Revealing Abba in Psalm 8
Revealing Abba in Psalm 8
Revealing Abba in Psalm 8
Abba Your name and Your majesty fill the earth. You have revealed the excellency of Your name in Me; wrapped in Your light and Your glory from heaven.
From the mouths of the young and innocent calling upon Your name in perfect praise have You established Your grace and strength which makes foolish the corrupt logic that brings death, silencing it;
When I behold You Abba and all the beautiful works of Your hand; in establishing the heavens and the earth;
In awe, I ask, who is man that You; Abba; have never forgotten Your promise of eternal life to them, or Me, the Son of man that You have made Your home in Me promising Me Your life and immortality; appointing Me the heir of all things?
You made Me in a body that is a little lower than the angels for a short season and with everlasting kindness have You clothed Me with Your life, Your beauty and Your good opinion; in an immortal human body;
Abba, You have given Me power over all flesh and dominion to subdue the earth and all the works of Your hands; to put death and all things under My feet;
All sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas;
O Lord, My Abba; You declare the glory and majesty of Your name in Me at Your right hand; exalting Your name in all the earth!
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The Woman Caught in Adultery, The Faith Translation, John 8:1-11
The story known as the woman caught in the act of adultery from the gospel of John chapter 8 verses 1-11.
Here it is to read yourself
1 Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 And early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him, and He sat down and taught them (the things concerning Himself from the law and the prophets).
3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery; and when they had set her in the middle (of them),
4 They said to Him, Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.
5 Now Moses in the law gave orders that such (a man or woman) should be put to death: but what do you say?
6 They said this, tempting Him, (if He would break the law of Moses or at least their carnal understanding of it, for they knew Jesus’ own teaching was that He did not come to condemn anyone to death), so that they might have grounds to accuse Him. But Jesus (without answering them) stooped down and began to write with His finger on the stone pavement (signifying how the very law they asked Him about was written on stone with His finger, the finger of God).
7 So when they continued asking Him, He lifted up Himself, and said to them, the one of you standing here that has (by your own hand) kept the entire law, without ever stumbling in one point, let him cast the first stone at her.
8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the stone pavement (signifying how God wrote the law on stone a second time after the people had committed the true adultery which the law spoke of, when they made themselves another god, the golden calf).
9 And when those who accused her heard this, being judged guilty by their own hearts (which guilt all who try to attain to life by their own hand will experience in their own heart), left one by one, beginning with the oldest, even to the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the middle.
10 When Jesus had lifted up Himself, He saw (that the word He had spoken removed all accusation, just as it did when He was raised up in the resurrection, removing the death that all their days had accused man that they were not the children of God) and there were no more accusers but only the woman, He said to her, Woman, where are your accusers? has any man condemned you to death?
11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, neither do I condemn you to death, (which death formerly accused you of being an orphan in the earth who must bring forth your own life and the fruit thereof): go, knowing that the accusation that death brought never came from God, your Father, who only desires to shepherd you with His life, where you rest from all your labors (to establish your own life).
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Excerpt of The Faith Translation new paperback
Excerpt from The Faith Translation new paperback, The 2nd epistle Peter chapter 1 verses 1 through 10.
I should have read through verse 11 but here they are for you to read them yourself.
1 Simon Peter, a bondservant (who willingly belongs to) and is an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those that (share with us in His life) having obtained an equally precious faith through (the revelation of) the justice of God (to give us His blessing and life as a gift) and (who has served us with that life through) our Savior Jesus Christ:
2 (His) grace and peace are multiplied to you through the knowledge of God revealed in Jesus Christ our Lord (to whom belongs all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge),
3 (Who has) accordingly through His own divine power and ability given to us all things that pertain to (us experiencing the substance of His) life and Godlikeness, (which comes) through the knowledge of Him (revealed in the faith of Jesus Christ) in which He has called us (through the spirit of faith) to (the same) glory and virtue:
4 And through (this faith) is given to us (the sure hope of these) magnificent and precious promises (surpassing all that we could ask or think): so that by these you might share in the life and nature of God and having (your flesh put to rest by His life) you will escape the corruption that is contained in the world through (the) lust (to bring forth life by your flesh).
5 And for this reason, give all diligence (to hearken) to this faith (which lavishly supplies) you with (His goodness and) virtue, and (along with) virtue knowledge;
6 And (along with) knowledge self-control; and (along with) self-control patience; and (along with) patience Godlikeness.
7 And (along with) Godlikeness brotherly kindness and (along with) brotherly kindness love.
8 Because if these things (which are contained in the faith of Jesus Christ) be (born) in you (by hearkening to this faith), and (abide and) abound (in your heart), they (will) make you so that you will not be barren or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But the one who lacks these things is blind (not hearkening diligently to the faith revealed in Jesus Christ), and (therefore) cannot see very far off, and has (quickly) forgotten that he was purged from (the bondage of) death wherein he formerly labored in vain for life.
10 Therefore brethren, give all diligence (to listen closely and keep hearing) the faith (of Jesus Christ) to make your calling unto the life that He has chosen you for (from the beginning) a certainty (in your heart): because if you do this (one thing) you will (in no way) ever fall:
11 Because in this (faith) has (He has given to you) the way that keeps you and has served you abundantly with His life, unto the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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The Faith Translation update Jan 14, 2021
Announcing new paperback, The 1st and 2nd epistle of Peter and the general epistle of Jude the faith translation.
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