Complete Word Study New Testament

What's interesting is I'm talking about the complete Word Study New Testament and I don't even have one to show you. The one that I had I gave away to somebody and so I don't have it but I have a page from it included in your handout. What you have in your handout is a four page right up that we're going through today. And this kind of cardstock piece here is codes for grammatical, you know, notations, grammatical codes, basically grammar codes. We'll be looking at this later, so hold on to it. Bring it with you. We won't be looking at it today. And so, at least for now, just make sure you bring it with you. And we'll be looking at the four-page handout, taking it just one step at a time.

So for lessons six through eleven, As Pat noted, that's going through the 13th of March. It will be in here and offering this alternate to the planned Greek series that Craig is teaching. So actually this works out really well because those people who aren't up for the intense Greek can take this and get some useful tools out of it. Those who are in the class either have already had Greek, and so this is refresher, or they're doing fine and enjoying it. And then if we have questions we can ask one of them because they... Yeah, but I think, yes, and that's available as an option, I think that this will be useful to you and in great part you'll be able to get a lot of the same information through another route. So let's walk through it here.

The complete Word Study New Testament is in the usual book sequence. In other words, if you open it up, it's just like the New Testament, where it starts with Matthew and ends with Revelation. It's just a New Testament, but as you see in the bottom half, it's got all these colors and numbers that give you an alternate route besides learning Greek. for finding out what does this word mean in the original language and even as we'll look at later uh the grammar so so uh and and that's what we we had how to study the bible like 14 years ago and that's what we used and and there was nobody that said this is too hard so um So what you have, and you can see it below, and by the way, it's not as rough as this, this is from an old scanner, right?

But what you have below is the English words, and then they follow it with, in red, a Strong's number. Now what this guy named Strong did, is he took all the Greek words in the New Testament, in Greek alphabetical order, and just assign them numbers. And so that's what this guy Strong did, and so you have a Strong's concordance, and that's basically what he's done. So, I marvel, right here, is 2296, and then you'll see in green the grammar code following that. So it's just a matter, you've got a Strong's number and a grammar code behind the works.

And so the complete work study in New Testament, here is the dictionary, which we'll talk about in a bit. Here's the dictionary, and the New Testament is about the same size. And the reason is, you've got all these Strong's numbers and grammar codes in there. But other than that, it's just the English words are you know, just like you'd find in the New Testament.

And everything's in sequence, just, you know, Matthew starts with Matthew and ends with Revelation and, you know, it goes in the same sequence. So you can just, you know, read it like a Bible if you can skip over the numbers and grammar codes, right? It's King James, right? Yeah, that's the usual. I'd have to check and see if they've got anything different. Yeah. Is that that Zodii's book? Yes. Right.

And so at any rate, what I'll be doing is ordering these. I couldn't order them in time for this class because we just started talking about it on Thursday. We're going to get this book and the other? For everybody, we'll have this and the Complete Word Study New Testament.

Wow. So you'll have both of those. And by the way, they have the same thing. Once you learn how to do this, they have the same thing for the Old Testament. By the time you get a bunch of them, it's a bunch of big fat books. But nonetheless, you've got quite a reference. And once we learn the New Testament and learn how to use that, then you'll have the Old Testament available at your option as well.

Yeah? If the same word is used in a different place, does this indicate show content like it might mean something different? Yes, context, and that's the key. And is that the red or the green? It's the red number, right? It's the red number, and then as you go into it, it'll show you, okay, in this context it means this, and in this context it means that. But will it have the same number at that point? Yep. And so this would be 2296 would have the same would be every place, no matter where it shoots. Same word, but just think in English, we have the same word used for different things, right?

If I spell out to you B-O-W, is that something you shoot an arrow with? Or is that a sound a dog makes? Or you're wearing a hair. Yeah, is that something you wear in a hair or you put on a present? Right? What's that? The front of your boat. The front of the boat, yeah. So, B-O-W, just real simple and it means lots of different things. And sometimes just a little bit of context is all it takes to tell the difference. If I say B-O-W and arrow, That's all the context I need to tell you it's this one, not that one.

So the dictionary usually lays those out as 1, 2, 3, so forth, so I suppose this is the same. Yeah, so it'll lay out the contextual meaning. Part of the difficulty, you know, people will look at Strong's definitions by themselves, and it'll be, okay, this means these six things. Well, you don't know which one it is, right? And so that's part of the issue, whereas this will tell you what it is in which context and give more explanation. What translators try to do, and what Strong's usually does, is they'll give you a one-word equivalent.

