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41 | Spirit or spirit? | Prov 5:21 | compudex | 102044 | ||
Ray, Note: If Pilate was converted He chose some wrong people to be friends to, namely, Herod. Yes, but the friendship only happened just before Christ was crucified. Consider the works of Josephus the historian: Antiquities of the Jews - Book XVIII CONTAINING THE INTERVAL OF THIRTY-TWO YEARS. FROM THE BANISHMENT OF ARCHELUS TO THE DEPARTURE FROM BABYLON. (8) These Jews, as they are here called, whose blood Pilate shed on this occasion, may very well be those very Galilean Jews, "whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices," Luke 13:1, 2; these tumults being usually excited at some of the Jews' great festivals, when they slew abundance of sacrifices, and the Galileans being commonly much more busy in such tumults than those of Judea and Jerusalem, as we learn from the history of Archelaus, Antiq. B. XVII. ch. 9. sect. 3 and ch. 10. sect. 2, 9; though, indeed, Josephus's present copies say not one word of "those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them," which the 4th verse of the same 13th chapter of St. Luke informs us of. But since our gospel teaches us, Luke 23:6, 7, that "when Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether Jesus were a Galilean. And as soon as he knew that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod ;" and ver. 12, "The same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together for before they had been at enmity between themselves;" take the very probable key of this matter in the words of the learned Noldius, de Herod. No. 219: "The cause of the enmity between Herod and Pilate (says he) seems to have been this, that Pilate had intermeddled with the tetrarch's jurisdiction, and had slain some of his Galilean subjects, Luke 13:1; and, as he was willing to correct that error, he sent Christ to Herod at this time." But, when Herod sent Jesus back to Pilate is when Pilate chose the different wording. Anyway, Ray, I think we should end this thread before we take up all the disk space. Yes, he is He and god is God. No translaters can take that away. No versions of Scripture can put away Divinity. And no pronouns. I love you brother. Keep the faith. We will get together again, either here or there, I am sure. Peace to you and your house! |
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42 | Spirit or spirit? | Prov 5:21 | compudex | 102101 | ||
I meant that no pronoun written on a piece of paper can make God anything less than God. How can man change God? NWT, yes I know. I was raised by one. In my teens. Peace! |
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43 | Balanced, centered, or lukewarm? | Eccl 7:18 | compudex | 101151 | ||
Aixen7z4: Because of your question - is there a feeling of condemnation that has crept into your thoughts? Are you feeling that you have not or are not doing all that you can? If so, this thought is not unique to Christians. Often we find that sometimes an idea comes into our heads that we are not right in God's eyes. A seed of doubt. An attempt to steal joy. In the Gospels Satan tried this very thing with Jesus. Sowing doubt in our minds. Hot, cold, lukewarm. Ecclesiastes has a recurring word in it, vanity. This tool is used with precision in the hands of Satan. Getting us involved into looking inside ourselves too much. A mother holds her child and you can see the love she has for it in her eyes. Does a mother love her child less when she is washing dishes and you don't see the love? No, the spirit of her love is still the same. It is just not being displayed. Did Paul love the Lord less when he was making tents? (Acts 18:3*) No, it was not displayed, in that he was not out preaching and teaching. Yet, it was displayed because he was supporting himself. And actually, the mother's love was displayed by washing the dishes and keeping up the house as an act of loving her child. Therefore, what we do throughout the day can show our love to the Father just by doing daily responsibilities. God is not going to come into your kitchen and wash the dishes for you. Paul worked and supported himself, did his daily chores just like us, and tended to his calling, teaching and preaching. He was called to a full time ministry but he did his daily responsibilities as well. Do not separate Romans chapter 7 and Romans chapter 8. The words "there is therefore" in Rom. 8:1 means "what I am going to say next has to do with what I just said". My supportive Scriptures, cause I am still man: Rom 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. Rom 7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. Rom 7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Rom 7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. Rom 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. Rom 7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Rom 7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. Rom 7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. Rom 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: Rom 7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. Rom 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Rom 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. Rom 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. * Act 18:3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. God works in us everyday toward getting us to the mark. Every day can be an adventure. Nothing can remove you from the Hands that love you. Mark 14:38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. Grace to you! |
