Category Archives: KWT Paraphrasing

2 Corinthians, 2026, Colossians, KWT Paraphrasing

New and Renewed

I want us to first read Colossians 3:10.

10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, (link to the Text)

Now 2 Corinthians 5: 17
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (link to the Text)

Can we agree that new man and new creation mean the same? Good.

This is shaping up to be another backdoor approach to the Text (if you missed yesterday’s post, click here). It seems to me from these verses that we who are in Christ are new men and new women. And from verse 10, we, the new man and new woman, from time to time need renewing. So, do we get dull or something?

But how?
And what could bring renewal to the new? Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems to me that verse 10 says that the new man can (in a sense) become not so new if the man (or woman) does not practice learning Him who rebirthed them.
We need to keep on knowing (learning) JESUS.
And how do we do that?
Only one way I know: conversing with Him in the pages of His Word, continuously.
Which is why I keep coming day after day, year after year, to this digital screen, because I want to keep on knowing/learning Him, and I want to encourage you to keep on knowing/learning Him too.
I hope I am.

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2026, Ephesians, Gospel of Matthew, KWT Paraphrasing

The Back Door

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Sometimes I come at Scripture backwards, shall we say, like coming in the back door. Let me explain.

Matthew 22: 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’  Link to Text

I am thinking in this moment that is exactly what we do, especially when we have a god other than Him.
(Remember now, I said backwards . . . back door.)
The evil one does all he can to see to it that we put other gods before GOD, that we give those gods our heart, mind, and soul. I mean, we go after those little g gods with all we got — careers, cars, houses, prestige, making money, pleasures, comforts, etc., etc.

So, this being true, take heart, my dear Friends, because when we give our allegiance to the LORD GOD, when we surrender to His LORDSHIP, to the GOD and Savior, HE WILL do exceedingly, abundantly more than we can think or ask (Ephesians 3:20-21) to enable us to do just what He said: love Him with all our hearts, soul, and mind. We can REST in this. We can believe this. We can receive this with great joy!

Is my back door making sense to you?
We know from experience that the evil one gives us more help than we want to do the opposite of what GOD says to do.
SO, since the evil one does that, we KNOW the Father will go infinitely beyond and in the other direction to enable us to obey His Word.

Of course! He is going to help us to do every good thing He wants us to do!

And to all that, I can only say, Thank You, Father; we are depending on You.

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2026, Gospel of Matthew, His Coming, KWT Paraphrasing

A Smothering Blanket

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As I begin, I do not intend to be long, neither with words nor with the unpacking of the thought to be introduced. I hope you recall or will look it up, Matthew 24, the Disciples asked the LORD about His coming again. The first thing He instructed them was to not be deceived, and He continued with that word as He answered their question.

Now for my point.
Deception.
Deception is the first indicator that the End (or the Beginning, whichever way you see it) is at hand. Other happenings are mentioned as well, like wars, rumors of war, earthquakes, famines, etc., but we have had all those forever, all over the world.

I have believed for as long as I can remember that YESHUA is coming again, and I have been skeptical about when He would come back.
I am here to tell you I am more excited about His Return than I have ever been, more eager, and more inclined to say with other Folks that I now believe, we are close, very close.

Why? Deception.
Just 6 years ago, a smothering blanket of deception wrapped itself around the world.
For 2,000 years or more, we have had earthquakes, famines, wars, etc., at various times and places, but not globally, simultaneously, as is this deception.
Let me give a caveat right here: the global deception, even though it is global, some escaped and are continuing to escape—that’s Biblical, too.

Okay, I’ve already gone longer than I intended.
Here’s the bottom line: I am expecting YESHUA to return sooner than some of us have thought.
One final word: what do you need to do to prepare for His Return?

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2024, 24 Days In December, Genesis, Gospel of Luke, KWT Paraphrasing, Questions

Day 10 – The Kitchen

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Day 10

Luke 10  BSB

Luke 10 opens with YESHUA appointing and sending out 72 others to proclaim the Kingdom and to heal the sick.
He told them He was sending them out as lambs among wolves. And they went!

Verse 16.
Don’t miss it.
And while you are not missing verse 16, don’t miss verse 20.
In Verse 21 JESUS just breaks out in praise!  I hope you are reading the Text. Please don’t miss it.

Moving on in the text YESHUA is confronted by a Law Expert.
Be careful when you meet such folk.
Do what JESUS did.
Listen carefully and respond with questions.

Notice please, that particular Law Expert answered correctly with his mouth but his heart was far from GOD.

Martha and Mary.
What do we learn from them?
What do we learn of JESUS in this encounter?
One thing (among others) we get the Truth from JESUS.
His love for us does not cause Him to mince words. We can trust Him for the truth.

41“Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things. 42 But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”  

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Let me paraphrase verses 41 and 42 in a gentle, most loving tone, Martha, Martha, I am not going to tell Mary to join you in the kitchen right now but my dear Martha, you, may join her and ME here. Come, sit with us. 

I think just one more verse before I leave this post.  Martha. Did you notice what she said in verse 40?
40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”

One. She must have assumed if JESUS told Mary to get up and head to the kitchen that she would; she must have seen some obedience in Mary. I like that.
Two. I see Martha doing what I have done too many times — trying to “twist JESUS’ arm to do what we want Him to do”.  It doesn’t work!

“Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!”

It’s an old tactic. It started in the Garden. Check it out in Genesis 3 BSB.

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Until next time, holy hugs, Kathie