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3041 | To capitalize or not to capitalize? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 1943 | ||
Dear JVH, Thank you for replying to me for I know that I am not the only one that you are sharing thoughts with. I've been thinking of 1 Cor 4:16 and 1 Cor 14:19 today and also wondered about the correlation between Abraham being the friend of God and Jesus being the son (Son?) of Abraham. | ||||||
3042 | Why was Abraham called the friend of God | James 2:23 | Ray | 1940 | ||
Matt. 1:1 "The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham:NASB Why was Jesus called the son of Abraham? | ||||||
3043 | Why five words? part 2 | 1 Cor 4:16 | Ray | 1937 | ||
1 Cor 4:16 "I exhort you therefore, be imitators of me....v.18"Now some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I shall find out, not the words of those who are arrogant, but their power. For the kingdom of God does not consist in word, but in power. What are the five words of power between this verse and 1 Cor 6:16? |
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3044 | Why five words? | 1 Cor 14:19 | Ray | 1932 | ||
Truth Seeker, I don't think that's all there is to it. Try going to 1 Cor 4:16 in a little while on this forum. | ||||||
3045 | Why five words? | 1 Cor 14:19 | Ray | 1931 | ||
Truth Seeker, I don't think that's all there is to it. Try going to 1 Cor 4:16 in a little while on this forum. | ||||||
3046 | Nephilim Humans? | Gen 6:4 | Ray | 1916 | ||
Hi charis, I can't convince you to capitalize "breath of Life" or "breath of life from God" can I? | ||||||
3047 | ...intended to pass by them? | Mark 6:48 | Ray | 1911 | ||
Hi load, Do you sometimes wonder what life with Jesus would be like here on earth? We don't know of His early years, whether He was praised for His good carpentry, or whether He was a good competitor in the games they played back then. We know nothing as far as I know. But I can see Jesus in this picture after feeling compassion for the large crowd because they were like sheep without a Shepherd, and praying to His heavenly Father for a while, and seeing that they still weren't at their destination because of the stiff wind, caught up to them and wanted to pass them and maybe say,"I'll race you to shore." I don't know what He'd say, but I would bet that He was competitive in any sport as any other youngster of His day.(Anyway I'd hate to play golf against God as the jokes go today). Anyway, I think that Jesus was disappointed in their reaction to Him for they thought they saw a ghost, a spirit as you will. In the Greek it says, "Take courage. I am." He got into the boat with them and the wind stopped and they were astonished and still didn't know who He was because their heart was hardened. Do you agree with that? I say they still didn't know who He was because in Mark 6:54 the Greek says that after the boat was anchored and they were good and safe, they recognized Him. Sure all the people recognized him, but I think that's when the disciples recognized Him also. If you look in your translation you can notice that "the people" is in italics meaning that those words aren't there in the Greek. So what does that mean to us today? That Jesus was competitive and a good athlete, pretty fast even against the wind? Of course not. Probably if they had recognized Him, he would have let the wind die down, and allowed them to reach shore ahead of Him. No, what I know that it means for me is that "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want." |
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3048 | What makes John the Baptist greater ? | Luke 7:27 | Ray | 1882 | ||
Dear friends, I want to talk more about the idea of whose book this is. Is this about John the Baptist through and through. No, it's about God and Jesus,and we say through the Holy Spirit. I don't think of John as being hardly more than a reed shaken by the wind. Sure, he was God's messenger, but he wasn't the Messenger of the covenant. He was one born of woman but he wasn't God's Son. He was a prophet but he wasn't a Prophet. He wasn't more than a prophet, unless you want to call him John the Baptist. But Jesus is a Prophet. And One who is more than a Prophet. "This is the One about whom it is written..." And again I say that this is the book about Jesus, not John the baptizer. Mark 6:15 says in my marked up copy, "But others were saying "He is a Prophet, like one of the prophets of old." Jesus was spoken of as a prophet. Consider one more scripture. Mark 6:4 "Jesus said to them, "A Prophet is not without honor except in (His) hometown and among His own relatives and in His own household." (My own copy, which I don't reccommend by the way) (I'm not JV McGee, by the way) You might consider reading Malachi again, too. I hope all that I've discussed might be meaningful to you. Later, Ray |
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3049 | Why five words? | 1 Cor 14:19 | Ray | 1876 | ||
Dear Truth Seeker, Why do you say "should?" | ||||||
3050 | To capitalize or not to capitalize? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 1836 | ||
