Choosing Life, How Do We? Part 2

So in my last post I tried to put a seed there, in Romans I showed the wages of sin pays is death and in Revelations I showed that death will be no more, so the question is life, what kind of life are we choosing?  So as I waited for inspiration, I thought I first take a look at what is life!, this is life cited from an online dictionary (that is so cool!)-

Main Entry: ¹life
Pronunciation: \ˈlīf\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural lives \ˈlīvz\
Etymology: Middle English lif, from Old English līf; akin to Old English libban to live — more at live
Date: before 12th century

1 a : the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body b : a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings c : an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism, growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction
2 a : the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up the existence of an individual b : one or more aspects of the process of living <sex life of the frog>

 

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NWT of the JW Gen. 2:7: “Jehovah God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man came to be a living soul.”

 

KJV Strong Version from SearchGodWord.org Gen. 2:7 "And the LORD God formed (8799) man of the dust of the ground, and breathed (8799) into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

NWT of the JW Gen. 3:19 "In the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are and to dust you will return.”

 

KJV Strong Version from SearchGodWord.org Gen. 3:19 "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat (8799) bread, till thou return (8800) unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken (8795): for dust thou art, and

unto dust shalt thou return (8799)."

NWT of the JW ".And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away"

 

Search Gods Word on line from the KJV with Strongs Version "And God shall wipe away (5692) all tears from their eyes; and there shall be (5704) no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be (5704) any more pain: for the former things are passed away (5627)."

 

My intention is to teach were we came from and how our lives were created, next will be to show the life we are to live and strive for and then last the life we are choosing!  Till then keep on choosing life, and God will reward you!

Choosing Life, how do we?

This series of life is going to be more difficult than thought, but i choose life and I want you to also. There is so much tied in to life and the bible, people, religions, knowledge, talking to others and your family. I am working on a post here just trying to put one together and in the process realized I need to make a series of post on Choosing life.

One short thought is Romans 6:23, "The wages sin pays is death" from the NWT, and on line from Search Gods Word in the KJV with Strongs's Version "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." In Revelations 21:4 we learn ".And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” from the NWT of the JWs. From the Search Gods Word on line from the KJV with Strongs Version "And God shall wipe away (5692) all tears from their eyes; and there shall be (5704) no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be (5704) any more pain: for the former things are passed away (5627)." So here is a start, love and peace.

The Four Loves in Greek

Welcome to my thoughts of the bible, these are my personal thoughts and a way i look at what i have learned over the years and i thought i would take the time to share. As i have read, studied, learned, more questions would come up. So the first thing i thought i would share is truth, what is truth, people say truth is the bible from Genesis to Revelation, they say truth is the Word, well they are all right to me.

The word to ponder is love, rather the four loves in ancient greek found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love#Ancient_Greek.   In  1960 C.S. Lewis wrote the book "The Four Loves" that explore four word of love being storge, philia, eros, and last agapē.

Some bible versus:

from Searchgodsword.org in the use of phileo i found this versus in the KJV Strong's version:
1Co 16:22 - "If any man love (5719) not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be; in the NWT I found 1Co 16:22 "If anyone has no affection for the Lord, let him be accursed. O our Lord, come!"
from the New World Translations of the Holy Scriptures (NWT):
1 Co 16:22-24  - "²² If anyone has no affection for the Lord, let him be accursed. O our Lord, come! ²³ May the undeserved kindness of the Lord Jesus be with YOU.²⁴ May my love be with all of YOU in union with Christ Jesus."

for agapē i found in the KJV Strong's version of the Searchgodsword.org:
1Th 3:12 - "And the Lord make you to increase (5659) and abound (5659) in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:"
from the New World Translations of the Holy Scriptures (NWT):
1 Th 3:12 - "Moreover, may the Lord cause YOU to increase, yes, make YOU abound, in love to one another and to all, even as we also do to YOU;"
compair this versus in these two bibles in the use of agapē:
for agapē i found in the KJV Strong's version of the Searchgodsword.org:
Re 2:19 - "I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first."
from the New World Translations of the Holy Scriptures (NWT):
Rev 2:19 - " ‘I know your deeds, and your love and faith and ministry and endurance, and that your deeds of late are more than those formerly."

I googled "number of times love in bible" and on web site about 8th search I got this link http://www.chacha.com/question/how-many-times-does-the-word-love-appear-in-the-bible and it shows 551 times, this must be an important word, important knowledge and important thought to act on for godly love!!

What is Gods Truth

As i have read, studied, learned, more questions would come up. So the first thing i thought i would share is truth, what is truth, people say truth is the bible from Genesis to Revelation, they say truth is the Word, well they are all right to me.

 Word to ponder today is Truth, if you goto the Wickipedia.Org and search "truth" you will find "to agreement with fact or reality in particular".

Some bible verses:

NWT - John 18:38 ^“Pilate said to him: “What is truth?” And after saying this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them: “I find no fault in him.”
AKJV - John 18:38 “Pilate said to him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, I find in him no fault at all."

NWT – Romans 6:23 “For the wages sin pays is death,”
KJV strong– Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death;”

ASV – Hebrews 9:24 “For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us”
NWT – Hebrews 9:24 “For Christ entered, not into a holy place made with hands, which is a copy of the reality, but into heaven itself, now to appear before the person of God for us”

ASV John 8:32, 36 “and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”, “If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”
NWT John 8:32,36 “and YOU will know the truth, and the truth will set YOU free.”, “Therefore if the Son sets YOU free, YOU will be actually free”

KJV from SearchGodsWord.Org John 14:6,7 - "Jesus saith (5719) unto him, I am (5748) the way *, the truth, and the life:no man cometh (5736) unto the Father, but by me."

How Does it affect you and I?  It is quit simple, if you know Jesus Christ, if you know the Truth truly, and if the Christ set you free you are actually free for sin there for from death tomorrow.

Sin

Welcome to my thoughts of the bible, these are my personal thoughts and a way i look at what i have learned over the years and i thought i would take the time to share. As i have read, studied, learned, more questions would come up. So the first thing i thought i would share is truth, what is truth, people say truth is the bible from Genesis to Revelation, they say truth is the Word, well they are all right to me.

Word to ponder today is sin, what is sin?  We can find its meaning at Searchgodsword.org, “miss” in the sense of missing or not reaching a goal, way, mark, or right point, to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness.  In hewbrew Chata' http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/heb/view.cgi?number=02398. 

Some bible verses:

NWT-Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
KJV-Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

NWT-Judges 20:16 Out of all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed. Every one of these was a slinger of stones to a hairbreadth and would not miss.

KJV-Judges 20:16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.

ASV-Matt 7:14 For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it

NWT-Matt 7:14 Narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it

ASV-2 Tim 3:1-4 But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good, traitors, headstrong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

NWT-2 Tim3:1-4 But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up [with pride], lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God

NWT-Proverbs 13:20 He that is walking with wise persons will become wise, but he that is having dealings with the stupid ones will fare badly

ASV-Proverbs 13:20 Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

How Does it affect you and I, Sin is a concept of missing the mark, Jehovah shows us by telling us follow the narrow path, not to get too puffed up with pride and not to think to low of our self. Think of a dart board, the narrow path is staying in the middle and not the left or right, the puffed up pride is too high and low self-esteem is too low. Lets stay on target and not sin.