Isaiah 43:18-19 English Standard Version (ESV) “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
Blasphemy is a New Testament word which is an insult; to be sluggish or stupid, to injure by words. As I stated yesterday, the Pharisees could not counter Jesus with doctrine because His doctrine was perfect. They insulted Jesus for proclaiming a new thing which their doctrine could neither confirm nor deny.
Imagine spending your whole life studying the scriptures and attaining to a position of reputation and authority only to be told, “Forget everything you have ever known.” They insulted our Lord because they would not let go of their position nor opinion.
Philippians 3:8 English Standard Version (ESV) Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Paul got it. Paul gave up everything for Christ.
I ended yesterday by asking; “What blasphemies are we accused of today?”
1 John 4:16 English Standard Version (ESV) So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
God had never done this before, it is a new thing. It was inconceivable to believe that God would abide in mankind. He had never done this before. You would have to forget everything you ever knew about God in order to believe that.
Isaiah 32:1-3 English Standard Version (ESV)
1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.
2 Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
3 Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed, and the ears of those who hear will give attention.