Dear JVH, Please be assured that I respect you, and you are not lacking in honor. "But God has so composed the body giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked, so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another." I also compared Ephesians 4:5,Philippians 2:14,15, and Philippians 1:27 as good references as well as your Philippians verse for me. Only thing is you wouldn't agree with my Phillipians 1:27 capitalization,"standing firm in one Spirit, with one mind (soul) striving together for the faith of the gospel;" Sorry, I couldn't resist.:-) Let me talk about your points. (1) Right from the start, I decided as far as my own personal study was concerned, I would look at no religious literature except the Bible. I do look at several translations and copyrights, however. (2) All the letters in Hebrew are in caps so it is impossible to show Deity that way. That to me shows how very much scripture is to be individual, interpretive, and only as meaningful as each person can make it. In my interlinear Greek copy, Theos is capitalized. It MUST be capitalized to show the honor that He is due. He is the only true God and not a god. Why must they be capitalized today? Simply because the Deity of Christ is so much denied in our world and in our churches. (3) I have written to you about this one on March 17,2001 and tried to express the thought that it would be better sometimes to err on the side of using capitals. Luke 7:19 says, "Summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?" If they expected One why would they look for someone or any one? That's what I wrote then, saying in other words that why would one be chosen over One, why would they when they Expected One, look for some one? (I do not know Hebrew or Greek. I took Spanish in High School, German in college, Latin in college choir, along with French songs. Didn't do very well in the foreign languages to be honest. I hope to learn Greek, however.) The word "one" is a difficult one in Greek as far as my personal study is concerned. For instance in John 1:2 when it says "He was in the beginning with God." it literally means "This One was in the beginning with God." Later, in verse seven talking about John the Baptist, it reads "He came as a witness" when literally it means "This one came as a witness". The Greek has the same word for "one" with no capitalization. It is up to the reader, always has been up to the reader, to decide if its important or not, which one to capitalize, or leave them both lower case. The book of John was written to downplay the importance of John the Baptist, but I'll let you capitalize the title he has had through the years. But I won't count him as Deity. But here again it was necessary for the individual to decide for himself how important John was. (4) In your Bible study, how many times have you read a verse talking about a Spirit as in an angel, and in the margin it will say,"or spirit".??? Question marks, mine. Have you seen "or Spirit."??? Where is the lower case they prefer? (The word Author is another tough one to decide, at least for me. I think I'm still thinking about the "Author of our faith". I'm not writing the Bible, either, but I think we all individually have to interpret it.) Who should decide about capitalization you ask? What are the denominations of the scholars of the past? Who should decide? Yes, I say we all have to decide, because it is important. John l:l literally says,"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word." This is God's word and I think we should get to know the Word. |
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3051 | Why five words? | Not Specified | Ray | 1827 | ||
Why the choice of the number five in I Corinthians 14:19? "I thank God, I speak in tongues more than you all; however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind, that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue." | ||||||
3052 | Why five words? | 1 Cor 14:19 | Ray | 1859 | ||
Why the choice of the number five in I Corinthians 14:19? "I thank God, I speak in tongues more than you all; however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind, that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue." | ||||||
3053 | Part 1 Apologetics? | Matt 11:13 | Ray | 1824 | ||
Dear tree members, Jn. 4:24 KJV, "God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." I believe that God is spirit; and they that worship Him must worhip Him in spirit and in truth." (Notice the three pronouns). Jn.4:24 NASB " God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth".(Only two pronouns). I think we can compare this scripture with Gen 1:26 "Then (God) said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness."(Notice the three of Us pronouns). Jn4:23 "But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be (His) worshippers." What do you think? (He) will declare all things to us? RCScroll, I think that you can be spirit-filled and not deny "He who lives in me" as you wrote. Continue to love the one Spirit. I want to write a question for you guys to answer. Later, Ray |
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3054 | No more evangelists,pastors,teachers? | Eph 4:11 | Ray | 1811 | ||
Hi charis, Consider Romans 10:14 - ll:8..."for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.' How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in (Him) whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?" It goes on to say that all of the people didn't heed the good news from the preachers. "So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Again, we have all that we need already. We have the word of God. It relates to the "priesthood of all believers" that I grew up with. We all can read the scriptures and apply it to our lives and the Bible will teach itself. Rom.11:8 says that the Jews were given a spirit of stupor, eyes to see not and ears to hear not, down to this very day." Rom 11:20 But you "stand by your faith." Stand by the word of God. By the way, I'm not yelling at the start. :-) I think that some time ago someone appeared to be yelling but I think that he was showing the all caps Hebrew and the Jewish significance in his comment. Later, Ray |