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44 | Balanced, centered, or lukewarm? | Eccl 7:18 | compudex | 101183 | ||
Hi Aixen7z4: To have balance in ones life. Balance with what? Am I satisfied with what I have done with the time the Lord has given me, no! When I look at the cross sometimes I just break down and cry. Sometimes the crying is from guilt and sometimes the crying is from gratefulness. Sometimes I ask what is the Spirit of Christ. I am still in a body that wants to do what it wants to do. I must understand this and ask God to forgive me where I fall short. I am elated when I am aware of His blessing. Balance, is there a balance? This maybe something we were taught or heard that was necessary for the ultimate Christian life. I don't recall reading in the Scriptures about balance. Some days I can't wait for Christ's return and some days I say Oh God, don't come now. How do I strive for balance? I don't. Am I perfect, no, not yet. Do I accept that? Sometimes. Am I frustrated? Yes, sometimes. I guess mostly when I look inside myself is when I pray. For then is when I am quiet and the Spirit brings to mind things that I can improve on. A few people I have talked with seem to think they should just go and go and go. I read in the Bible the events that have taken place. One page after another - this happened - that happened. The time span between the pages ( or events) usually is quite a while. Things just don't happen one right after another. In some places Paul spent two years at a time. As you said, I can't see what is in your mind. And I wasn't trying to. I just related to the confusion of thought. You are very right about - "It's a matter of quality over quantity." Is it a matter of condemnation? Yes, I get that thought sometimes. I even get the thoughts that God is not real. But, I know where these thoughts come from and who has entered them. We are spiritual creatures and we are susceptible to the spirit world. Not all our thoughts are our own. As for me, my roots are in the ground and I keep reaching for the Son. The Scriptures says that 'each star has its own glory'. So it is with us. Ever had the experience (or something like it) that you thought to yourself that you needed to do the laundry? Then you decide to wait until tomorrow. Then, that night one of your best friends calls you to go out for dinner. And the thought comes to you that you KNEW you should have done the laundry because now you don't anything clean to wear to the restaurant. In other words, sometimes it can be the most insignificant little thing, but that small voice is always for our betterment. Do we always hear it? Yes. Thanks for responding to my previous note. |
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45 | Balanced, centered, or lukewarm? | Eccl 7:18 | compudex | 101191 | ||
Since you have all the answers I can offer nothing else. Peace to you! |
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46 | "You have ravished my heart..." | Song 4:9 | compudex | 111239 | ||
Greetings dmont, A song, a poem to the beauty that has captivated him. Remember your first love, when you thought about your love, how you felt as though your body could not contain you? Your very being was about to jump right out of your body? Your thoughts where of nothing else? You where stripped of all else, your heart was ravished. Stripped of all conscience, wisdom, understanding and logic. All that mattered was that you were with them. To his wife he says, "My love, you look ravishing!" Be it not for his marriage he would commit sin because of the lust in his heart toward his wife. But now the marriage bed is undefiled. And my lust is no longer lust, but burning desire to be with my wife for she has taken my heart and I willingly gave it. She has captivated me and I am her prisoner. Twice spoken, thou hast ravished my heart, thou hast ravished my heart(Song 4:9). And with an exotic tone, I will say it, "Thou hast ravished my heart." So as the church is to Christ, His creation has ravished His heart and what better betrothal gift could He give His new bride but Himself. No supportive scriptures, just experience. compudex |
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47 | women take men? | Is 4:1 | compudex | 111068 | ||
Greetings cryst9m, I believe you are referring to: Isa 3:25 Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty ones in battle. Isa 3:26 And her gates will lament and mourn, And deserted she will sit on the ground. Isa 4:1 For seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!" The division of the chapters has interrupted the prophet’s discourse, and broken it off almost in mid sentence. “The numbers slain in battle shall be so great, that seven women shall be left to one man.” The prophet has described the greatness of this distress. The young women, contrary to their natural modesty, shall become suitors to the men: they will take hold of them, and press the men to marry them. In spite of the natural suggestions of jealousy, they will be content with a share only of the rights of marriage in common with several others; and that on hard conditions, renouncing the legal demands of the wife on the husband (*) and begging only the name and credit of wedlock, and to be freed from the reproach of celibacy. (*) Exo 21:10 "If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights. compudex |
