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1381 | Can we identify the "creature?" | Rom 1:25 | Ray | 138358 | ||
Hi He-man, Webster for anathema: Gr, thing devoted to evil; previously, anything devoted. 1 a thing or person accursed or damned. 1) 1 Cor 11:32, "But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the **Lord in order that we may not be condemned along with the world." Romans 1:18, "For the wrath of **God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness." 2) 1 Corinthians 12:1, "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware. 2 You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the dumb idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I MAKE KNOWN to you, that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is accursed"; and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord,"/ except by the Holy Spirit. 4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same (Spirit)." Romans 1:19, "because THAT WHICH IS KNOWN about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21 For even though they knew God,/ they did not honor Him as God, or give thanks; but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible (God) for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures." Romans 9:5, "...from whom is the (Christ) according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen. Unrighteous men exchange the truth of God for a lie, but it isn't as though the word of God has failed. We worship the Creator and are not given over to degrading passions. We are children of God, children of the promise. Romans 1:25 and Romans 9:8 3) Romans 1:16, "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of (God) is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "But the righteous man shall live by faith."" Hebrews 10:36, "For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. 37 For yet in a very little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay. 38 But (My) righteous one shall live by faith;..." Galatians 3:6, "Even so Abraham believed (God), and it was reckoned to him as righteousness." 4) 1 Cor 16:22, "If anyone does not love the **Lord, let him be accursed [Gr. anathema]. Maranatha. Romans 1:18, "For the wrath of **God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousnes,..." The **stars and the parentheses are mine for comparisons. From the heart, Ray |
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1382 | Doers of the Law means...?? | Rom 2:13 | Ray | 143520 | ||
Hi seedling, I think that you did well to correlate 2 Cor 3 and Romans 2. Your idea that God puts it [the spirit of the Law] into our hearts is correct as per Ezekiel 36:26,27. "I will give you a new heart and a new spirit within you." I compare 2 Cor 3:5-8 with Romans 2:23-29. 2 Cor 3:6 tells us that "the *Spirit gives life" and Romans tells us that circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the spirit [my choice is *Spirit], not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God." 2) The witness that comes to my mind is the witness of the Spirit with our spirit that we are children of God. We have received a spirit of adoption as sons. Romans 8:16, "The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God." 3) We might also say that through faith Christ's spirit is flowing through us. What do you think? From the heart, Ray |
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1383 | Doers of the Law means...?? | Rom 2:13 | Ray | 143521 | ||
Hi seedling, I think that you did well to correlate 2 Cor 3 and Romans 2. Your idea that God puts it [the spirit of the Law] into our hearts is correct as per Ezekiel 36:26,27. "I will give you a new heart and a new spirit within you." I compare 2 Cor 3:5-8 with Romans 2:23-29. 2 Cor 3:6 tells us that "the *Spirit gives life" and that the ministry of Spirit is with glory; and Romans 2:29 tells us that circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the spirit [my choice is *Spirit], not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God." 2) The witness that comes to my mind is the witness of the Spirit with our spirit that we are children of God. We have received a spirit of adoption as sons. Romans 8:16, "The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God." 3) We might also say that through faith Christ's spirit is flowing through us. What do you think? From the heart, Ray |
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1384 | Doers of the Law means...?? | Rom 2:13 | Ray | 143549 | ||
Hi seedling, I would capitalize the "abiding in Him", but I certainly would agree. :)) His (Spirit) indwells us; and the Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of (God). Romans 8:11-16 If we abide in Him, (His) words abide in us; and Jesus said "abide in My love". John 15:10, "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in (My) love;..." We abide in the (Vine) for apart from Him/ we can do nothing. Just as in the beginning of the gospel of John "apart from Him/ nothing came into being that has come into being." That is the way I see it. The parentheses and slashes are mine for comparisons. From the heart, Ray |
