Re: [asa] truth with love award

On 7/29/06, D. F. Siemens, Jr. <dfsiemensjr@juno.com> wrote:
>
> Iain,
> I'm glad that you caught on. However, I'm wondering why it took a
> roundabout route through Nicodemus. I'm citing Young, for he is the most
> "literal" of translators: "for in the day of thine eating of it--dying thou
> shalt die" (Genesis 2:17b). "THE DAY" And the old boy lived for over nine
> centuries after eating.
>

Yes, this idea is also clear to me now.

Why did the Lord choose to show me via this roundabout route? Maybe I was
shown this way to remind me of what it means to be saved, and to be born
again - so I gained a new and greater insight about what it means to be a
Christian, rather than a just a better understanding of one verse in
Genesis. I think modern business jargon would refer to this as "added
value". The clear meaning of the Genesis verse came later; but what I
received that evening made me really think about what John 3:16 really
meant, and gave it a whole new "wow factor" (to use another business jargon
phrase!)

Iain

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Received on Sat Jul 29 19:10:27 2006