Filthy Rags

Enterprise Record Post Scripts ^ | 1/4/10 | OneVike

[OneVike]

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A message about the works of the righteous compared to the unrighteous.

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A message about the works of the righteous compared to the unrighteous.

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[fabian]

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[bopdowah]

Thank you - that is a great post. May the Lord bless you and your family in the year ahead.

[theBuckwheat]

In choosing the term “filthy rags”, the translators of this passage have smoothed over and toned down the meaning of the text. The real meaning is something that is supposed to be more repulsive to God and man- like a used “sanitary napkin”, which in the context of Torah is unclean by every measure, physical and spiritual.

[OneVike]

Very true, but could you have imagined the reaction of the Mod’s if I had used the title, “Used Menstrual Rags”?

[Joe Boucher]

OneVike you are in time out,
Go stand in the corner young vike.

Good post,
today too much idol worship obviously and GOD is angry.

[OneVike]

Go stand in the corner young vike.

Interesting that you would call me young. Curious, how old do you think I am?

[Joe Boucher]

67?

[theBuckwheat]

Point well taken. You quoted from accurately from the commonly used translations. My complaint is with the translator’s lack of courage to sometimes state things as powerfully as God originally did.

[theBuckwheat]

Point well taken. You quoted from accurately from the commonly used translations. My complaint is with the translator’s lack of courage to state things as powerfully as God originally did.

[OneVike]

My complaint is with the translator’s lack of courage to sometimes state things as powerfully as God originally did.

Again, I would have to agree with you. We live in such a pc world that I am often times castigated for using terminology that the Prophets of old would used frequently. They used such harsh language to drive the point home of how God saw their iniquities. However, so many today get upset when you use the original word for a donkey let alone the true description of the way God saw their unrighteous, self righteous works.

Get angry at sin, and you are accused of not loving your neighbor. Call sin, sin and you are called judgmental. compare false teachings to the works of Satan, and you are called legalistic. And this all by so called religious Christians who would rather not be judged.

I can write an apologetically laden message about any of a dozen topics and thousands will read my article. I write a devotional message that uplifts the soul and teaches God's precepts and maybe a few hundred will spend the time it takes to read it. We live in times similar to what Isaiah and Jeremiah likened to the days of Sodom and Gomorrah. The question is, can we stand in the face of evil and apathy that as they did and continue to tell the truth? Regardless of the damage our character will take in the eyes of the world, like Jeremiah, Isaiah and other Prophets of old did, we too must stand tall.

I care for the sadness I notice see in my wife's eyes, when she sees the attacks I take from secular Christians. Attacks that come when I speak the truth's of God's Words. However, God does want His message heard, so I must balance the pc worlds expectations with God's. It and it is a fine line, and while it is a line I will always balance in the favor of God, it is a line never the less.

[OneVike]

67?

LOL..... Often times this winter I have felt as old, but alas I am but a yearling at 53.

[houeto]

I can write an apologetically laden message about any of a dozen topics and thousands will read my article. I write a devotional message that uplifts the soul and teaches God's precepts and maybe a few hundred will spend the time it takes to read it.

Please allow me to seriously inquire of these scriptures:

John.8

[1] Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.

[2] And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

[3] And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,

[4] They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.

[5] Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

[6] This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

[7] So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

[8] And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

[9] And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

[10] When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

[11] She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

He instructed her to do what is not possible on the face of it. Could it be that there is another teaching in the words of these scriptures? I have my own thoughts and am curious as to the thoughts of others that surely walk closer to the Lord than I.

[houeto]

Looking for input...

[Quix]

A lifelong sticky wicket, seems to me, in my experience.

Will prayerfully ponder and return . . . after some other efforts.

[Quix]

A filthy monthly rag, literally, in the original language.

[The Comedian]

[11] She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

He instructed her to do what is not possible on the face of it.

The context was the specific sin the woman was engagining in willfully and repeatedly. "You know what I just caught you in the midst of? Knock it off."

BTW, in the original Aramaic, she uses a very specific title when addressing Yeshua. The term is "MarYah". In Greek, a similar term (Kurios Ibsous) can be interpreted as Lord or King, but in Aramaic, there is no equivocation. She basically said "Lord God Almighty Jesus".

This is a statement that could only be made at the time through the direct intervention of the Holy Spirit in the woman's life. A perfect time for Yeshua to give her this instruction.

Thus endeth today's lesson. :-)

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Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
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[rom]

Thanks for the Ping! I don’t often get a chance to say “Thank You” to your pings as I’ve started a new job, moved to Texas, and am teaching on Galatians once a week. This week’s ping caught my eye since... well, I’m teaching Galatians :)

Thanks again for your articles, and keep on being un-PC. Without the full force of the Gospel — Jesus just becomes another self-help expert with some snappy stories.

[Quix]

I think you are quite right.

I guess the challenge for me is . . . we all have had habits, addictive behaviors, besetting sins, strongholds . . .

we are all weak to powerless to fix ourselves . . .

ONLY GOD, CHRIST’S BLOOD, FIRE OF HOLY SPIRIT CLEANSES AND DELIVERS, imho.

How do we facilitate that deliverance, cleansing, . . . how do we cooperate most that we GO AND SIN NO MORE?

I don’t have a fool proof answer. If you have one, I’d love to avail myself of it.

The best that works for me is to TAKE EACH THOUGHT CAPTIVE TO THE PERSON AND WILL OF JESUS ASAP—AT THE FIRST HINT of a wrong thought.

LUB