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141 | is this why | 1 Sam 13:13 | Ray | 124083 | ||
Hi worknprogress, Your answer sounds right and good. However, we should use capitalization of His own heart so that we can differentiate between the Lord's heart and the one who has his own agenda. I would also notice the number of pronouns in 1 Samuel 13:14, "But now your kingdom shall not endure. The Lord has sought out for *Himself a man after His own heart,..." In other words, consider that David was going to become king and ruler over the Lord's people. But God Himself is our Ruler and King. Romans 6:22, "But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life." From the heart, Ray |
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142 | Why doesn't Saul know David? | 1 Sam 17:55 | Ray | 117072 | ||
Hi redeguitar, Be sure to read Makarios's answer, #35155, to the same question concerning this verse. What came to my mind in considering "Whose son is this youth?" is a comparison to Mark 12:35 and determining who the Son of God really is. Saul should have known David and certainly we should know the Son of David. I wonder if Saul by this time in 1 Samuel 17 had begun to think that this David was more than he originally had thought. At the same time that Saul was asking of Abner, "Abner, whose son is this young man?" David was saying these words to the Philistine giant: 1 Samuel 17:45, "Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that the Lord does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the Lord's and He will give you into our hands." So in a sense, Saul may be wondering if this David was a son of God since he was coming in the name of the Lord of hosts. 1) In comparing it to Mark 12:35-37, in what sense is Jesus David's Son? Mark 12:35, NASB, "And Jesus answering began to say, as He taught in the temple, "How is it that the Scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?" Mark 12:35, NKJ, "Then Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?" ******* Mark 12:37, NASB, "David himself calls Him Lord; and so in what sense is He his son?" And the great crowd enjoyed listening to Him." Mark 12:37, NKJ, "Therefore David himself calls Him 'Lord'; how is He then his Son?" And the common people heard Him gladly." 2) So the important thing about your question is not whose son is David but rather who is this Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom Goliath had taunted. I hope that you see that the Christ is the Son of this man David; even the Son of God. Matthew 22:42 and Mark 12:35. From the heart, Ray |
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143 | Evil spirit from the Lord? | 1 Sam 19:10 | Ray | 17112 | ||
Hi Shermanj, I think that you must realize that evil doesn't come from God but that He does allow evil to exist and uses it for His glory. That is the pat answer. The place where we see that very thing for your study is in the earlier chapter of 1 Samuel. 1Samuel 15:10, "Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, 'I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not carried out My commands." So we see that Saul was in the process of having the kingdom torn from him, verse 16, by the Lord. In 1 Samuel 16:13 we see David anointed by Samuel "and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward." Verse 14, Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord terrorized him." This spirit, whether it was his conscience bothering him, or indeed some means that God allowed to influence him; this set in motion the introduction of David into his life and the loss of his kingdom. So we see the contrast between the "evil spirit" from the (Lord) on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was playing the harp with his hand--and "the Spirit of the (Lord)" who came mightily upon David in 1 Samuel 16:13. Chapter 18 says that the Lord was with David but had departed from Saul. And the Lord's will was done and David became king. So whether it is through an "evil spirit from the Lord" or "a sound sleep from the Lord" as in 1 Samuel 26:12, God is sovereign and His will is done. |
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144 | Graceful - What are you tryng to say? | 1 Sam 28:12 | Ray | 80109 | ||
See #80051 and #80035 | ||||||
145 | Can it really be translated otherwise? | 2 Sam 12:11 | Ray | 15407 | ||
Hi RWC, I am certainly no scholar, but with my interest in pronouns, I would be very hesitant to take away any of the words of Scripture. I would certainly not take away anything from God. Why is it that we are hesitant to allow God to be the author of sin? If he wasn't going to allow sin, we wouldn't even be here to talk about anything because He wouldn't have created Adam in the first place. We don't even know what sin is until He tells us; until He made some laws. Adam and Eve were running around naked; was God allowing sin? No, it wasn't sin until God had to punish rebellion and unbelief and make some laws. He is the One lawgiver and judge. He made us, He can smash us as a potter does a pot that is made, and He can mold us and not give up on us. Your reference to Galatians 2:17 has some comparisons to 2 Samuel 12:11,12. David sinned with the wife of Uriah in secret and the Lord allowed the same evil to be done in broad daylight by David's companion with the wives of David. 