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341 | What purpose did each baptism serve? | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 66796 | ||
Hi agree3, I compared/contrasted the verses you mentioned. I came up with the same idea that someone else did in your other thread; that is, that the baptism of the holy spirit is the filling of our hearts with the word of God. This enables us to keep in mind and remember the words to speak by which one will be saved. See Acts 11:14. I suggest that since this thread is long and concerned with other topics, that we continue at #66562. Thank you, agree3. From the heart, Ray |
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342 | How far Jesus divine nature was disclose | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 75062 | ||
Hi Tnaik, The divine nature of Jesus was evident enough to the people in the New Testament times that they accused Him of blasphemy saying that He made Himself out to be God. John 10:33. For me now, I see His divine nature each time I type a pronoun concerning Him. A word study on the word "disclose" that you have used in your question would serve you well. For instance 1 Corinthians 4:5. 1 Cor 4:4, "For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who [He who, NKJ] examines me is the Lord. Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and DISCLOSE the motives of men's hearts; and then each man's praise will come to him from God." The book of John has five occurances of this word. From the heart, Ray |
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343 | What do you think of this great mystery? | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 79574 | ||
In comparing 1 Corinthians 6:17 and Epesians 5:29 tonight I thought about how believers are one spirit with Him and that we are members of His body. What other verses come to your mind in considering this thought of Christ's spiritual body and the church? From the heart, Ray |
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344 | What do you think of this great mystery? | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 79724 | ||
Hi inmyheart, Thank you for your good thoughts. I had in my study compared: 1 Cor 6:17, "But the one who joins himself to the Lord/ is one spirit with *Him. ..your body is a temple of the Holy (Spirit) who is in you,..." Ephesians 5:29, "for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ/ also does the church, because we are members of *His body...reference to Christ and the church." You have suggested 1 Corinthians 12: perhaps?, 1 Cor 12:9, "to another faith by the same Spirit,/ and to another gifts of healing by the one *Spirit,...but one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as (He) wills." 1 Cor 12:24b, "...But God/ has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked, that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another...27 Now you are *Christ's body, and individually members of it." May I add Ephesians to the list along with a request for anyone to add more references to the list. Ephesians 4:4-7, "There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord/, one faith, one baptism, one *God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of (Christ's) gift." Ephesians 3:19, "and to know the love of Christ/ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of *God." 1 John 4:16b, "God/ is love, and the one who abides in love abides in *God, and God abides in him. By this, love is perfected with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as (He) is, so also are we in this world." May we abide in God and He in us as believers in His body, the church; showing forth His love. 1 John 4:11, "Beloved, if *God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." From the heart, Ray |
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345 | Hold fast the Scriptures- then memorize? | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 80814 | ||
Hi Biblebeliever, Is it more important to memorize the Scriptures or believe them? 1 Corinthians 15:2, KJ, "By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless he have believed in vain." 1 Corinthians 15:2, NKJ, "by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain." From the heart, Ray |
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346 | Hold fast the Scriptures- then memorize? | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 80957 | ||
Hi b.g.guitar, I agree with you entirely. What I was hoping in my question was to get Biblebeliever to compare the two renderings and to see that the NKJ version was a better one for this verse. The literal meaning of "hold fast the word" is better than "keep in memory". You are right about memorization being important for witnessing. Twenty-five or so years ago I found in memory work with the Navigators system the importance of review. We must review things in order to keep them in our memory. But first of all, we believe and hold fast the word. From the heart, Ray |
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347 | Hold fast the Scriptures- then memorize? | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 80958 | ||
Hi Biblebeliever, Come back any time. I wish you success for Christ in your teaching. But I also must say that the prisoners will be able to comprehend the Scriptures better from a translation other than the King James. From the heart, Ray |
