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321 | Please explain | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 141483 | ||
Hi EdB, I have asked Janae the same question. See #141476. We are looking at the nature of Christ and whether He took upon Himself or himself the sins of the world. Is He fully man or Man? From the heart, Ray |
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322 | Man or man? | Mark | Ray | 141482 | ||
Hi Praise be to God, Consider the 1 Timothy 2:5 verse in the NKJ that BradK introduced; and consider that He gave Himself [sic] as a ransom for all. What verse do you have in mind in considering that God cannot look upon sin? From the heart, Ray |
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323 | Christ's nature;before or after the fall | Mark | Ray | 141479 | ||
Hi BradK, You are agreeing to the NKJ interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:5 (which I also go with for that verse). 1 Timothy 2:5, "For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus," Note the comma, and the continuation of "who gave Himself a ransom" in both the NKJ and the NASB. Personally, I put a period there and continue in verse 6 with "**He who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time," This One who gave Himself a ransom for all is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. 1 Timothy 2:5, NKJ, "For there is one God and one **Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus," John 1:1, "...and the Word was **God." This **Mediator was not "a god"; for the word says that the Word was **God Himself. From the heart, Ray |
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324 | Man or man? | Mark | Ray | 141477 | ||
Hi kalos, I have to ask you also, "Why does the true "God with us" need to have "his" [sic] earthly life and ministry?" Does not Mark 15:39 have the same "This One" in the Greek as in John 1:1 where it says that the Word was God rather than that the Word was a god? From the heart, Ray |
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325 | Man or man? | Mark | Ray | 141470 | ||
Hi Praise be to God, If Jesus took the sins of the world on "himself" then He is a "god" who is not able to save. John 1:1 says that "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God [sic]. 2 He [This One] was in the beginning with God." From the heart, Ray |
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326 | In John 18:38 Did Pilate want truth? | John 15:1 | Ray | 141450 | ||
Hi Makarios, It is indeed good to talk to you again. It has been close to four years since we talked about these things, these nouns and pronouns of God. We are getting closer in agreement, for I now go with your "son" for John 8:35 and your "masters' table" for Matthew 15:27. In passing, I do not understand your reference to John 15:16 and 15:23. Can we talk about John 15:20 for a while? The verse starts "Remember the word that I said to you", thus the reference is to John 13:16. John 13:16, "Truly, truly, (I) say to you, a slave is not greater than his master; neither is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them." Let's look at these things then. The verse is talking about the example of theTeacher washing the feet of His listeners and saying that if He can do that for them, then they should be willing to wash one another's feet. They are all equals; "a slave is not greater than his master; neither is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him." 1) But in contrast to John 13:16, John 15:21 talks about "the One who sent Me." So I believe that the message there is that "A slave is not greater than his *Master." The message is that if the Master is persecuted, then the slave will be also; and if they kept His word, they will keep ours also. They need to know the One. Keep in touch. When did you get married? I am doing well although in chemo therapy again. From the heart, Ray |
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327 | How do we know that we are truly saved? | 1 John 3:24 | Ray | 141361 | ||
Hi Doc, That was your number 6 and 7. They were the Scriptures which you used that I thought showed that we can KNOW that we are saved. Number 3, having the confidence of the Spirit [or spirit] that we are saved speaks to the fact of knowing also. The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of (God). Acts 15:8, "And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the (h)Holy (s)Spirit, just as (He) did to us;" Acts 2:38, "And Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the (h)Holy (s)Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call to Himself." How do you interpret these verses? Are we given the Spirit or the spirit in Romans 8:15? Are we given the Spirit or the spirit in 1 John 3:24? Is it the combination of the two, Spirit and spirit that gives us the confidence to KNOW that we are saved? Romans 8:16. From the heart, Ray |
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328 | Know the lord? | 1 Sam 3:7 | Ray | 141284 | ||
