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41 | Roll your works to the Lord | Prov 16:3 | Ray | 154249 | ||
The word "commit" in Proverbs 16:3 is literally "roll" as in the Amplified version above. What does it mean to roll your works to the Lord? How does our understanding of that word "roll" relate to the next verse where it says that everything has been made for His purpose? How active is God in our ways and plans (relating these verses to Romans 8:28 for instance)? Does He make even our enemies to be at peace with us? (See Proverbs 16:7). Romans 8:28, "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." Proverbs 16:4, NASB, "The Lord has made everything for its own purpose,..." Proverbs 16:4, NKJ, "The Lord has made all for Himself,..." Does the Amplified say it well, "He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will." From the heart, Ray |
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42 | Made everything for its own purpose? | Prov 16:7 | Ray | 154224 | ||
Hi Makarios, Here I am, trying to decide which pronouns to "count" as speaking of Deity and you go and point out Proverbs 16:17 and give me yet another pronoun to consider. :)) l) When you say that "they will be won over with the spoken word of our testimony" would that suggest that "we make even our enemies to be at peace with us" (verse 7) or "if we depart from evil and we watch our ways, our souls can be preserved"? (verse 17) 2) Or, will they "be won over with the word of God"; thus when our testimonies are pleasing to God, He makes even our enemies to be at peace with us. I appreciate your thought of being focused on one thing as we consider these things of God. Good night. From the heart, Ray |
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43 | John 14:15-31what does this mean? | 1 John 2:27 | Ray | 154212 | ||
Hi INUJESUS, 1 John 2:26, "These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you. 27 And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him." From the heart, Ray |
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44 | Made everything for its own purpose? | Prov 16:7 | Ray | 154167 | ||
In the literary style of the NASB and the NKJ, the "He makes" in the verse is capitalized. However, because of this style of capitalizing after a comma or especially a semi-colon, the word (although capitalized) is not always talking of Deity. What is your interpretation in this verse? I believe that God is active and doing things with us, so I would also capitalize the "He" as talking about Deity. MacArthur in his notes for this verse talks about "persecution" and connects these passages for consideration: 2 Timothy 3:12, John 15:18-21, Acts 14:22-27. What are your thoughts about persecution and can all of this be connected to Proverbs 16:4 and how we interpret that verse as well? From the heart, Ray |
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45 | Fundraising raffle vs gambling | Heb 13:17 | Ray | 154164 | ||
Hi Makarios, It is good to see you active on the forum again. From the heart, Ray |
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46 | filled Holy Spirit, or to walk in spirit | Rom 8:9 | Ray | 153784 | ||
Hi terrib, You wrote, "Now you are confusing the spiritual gifts of the Holy Ghost with the Gift of God, the Holy Spirit." The closest reference to a "Gift" of God, that is, being capitalized as speaking of Deity would be perhaps John 4:10, "Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is [Or, who is the One] who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."" Or perhaps we can consider the difference between the NKJ and the NASB in speaking of the (p)Promise. Acts 1:4, NKJ, "but to wait for the Promise of the Father,..." Acts 1:4, NASB, "but to wait for what the Father had promised,..." How do you interpret those verses? Do you want to start a new thread to discuss any of them? From the heart, Ray |
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47 | filled Holy Spirit, or to walk in spirit | Rom 8:9 | Ray | 153782 | ||
Hi terrib, If there is confusion between us it might revolve around the "man's spirit" that you spoke of here. Just because I put spirit in a lower case does not mean that I am talking about man's spirit. The spirit that we receive is God's spirit. For instance, Ezekiel 36:26, "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 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." Ezekiel 36:27 is where I would have people consider continuing with the lower case spirit so I would put a star next to it or indicate a choice in interpretation can be made. Verse 27, "And I will put My (s)Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes,..." Thus a choice of interpretation is offered. Or, I would put a star next to the word to show that I have made a choice that differs from the NASB that I am quoting. Verse 27, "And I will put My *spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes..." I have always tried to make my interpretations clear (that they are my interpretation) and have not tried to deceive in any way. From the heart, Ray |
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48 | filled Holy Spirit, or to walk in spirit | Rom 8:9 | Ray | 153753 | ||
Hi terrib, You wrote that "this very Spirit continues to witness to us..." You are leaving out the word "spirit" which is in the Greek. If in your mind you want to capitalize "the Spirit of adoption" as in the NKJ would you also agree with the "bears witness with our spirit" of verse 16? I desire to connect the (s)Spirit of adoption and our spirit in verse 16 as talking about the same thing. I don't believe that you would capitalize "our Spirit" in verse 16 to agree with the Spirit of adoption. I also don't believe that you would go with KJ and consider "The Spirit itself beareth witness to our spirit". 1) As far as your saying that "the agent that brought us into this family is the Holy Spirit", I agree whole heartedly. I have no problem with the His Spirit indwelling us or being led by the Spirit of God found in the previous verses. However, I still continue to believe in the Giver and the gift. The Spirit indwells us and gives us the gift of the *spirit which we receive. 1 Corinthians 12:4, "Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit." 2) 1 John 4:2, "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the *spirit of (God): every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world." John 8:47, "He who is of God hears the words of (God); for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God." 48 The Jews answered and said to Him, "Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?" 49 Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon;..." Please excuse my parentheses which I put in for comparisons. From the heart, Ray |
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49 | filled Holy Spirit, or to walk in spirit | Rom 8:9 | Ray | 153723 | ||
Typo correction: Romans 8:15 says. | ||||||
50 | filled Holy Spirit, or to walk in spirit | Rom 8:9 | Ray | 153722 | ||
Hi Terrib, Romans 15:15, NASB, says, "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." In the same way 1 John 3:24 talks of this spirit that we received, which was given to us. Romans 8:16 tells us that "The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit" and 1 John 4:2 tells us that "By this you know the *spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God;" Romans 8:16 affirms that we are children of God and 1 John 4:2 affirms that we know the spirit of God, for we confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. 2) In talking about the witness of the Spirit of Christ you are thinking about the Spirit of truth, the Helper, that was sent and would come. However, I don't see the Spirit of truth as being "given". I see the spirit of truth [sic] as given in 1 John 4:6. 3) I see His spirit given in 1 John 4:13. From the heart, Ray |
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51 | 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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52 | filled Holy Spirit, or to walk in spirit | Rom 8:9 | Ray | 153709 | ||
Hi terrib, In thinking about these things through the years, the scribes and the translators have interpretted certain things differently. For instance Romans 8:10, NASB, where it speaks of the spirit [sic] is alive even though the body is dead. (Because of the righteousness of Christ who is in us). And verse 16, the Spirit Himself, NASB, beareth witness with our spirit that we are children of God. For we have received a spirit, NASB, of adoption as sons. 1 John 3:24 in the KJV would not read very well if it said, "by the Spirit whom he hath given us." And yet that is the way that the NASB and NKJ also reads. I believe that it makes more sense to keep spirit in the lower case for 1 John 3:24, and the next verses, 1 John 4:1,2, and 3. And verse 6, "By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error." From the heart, Ray |
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53 | 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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54 | 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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55 | 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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56 | 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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57 | Who is speaking in Jeremiah 6:11? | Jer 6:11 | Ray | 153549 | ||
Who is speaking in Jeremiah, chapter 6? Who is speaking in Jeremiah 6:11? I call attention to the quotation marks in the NKJ version for verse 11. Do you think that they are appropriate there? From the heart, Ray |
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58 | 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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59 | 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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60 | 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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