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348 | name Jehovah | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 110868 | ||
Hi CDBJ, John 14:6 and Ephesians 4:21 are interesting verses to compare/contrast in that they speak of the Truth and that the truth is in Jesus. From the heart, Ray |
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349 | "Your bread"?Or "loaves of Bread"? | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 118992 | ||
Hi Kalos, Your post said that "The Hebrew in Deuteronomy 8:3 has "mouth of the Lord"; the Septuagint has "mouth of God". It is this latter that Jesus quotes." Jesus quoted that in Matthew 4:4. It is interesting to note that the NU text for the companion reference in Luke 4:4 omits that phrase "but on every word of God". These things have been thought about and discussed before don't you think? I wonder if you think that since Lord and God are both the same, we could look instead at the verse concerning the stones. The important thing to my mind is whether this Man is capable of changing the stones into Bread. Question: Does the Greek allow or suggest that there is "possession" involved. In other words could we interpret this verse concerning the stones in both Matthew 4:3 and Luke 4:3 as being "Your bread" or "loaves of Bread"? From the heart, Ray |
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350 | But consider what I am actually asking | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 119223 | ||
Hi danCER, If there is one baptism, it would have to be a spiritual baptism. I see no water in Acts 19 or Romans 6. Ephesians 4:5, "one Lord, one faith, one baptism,..." From the heart, Ray |
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351 | Baptism without water? | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 119236 | ||
Hi danCer, You are new here, but if you check the archives using the yellow Search or the Quick Search you could find an abundance of material. Enter into any discussion you might find of interest there. As far as my interests are concerned, we might talk of whether there is a holy spirit or whether Jesus baptised with the holy spirit. Acts 19:2, "and he said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said to him, "No, we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit ." [I would say holy spirit in both cases here] John 1:33, "And I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'" [ I would say that He baptizes in the "holy spirit'"]. From the heart, Ray |
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352 | A man of God? | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 121208 | ||
Hi Rowdy, Your thoughts and Scripture references are excellent and compare and match well with the question about men of God. If anything was left out, it would be the spirit of a man of God. What kind of spirit are we of? Your Philippians passage talks about the Spirit of Jesus Christ in verse 19 and Philippians 2:1goes on and says, "If therefore there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, 2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose." So, like I said, if anything was left out of your excellent post it would have been mention of the Spirit. And I, as one interested in pronouns would like to go on in Philippians and talk about this Man of God who emptied Himself. But going back to Philippians 1, can we as fellow believers be united in spirit (soul, harmony of feeling), intent on one purpose, stand firm in one spirit and/or Spirit? That is Paul's hope. Philippians 1:27. From the heart, Ray |
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353 | A man of God? | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 121246 | ||
Hi Rowdy, You wrote that "Now the toughest thing for us as His children is which things/topics in the Bible to agree on and which of those are left for us as options." As a counter of pronouns, I would say that the toughest thing is to agree on the "things/nouns of Deity" topics. For this topic for instance, are we to stand firm in the spirit or the Spirit? Are we speaking about spiritual things or the Spirit? Or, looking at your post, are we studying God's word(s) or God's Son (the Word)? Are we looking at God's Way (the Son) or the ways and things of God? [I would write in lower case about God's word and of seeing things God's way.] Further, are we desiring to look at the man of God and his ways or shall we look at the Man of God who is the Way; even a new and living Way? From the heart, Ray |
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354 | A man of God? | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 121337 | ||
Hi Hank, First of all the man of God is one who believes in Him. Galatians 3:5, NKJ, "Therefore He who supplies the Spirit [or spirit?] to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? -- 6 just as Abraham 'believed (God), and it was accounted to him for righteousness.'" 7 Therefore know that only those who are of faith are... 9 blessed with believing Abraham." Genesis 15:6, "Then he believed in the (Lord); and He reckoned it to him as righteousness." John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in (Him) should not perish, but have eternal life." John 1:12, "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in (His) name, 13 who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." The parentheses are mine for comparison. It can be shown that the man/woman of God who BELIEVES in (Him) also WALKS in Him, BELONGS to Him, and is CHOSEN by Him. Blessings to you, Hank. From the heart, Ray |
