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1961 | Can angels have human babies? | Gen 6:4 | Ray | 2417 | ||
Dear JVH, I'm going to have to change my thoughts or at least clarify what I was saying. Thanks for writing. I was reading in the Greek/English Interlinear New Testament published by Tyndale that the phrase "being as was supposed the son of Joseph" is literally, "being (the) son, as it was being thought, of Joseph, the (son) of Heli, the (son) of Matthat,...the (son) of Adam, the (son) of God." Now all of that is written in capitals so you have to interpret as you see fit. Like I've said in the past, we all individually have to decide who this Person is. I want to point out two things. The word "BEING" means that it is true. The correct reading is not "being supposedly" but "being, as was supposed" or here in the Greek, being the Son, as it was being thought, of Joseph". Now of course the capital S is my interpretation. But Joseph knew he wasn't the father, and Jesus in the temple was doing His Father's business, so nothing was being denied. I've said that one can only have one father. Joseph had sons, God sent His Son. Spiritually He is the Son of Joseph, Son of David, and the Son of Abraham per Matthew's gospel verse one. NASB Matthew 1:20b, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. She will bear a Son;...""God with us." Scripture is one of contrasts;Spirit or spirit-flesh,light-darkness, God-gods,and not least Man-man, Son-sons. We have to have that in the scriptures to understand what it is saying. When I talked earlier about Adam being a Man, I was thinking that he was made good, and in a sense after the fall he was just a man. a sinner just like you and me. But continuing to think about it and of course reading Genesis 1:26 and Gen 5:2 we can see that God created man, male and female, and named them Man in the day when they were created. So, you're right, he was always a man. Now, let's go back to the Greek and look at the Son of Joseph. You asked where it was stated that Jesus was the Son of Joseph. See Mark 6:3 , Son of Mary, and Matthew 13:53, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers? Is not this the carpenter's son? is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?"NASB Of course I would interpret it Man and Son. The New King James has it Man and son, yet they both capitalize He. Where is the consistency here? NASB says Jesus came to His hometown yet in Matt 13:57 it seems that the story is about "his hometown". Again where is the consistency? I got off the track. Look at the Greek, and the New King James version where the words that are not in the Greek are in italics. It's like I typed it at the start of this long writing, sorry. The words in italics are in parenthesis. So we see (the) Son of Joseph, of Eli, of ...David..Abraham...of Adam, of God." Now do you see that the Son of Joseph is referred back to when it says, "of Adam, (the Son) of God." In other words, "being, as was supposed, the Son of Joseph,...but actually the Son of God." Or with punctuation, "being, as was supposed, the Son of Joseph, ...of Adam,--the Son of God." Later, Ray V.H. |
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1962 | is it wrong to masterbate? | 1 Cor 7:9 | Ray | 2341 | ||
l Corinthians 7:1b,..."it is good for a man not to touch a woman." In this day and age of equality, we'd have to say also that it is good for a woman not to touch a man. Verse 2, "But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband." We can't all find a mate or keep a mate but if we seek one we seek a person that is not taken. "The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does." This is saying that the husband and wife have to be available and capable. They don't deprive each other of sexual activities, and in regard to your question, they don't masturbate if its going to interfere with their fulfilling their duty to each other. If they need some time for themselves and their relationship with God, they agree on a time period, and then fulfill their duty to their marital commitments when they come together again. Personally, I would think that they could masturbate during this time period. I wouldn't command it, but it could be plausible and understandable. Is that what Paul is saying? I think that if you want to be celibate and have sexual feelings and you don't masturbate, then you can be tempted by Satan all the more. But I'm not commanding you. It's certainly best to think on other things and pray. Just remember that the feelings will still be there and Satan will continue to tempt you to enter into sin and not be celibate. You may be tempted at a time when you don't expect it. Charlie Shedd, a writer when I was growing up and considering these things, was said to have called masturbation a "gift from God". Whether he was considering l Cor 7:7 or not I don't know. But there are certainly people with physical handicaps but yet with sexual needs that would consider it a gift. I would say that masturbation is self-control. Use it for a time if you need to, but spend time in prayer and you can use your time of singleness to do the work of God that married people don't have the time to do. l Cor 7:323, "But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is conceerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit;...This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord." I hope whatever I said that is from God may be helpful to you. |
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1963 | healing the man who was born blind by Je | John | Ray | 2200 | ||
