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2901 | where does he ask that,baptized or not | Acts 2:38 | Ray | 7038 | ||
Hi JVH, I appreciate you entering in here for the fact that I don't know anything of what Pentecostals believe. I missed the Oneness tree pretty much so I'm not tired of talking about it, sorry. If you can tell me though why Modalism was determined to be heresy, I should find that out. Also, please rewrite your last sentence without the question mark so I know what you mean exactly. Later, Ray |
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2902 | A question of capitalization: Psalm 72 | Ps 72:1 | Ray | 6979 | ||
A question of capitalization; Psalm 72 I submit this to you for your consideration. It is in the hope that in this time of Bible translations galore that you will develop your own, marking your Bibles, putting in changes of capitalization (which are interpretive); for it is how we individually interpret scriptures that we get to know (Him) for ourselves personally. All nations shall serve Him; all nations shall call Him blessed. The capitalization will matter to you if you are (hopefully) looking for the King and not a king. Parenthesis mine for comparison, text NASB,choosing some marginal notes, and some NKJ. Psalm 72 A Psalm of Solomon l. Give the king Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness to the king's Son. 2. He will judge (Thy) people with righteousness, and Thine afflicted with justice. 3. The mountains will bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. 4. He will vindicate the afflicted of the people, save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor. 5. They will fear Thee while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations. 6. He will come down like rain upon the grass before mowing, like showers that water the earth. 7. In His days the righteous will flourish, and abundance of peace till the moon is no more. 8. He shall also rule from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. 9. The nomads of the desert will bow before Him; and His enemies lick the dust. 10. The kings of Tarshish and of the islands bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts. 11.Yes, all kings shall bow down before (Him). All nations shall serve Him. 12. For He will deliver the needy when he cries for help; the afflicted also, and him who has no helper. 13. He will have compassion on the poor and needy, and the souls of the needy He will save. 14. He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; and their blood will be precious in His sight. 15. *So may he*live; and may the gold of Sheba be given to him; and let them pray for him continually; let them bless him all day long. 16. *May there be*abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains; its fruit will wave like the cedars of Lebanon; and may those from the city flourish like vegetation of the earth. 17. His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in (Him). All nations shall call Him blessed. 18. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone works wonders. 19. And blessed be His glorious name forever; and may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen. 20. *The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. |
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2903 | Quest for Truth | Josh 10:12 | Ray | 6960 | ||
That sounds right, Lionstrong. But what other God can you equate with the Truth? What other God is able to do the thing that was done in Joshua 10:12? Deut 20:4, "...for the Lord your God is the *One who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you." The *One is my interpretation of the *Truth of John 14:6 Deut 3:22,"Do not fear them, for the Lord your God is the One fighting for you." Joshua 23:10, "...for the Lord your God is He who fights for you..." Joshua 10:14, "And there was no day like that before it or after it, when the Lord listened to the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel." |
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2904 | Quest for Truth | Josh 10:12 | Ray | 6959 | ||
That sounds right, Lionstrong. But what other God can you equate with the Truth? What other God is able to do the thing that was done in Joshua 10:12? Deut 20:4, "...for the Lord your God is the *One who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you." The *One is my interpretation of the *Truth of John 14:6 Deut 3:22,"Do not fear them, for the Lord your God is the One fighting for you." Joshua 23:10, "...for the Lord your God is He who fights for you..." Joshua 10:14, "And there was no day like that before it or after it, when the Lord listened to the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel." |
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2905 | WEB Bible and capitalization. | 2 Tim 3:16 | Ray | 6943 | ||
If English is going to be a world language, then perhaps now is the time that all things can become known. John 4:23,"But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be *(His) worshipers. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, *(He) will declare all things to us."" Starred parenthesis mine for comparison. John 4:29, "Come, see a Man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the (Christ) is it?" A noun is a person, place, or thing. I believe that all these things are there in the Bible for us to learn about Him so that we can know Him personally. Indeed, we must all interpret the Bible whether we are translators or new believers or searchers for the Truth. I would rather err on the side of upper case in the example of the psalms of David. I would rather err on the side of upper case in the pronouns that deal with disrespectful comments for God is God no matter what we think. I think that Michael Paul Johnson is not being true to himself if he does not follow what he feels is right. He is making a mistake in my mind in the wrong direction of lack of capitalization. The one place where he used too much upper case is where he talks of the King of kings. It is important that we determine who it is that certain Psalms are talking about, Jesus or David. I think that the words and context can tell us. And yes, it's about time to do so. People of the world are yearning to know *(Him). |
