Remember (recall, bearing in mind) (3421) mnemoneuo

any mothers who punch the clock and then turn away from their crying babies because they refuse to work anymore? Maybe some mothers will work out some kind of union agreement like that, but I don’t think real mothers would want it. Mothers work a little differently—night and day. (McGee, J V: Thru the Bible Commentary: Thomas Nelson or Logos) Recall (3421) (mnemoneuo from mimnesko = to recall to one's mind) means to exercise memory, call something to mind, recollect, to pay attention to something and so to be warned (eg, Lk 17:32). The Analytical Lexicon has an excellent summary of the NT meanings... (1) of recollection recall, remember (Mt 16.9); (2) of solicitous concern be mindful of, think of, remember (Gal 2.10); (3) of self-reflection remember, keep in mind (Eph 2.11); (4) speak (of), (make) mention (of) (He 11.22) (Friberg, T., Friberg, B., & Miller, N. F. Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament. Baker Academic) Mnemoneuo is derived from the Indo-European root *mēn, to think...Hence there arises, in Indo-European languages generally, the following complex of meanings: (a) to remember (referring to the intellectual ability, and its exercise, of linking the past to the present); (b) to consider, weigh up (where the present is linked to the future); (c) to be mindful, take into account, mention (assessing how the present relates both to past and future). This range of meanings can be seen in English, e.g., in the various uses of the word “mind”: to remind, call to mind, give one’s mind to, bear in mind, have a mind to, etc. (Brown, Colin, Editor. New International Dictionary of NT Theology. 1986. Zondervan or Computer version) A couple of "plugs" for remembering God's Word (which points to the Incarnate Word - Jn 1:1) - See discussion of Memorizing God's Word of Truth & Life and then put it into practice as a daily discipline (under grace, not law!) by beginning to Memorize Verses by Topic. You will not regret it...in the present age or the age to come. Paul Tucker said that One of the products of the Fall is that we remember the things we ought to forget—and forget the things we ought to remember. Aldous Huxley adds that "Each man's memory is his private literature". And now as new creatures in Christ (2Cor 5:17-note), we should continually seek to fill our mind with the best "literature", washing it with the water of the Word, which alone can counter the effects of the fall, for it is only by the Word that we are sanctified (made holy) and our minds are renewed (Jn 17:17, cp Php 4:8-note, Php 4:9-note, Col 3:16-note, Ep 4:23-note, Ro 12:2-note, Jn 8:31, 32, 36). Websters 1828 definition of remember - To have in the mind an idea which had been in the mind before, and which recurs to the mind without effort (Ed comment: I think in the NT sense we often need to make a conscious effort, a volitional choice to remember. And we have the Spirit to aid our recall - cp Jn 14:26, 1Co 2:12, 13). When we use effort to recall an idea, we are said to recollect it. This distinction is not always observed. Hence remember is often used as synonymous with recollect, that is, to call to mind. We say, we cannot remember a fact, when we mean, we cannot recollect it. (Click for all 15 definitions of remember) Mounce has an interesting note on the two NT verbs for remember (mimneskomai and mnemoneuo) noting that ... These two verbs share a common root (mnē) and often carry the simple meaning of remembering or recalling to mind (Mt 16:9; 26:75; 1Th. 2:9). Remembering, however, is often more active and effective than the mere recollection of certain data. Remembering should affect one’s life significantly, in terms of changing attitudes (Jn 2:22; 12:16; Ep 2:11) or taking some action (Rev 2:5; 3:3). The NT authors frequently exhort believers to remember with prayer and action (Gal 2:10; 1Th 1:3; He 13:3, 7). Belief and confession can follow remembering (1Ti 2:8; Heb 11:22). When God remembers, there are always consequences, both merciful (Lk 1:54, 72; 23:42; Acts 10:31) and just (Rev 16:19; 18:5). When God does not remember, this is not forgetfulness, but a choice to not dwell upon or consider someone or something (Heb 8:12; 10:17). We can praise Him that He has chosen not to remember our sins. (Mounce's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old & New Testament Words. