Footnotes and Witness
Have you ever wondered if you are good enough to read the Bible? Does it feel like you aren't qualified? I grew up in church so I thought I knew how to read it; I didn't! With a few footnotes, I want to share the resources and tips that opened the Bible for me. The word finally started to feel like that "living" word I always hear about. If you follow Christ, you have the Holy Spirit and that means you are qualified to read God's word. If you want to be, this is a great place to dip your toes in the water and see what this whole Jesus thing is all about. I believe that when you read about God's true character, from His own words, you won't be able to stop telling people about how your life is saved and changed. Jesus wants us to tell our story because it is HIS story. See Jesus rightly in the Bible, and see Him in your story.
Footnotes and Witness
610 Sober-minded
We continue by looking at individual words that can have a huge impact on our ideas of who Jesus is and what our faith looks like with "Sober-minded"
Here are some observations: Shows up in epistles. (An epistle is a letter, written by someone for someone. It has a particular reason to be written. Our instinct is to directly apply these words to our lives but we need to be cautious in that. The words can’t take on new meaning that they didn’t have originally to the original author and first receiver.) It is usually listed in places talking about leaders or Christ followers, not the unbeliever.
Scripture References:
- 1 Peter 1:13
- Titus 2:2
- 1 Thessalonians 5:6
Biblical Defintion:
blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g3525/esv/mgnt/0-1/
Modern Definition:
dictionary. com: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sober-minded
Bible Project-
website: https://bibleproject.com/
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@bibleproject
My website: https://www.deborahjmckenzie.com/