Results 401 - 420 of 3083
|
||||||
Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: Ray Ordered by Verse |
||||||
Results | Verse | Author | ID# | |||
401 | Please explain the Trinity | Gen 1:2 | Ray | 77340 | ||
Hi sisterkath, I read the first chapter of Genesis tonight and counted the pronouns of Deity. As always I saw the Trinity in the fact that the total was divisible by three. I read the first three verses of the gospel of John and their total pronoun count was divisible by three. This affirms for me the Trinity. I would suggest that you go to your favorite translation of the Scriptures and consider that the Spirit is more than an active force. He is a Person of the Trinity. You make that "active force" into a Spirit and you will understand the Trinity. I suggest you go to your New World Translation and in studying the first verse of John consider that the Word was Spirit with God and that the Word was more than a god. You make that god into God and know that He [that One] was in the beginning with God; then you can understand the Trinity. When you have that settled in your mind, come back and talk with us some more. I for one will be more than happy to preach the Trinity to you. From the heart, Ray |
||||||
402 | Please explain the Trinity | Gen 1:2 | Ray | 77368 | ||
Hi jlpangilinan, Are you interested in learning about the Trinity also? This has been an interest of mine since before June of 1985. I am still trying, still penciling in my personal changes of interpretation about Him. This life we live in the Lord is a process is it not? God is not through with us yet. Before I go into my interpretation of the Scriptures and theology you have presented, may I speak to you more about what I have considered with Sisterkath? I would like to encourage you both to get an old copy of the Scriptures and "pencil in" some changes as they become meaningful to you. It has worked pretty well for me these last 18 years. l) I have encouraged Sisterkath to change that "active force" to "Spirit" in Genesis 1:2. 2) I encourage you to add a pronoun in verse 16 as the KJ and others do in order to make the sentence complete. "He also made the stars"; for I believe the triune God is the Light of the world. 3) I encourage you to have a copy of the NASB or NKJ which capitalizes Deity to use next to your translation choice. 3) These copies that capitalize Deity will point out verse 26 where it says, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness". Here is an affirmation of the Trinity to my mind with those three pronouns. 4) With these changes penciled in your NWT, you too can believe with me about the Trinity. With these penciled in changes you can have the pronouns of God be divisible by three for Genesis chapter one. If you are desirous of knowing the one true God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; are you willing to pencil in some changes to your translation? If not, we are wasting our time for it would show that you are not looking for the Truth. From the heart, Ray |
||||||
403 | Light before light sources | Gen 1:3 | Ray | 6199 | ||
Hi Lionstrong, It is also interesting, I think, to compare Genesis 16,17 where it talks of the light sources with John 9:5. "(God) placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to govern the day and the night..."--"While I am in the world, I am the (Light) of the world." Jn 8:12 is a good contrast, "Then Jesus again spoke to them saying, "I am the (Light) of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the Light of life." If you are of a mind to add some capitalization you can also compare John 11:9, "Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the (Light) of this world. But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the Light is not in him." Who is this Son of Man? John 12:35, "So (Jesus) said to them, "For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light." John 12:44, "And Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me. He who sees 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." John 3:19, "This is the judgement, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the (Light), and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God." I have just written scriptures, but I would invite you to compare the pronouns in parenthesis with each of the passages. Later, Ray |
||||||
404 | measure day\night no sun or stars | Gen 1:3 | Ray | 72339 | ||
Hi CDBJ, Yes, He is in control "weather" or not...:) Good post, CDBJ. Genesis 1:14, "Then God/ said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so. And God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also. And (God) placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,..." John 9:4, "We [Or, It behooves Me to work] must work the works of Him who sent Me/ while it is day; night is coming, when no man can work. 5 While I am in the world, I am the (Light) of the world." John 1:9, "That, There, *He/ was the true Light which, coming into the world , enlightens every man. He was in the world, and the world was made through (Him), and the world did not know Him." 2 Corinthians 4:3, "And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of (Christ) who is the image of God." 1 John 1:5, "And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is (Light), and in Him is no darkness at all." Hebrews 12:29, "for our God/ is a consuming fire." That One is the true Light. The only One who possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light. 1 Timothy 6:16. From the heart, Ray |
