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321 | Exodus 33:11 vs. Ex. 33:1-22? | Ex 33:23 | Ray | 95616 | ||
Hi Makarios, It is good to talk to you about these things because we both love the NASB and NKJ. The change that you made in your interpretation of the passage is that you determined that Spirit should be capitalized in verse 5. But I have to go with the versions before us and not make that change. I believe that in comparing 1 Corinthians 15:45 with Genesis 2:7 we can see enough difference between a man, Adam, who became a living being and the Man (the last Adam) who became a life-giving spirit. God is Spirit and the idea of "becoming", even though it is not in the Greek but inferred in context, would not be appropriate to my mind. So I'll leave it in the lower case for 1 Cor 15:45. I call to mind John 6:63, "It is the Spirit who gives life." In my personal copy I have penciled in "It is the spirit [sic] who gives life." 1 Corinthians 15:45, "The last **Adam became a life-giving spirit." John 6:63, "It is the spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that **I have spoken to you are spirit and are life." That is my interpretation. It makes for more consistency in the choices. It gives us the idea that the words, the spirit, of the last Adam continues to give life. I call to mind John 3:6 where I have penciled in another lower case "spirit". John 3:6, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the *spirit is spirit." Those are my proposals to you. What do you think? From the heart, Ray |
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322 | Homosexuality and Christianity? | Leviticus | Ray | 29125 | ||
Hi Morant61, Let me add my Amen, also. | ||||||
323 | Law v Faith. Are Jews Condemened? | Leviticus | Ray | 146699 | ||
Hi EdB, You gave a good answer and I have no comment on it. But terrib has introduced to the thread Ephesians and I thought of Romans. Can we look at those passages to see their contribution to the question at hand. I thought of Romans because it speaks of the lack of condemnation and also of being set free from the law. Romans 8:1, NASB, "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death." Ephesians 2:17, "And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near. 18 for through Him we both have one access in one Spirit to the Father." EdB, you wrote that "There is only one access to the Father and that is through Jesus Christ.". I agree with that. Ephesians 2:18 said that "through Him we both have one access" and Ephesians 3:12 says, "in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him." Looking further, however, into the consideration of the trinity of God and the individual Persons, would you comment concerning the access "in one Spirit to the Father." I see Ephesians 2:18 and the access in one (Spirit) to the Father to be a match with Romans 8:2 and the (Spirit) of life in Christ Jesus. Not a perfect match in considering the Persons, but good comparison verses. We belong to (Him), Romans 8:9 and I bow my knees to the (Father), Ephesians 3:14 I find to be a perfect match. Any comments at all? From the heart, Ray |
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324 | Law v Faith. Are Jews Condemened? | Leviticus | Ray | 146810 | ||
Hi EdB, You wrote and I agree, "So in effect we all do enter by one Spirit and that being the Spirit of God." Who do people think of when they speak of the Spirit of God? Who do people think of when the Bible speaks of the Spirit of Jesus in Acts 16:6,7? Since we have access through faith in Him and what was done on the cross, then the bottom line is that we believe that Jesus was, is, and always will be Spirit. John 4:24, "(God) is Spirit..." 2 Corinthians 3:17, "Now the (Lord) is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." Romans 8:2, "For the law of the (Spirit)--of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death." Ephesians 2:18, "For through Him we both have one access in one (Spirit) to the Father." The parentheses are mine for comparisons. From the heart, Ray |
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325 | Law v Faith. Are Jews Condemened? | Leviticus | Ray | 146832 | ||
Hi Searcher, John 4:24, NKJ, "God is Spirit,..." John 4:24, NASB, "God is spirit, [marginal note, Or, Spirit]..." I would go with God is Spirit or with the KJ, "God is a Spirit". The Greek for John 4:24 does have the definite article in the Interlinears I own. Incidently, I would say that an angel is a spirit but God is a Spirit. From the heart, Ray |
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326 | Law v Faith. Are Jews Condemened? | Leviticus | Ray | 146899 | ||
Hi EdB, In studying the Bible, the capitalization of "spirit" is in our determination as much as anyone else. We look at the context just as do the translator/interpretters of our versions. And the capitalization indicates if you are focusing on the essence or on the Person. As one who counts those words of "Spirit", of Deity, the capitalization is important to me. For instance, in looking at Galatians 3:5 there are two ways to consider the verse and have the two occurances of Deity that I see there. Galatians 3:5, NKJ, "Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?--" Here we can consider a lower case "spirit" that is supplied to us by hearing with faith the words given us. If one goes with the lower case spirit then there are two words of Deity in the verse. Or we can go with the NASB, "Does He then, who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?" Probably the Pentecostal would say that the Spirit is provided, while I would say that the spirit was provided by which we can work miracles. I would say that we are to be filled with the holy spirit and the Pentecostal would say the Holy Spirit. 1) Another passage that I see that we can consider a lower case spirit while looking at the number of Deity nouns and pronouns, is 1 Cor 2:10. 1 Cor 2:10, NASB, "For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God." 1 Cor 2:10, NKJ, "But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God." I would see four words of Deity for the verse, and thus would consider a lower case for "His spirit" in the NKJ. In other words, the things not heard, that have not entered into the heart of man are the words revealed by His spirit. The choice here to my mind is either "His spirit" or "the Spirit". I have been offering my viewpoint, and would welcome any comments. From the heart, Ray |
