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Show Notes by Jim Kerwin for Kernels of Wheat Podcast
Episode 017 – Why the Impossible Is Impossible

Sign that reads "impossible" Not a “sign from God” (but just as obvious)

Review of Last Week’s “Worldly” Word Study

The Command in 1 John 2:15-17 and the Reason for It:

  • Don’t love the world-order or its things
  • If you love the world-order and its things, the love of God isn’t in you.

All that is in the world-order” – what’s included in “all”?

  • The word for lust – Greek = epithumeia (noun) and epithumeo(verb)
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Jim Kerwin’s Show Notes for Kernels of Wheat Podcast
Episode 016 – If ‘God So Loved the World,’ Why Am I Not Allowed To?

Picture of a confused man with questions.

"Come again?"

Review and Tie-Up of Last Week: 1 John 2:12-14

A “Worldly” Word Study—A First Look at 1 John 2:15-17

Different Uses of the Word World in the New Testament

  • κοσμέω (kos MEH oh, kosmeo –> cosmetics)
  • Pre-New Testament Greek:
  • setting troops in order
  • women “putting themselves in order”— clothing, make-up, etc.; adorn
  • regulating
  • New Testament Usage:
    • Put in order
    • (in the sense of trim): Matthew 25:7—Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.
    • Matthew 12:44—Then [the unclean spirit]  [click to continue…]
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