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These goals flow easily from pride and vainglory, which are capital vices in the Christian tradition. These cases of overt blame all violate the no-vengeance condition. Second, although the no-vengeance condition is about prohibiting vengeful overt blame, it also forbids vengeful private blaming actions due to the interior dimension of ...
- What Is The Context of This Verse?
- What Does It Mean to ‘Consider The Blameless’?
- What Does It Mean to ‘Observe The Upright’?
- How Do We Apply This Today?
Psalm 37 is considered a wisdom psalm. It addresses the issue of the wicked prospering. In Psalm 37:4, we are encouraged to “delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.” When you “commit your way to the LORD,” we can trust that He will “bring forth your righteousness.” But then the psalmist encourages his readers to...
The word translated “consider” is the Hebrew word shamar (שָׁמַר). It means to keep, watch, or persevere. Its primary usage is in the context of guarding or watching over something that is valuable. When the first couple was told to “keep” the Garden in Genesis 2:15, it was this word that was used. Here the meaning is not predominately that of prot...
We are also told in this verse to “observe the upright.” The word used for “observe” is the Hebrew word raah (רָאָה), and it means “to see.” In Genesis 1:4, God saw that the light was good. “Saw” in that verse is the word raah. In Psalm 37:37, the meaning is probably something like “pay attention.” Once again, the reader is called upon to fix their...
At first glance, Psalm 37might seem to be an entirely pragmatic approach to life. It can seem as if the psalmist is saying something like, “if you trust in God, things will turn out well for you.” And in one sense, that is precisely what God’s Word is saying in this psalm. But not quite in the way that we tend to think of “turn out well.” Psalm 37i...
Introduction. Opponents of religion sometimes try to justify rejecting all forms of it by appealing to the ethics of belief. For instance, in his book, The God Delusion, Footnote 1 Richard Dawkins attempts to justify the rejection on the grounds that faith is unsupported belief that either results directly in harm or contributes to an atmosphere in which harmful beliefs can flourish.
- Brian Zamulinski
- 2008
Believers should be blameless in their Christian lives. 1Ti 5:7 See also 2Co 6:3; Php 1:10; Php 2:14-15; 1Pe 1:15; 1Pe 2:12; 2Pe 3:14; Jas 1:27. Paul, Silas and Timothy could claim to have been blameless 1Th 2:10. Officers of the church are to be blameless 1Ti 3:2; 1Ti 6:14; Tit 1:6-7. The administration of financial help is to be blameless 2Co ...
1 day ago · Paul highlights that a leader’s reputation is foundational for their role. It ensures they are credible examples of Christian living, worthy of trust and respect. Titus 1:7 “A church leader is a manager of God’s household, so he must live a blameless life.
Mar 1, 2024 · Christianity is a religion that holds a central belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Savior of humanity, with its basis in the Bible as sacred scripture. Let’s take a look at several other core tenets that virtually all Christians would agree on. They provide a common ground that defines the Christian religion.
1 day ago · Christianity - Beliefs, Practices, History: It has been debated whether there is anything that is properly called Christian philosophy. Christianity is not a system of ideas but a religion, a way of salvation. But as a religion becomes a distinguishable strand of human history, it absorbs philosophical assumptions from its environment and generates new philosophical constructions and arguments ...
