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41 | 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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42 | Love God, His word, any difference? | Ps 95:10 | Ray | 153598 | ||
Hi Shirley Ujest, I asked the questions to encourage thinking about the passage. Actually the first what do you think is least popular with me. I don't believe that Jesus would want to make the stones Bread, or make the stones a living Stone. That is the point I was trying to make with Doc; that is, the word is not the Word. 1) You, however, are thinking of Jesus as a famished human. It is true that He became hungry for verse 2 tells us that and we know that He came in the likeness of men; we all (male and female) get hungry. However, He was the Son of Man and the Son of God. Satan knew who Jesus was. I agree with John MacArthur's note for Matthew 4:3. "If You are the Son of God. The conditional "if" carries the meaning of "since" in this context. There was no doubt in Satan's mind who Jesus was; but Satan's design was to get Him to violate the plan of God and employ the divine power that He had set aside in His humiliation (cf.Phil 2:7)." 2) I believe that He applied the word of God to Himself. "Man (God with us) shall not live on bread alone..." Thus I agree with the NASB rather than the NKJ for this passage. Verse 6: "He will give His angels charge concerning You." and "On their hands they will bear You up, Lest You strike Your foot against a stone." 3) On the other hand, Jesus tells Satan, "You shall not put the Lord your God to the test." Verse 7. And verse 10, "You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only." 4) The contrast between Satan and Jesus can be easily seen in a version that capitalizes pronouns. Verse 9, "and he said to Him, "All these things will I give You, if You fall down and worship me." Why would God worship him? 5) As I have said, I agree with MacArthur's note. The temptation of Jesus was to employ the divine power that He had set aside, and use them for His own glory; thus violating the plan of God. From the heart, Ray |
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43 | Love God, His word, any difference? | Ps 95:10 | Ray | 153573 | ||
Hi Doc, In Acts "the way" was considered to be a sect. But if you belong to the "Way" that is a different matter. Acts 24:14-16 1) Ephesians 2:17-22 and 1 Peter 2:1-9 are a perfect match to my mind. 2) When you say that the Word will last forever, you would agree with Green's Literal Translation for 1 Peter 1:25, "But the Word of the Lord remains to the age. And this is the Word preached as gospel to you." [Except you would say He is for Gospel living]. I would rather have the word of God in verse 23 agree with the word of God in verse 25 which "remains" to the age. This is the word of God which was preached as good news [the gospel]. From the heart, Ray |
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44 | Love God, His word, any difference? | Ps 95:10 | Ray | 153566 | ||
Hi Doc, I am having a tough time getting you to distinguish for instance your seven distinct ways and the Way; distinguishing between the words that proceedeth from the mouth of God and the Word that proceedeth forth from God. I think that I will simply decide that you choose to capitalize the Word of God, thus showing your respect for it. I'll leave it at that. 1) Your Matthew 4:4 reference is a passage that has especially interested me through the years. Satan is saying "If You are..." in verses 3 and 6. What do you think? Is Satan asking Jesus to make these stones [I think of the commandments written on stones] Bread? Connecting the verse with 1 Peter 2:4, do we come to Him as to a living Stone? What do you think? Is Jesus being asked to make these stones loaves for Him to eat; thus making the commandments His bread? What do you think? Does Jesus apply the word of God quoted from Deuteronomy 8:3 to His own life on earth; thus saying "Even I as a Man do not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."??? 2) What are your thoughts about 1 Peter 1:25? "But the word of the Lord abides forever." And this is the word which was preached to you." From the heart, Ray |
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45 | Love God, His word, any difference? | Ps 95:10 | Ray | 153547 | ||
Hi Doc, Your reference quote of 1 John 2:5 LITV to my mind shows that they do not distinguish between the law (the commandments of verse 4) and the Word. I see the same lack of identification in your saying that the "righteous love the Word of the Lord" and then quote Psalms 1:2 as if it is saying the same thing when actually it is saying that "his delight is in the law of the Lord." As regards Jeremiah 6:10, I would look forward to hearing comments from you on a question I will write for that verse. Who is speaking in Jeremiah 6, especially Jeremiah 6:11? From the heart, Ray |
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46 | Love God, His word, any difference? | Ps 95:10 | Ray | 153474 | ||
Hi Kalos, The Scripture reference for this thread has David saying in Psalm 95:6, "Come let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker, 7 For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand." And yet verse 10 says that people err in their heart, and they do not know His ways. David asks his listeners to listen to His voice and not harden their hearts. What I am asking people to do is to make sure that at least in their hearts if not in their capitalization, they be aware of God's voice when they test Him and try Him, and see His work. If one is a reader of the King James, their job of distinguishing between the voice of David and the voice of God is more difficult. For that reason I recommend the NKJ and the NASB which give the reader a head start in interpretting the things of God. 1) Even these translations that capitalize nouns and pronouns of Deity differ in their interpretations and we need to make these decisions ourselves. But we need to be players in this decision game and we should be glad in hearing Him. Mark 12:37 says after the discussion about the Son of David, that the great crowd enjoyed listening to Him. [The NKJ and the KJ say that "the common people heard Him gladly." I don't see where they got that from the Greek that I have at my fingertips. But I do think that that rendering gives the idea that you don't need to be a Greek scholar to hear and understand these things about capitalization and interpretation. Even the common people and the huge crowd heard Him gladly.] 