A lot of times that doesn't tell you enough, right? So the ability to look more deeply is what this major's in. It really is good because you're getting something I can understand, something I can read, but you get some detail on here's what this means. So this is going to be like a six week stretch or so? Yeah, through the 13th.

And then we go back to the other class? How do we dovetail into where they are? What's going to happen is he's going to go through the 13th just giving more and more Greek detail. Meanwhile we're going to look at non-Greek access and go through plenty of practice and get used to the tools. So next week I'll have the actual books available to you. But we've got enough here that we can work with it and get started. And yes, we'll go back to it.

What we have after this Greek series is we'll have the Greek Old Testament. And so I'll give everybody a copy, electronically anyway, give everybody a copy of the Greek Old Testament so that you can use the tool, but it's the Greek Old Testament that has all the Strong's Numbers. And so you can look up the Strong's numbers. In fact, you can look it up in here.

Tools. I've always wanted to know how to use tools. And the Greek Old Testament is just a phenomenal tool. Is that the Septuagint? It's called the Septuagint. You'll see it sometimes spelled out as the LXX, which is 70, because they had about 70 scholars who translated it.

So, you'll find that to be useful and easy to work with because you're just dealing with Strong's numbers, right? That's right. Yep. Okay. So, then looking up the grammar codes, which we won't look at yet, you've got that. So, between the Strong's numbers, where you can look it up in the dictionary, and the grammar codes, which will, they have the key index here. We'll talk about that later. Okay, so all you have to do is look at the Strong's number, which is in red, and it's in red superscript, right? And you look up at Strong's number, and then that tells you, you know, you look it up in here, and it's in sequential order, right? If you can count in sequence and read English, you're good. So this goes through and gives you the definition by context for every word in the New Testament.

So what we have here is in Galatians, where the Apostle Paul is writing to the Galatians. What was the problem with the church in Galatia? What was their difficulty? Leaked law. Yeah, somebody was coming in and giving them a bunch of law, right? it's probably the first book that we have from the Apostle Paul, written about 49 AD. The church, the believers in Galatia are only about two years old in the Lord or less. So here's the Apostle Paul, he's writing to the church of Galatia and after he gets through you know, saying, Hi, I'm Paul, and, you know, greetings to all of you, then he immediately addresses the issue that's come up, and I'll read from the English here on your handout, I marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel. Okay, what was the another gospel that they were being given? Yeah, just somebody was coming in and, boy, you've got to keep the law.

And so Paul says, no, that's not good. And then it says, which is not another, but there be some that trouble you and would pervert the gospel of Christ. Now, what I want us to take note of, in verse 6, what is the Strong's number for another? Right, 2087, and then verse 7, another has a different Strong's number, 243.

Hmm, very interesting. So in English we say another, and that's what you get, right? In Greek, they have two different kinds of another. So you see that and you say, well what is going on here? Why another is different in verse 7 than it is in verse 6?

So what we end up doing, if we look those up in here, We look those up in here, and it's just a matter of going sequentially. If I open it up here, it says 769, so I just have to page back to get to 243. I have to go towards the front to get to 243. And then 2087, I have to go farther in there to get to 2087. But I'll just look it up by number, and that'll be it. And then I find the context here. So if I do that, and let's turn over to page 2.

Notice another in verse 6 is a different Strong's number than another in verse 7. And so you in reading that might notice that and say, well wait a minute, what's going on here? And come to find out that number 243 in verse 7 is alos, another of the same kind. So the Greek has a distinction in another that we don't have in English. we have to add more words it's another of the same kind if it's 243 it's 2087 is heteros another of a different kind well that's amazing now here's another principle that we can use in Bible study a lot of times you can learn something like this, oh another, there's two different kinds of another and you do that by looking it up in here and you find out that I can, well there's a lot of places where these words are used and once I learn that oh another doesn't always mean the same thing but it's another of the same kind, another of a different kind and once I learn that I can apply it again and again and again everywhere that another shows up And there's some times where they don't translate it another, but it's got the same Strong's number. So we'll take a look at that. Okay, so if we just keep that in mind is is 243 is a loss another of the same kind 2087 is heteros another of a different kind.

