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1 | filled and upon mean the same thing | John 7:39 | Ray | 112934 | ||
Hi Itiswritten, Sorry I could not answer you last night as I spent a lot of it in the emergency room of a hospital again. I'll try and answer you now, after sleeping all day. I don't want to argue about anything, either. I certainly believe in the triune God and believe in the Holy Spirit as a Person. But we differ in that I do rely on capitalization to decide what the meaning of a word is in a text. I believe that the word of God speaks of the Spirit and the spirit, a man and the Man, a rock and the Rock, etc, etc, and each man has to test the spirits. Each man has to test the words to determine what He believes about God. For instance, the Jehovah's Witness has tested the word and has decided that Jesus was a god [sic]. I, on the other hand, as one relying on capitalization have determined that the Word was God and this One was in the beginning with God. Also as a counter of pronouns of Deity, I would give praise to the triune God that the pronoun total for John 1:1-3 is divisible by three. I believe that there must have been discussions similar to ours since biblical times. I believe that the differences in manuscripts, ones which omit pronouns or add pronouns of Deity are indications that "these things" have been discussed. 1) 1 Corinthians 2:9, "but just as it is written, "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love (Him)."" The manuscripts differ for the next verse, verse 10. For example, the NKJ has five pronouns and the NASB only four. This difference is not one of translation but rather is one of interpretation and number of pronouns. What do you think? How do you interpret this passage? How would you look at a comparison of verse 11 with 16? Have we received the Spirit or the spirit? Are we taught by the Spirit or the Holy Spirit? 2) Cor 2:13, NASB, "which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words." 1 Cor 2:13, NKJ, "These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual." I believe that he who is spiritual needs to discern all things. I believe also that each of us can not know (discern) the thoughts of the other. The only way to know is to discuss these things. 1 Cor 2:15,16. From the heart, Ray |
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2 | filled and upon mean the same thing | John 7:39 | itiswritten | 113093 | ||
Hi Ray, Sorry to hear that you had a rough time. I want you to know that I do pray for you from time to time. Sincerely Itiswritten Be that as it may...back to the subject at hand. I do not wish to convey that my bottom line is whether a particular scripture is written in capitals or not. I compare scripture and context and what other scriptures also say and I believe in testing the spirits also. That being said, I still believe the Holy Spirit is within me as He is in every believer in Christ Jesus who died for his/her sins and rose from the dead. I still say the Holy Spirit is a person Who is within me not because of captitalization but because it also says "Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world." [1 John 4:4]among other scriptures. In comparing verses 11 and 16 of I Cor. 2, I would say verse 11 distinguishes man's spirit from God's Spirit. I also believe that when verse 16 speaks of the mind of the Lord and that we have the mind of Christ, I believe it means that because we have His Spirit within us we have access to the mind of Christ. The Holy Spirit also will remind us of all that we have learned from Him and from His Word.[John 14:26]. |
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