start to blur over. This is unfortunate, as pesher פֵּשֶׁר, a Hebrew word, simply means interpretation. It becomes not what a verse meant to those living when it […]