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48 | Is there a ligjt in the darkness? | Lam 3:2 | compudex | 101988 | ||
Hello again dear Aixen7z4, Excellent! Is it personal perception? Why can't I get through to God? Where has He gone? Alas, I am in darkness! Is it because we are without understanding at that particular time in ones life? As the Hebrews in bondage in Egypt. What darkness they must have felt for 400 years. Sometimes we are in darkness for 400 seconds and we feel neglected of God. Trust, Patience. Trust - "Behold the salvation of the Lord" then the waters parted. Patience - "in due season"; "not as I will but as Thou will" (Rom 11:33) O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! Definition: Perfection - not the quality of being perfect. But, the quality of being made perfect. An ongoing process, not a completed work. Perfection, yes. Because it is by perfection we come closer to Him and know Him more and to become how He wants us to be. Paul states of "for the perfecting the saints".(Eph 4:11) Perfecting us unto Glory. Growth - as in the natural from baby to man, so it is in the Spiritual, from milk to meat. You say: I have a sign over my desk saying, “Trust God in the darkness”. I wonder if that’s what he wants. Yes, because the sign already says that you trust Him in the light. Peace to you! You have much wisdom Aixen7z4. |
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49 | Is there a ligjt in the darkness? | Lam 3:2 | compudex | 102029 | ||
Footnote: your questions have ensnared my thoughts. Pondering on darkness. And into darkness. Perchance a preview, a taste, a minute glimpse, of weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. For what will it be like for those that do not come to the supper. What darkness will they suffer when God withdraws His absolute presence from them. It is a hard thing to consider because God is so much in this world now. What will it be like when His complete and total presence will be taken from them. Complete and utter darkness. With no hope. Never, ever! Why would I want to ponder on darkness? It shows me how much light there is. (Joh 1:5) And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. Such was the state of man. Yet, while we were in such a state, through the darkness came the cross. Sometimes we need the darkness to see the light. Considering more on perfection: Like a man and his wife: they live together and become closer with each other until the man will start to speak and the wife will finish his sentence with the exact same words that he was going to use. They become to know each other, they become one. "And they shall become one flesh". Does this happen when they first meet? No. In time, being with each other, learning about each other, discerning each other, they are being perfected into one. Caring for one another, not seeing their own needs but rather the other's. "Men love your wives as Christ has loved the church." And with this kind of oneness when one of them dies, the other usually soon follows. Consider the dove, when one of them dies, the other pines itself to death. For they have mated for life. "I speak the words of my Father", says He. Jesus and the Father are so one that as the Father's words form Jesus speaks them. For He is The Word of God. "Father, why hast thou forsaken me.", what torment for one being so close. Did He taste that darkness? Peace to you! |
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50 | Is there a ligjt in the darkness? | Lam 3:2 | compudex | 102093 | ||
Dear Aixen7z4, This forum has truly been a blessing to me also. This is the only one I have ever been to or participated in. By some of the questions I see here, I can feel some of the despair and doubt. Some have great words of wisdom that hits you like a hammer and really gets the juices flowing in your brain. And after thinking on some of these things, you sit back and say, God, why didn't I see that. And the answer you get is, "Because you where not ready for it until now." Bless the Lord that brings Light unto our souls. Images of suffering and grace. Most of the time we can't even find the words to express some thoughts. That is why when we pray, the Spirit groans in words we cannot understand. When that blank time comes in prayer where the words just will not come forth. There is a bodily convulsion inside and yet the words will still not come. Then audibly we hear that groan, pathetically, because there is insufficient language. That is the Spirit, the Spirit interceding for us. What grace! How could any say that the Lord does not love us? They have not tasted of this fruit, of this first fruit from our Father. How He must have ached when Adam hid himself. "My love, my love, where are you my love. I desire, I long to be with you. And I cannot find you. Where are you? Ah, there you are my love. Why do you hide from me? What have I done?" "You have done nothing my Lord. It was I, I that failed you! Oh, the ache in my loves heart. What have I done? Walking in the garden with my love, gone. My friend, the only one I knew and the only one that knew me and loved me. Oh, my love, what have I done?" What pain, as a wife would find out that her husband just cheated on her. "My love, my love, now is there a boundary between us. How could things ever be the same." I wish I could type as fast as some thoughts come to mind. I would like to be able to put them into writing, but I already know that I am not a writer. I know my calling, for I am a helper. And twice so far a vehicle for healing. All in all, all I can say is Thank You Jesus! Peace to you! |