2 Samuel 12:12, "Indeed, you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and under the sun." Galatians 2:17b, "...we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be!" I can see in the comparison of the references here the fact that David saw that he sinned against the Lord. In Galatians we see that we have to live to God not to the Law. And I see in comparing 2 Samuel 12:13 with Galatians 2:20 the only way of having our sins taken away and that is in being crucified with Christ. As far as the 2 Samuel passage and who was responsible, it was the companion of David who sinned and God allowed it and used it to show David his sin against Himself. Because David's sin with Bathsheba gave "occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme," their child was not allowed to live. A comparison of 2 Samuel 12:12 with 2 Samuel 16:21,22 shows a similar scene in the sight of all and how it was "as if" it were by the word or will of God. If you want a lifetime of study, you can do a word study of the "I will" occurances in the Old Testament. I'm afraid this posting is rather obtuse. Later, Ray |
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146 | Psalms 22 -awsome and confusing..... | 2 Sam 23:2 | Ray | 151152 | ||
Hi Seedling, Aixen7z4 has written a good post to you. I might add that it would be of interest to you to compare the NKJ and the NASB for Psalm 22. I personally go with the NASB there. For 2 Samuel 23:2 I go with the NKJ and the "Rock" of Israel. "The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me" verse 2 says and "The Rock of Israel spoke to me" verse 3 says. From the heart, Ray |
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147 | Compare 2Sam24: 1-25 with 1Chron21: 1-30 | 2 Sam 24:1 | Ray | 138117 | ||
Hi twsmith, Welcome to the forum. I have noted ten Scripture comparisons through the years in my Study Bible. I hope that some may be of help to you. 1) 2 Samuel 24:1, NASB, "Now again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and **it incited David against them to say, "Go, number Israel and Judah." 2 Samuel 24:1, NKJ, "Again the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and **He moved David against them to say, "Go, number Israel and Judah." This relates to another question on the question board for today; namely who causes calamity, evil, confusion? Isaiah 45:7. contrast 2 Samuel 24:10 and Job 1:6 contrast 2 Samuel 24:12 and Job 1:12. From the heart, Ray |
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148 | 1 Kings 1-2 | 1 Kings | Ray | 14610 | ||
Hi lialia..., I'm sorry that no one has answered you directly, that is to say, very quickly. May I be the first then to welcome you to the forum.:) I would suppose that Adonijah as the older brother expected to be king. He thought that the people expected that he would be king. But with the killing (or sacrificing) of sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone (or Serpent Stone) for the feast that he prepared for his friends we see that it was on his own; he did not have the blessing of David or God. Adonijah later, 1Kings 2:15, agreed that the kingdom was Solomon's "from the Lord". And that was why he had been told by king Solomon to "Go to your house." (I wonder if that is why discipline in the home has those words, "Go to your room!") Another point that I would make from my study of these chapters, and I thank you for your question, is this. I see the blessing of God for Solomon's kingdom in 1Kings 1:36. "And Benaiah the son of Johoiada answered the king and said, "Amen! Thus may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say." What is Benaiah asking the Lord to say but verse 34, "Long live King Solomon." It was interesting to me to see that both prospective kings had this phrase said for them. The King James says for this phrase, "God save...";verses 25 and 39. And we know that God had chosen Solomon already and would agree, "Long live King Solomon." |
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149 | Agnostic? Indifferent? Undecided? Hesit- | 1 Kin 18:21 | Ray | 142499 | ||
Hi Pastor Glenn, If I have a choice to follow him or Him, then I will follow Him. The passage in 1 Kings shows the people deciding between the God of Israel and a god who cannot hear, who is sleeping, or on a journey. We follow a God who slumbers not nor sleeps. Agnostic? Indifferent?... add to the list Lukewarm? Just as Revelation 3:15 says, "I know your deeds, that they are neither cold nor hot; I would that you were cold or hot. 16 'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth." And as Matthew 6:24 says, "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God/ and mammon." If the Lord is God, follow Him/. From the heart, Ray |
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150 | Not just prophesy | 2 Kin 8:12 | Ray | 65216 | ||
Hi deefree, 2 Kings 8:12 and 2 Kings 15:16 are not dealing with the same people. Also, the "he" of 2 Kings 15:16 is not God. From the heart, Ray |
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151 | Not just prophesy | 2 Kin 8:12 | Ray | 65259 | ||
Hi deefree, Never doubt the love that God has for all of His children. In answer to your question, "How do we justify any of them?" I offer this one Scripture passage. Romans 8:33ff, NKJ, "Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." From the heart, Ray |
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152 | whats the aim of these chapters | 1 Chr 12:38 | Ray | 78022 | ||
