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1 | Are we to pray to the holy spirit? | Matt 6:9 | Ray | 155219 | ||
Hi jlhetrick, Before I try and answer your good question, may I look at your typing of "and died on the cross a (m)man (in the flesh) who was also God." I type (m)Man when I want to suggest that a choice is to be or can be made; but your "(m)man" is unclear to me. I believe that Jesus came in the likeness of men and was in appearance as a Man, just as Adam was called Man before the fall. I believe that Jesus was always Spirit, was always God, and is now "Spirit" [sic]. Luke 24:39 says, "See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." A spirit or a ghost does not have flesh and bones like Jesus had, so He was not a ghost. So He had a resurrected body, one that could still eat food, yet one that went through doors, and could change appearances. Who knows or understands? But I know that He is a Spirit and we shall see Him as He is. From the heart, Ray |
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2 | Are we to pray to the holy spirit? | Matt 6:9 | Ray | 155214 | ||
Hi Mark, My point 1) was an effort to at least get the Holy Spirit involved in our minds as an intercessor, if not the Person to address. The bottom line I think is that God Himself cannot be divided. From the heart, Ray |
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3 | Are we to pray to the holy spirit? | Matt 6:9 | Ray | 155211 | ||
Hi srbaegon, You are right about Matthew 6:5 that it is Jesus speaking. I should have said that I see in my mind the Spirit of God, God with us, speaking in that verse. 1) John 14:6 says that no one comes to the Father but through Me. (If you want to go to Toronto you first have to go through Michigan. If you want to get to know Toronto you have to know Michigan also). 2) So the bottom line is that you can't separate or divide God Himself. From the heart, Ray |
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4 | Are we to pray to the holy spirit? | Matt 6:9 | Ray | 155205 | ||
Hi srbaegon, If one wanted to drive through the state of Michigan here in the USA, he would have to go to Michigan. You can not pray through the Holy Spirit without first going to Him. Here in Matthew 6:5 the Holy Spirit (God with us) says that the hypocrites and the people who stand on street corners in order to be seen by men have their reward already. "Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full." But you, He goes on to say, go into your inner room and shut the door; therefore do not be like them. He tells them how to pray and and tells them to pray to the heavenly Father. I have no problem with addressing our prayers to the heavenly Father, but when we hallow His name then we realize that we are praying to the triune God. From the heart, Ray |
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5 | Are we to pray to the holy spirit? | Matt 6:9 | Ray | 155199 | ||
Hi Steve, Matthew 6:6, "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who is in secret will repay you." Romans 8:26b, "...for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words." Your Father knows what you need, Matthew 6:8; why, because He searches the hearts, Romans 8:27. I would say also that the will of God is that His purpose is accomplished, (Romans), and that when His name is hallowed, then we see the glory of His kingdom here on earth, (Matthew). 1) So, even though you may not have an example of people praying to the Holy Spirit, is He not indeed involved as the Intercessor? 2) Would you or someone else give us the references for examples of people praying to the Father and the Son? From the heart, Ray |
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6 | Are we to pray to the holy spirit? | Matt 6:9 | Ray | 155193 | ||
Hi srbaegon, We have a couple of Steves here so I'll have to remember which Steve I am speaking to. We might say that God's name is not God, God's name is not Son, God's name is not Holy Spirit, but does that mean that those three are not God? Are you saying that we should pray to YHWH only? From the heart, Ray |
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7 | Are we to pray to the holy spirit? | Matt 6:9 | Ray | 155184 | ||
Hi Makarios, We need to look at other Scriptures to compare to the truth of Matthew 6:9. 1) I think of the High Priestly prayer of John 17. Verse 12 says that while Jesus was with them, He was keeping them in "Thy"name. Verse 13 "But now...14 I have given them Thy word..." John 17:19, "And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth." 21 "that they may all be one;...that they also may be in Us...22 that they may be one, just as We are one. 2) I think of John 16:24, "Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, that your joy may be made full." From the heart, Ray |
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8 | Are we to pray to the holy spirit? | Matt 6:9 | Ray | 155182 | ||
Hi Hank, This beginning of a worthwhile discussion is just that, a beginning. We will be looking I would hope at some other Scriptures to compare with the truth found in Matthew 6:9. From the heart, Ray |
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9 | Are we to pray to the holy spirit? | Matt 6:9 | Ray | 155180 | ||
Hi Hank, I did not mean you any disrepect in stating my surprise. I knew that you would support your position in the discussion of the question. Makarios is concerned that I am questioning the tri-unity of God or trying to espouse the position of the "Oneness heresy". Is that your fear as well? I am sorry to seemingly put your name in question, Hank, as a respected member from the start of the Study Bible Forum. I am sorry to get off on the wrong foot with you and bjma4 on his first post on the forum. From the heart, Ray |
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10 | Are we to pray to the holy spirit? | Matt 6:9 | Ray | 155177 | ||
