Issue 40 > 26 Aug 2002
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The Names of God - YHVH Shalom

I am sure most, if not all, of us had gone through an experience of facing a situation in life and feeling worried or scared because we do not know what would be the outcome of the situation. Or gone through a situation where the outcome seemed so hopeless that deep down inside we hoped that the end result would not be too damaging but that it would be to our advantage when the answers finally come.

The Israelites were, by 1400 BC, already settled into the Promised Land, the land that the LORD had told them would be flowing with milk and honey. They had managed to subdue and to drive out some of the inhabitants from the land but over time they were tempted and they succumbed to the religious practices of these inhabitants....

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2."For the law of the
Spirit of life in Christ
Jesus has set you free
from the law of sin and of
death.
"
Romans 10:2 NKJV

14 " Wait on the Lord:
bo of good courage, and
He shall strengthen
thine heart: wait, I say,
on the Lord."
Psalms 27:14 KJV

Hard Sayings of the Bible ( IVP Press)

1 Corinthians 3:17: Destroying God's Temple?

The difficulty of 1 Corinthians 3:17 has to do both with the meaning of the important terms used and with the implications of it for our living as Christians. Who, or what, is God's temple? By what actions or lifestyle or words can this "temple of God" be destroyed? Are the words or deeds which destroy this temple of God like the "unforgivable sin" of Matthew 12:31-32, since they bring down the judgment of God ("God will destroy him")?

The most common understanding of the text is that Paul is here talking about our individual bodies as temples or dwellings of God's Spirit. If we destroy these "temples"--through the way we live (for example, through sexual impurity) or by what we put into them (for example, alcohol, drugs, tobacco, excess food) or by what we do to them (for example, suicide)--we become the objects of God's final, destructive judgment. For, since our bodies are both created by God and the objects of God's redemptive work, they are sacred and should not be destroyed by us in these ways....

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A Little More on the Land of Israel (coming soon!)


 
All references taken from RBC, Pat Robertson, Ron Rhodes, Kenneth/Gloria Copeland, Charles Slagle, Smith Wigglesworth, Selwyn Hughes, Charles Spurgeon, Manners and Customs of Bible Times, The Complete Bible Handbook, The Spirit Filled Bible(NKJV), The NIV Bible, God's Promises for your every Need, Idiot's Guide to Bible Mysteries, Hard Sayings of The Bible, Articles courtesy of Mr Andrew L W Lee.