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2906 | Ray, do you believe that Jesus was God?? | Is 9:6 | Ray | 6919 | ||
Hi Nolan, Yes I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He is God Himself. I believe that Jeus is a distinct Person in the Three Person Godhead. And I believe because He was a Man that He was also Spirit. I don't know what "ism" I am, maybe you can tell me. Jesus is Three in One as are the other Persons. The Spirit and the Father were still in heaven running things. This "Trinity thing" is hard to explain if not indeed impossible. It is certainly spiritually discerned. If there is a "Oneness" it has to be the Spirit. Yes Jesus came in the flesh and a bodily form, but we're to eat His flesh and drink His blood because we know Him as Spirit now. Later, Ray |
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2907 | Is Jesus the 'Eternal Father'? | Is 9:6 | Ray | 6918 | ||
In the likeness of men is the way that Jesus came. Being found in appearance as a Man, He humbled Himself. I can not combine upper and lower case here. He was fully God and fully Man I can agree with, but He was not a man. Otherwise, what difference is there between Him and us? Yes, I see it as a big deal. You see what I mean? | ||||||
2908 | Quest for Truth | Josh 10:12 | Ray | 6917 | ||
1John 5:6, "It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth."NASB Lionstrong, there is the Truth but there is also truth. I think that John 14:6 is indeed a definition of Truth. John 18:37b, "Everyone who is of the (Truth) hears My voice. Pilate said to Him, "What is Truth?". Pilate didn't know the Truth even though he heard Him. "This is the One who came by water and blood,..."1John 5:6 (Parenthesis mine for comparison) John 8:32, "So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed (Him), "If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the Truth,..." "I think that God is Light also, but John l:5, "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overpower (comprehend) *it." So I think that God gives light also. He is the (Light) of the world. God is true, and He is the (Truth). God is love, but I can't say that He is Love. 1John 4:10, In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us..." You mentioned two scriptures; about the only ones I can find in this tree to comment on. 1John 4:8,"The one who does not love does not know God, for God/ is love." I found that to be a good contrast with your other verse John 14:6,"Jesus said to him, "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life;/..." If we know God, we know the Truth. If the Truth isn't love, we can at least speak the truth in love. The other thing I received from studying your scripture references is the fact that we should test the spirits. We can test science to see what is from God. And science is science, no capitalization there. We are children of God. 1John 4:6, "We are from God; he who knows (God) listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. And remember, "It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth." |
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2909 | where does he ask that,baptized or not | Acts 2:38 | Ray | 6891 | ||
Hi GStrecker, You don't recognize the Holy Spirit as a Person. In Acts 2:38 then, what is it that the people received. Did they receive the gift of the holy spirit? Or did they receive the promise from the Holy Spirit? | ||||||
2910 | 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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2911 | Is Jesus the 'Eternal Father'? | Is 9:6 | Ray | 6846 | ||
Hi Joe, I know that you're talking with Jim, but you've been down the same thread so to speak with me, also. The difference that I see is not "refusing to let God become a man" but rather, "refusing to let God become a Man". | ||||||
2912 | Nebuchadnezzar a true believer? | Dan 2:47 | Ray | 6843 | ||
Hi JVH, This must be a difficult one "to give a rest" to. There must be some other information of Nebuchadnezzar from other sources that are pushing our friends for their position. However, I think the book of Daniel speaks very, very well of him. | ||||||
2913 | Nebuchadnezzar a true believer? | Dan 2:47 | Ray | 6839 | ||
Hi Steve, Daniel 4:27 was advice given to Nebuchadnezzar the king who was to recognize that Heaven rules. By the end of the chapter we see that his prosperity was indeed prolonged and restored; and he was praising, exalting, and honoring the (King) of heaven. Later, Ray | ||||||
2914 | Is Jesus the 'Eternal Father'? | Is 9:6 | Ray | 6838 | ||
Hi guys, This "Oneness" is new to me, bear with me please. I didn't know before this forum that a debate was roaring, but I've been away from things for a long while. In the Isaiah 9:6 passage I can't see the Messiah as being "Eternal anything" if the child, a son who is given to us, is merely a man. I go with the NKJ and match His name with the Child, the Son who came to earth. I'll match His name with Matthew 4:16 and Isaiah 9:1,2. I'll match His name with the Sunrise from on high of Luke 1:78,79. I'll even match His name with John 6:42,"They were saying,"Is this not Jesus the Son of Josehph whose father and mother we know? How does He say, 'I have come down out of heaven.'"...AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD. I always thought that the Father and Son were one Spirit. There is One who is good. There is one Holy Spirit. Where had I been wrong? The writer of Ephesians says, "Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." The NASB study bible led me also to Eph 5:5-20 Eph. 5:8, "but now you are light in the (Lord); walk as children of Light (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth)..." I think that we are light so I make this lower case but He is the (Light) of the world. Capitalization shows respect for Jesus, it shows Him as Deity, it makes Him Spirit if you will. We will not know a man in heaven but we will see Him as He is. The light of Isaiah 9:2 is fulfilled when the Light dawns upon us. The Deity of Christ is what makes the Three One. And the name and authority of Jesus is what brings glory to God the Father. |
