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101 | How's praying in the Holy Spirit tongues | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 148720 | ||
Hi Doc, Romans 8:16, "The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of (God). 17 and if children, heirs also, heirs of God,..." Ephesians 1:10, NKJ, "...--in Him. 11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of (Him) who works all things according to the counsel of His will," ******* 1) Here are my thoughts of what John Calvin wrote. I think that the "testimony" (of the Spirit) is more excellent than all reason. God witnesses to Himself in His word, and He witnesses with our spirit. He witnesses to us through the mouths of the prophets, and we are persuaded by those words (given by the Spirit). By this power [sic] we are drawn and inflamed, knowingly and willingly, to obey Him. The word(s) will not find acceptance in men's hearts before it is sealed by the inward testimony of the Spirit. There is power in the words of God. Here then is my interpretation of Ephesians 1:13 for what it is worth. Ephesians 1:13, "In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the *holy *spirit of promise, 14 which is given as a pledge of our inheritance,..." From the heart, Ray |
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102 | How abou the other manifestations | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 148750 | ||
Hi lionheart, You asked about the "manifestations of God's Spirit mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12." May I point out for the sake of clarity that 1 Corinthians 12:7 reads, "But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good." [It doesn't read "God's Spirit"] Verses on each side say that it is the "same Spirit." Verse 4 reads, "Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit." Perhaps we can think of the "manifestation of the Spirit" in connection with the quote of John Calvin above. Calvin said that "the testimony of the Spirit is more excellent than all reason." The "testimony" is the words given to us. The "manifestation" is the working of all things in all persons for the common good. 1 Corinthians 12:11, "But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills." 1 Cor 2:4, "And my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not rest on the widom of men, but on the power of God." There is power in the words of God, for they make visible, make clear, make manifest the Spirit. And we have faith in that same Spirit, that same Lord, that same God. From the heart, Ray |
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103 | How's praying in the Holy Spirit tongues | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 148819 | ||
Hi Doc, Thank you for your encouragement and prayers. Do you think that John Calvin made any distinction between the Word and the word(s) of God? Were they aware yet in his day of the inheritance that they were to receive in/by/through the Scriptures? From the heart, Ray |
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104 | "My God". "My God". Why? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 149877 | ||
Hi Aixen7z4, When people talk about the Lord they should say "my Lord" or "my God". Jesus on the cross said "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me", but He was the only One who is good and requires capitalization. Consider Psalm 22. The NKJ and the NASB differ in their interpretation of the Psalm. The NKJ considers it as totally prophetic and sees Jesus rather than David in the Psalm. The NKJ reads, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" The NASB in contrast, looks at it as a Psalm of David and reads, "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" Personally, I go with the NASB here for the Psalm. Psalm 22:9, "Yet Thou/ art He who didst bring me forth from the womb; Thou didst make me trust when upon my mother's breats. 10 Upon (Thee) I was cast from birth; Thou hast been my God from my mother's womb." Luke 11:27, "And it came about while He said these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice, and said to Him/, "Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breast at which You nursed." 28 But (He) said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and observe it." 29 And as the crowds were increasing, He began to say, "This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign shall be given to it but the sign of Jonah."" ******** Psalm 22:10, "Upon (Thee) I was cast from birth; **Thou hast been my *God from my mother's womb." Deuteronomy 10:21, "(He) is your praise and **He is your *God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen." The stars, slashes and parentheses are mine for comparisons. From the heart, Ray |
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105 | Will You Accept This Challenge? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 151061 | ||
Hi Hank, If anyone is interested in my translation/interpretation of the verse they can click on the yellow Search at the top left, type in Ray and Matthew 11:10. From the heart, Ray |
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106 | And can we accept this challenge? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 151136 | ||
Hi Aixen7z4, You have told us that you are a counsellor, I believe. It has been a long time since I studied Psychology and received my college degree in Sociology, but you are developing a new style or method. You talk to others about your challenging patient and hope that he hears about it and learns from it all. I know that Psychologists don't want to just blurt out to their patients all the things that he sees wrong with them. He has to be patient and take the time consuming efforts to allow the person to discover for himself what is needed. Your method as shown here is questionable at the least; even if it were in a spirit of gentleness. If you want to correct my trespass or fault or falling away then put forth the effort and find the Scriptures to refute it. In this case, being filled with holy spirit. I challenge all of us to find the Scriptures that are worded in such a way that a Person is undoubtedly spoken of when they speak of being filled with the *holy *spirit. I would also say that if you are not interested in capitalization, then you should go to a site other than one sponsored by the Lockman Foundation which has been courageous and bold and thoughtful in determining and trying to determine the correct capitalization of Deity. They have been courageously interpreting the Scriptures so that we know simply by their capitalization that they believe in the deity of Christ. 1) Filled with the (h)Holy (s)Spirit: How does one know that this is the Person? Luke 1:15, Luke 1:41, Luke 1:67, Luke 4:1, Acts 2:4, Acts 4:8, Acts 4:31, Acts 9:17, Acts 13:9. From the heart, Ray |
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107 | And can we accept this challenge? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 151148 | ||
Hi Kalos, I suppose that I can go through the verses of being "filled with [the]holy spirit" and clarify what I am saying. 1) The Lockman Foundation and their latest copyright has many changes in capitalization; most notably the word "Light". 2) I do not side with the Jehovah's Witnesses on their false doctrine of not recognizing the Holy Spirit as a Person. As you should know from recent posts to you, I do however agree with their lower case holy spirit when the verses talk about being filled. 3) My personal copy of the Scriptures, (for most of the books), has the total number of nouns and pronouns of words of Deity being divisible by three. I believe that that is indicative of a triune God. Of course the Jehovah's Wtiness does not believe in the triune God, but I definately do. From the heart, Ray |
