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Giving Bible readers what God said not what translators think God meant
All sin leads to death, of course. However, Jesus' ransom sacrifice can save us from sin and death. (Romans 5:12; 6:23) Thus, a “sin that leads to death” would not be covered by Christ’s ransom. Here is the meaning of what John meant in a nutshell.
1 Corinthians 2:16 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
All Christians are to fulfill the law of Christ. Jesus did not do as Moses did and author a list of commands. However, he did give the disciples instructions, commands, and principles that were meant to guide them after he was gone.
Paul used the imagery of the triumphal procession illustratively, which was a reference to the Levitical sacrifices of the Old Testament when he wrote his second letter to Christians in Corinth in 55 C.E. While such (εὐωδία euōdia) “aroma” is likely repulsive to unrighteous individuals, it is a pleasant fragrance, pleasing aroma (2Co 2:15; Eph 5:2; Php 4:18), sweet-smelling to God and righteous hearted ones.
How should persons be baptized? Some scholars would argue that it is acceptable to pour or sprinkle water on the head of the person. Yet, we need to consider more than the meaning of the Greek word (βαπτίζω baptizō). We must also consider the example set by Jesus Christ and John the Baptist as well as the early Christians, and how they understood the meaning of baptizō.
Acts 18:18 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 18 After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair, for he was under a vow.
These ones that Jesus spoke of were at one time spiritually dead. However, once they had an opportunity to hear the gospel, they put faith in Jesus Christ and gave up their former sinful life.
Clearly, it would have greatly pained God, who is the embodiment of compassion and empathy, to see his son be crushed and suffer torture and execution as a blasphemer at the hands of the Roman government and the Jewish religious leaders.
Jesse. Jesse was David’s father, through whose line the messianic king was to come (Ruth 4:22; 1 Sam. 16:1, 12, 13). Branch. This is a title for the Messiah (see 4:2). The Root of Jesse will also attract non-Jews who inhabit the future kingdom. Paul saw God’s ministry to Gentiles during the church age as an additional implication of this verse.—John F. MacArthur.
When one is unrepentantly living in gross sin and is ex-communicated from the church, he becomes part of the fallen wicked world of Satan again.