Biblical Happiness
As I mentioned in my last post, I am continuing my review of the book, " Happiness " by Randy Alcorn, I will be sharing different parts of the book, as well as Scripture, and my own thoughts about true happiness. Here are a few questions for you to think about...How would you define "Biblical" happiness? How is it different than our cultural understanding of happiness? In his book, Randy Alcorn gives several definitions that come from the original Greek and Hebrew translations of the Bible, as well as how they compare to other translations. The Hebrew word that most closely describes God-centered happiness is the word Asher. "Asher means "happy one". The happiness that comes from knowing and serving God typifies asher." " Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God".(Psalm 146:5 RSV) The Greek word for happiness would be Makarios. which appears 50 times(in the Greek translation) in the ...