Hi Mommapbs, Let me know when they are published. I would love to read them. (Sorry, I am not a publisher but I do encourage you.) From the heart, Ray |
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329 | How do we know that we are truly saved? | 1 John 3:24 | Ray | 141278 | ||
Hi Doc, John 13:35, "By this all men will KNOW that you are **My disciples, if you have love for one another." 1 John 2:5, "but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we KNOW that we are in **Him: 6 the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as (He) walked." John 15:12, "This is **My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are (My) friends, if you do what I command you." From the heart, Ray |
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330 | Know the lord? | 1 Sam 3:7 | Ray | 141269 | ||
Hi Mommapbs, Excellent message. Be sure to add it to your material for a devotional publication. 1 Samuel 3:21, "And the Lord appeared again at Shiloh, because the Lord revealed **Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the *Lord." Knowing God refers to spiritual intimacy and it comes about through the spiritual word of the Lord and the (h)Holy (s)Spirit. Romans 1:3, "concerning **His *Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, 4 who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the (s)Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our (Lord),..." Romans 1:22, "Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible (God) for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures." Romans 1:17, "For in it [the gospel, v.16] the righteousness of (God) is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH"." Knowing the (Lord) is an excellent study to my mind. See John 10:14 and 14:7 and 18:37. From the heart, Ray |
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331 | Baby or baby (continued)? | Luke 2:16 | Ray | 141186 | ||
Hi greentwiga, Your hip pocket story reminded me of my father who was a preacher. When studying for his sermons he had stacks of books on his desk. Often he would restack the books in order to put the Bible on the top. He did this not only because the Bible was his most used choice of the books but because of his reverence for it. I reverence the Bible, the word of God. I do not capitalize the "Word" because I desire to differentiate between the Scriptures (the word of God) and the Person (the Word). My focus is on the Word, that is, God Himself. From the heart, Ray |
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332 | The things concerning this Child. | Luke 2:16 | Ray | 141180 | ||
Hi Kalos, I think that I have answered this post somewhere in time on this forum. We have talked about it a lot. But for newcomers may I say this for reference of my position. 1) I agree with the NASB which capitalizes the pronouns because of who Jesus Christ is, not who the speaker thought He was. 2) There is only one God, one Spirit, one King; therefore being the only King of kings. We don't make Him King for He should have always been King; King of the Jews, but they wanted a king to rule over them. In that regard, and in that sense we all work out our salvation in choosing a god who can not save us or a God who is able. In that sense, all of us should get those red pencils out and make our decisions to make Him Lord of all. 3) If the World English Bible did not choose to review all pronouns in the Bible for capitalization while looking at context and were either lazy or uncourageous, not taking the risk, then it is their loss. 4) In passing, I would bemoan the fact of the literary style of the NASB and NKJ which capitalize pronouns after a semicolon and thereby add unnecessary confusion. 5) For Luke 2:12, where do we see the sign for the shepherds and for us? Where is the sign of the Savior if not in the choice of the capitalization? What are you penciling in; Baby or baby? From the heart, Ray |
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333 | In John 18:38 Did Pilate want truth? | John 15:1 | Ray | 141084 | ||
John 8:34, "Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, (I) say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. 35 And the slave does not remain in the house forever; the **son does remain forever. 36 If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed." John 15:16, "You did not choose Me, but (I) chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain,..." 1) John 15:23, "He who hates Me/ hates My Father as well." John 8:41, "You are doing the deeds of your father." They said to Him/, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God." 2) Contrast Matthew 15:25, "But she came and began to bow down before Him/, saying, "Lord, help me!" 26 And He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." 27 But she said, "Yes, (Lord); but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their **masters' table." Is that the way you interpret the verses as far as capitalization is concerned? Of course the **stars and parentheses are mine for comparisons. From the heart, Ray |
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334 | Clean Heart | Heb 9:11 | Ray | 141031 | ||
