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1 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | Morant61 | 136939 | ||
Greetings Mike! I am sensing a lot of hostility from you my friend, and I'm not sure why! You asked me to explain why I thought that 'ho theos' in 2 Cor. 4:4 refers to the true God, and not to Satan. I have done this in a polite manner. However, your responses to me seem angry. Why? Allow me to address your points and questions. 1) Capitalization! I use big 'G' for God because I am writing in English, not Greek! :) I also use paragraphs, tabs, and punctuation - none of which are used in the original manuscripts. :-) I don't get your point about 1 John 4:14. I can only assume that you are being sarcastic. But, I have no idea why? I have never said that someone cannot use capitalization when referring to God in English. I simply said that it is a matter of interpretation. So, if you choose to see 'theos' in 2 Cor. 4:4 as a reference to Satan and translate it as 'god', that is your right. But, your choice of 'god' is not evidence, it is an interpretation. In the same way, my choice is not evidence, it is an interpretation since the Greek DOES NOT USE CAPITALIZATION! ;-) Finally, you wrote: "Scripture does not support the answer you give to the question... "Is He not also the God of this world that He created, loves, and saves?" What book and verse is that from? Please provide scriptural evidence to support this claim." Here are the Scriptural references: God created the world - Acts 17:24 says, "The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands." God loves the world - John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." God saves the world - John 3:17 says, "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." By the way, you e-mailed me and claimed that God has never blinded anyone. I responded to you in post # 136177 and you have never responded to that post. Would you please? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | 2 Cor 4:4 | 2 Cor 4:4 | Ray | 137011 | ||
Hi Tim, I count your Scripture reference of Acts 17:24 as a perfect match in my mind for 2 Cor 4:4. The idea that there is only one God, and that this One made the world and all things in it is what I would hope that people get out of this thread. Acts 17 tells us of an unknown God; yet known to people or not He is the One that we also proclaim. Acts 17:22, NKJ, "Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; 23 for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you: 24 "God, [the One] who made the world and everything in it, since He is **Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. 25 Nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things." 2 Corinthians 4:3, "And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to thoses who are perishing, 4 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. 5 For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as **Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness, is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ." 1 John 4:4, "You are from God, little children and have overcome them; because greater is He [the One] who is in you than he [the one] who is in the world." From the heart, Ray |
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