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1 | Receiving and accepting spiritual things | 1 Cor 2:14 | Ray | 60440 | ||
The post above that I am adding to here is one of those that show that I don't have all the answers.:) My study of the Scriptures is a work in process; so I am trying now to retract my thoughts. I no longer want to make the word "Spirit" of verse 12 into lower case "spirit". I no longer think that we "all" receive the spirit and that the natural man especially does not receive the spirit of God. I will go with the thought that verse 12 is talking about believers only and that they have received the Spirit of God. I will go with the NU text and the capitalization as it is in the NASB. In other words, this is one thread that I would not feel badly if it were deleted.:) From the heart, Ray |
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2 | Biggest battles any Christian faces? | 1 Cor 2:14 | Pastor Glenn | 60683 | ||
Ray, Isn't this one of the biggest battles that any Christian faces? We all need to strive to become more spiritually minded. Look into the following scriptures that relate to this: Heb 5 Spiritual Immaturity 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. 1Cor 3 1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 2I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; 3for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? 4For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not carnal? John 6 63It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. Gal 5 Walking in the Spirit 16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery,[3] fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21envy, murders,[4] drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. The point is that brute force study is not enough. There is no substitute for prayer and fasting in learning the deep things of God. The Apostles realized this before they anointed the first 7 deacons. Daniel realized this also before he fasted 21 days until Gabriel arrived. God bless, Pastor Glenn |
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3 | Biggest battles any Christian faces? | 1 Cor 2:14 | Ray | 60745 | ||
Hi Pastor Glenn, Do you go with the King James as far as capitalization of spirit for John 6:63? Thank you for the Scriptures and thoughts. I trust that we are getting into the "meat" or the Bread of life, and not living on the milk alone. From the heart, Ray |
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4 | Biggest battles any Christian faces? | 1 Cor 2:14 | Pastor Glenn | 60754 | ||
Yes Ray, I go with the capital "Spirit who gives life". When it comes to the "meat", we do not get more spiritual by deeper intellectual discussion or intellectual growth. A baby might eat meat, but his body will not be able to digest it. We must always humble ourselves, pray and seek God's face to continue to grow spiritually. When it came down to intellectuallism, there was none greater than the Scribes and Pharisees. But this is what Jesus said of them: Mat 13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. Mat 13:12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Mat 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. Mat 13:14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: Mat 13:15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. Mat 13:16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. Jesus told the woman at the well: Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. Joh 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. God Bless, Pastor Glenn |
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5 | Biggest battles any Christian faces? | 1 Cor 2:14 | Ray | 60795 | ||
Hi Pastor Glenn, Matthew 13:15, "'For the heart of this people has become dull, And with their ears they scarcely hear, And they have closed their eyes Lest they should see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart and return, And (I) should heal them.' But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears because they hear." John 9:40, "Those of the Pharisee who were with Him heard these things, and said to Him, "We are not blind too, are we?" (Jesus) said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, 'We see', your sin remains." Pastor Glenn, may I suggest that you use a version that capitalizes Deity in your studies. I can go with "God is a Spirit" but I could not go on and says that we "must worship him in spirit and truth." If He is a Spirit, then acknowledge Him as such. I hope that you receive that thought in the spirit that I expressed it. From the heart, Ray |
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6 | Biggest battles any Christian faces? | 1 Cor 2:14 | Pastor Glenn | 60897 | ||
Ray, You quote Matthew 13:15 and John 9:40 without any comments. You also said: "Pastor Glenn, may I suggest that you use a version that capitalizes Deity in your studies. I can go with "God is a Spirit" but I could not go on and says that we "must worship him in spirit and truth." If He is a Spirit, then acknowledge Him as such." I looked up these scriptures in 3 different versions. They all fail to capitalize spirit here. I see this as a discription of His spirit nature, as opposed to a physical nature. So I see no problem here. The KJV is what I used, it said "God is a Spirit...". However, when it says that we "must worship him in spirit and truth.", it refers to "our" spirit (lower case) nature. NASB: John 4:23 "But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. John 4:24 "God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." KJV: Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. Joh 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. NIV: 23Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." God bless, Pastor Glenn |
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7 | Biggest battles any Christian faces? | 1 Cor 2:14 | Ray | 60930 | ||
Hi Pastor Glenn, The comment that I would make for Matthew 13:15 is that I see the quote from Isaiah as talking about the Spirit. The Spirit should heal them; and the disciples were given eyes that saw and ears that heard. Matthew 13:17, "For truly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see [it]; and to hear what you hear, and did not hear [it]." John 9:40, "Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things, and said to Him, "We are not blind too, are we?" (Jesus) said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, 'We see', your sin remains." The Pharisee thought that they saw everything clearly. They did not see the need for the (Light) of the world. They did not know that they were blind and that (Jesus) could heal them. Parentheses for comparison. Isaiah 42:16, "And (I) will lead the blind by a way they do not know, In paths they do not know I will guide them." May the Lord lead us. May the Lord lead us in this passage of John 4. This has been for me one of the most difficult passages to spiritually discern. I sense that I am close to my "final draft" as I would see it. The problem is that it would conflict with your statement that "in spirit and truth" refers to "our" spirit nature. But good night for now. From the heart, Ray |
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8 | Biggest battles any Christian faces? | 1 Cor 2:14 | Pastor Glenn | 60935 | ||
Ray, You are referencing some very interesting scriptures. God bless, Pastor Glenn |
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