July 26th, 2007
Prescription #2 for… Diagnosis: SPIT-WATER – Edition #4
I wonder, what time of the day was Adam born? I guess it was a little before eve. Now, I normally don’t fill these things out anymore, but I just thought… why not. I edited it, of course, so there is no requirement to forward this to your great Grandmother or anything like that.
Two Names You Go By:
- Daddy
- Johnny
Two Things I am wearing right now:
- Pants
- Underwear
Two things You Want/Have in a Relationship:
- Admiration
- Recreational Companionship
Two of Your Favorite Things to do:
- Go to Ranger Games
- Running (soon to be replaced by FISHING!)
Two Things You Want Very Badly At The Moment:
- Pain Relief
- Sleep
Two pets you had/have:
- Hampster
- Cat: Shadow
Two things you did last night:
- Sleep
- More Sleep
Two people that live in your house:
- Jenny
- Mack
Two people you talked to last:
- Jenny
- Mack
Two things you are doing tomorrow:
- Exercise
- Cook
Two Longest Car Rides:
- Trip to
- Trip to
Two Favorite Holidays:
- Summer Vacation (what is that?)
- Christmas
Two favorite foods:
- That Cake My Wife Makes for My Birthday!
- Tin Roof Ice Cream
Two favorite colors:
- Red
- Blue
I guess I should recap the first three Editions before I move forward. That would be nice. Edition #1, I looked over briefly what it is like to be lukewarm, or spit-water. It's basically not adding the qualities that are in 2nd Peter 1. Edition #2 was studying out worrying and treatment for the problem. Edition #3 was looking at repentance. And this edition will be more and more about change or repentance.
2nd Chronicles 6:36-39
“When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive to a land far away or near; and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity and say, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong and acted wickedly'; and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and pray toward the land you gave their fathers, toward the city you have chosen and toward the temple I have built for your Name; then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive your people, who have sinned against you.”
This passage was also in 1st Kings 8. Solomon lays it out. Everyone sins. And for the first time in the Old Testament (NIV), the word "repent" is used. The concept has been there the entire time. Genesis 4, if you do what is right, you will be accepted, but if you do what is wrong, sin is crouching at your door. Cane had not done the right thing before. And the he took it a step further, after talking with God himself, he kills his brother. He could have repented and offered the first-fruits of his crops. But he didn't... and the rest, well, is history.
Job exhibits repentance in Job 42. Take a look:
Job 42:1-6
Then Job replied to the LORD: “I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.' My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
Let's compare the "repent" from Job and the "repent" in 2nd Chronicles. This should be fun...
Job 42:6 Repent (verb): (pronounced: nâcham):
2nd Chronicles 6:36-39
“When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive to a land far away or near; and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity and say, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong and acted wickedly'; and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and pray toward the land you gave their fathers, toward the city you have chosen and toward the temple I have built for your Name; then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive your people, who have sinned against you.”
This passage was also in 1st Kings 8. Solomon lays it out. Everyone sins. And for the first time in the Old Testament (NIV), the word "repent" is used. The concept has been there the entire time. Genesis 4, if you do what is right, you will be accepted, but if you do what is wrong, sin is crouching at your door. Cane had not done the right thing before. And the he took it a step further, after talking with God himself, he kills his brother. He could have repented and offered the first-fruits of his crops. But he didn't... and the rest, well, is history.
Job exhibits repentance in Job 42. Take a look:
Job 42:1-6
Then Job replied to the LORD: “I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.' My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
Let's compare the "repent" from Job and the "repent" in 2nd Chronicles. This should be fun...
Job 42:6 Repent (verb): (pronounced: nâcham):
- To be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted, be moved to pity, have compassion, rue, suffer grief, repent, ease oneself, have compassion
- To return, turn back
- To turn back (to God), repent
- Turn back (from evil)
- To restore, refresh, repair (figuratively)
- To be returned, be restored, be brought back
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