I noticed kindness. I grew up under the influence of modern day pharisees in a fundamentalist environment. The homeschooling program my family was enrolled in used the Sermon on the Mount to teach submission to ultra-conservatism - words that should teach freedom were twisted into shackles. As an adult, I retained my faith while walking away from that fundamentalism and conservatism, but the Gospels are still sometimes hard to read without the old filter.
Reading the Gospels at high speed helped to bypass the tortuous parsing of every phrase that was ingrained from my youth and see the wider arch of mercy and grace. As Jesus said, "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour." (Luke 4:18-19).
I wonder if ἀνθρακία is also meant to call to mind the "live coal" (ανθρακα) in Isaiah 6:6: και απεσταλη προς με εν των σεραφιν και εν τη χειρι ειχεν ανθρακα ον τη λαβιδι ελαβεν απο του θυσιαστηριου. - Dylan
Thanx Joel.
Jesus, help me find my place....😌❤️🩹🎶
Lord, have mercy and
....READ YOUR BIBLE! 📖
I noticed kindness. I grew up under the influence of modern day pharisees in a fundamentalist environment. The homeschooling program my family was enrolled in used the Sermon on the Mount to teach submission to ultra-conservatism - words that should teach freedom were twisted into shackles. As an adult, I retained my faith while walking away from that fundamentalism and conservatism, but the Gospels are still sometimes hard to read without the old filter.
Reading the Gospels at high speed helped to bypass the tortuous parsing of every phrase that was ingrained from my youth and see the wider arch of mercy and grace. As Jesus said, "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour." (Luke 4:18-19).
I wonder if ἀνθρακία is also meant to call to mind the "live coal" (ανθρακα) in Isaiah 6:6: και απεσταλη προς με εν των σεραφιν και εν τη χειρι ειχεν ανθρακα ον τη λαβιδι ελαβεν απο του θυσιαστηριου. - Dylan
"I'm waiting for my man", Lou Reed once sang. Did he mean Jesus?