Hi Searcher, This prayer in Matthew 6:9-13 is called the Lord's Prayer, but it really is the disciple's prayer that the Lord taught them to pray. 1) There is a difference between the "our" of Matthew 6 and the "Our" of Genesis 1:26. Who can see a difference? I'll give a hint to anyone who can not see a difference; it revolves around the letter (o)O. 2) Matthew 6:13, "...For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen." Genesis 1:26, "Then God said, "..." The God in the Hebrew of Genesis is plural. He said in Genesis 1:26, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness..." 3) If we are made in the image of God, Genesis 1:26 then we serve God, Matthew 6:24, not mammon. From the heart, Ray |
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11 | Are we to pray to the holy spirit? | Matt 6:9 | Ray | 155166 | ||
Hi bjma4, Welcome to the forum. I am surprised at Hank's answer to you. The disciples were definitely taught to pray to the heavenly Father. But I would say that we are to pray to our triune God. The heavenly Father is Spirit. The Holy Spirit is Spirit. The Son, being God, is Spirit. Thus, I would say that when we pray to our heavenly Father we are saying, "Hallowed by Thy name." Yes, I believe that name is Holy Spirit. [Capitalized, by the way.] 1) The NU text leaves out the last phrase of Matthew 6:13, but I would leave it in as the NASB does "For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen." This is the kingdom of our triune God. From the heart, Ray |
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12 | When Was Godhead Divided? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 155109 | ||
Hi Jeff, In giving form to an answer to hoaryhead's question I shoulda, coulda, woulda said something like this: Ephesians 4:10 expresses the bottom line for me. The One who descended (and is vindicated in the Spirit, 1 Timothy 3:16) is the same One who is in the heavens, the One who fills all things. 1) My rationale for capitalizing Man in Philippians 2:8 is not unlike the NASB and the NKJ. There are many places that they capitalize "Man" when speaking of Christ; with the NKJ capitalizing in more cases than the NASB. I believe that they could be more consistent and capitalize the word here as well. 2) For verse 7, I chose to count only one pronoun of Deity as do the NASB and the NKJ even though the idea is inferred of "laying aside (h)His priviledges". He made Himself of no reputation or He laid aside His priveledges, but we express the thought with one pronoun, "but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant..." 2) For choosing "Man" for verse 8, my rationale is as I stated before, that He can not humble Himself any further, if he is thought of as a man. The passage tells us already that (h)He existed in the form of God but did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, verse 6. 3) Since Christ Jesus existed in the form of God, He should be found in appearance as a Man. We should have the attitude as men to humble ourselves also. But I am a man and He is a Man, and we humble ourselves being of the same attitude. I hope that helps. I appreciate your jumping in here. From the heart, Ray |
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13 | How decides between HS-led Christians? | Luke 3:3 | Ray | 155079 | ||
Hi Dalcent, I don't believe that 1 Timothy 3:15 is saying that the church is the arbitrator of Scripture. The church as the pillar and support of the truth was the description of the household of faith, the church of the living God. However, the mystery of godliness and our common confession is Christ Himself. 1 Timothy 3:16, "And by common confession great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, Was vindicated in the Spirit, Beheld by angels, Proclaimed among the nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory." ...godliness...9 It is a trustworthy statement deserving full acceptance. 10 For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers. 11 Prescribe and teach these things." Ephesians 4:10, "He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things." From the heart, Ray |
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14 | When Was Godhead Divided? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 155075 | ||
Hi hoaryhead, Thank you for those Scriptures to compare. It is wonderful that our God came to earth in appearance as a Man, who is our Savior, the Christ who gives gifts to men, and also He who fills all things. 1) Philippians 2:6, NKJ, "who being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men." I interpret the next verse differently from others in that I capitalize Man in verse 8. If (h)He were just a man, He could not humble Himself any further than that. So I interpret Philippians 2:8 as saying, "And being found in appearance as a (Man), He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." 2) Matthew 1:21, "And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His/ name Jesus, for it is He who will save (His) people from their sins." Philippians 2:11--Matthew 1:25. Jesus Christ is (Lord) and His name is (Jesus), even God with us. 3) Ephesians 4:5, "one Lord/, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. 7 But to each one of us grace is given according to the measure of (Christ's) gift." Ephesians 4:10, "But He/ who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, that (He) might fill all things." The slashes and the parentheses here are mine for comparisons That is the way I see it for what it is worth. From the heart, Ray |
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15 | How should we take the Bible? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 154932 | ||