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1385 | light in darkness | Rom 2:19 | Ray | 64812 | ||
Hi Cyclist, Searcher had a great post. I also enjoy your praises. I wonder if you would consider that much like we are lights of the world and our good works are reflections of the Light of the world; would you consider that our spiritual praises are the reflection of the Spirit? I think that you are filled with the spirit. Your spiritual words are reflections of the Word. Are you open to that idea? You have a spirit of praise. From the heart, Ray |
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1386 | Earlier He passed over;Now the Lamb | Rom 3:25 | Ray | 142777 | ||
Hi Makarios, You caught my mistake there brother. I need to remember those nouns; for I am more concerned about the pronouns that are not always capitalized and noted. I was also a little confusing in my post in that I included part of verse 26. I was hoping that you would agree with the answer of 2 nouns and only 2 pronouns for verse 25. From the heart, Ray |
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1387 | have been enabled to fulfill? | Rom 3:31 | Ray | 113388 | ||
Hi tortoise, That sounds right to me. We present ourselves to God as those alive from the dead. We live for Him as grateful servants. Romans 6:22, "But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to (God), you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life." Romans 7:6, "But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the (Spirit) and not in oldness of the letter." From the heart, Ray |
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1388 | Just your interpretation? | Rom 4:3 | Ray | 109921 | ||
Hi Kalos, Yes, I indeed left out verse four and numbered verse 5 wrongly. Sorry about that. Romans 10:14 I see as a companion verse to Romans 4:5. My questions to you really are inquiring whether you would interpret the verses to mean that the believer "believes in Him" [sic]. How important do you now see the capitalization of pronouns? As you know, I think that it is very important. I have been thinking tonight of 1 Peter 2:6 and Isaiah 28:16. When Jesus was on earth, He was to the one who disbelieved, a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. But to us who believe, He is precious says 1 Peter2:7, NKJ. Isaiah 28:16, "Therefore thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believes [in it] will not be disturbed." So the question of interpretation is: Do we believe in a stone or in Him? Romans 4:5, "But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness." Romans 10:14, "...And how shall they believe in Him whom they have not heard?" Romans 9:33, "...And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed." How much of a precious value is this Jesus? See 1 Peter 2:7 in NKJ and NASB. From the heart, Ray |
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1389 | Christ dying only for elect? | Rom 5:6 | Ray | 6472 | ||
Hi Lionstrong, It appears that you started a long string of conversation. I was led by your references to compare Rom 5:6 with Gal 2:17 rather than 2:20 but I appreciated your comments and want to talk further with you. I keyed on the word "while". "For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly." Rom 5:6 compared to Gal 2:17, "But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners..." Rom 5:8 "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that *while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood..." compare this with Gal 2:19, "...is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be...that I may live to God. I have been crucified with *Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me..." Romans 6:4, "...so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of (His) death...." compared with Gal 2:20, "...and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered (Himself) up for me." (Parenthesis for comparison). This is indeed very personal. I hope that the Potter who can choose anyone He wants will keep us worthy as servants and sons of our Lord. Later, Ray |
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1390 | Not my will? | Rom 5:6 | Ray | 6475 | ||
Hi bartay, Just in passing, I would have you look at Genesis 2:19 and 3:22 in order to consider if the tree of life was an option for them. But it is definitely clear that Satan does not want us to eat of the tree of life. | ||||||
1391 | Pelagianism or Arminianism? | Rom 5:6 | Ray | 6890 | ||
