I’m still trying to understand why, but this passage has been stuck in my head for weeks. It’s just beautiful. From 2 Timothy 2:11-13:
The saying is sure:
If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
if we endure, we will also reign with him;
if we deny him, he will also deny us;
if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.
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if we deny him, he will also deny us;
Isn’t it interesting that Peter denied him 3 times before men but Jesus did not deny Peter?
Selah
Geo
I’ve always been intrigued by the seeming “hiccup” in the last line where it breaks the duplet. We expect the writer to say if you pull my hair, I’ll pull your hair, if you give me a TootsiePop, I’ll give you a TootsiePop, if we are faithless, He is faithless… wait, no, He is still faithful.
If I am faithless, God is still faithful to what He has said. Without faith it is impossible to please God, and He will responde to my embrace of Him or rejection of Him exactly as He has told me He will. That can be great news, or horrifying news. It just depends on my perspective.
Isnt it funny in Mark 13:28-30 “Now learn a lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”
The fig tree is refering to when all the Jews repent and then the fig tree will blossom.
But with Adam and Eve, they used the fig tree leaves to cover up their shame.
What do you think?