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2915 | Is it primary...? | Rom 15:5 | Ray | 6777 | ||
"Little children, let us not love with word or with tonque, but in deed and truth. We shall know by this that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before (Him)."NASB (Parenthesis mine for comparison). You tell me, is He the (Truth) or not? Charis, it was great to hear from you.:-) I still don't have these faces down and I'm going to have to go back to one of our first postings to find BTW. "God is" would be an interesting study. I know that God is good, righteous, light, love, to name a few. I know that only One is good. I know that He is the Righteous One, also according to some translators at least. Righteous Father too, if you can figure that one out. Jn 17 capitalization question some time ago. I know that God is (Light). I know that Jesus is the only true God. Oh, that we might know (Him) who is true. 1John 5:20 I know Jer 10:10, "But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting (King). I know that God is love. 1John 4:8 I know (27 pronouns later by *my count) that God is love. For "great" look at Jeremiah 10:6, "There is none like Thee, O Lord; Thou are great, and great is (Thy) name in might." He is also the (Mighty) One. Verse 10,"But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting (King)." Verse 7, "Who would not fear Thee, O King of the nations? Indeed it is Thy due." So, I say to all; give God respect and keep capitalizing those pronouns. Later, Ray |
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2916 | Is it primary...? | Rom 15:5 | Ray | 6756 | ||
Hi Lionstrong and charis, I hope that we can ask trivial questions because I have another capitalization question. I'm pleased charis to see the Way, the Truth, and the Life capitalized by you. God is great. I've been looking at Timothy, and can't seem to be consistent in capitalizing the word "truth". For instance, I want to capitalize 1Timothy 2:4, "who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the Truth." But I have trouble capitalizing 2Timothy 3:17, "always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." Any thoughts on the differences of these passages? I like to be consistent. Later, Ray |
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2917 | Did Christ die for the world? | 1 John 2:2 | Ray | 6695 | ||
Hi Tim, You have pointed out that both the Father and Son are necessary for the drawing to Himself. "AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD." John 6:45,"Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me. Not that anyone has seen the (Father)..."(Parenthesis mine for comparison and contrast) John 12:45 "He who see Me sees the (One) who sent Me. I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness." Later, Ray |
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2918 | Baptism, Trinity, and Teachers? | Acts 2:38 | Ray | 6686 | ||
Hi GStrecker, Welcome to the forum. I am a believer, even though I haven't been baptized by immersion, nor spoken in tongues. Don't quote Mark 16:16 as though baptism is going to save me. I appreciate your thoughts here but I think there was too much discussion between John 3:5 and John 3:22 to put a natural progression there to water baptism. Bear with me for a different view. Jesus speaks of water and Spirit and then the total discussion evolves around the Spirit and heavenly spiritual things. No mention of water. Then as you say, verse 22, it says that "He was spending time with them and baptizing." Mostly spending time with them since John 4:1 says that the disciples did the baptizing. John 3:23 says that there was much water for John the baptizer to baptize and people were coming and were being baptized by him. But when the subject of purification comes up among John the baptist's disciples they know that the people should go to Him. They need to go spend some time with Him and learn about some heavenly things. John the baptist must decrease for "He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth." John is just a friend of the Bridegroom. So I'm saying that the discussion of John 3:5-21 is about belief in Him, Jn 3:16, with no mention of water, but rather spiritual things of coming to the Light from above. I don't deny that baptism was important. I was baptized as an infant. I have no idea what words or formula was used; I don't think I have to worry about it. As far as Acts 4:12 is concerned, there is a difference between being saved and being baptized. I'd rather go with verse 13 and be recognized as one having been with Jesus, spending time listening to His words, and thinking about spiritual things. Later, Ray |
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2919 | How is comunion only symbolic? | 1 Cor 10:16 | Ray | 6625 | ||
The world today wants to think of Jesus as a man. They want to remember Him as a man. They expect more than likely to see Him in heaven as a man. Scriptures see Him as the Son of Man and the Son of God. They give Him honor by capitalizing His Name. Scriptures tell us that God is a Spirit. He is one Lord, one Spirit. Therefore, truly,truly, in order that you can understand scriptures, know Jesus as a Man,know Him as living Bread, know Him as the Rock, know Him as the Light of the world. So, yes, 1Cor 10:17 is speaking figuratively; so capitalize it. Give Him honor in remembering who He is and what He did for us on the cross. The two verses here have three Breads. I capitalize them. John 6:31-42 has seven Breads. I capitalize them and know His humanity as the Son of Joseph. John 6:48-58 has seven Breads. I capitalize them and know that He is the One who is from God. John 7:52, "Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, "How can this man give us His flesh to eat?" (Note the confusing capitalization) No we can't eat this man's flesh, but we can spiritualize it, honor it, and remember this Man. John 7:63, "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. But there are some of you who do not believe." |
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2920 | Whole world or not? | 1 John 2:2 | Ray | 6615 | ||
Hi Ezekiel, I like the rendering of Romans 3:25. What translation is it? Thanks, Ray | ||||||
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