Bible Dictionary: Define Chuwl, Definition of Chuwl
How can we know anything about anything
To try to explain truth to him who loves it not is but to give him more plentiful material for misinterpretation. George Macdonald
Do we have to make a choice between science and the Bible?
NO!
That is NOT where the problem is, but that is what everyone seems to want to talk about.
Take science as an example.
How can we know anything about the created material world around us?
How can we know anything from what we can see using natural sciences?
We all see the same things in the material world,
but we don't come to the same answers.
Why is that?
How can we know anything about the Bible and what it teaches?
Every person believes different things about the Bible and how it should be read.
Why is that?
Same scientific facts. Different answers.
Same Bible. Different answers.
Why is that?
The true question is this: How do we come to our answers that we get
from what we can see through science
or what we can read in the Bible?
How do we think about what we see using science or what we read in the Bible?
How do we analyze what we have seen and read?
How do we interpret what we have seen and read?
We use logic, but logic always has a foundation. Jesus talked about building on the Rock.
That Rock is Jesus Christ. He is the true foundation.
There are also the false foundations of the ungodly.
An example might help.
Question: Why do you believe in evolution?
Answer: Because my science teacher told me that evolution is scientific fact.
Question: Why do you believe your science teacher?
Answer: because he agrees with the textbook he assigned us to read.
Now, we have asked, "Why?" twice.
If we continued to ask, "Why?" we would come down to the foundation of this person's thoughts.
When we get down to the foundations, there are no more questions that can be answered.
So where to the foundations come from?
There are three possibilities.
- things that we make up, pulled from the air
- demonic lies
- divine revelation
Question: Why do you believe in creation?
Answer: Because God revealed this to me. He spoke to me through the Bible and gave me His faith
so that I could believe Him.
See how quickly we got to the foundation.
This is a belief that has a foundation that is solid and that cannot be moved.
In reality, the things that we make up, that are pulled from the air,
are actually from demons and all the lies of demons spring from the prince of demons, Satan.
So these are one and the same.
Divine revelation comes from the Almighty, Creator, God, Jesus Christ.
So there are only two choices, but how do we know there are only two choices?
Because God has revealed this truth to us.
The question then is how do we tell the difference between the revelation that comes from God
and the lies of Satan?
The answer is that everyone who sincerely wants to do the will of God will know.
Jesus said, "If you really want to obey God, you will know if what I teach comes from God or from me"
The rejection of the revelation that comes from God is not an intellectual problem.
It is a moral problem.
Jesus said, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you:
For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it shall be opened."
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Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?
Matthew 7:7-11 *
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
You can set the truth before someone, but you can't make anyone believe
those things that they don't want to submit to.
They have to want to obey God.
How frequently it is brought to our attention that nothing good can be done if the will is wrong! Reason alone fails to justify itself. Richard M. Weaver
Jesus said, "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (John 8:32)
"If we are not prepared to buy the truth at the cost of our own humbling we shall not receive it"
Lies appear to have no price upon them.
They seem cheap and they abound everywhere.
But for the truth there is always an obvious price to pay.
"[God] has set a day when He will judge all the world's people with fairness.
And He has chosen the man Jesus to do the judging for Him.
God has given proof of this to all of us by raising Jesus from death" (Acts 17:31).
"There is a judge for the one who rejects Me [Jesus] and does not accept My words;
that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day" (John 12:48)
That also stands for every person who speaks the utterances of Jesus.
When we hear them, we hear Jesus Christ, and we either accept or reject.
Every person who follows Jesus Christ is commanded to only speak His utterances and not their own.
"When we love others, we know that we belong to the truth, and we feel at ease in the presence of God" (1 John 3:19)
Ravi Zacharias did two open forums in a university.
On the second night, one man told him that he had brought two Atheists in the night before
who said that the arguments presented were so strong that they could not contend with them,
but they were going to remain Atheists because that is what they prefer to be true.
In another case of just listening to an unbeliever and drawing out his reasoning,
the unbeliever finally came to his foundations.
They turned out to be assumptions that were pulled from the air.
When asked why he believed his basic assumption,
the unbeliever looked startled and blurted out,
"I guess I'm making the whole thing up."
It was quite a revelation to him since he hadn't even known that he had any assumptions.
