The Greek term has…nothing to say of inspiring or of inspiration: it speaks only of 'spiring' or 'spiration'. What is says of Scripture is, not that it is 'breathed into by God' or is the product of the Divine 'inbreathing' into its human authors, but that it is breathed out by God, 'God-breathed', the product of the creative breath of God... When Paul declares, then, that 'every Scripture', or 'all Scripture' is the product of the Divine breath, 'is God-breathed', he asserts with as much energy as he could employ that Scripture is the product of a specifically Divine operation.

B.B. Warfield

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		All newly t, Appetizers	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	pk	(3 oz.) cream cheese; softened
2	ts	Chives
2	ts	Dill
1		Clove garlic; crushed
1/4	c	Mayonnaise
1	ts	Dijon mustard

INSTRUCTIONS

Beat ingredients together, chill and serve with crackers.
Recipe by: Quick 'N" Easy Home Cooking Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #732
by L979@aol.com on Aug 9, 1997

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Judgment seat translates bema , which, in its simplest definition, describes a place reached by steps, or a platform. The Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament) uses it that way in Nehemiah 8:4. In Greek culture bema referred to the elevated platform on which victorious athletes received their crowns, much like the medal stand in the modern Olympic games. In the New Testament it was used on the judgment seats of Pilate (Matt. 27:19; John 19:13), Herod (Acts 12:21), and Festus (Acts 25:6, 10, 17). There was also a bema at Corinth, where unbelieving Jews unsuccessfully accused Paul before the Roman proconsul Gallio (Acts 18:12, 16, 17). A person was brought before a bema to have his or her deeds examined, in a judicial sense for indictment or exoneration, or for the purpose of recognizing and rewarding some achievement. Writing to the Romans of this same event, Paul described it as “the judgment seat [ bema ] of God” (Rom 14:10). God the Father is the ultimate Judge, but He has “given all judgment to the Son” (John 5:22).

John MacArthur