2) Matthew 22:41, "Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, Matthew 22:42, "saying, "What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?" They said to Him, "The son of David." Matthew 22:42, NKJ, "saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?" They said to Him, "The Son of David." ****** Matthew 22:45, NASB, "If David then calls Him, "Lord," then how is He his son?" Matthew 22:45, NKJ, "If David then calls Him 'Lord', how is He his Son?" 3) Is this a silly upper-case/lower case game or is it important for us to know the Son of David? Matthew 21:9, NKJ, "Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: "Hosanna to the Son of David! 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!' Hosanna in the highest!" Matthew 21:9, NASB, "and the multitudes going before Him, and those who followed after were crying out, saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!" From the heart, Ray |
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47 | filled Holy Spirit, or to walk in spirit | Rom 8:9 | Ray | 153437 | ||
Hi Doc, 1) Ezekiel 18:29, "But the house of Israel says, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' Are (My) ways not right, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not right? 30...31 "Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel?" 2) Ezekiel 36:26, "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put My (s)Spirit within you and cause you to walk in (My) statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances." Ephesians 3:20, "Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond what we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 21 to (Him) be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen." Romans 8:15, NASB, "For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!" 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of (God)." The parentheses are mine for comparison and for Pastor Glenn's benefit who might find them of interest here. From the heart, Ray |
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48 | Love God, His word, any difference? | Ps 95:10 | Ray | 153359 | ||
Hi Kalos, What makes you think that the men of faith in the past were not players in the upper-case/lower-case game? 1) Do you think that Enoch walked with god three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah? Of course not. Genesis 5:22 2) Do you think that Noah did according to all that a man had commanded him? Of course not. Genesis 7:5. 3) Do you think that Abraham believed in the lord; and he reckoned it to him as righteousness? Of course not. Genesis 15:6. Do you think that Abraham was told by God about the promise, that "he who is coming will come, and will not delay. But my righteous one shall live by faith"? No, but surely the Messiah is coming and His righteous one shall live by faith. Hebrews 10:37. 4) Do you think that Moses thought that he had been given the Law of the one true god? Of course not. I'm pretty tired tonight so I have to stop there. I hope that helps to show where I am coming from. From the heart, Ray |
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49 | Love God, His word, any difference? | Ps 95:10 | Ray | 153331 | ||
Hi Lionstrong, You play the "game" more than you think, perhaps. You have in this thread spoken of the word, the Holy Bible in order to diferentiate between the word and the Word. The people who have responded to your thread have been talking of the "word of God", thus showing that they understand the difference between the word and the Word as well. 1) In the paragraph of yours that I quoted, you made sure to capitalize "Son", using your shift key and playing the game. I think you found it important to point out the knowledge of the Son as well as the word, the Scriptures. I believe that this knowledge of the Son is important to you and us, (This One who is not the son of God, but the Son of God, not a son of man but the Son of Man, not a god but God Himself). 2) In a post of yours on a thread about receiving the Holy Spirit, you found it important to stress that the Holy Spirit was a person [sic] and not a thing. You were looking at Titus 3:6 and Ephesians 1:14 and saying that the Holy Spirit was a "who" rather than a "which". That is playing the lower-case-upper case game; and we all should be players in it. From the heart, Ray |
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50 | Love God, His word, any difference? | Ps 95:10 | Ray | 153323 | ||
Hi Lionstrong, An excellent post and I agree with you totally. You wrote, "The only means to the knowledge of God is through His Son. The only means to the Son is by the Spirit working through and with the word of God." I ask you this question: Love God, His Word, any difference? From the heart, Ray |
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51 | I and the Father are one, and One who | Jon 4:2 | Ray | 153271 | ||
Hi Mark, Thank you for your interest in the question. The capitalization of "One" of course shows the word as speaking of the Deity. The idea is whether God loses His deity if He relents concerning calamity. Is He somehow not God because He can change His mind or regret that He had done something [like making man in the first place]? 1) The idea of Numbers 23:19 is that God is not a man. ****** Numbers 23:19b, "...not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it?..." 1 Samuel 15:29 [correcting a typo in my original question] says that the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; and Numbers 23:19 says, "not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent." Do we not want to capitalize the "Glory" of Israel? Even the KJ has "the Strength of Israel". God is not a man. But I believe that He came in the likeness of men and in appearance as a Man. 2) God is not a son of man; but when He came to earth He was rightly called the Son of Man. Does capitalization matter? You tell me more of your thoughts on the matter. From the heart, Ray |
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52 | Both spirit and Spirit present within us | Rev 2:28 | Ray | 152905 | ||