And your Word Study Dictionary gives the Strong's number, and then it gives the word with the Greek alphabet, and then it gives you the transliteration so you can read it if you don't read Greek, right? So you're saying, how do I know it's alos and heteros? Well, it's spelled out. with English letters so if you knew the Greek alphabet that's fine but if you didn't you'd be just fine anyway so now let's look at Matthew 2 11 and 12 after coming into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother and they fell to the ground and worshiped him then opening their treasures they presented him gifts of gold frankincense and myrrh And verse 12, And having been warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the Magi left for their own country by another way. 243, what does that mean?

They went by another way, but of the same kind. So it wasn't some crazy route. They didn't cross the Dead Sea in a boat. So they went by another way, but it got them to the same place, and it was the same kind of route, just an alternate. So if they would have gone by sea, they would have used the word Heteros? Yeah, yeah. If they went by a completely different mode of transportation, Heteros would have been the right word. But if they just say, hey, we're staying on our camels and, you know, going just another way just to avoid Herod. And that's it. That's all we need. Right?

Alright, so now, let's look at John 14, 16, and 17. I will ask the Father, so here's Jesus in John 14, 15, and 16. He's giving the disciples instructions for the church age, and this is associated with the time of the Last Supper, right? I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever. that is the spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it does not see him or know him but you know him because he abides with you and will be in you alright what does it mean when it says he will give you another helper and you know that that's 243 which is Alos so would that mean another that's like me another helper of the same kind that's like me yeah and think about this is the Holy Spirit Exactly the same as Christ? Not quite. Not quite. And so what's different between Christ and the Holy Spirit? Their objectives. Their assignment. Their objectives. Anything else different?

One's body and one's spirit. In other words, Christ is deity plus humanity. The Holy Spirit is not humanity, right? But still deity. So you have a different ministry of Christ than the Holy Spirit. But the Holy Spirit is not of a different kind. Right? The Holy Spirit is not just a person. The Holy Spirit is not an evil spirit. Right?

So it's another of the same kind. At the same time, it seems like that would communicate to the apostles that, because he was talking about, I'm leaving you, but I'm sending another comforter. So that's like saying, and he will be like me, and you'll recognize, not him, You know what I mean? There's a comfort in knowing it's not just a whole other person that's coming in, but it's the same. To me that would be a comfort, that we're part of the comfort.

And they are of the same essence, right? Because the Trinity is three different persons, the same essence. And so another of the same kind Yeah, that's a good thing. That's a good thing. This is not going to be some freaky thing, but another of the same kind will come, and so it'll be okay. So, choosing that alos is going to be a good thing for you.

Okay, so here's Luke 9, 57-61. As they were going along the road, someone said to him, I will follow you wherever you go. So here's different people kind of offering to be disciples or asking about being disciples. And Jesus said to him, the foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the son of man has nowhere to lay his head. Now, then he said to another, and what's the number there? 2087, so that's another of a different kind, right?

Said to another fellow of a different kind, follow me, but he said, Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father. This guy's got an excuse. It is possible that this response, and this is not in the complete word study dictionary, but it's possible that this response is from a cultural expression because what the Jews used to do during New Testament times is they would bury a body in a tomb and when all the flesh had been decayed and gone then they would take the bones excuse me take the bones a year later and put them in a box and then put that somewhere and so the bury my father that's going to take a year So anyway, yeah. And then in verse 60, But he said to him, Allow the dead to bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God. And another of a different kind, in verse 61, another of a different kind also said, I will follow you, Lord, but first permit me to say goodbye to those at home.

So these people are of a different kind than the first guy. And next time there will be others joining us, including Nancy, who's under the weather here. We're on the middle of page two. of this handout which is double side printed. So at the very first they said, as they were going along the road, so are we to assume that those were already believers, maybe just the apostles and they were already committed? Apparently, because these other two are of a different kind, right? And the other two had some excuses. And so these ones with excuses were of a different kind, as opposed to the ones who did follow and did respond to Jesus' call to be disciples.

Alright, so now Acts 7, 17-19, the bottom of page 2. But as the time of the promise was approaching which God had assured to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt until there arose another king over Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph.

Another of which kind? Different. Another of a different kind. So it wasn't another of the same kind that would let Joseph continue on, right? But a different ruler, and therefore this new ruler said, I don't know what this Joseph guy is all about. And so pitched Joseph and his family then from royalty then to slavery. So that's another king of a different kind.

