{"id":2647,"date":"2022-12-11T01:09:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T07:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2022-12-11T14:06:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T20:06:36","slug":"chanukah-and-vigilance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/chanukah-and-vigilance\/","title":{"rendered":"Chanukah and Vigilance…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The message of Chanukah<\/a> is to resist being “assimilated” into this dark world and its benighted culture. As it says, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed (i.e., transfigured by the light) through the renewal (\u1f00\u03bd\u03b1\u03ba\u03b1\u1f77\u03bd\u03c9\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2) of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God” (Rom. 12:2). Notice that the Greek word translated “conformed” is a passive verb (\u03c3\u03c5\u03c3\u03c7\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u1f77\u03b6\u03c9, derived from \u03c3\u1f7b\u03bd, “with,” + \u03c3\u03c7\u1fc6\u03bc\u03b1, “matrix”) which means that we must consciously resist being lulled into accepting this world\u2019s various ideologies (matrix) that are crafted to ignore Divine the Presence and Truth. In the realm of the spiritual, there is simply no place of neutrality, and if we are not going forward, then it’s likely we are going backward… Therefore we are repeatedly commanded to test the spirits and to examine truth claims. We ask God for wisdom and use the discernment that comes from the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

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Hebrew Lesson:
\n<\/strong>Psalm 143:10a Reading:<\/p>\n

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