Yesterday, I wanted to blog the difference between two wonderful pastors definitions of the same word and where it took them. One is pastor, Philip W. from Bread of Life Church which I attended throughout the 1990’s. The other is my current pastor Kevin P. from Pine Grove Assembly of God which he has pastured for the last five months. Both preached on Philippians and keyed up on the same word “sincere”
In the ten years I was at Bread of Life I heard Pastor Phil define sincere a number of times as meaning “without wax.” He explained dishonest potters would cover flaws with wax to make them appear to be sound vessels. The buyers would take home an inferior piece of pottery thinking it was sound, only to find out they had been cheated.
Pastor Kevin defined sincere as meaning “examined in the sunlight and found to be pure.” In a way that definition could have been talking about making sure the potter was honest as well as Pastor Phil’s definition did.
According to Webster’s 1828 dictionary (which is the last completely Christian dictionary) has the definition “without wax” but it refers to pure honey. It also has “Being in reality what it appears to be; not feigned; not simulated; not assumed”
There are Many things in the Bible defined in more than one definition. Take the name Jacob sometimes it is defined as “supplanter” other times it is defined as “foot grabber.” My oldest brother was mad when I remarked his grandson’s name meant “supplanter” he had not heard that definition.
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