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1 | Holy Spirit or holy spirit; (s)Spirit? | 1 Pet 4:6 | Ray | 139078 | ||
We often tag groups or denominations as being apostate and renegade. We sometimes do not keep in mind that they may have some things right and we may have some things wrong. In regard to 1 Peter 4:6 and in regard to our beliefs in the Holy Spirit and the holy spirit, in our beliefs in the Spirit and the spirit; which version do you go with for the verse? From the heart, Ray |
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2 | Holy Spirit or holy spirit; (s)Spirit? | 1 Pet 4:6 | Mommapbs | 139095 | ||
Greetings Ray - How has the flesh been judged? What gives us life? The Spirit or the spirit? Blessings, mommapbs |
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3 | Holy Spirit or holy spirit; (s)Spirit? | 1 Pet 4:6 | Ray | 139144 | ||
Hi Mommapbs, Sorry that I couldn't talk with you last night about this; my wife and I attended a performance of Handel's Messiah last night and I didn't check my e-mail afterwards. Have you heard it or sung in it yet this year? You've asked some good questions. I think that there is a difference in "What" and "Who" just like there is a difference in "which" and "whom". So to my mind if there is a choice to be made, we have to phrase the question as Who or what gives us life? I believe that the Spirit is the Giver and the spirit is the gift we receive. The Life gives us life. The Light gives us light. The Word gives us the word. The Spirit gives us spirit. 1) What gives us life? I think both the Spirit and the spirit. That is why I say that no denomination has everything "right". The Jehovah's Witness does not believe in the Person of the Holy Spirit and we are not open to thinking of the holy spirit as a power given to us. 2) In your questions you may be referring to 1 Peter 3:18 where it says we are made alive in the (s)Spirit. I think of Ephesians 2:5, "even when we were dead in our transgressions, [He] made us alive together with Christ..." 3) 1 Peter 3:18, "For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; 19 in WHICH also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison,..." 1 Peter 3:18, NKJ, "...being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19 by WHOM also He went and preached to the spirits..." You of course notice my stressed words of which and whom depending on spirit or Spirit. The NASB has as marginal notes [Or, Spirit] and [Or, whom]. And I would personally go with the "alive in the Spirit". How about you? 4) These things have been spoken of before through the years and ages as perhaps the choices of 1 Corinthians 6:20 would show. Some manuscripts do not include the second sentence. 1 Corinthians 6:20, NASB, "For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body. NKJ, "and in your spirit, which are God's." So my point is that we have to be aware that we have both a Spirit and a spirit in the Scriptures; we have to be discerning in who or what is being spoken of in the particular passages. 5) We can also look at Romans 8 together. From the heart, Ray |
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4 | Holy Spirit or holy spirit; (s)Spirit? | 1 Pet 4:6 | Mommapbs | 139146 | ||
Ray - Glad you were blessed last night. Music is a great gift of God to us . . . it tends to usher us into worship. Peter 3:18, NKJ, "...being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19 by WHOM also He went and preached to the spirits..." I agree with your usage here. I'd like to go over Romans 8 too. I do see your points spirit, Spirit whom and Whom. Right now, I am looking at the Incarnation of Christ (Col 1:27) the new birth, not just the Birth recorded in Bethlehem so Romans 8 fits nicely into this. Where do you part company with the NASB? Blessings, mommapbs |
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5 | Holy Spirit or holy spirit; (s)Spirit? | 1 Pet 4:6 | Searcher56 | 139149 | ||
mommapbs, Merry CHRISTmas When I read, "Music is a great gift of God to us ... it tends to usher us into worship" ... I thought about 2 Chronicles 29, which shows this happening. Searcher |
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6 | Holy Spirit or holy spirit; (s)Spirit? | 1 Pet 4:6 | Ray | 139152 | ||
Hi Searcher, 2 Chronicles 29 is indeed a good example of worship and singing to the Lord. The "song to the Lord" (verse 27) began with the trumpets and my Messiah concert pretty much ended with the trumpet. Bass Aria and trumpet: "The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." 1 Cor 15:51,52. A reference verse for 2 Chronicles is 1 Chron 25:6,7. "And their number who were trained in singing to the Lord, with their relatives, all who were skilled, was 288." The Oratorio Society that I heard numbered only around 150, but that full sound of many voices along with orchestra "singing to the Lord" does usher in the Christmas season for us. From the heart, Ray |
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