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Studying Ephesians in the SSnet.org series Lesson 10, may the Holy
Spirit be the speaker to your heart. The Topic today is: Ephesians 5 for Nicolas de Lyre 1320 who
influenced Martin Luther 1523 for Morning Manna of the Sabbath School Lesson
Ephesians. The Opening Hymn will be 229 "Spirit of the Living God". The Sabbath School Quarterly, downloadable from SSnet.org in the
Teacher's Edition is on page 133ff. Comments by Phillipine professor. The SSnet.org allows anyone, anywhere to read the lesson in their
own language. Choose your own language to see God speaking also to your heart. Why don’t you click on this link right now: https://www.adultbiblestudyguide.org/pdf.php?file=2023:3Q:SE:PDFs:EAQ323_010.pdf ---Most people do not know it but Martin Luther had his sources of
commentaries that he consulted. ---One such commentary is the Bible commentary or Biblia Postilia
of Nicolas de Lyre. I downloaded the Google version of it from the Bibliotheca
Regia Monacensis online. ---He was citing so many times from Nicolas that one of his
colleagues said about Martin, “If the Lyre does not play, Martin does not know
how to dance”. ---On Ephesians 5, and the Biblia Postilia in Latin can be
downloaded, type it out and go to Latin-English translation and see, you can
read it. Come-on medical doctors, you can do it. Dentists too! ---So Nicolas said on Ephesians 5 that “Be ye also imitators of the
apostles and apostles, in the manner of the word.” And a little further he said
“Be ye imitators of God, the children of the dear children,” and a little
further he said “...imitate Christ...through good works for the increase of
charity. (as he loved you from the cross).” ---We come to Luther soon, but in cuneiform texts, the Fall of man
and losing of immortality is dealt with by Moses in Genesis 3, correct? But
there are hints of the same in the Adapa cuneiform Myth from a town called
Amarna which originated about 50 years after the death of Moses in 1410 BC. ---It is a school copy of the Babylonian Myth at this Egyptian town
to teach the students how to study Babylonian. Moses lived in Egypt a century
before and also learned Babylonian! ---Now when the Israelites lived in Niniveh after the Exile there
in 723 BC, two generations later Jewish Scribes worked in the Library and
copied the Adapa Myth for the Assyrian Librarian. Line 9 of this 650 BC Adapa
Myth copy during the days of Assyrian King Ashurbanipal 668-628 BC, read:
“Blameless with clean hands anointed observer of the divine statutes”. It is as
if one reads Psalm 119! Maybe a Jewish scribe? ---So Paul studied Moses very well and knew all about Deuteronomy
who says the same as the Adapa Myth in line 9, so did David in Psalm 1, and
Psalm 15 and Psalm 24, correct? ---At Niniveh again Jewish young Scribes who had to write the
cuneiform Hemerological texts during the same time, told the king that he
should not cook on the Sabbath, every seventh day, the gods do not want it. ---It means, Jewish cooks were off and cook not on Sabbath as Moses
asked them to do in Exodus, correct? ---Also, the scribe wrote in these cuneiform Hemero [=day] texts to
the king that if he wants to approach the gods, he must eat only vegetarian and
no pig and no mice! Hello Adventists. No ham, no vienas, crab, no mollusca
shells in the soup. No dogmeat or boshingtang. Hello! ---So Paul knew all about this and pack it into Ephesians 5. ---And the eye of Nicolas de Lyre who wrote the commentary on the
Bible in Latin in 1320 did not miss it. ---Good works you need to do. He said. ---So what about Luther? Martin Luther? ---chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/http://www.cma-ministries.org/Studies/ephesians_Cheung.pdf Ephesians 5 by Martin Luther In this case, Paul urges us to "Be imitators of God…and live a
life of love." Following God's own example, we must "Be kind and
compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God
forgave you.“ ---Luther on Galatians 5 “Paul does not condemn circumcision in
itself. Circumcision is not injurious to the person who does not ascribe any
particular importance to it. Neither are works injurious provided a person does
not attach any saving value to them. The Apostle does not say that works are
objectionable, but to build one's hopes for righteousness on works is
disastrous, for that makes Christ good for nothing." https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1549/1549-h/1549-h.htm ---Luther said “When I was a monk I tried ever so hard to live up
to the strict rules of my order. I used to make a list of my sins, and I was
always on the way to confession, and whatever penances were enjoined upon me I
performed religiously. In spite of it all, my conscience was always in a fever
of doubt. The more I sought to help my poor stricken conscience the worse it
got. The more I paid attention to the regulations the more I transgressed
them.” ---Luther on Ephesians 5:6 “Faith must of course be sincere. It
must be a faith that performs good works through love. If faith lacks love it
is not true faith. Thus the Apostle bars the way of hypocrites to the kingdom
of Christ on all sides.” ---Luther on Ephesians 5:7 “But if we abide in the true doctrine
and walk in the spirit, we have nothing to worry about. God judges our lives
differently.” ----Luther on Ephesians 5:8 “The Scriptures present Christ in a
twofold aspect. First, as a gift. "He of God is made unto us wisdom, and
righteousness, and sanctification and redemption." (I Cor. 1:30.) Hence my
many and grievous sins are nullified if I believe in Him. Secondly, the
Scriptures present Christ for our example. As an exemplar He is to be placed
before me only at certain times. In times of joy and gladness that I may have
Him as a mirror to reflect upon my shortcomings. But in the day of trouble I
will have Christ only as a gift. I will not listen to anything else, except
that Christ died for my sins.” ---Luther on Ephesians 5:9 “Small faults grow into big faults. To
tolerate a trifling error inevitably leads to crass heresy. The doctrine of the
Bible is not ours to take or to allow liberties with. We have no right to
change even a tittle of it. When it comes to life we are ready to do, to
suffer, to forgive anything our opponents demand as long as faith and doctrine
remain pure and uncorrupt. The Apostle James says, "For whosoever shall
keep the whole law and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." Amen
says Sabbath keeping Adventists. ---Luther again: “Let us not be influenced by the popular cry for
charity and unity. If we do not love God and His Word what difference does it
make if we love anything at all?” ---Are we just reading justification by faith without works in
Luther? Is that what your pastor is preaching to you? He need to wake up.
Right? ---Tell him to properly read the commentaries of Luther especially
the most popular one, Commentary on Galatians. When? Immediately.