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108 | Number Significance | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 151206 | ||
Hi CBA, Please excuse the rudeness shown here. Many on the forum are tired of talking about numerics. Somewhere in the archives is a list of numberics but I did not find it for you because of lack of time. However, Morant61 has posts about numerics which show his views on the topic. The one I found is #18729. From the heart, Ray |
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109 | And can we accept this challenge? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 151334 | ||
Hi Mommapbs, I appreciated your post here. I have had a good time this morning in God's word, I feel, because of your Scripture references of Romans,1 Peter and Colossians. Colossians 1:22, "yet He has now reconciled you in *His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before (Him) holy and blameless and beyond reproach-- 1 Peter 2:1, "Therefore, putting aside all malice and all guile and hyposcrisy and envy and all slander, 2 like newborn babes, long for the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, 3 if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. 4 And coming to *Him as to a living stone, rejected by men, but choice and precious in the sight of (God), 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood,..." Romans 10:12, "for 'Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved,' 14 How then shall they call upon *Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in (Him) whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?" Colossians 1:28, "And we proclaim *Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man complete in (Christ)." The parentheses and stars are mine for comparison and the verses are as I see them. From the heart, Ray |
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110 | And can we accept this challenge? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 151365 | ||
Hi Mommapbs, I don't know if I will answer your questions per se, but I offer these further thoughts by way of Scripture comparisons. 1) I believe that God should be glorified. Romans 15:7, "to the glory of God" 1 Peter 4:11, "...so that in all things God may be glorified." Romans 15:9, "... to glorify God/." 1 Peter 4:13, "revelation of His/ glory." Romans 15:11, "Praise the **Lord... praise *Him." 1 Peter 4:14, NKJ, "If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of (God) rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part **He is glorified... but let him glorify *God..." 2) I believe that we are fellow workers and should walk in (Him). Colossians 4:2, "Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; praying at the same time for us as well, that God may open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of (Christ) for which I have also been imprisoned; in order that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak." I believe that we should "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may continually fulfill it." Colossians 4:17. 3) Fellow workers: Colossians 4:11, "fellow workers for the kingdom of **God." Romans 16:9, "our fellow workers in **Christ..." Romans 8:17, "fellow heirs with **Christ..." Ephesians 3:9, "and to make all know what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in **God who created all things; 10 in order that the manifold wisdom of *God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places." That is how I see verse 9; manuscripts differ in number of nouns. Romans 1:25, "For they exchanged the truth of **God for a lie, and worshiped the creature rather than the *Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen." Ephesians 3:2, "if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of **God's grace which was given to me for you; 3 that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief. 4 And by referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of *Christ,..." John 3:11, NKJ, "Most assuredly, I say to you, **We speak what *We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?" The **,*, ( ), and slash are mine for comparisons. From the heart, Ray |
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111 | And can we accept this challenge? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 151366 | ||
Hi Kalos, It has been years since I responded to the post that mentioned what you are writing about. I believe that I thought the person writing it was not following his convictions and was non-courageous in not capitalizing. From the heart, Ray |
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112 | And can we accept this challenge? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 151376 | ||
Hi Hank, I take it you saw no similarity of words or spiritual thoughts in my comparisons. From the heart, Ray |
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113 | Will You Accept This Challenge? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 151379 | ||
If anyone is interested or not, here is my interpretation of Matthew 11:10 and 11. Matthew 11:10, For this is He of whom it is written: "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You." From the heart, Ray |
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114 | thanks Doc 4 what is WICCA answer | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 153385 | ||
See #153364, forum members. | ||||||
115 | Thanks. Has anyone else seen this? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 153679 | ||
Hi HolyT, 1 Peter 1:15, "but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; 16 because it is written, "You shall be holy, for I am holy." We'll pass the time of our pilgrimage in fear, as we address as Father the One who impartially judges. What is an example of the differences that you see? I would suppose that variations are from the different publishing presses and their proof readers. May I suggest that you refrain from answering your own questions, for when you do it takes your question off the front page question board. From the heart, Ray |
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116 | Thanks. Has anyone else seen this? | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 153710 | ||
Hi HolyT, I see what you mean. They definately are not all quotes from the 1995 NASB, and they have minute differences in addition to different copyrights. They are not changes that will affect a person's salvation and hearing the word of God however. We can be happy to have these "free" versions on the Internet. I am curious about HolyT. You can write back here, but it would be even better to put it in your profile for all to see if they are curious. From the heart, Ray |
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117 | 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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118 | 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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119 | 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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120 | May I Ask Again... Bible Software? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 1508 | ||
I like my MAC Bible mostly because I can't find any others for my Macintosh. It's amazing what you can find out with just a few words. | ||||||
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