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan or Computer version) Isaac Watts We are said to remember anything, when the idea of it arises in the mind with the consciousness that we have had this idea before. Even as the missionaries remembered (mnemoneuo) the Thessalonians’ "work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope" (1Th 1:3-note), so they expected that the Thessalonians would remember (mnemoneuo) how they too had labored while they were with them. Mnemoneuo - 21x in 21v in NAS - Mt 16:9; Mk 8:18; Lk 17:32; Jn 15:20; 16:4, 21; Acts 20:31, 35; Gal 2:10; Eph 2:11; Col 4:18; 1Th 1:3; 2:9; 2Th 2:5; 2Ti 2:8; Heb 11:15, 22; 13:7; Rev 2:5; 3:3; 18:5. NAS = bearing in mind(1), made mention(1), recall(1), remember(14), remembered(1), remembering(1), remembers(1), thinking(1). Matthew 16:9 "Do you not yet understand or remember (present tense = continually recall to your mind) the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets full you picked up? Comment: Context is Mt 16:8 "men of little faith" discussing no bread when the Bread of life was in their very midst! Oh my, how often I am like them! How often I see the temporal and miss the eternal, forgetting that He is using the visible to teach me about the invisible (cp 2Co 4:18-note)! Lord help my unbelief. Amen Comment from Matthew Henry: Though they had no bread with them, they had him with them who could provide bread for them. If they had not the cistern, they had the Fountain. Do ye not yet understand, neither remember? Note, Christ's disciples are often to be blamed for the shallowness of their understandings, and the slipperiness of their memories. "Have ye forgot those repeated instances of merciful and miraculous supplies; five thousand fed with five loaves, and four thousand with seven loaves, and yet they had enough and to spare? Remember how many baskets ye took up." These baskets were intended for memorials, by which to keep the mercy in remembrance, as the pot of manna which was preserved in the ark, Ex 16:32. The fragments of those meals would be a feast now; and he that could furnish them with such an overplus then, surely could furnish them with what was necessary now. That meat for their bodies was intended to be meat or their faith (Ps 74:14), which therefore they should have lived upon, now that they had forgotten to take bread. Mark 8:18 (for context read Mk 8:16, 17 - see preceding comments) "HAVING EYES, DO YOU NOT SEE? (cp His next miracle - Mk 8:22 23 24 25 26) AND HAVING EARS (cp Mk 7:32-37), DO YOU NOT HEAR? (see Jer 5:21, cp similar language in Ezek 12:2; Isa 6:9 10-note) And do you not remember, (present tense = continually recall to your mind)? (Jesus' question expects a positive answer) Comment: Eyes, ears and mind (memory) here are all referring to their spiritual perception (lack of). Jesus desires that all His disciples (cp who they were in Acts 11:26) develop their skills of spiritual perception. How are your spiritual eyes, ears and memory beloved? A bit cloudy, a bit "stopped up", a bit forgetful? Luke 17:32 "Remember (present imperative = command calling for ready recall to be one's continual attitude. Keep this historical event constantly on the "front burner" of your mind!) Lot's wife. Comment: Jesus is speaking to disciples (Lk 17:22 - genuine followers, compare the name of the "disciples" in 26" class="scriptRef">Acts 11:26 - note that the most common name for believers in Acts was "disciples" - 30x in 28 verses - eg look at the birth of the Church in Ac 6:1 2 7 9:1 13:52 Note the effect of the preaching of the Gospel - Acts 14:21 22 - some teach that "disciples" are a separate category of believers - What does God's Word teach? For a pithy, provocative study of what Scripture teaches consider Being a Disciple Counting the Real Cost), knowing that He is about to go to the Cross. And so here Jesus warns the disciples to remember Ge 19:17, 26 which parallels His earlier pithy teaching in Luke 9:62 (where "looking" is in the present tense = continually looking back. We all "look back" at the world and our possessions occasionally but that is not our lifestyle - a believer's lifestyle is looking forward, fixing one's eyes on Jesus He 12:2-note, looking for the blessed hope Titus 2:13-note, loving the thought of His appearing 2Ti 4:8-note). What did Lot's wife decision reflect? Disobedience. And her disobedience was a manifestation of her lack of faith (see relationship between faith and obedience in Hebrews 3:18, 19-note). And thus if a person professes to follow after Jesus and yet continually manifests a "Lot's wife heart", they are not genuine followers of Christ and they are not fit for the kingdom of God (Lk 9:62 - the phrase "kingdom of God" in this verse and the