(12) Human and Religious Blindness, and Heavenly Sight Reading: John 8:12-9:41 It is a pity that these chapters are divided, because in chapter nine Jesus is showing the truth of what He has been saying in chapter eight in a very practical way. It is perfectly clear that this incident is set in the ... Read More
Reading: Exodus 35 This and the following chapters give us a comprehensive representation of Christ as tabernacling among His people; they are a typical setting forth of the body of Christ, the Church; and they are a most valuable disclosure of the spiritual principles of the life and service of the... Read More
"We believe that through the atonement of Christ all mankind may be saved by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel." 3rd Article of Faith by Joseph Smith TEMPLES Some of the "ordinances" required for LDS individual or personal salvation can only be performed in temples. Mormons believe ... Read More
There is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More
Understanding (1271) (dianoia from dianoéomai = to agitate in mind in turn from dia = separation + noeo = to think over, nous = mind, intellect, thought, reason) means thinking through something, meditating, reflecting. It refers to the intellect, moral understanding or the way of thinking. It is th... Read More
Do, done, did, doing; Make, made, makes, making; Perform, Practice (4160) (poieo) occurs 568 times, primarily in the Gospels and in a wide variety of contexts, which makes it difficult to do a simple word study. BDAG says poieo is "a multivalent term (possessing many meanings), often without pointed... Read More
Look at Israel in Exodus 35 - 39, bringing their gifts to the Sanctuary, and making the materials for it. Did they know what was to come forth out of it all? No. All that Moses told them was, what they were to bring, and then what they were to make, and that the result would be a Sanctuary. But how ... Read More
Sprinkled (4472) (rhantizo from rhaino - to sprinkle; cp cognate = rhantismos) by implication meant to cleanse by sprinkling, purify, free from pollution. It was used in secular Greek to describe common sprinkling in a non-religious sense but there were uses in which sprinkling conveyed the idea of ... Read More
Understanding (1271) (dianoia from dianoéomai = to agitate in mind in turn from dia = separation + noeo = to think over, nous = mind, intellect, thought, reason) means thinking through something, meditating, reflecting. It refers to the intellect, moral understanding or the way of thinking. It is th... Read More
"I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me." Exodus 20:2-3 The Outline Exodus (Chapters 1-18) – Salvation Law (19-24) – Obedience Tabernacle (25-40) – Worship The Message of Exodus God is almighty. God is sove... Read More
Human and Religious Blindness, and Heavenly Sight
The Lord’s Assembly
TEMPLES AND TEMPLE ORDINANCES
76 - Chronological Bible Reading of Scriptures
Mind (1271) dianoia
Perform, Practice (4160) (poieo)
Exodus 35 - 39
Sprinkled (4472) rhantizo
Understanding (1271) dianoia
BIBLE SURVEY - EXODUS