Hi Emmaus, I was trying to answer my own question in the rest of my post, but I didn't do very well did I. I see our faith in Christ (Jesus) as being faith in a Spirit. He was God with us and God is Spirit. The faith through Him is through the one (Spirit) to the Father. And we are alive together with (Christ); that is we are one in Spirit. Psalm 51:17 says to my mind that "The sacrifices of (Spirit) are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise." We are washed in spiritual blood, drink spiritual blood, and are washed in the spiritual word(s) of God. From the heart, Ray |
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335 | Clean Heart | Heb 9:11 | Ray | 141002 | ||
Hi Emmaus, Can your Ezekiel 11 and Hebrews 9 references be tied together in the one Spirit? Ezekiel 11:19 and 20 tells us that we should have one heart and a new spirit within us. The Jews were to walk in His statutes and then they will be His people and He shall be their God. In Hebrews 9 we see that Christ, the High Priest is the mediator of a new covenant and we also serve the living God through the cleansing blood of Christ. Galatians 3:22, "But the Scripture has shut up all men under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given those who believe." Ephesians 2:17, "AND HE CAME AND PREACHED PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE FAR AWAY, AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE NEAR 18 for through **Him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father." Ephesians 3:11, "This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in **Him." This one Spirit, this one Father; (even when we were dead in our transgressions) He made us alive together with Christ. Ephesians 2:5. Our faith is in the Lord Jesus and the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, has given us "a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him." Ephesians 1:17. From the heart, Ray |
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336 | NASB or NKJ for this verse? | 2 Sam 7:24 | Ray | 140661 | ||
Hi Searcher, Do you believe that we should not consider it because it is too close to numerology, a code, and magical? From the heart, Ray |
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337 | NASB or NKJ for this verse? | 2 Sam 7:24 | Ray | 140660 | ||
Hi EdB, Thank you for the best wishes; I intend to update my profile at the end of the year for you. 1) My expectation for the prayer is that the nouns and pronouns concerning Deity will total a number divisible by three. I do not expect all verses to be divisible by three. If we go with the NKJ for verse 24 then the total nouns and pronouns of Deity come to 72 which is of course divisible by three. 2) 2 Samuel has for my personal copy a total count of nouns and pronouns of Deity that is divisible by three. From the heart, Ray |
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338 | If and when? | 2 Chr 6:24 | Ray | 140646 | ||
Hi Kalos, In English it is not a matter of if but of when. 2 Chron 6:36, "When they sin against Thee (for there is no man who does not sin)..." 1 Kings 8:46, "When they sin against Thee (for there is no man who does not sin)..." 1 John 2:1, "My little children, I am writing these things to you that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an **Advocate with the *Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. John 10:30, "**I and the *Father are one." From the heart, Ray |
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339 | If and when? | 2 Chr 6:24 | Ray | 140640 | ||
Hi Kalos, In HEBREW, what is the difference between the words translated variously "if" and "when" in English? Are the same words used in the Hebrew text? From the heart, Ray |
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340 | There is no God like Him.May He hear | 2 Chr 6:14 | Ray | 140638 | ||
Hi Steve, I agree with you. I knew that God was a triune God before I started numbering pronouns in 1985. Yet since I started counting pronouns I have come to know Him better. I believe that we can make some definite decisions on which pronouns to "count" as talking about God Himself. I believe that we should be consistent in the way we view this (m)Man Jesus and this (g)God who is in heaven. 2 Chron 6:14, NASB, "He [Solomon] said, "O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no **god like You in heaven or earth, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart;" 1 Kings 8:23, "And he said, "O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no **God like Thee in heaven above or in the earth beneath,..." I starred the word **god and **God to show the comparisons in the same NASB version for these passages. I believe that we can be more consistent and we can determine the correct, more accurate choice of these pronouns. I would not require you to number pronouns, but I would ask you to "count", (to determine as Deity), the words with consistency and discernment. From the heart, Ray |
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