Experiencing the Living Name of God for yourself
I’m taking this opportunity to talk about some of my personal experiences, and hopefully, you will be encouraged to draw something meaningful from them for yourself. I recall someone I worked with in London in the early 2000’s. She was a young girl in her late teens,...
SY Commentary passage 13: Sewing new cloth onto old
The thirteenth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mk 2:21, Mt 9:16, Lk 5:36, and Thomas 47:5. The main source of this saying is from Mark (Matthew and Luke both borrow from Mark, and so they both place the saying where Mark places it; and Luke makes quite a few...
SY Commentary passage 12: John was the promised prophet like Elijah
The twelfth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mt 11:7-15, Lk 7:24-28a (a reed in the wind, a man in fancy clothes, prophet to be sent before the Day of YHVH, prophet like Elijah, no one greater than John); Lk 10:23 (‘those who have ears to hear’). The likely...
SY Commentary on passage 11: ‘Fortunate is the one who is not offended by me’
The eleventh passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mt 11:2, Lk 7:20 (John sends his apostles to Yeshua to question him); Mt 11:6, Lk 7:23 (‘fortunate is the one who isn’t scandalised’), Lk 10:23 (‘his eyes see’). The likely source of the words in both Mt and Lk is...
SY Commentary Passage 10: ‘The Children of the Bridechamber will fast‘
The tenth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mk 2:18-20, Mt 9:14-15, Lk 5:33-35, and Th 104:3 (the primary source-passage in the NT gospels is that of Mark). 10. 1People were saying to Yeshua`, ‘The followers of Yochanan and the followers of the Pharisees are...
SY Commentary passage 9: ‘There’s no water in the cistern’
The ninth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Thomas 74:1. The midrash about people claiming that Yeshua is the messiah, is loosely based on Mk 8:29, Mt 16:16, and Lk 9:20 (Mark is the primary source of the three). 9. 1People said to Yeshua`, ‘See how the people...
SY commentary passage 8: ‘Would that I could bring fire to the Land’
The eighth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is mainly based on Lk 12:49 and Thomas 16:1. A similar passage can be found in Mt 10:34 (about bringing a sword to the Land). The midrash about being aggrieved at the stubbornness of people’s hearts is partly based on Mk 3:5....
Commentary on the Sefer Yeshua passage 7: Let the Dead bury their own dead
The seventh passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Matthew 8:21-22, and Luke 9:59-60 (which is the main saying of, 'Let the Dead bury their own dead'). The midrash on people trying to entrap Yeshua is based on Mk 12:13, Mt 22:15-16, Lk 11:53-54. The midrash on...
Commentary on the Sefer Yeshua passage 6: The Signs of the Earth and the Sky
The sixth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mk 8:11, Mt 12:38, Lk 11:16 (about demanding a sign), Lk 12:54-56, Th 91:1-2a (the signs of the earth and the sky). 6. 1A man shouted out to Yeshua`, saying, ‘How will we know what you say is true? Give us...
Dealing with Difficult Moral Issues
Introduction In life, every one of us will encounter situations which will challenge how we view the world, and how we deal with the difficult moral issues that will inevitably face us. In such situations, our consciences will ask themselves, ‘Do I resolve this by...