Hi Tim, We all benefitted from your discussion. Thanks. Your post led me to consider the similarity of Eph 2:3- Rom 9:22 as you suggested. But before I get to that, it just dawned on me the idea in Rom 9:18 that "He hardens whom He desires." Until now I thought that he was talking about hardening the hearts of some. Now I connected it with the potter in the next verses so that finally after much patience working with vessels of wrath like we are, He finally gets us into something that He can harden and use, even us. Now the verse 15 is like 18. Mercy and compassion and mercy and a desireable vessel. Romans 9:23,"...vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, even us..." Romans 9:16, "So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy." Anyway, Rom 9:23,upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory... and Eph 2:4, "But God, being rich in mercy..." He called us. That should be a good word study. Rom 9:25b, "(I) will call those who were not My people, 'My people,' And her who was not my beloved, 'Beloved.'" "And it shall be that in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' There they shall be called sons of the living God." (Parenthesis mine for comparison) Compare Eph 2:5,"...even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with (Christ) (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,..." Eph 2:8 "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of (God);...For we are His workmanship..." |
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1392 | Does God hate or love sinners, or both? | Rom 5:8 | Ray | 19718 | ||
Hi Bill Mc, Let us put a little more work into it and get into the good spirit of his question. You can do better I know. How about Titus 3:4 or Galatians 2:17. Later, Ray | ||||||
1393 | Who is the "you" in Psalm 5:5? | Rom 5:8 | Ray | 42335 | ||
Hi Jdth Cstl, Please reconsider your answer here, for is it also your lord, David, who abhors [hates?] the man of bloodshed and deceit? Verse 6. Both the NKJ and the NASB would disagree with your interpretation. I would say to you that we should bow in reverence for Him. Psalm 5:7. Psalm 5:11, "But let all who take refuge in Thee be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And mayest Thou shelter them, That those who love Thy name may exult in Thee. For it is (Thou) who dost bless the righteous man, O Lord, Thou dost surround him with favor as with a shield." John 17:9, "I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom Thou hast given Me; for they are (Thine);..." From the heart, Ray |
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1394 | Who is the "you" in Psalm 5:5? | Rom 5:8 | Ray | 42349 | ||
Hi CDBJ, Your post brings up a situation which I would like to make people aware of. When we put in ALL CAPS words for the sake of emphasis, we muddy up the interpretation of our thoughts. When you say that "it's pretty obvious who the YOU is" then you put it all in confusion. Is it You or you being emphasized? What is obvious when you put it all in CAPS? What makes it obvious is when you go to a translation that capitalizes pronouns of Deity and which by doing that, can show the contrast between natural man and God. NASB, Psalm 5:1-6, "Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my groaning. Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King, and my God, For to Thee do I pray. In the morning, O Lord, Thou wilt hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to Thee and eagerly watch. For Thou art not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with Thee. The boastful shall not stand before Thine eyes; Thou dost hate all who do iniquity. Thou dost destroy those who speak falsehood; The Lord abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit." I encourage all of us to be aware and sensitive to the desires for clarity and praise to our God. From the heart, Ray |
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1395 | Grace Abundant! | Rom 5:17 | Ray | 40980 | ||
Hi Reformer Joe, I worshipped today with my church family in a combined Ministerial Association service. It is great that He gathers together into one the children of God. John 11:47, "Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, "What are we doing?[What shall we do?NKJ] For this *Man is perfoming many signs. If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation." But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all, nor do you take into account that it is expedient for you that one Man should die for the people, and that the whole nation should not perish." Now this he did not say on his own initiative; but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, and not for the nation only, but that (He) might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day on they planned to kill Him." John 18:14. "Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was expedient that one (Man) should die on behalf of the people." 1 John 5:11, "And the witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His (Son)." We will reign in life through the one Man, Jesus Christ. I praise God with you on this day. From the heart, Ray |
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1396 | When does newness of life start? | Rom 6:4 | Ray | 56345 | ||
Hi Hank, You were pretty observant and alert for that time of the morning. I wouldn't call you a pedantic pedagogue after reading of it :) in the dictionary, for attention to detail is necessary for good communication. I hope that I am not thought of as pedantic in my stress on capitalization. Sorry to cut in here; no answer is required. From the heart, Ray |
