All in Theology
Pass the Salt: Loving Your Neighbor & Table Manners
We tend to think that what we believe holds more of a sway on us than what we actually practice throughout our days and our weeks.
My Take: 1 Peter 1 (Part 1)
For the past year I was studiously investigating the book of 1 Peter. The Lord had different plans and I was unable to teach it. But I've been asked a ton of questions about what I would have taught. I am going to address this in a series of My Takes. This isn't meant to be a commentary so I won't provide as many of the arguments that exists in my notes.
Circumcision & Offspring
21 “And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children's offspring,” says the Lord, “from this time forth and forevermore.” - Isaiah 59:21 (ESV)
The inclusion of this story prompts many questions. Why is the Lord kind to this Egyptian woman and child? The future relationship between Abraham’s seed and Egypt must impact the importance of the story.
Jesus on Circumcision
Circumcision is equated with the healing of a man's body. This is a blessing and a gift. It is deliverance as is fitting for the Sabbath. It i the fulfillment of the year of Jubilee (Luke 4:18).
Sarai’s jealousy of Hagar, a gentile, and is a fascinating foreshadow of the Jewish response to the teaching ministry of Paul (Acts 13:45-50; 28:24-28; etc.).