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MAKE DISCIPLES   Jesus Christ left His followers a daunting charge when He said, “ MAKE DISCIPLES of all the nations” (Mtt28:19) Since Jesus Christ IS THE WORD , He seems to strategically use “ mathēteusate ” here in this statement (the only time written in the Bible) to illustriously paint the panorama of meaning behind the command.   The core concept behind “ mathēteusate ” is found in its root “ math ”: the " mental effort needed to think something through” DIFFERENTLY … … AFTER being instructed in THE TRUTH .   WAIT… WHO IS THE TRUTH?                   Jn14:6NKJV “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, THE TRUTH , and the life.”   Rather than an outside force trying to convince, impart academic knowledge, or coerce conversion…   mathēteusate is an extension of a verb that implies a certain model: a lifelong, transformational apprenticeship and intimate relationship with THE LIVI...

  A GRATEFUL HEART     How many times have you heard quoted, “GIVE THANKS WITH A GRATEFUL HEART” ?           …even just, “ BE GRATEFUL ”?   Awhile back my wife began to get a real distinction about being GRATEFUL or just THANKFUL. This changed her whole perception about God, our house, her job… me (hahahaha)… and life in general.   Then about a month ago a friend asked if I had any studies on “GRATEFUL”. NOPE.   It really got me thinking again… am I feeling GRATEFUL ? Or THANKFUL ? Can you feel both at the same time? What’s the difference? …More importantly… does it matter?   I tried looking up “GRATEFUL” in scripture, only to find that it is only used in some of the more modern versions of the Bible… and that there is no record of the English word “GRATEFUL” until the 1550s…     “ GRATEFUL ” and “ THANKFUL ” often get used interchangeably. For instance… Colossians 3:16 ...