Hi mmorelan, Welcome to the forum. I think 1 Chronicles 12:8 sums up the chapters pretty well. 1) The writer wanted us to know that David was God's chosen king. David was to be the shepherd and prince over His people. He had an annointing according to the word of the Lord. 2) The Lord was with him and the mighty men who supported him, and the Lord saved them by a great victory. 3) Even though the men were great, they were great because they were helped by God and indeed were like the army of God according to the word of the Lord. From the heart, Ray |
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153 | Does John 1:1 say there are two Gods? | 1 Chr 17:16 | Ray | 12342 | ||
Hi Steve, I refer you to my post with Joe above where I say that God is God, and I assure you that God is not a god. Now I ask you again, "How many copyrights do your favorite translations have?" | ||||||
154 | Does John 1:1 say there are two Gods? | 1 Chr 17:16 | Ray | 12351 | ||
Hi Steve, The NWT and its reading of a god is exactly what this thread is talking against. 2 Samuel 7:22, "For this reason You are great, O Lord God; for there is none like You, and there is no god besides You,... (That is the suggested change for the next NASB copyright) | ||||||
155 | in 2 sam 24-1 you use the word (it) but | 1 Chr 21:1 | Ray | 32415 | ||
Hi adonijah, I don't know Hebrew so I can't tell you why the NIV and NKJ chose "he" and "He" using that knowledge as the basis for the answer. But I can tell you why I would choose "it" from the comparison of scriptures. 1 Chronicles 21:1 says, "Then Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel." So you see, it wasn't He who incited David but rather Satan. It would appear that Satan used the anger of the Lord that David was aware of to accuse all of the people and in a sense number them all as transgressors. 1 Chron 21:3, "And Joab said, "May the Lord add to His people a hundred times as many as they are! But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? Why does my lord seek this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?" So you see that it wasn't up to David to judge and accuse God's people or even his own servants. Why should he be accusing them? It was wrong, David repented of it, paid the price for it, and the plague was stopped. It is interesting to compare the census counts of the two accounts. The Lord didn't add a hundred times as many as there were, but the counts appear to be different. Census counting appears to be difficult, especially if the reason is one of accusation?:) But there was no doubt about the dead for they were easier to count, I dare say. From the heart, Ray |
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156 | 2 | 1 Chr 21:1 | Ray | 76416 | ||
Hi pepper2, Welcome to the forum. I don't mind talking about the subject again and here with you. But I would have you look at it with the idea of looking at the personal pronouns. As you have said, 1 Chronicles attributes Satan as provoking David to number Israel. And in seeming contradiction 2 Samuel says that "he [KJ], "He [NKJ], moved David against them to say, "Go, number Israel and Judah." So you are asking which account is correct? I think that it is a good question for I do not believe that it can be both ways. I believe that Satan moved David to number Israel just as 1 Chronicles says. But I believe that there is no contradiction if you understand the pronouns correctly for 2 Samuel 24:1-3. 1) I go with the NASB version for 2 Samuel 24:1. That version has instead of the "he, or He [NKJ]" the use of the pronoun "it". This is saying that it was not the Lord, but rather David's perception of the "anger" of the Lord that caused him to number the people. Satan provoked David perhaps by using self-righteousness, pride, taking on the vengeance that is the Lord's alone, or perhaps causing David to judge or find fault with the Lord's servants. The use of the "it" takes away to my mind the contradiction. God did not tell David to number Israel but Satan provoked him to "see who is on the Lord's side". I believe that they came up with different numbers, just as we would come up with different numbers if we counted the people that we thought were Christians today. 2) I believe that another look at pronouns could give an explanation of why this numbering was a sin. Not only was it an indication of the judgmental attitude of David; I believe that it shows David's pride. I would have you look at the pronouns for 2 Samuel 24:3. It talks of "the Lord your God add to the people". It talks of "my lord the king", and again "my lord the king". Joab is saying "why does my lord the king delight in this thing?" Next, look at the pronouns in 1 Chronicles 21:3. "May the Lord add to His people", "my lord the king", again, "my lord the king", and also the question, "Are they not all my lord's servants?" This additional question is where I see the sin and pride of David. For I submit to you all that this should read with an upper-case pronoun. "Are they not all my Lord"s servants?" In other words, Joab is saying, "David, don't go thinking more highly of yourself than you ought to think. These are not your people and you are not their Judge." Or, "Why are you [and Satan] seeing how many people you can find guilty? 3) For application to our lives I would say that we should be servants of Christ. Not people of this church or that minister to be counted as believing in this or that. We are servants of Christ and that is what we boast in. And we boast in our weaknesses so that Satan can not buffet us. We know we are sinners and we will not exalt ourselves. But with God's grace we have the power of Christ dwelling in us. 2 Cor 12:9 From the heart, Ray |