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327 | Law v Faith. Are Jews Condemened? | Leviticus | Ray | 146905 | ||
Hi EdB, I see your thought as an excellent one. The Spirit doesn't need to search the depths of God for the Spirit of God knows the thoughts of God. However, the spirit searches all things, even the spirit that is in a man, for who knows a man's thoughts except the spirit of the man? 1) Continuing on to verse 12, here is my interpretation using capitalization. "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the *spirit which is from God, that we might know the things freely given to us by God." Thanks Ed. From the heart, Ray |
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328 | Law v Faith. Are Jews Condemened? | Leviticus | Ray | 146923 | ||
Hi EdB, I offered your interpretation on a 1 Cor 2:10 thread question today. I hope you don't mind. Our discussion here has gotten away from the question on this thread. From the heart, Ray |
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329 | Does it take away sins or not? | Lev 16:34 | Ray | 19838 | ||
Hi Searcher56, You need to be read in order to know where you are coming from. However, I can't find the posting where you have spoken about the Old Testament Law previously. Sometimes we have a change of heart or at least a change in opinions, also. Can we hear more of where you are coming from here today as Seacher56? Later, Ray |
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330 | Does it take away sins or not? | Lev 16:34 | Ray | 19970 | ||
Hi Seacher56, I don't think that the translators have to make an adjustment for the permanence is determined by the "will" of the One who inaugerated it. The One who "said, "Behold, (I) have come [In the roll of the book it is written of Me] To do Thy will, O God."" Hebrews 10:7 "...then He said, "Behold, I have come to do Thy will." (He) takes away the first to establish the second." Hebrews 10:9 Parentheses are for comparison. "And the Holy (Spirit) also bears witness to us:...Hebrews 10:15 "...by a new and living (Way) which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh,..." Jesus came to do God's will. But test the spirits for there is only one Way. "By this you know the *spirit of (God); every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God." *my interpretation. Parentheses are for comparison and Oneness. Later, Ray |
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331 | Do all TEACHERS teach the truth? | Lev 16:34 | Ray | 20240 | ||
Hi Kwaku, Welcome to the forum. Unfortunately you have entered in more of a debate tread. I hope that our Potter "wantabe" debaters are over soon. I appreciate your desire to test the spirits in your desire for Truth more than the truth. I wonder if you might rephrase your last paragragh for me, in that I understand it better with a should rather than "shouldn't". I look forward to possibly speaking with you later. Later, Ray |
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332 | old testament salvation | Lev 18:25 | Ray | 140097 | ||
Hi Searcher, Thank you for connecting Hebrews with Romans 1:18. I found Hebrew 10:38 to be a perfect match in comparing Scriptures. 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 [Or, by] faith to faith; as it is written, "But the righteous man shall live by faith". 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in [Or, by] unrighteousness,..." We can compare/contrast 2 Timothy 4:7, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; 8 in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous (Judge), will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing." Galatians 3:6, "Even so Abraham believed (God), and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. 7 Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham." Genesis 15:6, "Then he believed in the (Lord); and He reckoned it to him as righteousness." 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 3:26, "for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, that (He) might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus." Hebrews 10:37, "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; And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul." From the heart, Ray |
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333 | Is The Sabbath On Sunday Or Saturday? | Lev 23:32 | Ray | 124173 | ||
Hi Kalos, XRing spoke of being continually in His presence. Perhaps he had Exodus 33:14 in mind. NKJ, Ex 33:14, "And He said, "My Presence will go with you, and I/ will give you rest." 15 Then he said to Him, "If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. 16 For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth." NASB, Ex 33:14, "And He said, "My presence shall go with you, and I/ will give you rest." 15 Then he said to Him, "If Thy presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here." Heb 4:6, "Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience, 7 He again fixes a certain day, "Today" saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before, "Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts." 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, He/ would not have spoken of another day after that." John 4:23, "For an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in Spirit/ and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers." As XRing has said, worship continually in His presence and enter the rest of faith. We need to know God's ways. Hebrews 3:11, "As I swore in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest.' 18 Take care, brethren, lest there should be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart, in falling away from the live God. 13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called "Today," lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin." We enter His rest because of obedience and belief, united by faith with those who hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. From the heart, Ray |
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334 | Explain the Holy Trinity-verysimple form | Numbers | Ray | 103859 | ||
