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3 sie 2024 · Biblical Meaning of “Reckon” Explained. The term “reckon” in the Bible carries profound theological significance, as it involves a recognition or consideration that transcends mere acknowledgment, often relating to issues of faith and divine judgment.
1. (v. t.) To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. 2. (v. t.) To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute. 3. (v. t.) To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. 4. (v. t.)
1. To count; to number; that is, to tell the particulars. The priest shall reckon to him the money, according to the years that remain, even to the year of jubilee, and it shall be abated. Lev. 27. I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. 2. To esteem; to account; to repute.
Reckoning is a matter of faith that issues in action. It is like endorsing a check: If we really believe that the money is in the checking account, we will sign our name and collect the money. Reckoning is not claiming a promise but acting on a fact. God does not command us to become dead to sin.
1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reckon. 2. (n.) The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation. 3. (n.) An account of time. 4. (n.) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc.
All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT) 1 Chronicles 7:5. Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
3.2 “RECKON” IS A FORM OF FAITH THAT OPERATES ON GOD’S PAST WORK. 1.3 THE TWO–FOLD RECKONING. 2.1 I am dead to sin. 2.2 I am alive to God. Through Jesus Christ. 1.4 THE CONTINUED RECKONING. 1.5 THE CONCLUSION OF RECKONING. 2.1 I do not need to let sin reign. 3.1 THE TOPPLED RULER. 3.2 THE DYING BODY. 3.3 NO EXCUSES.
