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CENI Rephrased
Almost always there are different ways to say the same thing. Often, people become partial towards or bias against one method of expression versus another. That’s why used car dealers don’t sell “used cars”; they sell “previously owned cars.”Doy Moyer rephrased and reexamined a disdained expression so as to refocus our attention on how common it really is in every day life. In other words, it is not just “religious speak”. CENI stands for Command, Example, Necessary Inference. Many have mocked CENI. But who can deny we learn right from wrong in every day life by people telling and showing, and by us making logical conclusions!I thought I would follow Doy’s simplied example (see, we learn by showing by example), and use different words to say the same thing. Although not as simple, I hope it can still be helpful. Through inspiration does God Legislate, Narrate, and Implicate? Who could deny such is true!When Jesus taught, He legislated as our Lord because “all authority has been given to Him” (Matthew 28:18-20). To legislate is to command.The gospel accounts are narratives about Jesus. These stories teach. To narrate is to gives examples through story telling.Lastly, Jesus commands people to “judge righteous judgment” (John 7:24). That means Jesus is commanding us to think, reason, and conclude. Let’s think through why the Jews should have inferred that healing a lame man on the Sabbath didn’t break the Sabbath. It’s because one reason for Sabbath observance was God showing mercy to the Israelites by freeing them from bondage (Deuteronomy 5:13-15). That God commanded that the Sabbath be observed because He showed mercy, implies showing mercy does not violate the Sabbath. That’s Jesus giving us an example by showing a logical conclusion implicated by God’s example resulting in a command!
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