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355 | So,spiritual gifts that are Spirit given | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 122030 | ||
Hi Kalos, I agree that spiritual gifts are Spirit-given. I remember two people speaking in this thread about Spiritual gifts; but should this not have been written in the lower case "spiritual" as in your quote? People also speak of the "Gift" and the "Baptism". Do they know what they are talking about? From the heart, Ray |
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356 | Spirit or spirit? Him or it? Distinguish | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 122126 | ||
Hi Searcher56, Whether the original languages were in all CAPS or all lower case, God would want us to know that even though there are many gods there is only one God. Isaiah 46:9, "Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me." Surely, Searcher56 even you would take issue with some one who would put God in a lower case for John 1:1. 1) As far as "gift" is concerned, three or four Scriptures come to mind. These Scriptures deal with the gifts of the Holy Spirit; and they are difficult in that I do not know if they should be in lower case "holy spirit" or not. I still distinguish between the Giver and the gift. Are these gifts (holy spirit) or do they speak of the Person of the Holy Spirit? Hebrews 2:4, "God bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the (h)Holy (s)Sprit according to His own will." Acts 2:38, "and you shall receive the gift of the (h)Holy (s)Spirit." Acts 10:45, "...because the gift of the (h)Holy (s)Spirit had been poured out upon the Gentiles also." Are these gifts of or from? Are they gifts of holy spirit or gifts from the Holy Spirit? 2) When people say that they have received the Gift or have received the Baptism of the Holy Spirt, are they saying that they have received the Person or His holy spirit? 3) I peronally distinguish between the Holy Spirit coming upon us and between being filled with holy spirit. John 4:10, "Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink', you would have asked Him and He would have given you living water." The question is: Do we know Him or "it" when we hear Him or "it"? Does He give the Spirit or the spirit without measure? Who or what does He pour out? Are we told not to quench the Spirit or the spirit? From the heart, Ray |
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357 | Spirit/spirit?Is Spirit given or spirit? | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 122312 | ||
Acts 8:18 ..the (s)Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles' hands..." Acts 8:19, "...may receive the (h)Holy (s)Spirit." 1 Tim 4:14, "Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you... 1 Tim 1:6, "... kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands." Question: Is not the holy spirit [sic] a spiritual gift from the Holy Spirit Himself? From the heart, Ray |
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358 | Spirit/spirit?Is Spirit given or spirit? | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 122325 | ||
Hi Rowdy, In reference to #122313 the question I would ask is "What is God's Word?" Do the Scriptures tell us to preach the Word or the word? The gospel of John tells us that the Word was God, but I know of no Scripture that speaks of God's Word. Revelation 19:12b, "...He has a name written upon Him which no one knows except Himself. 13 And He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood; and His name is called The Word of God." I believe that we are to preach the word, be filled with the spirit (His words), and hold on to the testimony of Jesus. From the heart, Ray |
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359 | Spirit/spirit?Is Spirit given or spirit? | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 122327 | ||
Hi Tim, I can agree that God is the Giver and the "Gift". God gave Himself, He gave His only begotten Son, He gave the Spirit of truth. But I can not capitalize "gift" as speaking of Himself in the occurances in the Scriptures. For instance, John 4:10 speaks of the gift of God and who it is who speaks to the woman at the well. I interpret the verse as talking of both the Giver and the gift. If we knew the One who is speaking then we can receive the gift of the living water. If we know the Spirit of truth we can receive the holy spirit. If we know the Word we can receive His words. If we believe in the Son of God we can become sons of God. John 3:34, "For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for **He gives the spirit without measure." John 4:10, "...and **He would have given you living water." John 6:63, "...the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life." From the heart, Ray |
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360 | Scriptural Support? | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 122329 | ||
Hi Tim, Your capitalization of the Gift of the Holy Spirit is an example of the capitalization of "gift" that is not in the Scriptures. You spoke of the Gift in your paragraph but spoke of "it". The gift in Acts 2:38 is the gift, the promise, the down payment. To my mind the gift is the holy spirit given by the Spirit. If a person is Spirit-filled, he is filled with holy spirit by the Spirit. That is how I see it. From the heart, Ray |
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