However, he decided to remain an Atheist because he didn't want God to rule over him.
pain, sorrow, writhe, dance, and fear of pain or punishment
02342 לוח chuwl khool or ליח chiyl kheel
a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 623}
AV-pain 6, formed 5, bring forth 4, pained 4, tremble 4, travail 4, dance 2, calve 2, grieved 2, grievous 2, wounded 2, shake 2, misc 23; 62
1) to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to dance
1a2) to twist, writhe
1a3) to whirl, whirl about
1b) (Polel)
1b1) to dance
1b2) to writhe (in travail with), bear, bring forth
1b3) to wait anxiously
1c) (Pulal)
1c1) to be made to writhe, be made to bear
1c2) to be brought forth
1d) (Hophal) to be born
1e) (Hithpolel)
1e1) whirling (participle)
1e2) writhing, suffering torture (participle)
1e3) to wait longingly
1f) (Hithpalpel) to be distressed
Genesis 8:10 And he stayed <02342> yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
Deuteronomy 2:25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish <02342> because of thee.
Deuteronomy 32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed <02342> thee.
Judges 3:25 And they tarried <02342> till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
Judges 21:21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance <02342> in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
Judges 21:23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced <02342>, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
1 Samuel 31:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded <02342> of the archers.
2 Samuel 3:29 Let it rest <02342> on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.
1 Chronicles 10:3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded <02342> of the archers.
1 Chronicles 16:30 Fear <02342> before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
Esther 4:4 So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved <02342>; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
Job 15:7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made <02342> before the hills?
Job 15:20 The wicked man travaileth <02342> with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Job 20:21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look <02342> for his goods.
Job 26:5 Dead things are formed <02342> from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
Job 26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed <02342> the crooked serpent.
Job 35:14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust <02342> thou in him.
Job 39:1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve <02342>?
Psalms 10:5 His ways are always grievous <02342>; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
Psalms 29:8 The voice of the LORD shaketh <02342> the wilderness; the LORD shaketh <02342> the wilderness of Kadesh.
Psalms 29:9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve <02342>, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
Psalms 37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently <02342> for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Psalms 51:5 Behold, I was shapen <02342> in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalms 55:4 My heart is sore pained <02342> within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Psalms 77:16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid <02342>: the depths also were troubled.
Psalms 90:2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed <02342> the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Psalms 96:9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear <02342> before him, all the earth.
Psalms 97:4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled <02342>.
Psalms 114:7 Tremble <02342>, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Proverbs 8:24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth <02342>; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
Proverbs 8:25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth <02342>:
Proverbs 25:23 The north wind driveth away <02342> rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
Proverbs 26:10 The great God that formed <02342> all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
Isaiah 13:8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain <02342> as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Isaiah 23:4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail <02342> not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
Isaiah 23:5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained <02342> at the report of Tyre.
Isaiah 26:17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain <02342>, and crieth out in her pangs; so have webeen in thy sight, O LORD.
Isaiah 26:18 We have been with child, we have been in pain <02342>, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Isaiah 45:10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth <02342>?
Isaiah 51:2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare <02342> you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
Isaiah 54:1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child <02342>: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 66:7 Before she travailed <02342>, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
Isaiah 66:8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth <02342> in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed <02342>, she brought forth her children.
Jeremiah 4:19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained <02342> at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jeremiah 5:3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved <02342>; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Jeremiah 5:22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble <02342> at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Jeremiah 23:19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous <02342> whirlwind: it shall fall grievously <02342> upon the head of the wicked.
Jeremiah 30:23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain <02342> upon the head of the wicked.
Jeremiah 51:29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow <02342>: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
Lamentations 3:26 It is good that a man should both hope <02342> and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 4:6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed <02342> on her.
Ezekiel 30:16 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great <02342> pain <02342>, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
Hosea 11:6 And the sword shall abide <02342> on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Joel 2:6 Before their face the people shall be much pained <02342>: all faces shall gather blackness.
Micah 1:12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully <02342> for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Micah 4:10 Be in pain <02342>, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
Habakkuk 3:10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled <02342>: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
Zechariah 9:5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful <02342>, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
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