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1397 | Is Paul including here the Ten Commandme | Rom 7:1 | Ray | 21789 | ||
Hi pixie, A new question has been asked instead of continuing on his original thread. To understand more his question click on his name and his previous post. | ||||||
1398 | Flesh serving...? | Rom 7:25 | Ray | 110189 | ||
Hi Emmaus, I believe that we have received a spirit [sic] of adoption as sons and the Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit [sic] that we are children of God. Romans 8:15,16. I would say that those who believe and are in Christ Jesus follow the law of the Spirit [sic] and are set free from the law of sin and of death. So, even though we have been given a spirit of adoption as sons, we have to keep our eyes on the Spirit and the things of the Spirit. The spiritual law is in the inner man, but we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter. Romans 7:6 It is His Spirit that indwells us as believers. And it is the spirit that we have received that is alive because of righteousness, though the body is dead because of sin. Romans 8:10,11. I wanted to say those things to augment what you had said; for I agree with your statement. From the heart, Ray |
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1399 | Life through His Spirit who dwells in us | Rom 8:2 | Ray | 19482 | ||
Hi heartfire, I am known as a "capitalizer" or a "capitalist":)) My question was simply one of capitalization. Your thoughts are good but not what I was looking for. "Life in Christ Jesus" is the stress or the accent that I feel in the reading of the text. Do you read your bible out loud? I encourage it. "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus"....seems to me a cumbersome reading. For instance, I would read it thus: "For the law of the Spirit--of life in Christ Jesus--has set you free..." Or, with a lower case "spirit" and no stress or accent until the word "Jesus" it would say the same thing. "For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free..." But as a matter of fact there are two "Spirits" in question here, for the versions differ in the reading of verse one. Some versions have verse 4b added to verse one also. NKJ, Romans 8:1, "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, *who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit*." To me its like someone wanted to make sure that the Spirit was capitalized for verse 2 by making this insertion. And I would disagree with that "assertion" if that indeed were the case. As Romans 7:14 says, the Law is spiritual. The law of the spirit of life in Christ (Jesus) has set us free, I believe. I believe that that is the law of (God) in the inner man that Romans 7:22 speaks of. It is getting late, but I hope that this was of interest to someone. Later, Ray |
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1400 | Law of the spirit? | Rom 8:2 | Ray | 91499 | ||
Hi bjh, You are more than welcome to "jump in" and welcome to the forum. I believe that the Holy Spirit is very active in our lives also. But I am not one to think that only the Holy Spirit is active; for when I think of the Holy Spirit I think of the Godhead, all three Persons. I don't departmentalize the Trinity as much as some. I think of the Holy Spirit as one Spirit. So I would say that "the Holy Spirit is the One who moves through the word of the Lord". However, I am open to the possibility that "it is the holy spirit that moves through the word of the Lord". (But all of that is another thread for another time). Your post has led me to consider that it would be confusing and inconsistent to have "according to the spirit" in Romans 8:1 and "according to the Spirit" in verse 4. So consider with me some other possibilities. Suppose we were to put the phrase "who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit" into the NASB copy to match the NKJ. Suppose also that I agree with you (and the NASB and NKJ) that verse two speaks of the law of the Spirit [sic] of life in Christ Jesus. As a "counter" of pronouns of Deity, I would require (according to my own personal study) two changes of pronouns in order to keep my number divisible by three. The first one to be subtracted from my number would be Romans 8:11 where it says "He who raised Christ Jesus", NASB. The NKJ reads "He who raised Christ" so I would adopt that reading. This by the way, is the Greek reading in the two Interlinear copies I own. There is no "Jesus" in the second clause of Romans 8:11. The second subtraction from my count would be from Romans 8:10 where I would adopt the rendering from the NASB instead of the NKJ which I previously had gone with. So the thought of Romans 8:10 would be that if Christ is in us, though (our) bodies are dead because of sin, yet our *spirits are alive because of (His) righteousness. Thus I would go with the NASB for Romans 8:15, "but you have received a spirit [sic] of adoption as sons by which" in lieu of the NKJ "a Spirit [sic] of adoption as sons by whom"... Thank you for your thoughts. From the heart, Ray |
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