Hi bjanko, The thought had occured to me but I'm afraid I tend to use a mistake like that to express my obsession with capitalization. Please excuse me, I'll try to control myself. I think that sometimes a person can use many translations in study and writing, and it could be very easy to slip back to the lower case pronouns. Just call me "shifty" because I'll be using it and backspacing if I miss it. God is great. You did have a good writing there. You mentioned John 20:31, "but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in (His) name." The other reason for the writing of John was to downplay the importance of John the baptizer. John 1:19 "This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" And he confessed, "I am not the Christ." They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he said, "I am not." Are you the (Prophet?)" And he answered, "No." In the first chapter John the baptist says "This was He of whom I said, "He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me." (The Word became flesh) In verse 29 (The Lamb of God),"This is (He) on behalf of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.' "I did not recognize Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing in water." John was quoted to get the facts straight about who he was and what he came to do. He was the older cousin of Jesus and he knew who this Man was. He deserved a higher rank. I would say He deserved a higher letter.:-) This was (He), the (Prophet) "For of (His) fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace." And then going back to the Light of the beginning, "But as many as received Him to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in (His) name.verse 12, parentheses mine. What's the bottom linem, then? I praise God that there are people like you who honor the name of Jesus and show it in their capitalization. Thanks for hearing me. Ray V.H. |
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1964 | healing the man who was born blind by Je | John | Ray | 2175 | ||
Dear bjanko, You have gotten and given the message from the (Light) of the world here. It's a good writing. My only question is why after in the beginning you spoke of Jesus as Savior you didn't finish as strongly? You say "he makes us "see" the truth about this". Why the lower case Savior? I would compare Jn.8:22 with verse 48."'Where I am going, you cannot come.' And He was saying to them, "You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, (I) am not of this world. Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins." Compare V.47,"(whoever) is of God hears the words of (God); for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.""The Jews answered and said to Him, "Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?" Also, compare John 8:32 and John 14:7. John 8:32, "So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed (Him), "If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the Truth, and the Truth will make you free." John 14:7, "If you had known (Me), you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him." So I would say that we could compare the works and the words of Jesus. John 9:4 says, "We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the (Light) of the world."NASB Sorry, parenthesies mine. We have to decide if this is a man who must work now while its still light and not dark when no one can work; or, is this a Man who works the works of Him who sent Him. The key to the answer is the fact that this word "We" is translated "I must work" in many versions. I have learned to contrast this verse with John 5:19, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of (Himself), unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He (Himself) is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel." Of course the parentheses are mine for comparison. The gospel of John was written to downplay the importance of the baptizer. Jn 5:35, "He was the lamp that was burning and was shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given (Me) to accomplish--the very works that I do--testify of Me, that the Father has sent Me." Jn 5:33, "You have sent to John, and he has testified to the Truth. But the testimony which I receive in not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved." John 5:39, "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life." I would say to salwag, compare scriptures with the kids, no matter what age. We want the light bulb to go on in their heads. We want them to open their eyes and study the word of God and the words of Jesus. Compare 9:5 with 11:9 or 8:12 and know that the testimony is true. I would like to see kids after hearing the story, break into individual groups to read further and contemplate capitalizing this Man and give Him the glory He is due now. I would have them read John 9:15-29 and another read John 9:33-38 and see what similarities and contrast they see when they get together to discuss what they have read. Later, Ray V.H. |
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1965 | Can angels have human babies? | Gen 6:4 | Ray | 2160 | ||
P.S. I meant to suggest an interpretation or thought about Job 38:7. First, with verse 4, "Where were you (Job, or whoever darkens counsel by words without knowledge)when I laid the foundation of the earth?...and all the sons of God shouted for joy?" There was no one around shouting for joy when the foundation of the earth was laid, not even Job. | ||||||
1966 | Can angels have human babies? | Gen 6:4 | Ray | 2158 | ||
Dear Minister, Thank you for your input here. Malachi 2:10 reads,"Do we not all have one Father? Has not one God created us?"NKJ The capitalization of father is up for debate, it seems for the NASB is not capitalized. It is certainly true that we can have only one father. Jesus even, can not be the son of Joseph and the Son of God in my mind. There can only be one father and there is only one God as Malachi says, the Creator. So I agree, a son can produce a son but I can't agree that a son can produce a Son unless in a spiritual sense as Jesus discussed with the Pharisees about David, or in Jesus case when it was by the Holy Spirit. Not only then is Jesus the Son of Joseph in the spiritual sense but He is the Son of David, and the Son of Abraham per Matthew l:l in my mind. But back to Adam and the Creator. Adam was made out of the dust of the ground; created, made. He is not a Son. He was pronounced good. He was called Man. But we know he sinned and died spiritually. In a sense then, he bacame a man. But initially, he was made. Job 