Hi Tim, You wrote about the three distinct Persons. Some in this thread talked about "persons". I agree with your upper case Persons. Some talked about Three in One. You have said that each one [Person] is God, but there is only one God. Can three Persons in one [God], three Persons in One, and one Lord, one God, and one Spirit all be understood easily be man? I would think not. But it is worth the studying. I have been studying Him for years now in my capitalization of pronouns. I still find it meaningful that the pronoun total is divisible by three for my study. And yes, it has helped me to know (Him) in His oneness in Spirit. What is hardest to understand in the Trinity is how a Spirit can come to earth in the likeness of men. But this Man, Jesus, was God with us. Praise His holy name. From the heart, Ray |
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335 | Explain the Holy Trinity-verysimple form | Numbers | Ray | 103862 | ||
Hi Aixen7Z4, Perhaps I could get you to comment on my post to Morant61 where I talked about the three Persons of God. From the heart, Ray |
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336 | Explain the Holy Trinity-verysimple form | Numbers | Ray | 104222 | ||
Hi Steve, I'll try and make the case for the Holy Spirit in John 8:58,59. I would say that the Holy Spirit was hidden in this passage. John 8:59b, "...but Jesus hid Himself, and went out of the temple." The marginal notes in my Study Bible has this information. "Hid Himself" is literally "was hidden" in the Greek. The second note is that some manuscripts add "and going through the midst of them went His way and so passed by." So I would say that the Holy Spirit went through the midst of them and passed by. Or, perhaps this rendering would be acceptable for the Greek if the manuscript addition is not acceptable. My personal rendering for what is worth: John 8:59, Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus was hidden, and *He went out of the temple. 9:1 And as He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. I hope that was helpful. From the heart, Ray |
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337 | Is Caleb a "type" of Holy Spirit? | Num 14:24 | Ray | 74837 | ||
Hi rdc/dsb, Thank you for your interest. What I say in elaborating on "a different spirit" would be from a personal study involving choices of pronouns of Deity and the capitalization of these pronouns. You would have to understand where I am coming from, plus you would have to understand that this is a study in progress and open to change. Right now, I see Caleb as having a different "spirit" [lower case]. I don't fully know what that spirit or even holy spirit entails. But I know that it is not the Spirit of God or Holy Spirit or Spirit of Jesus that is spoken of in Numbers 14:24. There are many places where the spirit [sic] is spoken of, as relating to a spirit of wisdom and knowledge for instance. This spirit is given, poured out, and fills us to my mind and way of thinking. 1) The idea of "contrast" between Numbers and 2 Corinthians is not so much a difference in content, words, or ideas, or in describing different spirits. Rather, I see both the "different spirit" and the Holy Spirit in the three pronouns of Numbers 14:24. That is just the way I see it right now. For 2 Corinthians 11:2, I see three pronouns in verses 2-4 that to my mind speak of the Man Jesus Christ. Thus I see a contrast between the Spirit and the Man in these two passages. The occurances of "a different spirit" in both of these passages is noteworthy to my particular study as regarding my counting of pronouns. 2) Thank you for pointing out the Joshua references. I am afraid that I have to do more work in studying Joshua; but I look forward to comparing Joshua 15:19 with verses like that difficult one of John 7:38. Are Caleb's "springs of water" related to the "rivers of living water" of John 7:38? Should the Spirits of verse 39 be lower case? Like I say there is much to study and consider. But I would also say that we should remain open to new ideas and revelations. I ask this just as Paul did in 2 Corinthians 11:4 where he seems to bemoan the fact that the Corinthians listen splendidly to some "super-apostles"; if they give them such an excellent hearing will they not listen to him? So I ask you just as 2 Corinthians 12:18 says, "Do we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit and walk in the same steps?" From the heart, Ray |
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338 | Why did Moses strike the rock? | Num 20:11 | Ray | 8996 | ||
Sorry, I hit it again by mistake. There is none righteous, no not one. | ||||||
339 | Why didn't Moses enter the Promised Land | Num 20:12 | Ray | 66922 | ||
Hi Robert, I hesitate to enter into your good discussion with Charis, but I wanted to talk about the verses that you compared. I, have wondered as Charis has about if Moses had enough against him to keep him from the "promised land", that is "heaven". But the passage in 1 Corinthians reminds me that it is not up to us to judge before the time. God is the One who will judge for he knows our hearts. 1 Corinthians 4:4b, "but the One who examines me is the Lord/." v.9, "For, I think, (God) has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men." We too, as rebellious people can be approached by our leaders, whether they be Moses or Paul types, with either a rod or with love and a spirit of gentleness. What do you desire? See 1 Cor 4:21. I think you are exactly right, Robert in saying that Moses gave the wrong impression of the source. In thinking of that, I went to John 4:10 and see that Jesus would have given living water to the woman at the well. She didn't see how He could draw the water and said, "where then do You get that living water?" But Moses had said, "Listen now, you rebels; shall we bring forth water for you out of this rock?" So he was giving a wrong impression, as you say. In comparing it with John 7:38 and that most difficult understanding; I still lean toward 'From His innermost being shall flow rivers of water." Thanks for your thoughts, guys; carry on. From the heart, Ray |
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340 | Why didn't Moses enter the Promised Land | Num 20:12 | Ray | 68554 | ||
Hi Robert, I have been working yet again on John 7:39 and would like to discuss this again with you as I believe we have in the past somewhere. But you know, maybe I should start another thread as it will not deal with Moses nor the promised land. Look for it if you are interested. This time I will be comparing it with Isaiah 41:18. From the heart, Ray |
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