Hi Doc, You wrote "We quibble over funny language, odd cultural practices, the number of pronouns in a passage, etc. instead of becoming doers of the Word." I don't know what posts or people you have in mind in writing that; but I am one who is studying the number of pronouns which speak of Deity in a passage. And when I do that, I think that I am "a doer of the (w)Word" so to speak. In looking for truths about God, it is important for us to know which pronouns are speaking of Deity. For instance, in John 1:1 we see how important it is to "do" the right thing as far as capitalization and observing the pronoun speaking of God. God is God not "a god". Ezekiel 20:11, "And I gave them My statutes and informed them of My ordinances, by which, if a man observes [Lit. does] them, he will live." I think it important also not to deify the Gospel, the Word of God. There is a difference between your #1 rule of seeing the Word as His revelation about Himself; and #2 the gospel, the word of God, which is God's plan and history for redemption. From the heart, Ray |
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16 | filled Holy Spirit, or to walk in spirit | Rom 8:9 | Ray | 154884 | ||
Hi terrib, I was led to Job 34:14 this morning. You understand that God's spirit is different from the Holy Spirit simply by looking at the different cases (lower and upper). Job 34:14 shows how we can interpret these things differently when we look at the NASB and the NKJ. Job 34:14, NASB, "If He should determine [Lit. set His mind on Himself] to do so, If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath, 15 All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust." Job 34:14, NKJ, "If He should set His heart on it, If He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath, 15 All flesh would perish togeteher, And man would return to dust." So, personally I go with the NASB and "His spirit and His breath." The Greek word "pneuma" means wind, spirit, or breath. I see no reason to confuse the verse with both lower and upper cases. 1) And yet, I see a difference between the Giver and the gift, the Spirit and the gift of breath. For Job 33:4 I have no problem with a capital "Spirit" and a lower case breath of life. Job 33:4, "The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life." 2) I see a difference between the "breath of life" in Genesis 2:7, 6:17, and 7:14,22 and "the breath of life from God", Revelation 11:11. 3) I see a difference between the wind that blows where it wishes, John 3:8; and the Spirit who works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills, 1 Corinthians 12:11. From the heart, Ray |
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17 | Who is the arbitrator? | Luke 3:3 | Ray | 154831 | ||
Hi Dalcent, The Scripture that Tim quoted is key to your answer. We are entrusted with the oracles of God. God is faithful. Let (God) be found true, though every man be found a liar. I also believe that the word of (God) is tested and tried. Romans talks about circumcision, and baptism and circumcision are outward signs of faith. Romans 2:28, "For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. 29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God." God is not unrighteous. He will be found righteous in His words and will prevail when He enters into judgment. Romans 3:4. We do these things for the glory of (God). Romans 3:21, "But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for those who believe; for there is no distinction; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of (God), 24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;..." 26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, that (He) might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus."... 30 since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one." The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one and we are found to be righteous through Him alone. From the heart, Ray P.S. The parentheses are mine for comparisons. |
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18 | 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 |
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19 | I need to know the direct translation | Jer 2:22 | Ray | 154760 | ||
Hi Soldier4Jesus, (See reference #s 154700 and 154690 for this question, also). Your question of whether "the Word would mention one word that has a specific meaning", but yet mean it in a different sense; is a good one. I believe that the answer is yes. Mark 12:37 comes to mind in that we have to decide for ourselves what is meant in circumstances and context. Do we go for instance with son (see NASB) or Son (see NKJ)? In what sense was He his Son? The answer comes through studying the word of God rather than from water baptism. 1) You were given good Scriptures to consider in post #154690. Especially Ephesians 5:26. 2) I like to compare Jeremiah 2 with John 4 because they both are talking about the "fountain of living water". Jeremiah 2:13, "For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns, That can hold no water." John 4:11, "She said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water?" From the heart, Ray |
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20 | Why translationed "who are and who were? | Rev 11:17 | Ray | 154693 | ||
Hi Tim, I would be interested in what the TR text says (singular or plural) for "and the (One) coming. As far as capitalizing "Revelation" because it is the title of the book, I see no problem in doing that. However, we still have the problem of speaking of the (w)Word of God, the Holy Bible, and how we distinguish the word from the Word Himself. In other words, go ahead and capitalize Revelation in verse one but realize that John is bearing witness "to the word [sic] of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw." Revelation 1:3, "Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words [sic] of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near." Please let me know if you look into the TR text for Revelation 11:17. From the heart, Ray |
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