| The just shall live by his/His faith/faithfulness... [message #7290] |
Mon, 23 August 2010 03:56  |
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 william
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Okay, I need some help from you all...
We know that the Hebrew language had no word for "faith" so Hab 2:4
literally says that the just shall live by his "faithfulness". When I
first heard that stated at FA I assumed (perhaps wrongly) that "his
faithfulness" meant "HIS faithfulness", i.e. not the faithfulness of the
person, but the faithfulness of God.
How do you understand it? Almost all translations read "his", but the LXX
reads "My" faithfulness (meaning God's faithfulness).
Paul quotes the phrase in Rom 1:17, and in Gal 3, and Hebrews 10 also has
the quotation.
Not trying to be overly scrupulous here, but to my mind there is a pretty
big difference where the stress is placed.
I know that "our" faith must be in "Him" (and we know that He is
faithful!) but it seems to me that by placing the stress on "our"
faithfulness, could lead to the conclusion that salvation is dependent
upon our works (I know that "faith" and "works" are usually pitted against
each other, but having faith in ones own faith is just as much of a work
as trusting in ones own righteousness, imho).
Any thoughts? (I need help with this one!)
William
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