[Greek] μυωπάζω (muōpazō), [Latin] temptare, [German] prufen, [French] toucher, [French] essayer: to fail to understand, to grope, to be myopic, to be short-sighted (near-sighted), to be unable to see far of; 2Pet.1:9
Background information:
New Testament:
What is Christian life in its fullness? This is a gift of divine power (from God) receiving a knowledge of Christ and a bestowal of promises.
What are these promises? We make every effort to supplement our faith with virtue, knowledge, self-control, endurance, devotion, mutual affection, and love.
What happens when you have these gifts? One will be active and fruitful in the knowledge of Christ.
What happens when you lack these gifts? One becomes blind, shortsighted, and forgetful of His mercy.
2Peter: This book was written for the purposes of encouraging Christians in the provinces of Asia Minor. These Christians were threatened by false teachers, false doctrine, and Gnosticism. The author extorted the Christians to remain faithful to the true teachings of the Church. In his greeting, the author prayed that these Christians receive an abundance of knowledge of Jesus and God. It is through this knowledge that one can obtain a share in the divine nature. Seeking knowledge was a highly sought Hellenistic value.
Scripture:
“Anyone who lacks them is blind and shortsighted, forgetful of the cleansing of past sins.” 2Pet.1:9
The writer encouraged the Christians to supplement their faith with virtue, knowledge, self-control, endurance, devotion, and love. This passage deals with spiritual blindness. This person does not pay attention or does not want to see it. He sees only what he wants to see.
Etymology: The Latin verb temptare means to touch, to test, to try, and to urge with the hands (manus). This action gives the sense of groping (searching or feeling about blindly). The German verb prufen means to check, to examine, or to consider. The French verb toucher means to touch or to contact. The French verb essayer means to try or to test. Interestingly, the Latin adjective caecus means blind. The Greek verb muo means to shut the eyes (ops).
Cecum: This cecum is a pouch at the beginning of the large intestine. This term comes the Latin intestum caecum, meaning blind intestine. The related Greek term is typhlon (enteron). Typhlitis is the inflammation of the large intestine. In a sense, this is the ‘blind gut’ or ‘cul de sac’ (bottom of the bag). The cul de sac, frequently found in subdivisions, is also called a blind alley, dead end, and road with no exit.
“The eyes are useless when the mind is blind.” Unknown
“The worst thing is to be born sighted but to lack vision.” Helen Keller
“Materialistic perception of life makes us spiritually shortsighted.” Sunday Adelaja
“Heaven mocks the shortsighted views of man.” Horace Walpole
Conclusion:
Myopic, proof, prove, touch, essay, tempt, temptation, caecum
Update: The Kansas legislature really did not help themselves (in their cause) in drafting a confusing abortion amendment to vote on.
Many abortion rights supporters only see that abortion is predominately about a woman’s right.
Many abortion rights supporters are blind to the spiritual or moral consequences of abortion. (Do you think that God will overlook this?)
The people in Kansas are celebrating the right to kill an unborn child in the womb??? (Very confusing!)
Instead of projecting a united front, the Biden administration and Speaker Pelosi are giving confusing and conflicting signals to the world on her trip to Taiwan.
Biden’s policies, statements, and mental faculties are all in a confused state.
Many are still confused about the overturning of the Roe vs. Wade decision. The Supreme Court did not ban abortion. The Supreme Court sent this authority to the states.
Many Biden administration officials are confused that the American people are not more readily interested in electric vehicles.
Vice President Kamala Harris ‘word salad’ speech continues to be quite confusing.
The Democrats and Progressives are very near-sighted about the causative effects of spending on inflation.
Many are short-sighted in not realizing that socialist policies never succeed.
One doesn’t need glasses to see that opposing forces have always existed to fight, to hinder, to prevent, and to keep others from attaining their objectives. It can be often shortsighted that one easily put a stop to this. We will continue to have these social, cultural, and political battles.
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