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December
9, 2005
Paul L. Cox:
"Yada, Yada, Yada, and the Gift of Discernment"
Aslan's Place
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 A
note by Steve Shultz about. . .
"Yada, Yada, Yada":
I think this title is clever and yet quite relevant, actually.
We are told in Scripture:
"But solid food is for full-grown men [and women],
(even) those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to
discern good and evil." -Hebrews 5:14 (ASV)
This
research by Paul Cox and his assistant is brilliant. Who knew that God would use
the word "Yada" to refer to so many different ways we can know Him?
Steve Shultz
THE ELIJAH LIST
 Paul
Cox:
Recently at a conference, a lady testified about her experience, and she said,
"'Thank you for teaching us the yada way of knowing God." What did she
mean?
The Hebrew word yada is first used in Genesis 3:5:
"For God knows [yada] that in the day you eat of it your
eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
-Genesis 3:5
Remember, in
Hebrew thought, each letter of the alphabet has a meaning, and each letter even
has a numerical value. Translation in English is not always simple, and meaning
can be lost in transliteration, which is more of an art than a science. Opinions
vary widely on the correct way to transliterate, but the context is always of
utmost importance.
Yada is used 944 times in the Bible. It is a root word used in every
stem, and it expresses a multitude of shades of knowledge gained by the senses
(see Hebrews 5:14). Its closest synonyms are "to discern" and "to
recognize." A summary of the meanings of this primitive root listed in Strong's
concordance includes knowledge at all levels, including the senses. Baker's
Evangelical Dictionary states that yada is ". . . to apprehend and
experience reality. Knowledge is not the possession of information but rather,
its exercise or actualization."
While yada is most frequently translated as "to know," its meaning is in
fact far broader. The meaning includes considered knowledge, learning, to
consider, ability to distinguish, to possess a developed sense of awareness,
professional skills, heightened consciousness, perception, intuition, and
discernment. The physical expression of these may include declaration and
acknowledgement, performance, creativity, sexual intercourse, and skilled use of
the five physical senses. Some Biblical examples of the diversity of the use of
yada include:
Awareness:
"Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai
(and the two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses' hand when he came down
from the mountain), that Moses did not know [yada] that the skin of his face
shone while he talked with Him." -Exodus 34:29
Artistic
and Professional Skills:
"Bezalel and Aholiab and every gifted artisan in whom
the Lord has put wisdom and understanding [yada] to know [yada] how to do all
manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall do according to all
that the Lord has commanded." -Exodus 36:1
Sexual
Relations:
"And Adam knew [yada] his wife again, and she bore a son
and named him Seth, 'for God has appointed seed for me instead of Abel, whom
Cain killed.'" -Genesis 4:25
Declaration, Understanding, Perception:
"Then I said, 'Here am I! Send me.' And He said, 'Go,
and tell [yada] this people: "Keep on hearing, but do not understand [yada];
keep on seeing, but do not perceive [yada]."'" -Isaiah 6:9
"Behold,
You desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part, You will make me
to know [yada] wisdom." -Psalm 51:6
"I considered [yada] all this in my heart so that I
could declare [yada] it all, that the righteous and the wise and their works
are in the hand of God. People know [yada] neither love, nor hatred, by
anything they see before them." -Ecclesiastes 9:1
"They do not know [yada], nor do they understand [yada].
They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are unstable [or
moved]." -Psalm 82:5
Perception, Considered Knowledge:
"To know [yada] wisdom and instruction, to perceive [yada]
the words of understanding [yada]." -Proverbs 1:2
"The earth will be filled with the knowledge [yada]
of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea."
-Habakkuk 2:14
Knowledge, Understanding, Professional Skills:
"Young men in whom there was no blemish, but
good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge [yada] and quick to
understand [yada] [some translations render this 'quick to understand
science'], who had ability to serve in the king's palace, and whom they might
teach [yada] the language and literature of the Chaldeans."
-Daniel 1:4
"That you may tell [yada] in the hearing of your son and
your son's son the mighty things I have done in Egypt and My signs which I
have done among them, that they may know [yada] that I am the Lord."
-Exodus 10:2
In summary, yada is the developed expression of an intimate knowledge of
God, incorporating every aspect of our lives as an act of worship. Yada
has been described as an abbreviation for the entirety of Yahweh's message to
mankind.
This has been a surprise to me! Throughout seminary, we discussed Yada.
The word was always taught to me as a "knowing" as in an intellectual knowing
(or perhaps a metaphysical knowing). Understanding that Yada has to
do with knowing through the five physical senses (common in the SEER and
prophetic gifts) shows us again that the Lord desires that we know Him, not only
intellectually but also with our physical senses.
Paul &
Donna Cox
Aslan's Place
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Paul's Upcoming
Itinerary:
January 13-15,
2006
Discernment Training and
Generational Deliverance, Part I
School of Ministry I
www.aslansplace.com/seminars
January 13, 2006
The Biblical Basis for
Spiritual Conflict
www.aslansplace.com/seminars
January 14, 2006
Tipping the Scales & Discerning
the Battle-The Spiritual Gift of
Discernment
www.aslansplace.com/seminars
January 15, 2006
Using the Spiritual Gift of
Discernment in Generational
Deliverance
www.aslansplace.com/seminars
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