This is so good! I am thankful to have discovered you and your amazing writing. Resources that dive into the historical and cultural context of Scripture are sometimes hard to come by, and you have a treasure trove, like stringing pearls, right here! The first concept I ever learned was about following in the dust of the Rabbi as His talmid years ago. Excited to follow along and continue learning. Thank you!
I resemble those remarks. I'm sitting here, vaguely remembering how He saved me from myself. I was an arrogant, nasty, drug-crazed hippy involved in the occult when I found myself on my blood father's birthday calling him up and saying, "I need to be filled with the spirit." I had no idea what I was asking. I was so stoned that I had no clear idea of anything. I was barely coherent, covered by an ability to baffle ’em with BS.
I was so arrogant (that when I was going through the process of renouncing the world, the flesh and the devil and accepting Jesus as my Lord and King) that I just treated it as yet another occult practice and gave Jesus six months to prove Himself. Six months later I was accepting my death with Him and thankful that my death enabled me to walk free—or something like that. Romans 6 and Galatians 2:20.
It's taken Him over 52 years to get me to the place where I am a little like Him. He's finally shown me in ways I can understand how much He loves me. The Ruach HaKodesh within has kept me on the strait and narrow path. I'm still blown away. In many ways, I'm still a mess. But what a King I serve! Alleluia!
I'm about to restack, but I'll say it here first: this is why I want to study Hebrew and Greek is because there is so much more to the words then we first understand. This whole piece gave me a new and deeper revelation of Jesus, and a deeper love for Him... and I love learning things that surprise me into a deeper appreciation and awe of our God. It grows our relationship to whole new level with Him... this hit me hard because I'm especially in a season where God is telling me to simply come to Him. It feels more clearer as to what He means. Thank you for this! 💜 As always, I love your articles! 🙂
I’ve always struggled with the “my yoke is easy” phrase because life as a believer feels anything but easy most days. This makes so much more sense. Thank you!
This is so good! I am thankful to have discovered you and your amazing writing. Resources that dive into the historical and cultural context of Scripture are sometimes hard to come by, and you have a treasure trove, like stringing pearls, right here! The first concept I ever learned was about following in the dust of the Rabbi as His talmid years ago. Excited to follow along and continue learning. Thank you!
I resemble those remarks. I'm sitting here, vaguely remembering how He saved me from myself. I was an arrogant, nasty, drug-crazed hippy involved in the occult when I found myself on my blood father's birthday calling him up and saying, "I need to be filled with the spirit." I had no idea what I was asking. I was so stoned that I had no clear idea of anything. I was barely coherent, covered by an ability to baffle ’em with BS.
I was so arrogant (that when I was going through the process of renouncing the world, the flesh and the devil and accepting Jesus as my Lord and King) that I just treated it as yet another occult practice and gave Jesus six months to prove Himself. Six months later I was accepting my death with Him and thankful that my death enabled me to walk free—or something like that. Romans 6 and Galatians 2:20.
It's taken Him over 52 years to get me to the place where I am a little like Him. He's finally shown me in ways I can understand how much He loves me. The Ruach HaKodesh within has kept me on the strait and narrow path. I'm still blown away. In many ways, I'm still a mess. But what a King I serve! Alleluia!
Amen!! Thank you so much for sharing your testimony!! We serve an awesome God!!
Some time ago I read this book: Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus Copyright © 2009, 2018 by Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg. It introduced me to many Jewish terms and practices, including talmid and talmidim. Reading your posts is helping to fill in formation gaps and adding dust on my path to more closely follow Jesus. Thank you!
I'm about to restack, but I'll say it here first: this is why I want to study Hebrew and Greek is because there is so much more to the words then we first understand. This whole piece gave me a new and deeper revelation of Jesus, and a deeper love for Him... and I love learning things that surprise me into a deeper appreciation and awe of our God. It grows our relationship to whole new level with Him... this hit me hard because I'm especially in a season where God is telling me to simply come to Him. It feels more clearer as to what He means. Thank you for this! 💜 As always, I love your articles! 🙂
I’ve always struggled with the “my yoke is easy” phrase because life as a believer feels anything but easy most days. This makes so much more sense. Thank you!
Fabulous!