Hi Tim, Do you think that we have said all that we can about this passage of Romans 1:4 and Ezekiel 36:26? From the heart, Ray |
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53 | Taught of God? Walk in God? | 1 Thess 4:9 | Ray | 152835 | ||
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54 | Taught of God? Walk in God? | 1 Thess 4:9 | Ray | 152625 | ||
Hi Doc, Thank you. Quoting John Gill in part: 1) "Christ is so called, because he gives life... Christ, the true bread, only gives life,..." I could infer that although John Gill does not capitalize Bread, it is He who gives life. 2) "which is conveyed by the word, and made effectual by the Spirit: and because he supports and maintains the life he gives;" I could infer that John Gil is saying that the life given is conveyed by the word; the Spirit Himself supports and maintains the life He gives. 3) "it is not in the power of a believer to support the spiritual life he has;" The word is "made effectual by the Spirit". 4) "nor can he live on anything short of Christ; and there is enough in Christ for him to live upon: and because he quickens...secures for them eternal life." Christ is needed for attaining life; we live upon Christ and His words...and have eternal life. Christ, the true Bread gives us life. This is accomplished through His word; made effectual by the Spirit. ******* Would this be an adequate understanding of what John Gill has said? From the heart, Ray |
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55 | Taught of God? Walk in God? | 1 Thess 4:9 | Ray | 152615 | ||
Hi Doc, John 14:27, "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you;... Isaiah 54:10, "For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken, Says the Lord who has compassion on you." John 6:48, "I am the *Bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the *Bread which comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die." Can I get some thoughts from you concerning the *Bread occurances in my interpretation of John 6:48f? What is the Spirit encouraging us to learn and do? From the heart, Ray |
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56 | Taught of God? Walk in God? | 1 Thess 4:9 | Ray | 152614 | ||
Hi Aixen7z4, I appreciate your recognition of the words "by" and "of" in relation to being God-taught. The NASB chooses "taught of God" and the NKJ chooses "taught by God" for Isaiah 54:13 and John 6:45. I think that the bottom line is that we know that we have been taught by God [in both NASB and NKJ for 1 Thess 4:9] to love each other; now we should move on and learn "of God". The Scriptures are after all God's word(s) and teach us about Him. Hebrews 6:1, "Therefore, leaving the elementary [Lit. word of the beginning] teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity,...3 And this we shall do, if God permits." 1) Both the NASB and the NKJ have "the Lord" for Isaiah 54:13. Both the NASB and the NKJ have "by God" for John 6:45. So in considering the Person for these verses and in thinking of the trinity of God, do we think of being taught be the Lord (Jesus Christ) or by God (the Father) or would we go with being taught by Jehovah per the New World Translation of the Jehovah's Witnesses? I believe that we are taught by the triune God. I believe that no man has seen the Father. But we see the Son, for He came from God. Everyone who believes Him has eternal life. Jesus is saying (to my mind), "I am the Bread of life." John 6:45-48 From the heart, Ray |
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57 | Dedication of...for the house of our God | 1 Chr 29:2 | Ray | 152555 | ||
Hi terrib, Thank you for taking the question off the board, for I can be obtuse at times. :) My thinking was that we all have abilities and gifts and interests that may or may not be unusual, but certainly varied and useful in the body of the church. We all in the integrity of our hearts are to willingly offer all these things to God. 1 Chron 29:17. So whether our gift is large or small, whether our talent is small or outstanding, whether our interest is common or unusual, we offer them to God to use according to His will. Ezra 7:18. We deliver the utensils or gifts that we have been given, for the service of the house of our God and we offer them all (in full). That is just about the total of my thoughts on the connections. Of course the original connection was from the other thread of Ezra 8:21 and 1 Chron 29:2. In that thread the interest and offering of the contributor was concerning alphabetical letters. Thanks again for bearing with me. From the heart, Ray |
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58 | Taught of God? Walk in God? | 1 Thess 4:9 | Ray | 152553 | ||
Hi Doc, What "doctrine" do you think I am building by my question about the relationship between 1 Thess and John passages? What do you think the "silent influence of his Spirit on our hearts" that Albert Barnes writes about is leading us to love and do? (Specifically as it relates to 1 Thess and John). 1) The references for occurances of "taught of God" in my Study Bible are Jeremiah 31:33f, John 6:45, and 1 John2:27. 2) Jesus (who is God) was a great Teacher, and I agree that we should compare Scripture to Scripture. 3) Of course we also have 1 Corinthians 2:13, "taught by the [Holy] Spirit." NKJ, 1 Cor 2:13, "These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual." From the heart, Ray |
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59 | Both spirit and Spirit present within us | Rev 2:28 | Ray | 151811 | ||
Hi Tim, Thank you for that information as well. Do you have any comments concerning what BradK and I have talked about? Does the idea of His humanity enter into the context of this passage? How are we to look at the (s)Spirit of (h)Holiness in verse 4 in comparison/contrast to our spirit serving in the gospel of His Son in verse 9? From the heart, Ray |
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60 | what does John 3:5 mean? | Psalm | Ray | 151804 | ||
Hi missiepris19, Welcome to the forum. Or could an answer be Genesis 1:2? With the idea that light is spirit. See Ephesians 5:8-13. Ephesians 5:8, NASB, 1977, "for you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light..." From the heart, Ray |
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