Sermon Tone Analysis

USA Today Sept. 29,2018

WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee asked the FBI on Saturday to investigate a person who gave apparent "false statements" during its vetting of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

The Senate Judiciary Committee asked the FBI on Saturday to investigate a person who gave apparent "false statements" during its vetting of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Kavanaugh was questioned about the claim, which accused him of sexually assaulting a woman in Rhode Island.

After the claim was made public, the man who made it recanted his story, the committee says.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the committee, said the reporting of the false statement slowed Kavanaugh's hearings and diverted resources.

"The Committee is grateful to citizens who come forward with relevant information in good faith, even if they are not one hundred percent sure about what they know," he said in a statement.

"But when individuals provide fabricated allegations to the Committee, diverting Committee resources during time-sensitive investigations, it materially impedes our work.

Such acts are not only unfair; they are potentially illegal"

Grassley said the man could be potentially charged.

"It is illegal to make materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements to Congressional investigators," he said.

"It is illegal to obstruct Committee investigations."

Christine Blasey Ford was the first to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual assault, providing statements even before he was selected as Trump's choice for the Supreme Court.

She testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday that Kavanaugh asulted her at a party when they were teenagers in high school.

Two other women came forward with claims.

Several anonymous allegations were also reported to members of Congress.

Rape is a Serious Crime

deut 22:25

The father could refuse the marriage, but the rapist will still have to pay support to the woman and any possible offspring.

Sexual purity is important to God because we are made in the image of God and to violate another person shows not only a lack of respect or reverence for that person but also for the God who has made us.

Application:

Fathers - we need to protect our sons and daughters and their purity.

Young people, do not willing put yourselves in a situation where your purity will be called into question.

When a crime is committed against an innocent and helpless person, we need to support them and hold the perpetrator accountable.

False Testimoy is a Serious Crime

deut 19

1 Tim 5:19

re•ceive

\ri-ˈsēv\ verb re•ceived; re•ceiv•ing [Middle English, from Anglo-French receivre, from Latin recipere, from re- + capere to take—more at HEAVE] verb transitive 14th century 1: to come into possession of: ACQUIRE 〈receive a gift〉 2 a: to act as a receptacle or container for 〈the cistern receives water from the roof〉 b: to assimilate through the mind or senses 〈receive new ideas〉 3 a: to permit to enter: ADMIT b: WELCOME, GREET c: to react to in a specified manner 4: to accept as authoritative, true, or accurate: BELIEVE 5 a: to support the weight or pressure of: BEAR b: to take (a mark or impression) from the weight of something 〈some clay receives clear impressions〉 c: ACQUIRE, EXPERIENCE 〈received his early schooling at home〉 d: to suffer the hurt or injury of 〈received a broken nose〉 verb intransitive 1: to be a recipient 2: to be at home to visitors 〈receives on Tuesdays〉 3: to convert incoming radio waves into perceptible signals 4: to prepare to take possession of the ball …

MW Collegiate Dict.

(11th Ed.)

3858.

παραδέχομαι paradechomai; from 3844 and 1209; to receive, admit:—accept(3), receive(1), received(1), receives(1).

NASB Dictionaries

31.52 ἀποδέχομαιb; ἀποδοχή, ῆς f; παραδέχομαιa: to come to believe something to be true and to respond accordingly, with some emphasis upon the source—‘to accept, to receive, acceptance, reception.’

ἀποδέχομαιb: οἱ μὲν οὖν ἀποδεξάμενοι τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ ἐβαπτίσθησαν ‘many of them accepted his message and were baptized’ .

ἀποδοχή: πιστὸς ὁ λόγος καὶ πάσης ἀποδοχῆς ἄξιος ‘this is a true saying and is worthy of being fully received’ 1 Tm 1:15.

παραδέχομαιa: διότι οὐ παραδέξονταί σου μαρτυρίαν περὶ ἐμοῦ ‘because the people will not accept your witness about me’ ; κατὰ πρεσβυτέρου κατηγορίαν μὴ παραδέχου, ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ ἐπὶ δύο ἢ τριῶν μαρτύρων ‘do not accept an accusation against an elder unless there are two or three witnesses’ 1 Tm 5:19.

Louw-Nida

Do ... entertain NIV, NIV84

ac•cu•sa•tion

\ˌa-kyə-ˈzā-shən, -(ˌ)kyü-\ noun 14th century 1: the act of accusing: the state or fact of being accused 2: a charge of wrongdoing

MW Collegiate Dict.

(11th Ed.)

accept HCSB

2724.

κατηγορία katēgoria; prob.

from 2723; an accusation:—accusation(2), accused(1).

admit RSV

NASB Dictionaries

Do ... admit ESV

33.428 κατηγορία, ας f: (derivative of κατηγορέω ‘to accuse,’ 33.427) the content of the accusation or charge made against someone—‘accusation, charge.’

κατὰ πρεσβυτέρου κατηγορίαν μὴ παραδέχου, ἐκτὸς εἰ μὴ ἐπὶ δύο ἢ τριῶν μαρτύρων ‘do not listen to an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses’ 1 Tm 5:19.

It is possible that in 1 Tm 5:19 κατηγορία may denote either the event of accusing or the content of the accusation.

If κατηγορία in 1 Tm 5:19 is understood as the event of accusing, it may be classified with the items in 33.427.

Do ... listen to NLT

receive KJV 1900

an accusation NASB95, NKJV, NIV, NIV84, KJV 1900, NLT, HCSB

Text Comparison

a charge ESV

παραδέχου, paradechou,

any charge RSV

παραδέχομαι paradechomaiwait for; look forward to

Text Comparison

δεχομαι dechomai receive; accept; welcome

κατηγορίαν katēgorian

VPUM2S verb, present, either middle or passive, imperative, second person, singular

κατηγορία katēgoriaaccusation; charge

G3858 Greek Strong’s

αγω agō lead; bring

LN 31.52 Louw-Nida

NASF noun, accusative, singular, feminine

to accept verb

G2724 Greek Strong’s

Letter, Personal 1 Timothy

LN 33.428 Louw-Nida

Body; Instruction, Personal 1:3–6:19

accusation noun

Exposition 5:18–19

Letter, Personal 1 Timothy

Allusion, Old Testament 19

Body; Instruction, Personal 1:3–6:19

Longacre Genre

Exposition 5:18–19

Primary: Behavioral: Hortatory

Allusion, Old Testament 19

Intertext

Longacre Genre

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