Spiritual Gifts part 208: We run for the pleasure of coming to know Him better.
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John Farley Wednesday, December 28, 2011 Spiritual Gifts Part 208: We run for the pleasure of coming to know Him better.The word for “race” in Heb 12:1, agona, is in other places translated as a “fight”. It can mean a contest, a fight, or a battle. The combat objective in the angelic conflict is to seize and hold the high ground of the “supergrace” life: the life of the spiritually mature believer . We are to flee from some things and pursue other things instead.
pheugo = to run away quickly from danger.
Joh 17:3 The verbs in verse 12 are in the present MIDDLE imperative.
ἀγωνίςομαι to strive as in a contest for a prize, straining every nerve to attain to the object to strive to do something with great intensity and effort
ἐπιλαμβάνομαι to learn something about someone, with the purpose of seizing, arresting, or overcoming
It is middle voice because it means Congress uses a two stage process: Authorization and Appropriation.
1. Authorizing legislation. This creates or continues an agency or a program as well as authorizes the subsequent enactment of appropriations. 2. Appropriations. This is the enactment of appropriations to provide specified funds for the authorized agency or program.
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