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Feb 24, 2019 · While Paul may not say flat out in his patchwork of scripture that Jesus is the messiah, Polhill points out that Paul is showing Israel’s history. He relates the passages to the plan that God had which was made known in David, from whom Jesus is a direct descendant (2111).
Oct 7, 2023 · Paul, steeped in Old Testament Scriptures, grew up on tales of Abraham and Noah, Moses and Joshua, David and Jonathan, Elijah and Nehemiah, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. When Paul says the entire church ought to “act like men,” he uses a word — andrizomai — already familiar to readers of the Greek translations of the Old Testament.
Feb 9, 2021 · One of the Most Important Passages of the NT: Paul’s Christ Poem. February 9, 2021. In my previous post I began to speak about the “incarnation” Christology found famously in Paul’s letter to the Philippians, 2:6-11.
- David’s Faith. David’s first (and one of his most well-known) accomplishment was his defeat of the Philistine giant, Goliath. It took courage to face a sword-wielding giant with nothing but a sling and some rocks.
- David’s Trust. Even though Saul was a constant threat to his life, David had respect for him as king and spared his life on more than one occasion. When David had an opportunity to kill Saul in a cave, he chose not to.
- David’s Love.
- David’s Humility. Even after experiencing remarkable success in battle, David remained humble. When Saul offered his daughter, Michal, to David as a wife, he responded, “Is it trivial in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am only a poor man and insignificant?”
While Psalm 16 is quoted by both Peter and Paul in Acts 2 and 13 respectively, in both cases, the argument is that David died and his body was buried and decayed, but that Jesus, although he died, his body didn’t decay, drawing on the Septuagint translation of “Pit” as “corruption.”
Sep 19, 2018 · If you wake up early tomorrow to meditate on God in his word, he wants to meet you there — not just to be understood and admired, but to help you understand and admire him. Paul says to his disciple Timothy, “Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything” (2 Timothy 2:7).
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Apr 19, 2024 · He converted to Christianity, changed his name to Paul, and became the most important missionary for the Christian church ever. In this article, I will relay the story of Paul in the Bible from his early years, to his conversion, to his subsequent missionary journeys.