Do you see how this gives you an insight? Just looking at those numbers gives you an insight. We've just taken a sampling. Just with that, you can use that in lots of different places. All you did was look up a couple of words, and then you find out, oh, I can use this in a bunch of places. Having learned that, then apply it again and again.

But if we were just from the get-go starting to read through some of these, what would trigger us to say, maybe I should look up the word another and see if there's a distinction. What would trigger us to think that? Well, one of the reasons I chose the Galatians 1 passage is because you've got verse 6 has one another and verse 7 has a different Strong's number for that another. And so I chose that specifically so that right next to each other you'd say, wait a minute, here's a different Strong's number for what is in English, the same word. And so now we get a Greek insight without having to learn Greek. So I'd say if you're studying a passage and you're not just reading, like when we did the Bible in the Year, he wouldn't pay attention to this, but if you want to get the most out of a passage, this is what I would do.

I would read through it first and I would try to notice repeated words and see if they were different. And then I think after you use it for a while, you start being intuitive about which words are going to be different. Do you think that's true? Yeah. Then you would look and say, I wonder if this word is different. You see what I'm saying? Become a trigger. And so you start to look for those kinds of things because The same English word doesn't mean that the same Greek word is behind it, right? We know about the word love.

It's three or four words. Does it use four or just three in the New Testament? I know there's four, but I don't know if they're all used in the New Testament. Only three of them are used in the New Testament. Like when you're reading through that passage where, Peter, do you love me?

Yes, I love you. There's two different words used there. And I know there's two different words, but to be sure where the change is, just look at the numbers. You could look at the numbers and notice, oh, here's love, but it's a different Strong's number. And then you can look it up and see what it means, because he gives a definition. So that's where it's a matter of being observant and saying, wait a minute, that's a different number. What does that mean? So I can look it up. And all I have to do is say, what's the number? Look up the Strong's number, right? And then it'll give you contextual definition. That's really cool. I'm loving this. Yeah, that's cool. All right, so here's the top of page three.

Acts 17 5-8 But the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar, attacking the house of Jason, and they were seeking to bring them out to the people. When they did not find them, they began dragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, These men who have upset the world have come here also. And Jason has welcomed them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another King Jesus. Another of what kind? Another of a different kind.

Now, why would the Jews say such things? They didn't believe Jesus was the true Christ. Yeah, one is they don't believe Jesus was the true Christ, and so that's part one. The other thing is they can't just come up to the Roman authorities and say, you know, these guys are teaching things about the law that we don't like.

The Romans are going to say, go away, don't bother me, right? Whereas the reality is, they've got to come up with something that the Romans are going to get upset about. Right? And so, contrary to the decrees of Caesar, it's really contrary to their law. That's the real problem. So they're lying. Right? And then, here is another King, Jesus, right?

And so that would be another of a different kind, which would end up being real contrary to the Romans. You know, we want to have our own people in power and that's it. And so they basically come up with a couple of different twisted things to try to get these guys in trouble.

And so, but so 2087, another king of a different kind, right? another King Jesus so then here's Hebrews 7 and this is a fascinating pattern here Hebrews 7 11 through 15 now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood for on the basis of it the people received the law what further need was there for another priest of a different kind to arise according to the order of Melchizedek? Why is it of a different kind? It's not Levitical. It's not Levitical. It's according to the order of Melchizedek. So another of a different kind. And not to be designated according to the order of Aaron. For when the priesthood is changed of necessity there takes place a change of law also.

For the one concerning whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe. Another of a different kind. from which no one has officiated at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests. And there is clearer still if another priest arises according to the likeness of the milk of the dead. And all those anothers are another of a different kind. Which makes sense because Jesus was from the tribe of Judah, and all the priests were from what tribe?

The tribe of Levi, right? So another of a different kind. So it isn't the same order of priesthoods, and so it would have to be another of a different kind. It's a different order, right? It's not according to the same Levitical priesthood order. But according to the Order of Melchizedek. So the use of another of a different kind makes perfect sense there.

Is that another reason why they didn't accept Jesus as the Messiah because he came through Judah versus Levi? Yeah, think of this. That wouldn't particularly be a problem. Because they would accept as a king, Jesus would have to be of the line of David. So what you find is in Matthew, they have the lineage through Joseph, and then in Luke, the lineage through Mary. But both ways, it's through the line of David, right?

Right. Either way. So that wasn't the problem. There were other issues that they had. They weren't expecting a first and second coming. And how was Jesus going to come in the second coming? In the air. What's that? In the air. Yeah, coming in the air.

