Started this blog one year ago. Wow. 08/13/09.
This builds on Spiritual substance deposit
The word “patience” in Rom. 5:4 means “thoughts without anxiety” in the Aramaic New Testament.
Paul seems to say it again in Philippians:
Phil. 4:6-7, “6 BE anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Young’s Literal Translation,”For nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;”
I cannot BE if I am anxious and set my affection on natural things rather than spiritual, Col. 3:1-3.
His peace umpires the motive of my heart. He IS peace, Eph. 2:14. My motive is renewed and sanctified by the power of the Holy Spirit, grace and revelation according to hearing the word of truth in the scripture.
As peace umpires my heart I am not anxious or compelled by self-imposed law or fear, but grace and His willingness to do good works because I want to not because of a religious curriculum or mandate.
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