previous one Lk 9:60, 61 ["proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God"] is equivalent to or tantamount to salvation because the truly saved are the only ones who will "see the kingdom of God" as Jesus' explained to Nicodemus in John 3:3.). So Jesus' call to remember Lot's wife conveys a serious, sobering warning to all who would seek to follow Him One side note - As we make a habitual practice to remember the truth of God's Word (truths like the tragic outcome of Lot's wife), we are in a sense practicing a form of "meditation", mulling His truth over and over in our heart and mind. This is the essence of Biblical Meditation, a somewhat lost discipline/art in the modern church, but one which promises incredible spiritual blessings which should strongly motivate us (Joshua 1:8-note, Ps 1:1-note, Ps 1:2-note, Ps 1:3-note). As we seek to remember God's Word (especially to memorize it), we are laying the groundwork to be able then to meditate on it. (Compare the association of remember and meditate in Ps 63:5 below) John 15:20 "Remember (present imperative = command to continually, habitually recall, recollect) the word that I said to you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also. Comment: Jesus' disciples must continually be aware that since the unbelieving world persecuted Jesus, they will persecute His followers. This is not a "maybe" but a "gimme"! But unfortunately this message is not clearly taught many times for "fear" of chasing off potential converts. And yet the Scriptures clearly and repeatedly teach this is the lot in this present life for all Christ followers (cp 2Ti 3:12-note, Php 1:29-note, Acts 14:22, 1Pe 2:21-note) (See also Lk 6:22 21:17; Jn 15:19, 20, 17:14, Mt 10:34, 35, 36 but be comforted by Jn16:33,14:27). Remember is used in a similar context in the following verse Jn 16:14. John 16:4 "But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember (present tense = continually recall to your mind) that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you. John 16:21 "Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers (present tense = continually recalls to her mind) the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world. Henry Morris comments: Jesus uses this common experience (suffering and travail in giving birth) as an example of what God is doing with His whole creation and what He Himself was accomplishing for His followers as He proceeded toward the Cross. He would "see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied" (Isaiah 53:11). He, "for the joy that was set before him endured the cross" (Hebrews 12:2). Furthermore, His travail will deliver a new world. "The [creation] itself shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now" (Ro 8:21,22). Comment: And so dear follower in the footsteps of Christ Jesus, remember that present suffering, which includes taking up the cross, denying self and following Him will bring persecution in the present but will be followed by a crown, by glory, by an eternity of unfettered joy and unbroken intimate fellowship with the Lover of our soul! Remember - No cross, no crown. In sum when the followers of Christ remember the vivid metaphor He uses in this passage, they are undergirded and strengthened by His grace (2Ti 2:1-note) to suffer victoriously (Ro 8:37KJV-note, Ro 8:31-note) the present trials and tribulations for His Name's sake, for they know that "For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal." (2Co 4:17-note, 2Co 4:18-note) Acts 20:31 "Therefore be on the alert, remembering (present tense = continually recalling to your minds) that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears. Acts 20:35 "In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember (present tense = continually recall to your minds) the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" Comment: It is notable that twice Paul uses the verb to remember when addressing the elders who are to oversee the body of Christ at Ephesus. This is a good word (verb) for all elders! Galatians 2:10 They only asked us to remember (present tense = continually recall to your mind) the poor-- the very thing I also was eager to do. Ephesians 2:11-note Therefore remember (present imperative = command to continually, habitually recall, recollect) that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "Uncircumcision " by the so-called "Circumcision," which is performed in the flesh by human hands Comment: What will it do to our attitude of gratitude when we continually are mindful of the pit of destruction