And so, even though they said, well, where's the Messiah to be born? They went to Micah 5.2, but they couldn't put it together. You know, wait a minute, here's this guy and he's born in Bethlehem. He grew up with us here in Nazareth. You know? They just expected him just to like... How's he supposed to come out? And they didn't put that together.

And also the Old Testament describes a suffering Messiah, Isaiah 53, and they called that Messiah Ben-Joseph. And the reigning Messiah was Messiah Ben-David. And they thought those were two different Messiahs. So for Jesus to come with the same person, this is really confused. They didn't understand that they're two separate comings. And he'll come one way, one time, and he'll come another way, another time. When did they call him Ben Joseph?

In the Old Testament or the New Testament? That was written in the Jewish writings. Not in the Bible. Where did they get the name Joseph? because joseph uh... suffered oh joseph uh... old testament old testament joseph oh okay they connected that confusing because then you have joseph yeah but you can see here's the author of hebrews he's wanting to be emphatic i'm not saying this jesus guy is of the tribe of levi he's not It's evident that he's from Judah.

But he's of the order of Melchizedek, not the Levitical order. So get that straight. And we have a high priest, and it's Jesus. And he's of a completely different kind. And that's what you should expect, that he's of a different kind. Another, but of a different kind.

So now we got another one here and here is where the translators, and so this is something to look for, here's where the translators carry over into English the word different and not another. So, and it's because translators are typically told, you know, don't put a bunch of words in there. Just pick an English equivalent and run with it. The truth is that doesn't always explain everything.

So here it is, Mark 16, verse 12. After that he, Jesus, appeared in a different form. So this is after the resurrection. After that Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking along on their way to the country. This is on the road to Emmaus, right?

It's he appeared in another form of a different kind. That's the full expression. So they've shortened it to just different. Because the translators get told you can't use a bunch of words. And so they picked one, but the full meaning is he appeared in another form that was different to two of them. So that way you get the whole sense of what Mark was writing. That make sense? So we got several other examples.

Luke 9.29, and while he, Jesus, was praying, the appearance of his face became different and his clothing became white and gleaming. The appearance of his face became another of a different form.

So Romans 7.23, but I see a different law then actually I would translate that principle, another of a different principle in the members of my body. So that's something else to look for is that sometimes the translators will choose out of the full definition another of a different kind, another of a different form, The translators will choose a part of the definition and use that, and that's what they've done here.

And in Philippians 3.15, let us therefore as many as are perfect have this attitude, and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you. You have another attitude of a different kind.

So, and here's the last example, 1st Timothy 6.3, if anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the doctrine conforming to godliness, and he goes on with it. But, if anyone advocates another doctrine of a different kind, okay?

So that's the fuller sense of the definition. The translators would just pick the different part of it and put that in there. So, to me this would say, it's not a different nuance, it's a different kind. I was looking at this going, well why does that matter? But I'm looking at it, speaking about it, it does matter because it's not just, they're not talking about like a little nuance, they're talking about something totally different. Yeah, it's really different. So that's where, I mean all you did was just look up a couple of words and now I've got something that's powerful. I can go around and look at a lot of different places and get new insights into what's it saying. that it's not just our English another, but there's a distinction.

Another of the same kind, like the Holy Spirit and Jesus, or another of a different kind. A false doctrine versus the real thing. Alright, so that's some examples. Turn to the top of page four. Another example of gaining multiple insights from the discovery of just one repeated understanding of word meanings. We have a pair of two-letter words. It looks like al-mi. It's pronounced u-me.

And strong, because those words go together and mean something different, he actually assigned a single strongs number to the two words. Literally, these words mean not-not. Which in English you could not do, but in Greek it's proper and it's a way of saying something emphatically. Definitely not. Definitely not. And the way it's defined in here, 33-64, by no means. By no means. We might use other English expressions might be something like, it's not even remotely possible.

See that? And so, whenever anyone wants to say something emphatic, definitely, in the New Testament, whether it's Christ or whether it's somebody else writing something, they'll use those. Okay, so now, with that, let's look at John 10, 22 through 30. Okay?

At the time of the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem, what's the Feast of Dedication? What's our other word for that? Is it the Passover? Hanukkah. So here's Jesus celebrating Hanukkah, and this is the only place that it's referred to in the Bible. It's not in the Old Testament. It took place 166 BC, so it's between the Old and New Testaments, right? So here it is, and it's the only place that refers to Hanukkah in the whole Bible.