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51 | Is there a ligjt in the darkness? | Lam 3:2 | compudex | 102100 | ||
Hello mammpbs, I am glad you found something in the post. Once and a while I am allowed to fly. I wish it could be more often. There is a rush when your fingers can't keep up with the thoughts flowing through the mind. As I also mentioned to Aixen7z4. (1Co 13:12) For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. It is interesting to note that Paul uses "I" throughout both verses except once. 1Co 13:11- When "I" was a child, "I" spake as a child, "I" understood as a child, "I" thought as a child: but when "I" became a man, "I" put away childish things. (13:12) For now "we"...", the only time he uses a plural pronoun. The rest of the times it is "I". Even though he relates to himself as "I", the plural pronoun "we" tells me that this pertains to all of us. "For now we...", it grabs your attention after the "I", "I", "I"! If he had said "For now I see through a glass.." it would not impact my life. The word glass here could be a mirror (in Greek -esoptron) for looking into. Or, glass as we now it today. Glass was just getting perfected at that time and no doubt it wasn't as clear as ours, it was opaque or translucent, something one couldn't see through very well. The latter I believe more because Paul also uses the word "through" and you don't look through a mirror. So as he peers through the dark glass, he knows he does not have all the answers. He understood the transition from child to man, but that happened in the past. 20-20 hindsight. But now, I know in part. I think Paul was talking about man's knowledge of himself. Some might quote the verse: (1Co 2:9) But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But the next verse which is connected to this one by the word "But" they do not continue with. (1Co 2:10) But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. "But God hath revealed them unto us..." It is a hard Scipture for me. Put it as Primary Question on the forum and see what turns up. Peace! |
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52 | Is there a ligjt in the darkness? | Lam 3:2 | compudex | 102191 | ||
Hello mammapbs, (sorry I spelled your name wrong last time)! You say: "but just because I can not see Him as clearly as I would like, it does not mean that He is not there! " Absolutely!! Just as we see the clouds on a stormy day does not mean that the sun is not on the other side. And that is precisely what Paul was talking about in 2Cor 4:18. For if we go to 2Cor 4:17 which is linked to verse 18, we can see what he was talking about. The light afflictions that we face in our walk. That the afflictions do not last forever, but for a moment, though to us while we are in those afflictions may seem to be an eternity. Thus he is admonishing us not to ponder on those things that are here today but gone tomorrow, but yet set your minds on those things that will last forever. And at times, that is a difficult task. For, if I can prosper the church in anyway, then what matter is this body. Ah, yes, walking by faith and not by sight. Isn't it amazing sometimes how we worry about some things and get yourselves upset in wondering how we will ever get things done. I can relate to that just this month. My dog went to the vet (well, I took her, she didn't go by herself) and the bill was very high and on my fixed income I thought I would really have to suck in my belt for the rest of the month. And I worried about it. And, now, here it is the last day of the month and I have more left over than some previous months. How we worry, "Oh, yea men of little faith", all I can say is forgive me Lord for my unbelief. He knows what we need before we ask. And He delivers those things even when we don't ask. Blessed be the Lord of all the blessings, those we see and those we don't see. Ah, a light has just now been revealed. "The blessings we don't see!" I guess I do look through a glass darkly. For, I do not see all that He is doing for me, Us! Many Scriptures talk to us at various times. Though some do have a literal sense and a black and white hard copy look to them. The very same Scripture can also talk volumes to us personaly. For not all of us have worn the same pair of shoes. "A well of Living water." What did Moses smite in the desert to get water, just a rock? No, he struck our Lord! "For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee." Peace to you! |
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53 | Son of man? | Dan 7:13 | compudex | 109815 | ||