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3055 | Is Biblical literacy dead?Or is prophecy | Matt 11:13 | Ray | 1809 | ||
Dear JVH, You quoted I John 4:1 but didn't include verse two "By this you know the Spirit of God; every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not..."NASB I'm not familiar with the ASV and don't have a copy available. Can you tell me if they capitalize "know the Spirit of God" as does the NASB and NKJ? I believe that it should be a small s. All the other words of spirit are lower case and I think this one should too. What do you think? Or do you care? I don't want to make you mad but I would also put in the lower case I JN 3:24 "We know by this that He abides in us, by the spirit which He has given us. Beloved, do not believe every spirit..." I've learned to compare this scripture with Mt 12:31b ..."but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the (Holy) Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him..." I also compare Mathew 12:28 "But if I cast out demons by the spirit of (God), then the kingdom of God has come upon you." I compare it with Mk 11:20 "But if I cast out demons by the finger of (God), then the kingdom of God has come upon you." Now in regard to prophets, why are we looking for a true prophet instead of looking for the one and only true (God), the (Prophet) who was to come? See John l:21 Later, Ray P.S. Please excuse my parenthesis use. |
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3056 | All or none? Or some? | Eph 4:11 | Ray | 1806 | ||
Dear charis, I just wrote in another tree I guess and said that I thought in essence that the "as" in Ephesians should not have been inserted. In other words, the church is already equipped by the words written by the apostles, the word of God. I just read Ephesians 3:4 where it says,"By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;..." I would say that we have the word of God and we don't need any new revelations. When you read you can understand. If you read the word, and know Him, you will be used. Eph. 5:8 "... for you were formerly darkness, 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), trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord." |
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3057 | Does Jude 1:17 answer Eph 4:11? | Eph 4:11 | Ray | 1805 | ||
Dear RCSCROLL, charis, and JVH, I just now read of RC's comment about the past tense in Jude 17, and charis I agree that it's past tense in Ephesians 4:ll 'And He gave some apostles, some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers. Past tense, He gave some. Past tense, "words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ." Everything is in place already in the eyes of Jude. You have all the information, revelation, knowledge of the Son of God. You're well equipped with the word of God. JVH, I'm sure you will be happy to know that there is a direct correlation between Jude 17 and Eph.3:ll using my capitalization system. It also points to Ephesians 2:18 "for through Him we both have our access in one (Spirit) to the Father. Ephesians 2:20 has a tense which I need to study to find out, but it too is in a past tense of having been built on a foundation but now we're growing. |
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3058 | What about the other ministries? | Eph 4:11 | Ray | 1787 | ||
Hi charis, I looked at Ephesians and your reference in John 13:16 also today. It seems to me that all of us in the body of Christ are equally important. "A slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him." contrasted with Ephesians 4:11 without the word in italics;"And He gave apostles, and some prophets, and some evangeliss, and some pastors and teachers, ..." and why, so that we all can "attain the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God..." So I would say that everythings been done already. We have the word of God and we should be equipped "for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ." Go back also to Ephesians 4:7. "But to each of us grace was given according to the measure of (Christ"s) gift." Go back further to Eph 3:20 "according to the power that works within us, to (Him) be the glory in the church..." Notice the fullness of God and Christ in this section. Now I would go back still further to Eph 3:14 "For this reason I bow my knees before the (Father)." The Holy Spirit. I love Ephesians. Check out the "according to"s of the book. 3:7 "of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace which was given to me according to the working of (His) power." see 2:18 "for through Him, we both have our access in one (Spirit) to the Father." |
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3059 | Is prophecy dead? | Matt 11:13 | Ray | 1780 | ||
Being especially wary of people who claim to be Apostle or Prophets. Jesus warns us to beware of people who say, "I am He". | ||||||
3060 | Who do we know the bible is realy God's | John 1:1 | Ray | 1739 | ||
A good answer. I think we can know that God wrote the Bible because no one else could. First because there is no other God, and secondly, all of its contents with its predictions and fullfillments, its consistency and content wouldn't have its power without His words. In regard to my preoccupation with capitals, would you consider capitalizing the true Son of God? The filling with the holy spirit is mentioned seven times that I know of. It is a feeling of mine that the Holy Spirit is the Person and the holy spirit is the gift. Consider it. Ray V.H. |
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