Bible Verses
Selected Scriptural Passages
The following interpretations of passages from the Holy Bible are based on the scriptures as recorded in the New International Version (NIV).
Jeremiah 15:16
Jeremiah 15 finds the prophet pleading with the Lord on behalf of the children of Israel. God intends to bring carnage and punishment upon the Jews for failing to adopt the Hebrew law and to reform their lives. Jeremiah argues that this is not a fair punishment because he himself has so faithfully taken up God's Word. In this passage, Jeremiah contends that he has consumed the Word of God and carried out His will without wavering. This is intended to make a case against the destruction of the people of Israel, a case which is ultimately successful. As it applies to my experience, I take this to mean that I should speak out on behalf of just causes and lead by example as Jeremiah chose to.
Psalm 37: 3-5
Psalm 37, and in particular the three sections contained here, describes the promise of Christian faith. The passage essentially tells me that by walking in the way of God and by accepting his Word, I will be rewarded in this life. The most distinguishing feature of this passage is that it connects the promise of faith to a reward on Earth as opposed to on Heaven. Psalm 37 refers...
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Bible esoteric and dated. Fee and Stuart in How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, however, show the applicability of the Bible and provide readers with the tools of applying the Bible to their contemporary lives. For them there is no "then and there" to the text, rather than "then and there" of the text can equitably be applied to the "here and now" of contemporaneous living.
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