38:28 says, "Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?" In Adam's case also there didn't have to be a father, just a Creator. In your references I didn't find any reference to angels or fallen angels. I found children of God, adopted sons of the spirit, and in my mind Daniel spoke of one like the Son of God. Matthew 4 spoke of His angels but not in reference to the sons of God. But we can certainly put our amen to Matthew 14:33 This is certainly God's Son. Looking at 1 Cor 15:20, "But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. For since by a man (fallen Adam) came death, by a man (the Man Jesus) also came the resurrection of the dead." Parenthesis mine The twenty second verse echoes this contrast of man and Man. You said that due to the earthly laws he "was considered as" the son of Joseph. This could be another reading of "being supposedly the son of Joseph." But I believe that the correct reading of scripture would be "being, as was supposed, the Son of Joseph. Scripture translators have had no problem in calling Him the Son of David; why not the Son of Joseph and Son of Abraham, or even of the Man, Adam? The second Adam. I don't think an earthly example carries any weight here. Later, Ray V.H. |
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1967 | What does this verse mean? | Heb 10:26 | Ray | 2103 | ||
Hi prayon, The writer of Hebrews makes it a pretty important decision doesn't he? Verse 31 here says,"It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God." Compare also Heb 12:29-29 "See to it that you do not refuse (Him) who is speaking...for our God is a consuming fire." Heb 10:20 "Since therefore brethren, we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living (Way) which He inauguated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh,...Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;" Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." Later, Ray V.H. |
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1968 | Can angels have human babies? | Gen 6:4 | Ray | 2097 | ||
Hi JVH, I really want to answer a question and compare scriptures and I can't find what they were. Can you answer here what scriptures we were discusssing? Here I would only say that there is only one Son of God, if you know my capitalization. Somewhere I spoke about Adam and the belief I had that Adam wasn't the Son or son of God; but in this sense I guess he and all the males after Adam were sons of God. I had been speaking about Jesus, being supposedly the Son of Joseph, son of, son of,...son of Adam,-- but actually the Son of God. Later, Ray V.H. |
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1969 | Why five words? | 1 Cor 14:19 | Ray | 2095 | ||
Hi Truth Seeker or anyone interested in 1 Cor. 14. The number seven is associated in the bible with completeness and in this chapter you can be be completely edified in the use of tongues. "What is the bottom line then, brethren? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification." When the apostle Paul speaks about the mind, I look for five words. If I shouldn't say this, forgive me, but for me I found the five words spoken of in l Cor 14:19 "I desire to speak five words with my mind, that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue." I found them in verses 16, 17 and back in verse 2. |
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1970 | To capitalize or not to capitalize? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 2063 | ||
Dear JVH, I would be very willing to share my study with you, but I just now stopped talking with KBurgee and weblord about a brainteaser and issued more or less a challenge to think about it. Let me give them a chance to answer my challenge and after a good nights sleep I can express some words meaningful and spiritual. | ||||||
1971 | Did Jesus know he was God? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 2059 | ||
Dear rsrsd, May I make a couple of suggestions of capitalization for use in interpretation? Your reference to Matt 19:17 was worded that only the Father is good. Actually it reads,"There is only One who is good;" And really the "only" isn't in the Greek. Personally, in my copy, I either capitalize "I and the Father are One" or read it "I and My Father are one". Either way it is saying the same thing and it is a great wonder when we understand spiritual things and know the one Spirit, Three in One. |
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1972 | Steward of the mysteries of God? | 1 Cor 4:1 | Ray | 2055 | ||
Hi JVH, I just talked to wdc after looking at his verses of reference. I looked at your reference to Matt 13:11 and I read on to the fifteenth where it says,"...otherwise they would see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and return, and (I) would hear them." Compare that to Mark 4 11 and 12, "And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of (God), but those who are outside get everthing in parable, so that while seeing, they may see and not perceive, and while hearing, they may hear and not understand, otherwise they might return and be forgiven." My parenthesis is for comparison and my personal study, sorry. I just now noticed that I have compared these verses with Mark 6:35 and Job 36:22. Mark 6:35 says, ""Your daughter has died; why trouble the (Teacher) anymore?" Job 36:22 "Behold, God is exalted in (His) power; Who is a teacher like Him? Who has appointed Him His way, And who has said, 'You have done wrong'? Remember that you should exalt His work, Of which men have sung. All men have seen it; Man beholds from afar. Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;..." Later, Ray |
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1973 | Steward of the mysteries of God? | 1 Cor 4:1 | Ray | 2054 | ||
