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61 | thanks Doc 4 what is WICCA answer | Bible general Archive 2 | Ray | 153385 | ||
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62 | 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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63 | 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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64 | 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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65 | Love God, His word, any difference? | Ps 95:10 | Ray | 153279 | ||
Hi Lionstrong, Your question is of course whether there is a difference between the "word" and the "Word". And I would say that of course there is a difference. John 1:1 literally says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word." Thus God is not the word, the Holy Bible; rather, the Word was God. John 1:14, "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us.." The Scriptures, whether papyrus, leather, or paper are not flesh. [But I would say that they are spirit]. 1 John 4:2b says, "...every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God." ***** We have His word(s) that we hope will lead to eternal life, but "the life of the world is My flesh", John 6:51. And yes, I see a difference between the bread of life and the Bread of life. John 6:48. From the heart, Ray |
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66 | I and the Father are one, and One who | Jon 4:2 | Ray | 153272 | ||
Typo correction: 1 Sam 15:29... | ||||||
67 | 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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68 | I and the Father are one, and One who | Jon 4:2 | Ray | 153219 | ||
Jonah 4:2, NASB, "...and one who relents concerning calamity." Jonah 4:2 NKJ, "...One who relents from doing harm." Do you go with the lower or upper case One? Do you see any relationship between this verse and Numbers 23:19 or 1 Samuel 15:19, or Jonah 3:9? Or John 10:30, NASB, "I and the Father are one? From the heart, Ray |
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69 | Such thing as a choice? | Eccl 6:10 | Ray | 153170 | ||
Hi Samantha432, Your choice of translation for Ecclesiastes 6:10 is a praphrase. Thus there is no word "God" in the manuscript. There is no use arguing among ourselves about our destiny. I go with the NASB for Ecclesiastes 6:10b, "..for he cannot dispute with him who is stronger than he is. 11 For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man? 12 For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?" From the heart, Ray |
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70 | What's the proper response to injustice? | 1 Pet 2:19 | Ray | 153011 | ||
Hi Aixen7z4, Thank you for your question because it led me to see some differences in our translations and the manuscripts used. I think that the bottom line for 1 Peter is that we suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong. 1 Peter 3:17, 2:20. 1 Peter 4:19, "Therefore, let those also who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right." The NU text wants to emphasize "according to the will of God" for it includes those words in 1 Peter 5:2 as well as 4:19. That noted, I still go with the NKJ for 1 Peter 5:2, "Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly;" 1) 1 Peter 2:19, "For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a man bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you DO WHAT IS RIGHT and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God." 1 Peter 4:19, "Therefore, let those also who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in DOING WHAT IS RIGHT." ****** 2) Your question led me to the New Revised Standard Version's translation of 1 Peter 4:14, "If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory, which is the Spirit of God, is resting on you." Compare that with the NASB: 1 Peter 4:14, "If you are reviled for [Lit. in] the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you." Compare also with the NKJ which adds to the verse: 1 Peter 4:14, NKJ, "If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified." 3) I would appreciate your comments on these differences in manuscripts and how they relate to the possibility that we are partakers of the glory that is to be revealed. 1 Peter 5:1. From the heart, Ray |
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71 | His holy and great name. | Not Specified | Ray | 152990 | ||
This is a question for a Hebrew scholar perhaps. Which translation do you prefer for Ezekiel 36:23? NASB, "I will vindicate the holiness of My name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord," declares the Lord God, "when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight." NKJ, "And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord," says the Lord God, "when I am hollowed in you before their eyes." "When I prove Myself holy among you in their sight." OR "When I am hollowed in you before their eyes." From the heart, Ray |
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72 | His holy and great name. | Ezek 36:23 | Ray | 153013 | ||
This is a question for a Hebrew scholar perhaps. Which translation do you prefer for Ezekiel 36:23? NASB, "I will vindicate the holiness of My name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord," declares the Lord God, "when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight." NKJ, "And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord," says the Lord God, "when I am hollowed in you before their eyes." "When I prove Myself holy among you in their sight." OR "When I am hollowed in you before their eyes." From the heart, Ray |
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73 | 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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74 | Quality of faith | Heb 11:7 | Ray | 152898 | ||
Hi terrib, As I considered your thought-provoking question and looked at these things regarding faith, the bottom line for me is the fact that God is able (Hebrews 11:19) and God has allotted to each a measure of faith (Romans 12:3). Romans 8:4, "in order that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit." Colossians 3:1, "If then you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God." ******** Hebrews 11:6, "And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is,..." Romans 8:16, "The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,..." John 4:24, "God is..." ******* Hebrews 11:19, NKJ, "concluding that God was able to raise him up,..." Romans 4:20, "yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief, but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully assured that what He had promised, He was able also to perform." Ephesians 3:19, "and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 21 to Him be the glory...." We are to grow strong in faith giving glory to God and we are to be filled up to all the fullness of God. For (He) is able: Romans 16:25, "Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel..." Jude 24, "Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling,..." Hebrews 9:11, NKJ, "But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come,... Hebrews 9:15, "And for this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant,..." ***** Colossians 3:3, "For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God." From the heart, Ray |
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75 | Taught of God? Walk in God? | 1 Thess 4:9 | Ray | 152835 | ||
Scriptural support for your statement?...Ray | ||||||
76 | Help with Romans 3:25b | Rom 3:25 | Ray | 152681 | ||
Hi jlhetrick, We might meditate on and compare Hebrews 11:6 with your Romans 3:26 passage. Is Jesus the God of Noah only, or of the Jews only, or of the Gentiles only? God is one, and He justifies all by faith. I would be interested in how you might answer the question of terrib on the board now for Hebrews as regards faith. From the heart, Ray |
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77 | 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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78 | 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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79 | 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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80 | 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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