It was winter, which Hanukkah typically happens sometime in December. and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon. The portico of Solomon is right around the eastern gate, the one that's bricked up right now, and it was a kind of a colonnade area. It was open, had a roof, and had columns in there. So, the portico of Solomon.

The Jews then gathered around him and were saying to him, How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, so what's that mean? That means the Messiah, right? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus answered them, I told you and you do not believe, the works that I do in my Father's name, these testify of me.

And by the way, the Jews would never say my Father. So that just shocked them. What would they say? Huh? What would they say? You could say our father. That was okay. Like the father of the nation? Is that what they meant? No, just God, right? You could call God our father, but you couldn't say... Oh, just because it was not personal. Yeah, if you said my father, that would mean you had a different kind, right? A different relationship than everybody else has. So Jesus answered them, I told you and you do not believe the works I do in my Father's name these testify of me but you do not believe because you are not of my sheep. My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me and I give eternal life to them. and they will never perish. That's the ume.

It is not even remotely possible that they will perish. So if a person is a believer, is it possible that they could lose it? No. And there's something, we won't go into it now, I'll just give you a little insight, that word perish is used for going to hell. And it's middle voice. They will never perish of their own doing. to eternal life in that sentence? Yes. You've got eternal life or perish so as to go into hell and it is not even remotely possible for them to perish of their own doing. It is not remotely possible for them to perish of their own doing.

And no one will snatch them out of my hand. So they can't lose that salvation of their own doing and nobody external is going to take them out of my hand either. They're untouchable. My Father who has given them to me is greater than all. Here's the My Father thing again, right? And no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.

Now, at this, what do the Jews do? When he says, I and the Father are one, he's been saying my father, and he says, I and the Father are one. What do the Jews do? They start picking up rocks, right? And why? Anybody ever talk to the Jehovah's Witnesses that come to the door?

They have been taught that this, I and the Father are one, means I and the Father agree as one. Bonk. I and the Father are one essence. And that's why they picked up rocks. That's why they picked up rocks. I and the Father are one essence. It's not just we agree or we're on the same page.

Does the Strong's book, is this a copyright out of the, it seems like they would have a number next to one. to explain what one means. Yeah, this what I've done is just take the text and put the number just below that, the one I'm going to talk about. No, no, because as you look at it, it'll all be like that sample on the first page, okay? It'll all be like the sample on the first page.

But at any rate, so they will never perish, it's not just that there's a tendency not to, but it's not even remotely possible. By no means will they ever perish to go into hell if they're my sheep. Even of their own doing. They can't blow it themselves. And nobody's going to snatch them out of my hand or the father's hand. Not happening. Here's another place where that word pair is used.

Hebrews 13.5. Make sure that your character is free from the love of money. By the way, that's the love of silver.

Being content with what you have, for He Himself has said, I will never desert you. Does it mean that it's possible or it's unlikely? It's not even remotely possible. By no means will I ever desert you. And then He uses it again, nor will I ever forsake you. So it's repetitive of the strongest possible way of negating. It's not even remotely possible that I'll leave you or forsake you.

So would the Greek word heaven for those two examples have shown up as kind of a different word or the same word? It's oo-may, so it's actually a pair of words, but together they have a specific meaning where it's just not even remotely possible. So Strong's gave the pair of words a single Strong's number. So what I'm asking is in the English it's one word and then on the other example it's four words, nor will have her. But in the Greek it's the oo-may. It's oo-may. Both.

Yep. So then, Luke 21-33, heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. So does that mean his words might pass away? No. Now, is this heaven and earth going to pass away? Yep. My words, not even sort of. It's not even possible. So you have there just some really good strong statements you can hang your hat on.

We have one more in Revelation 3, 5, and 6. He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments and I will not erase his name from the book of life. Now what the cults do is they use this as a threat. Be careful. you might get your name erased. So they want to scare people. You're going to get your name erased if you don't come to our church and give us the amount of money you're supposed to and all that. But this is not a threat. It is not even remotely possible that I will erase your name from the Book of Life. It's just not going to happen. Ever. So it is a comfort, not a threat. It's a comfort, not a threat.