||||||
405 | Chronology of Creation | Gen 1:3 | Ray | 72477 | ||
Hi freebyrd, I believe that God is the Light also, and to be consistent I would have liked to have seen you capitalize "He has always existed". He has always existed but He has not always been VISIBLE. In Genesis the lesser and greater lights were made. They were for light or "light-bearers". He made the stars also. In the Incarnation, the Light of the world had come in the likeness of men. Jesus came as light and was visible, and was indeed the Light of the world when He was in the world. We believe in the unique Son of God. John 3:19, 1995 NASB, "This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil hates the (Light), and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God." The 1995 copyright of the NASB has made this change of "light" to "Light" for John 3:19-21 and I agree with them. From the heart, Ray |
||||||
406 | why did God have to create light? | Gen 1:3 | Ray | 77695 | ||
Hi dayoak, Welcome to the forum. In the beginning we see the triune God created the heavens and the earth. "And the Spirit of (God) was moving over the surface of the waters." 1) Genesis 1:3, "Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light." Genesis 1:26, "Let Us make man ..." 2) Gen 1:4, "And God saw that the light was good;..." Gen 1:26, "...in Our image,..." 3) Gen 1:4, "...and God separated the light from the darkness." Gen 1:26, "...according to Our likeness;..." 4) Gen 1:4, "And God called the light day,..." Gen 1:27, "And God created man..." 5) Gen 1:4, "...and the darkness *He called night." [Man was to fall into sin] Gen 1:27, "...in *His own image, in the image of God/ He created him. Here we see the (Light) of the world in creation. John 12:46, "I have come AS light into the world, that everyone who believes in Me/ may not remain in darkness." From the heart, Ray |
||||||
407 | Light AND DARK simultaneously? | Gen 1:3 | Ray | 148885 | ||
Hi starfire, Psalm 139:10, "Even THERE Thy hand will lead me, And Thy right hand will lay hold of me." John 1:9, NASB, 1995, "THERE was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man." The emphasized THERE is mine, but perhaps you would say with me, "There! That One was the true Light." From the heart, Ray |
||||||
408 | why did God have to create light? | Gen 1:3 | Ray | 148889 | ||
P.S. The NASB, 1995 copyright reads, John 12:46, "I have come [as] Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness." I am tending to agree with that capitalization interpretation. From the heart, Ray |
||||||
409 | Light and Stars | Gen 1:16 | Ray | 7997 | ||
Hi Lionstrong, I hope some of His light will be shed on this forum. What we need is a good word study on "light". Strong's concordance has three columns of references. I think that His light has been shed abroad since the first day don't you? He dwells in unapproachable Light; whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen. 1Timothy 6:15 |
||||||
410 | Light and Stars | Gen 1:16 | Ray | 29902 | ||
Hi Lionstrong, We have had some good conversations in the past and I am not trying to rehash or start anything. I should have remembered talking to you about these things earlier. I do see that I did not give you my opinion on Matthew 5:16. Verse 14 says that we are the light of the world. We know that Jesus is the Light of the world. It is important to note that contrast. Verse 16 is talking about our light before men glorifying the Light who is in heaven. I've learned to compare Isaiah 66:5 with that verse. Actually it is a contrast with Matthew 5:11. "Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy." Please disregard my post if it is not of interest. Later, Ray |
||||||
411 | In Gen 1, who is us referring to? | Gen 1:26 | Ray | 38336 | ||
Hi deola, Welcome to the forum. I encourage you to use the NASB in your study of the Scriptures for just the capitalization that is incorporated will help in the understanding. I think of the Man, Jesus Christ when I read in the 26th verse, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness..." The Man, Jesus Christ was totally God and thus it is indeed the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit speaking just as the Amplified version above says. God also created man in the spiritual image of God. Genesis 6:3, "Then the Lord said, "My Spirit/ shall not always strive with man forever, because he also is flesh;..." or as the margin says, [Or, in his going astray he is flesh] It is this same Spirit of God who had to thwart the purposes of the people in Genesis 11:7, "Come, let Us/ go down and there confuse their language, that they may not..." I think that the creation was the work of the Spirit also for the heavenly hosts were