{"id":5224,"date":"2021-12-17T01:28:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T07:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=5224"},"modified":"2021-12-17T01:28:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T07:28:15","slug":"blameless-before-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/blameless-before-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Blameless before God&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2399 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/chag0q3i94r.jpg?resize=145%2C146&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"146\" \/>Being \u201cblameless\u201d (i.e., <em>tamim<\/em>: \u05ea\u05de\u05d9\u05dd) in God\u2019s sight means more than just not being guilty. That idea is a bit &#8220;neutral,&#8221; don&#8217;t you think? How would you feel if a judge said to you &#8220;Not guilty!&#8221; at the bar of judgment but then sent you on your way, with no further thought of you? \u00a0The idea of being blameless means more than being exonerated or declared innocent: it is a matter of being drawn into God&#8217;s love and blessing for you; it is the state wherein you are not only forgiven by God, but accepted, welcomed, wanted, and (if you will pardon the simplification) even \u201cliked\u201d by Him. It is the state of grace given in Yeshua; the blessing of knowing His heart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">God loves us with &#8220;an everlasting love&#8221; (i.e., ahavat olam: \u05d0\u05b7\u05d4\u05b2\u05d1\u05b7\u05ea \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd) and draws us in <em>chesed <\/em>(\u05d7\u05b6\u05e1\u05b6\u05d3, i.e., His faithful love and kindness). As it is written: &#8220;I love you with an everlasting love; therefore in chesed I draw you to me&#8221; (Jer. 31:3).<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jer31-3b-analysis.jpg?resize=533%2C501&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jer31-3b-analysis.jpg?w=533&amp;ssl=1 533w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jer31-3b-analysis.jpg?resize=300%2C282&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jer31-3b-analysis.jpg?resize=210%2C197&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5224-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jer31-3b-jjp.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jer31-3b-jjp.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jer31-3b-jjp.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Blessings\/Blessing_Cards\/jer31-3b-lesson.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jer. 31:3b Hebrew page<\/a> (pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being \u201cblameless\u201d (i.e., tamim: \u05ea\u05de\u05d9\u05dd) in God\u2019s sight means more than just not being guilty. That idea is a bit &#8220;neutral,&#8221; don&#8217;t you think? How would you feel if a judge said to you &#8220;Not guilty!&#8221; at the bar of judgment but then sent you on your way, with no further thought of you? \u00a0The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-dvar","category-hebrew-reading-practice"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5227,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5224\/revisions\/5227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}