WDJD? What did Jesus do?

This week's Fighter Verse is Hebrews 12:2.

This verse reminds us of what Jesus did for us and how we are to live.

Here is the video we watched last night.

I want to make a quick note before watching the video.
In the timeline of the video
Piper says he believes the proper interpretation is the Greek phrase translated "for the joy..." is "in order that."
He then plays Devil's advocate with the idea of it being translated "instead of" because that is how the Greek word is mostly translated, as a replacement term.
Piper then returns to the proper interpretation "in order that."

There are at least two reasons I think it is important to understand, or at the very least be aware, of what is going on with this verse.  One is Bible study/translation related and the other is everyday living related.

I posted more about these reasons after the video.




There are at least two reasons I think it is important to understand, or at the very least be aware, of what is going on with this verse.  

One is Bible study/translation related and 
The New Living Translation interpretation of Hebrews 12:2 has the following footnote "12:2b Or Instead of the joy." 

Instead of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.

There is a translation of the Bible on Biblegateway, Jubilee Bible 2000, that is translated as

with our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who having been offered joy, endured the cross, despising the shame and was seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

In reading from and choosing translations it is important to be aware of these kinds of things.  

The second thing is these two different translations show very different ways to handle suffering.

• "Instead of joy" causes us to think it is either joy or the pain of the cross.
• "For the joy" causes to remember that through the pain and suffering there is joy with when our hope is in Christ.

Chapter 19 Holiness

Welcome to the 19th week of reading the book Holiness.

This week's chapter is "Wants of the Times"

I want to encourage you to continue reading this great book 

or to start reading it today.

For general info about the reading schedule go to 

http://drodgersjr.blogspot.com/p/t4g2018.html

Here are the questions for this seventeenth chapter.

GENERAL (Questions for each chapter)

1.  What is a quote or two from Chapter 19 that stood out to you?

2.  What was something this chapter said about God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit?

3. What was something this chapter said about man?

4.  What was something this chapter said about how a Christian is to live?  

Think general and specific applications.

SPECIFIC (Questions specific to this chapter)

5.  After reading this chapter, what is something you need to do because God has ordained you to live in this specific time?

FINAL QUESTION
6.  What is the most significant thing that you learned from this chapter?

1 John Lesson 6

Three Rights of a Christian:

1. Right Belief
2. Right Love
3. Right Behavior

Audio of 1 John (Total: 14 minutes 42 seconds
  1 John 1 - 1:21
  1 John 2 - 4:02
  1 John 3 - 3:17
  1 John 4 - 3:02
  1 John 5 - 2:53

 Twenty-two things we can know from 1 John 1 through 5:

1. We can know that we know God (2:3, 13,14, 4:7)
2. We can know that we are in God (2:5)
3. We can know that it is the last hour (2:18)
4. We can know that the truth (2:21; 3:19)
5. We can know that Jesus is righteous (2:29)
6. We can know that we will be like Jesus (3:2)
7. We can know that Jesus came to take away sins (3:5)
8. We can know that Jesus is sinless (3:5)
9. We can know that we have out of death into life (3:14)
10. We can know that no murderer has eternal life (3:15)
11. We can know love (3:16; 4:16)
12. We can know that God abides in us (3:24; 4:13)
13. We can know the Spirit of God (4:2)
14. We can know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception (4:6)
15. We can know that we love God's children (5:2)
16. We can know that we have eternal life (5:13)
17. We can know that God answers prayer (5:15)
18. We can know that we will not practice sin (5:18)
19. We can know that we belong to God (5:19)
20. We can know that the Son has come (5:20)
21. We can know that the Son of God has given us understanding (5:20)
22. We can know Him who is true (5:20)

My study notes for 1 John 5.