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“Some of the proverbs are very difficult to translate and so we sometimes have very different renditions. We can understand what it says by comparing three versions. The King James reads, fools make a mockered sin but among the righteous there is fever.”From the transcript
Scripture reveals an unseen divide among men. The foolish those who reject God are bound together by shared guilt and rebellion. Their unity is rooted in sin. The righteous, however, share a different bond: a good conscience before God, marked by grace, favor, and goodwill.
This invisible communion is real and powerful, shaping lives and loyalties beneath the surface. The question each of us must face is simple but searching: which bond holds you?
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CR101 Radio - Podcast Network — The Invisible Communion. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
CR101 Radio dot com podcast and more. 40. The invisible communion. Some of the proverbs are very difficult to translate and so we sometimes have very different renditions. Proverbs 49 is an example of this. We can understand what it says by comparing three versions. The King James reads, fools make a mockered sin but among the righteous there is fever. This version, usually the best, falters here. The duet version tells us quote, guilt lodges in the tens of the arrogance but fever in the house of the just. The Berkeley version has this. The bond or interpreter intermediary between foolish men is guilt but between the upright it is good will. With the help of these versions we can understand the meaning of the proverb. There is an unspoken
and yet very real communion and community among men. Fools, meaning in scripture, men who deny God and His law have an invisible bond. They're common guilt. They share abad conscience, a rejection of God and His word, a common guilt and a rebellion against God's order. This is the bond between them. Their intermediary or mediator is sin and guilt. This brings them together. There is a light communion among the godly and invisible bond that brings them together. It is a good conscience before God and a life which manifests the fever, grace or good will that is born of a life in the Lord. As against the arrogance of the ungodly, there is grace and good will. The central point of this proverb is that there is a division between these two kinds of men while it is invisible. It is very real and more powerful than many things on the surface. The question for us to ask ourselves is this, in which
camp are we?
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