part of the work which He had done. Genesis 2:1, "Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. And by the seventh day God completed His work which (He) had done;..." Parentheses mine for comparison. Some verses to compare and contrast would be: Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of (God) was moving over the surface of the waters." Genesis 1:26, "The (God) said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness..." Genesis 1:28, "And (God) blessed them;..." Genesis 2:2, "And by the seventh day God completed His work which (He) had done;..." Genesis 2:4, "This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created in the day that the Lord (God) made earth and heaven." Genesis 2:19, "And out of the ground the Lord (God) formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them;..." Genesis 3:22, "Then the Lord God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of (Us), knowing good and evil;..." Genesis 6:6, "And the (Lord) was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart." Contrast 1:26 Genesis 6:6, "But Noah found favor in the eyes of the (Lord)." Genesis 7:5, "And Noah did according to all that the (Lord) had commanded him." I hope some of that was of interest. From the heart, Ray |
||||||
412 | "Let Us make man in Our image." | Gen 1:26 | Ray | 38342 | ||
Hi Lionstrong, I appreciate the 1 Cor 11:7 reference. Do you think that Christ is the Head of every man? | ||||||
413 | "Let Us make man in Our image." | Gen 1:26 | Ray | 38661 | ||
Hi Lionstrong, You wrote, "his is the head of every man in the church". I don't know if you meant "he is the head..." or not, but what you actually wrote is essentially the sense of what we are talking about. Makarios wrote of our being a reflection of Christ. When people look at us they should be seeing Christ in us. We were made in His image. It is His head (face) that they should see in us in the sense that we are discussing being in His image. Here is a comparison of Genesis 1:26 and 1 Corinthians 11:3. Genesis 1:26, "Then (God) said, "Let Us make man in **Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule...And God created man in *His own image, in the image of God/He created him; male and female He created them." 1 Cor 11:1, "Be imitators of me, just as I also am of (Christ)...verse 3, "But I want you to understand that Christ is the **Head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. Every man who has something on his head while praying or prophesying, disgraces his *Head. But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying, disgraces her head;...verse 7, "For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God;/ but the woman is the glory of man." In keeping with showing the contrasts in the Scriptures, I would point out that we are mere men and are "heads" but God is our "Head", and God is the head of Christ. "as Christ also is Head of the church." Ephesians 5:23. So we have this statement in 1 Cor 11:3. Christ is the Head of every man, man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. I believe that Christ is our **Head and is God. This One is the image or head of the Christ, our spiritual *Head. It is because we were created in *His own image, that we desire not to disgrace our *Head. Genesis 1:27-- 1 Cor. 11:4 So my question to you, Lionstrong, would be whether you would agree or not with my Interlinear literal reading of 1 Cor. 11:3, "But I want you to know that Christ is the Head of every man, and the man (is) the head of a woman, and God (is the) head of Christ. Every man praying or prophesying, having (anything) down over (his) head shames his Head. And every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is the same (as) being shaved." The parentheses, slashes, and stars are for comparison and are mine. Except the parentheses in the quote immediately above shows what is inferred in the Greek. I hope that I was clear enough here. I'd like to talk also about Colossians 1:18, "And He/is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation." Contrasts are there for "he is" and "He is". From the heart, Ray |
||||||
414 | GEN 1:26,who are us and our ? | Gen 1:26 | Ray | 63151 | ||
Hi scepter35, When you typed in Gen 1:26 it listed all the threads which talked about the verse. If you had been the first one it would have encouraged you to be the first. You now can simply click on any one of those threads, read them, and make any comments or ask a question of someone in a "note". If you have a name of a forum person you respect, type in Genesis 1:26 and his name and the system will cough up the notes. Amazing, scary, things these computers. For instance, Ray Genesis 1:26 will give you eight entries. Or, go to the Search on the left and write Genesis 1:26 in "contains these words" and yesterdays date and you'll get the recent entries. Hope that helps you. From the heart, Ray |
||||||
415 | GEN 1:26,who are us and our ? | Gen 1:26 | Ray | 63158 | ||
