Things related to faith

Link Notes Exodus 34:6 Compassioante and gracious, slow to anger, overflowing with loyal love and faithfulness Faithfulness - Emet (can be translated ‘Truth’) Related to “Amen” which is untranslated Hebrew expression meaning “that’s truth” Stability # Moses has to hold his hands up when Israel faces the Amalekites. Joshua (and another) bring Moses a rock to sit on and hold is hands up so they could be Emet. People # Describs trustiworthiness Exodus 18:21 - Moses apoints leaders are to be “Emet” God and promises # God is a rock - he is faithful, just, and upright Hebrew word for trust is He’Emin which is the verb form of Emet Abraham considers God Emet, he He’Emin’s God and God blesses this by creating Isreal. Israel, In Exodus 14:31, He’Emin’s God (until they see the gians in Canaan that is) 1 Kings 1:6 says David walked in Emet with God 2 Samuel 7:16, God blesses David and says his kingdom will have Emet Romans 15:8-9 says Jesus came on behalf of God’s faithfulness. Questions 1 The He…

Link to study Creation Brougt to completion on the seventh day in Genesis 1. It is the only day that does not end with ’there evening and there was morning, the Nth day' Humans were meant to rest with God in his creation forever, but in their rebllion they are sentenced to work as slaves to the land. The rest of the hsitory of God’s people consists of them looking for God’s rest, but consistently falling back into slavery/(fallen) work. Sabbath # Celebated every week on the 7th day. The idea is to live in the eternal rest that God offered in creation. Jubilee # Every 7 * 7 years is the Ultimate Sabbath - the land is reset (or was supposed to be), everything was returned to the original owner, debt does not persist - everything resets so everyone can rest. Jesus Jesus calls himself the Lord of the Sabbath. He claimed to bring the ultimate rest of God. Jesus was crucified at a specific time - on Good Friday, and he rose again on the following Sunday… which is the first day of the next we…

link Chara / Joy There are several words for similar feelings - example like has several synonyms. Sources # Genesis tells us creation and life bring joy Psalm 104 - A good bottle of wine is God’s gift to bring joy to people’s hearts P#lm 65 - Beautiful things bring joy Jeremiah 33:11 - Weddings Corruption # Bible shows us that humanity and brokenness mark our world by death and loss Joy in spite of corruption # God’s people have reasons in God’s faithfulness to be joyful. Joy in the LORD is not determinmed by current struggles, but by future hope and deliverance Jesus # His birth gives good news and brings great joy Matthew 5 - Jesus says to rejoice and be glad when we are persecuted for his Name Apostles # Paul says he chooses joy when he is in jail Note Joy is a choice 2 Corinthians 6:10 -> Paul is filled with sorrow and yet rejoicing Success Christian joy is rooted in future hope and expectation of a Messiah, of Jesus, to come again. It is a profound choice, not the result of curre…

link to study Video Priests # God creates Eden in which he places humans to be his royal image - priests. God sets humans up to receive his blessing but humans choose their own way. The promise is for a priest and a sacrifice to come in Jesus. God chooses Abraham and Sarah as the first royal priesthood as they are chosen by God to bless all the nations. Melchizedek # A priestly king of Salem. Melchizedek recognizes Yahweh as the God of gods - Abraham tithes to him and that’s about the end of the story Salem is ancient short name for Jerusalem. Abraham’s tithe to Melchizedek is just like the Israelite call to tithe to the Levites (priests) to support them. Royal Family # Abraham and Sarah are promised their own children but they take amtters into their own hands by scheming with Hagar. Eventually Sarah is given her own son, Issac, who God then calls for his life as a test of Abraham - it represents God challenging Abraham to trust him with his own promise, and to not go his own way with…

Video Eden # Biblical story begins in a garden, which is presented as a type of Temple. The top (center) is the Tree of Life, which represents God’s life and creative power. Humans were supposed to eat from the Tree of Life but there’s another tree, the Tree of Knowledge of “good” and “bad” which represents assuming the authority to define good and bad for one’s own life rather than trusting God’s defintion. Human eat of that tree and are thus exiled from the garden. Burning Bush # Moses meets God at a burning tree, a plant on a mountain radiating with God’s power just like the Tree of Life. Yahweh charges Moses to bring the same choice to the Israelites that Adam and Eve had, which is to trust God or define morality for themselves. Jesus # Jesus announced that God’s eternal life is available through him now - originally in Eden given through the Tree of Life. Jesus invites other people to “eat of him” to be transformed by God’s own life. The invitation is the same to trust Yahweh or n…

study link Peace Note generally means absnese of war In Hebrew the word is (Greek: Eirene). Basic biblical meeting of Shalom is “complete” or “whole”. ie. a stone with no cracks, or stone wall with nogaps or missing grips References a complex situation with nothing missing Shalom can refer to a person’s well-being… Life is complex and when anything is out of alignment our Shalom breaks down and needs to be restored To bring shalom is to make complete or restore In Proverbs, to reconcile a broken relationship is to make shalom Isaiah # Isaiah 9:6-7 6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. 7 There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will…

Chapters Below are just quick notes or quotes from each chapter as a reminder of what to go back to chat about. This isn’t intended to be in-depth by any stretch. Chapter 1 # “Your man has been accustomed, ever since he was a boy, to have a dozen incompatible philosophies dancing about together inside his head. He doesn’t think of doctrines as primarily ’true’ or ‘false’, but as ‘academic’ or ‘practical’, ‘outworn’ or ‘contemporary’, ‘conventional’ or ‘ruthless’” Chapter 2 # Chapter 3 # pg 11. Keeping the patient’s mind focused on the ‘inner life’ so his actions do not ever reflect his conversion pg 12. Creating an imaginary person for whom to pray… “In time, you may get the cleavage so wide that no thought or feeling from his prayers for the imagined mother will ever flow over into his treatment of the real one” pg 13-14. “Let him assume that she knows how annoying it is and does it to annoy - if you know your job he will not notice the immense improbability of the assumption” -> This…