Hi wdc, An excellent writing here. I was looking at your references and read in I Cor 3:22b,"For all things belong to you, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you, and you belong to (Christ) ;and Christ belongs to God." Sorry, parenthesis is mine. Compare that with Gal l:22 and Gal 3:29,"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to (Christ), then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise." Also, Eph 3:lb,"the prisoner of (Christ) Jesus...if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you;" All believers are stewards and we all have something to contribute. Later, Ray |
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1974 | Why one word for wind and spirit? | Ps 51:10 | Ray | 2030 | ||
Hi wdc, I just wrote to JVH and had a good time writing him, however the computer swallowed it when I went back to click on note. I've got to learn to paste like it was suggested earlier by someone else. Anyway, JVH and wdc, and anybody, hi. I love the book of John, just like everybody else I guess. It was where I started when I wanted to study the Trinity. Of course, wdc ,you may have recognized me as the capitalizer, so here goes. You say that you notice how Jesus likens His words to Spirit, but the verse you want to look at says that His words are spirit. The Word, the Holy Spirit, and God are the same in one Spirit. We as humans don't like to be "used"and I would think that the Spirit uses the word of God, the sword of the Spirit in your Eph 6:17 passage. Jesus is the Word, was the Word, and will be the Word. Also God was the Word. Scripture talks of God our Savior. And we know that God is a Spirit. Jesus will be Spirit when we get to know Him. Anyway, you want to look at Jn 6:63. "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life." I think we have to look back and look at the Bread of life that the disciples were grumbling about. His words are spirit, this Bread is Spirit that gives life more abundant. Jesus said that you can't live on bread alone. And Jn 6:58 says "he who eats this Bread will live forever." But lets talk about this together later. I have some sleep to get, too. But look at the passage of Jn 6:26 through to your verse. Count the breads, I encourage you all to capitalize them. Praise Him in it. See if you don't come to the knowledge of the God/Man in His completeness. Later people, Ray V.H. |
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1975 | what was Mary's geneology | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 1952 | ||
Dear Brent Douglas, I read with interest your comment that Luke's genealogy of Jesus could also be logically read as "being only supposedly the son of Joseph but actually the son of Eli". I never thought of that possible interpretation. My favorite version the NASB, says "being, as was supposed, the son (I would say Son) of Joseph" and I would put your "but actually" the Son of God."as the last words of the lineage. I don't believe that Adam was the son of God. Adam had a son, Seth. God had a Son, Jesus. I think it was Timothy in the forum who mentioned Romans 5:12 "through one man sin entered into the world"...v.14 "offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who is to come"...the one Man, Jesus Christ." I was most interested in your "but actually". Later, Ray |
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1976 | To capitalize or not to capitalize? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 1943 | ||
Dear JVH, Thank you for replying to me for I know that I am not the only one that you are sharing thoughts with. I've been thinking of 1 Cor 4:16 and 1 Cor 14:19 today and also wondered about the correlation between Abraham being the friend of God and Jesus being the son (Son?) of Abraham. | ||||||
1977 | What makes John the Baptist greater ? | Luke 7:27 | Ray | 1882 | ||
Dear friends, I want to talk more about the idea of whose book this is. Is this about John the Baptist through and through. No, it's about God and Jesus,and we say through the Holy Spirit. I don't think of John as being hardly more than a reed shaken by the wind. Sure, he was God's messenger, but he wasn't the Messenger of the covenant. He was one born of woman but he wasn't God's Son. He was a prophet but he wasn't a Prophet. He wasn't more than a prophet, unless you want to call him John the Baptist. But Jesus is a Prophet. And One who is more than a Prophet. "This is the One about whom it is written..." And again I say that this is the book about Jesus, not John the baptizer. Mark 6:15 says in my marked up copy, "But others were saying "He is a Prophet, like one of the prophets of old." Jesus was spoken of as a prophet. Consider one more scripture. Mark 6:4 "Jesus said to them, "A Prophet is not without honor except in (His) hometown and among His own relatives and in His own household." (My own copy, which I don't reccommend by the way) (I'm not JV McGee, by the way) You might consider reading Malachi again, too. I hope all that I've discussed might be meaningful to you. Later, Ray |
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1978 | Why five words? | 1 Cor 14:19 | Ray | 1876 | ||
Dear Truth Seeker, Why do you say "should?" | ||||||
1979 | Part 1 Apologetics? | Matt 11:13 | Ray | 1824 | ||
Dear tree members, Jn. 4:24 KJV, "God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." I believe that God is spirit; and they that worship Him must worhip Him in spirit and in truth." (Notice the three pronouns). Jn.4:24 NASB " God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth".(Only two pronouns). I think we can compare this scripture with Gen 1:26 "Then (God) said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness."(Notice the three of Us pronouns). Jn4:23 "But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be (His) worshippers." What do you think? (He) will declare all things to us? RCScroll, I think that you can be spirit-filled and not deny "He who lives in me" as you wrote. Continue to love the one Spirit. I want to write a question for you guys to answer. Later, Ray |
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1980 | Is prophecy dead? | Matt 11:13 | Ray | 1780 | ||
Being especially wary of people who claim to be Apostle or Prophets. Jesus warns us to beware of people who say, "I am He". | ||||||
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