Hi prayon, Excuse me if I correct what I think is a typographical mistake on your part. You typed "our" in lower case; and I would like to talk about why I would make it "Our" likeness. I would have people recognize also that it doesn't say Our "likenesses", plural. The triune God is one. But I would also have people recognize that Jesus in the beginning was One. John 1:2, "He [This One] was in the beginning with God." This One in the gospel of John was the One who separated the light from the darkness in Genesis, I would think. I would also have people know that Jesus came to earth in the likeness of men but He came as the Righteous One, even the Man Jesus Christ. Scepter35, I see the triune God in the Man Jesus Christ as He says in Genesis 1:26, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness." I don't see (as the Amplified suggests or at least infers) the triune God in each capitalized pronoun of Us, Our, Our. Rather, I see each of the three Persons represented by a single pronoun. I would compare Genesis 1:26 with Galatians 4:4 Gen. 1:26, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness..." Galatians 4:4, "But when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth His Son,..." Even though born of a woman, Jesus was God's Son. We also can be "sons" of God when we have the Spirit of God within us. From the heart, Ray |
||||||
416 | WHAT DOES 2PETER1:4 MEAN AND IS THERE A | Gen 1:26 | Ray | 148435 | ||
Hi FUTURES, Welcome to the forum. I hope that in the future you will write in both lower and upper case so you don't SHOUT. You have mail. Sometimes posts get sent to the wrong person (as here 1-2steve meant to write you). And remember to check your question for answers often because you will not be notified unless a post is specifically to you. 1) 2 Peter 1:3, "...who called us by (His) own glory and excellence." Genesis 1:26, "Then (God) said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness;..." ******* James 3:9, "With it we bless our (Lord) and Father; and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of **God; Genesis 1:26, "Then (God) said, "Let Us make man in **Our image, according to Our likeness." ******* 2 Peter 3:14, "But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. 14 Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by (Him) in peace, spotless and blameless." 1 John 2:27, "And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as (His) anointing teaches you about all things..." ******** 2 Peter 1:10, "Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain His/ calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble." Colossians 3:9, "Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, 10 and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One/ who created him." I trust that you will find help from these brothers and sisters on the forum. From the heart, Ray |
||||||
417 | was the second day a good day for God | Gen 1:31 | Ray | 47344 | ||
Hi Raven, Good point made. However, you missed verse 21 which would make it at the end a very good, complete, perfect creation. Seven, the number of completion and perfection. From the heart, Ray |
||||||
418 | was dust meaning dirt or mud? | Gen 2:7 | Ray | 154808 | ||
Hi Makarios, Good work in responding in patience and helpfulness. It will be good if you get a response from him for what he has in mind with his question. In my reading, what sticks with me is what MacArthur writes in his notes. "Made from dirt, a man's value is not in the physical components that form his body, but in the quality of life which forms his soul (see Job 33:4)." Job 33:4, "The Spirit of the Lord has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life. 5 Refute me if you can, Array yourselves before me, take your stand. 6 Behold, I belong to God like you; I too have been formed out of the clay." From the heart, Ray |
||||||
419 | Do you believe in being chosen? | Gen 2:9 | Ray | 126122 | ||
Hi Tim, May I make a correction on your typing of 1 Peter 3:9 when you meant 2 Peter 3:9? I would like to comment on the context of 2 Peter. I see in 2 Peter the interest of receiving a faith that is equally precious to all of us. It is concerned with knowledge, words, utterances, prophetic words, true words versus false words. It talks of arrogant words and true proverbs. It talks of words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by the apostles. It speaks of the promise of the Word and His words. To me, it speaks of these things and pronouns. 2 Peter 3:9 says to me that we need to interpret, apply, and respond in repentance because of these words of promise and spirit. And that is up to us in that we have to fill ourselves with these words. 2 Peter 3:14, "Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and regard the patience of our Lord to be salvation;...18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen." From the heart, Ray |
||||||
420 | Freewill before the fall? | Gen 2:9 | Ray | 127869 | ||
Hi mommapbs, I will be asking a question on Acts 26:18 if I find that it has not been discussed already. Your comments have made me reconsider the Light as found in Acts and in John 12:46. From the heart, Ray |
||||||
Result pages: << First < Prev [ 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ] Next > Last [155] >> |