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September 7, 2015
Title: Words Change Meanings As Life Move On
Topic: Life Group Greek Lesson 1 - Vocabulary
Discussed by Mark Lanier
with Biblical Literacy (www.Biblical-Literacy.com)
Day 5
POINTS FOR HOME From this Weeks Lesson:
“You therefore must be perfect [teleios – τέλειος], as your heavenly Father
is perfect [teleios – τέλειος]” (Mt. 5:48)..
Maturity counts. It is made possible by a God who loves us and seeks to bring us
out of spiritual infancy into spiritual adulthood. He does not do that alone. He
does that in conjunction with our choices. We are to seek that maturing, knowing
it prepares us for the most useful life on this earth as well as eternity. Let
us resolve by his power and in his love to seek to live holy as he is holy,
doing what is right moment by moment. Then as we fail and fall short, in
repentance, we get back on our feet seeking his power to do better!
"And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole [teleios - τέλειος] heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever"
(1 Chronicles 28:9).
We are to bring a service to God with our teleios heart. A mature, complete, full, dedicated heart that seeks him first and foremost. This is where service and obedience are not just second nature, but a top priority and focus!
“And let steadfastness have its full [teleios – τέλειος] effect, that you may be perfect [teleios – τέλειος] and complete, lacking in nothing"
(James 1:4).
Ultimately all that we do is reliant upon the Lord. He grows us as he nourishes us and sustains us. We give him what we can, but he does all that is necessary to bring us into alignment with his good and perfect (teleios – τέλειος) will! Thank you, Lord!
Mark is leading his 800+ member class into a deeper understanding of God’s Word.
Join him next Sunday at Champion Forest Baptist Church in NW Houston.
For more information about Mark’s Class, click
[here].
For this lesson's handouts, PowerPoint slides, unedited audio, or video
click [here].
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September 4, 2015
Title: Words Change Meanings As Life Move On
Topic: Life Group Greek Lesson 1 - Vocabulary
Discussed by Mark Lanier
with Biblical Literacy (www.Biblical-Literacy.com)
Day 5
POINTS FOR HOME From this Weeks Lesson:
“You therefore must be perfect [teleios – τέλειος], as your heavenly Father
is perfect [teleios – τέλειος]” (Mt. 5:48)..
Maturity counts. It is made possible by a God who loves us and seeks to bring us
out of spiritual infancy into spiritual adulthood. He does not do that alone. He
does that in conjunction with our choices. We are to seek that maturing, knowing
it prepares us for the most useful life on this earth as well as eternity. Let
us resolve by his power and in his love to seek to live holy as he is holy,
doing what is right moment by moment. Then as we fail and fall short, in
repentance, we get back on our feet seeking his power to do better!
"And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole [teleios - τέλειος] heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever"
(1 Chronicles 28:9).
We are to bring a service to God with our teleios heart. A mature, complete, full, dedicated heart that seeks him first and foremost. This is where service and obedience are not just second nature, but a top priority and focus!
“And let steadfastness have its full [teleios – τέλειος] effect, that you may be perfect [teleios – τέλειος] and complete, lacking in nothing"
(James 1:4).
Ultimately all that we do is reliant upon the Lord. He grows us as he nourishes us and sustains us. We give him what we can, but he does all that is necessary to bring us into alignment with his good and perfect (teleios – τέλειος) will! Thank you, Lord!
Mark is leading his 800+ member class into a deeper understanding of God’s Word.
Join him next Sunday at Champion Forest Baptist Church in NW Houston.
For more information about Mark’s Class, click
[here].
For this lesson's handouts, PowerPoint slides, unedited audio, or video
click [here].
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September 3, 2015
Title: Words Change Meanings As Life Move On
Topic: Life Group Greek Lesson 1 - Vocabulary
Discussed by Mark Lanier
with Biblical Literacy (www.Biblical-Literacy.com)
Day 4
VOCABULARY AND TRANSLATION DIFFICULTY:
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst” (Jn 19:28).
We can use other ancient writings to help us see that Jesus was not simply crying out that his life was over. He uttered a final cry of fulfillment of purpose, command, and prophetic promise. The work that Jesus was sent to do was done!
Scholars are generally quite at home in deciphering the uses of the Greek words in the Bible, but that doesn’t mean their job of translating into English is easy! Even armed with these resources, there remains the very difficult and sometimes seemingly impossible job referenced earlier of marrying up each Greek word to the closest English equivalent. A number of Greek words really don’t carry a simple English translation.
Over a number of lessons, we will explore these various problem areas, beginning in this lesson with the limits of a one-for-one translation.
But what does ‘it is finished’ mean? Listen in:
Mark is leading his 800+ member class into a deeper understanding of God’s Word.
Join him next Sunday at Champion Forest Baptist Church in NW Houston.
For more information about Mark’s Class, click
[here].
For this lesson's handouts, PowerPoint slides, unedited audio, or video
click [here].
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September 2, 2015
Title: Words Change Meanings As Life Move On
Topic: Life Group Greek Lesson 1 - Vocabulary
Discussed by Mark Lanier
with Biblical Literacy (www.Biblical-Literacy.com)
Day 3
VOCABULARY AND TRANSLATION DIFFICULTY:
John has not put tetelestai – τετέλεσται only in the mouth of Jesus; he also used the word two verses earlier where he preceded the cry of Jesus with this:
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst” (Jn 19:28).
Here we see John writing that Jesus knew it was “finished” (tetelestai – τετέλεσται) before crying such on the cross. Furthermore, in the Greek we see a pun with the related word translated “to fulfill” Scripture – teleioo (τελειόω). We can use other ancient writings to help us see that Jesus was not simply crying out that his life was over. He uttered a final cry of fulfillment of purpose, command, and prophetic promise. The work that Jesus was sent to do was done!
But what does ‘it is finished’ mean? Listen in:
Mark is leading his 800+ member class into a deeper understanding of God’s Word.
Join him next Sunday at Champion Forest Baptist Church in NW Houston.
For more information about Mark’s Class, click
[here].
For this lesson's handouts, PowerPoint slides, unedited audio, or video
click [here].
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September 1, 2015
Title: Words Change Meanings As Life Move On
Topic: Life Group Greek Lesson 1 - Vocabulary
Discussed by Mark Lanier
with Biblical Literacy (www.Biblical-Literacy.com)
Day 2
VOCABULARY AND TRANSLATION DIFFICULTY:
Words change their meaning as life goes on. Example: What does cc mean? When
sending an email, have your recently sent someone a copy. It says, right there
on your screen: cc….ask you teenager what cc means?
Ask them what carbon paper is, or what a typewriter is. Are you getting funny
looks!
In Greek, depending on the dictionary you use, for which time-period/people’s
group, even Greek words mean different things.
Today, Mark continues looking at what ‘finished’ means. Jesus, while on the
cross stated: “It is finished.” What did He mean?
Mark is leading his 800+ member class into a deeper understanding of God’s Word.
Join him next Sunday at Champion Forest Baptist Church in NW Houston.
For more information about Mark’s Class, click
[here].
For this lesson's handouts, PowerPoint slides, unedited audio, or video click
[here].
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