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The Prophet and His Day: Isaiah 1-39 - Free Bible Commentary

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II.III.Faith is both personal encounter <strong>and</strong> daily lifestyle! It is easier to describe in a person than ina lexical form (i.e., word study). This personal aspect is best illustrated in1. Abraham <strong>and</strong> his seed2. David <strong>and</strong> Israel<strong>The</strong>se men met/encountered God <strong>and</strong> their lives were permanently changed (not perfect lives, butcontinuing faith). Testing revealed weaknesses <strong>and</strong> strengths of their faith encounter with God, butthe intimate, trusting relationship continued through time! It was tested <strong>and</strong> refined, but itcontinued as evidenced by their devotion <strong>and</strong> lifestyle.Main root usedA. 0/! (BDB 52)1. VERBa. Qal stem – to support, to nourish (i.e., II Kgs. 10:1,5; Esther 2:7, the nontheologicalusage)b. Niphal stem – to make sure or firm, to establish, to confirm, to be faithful ortrustworthy(1) of men, Isa. 8:2; 53:1; Jer. 40;14(2) of things, Isa. 22:23(3) of God, Deut. 7:9,12; Isa. 49:7; Jer. 42:5c. Hiphil stem – to st<strong>and</strong> firm, to believe, to trust(1) Abraham believed God, Gen. 15:6(2) the Israelites in Egypt believed, Exod. 4:31; 14:31 (negated in Deut. 1:32)(3) Israelites believed YHWH spoke through Moses, Exod. 19:9; Ps. 106:12,24(4) Ahaz did not trust in God, Isa 7:9(5) whoever believes in it/him, Isa. 28:16(6) believe truths about God, Isa. 43:10-122. NOUN (MASCULINE) – faithfulness (i.e., Deut. 32:20; Isa. 25:1; 26:2)3. ADVERB – truly, verily, I agree, may it be so (cf. Deut. 27:15-26; I Kgs. 1:36; I Chr.16:36; Isa. 65:16; Jer. 11:5; 28:6). This is the liturgical use of “amen” in the OT <strong>and</strong> NT.B. ;/! (BDB 54) FEMININE NOUN, firmness, faithfulness, truth1. of men, Isa. 10:20; 42:3; 48:12. of God, Exod. 34:6; Ps. 117:2; Isa. 38:18,19; 61:83. of truth, Deut. 32:4; I Kgs. 22:16; Ps. 33:4; 98:3; 100:5; 119:30; Jer. 9:5; Zech. 8:16C. %1&/! (BDB 53), firmness, steadfastness, fidelity1. of h<strong>and</strong>s, Exod. 17:122. of times, Isa. 33:63. of humans, Jer. 5:3; 7:28; 9:24. of God, Ps. 40:11; 88:12; 89:2,3,6,9; 119:138Paul’s use of this OT conceptA. Paul bases his new underst<strong>and</strong>ing of YHWH <strong>and</strong> the OT on his personal encounter with Jesuson the road to Damascus (cf. Acts 9; 22; 26).B. He found OT support for his new underst<strong>and</strong>ing in two key OT passages which use the root0/!.222

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