from which the Almighty has rescued us by the redeeming blood of His Son?! Colossians 4:18-note I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember (present imperative = command to continually recall) my imprisonment. Grace be with you. 1 Thessalonians 1:3-note constantly bearing in mind (present tense = continually recall to our minds) your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father, 1 Thessalonians 2:9-note For you recall (present tense = continually recall to your minds [plural]), brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 2 Thessalonians 2:5 Do you not remember (present tense = continually recall to your minds [plural]) that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things? (Mnemoneuo is used in a question introduced by the negative particle which expects the answer “yes”: “you remember don’t you?”) 2 Timothy 2:8-note Remember (present imperative = command to continually, habitually recall, recollect) Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel Comment: What do you observe in this verse? Or to ask another way, how is the Gospel "abbreviated"? The first half speaks of our Lord becoming the perfect sinless God Man as testified by the fact that His Father was satisfied (Propitiation) with His sacrifice on the Cross and raised Him from the dead. The second half testifies that Jesus was the Messiah, the Christ (Christos = Messiah) Who fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies including His origin from the lineage of David (cp Mt 1:1). In fact indirectly this latter passage even alludes to the presence of the "Gospel" in the Old Testament, a truth which is validated by Paul in Gal 3:8. The OT saints looked forward to the coming of the Lamb of God to take away the sins of the world (Jn 1:29), while we today look back to the finished work (Jn 19:30-note) of the Lamb of God. Both Old and New Testament saints are saved by grace through faith (Ep 2:8, 9-note Gal 3:6, 7) and their faith is in God's Gospel. Hebrews 11:15-note And indeed if they had been thinking (imperfect tense = means to do something over and over) of that country from which they went out, they would have had (imperfect tense = means to do something over and over) opportunity to return. Comment: Some things are best not remembered (compare this to Jesus' call to disciples not to keep looking backwards - see comments above on Lk 17:32, 9:62). The idea of the imperfect tense is to be in the habit of remembering and then remembering again, doing this over and over, again and again (which reminds one of the hearts of the children of Israel who longed for the leeks and garlic of Egypt, forgetting the bondage of Egypt! Look what they remembered in Nu 11:5! Leeks rather than the LORD! That is a sad substitute, an evil exchange! Are there any "leeks" in your/my life, forgetting [not remembering!] the bondage those "leeks" might bring?) their former country, the pagan land of Ur of the Chaldees (home of Abram), they could again and again have had an opportunity (have is also in the imperfect tense) to return. There Abram and his family could have enjoyed the sensual comforts instead of the rough tent life (cp the call on all followers of Christ to live as aliens and strangers - 1Pe 2:11-note, cp 1Pe 1:1-note). How clear is this application to all those who have been called out of darkness and into His marvelous light (1Pe 2:9-note), and yet how insistent is the old, fallen flesh to seek to lure us back (Jas 1:14, 15-note) to the passing pleasures of "Egypt" (the world) (He 11:25-note), which itself is passing away (1Jn 2:17-note) as are even it's strong lusts which continually seek to seduce us to gratify self but which can never satisfy for true satisfaction and contentment comes only as we seek and surrender to the sweet will our Gentle Shepherd and Lord, Christ Jesus (Jn 14:27, 16:33, Php 4:6-note, Php 4:7-note, Php 4:11, 12-note, Php 4:13-note). Hebrews 11:22-note By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention (aorist - historical act, past tense completed action) of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones. Hebrews 13:7-note Remember (present imperative = command to continually, habitually recall, recollect) those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith. Revelation 2:5-note 'Therefore remember (present imperative = command to continually, habitually recall, recollect) from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place-- unless you repent. Revelation 3:3-note 'So remember (present imperative = command to continually, habitually recall, recollect) what you have received and heard; and keep (tereo = Guard it - (present imperative = command to continually, habitually guard it) it, and repent. (aorist imperative = Do it! This tense often conveys a sense of urgency.) Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. Revelation 18:5-note for her (Babylon) sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered (Aorist - used here of a future event, so certain is that future event!) her iniquities. Mnemoneuo - 11 x in the non-apocryphal Septuagint (LXX)- Ex 13:3; 2Sa14:11; 2Kgs 9:25; 1Chr 16:12, 15; Esther 2:1; 4:17; Ps 6:5; 63:6; Pr 8:21; Isa 43:18. Exodus 13:3 Moses said to the people, “Remember this day (The Feast of Passover) in which you went out from Egypt, from the house of slavery; for by a powerful hand the Lord brought you out from this place. And nothing leavened shall be eaten. 1Chronicles 16:12 Remember (command) His wonderful deeds which He has done, His marvels and the judgments from His mouth...15 Remember (command) His covenant forever (Which covenant? See 1Chr 16:16), The word which He commanded to a thousand generations Comment: Beloved, notice the association of recalling the Lord's marvelous deeds in your own life (the day of your new birth for instance) as well as His covenant (solemn and binding and stabilizing and assuring - remembering that the New Covenant which believers are in today is an extension in part of the Abrahamic Covenant, excepting the specific land promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - see Covenant: Abrahamic vs Old vs New and Covenant: Why the New is Better) Psalm 63:6 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches Spurgeon comments: When I remember thee upon my bed. Lying awake, the good man betook himself to meditation, and then began to sing. He had a feast in the night, and a song in the night. He turned his bedchamber into an oratory, he consecrated his pillow, his praise anticipated the place of which it is written, "There is no night there." Perhaps the wilderness helped to keep him awake, and if so, all the ages are debtors to it for this delightful hymn. If day's cares tempt us to forget God, it is well that night's quiet should lead us to remember him. We see best in the dark if we there see God best. And meditate on thee in the night watches. Keeping up sacred worship in my heart as the priests and Levites celebrated it in the sanctuary. Perhaps David had formerly united with those "who by night stand in the house of the Lord," and now as he could not be with them in person, he remembers the hours as they pass, and unites with the choristers in spirit, blessing Jehovah as they did. It may be, moreover, that the king heard the voices of the sentries as they relieved guard, and each time he returned with renewed solemnity to his meditations upon his God. Night is congenial, in its silence and darkness, to a soul which would forget the world, and rise into a higher sphere. Absorption in the most hallowed of all themes makes watches, which else would be weary, glide away all too rapidly; it causes the lonely and hard couch to yield the most delightful repose -- repose more restful than even sleep itself. We read of beds of ivory, but beds of piety are better far. Some revel in the night, but they are not a tithe so happy as those who meditate in God. Isaiah 43:18 Do not call to mind (Lxx = mnemoneuo = stop recalling them is the idea) the former things, or ponder things of the past. John MacArthur Comments: Deliverances of the nation in the past will pale into insignificance in comparison with the future deliverance the Lord will give His people (Isa 42:9; 48:6; Jer 16:14 15). (MacArthur, J.: The MacArthur Study Bible Nashville: Word or Logos) Brethren (80) (adelphos from collative a = denoting unity + delphús = womb) is literally one born from same womb and so a male having the same father and mother as reference person. Figuratively, adelphos as in this verse refers to a close associate of a group of persons having well-defined membership, specifically here referring to fellow believers in Christ who are united by the bond of affection. Labor and hardship - Lightfoot points out the distinction between the two when he writes Kopos (from kopto) is properly a 'blow' or 'bruise,' and hence signifies 'wear and tear,' the fatigue arising from continued labour, and hence the labor which brings on lassitude. In mochthos on the other hand the leading notion is that of struggling to overcome difficulties. 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