tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688734045757501520.post8487263389591768291..comments2017-12-12T02:57:42.739-08:00Comments on Tim Bits: leading with a limpTim Bitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12995007121283046804noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688734045757501520.post-32390706845365012592009-12-01T17:57:55.952-08:002009-12-01T17:57:55.952-08:00well hello PT,
thanks for the comment on my blog...well hello PT, <br /><br />thanks for the comment on my blog. <br /><br />in response to your comments about the word "Yeshua." i am aware of some of the controversy sourounding the use of the word, and though i do not know what you mean by the writing that sourounds it... i am using it to bring a more personal and intimate appeal Christ may have had with those whom he did heal. consider for example, Jesus touching the man with leprosy. (Matt. 8:1-3).<br /><br />the typical jewish custom for a leper was to leave them for dead. once a person had leprosy, they were deemed unclean and jewish law forbade them to experience human touch ever again! any family the leper had prior to the disease would leave them. so when Jesus touched the leper, chances are it meant the world to him. this means the leper was no longer an out cast and could return to their former life .... including holding any loved ones they left for exile.<br /><br />i could be merely exagerating, but i find it hard to believe that a diseased individual like the leper in matthew 8 wouldn't be the most thankful for human touch let alone becoming clean and having all dignity restored. in my estimation, one faced with the same trials as the lepers would have used a more intimate term for Jesus, like ABBA or YeshuaTim Bitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995007121283046804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688734045757501520.post-90287484159910214692009-12-01T15:25:03.938-08:002009-12-01T15:25:03.938-08:00Paul surely did boast about his faith in the Lord ...Paul surely did boast about his faith in the Lord which saw him through an abundance of trials and helped him grow deeper in understanding. II Corr.11/23-27, and II Corr.12/7-11, however the thought of Paul bosting of his capture and elimination of his fellow Jews, huh! One more note, isn't Yeshua a word full of controversy and ambiguity? Yet, I suppose you are using it to draw attention to the parallel in the writing that surrounds it. Yes, it does remind me of the formation of words in the surrounding tripe.<br /><br />PTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com