welcome pgs, First you must understand exactly who Jesus is. Jesus is, was, God in the flesh. What you read in the scriptures about Jesus is really about God the Father. Jesus is the Word of the Father. The Father is the all, immutable power of the entire time-line, creator, and author of everything that has ever been or will ever be. Jesus is that part of God that was manifested to men. If you read about Jesus, you are reading about the Father. The Father is He that is in control of all things. God is Spirit. Jesus was flesh. Jesus is that part of God until He took upon Himself flesh, then He became Jesus. Jesus said, what I speak is that which I have heard from the Father. Jesus is the Word of the Father. Jesus is the Flesh into which we can see the characteristics of the Father. We see the Father by what we see in Jesus. Did He condemn? Did He kill? Did He inflict injury? Answer this: What was the purpose for God to come to Earth? God came to Earth to let man know that he had a friend in the heavens that was in love with His creation and that He would not let them go until they understood what He expected of them and that men might know Him. He gave us the choice to select good or evil. The “son of man” was born of simple man; He was debased by a simple and lowly place of birth, a stable, and a simple life, a carpenter. He was not anything special. Isaiah tells us that He was not a good-looking man that anyone should desire Him. (Isa 53:2) For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He came to us as any other man. We would not know Him from any other man walking down the street. He did not display Himself (no ego). Time and time again He asked for no recognition. As being called the “son of man”, He was the lowliest of the lowly. Born in a stable by a couple that was being scrutinized as having sex before marriage and surely the talk of the town. Son of man was the son of any ordinary couple, and the son of any one that loves God. The son of man that will and would take upon Himself to be obedient to the God that He was raised to believe in and had faith in, as a human. Even though He was God He took upon Himself the ordinary, the susceptible human traits that we have. (Heb 2:16) For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. He took upon Himself the seed of a man, the seed of the promise (Abraham). The promise being that in a simple man that Loved and listened to the Father and did the will of the Father no matter what, He was willing to do the same because of His love for the Father and His love for the creation of man and man himself. (Rev 3:12) Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. May the light of God lead you! |
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54 | When is it time to say no? | Matt 13:55 | compudex | 111021 | ||
When do we say 'No!" to the small but steady corruption to the Word of God? In grammar when a sentence is written with pronouns in the third person it is completely legal to replace those pronouns with their respective proper personal pronouns. Example: Tom Brown is a very tall man. Then Jim said, "Is he the one playing center position on the basketball team?" Can also be written:(legally replacing the pronoun with its respective proper personal pronoun) Tom Brown is a very tall man. Then Jim said, "Is Tom Brown the one playing center position on the basketball team?" It is by context that the men in the synagogue did NOT know that Jesus was the Son of God in the following verses: (Mat 13:54 KJV) And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? (Mat 13:55 KJV) Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? (Mat 13:56 KJV) And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? (Mat 13:57 KJV) And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. (Mat 13:58 KJV) And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. Now take into consideration the following translation from the NASB: (Mat 13:54 NASB) He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers? (Mat 13:55 NASB) "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? (Mat 13:56 NASB) "And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?" (Mat 13:57 NASB) And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household." (Mat 13:58 NASB) And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief. When the NASB capitalized some of the pronouns, changing "his mother", "his brothers" and "his sisters" to "His mother", "His brothers" and "His sisters" thus giving the pronouns the connotation of divinity we should be able to replace the pronouns with their respective proper personal pronoun. This would give us the following translation for Mat 13:55, 56: "Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not the Son of God's mother called Mary, and the Son of God's brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And the Son of God's sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?" By capitalizing these pronouns it compromises the true meaning of these verses. It changes the aspect that the men of the synagogue DID know who it was teaching them. And since the NASB also inserted quote marks even makes the corruption worse by then saying that these were the exact words of the man speaking them. If you are going to quote a man, you must quote the man. Grammatically, it is illegal to do otherwise. And in today's world you could get sued for doing so. This type of translation corrupts the very meaning of the context of these verses. Ascribing divinity to a quote when it was not intended. Do we care about these minor little things that will eventually become the norm? Or should we just stand by and say nothing? No malice is intended and any answers to this should also bare this in mind. compudex |
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55 | When is it time to say no? | Matt 13:55 | compudex | 111038 | ||
