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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.Eph 2:9 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for collecting daily manna), make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Monday, January 29, 2018
Today's Passage : Today's Passage: Subjecta:Faith, Hope, and Charity [3] Bible Verse:1 Corinthians 13:8-12 (ESV) "Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. " Message:
The staggering power of Paul’s words — and the masterful translation made in the King James Bible (which is echoed here in the ESV with minimal modernization) — defeats attempts at commentary.
The King James translation of the passage was so inspired that I even hate to give another version; most attempts to modernize the passage substantially destroy it.
One phrase that unfortunately must be rewritten for modern readers is verse 12: “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face.” The primary understanding of “a glass” in 1611 would have been a mirror. While there were good mirrors available by this time (from Venice), they were expensive and still did not reflect light as well as they do today. So the experience of a viewer, especially indoors where mirrors were kept, would have been a darkening of the reflection.
In Paul’s day, however, mirrors would have been more primitive, consisting of polished metal, and would have given a noticeably dark and obscured image.
But seeing through a piece of dark or irregular glass, which most untutored modern readers would get from King James, loses some of the meaning. It captures the idea that we see, not God, but a dark and distorted approximation. But it loses the idea that God sees us more clearly than we can see ourselves.
Meditation : Prayer : May it please you, my good Lord, that there may come a day when I can repay a little of my great debt to you. O Jesus, strengthen my soul, you who are good above all good; and since you have inclined my soul in this way, show me how I may act for you, whatever it may cost, O Lord. Here is my life, my honor and my will; I have given them all to you and they are yours: use me to do whatever you want.....Amen. |
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