Who Can You Trust? (part 2): The Bible warns: Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish Psalm 146:3-4. Princes? Son of man (literally בן־אדם the sons of Adam)? Those in ruling authority, the nobles, even those with a generous heart as well as those common folk like us. That pretty much sums it all up my friends. It includes EVERYBODY!!!! Argue all youd like. There is NO MAN on this Earth you can trust!!! Consider your local, area, State, national, and world-wide conditions; environmental, religious, economic, social, educational, medical... THINGS ARE BAD AND ARE GETTING WORSE IN THE HANDS OF FALLEN MAN!!! Now, there is a Greek word that has been translated TRUST in several Bible versions, πιστεύ pisteuō. It is used some 248 times in the New Testament, MOST OFTEN = BELIEVE!!!!. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust (πιστεύ pisteuō) the true riches? Luke 16:11. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth (πιστεύ pisteuō) in him should not perish, but have everlasting life John 3:16. From Joseph Henry Thayers Greek Definitions: 1) to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in 1a) of the thing believed 1a1) to credit, have confidence 1b) in a moral or religious reference 1b1) used in the NT of the conviction and trust to which a man is impelled by a certain inner and higher prerogative and law of soul 1b2) to trust in Jesus or God as able to aid either in obtaining or in doing something: saving faith 2) to entrust a thing to one, i.e. his fidelity 2a) to be intrusted with a thing Part of Speech: verb This word πιστεύ pisteuō is from πίτις pistis, used 244 times in New Testament. Thayer Definition: 1) conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man’s relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it 1a) relating to God 1a1) the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ 1b) relating to Christ 1b1) a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God 1c) the religious beliefs of Christians 1d) belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the same 2) fidelity, faithfulness 2a) the character of one who can be relied on Part of Speech: noun feminine This word πίτις pistis is from πείω peithō, used 55 times in the New Testament. Thayer Definition: 1) persuade 1a) to persuade, i.e. to induce one by words to believe 1b) to make friends of, to win one’s favour, gain one’s good will, or to seek to win one, strive to please one 1c) to tranquillise 1d) to persuade unto, i.e. move or induce one to persuasion to do something 2) be persuaded 2a) to be persuaded, to suffer one’s self to be persuaded; to be induced to believe: to have faith: in a thing 2a1) to believe 2a2) to be persuaded of a thing concerning a person 2b) to listen to, obey, yield to, comply with 3) to trust, have confidence, be confident Part of Speech: verb As I look at the evidence of the World Clock with the world-wide count on disease, catastrophes, crime, and death, I can only look to my Savior as our ONLY HELP!!! Who Can You Trust?
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:18:44 +0000
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