Kalos, I am all for caps, but when you capitalize a quotation that was not directed toward diety, it is wrong. Look at what the Amplified Bible(AB) does to: Mat 13:55 Is not this the carpenter's Son? Is not His mother called Mary? And are not His brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? (AB)shows diety applied to the carpenter by capitalizing "Son" because "son" is used here as the possesive object. All I would like is for people reading the Scriptures to realize that one has to be aware of some of these variances. compudex |
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56 | When is it time to say no? | Matt 13:55 | compudex | 111042 | ||
Ray, Mat 1:1(KJV) The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. (Mat 1:1 NASB) The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham: These verses are using "the son" relationaly, not directly as David's son or Abraham's son. Therefore we could (in this case) replace "son" with "seed" which it actually means because the subject is the genealogy of Christ not Christ Himself. Pertaining to John 7:43 the verse IS referring to Him (the Son of God) and the verse is a narrative not a quote spoken directly by a specific indivdual. Jesus was not the Son of Joseph (of the NT). So we don't get into looking at every verse in the Scriptures I would say this: Read in context what was being said and by whom. Put yourself into the position of that person speaking with the understanding that that person had "at that time". We have the whole Bible today, they didn't. We know who Jesus was at that time, they didn't. Don't take what is known today and put it into the mouths of those yesterday. Ray, I don't see any division here. Jesus is my Lord and Jesus is your Lord the same Lord and the same Spirit. This matter does not affect our faith in God. compudex |
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57 | LONG ABANDONED WIFE: Can she remarry? | Matt 19:9 | compudex | 101576 | ||
In your question you use the word "wife". Does this mean she is still married? In any event: (Mat 19:9) And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. |
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58 | we are Jesus' brother | Luke 8:21 | compudex | 111106 | ||
Greetings Renovate Me, Luk 8:21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. compudex |
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59 | Did Jesus teach hate? | Luke 14:26 | compudex | 101202 | ||
One opinion: Jesus was eating and talking with the chief Pharisees and He knew there hearts and their deeds. The Scripture says they were watching Him. Jesus talked about how they lifted themselves up too much. Then one of them said (14:15) "Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God." Jesus responded to this platitude with the parable of a great supper. I think Jesus was relating to the Pharisees (because they knew the old testament) the account in Duet. 13:6-8* where it condemns putting other gods before the Lord. And when the bidden to the supper parable all had excuses not to come to the supper, in essence, is what they were doing. Putting there own interests before the Lord's. And with that, the word 'hate' is well used. And it doesn't conflict with the Commandments in that cense. *Deu 13:6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; |
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60 | Insufficient grace? | Luke 14:26 | compudex | 101644 | ||
May I interject? You said, "So how do I get myself clean so that I too am holy and pure like God." You said, "But Pastor, don't I have to clean up my act before I can come to Jesus?" You said, "...There is not ONE thing that I can do to make myself clean before God. All I can do is to trust Jesus?" You said, "Now what do I do?" Because of that last statement is the problem. Like there was some kind of formula. You use the word "clean" in three of your statements. So, you must be aware that something is wrong. Are you coming out of fear or perhaps convienence. Or do you really understand the gravity of things and you are truely thankful for what Jesus has done for you. If you say you are thankful, then the "Now what do I do" becomes "I will now do whatever I can" for the One that has given me this great gift. Because, now I know that He loves me. For I was dead and now I am alive, I have been born again. (Psa 34:18) The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. (Those who are pressed and afflicted, by the sorrow of their heart under which their spirits are broken. To these the Lord is "nigh"; not in a general way only, as he is to all men, being God omnipresent, but in a special manner; he comes and manifests himself to them, calls to them, in a gracious way, pours in all of his love, and binds up their broken hearts, comes and dwells with them. He does not pass by them nor neglect them.) And now I love Him. Now, I will keep myself clean because I love Him, not because I have to but because I want to. Now you are ready. Into His fellowship, a partnership, an awareness of worth to Him, and you know within that new life that has entered you, there is nothing, nothing can take that love from your heart. That kind of love that is more than a wife, or a father or even life itself. Shout it from the roof tops, "Look what the Lord has done"! Shout it in the market place, "Jesus Is Lord"! Because I love Him and He has cleansed me. How did this all happen? Somebody told me about Him. |
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