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Saturday Jul 01, 2023
Faithfulness - Fruit of the Spirit
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
After a long break, we're back with another episode in the Fruit of the Spirit series! Faithfulness, or Emunah, is the next word we will be discussing. Join us with a cup of coffee or on your drive home and learn about the roots of faithfulness and how to walk in step with Holy Spirit and bear good faithful fruit.
Show Notes:
Aman, Emunah (אֱמוּנָה ,אָמַן)
‘Faith, Faithfulness’
(Note: Hebrew words that are active words, not passive: Shema)
Defining Emunah (אֱמוּנָה):
- How Emunah is translated according to Strongs:
- faithfulness (18x), truth (13x), faithfully (5x), office (5x), faithful (3x), faith (1x), stability (1x), steady (1x), truly (1x), verily (1x).
- Adjective: firmness, fidelity, steadfastness, steadiness
- Emunah comes from the root “Aman” (אָמַן), where we also get the word “Emet” (אֱמֶת)
- Aman: to support, confirm, be faithful
- (Qal)
- to support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish, foster-father (subst.) foster-mother, nurse, pillars, supporters of the door
- (Niphal)
- to be established, be faithful, make firm, to be carried by a nurse, lasting, confirmed, established, sure, verified, confirmed, reliable, faithful, trusty
- (Hiphil)
- (Qal)
- Aman: to support, confirm, be faithful
- to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in, trust, believe
- Emet: firmness, faithfulness, truth, sureness, reliability, stability, continuance, faithfulness, truth, as spoken, of testimony and judgment, of divine instruction, truth as a body of ethical or religious knowledge, true doctrine,
- adverb: in truth, truly
(Strong, 2022)
(Note) Branches of aman – (Emunah +Emet)
Ancient Semitic context for Aman
(Note: Ancient Hebrew, pictorial relationships)
Strength, power, authority |
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Water, chaos, |
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Seed, continuation, next generation |
- From this we can visualize aman as a strength that provides assurance of continuation through chaos and disorder
Usage and lessons of the word from scriptures:
- Then [Abraham] emin in Adonai and He reckoned it to him as righteousness. (Genesis 15:6)
- This teaches us that aman is a precursor for imputed righteousness.
- “…And your youngest brother, bring to me so that your words can be y’amnu—and you won’t die.” So they did. (Genesis 42:20)
- Then Moses said, “But look, they will not ya’aminu me or listen to my voice. They will say, ‘Adonai has not appeared to you.’” (Exodus 4:1)
- This shows us that aman is an act of confirmation, or information that requires direct action: If Joseph’s brothers, or if Moses could prove their claims, that would necessitate action.
- Moses’ hands grew heavy, so they took a stone, put it under him, and he sat down. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on each side. So his hands were emunah until the sun went down. (Exodus 17:12)
- Adonai will repay everyone his righteousness and his emunah. For Adonai gave you into my hand today, but I refused to lay my hand on Adonai’s anointed. (1 Samuel 26:23)
- This suggests that we should understand emunah as the physical outworking of aman. (Note: If “aman” necessitates action, “emunah” is the action that flows from it.)
- Behold, the puffed up one – his soul is not right within him, But the righteous will live by his emunah. (Habakkuk 2:4) (Note: He does not say “aman” here, but “emunah”. Habakkuk links faith with works here)
- Emunah – physical manifestation of the reality. Emunah is a godly attribute, but one that humans are called to as a way of life.
Use in the Psalms:
- “Help, Adonai! For no one godly exists. For the emunim (aman) have vanished from the children of men.” (Psalm 12:1)
- For the word of Adonai is upright and all His work is done in emunah. (Psalm 33:4)
- Trust in Adonai and do good. Dwell in the land, feed on emunah (Psalm 37:3)
- I will sing of the love of Adonai forever. To all generations I will make known Your emunah with my mouth. 3 For I said, “Let your lovingkindness be built up forever!
- The heavens—let Your emunah be made firm there!” (Psalm 89:2, 3)
New Covenant
The word for aman and emunah in Greek is pistis (πίστις)
- We see a challenge in a New-Covenant rendering of “faith” because there is only one word that is used for two Hebrew words.
- (Note: also a complicating factor is that in the Church, when we say “Faith” sometimes we’re just using shorthand to say “Christianity”)
Charis and Pistis
- In 1st century Rome, society often ran on a patron/client system.
- “Patronage had its own vocabulary. Words we usually consider particularly Christian terms, “grace” and “faith”, were common parlance before Paul commandeered to them. The undeserved gifts of assistance the patron offered were commonly called charis (grace and gift). The loyalty the client offered the patron in response was called pistis (faith and faithfulness).” (O'Brien, 2012)
- (Centurion) Now when Yeshua heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, “Amen, I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great pistis! (Matthew 8:10)
- (Paralytic) Just then, some people brought to Him a paralyzed man lying on a cot. And seeing their pistis, Yeshua said to the paralyzed man, “Take courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.” (Matthew 9:2)
- (Woman with the issue of blood) But then Yeshua turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” He said, “your pistis has made you well.” That very hour the woman was healed. (Matthew 9:22)
- …So also pistis, if it does not have works, is dead by itself. 18 But someone will say, “You have pistis and I have works.” Show me your pistis without works and I will show you pistis by my works. (Jacob 2:17, 18)
- But the fruit of the Ruach is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, emunah, 23 gentleness, and self-control—against such things there is no law. (Galatians 5:22, 23)
Eternal life is a free gift, received without works, but the “way” of that life is emunah!
Reference Material
Clark, M. (1999). Etymological dictionary of Biblical Hebrew. Jerusalem, Israel: Feldheim Publishers.
O'Brien, E. R. (2012). Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes. London: IVP Books.
Strong, J. (2022, MM DD). Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv). Retrieved from Blue Letter Bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h2617/kjv/wlc/ss0/0-1
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