UN votes against Israeli settlements as US abstains

UN votes against Israeli settlements as US abstains By Mark Moore December 23, 2016 The UN Security Council passed a controversial anti-settlement resolution that condemns Israel building in occupied territories. The US abstained in the vote that was approved by 14 of the council’s 15 members to applause. The resolution first introduced by Egypt in coordination with the Palestinians calls Israel “settlement building” in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank a “flagrant violation under international law” and demands Israel discontinue all settlement activities immediately. A veto by the US – or any of the five permanent members of the council – would have killed it. Speaking to the body after the vote, Susan Power, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, explained why the White House did not rise to defeat it. “Further settlement activity is in no way necessary for the security of Israel, ” she said.

“In contrast to the popular exhortation to ‘keep looking up’ (from ourselves to Christ), we are to ‘keep looking down’ (from our position in Him) upon our circumstances her on earth. ” Chapter 55, “The Way Up Is Down”; pg. 249

Putting On the Lord Jesus Christ I. Introduction II. Phase 1/Phase 2 Distinction III. Phase 1 – Salvation Foundation IV. Positional Truth V. Phase 2 – Spirituality VI. Conclusion

Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5: 22 -23 • Love (1 Cor 13: 4 -8 a) suffers long • Joy is kind does not envy • Peace parade itself does not is not puffed up • Longsuffering does not behave rudely does not seek its own • Kindness is not provoked • thinks no evil Goodness in iniquity does not rejoices in the truth

Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5: 22 -23 Longsuffering Kindness • Love (1 Cor 13: 4 -8 a) • • • suffers long is kind is not jealous (NASB) does not parade itself is not puffed up Joy not behave rudely does not seek its own Peace is not provoked thinks no evil Goodness in iniquity does not rejoices in the truth

“is not puffed up” ouv fusio, w (OU PHUSIOŌ) (negated) to puff up, make proud to be puffed up, to bear one's self loftily, be proud www. blueletterbible. org, “Outline of Biblical Usage”

Love is not Puffed Up Rom 12: 3 “For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. ” Rom 4: 2 “For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. ”

Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5: 22 -23 Longsuffering Kindness • Love (1 Cor 13: 4 -8 a) • • • suffers long is kind is not jealous (NASB) does not parade itself is not puffed up Joy not behave rudely does not seek its own Peace is not provoked thinks no evil Goodness in iniquity does not rejoices in the truth

“does not behave rudely” ouv avschmone, w (OU ASCHĒMONEŌ) (negated) to act unbecomingly www. blueletterbible. org, “Outline of Biblical Usage”

Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5: 22 -23 Longsuffering Kindness • Love (1 Cor 13: 4 -8 a) • • • suffers long is kind is not jealous (NASB) does not parade itself is not puffed up Joy not behave rudely does not seek its own Peace is not provoked thinks no evil Goodness in iniquity does not rejoices in the truth

“does not seek its own” ouv zhte, w e`autou (OU ZĒTEŌ HEAUTOU) (negated) ZĒTEŌ “to seek” “to seek after, seek for, aim at, strive after” “to crave, demand something from someone” HEAUTOU “its own” “own interests” www. blueletterbible. org, “Outline of Biblical Usage”

Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5: 22 -23 Longsuffering Kindness • Love (1 Cor 13: 4 -8 a) • • • suffers long is kind is not jealous (NASB) does not parade itself is not puffed up Joy not behave rudely does not seek its own Peace is not provoked thinks no evil Goodness in iniquity does not rejoices in the truth

“is not provoked” ouv paroxu, nw (OU PAROXUNŌ) (negated) Metaphorically… B. to irritate, provoke, arouse to anger i. to scorn, despise ii. provoke, make angry iii. to exasperate, to burn with anger www. blueletterbible. org, “Outline of Biblical Usage”

Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5: 22 -23 Longsuffering Kindness • Love (1 Cor 13: 4 -8 a) • • • suffers long is kind is not jealous (NASB) does not parade itself is not puffed up Joy not behave rudely does not seek its own Peace is not provoked thinks no evil Goodness in iniquity does not rejoices in the truth

“thinks no evil” logizomai ou to. kako, j (LOGIDZOMAI OU TO KAKOS) Strong’s re: TO KAKOS – worthless (intrinsically, such); (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious: —bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked LOGIDZOMAI (negated) I. to reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over A. to take into account, to make an account of i. metaph. to pass to one's account, to impute ii. a thing is reckoned as or to be something, i. e. as availing for or equivalent to something, as having the like force and weight B. to number among, reckon with C. to reckon or account II. to reckon inward, count up or weigh the reasons, to deliberate III. by reckoning up all the reasons, to gather or infer A. to consider, take into account, weigh, meditate on B. to suppose, deem, judge C. to determine, purpose, decide www. blueletterbible. org, “Outline of Biblical Usage”