Dale
March 16, 2021, 4:41am
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Edgar:
Nowhere in the Bible (or anywhere!) do we find the term, āa sure hopeā ā it doesnāt even make sense - itās an oxymoron! The very meaning of the word āhopeā conveys uncertainty , there is nothing āsureā about it.
It is indeed using the word differently than the way the world customarily does. Assured Christians can hope for death, can they not? That is certainly a sure hope.
And our hope for you is sure , because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
There is only one ultimate comfort, and that is being with the Lord. Some of the readers of that early epistle may have been martyred. What is the comfort Paul was referring to?
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain ā¦
That sounds like a sure hope to me.
That was covered above :
Dale:
Jesus is not giving an extended dissertation on soteriology. He is simply saying what the external effect looks like. And it shouldnāt be too difficult to understand the distinction between intellectual assent and approval to certain ideas, ābelievingā them, and the essence of the heartās desire.
The problem with many translations of Psalm 15:2 is changing the preposition to reflect modern English idiom. It should not be 'from": āā¦and speaks truth IN his heart.ā I like the present continuous tense of the YLT (it is not just a one time thing, but a state of being):
He who is walking uprightly, And working righteousness, And speaking truth IN his heart.
We are a particularly gullible species and extremely capable of being deceived and deceiving ourselves. Recent events in the U.S. demonstrate that nicely, belief in political lies and investment in conspiracism
Edgar:
Matt 7:21-23
Not everyone who says to me, āLord, Lord,ā will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, āLord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?ā And then will I declare to them, āI never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.ā
The same answer applies. They were self-deceived.