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157 | 1 Chronicles 28 verse 6 and 7 | 1 Chr 28:6 | Ray | 140508 | ||
Hi ajikoe, Welcome to the forum. I would have you look at the capitalization in your post. You have written that Solomon will be God's Son and that Solomon is '"able to call God as his father [sic] and God calls Solomon His Son..." I would submit to you, then that Solomon should be thought of as God's (and David's) chosen son just as the coming Christ will be God's chosen Son to ultimately fulfill the kingdom promise. Solomon is the son and Jesus is the Son. Our view of the "(f)Father" and how we regard Him is determined by our knowledge and relationship with Him. 1 Chronicles 28:6, NASB, "And He said to me, "Your son Solomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father [sic] to him." 1 Chronicles 28:6, NKJ, "Now He said to me, "It is your son Solomon who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his (Father)." 1 Chronicles 28:9, "As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve (Him) with a whole heart and a willing mind;..." Ephesians 4:6, "There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; 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 was given according to the measure of (Christ's) gift." Ephesians 4:10, "He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, that (He) might fill all things." Ephesians 3:14, "For this reason, I bow my knees before the (Father)." Ephesians 3:21, "to (Him) be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen." The parentheses are mine for comparison/contrast. From the heart, Ray |
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158 | Mt 5:22 Why is "Raca" removed from NASB? | 2 Chr 19:6 | Ray | 37693 | ||
Hi wing7, Welcome to the forum. I don't know which of the phrases would be a bigger insult. I can only say that I think that the change is a good one in the sense that a look in the margin is necessary for most readers, so it is better to put the translation in the text where it can be read easier. In other words, I could see a person reading the Scripture in a church service and having trouble with pronouncing the word, or feeling that he has to add the margin note along with his reading simply for clarification. It would be easier to read publicly the new copyright because he would not have to explain anything. Just a thought. From the heart, Ray |
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159 | Eight or Eighteen when Jehoiachin reign | 2 Chr 29:6 | Ray | 75837 | ||
Hi jlpangilinan, I hope that this discrepancy does not affect your faith in the truthfullness of the Scriptures. It isn't exactly a question that will have any bearing on one's salvation. :) When I compare the verses here I look for what I can learn about God and our relationship with Him. I found that Jehoiachin "did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord". I think that that fact is more important than how old he was when he started to reign. I thought that it was interesting in comparing the passages that the temple, the house of the Lord is important. 2 Chronicles 36:7, "Nebuchadnezzar also brought some of the articles of the house of the Lord/ to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon....9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned three months AND TEN DAYS in Jerusalem, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord." It goes on and talks about the defilement of the house of the Lord/ which He had sanctified in Jerusalem. Contrast/compare that with 2 Chron 29:3 where the doors of the house of the Lord/ were repaired and the Levites consecrated themselves and consecrated the house of the Lord... Contrast/compare 2 Kings 24:13 where the vessels of gold were cut in pieces "which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord,/ just as the Lord had said." The slashes are mine for comparison; but what I am trying to say is that we should gain from the study of God's word more than dates and times. I say that as stating a general rule rather than a finding fault with your question. From the heart, Ray |
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160 | verse Bible- contains all letters but J | Ezra 7:21 | Ray | 152531 | ||
Hi tracker, This is interesting trivia. Where did you hear it and what was the bottom line thought of the investigator? Did he say something like "So all we need now is (J)esus?" With that thought in mind let's look at the passage in 1 Chronicles 29:2 and consider the [things] of that verse. The Hebrew does not have "things of" in the manuscripts evidently because the occurances are in italics in our Bibles. So we could in context with the investigator who evidently spent some amount of time and effort to find these two verses--that he is interested in the "things" of alphebetical leters. My hope is that his efforts and his ability are being provided for the "house of my God". 1 Chronicles 29:2. 1) Personally, my interest is not in alphabetical letters but in words; and the "things" I am interested in are the nouns [person, place or things] and pronouns of Deity. 2) When looking at the idea of our needing only (J)esus now, I would consider the prayer found in 1 Chronicles 29:10-19. In this prayer they look to the "Lord God of Israel our father, forever and ever", 1 Chron 29:10, NASB. They also say, "And You are exalted as head over all." 1 Chron 29:11, NKJ. Who are we making as "head" of our lives? From the heart, Ray |
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