So you get that insight and you look at it in multiple places. I just picked a sampling of several of them, but there's lots and lots of places where this word shows up. Okay, here's another one, and we'll be tracking this in more detail once we get back in with the other group, but I just wanted to give an example. There are a number of places in the Gospel of John, and in Revelation as well, where the word pair, that is pronounced a-go-a-me, you see it spelled out in English. Egoe me is used in the Gospel of John and in Revelation and elsewhere.

I am the bread of life. It literally means I am. But it is I am the bread of life. So he's saying specifically me. I am the bread of life. I am the light of the world. I am the gate. So this is seven metaphors where I am is used. Ego, Emi. Now, so seven metaphors in the Gospel of John. And here's another place where it shows up that's not on the list. Before Abraham was born, I am. Ego, Emi.

Now, where this is significant, and we'll see this in the Greek Old Testament, where this is significant is here is Moses drawn to the burning bush. And why is this bush burning? To get his attention. To get his attention. What's special about this bush? It's not being consumed. It's not being consumed. It is God appearing in some visible form as fire before Moses. And Moses asks, who should I say has sent me? Ego, Emi in the Greek Old Testament. So this is a claim to deity. This is a heck of a way to make your message come across.

Yes. I mean like God is so dramatic. Yes. Yes. I mean think about it. Here's Moses walking around out there and all of a sudden a bush is talking to him. Yeah. A burning bush. I never thought about it that way before. It's kind of weird. You can definitely get your attention. Yep. Yep. And so you have this And once you know to look for that, you find out, well, that's in a bunch of places in the Gospel of John. It's in the other Gospels too, but just mostly here in John. It's also in the book of Revelation.

I am the first and the last and the beginning and the end. And by the way, the first and the last, beginning and the end is out of Isaiah. And in the Greek Old Testament of Isaiah, where it says, I am the first and the last, the beginning and the end, it has ego and me. Oh, the Septuagint? Yeah. In the Septuagint, in the Greek Old Testament, it has, therefore, I am the first and the last, the beginning and the end, ego and me. And it's God speaking. So, is Jesus deity? Yes. He's deity.

So anyway, this is just a kind of an initial introduction. What we'll do in subsequent times, when I actually have these, is go and look up some of these things. And I'll take you through that so you can get an idea of how this works. And you can see I have pronounced a few Greek words, but you don't have to know Greek. and you can just look at the English transliteration and kind of get the pronunciation and use the numbers and look the numbers up and get the definitions.

Are the transliterations in that book too? So now we're going to be having to haul two big books to class with us. Do I need a backpack for my school? And if you want you can leave them here until it's time to take them home. But then you have some really useful tools.

They have another set for the Old Testament. So once you learn how to use this, you'll be given the tools you need. If you want to get the Old Testament set, which by the way is also thick. If you want to get the Old Testament set, you can also look things up in the Old Testament. And then we'll be giving you the Greek Old Testament and New Testament with strong numbers and the English words and whatnot. So you'll be able to use those with this as well. So that will be a powerful tool. And you'll see because we'll have about three classes on the Greek Old Testament on the Septuagint. about three classes on it and you'll be able to make connections between the Old Testament and the New.

Why, for example, in Hebrews 3, it talks about Moses, and it says Moses was a servant, but it uses a word for servant that's nowhere else in the whole New Testament. But I can look it up in here, right? And with what I'll give you, you'll find out, oh, if I search for that word in the Greek Old Testament, I find that it's a specific word for servant that's in the Greek Old Testament. And that's why the author of Hebrews used that specific word when he was talking, writing to Hebrews, right?

And it was a version of the Greek Old Testament that was quoted in Hebrews that was from around Ephesus. And the book of Hebrews has through it a bunch of shipping, nautical terms. And so Ephesians, Revelation, and Hebrews all use a version of the Greek Old Testament from around Ephesus. Ephesians and Hebrews and Revelation use a version of the Greek Old Testament that was in use around Ephesus. And so that makes sense because where was John? The last couple decades of his life was up around Ephesus, right? And so when he quoted the Old Testament in Revelation, he would use the version that they used there on Ephesus. See? Amazing connections.

But you'll be able to look a lot of these things up, the definitions, and be able to answer questions like, wait a minute, why is this word only used here in Hebrews for servant? Why? Because that's what the Greek Old Testament used to describe Moses. So he used the exact word, not something close. Okay. So let's pray. Thank you, Lord, for your word. Thank you for the insights that we can have. We just look forward to digging deeper in the weeks ahead and learning from you. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.