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621 | woman who taught men about worship | Acts 18:25 | Ray | 16554 | ||
Hi Bill Clopton, Welcome to the forum. You are probably thinking of Acts 18:26 concerning Priscilla and Aquila with Apollos. He was explained "the way of God more accurately." This passage was discussed with Nolan Keck in the thread of Isa 9:6, "Is Jesus the 'Eternal Father'". A "Quick Search" there (upper right hand corner) will give you some information. Feel free to make any comments there as well. It wasn't so much a proper way of teaching, but of understanding the way of the Lord God. It was about knowing that Jesus was the Christ. |
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622 | Why is "laying on of hands" so important | Heb 6:2 | Ray | 16470 | ||
Hi Listener, I think that this list is what the writer is hoping to "leave" and press on to other things. It's time to go on to maturity, to perfection, to completion. It's time to look at the Messiah now as our Priest. | ||||||
623 | Word of God equal to food in NT | Matt 4:4 | Ray | 16424 | ||
Hi okiemark, Matthew 4:4 is a good one; for it expresses the need for "spiritual food for thought". I have a fetish for capitalization so I'll reply to the idea of the "Word". I capitalize Bread of life in John 6:29-63. These verses show the humanity and Deity of Jesus in the Bread occurances. Completely (shown by the number 7) Man and completely God (seven more). There are other places where I am not afraid of interpreting bread with a capital. Later, Ray |
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624 | is the NIV a good bible to read? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 15993 | ||
Hi khmeraver, NIV is not one of my favorites. I would urge you to choose a copy that capitalizes Deity like the NASB or NKJ. These will enable one to gain the correct view of God and will help one to know Him better. | ||||||
625 | Where to offer the commanded sacrifice? | Matt 10:33 | Ray | 15878 | ||
Hi Bill Mc, If I remember that someone has something against me and I want to give some offering (encouragement, advice, information) and desire it to be accepted, then I had better get in a better relationship with him. We worship in Spirit and truth, there is no altar now. John 4:20-24 | ||||||
626 | What? | Rom 8:14 | Ray | 15672 | ||
Hi Bill Mc, I appreciate that you are a gentle man. That was good, and I hear you. What I heard you say earlier was that there is the Holy Spirit (God) and there is a union of our spirits with Christ, the Holy Spirit. You stopped short there it seemed to me, that's all. You mentioned one and then spoke of two. |
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627 | Rightly Divided | Gal 5:22 | Ray | 15572 | ||
Hi Benchmark Learning, I believe that the word of God is already "rightly divided". It is up to us individually to work on "handling accurately the word of truth" for this is a very personal Way of which we are members. | ||||||
628 | What do you think of 1 Cor 1:18? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 15567 | ||
Hi Bill Mc, I think that 1 Cor 1:18 has the "are being saved" and the "are perishing" so that the future readers can be included. | ||||||
629 | Who and what is this vers about? | Deut 32:30 | Ray | 15532 | ||
Hi Joanne, You'll have to keep a close eye on capitalization when you study this song. For instance, you wrote, "What does it mean that 'their rock had sold them' when even the KJ which does not capitalize pronouns of Deity has it reading "Rock". This is a song that points out the contrasts between gods and the true God, between a rock and the Rock, and one might even say from verse 32 a contrast between a vine and the true Vine of John 15:1. See also Leviticus 26:8,9 and know that their rock is not like our Rock. Nolan, I would suggest this to you as another "Brain-teaser." The song runs from 32:1-43. I would see it as divisible by nine. |
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630 | God's thoughts toward US, or us to HIs | Ps 139:17 | Ray | 15523 | ||
Hi Joanne, I think that God's thoughts toward us are precious for us if we are living in His will.:) Psalm 139:17 does not say that to me, however. I would say that His thoughts are precious to us. In regard to the word TOWARD in your question, I would have you compare this passage with Psalm 40:5 where it speaks of "Thy thoughts toward us." "There is none to compare with Thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count." When we go to sleep at night and think of the things of God and think of what He has told us in His word about Himself, "How vast is the sum of them! If I should count them..."---we fall asleep and when we wake we are still with Him*.See Psalm 139:17 And as Psalm 40:5 says, "Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which Thou hast done, And Thy thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with Thee*. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count." (The star is for comparison.) Psalm 139:2b says, "Thou dost understand my thought from afar..." and verse 17 says,"How precious also are Thy thoughts to me, O God!" |
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631 | Can it really be translated otherwise? | 2 Sam 12:11 | Ray | 15407 | ||
Hi RWC, I am certainly no scholar, but with my interest in pronouns, I would be very hesitant to take away any of the words of Scripture. I would certainly not take away anything from God. Why is it that we are hesitant to allow God to be the author of sin? If he wasn't going to allow sin, we wouldn't even be here to talk about anything because He wouldn't have created Adam in the first place. We don't even know what sin is until He tells us; until He made some laws. Adam and Eve were running around naked; was God allowing sin? No, it wasn't sin until God had to punish rebellion and unbelief and make some laws. He is the One lawgiver and judge. He made us, He can smash us as a potter does a pot that is made, and He can mold us and not give up on us. Your reference to Galatians 2:17 has some comparisons to 2 Samuel 12:11,12. David sinned with the wife of Uriah in secret and the Lord allowed the same evil to be done in broad daylight by David's companion with the wives of David. 2 Samuel 12:12, "Indeed, you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and under the sun." Galatians 2:17b, "...we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be!" I can see in the comparison of the references here the fact that David saw that he sinned against the Lord. In Galatians we see that we have to live to God not to the Law. And I see in comparing 2 Samuel 12:13 with Galatians 2:20 the only way of having our sins taken away and that is in being crucified with Christ. As far as the 2 Samuel passage and who was responsible, it was the companion of David who sinned and God allowed it and used it to show David his sin against Himself. Because David's sin with Bathsheba gave "occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme," their child was not allowed to live. A comparison of 2 Samuel 12:12 with 2 Samuel 16:21,22 shows a similar scene in the sight of all and how it was "as if" it were by the word or will of God. If you want a lifetime of study, you can do a word study of the "I will" occurances in the Old Testament. I'm afraid this posting is rather obtuse. Later, Ray |
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632 | What or Who is wisdom? 1 Cor 1:30 | John 15:1 | Ray | 14772 | ||
Hi KINDNESS, I agree with Steve that we can't deify Wisdom. Not only because she is a woman in Scriptures but because it can not consistently be applied. I see a connection between your reference passages. Especially between Proverb 9:10 and 1 Cor 1:25, and Col 1:17. I also see that "Every word of God is tested;" Proverbs 30:4. "Do not add to His words, Lest He reprove you, and you be proved a liar." For verse 4 I don't want to suggest adding a word but rather to capitalize one; for surely we now personally know the Son's name. Proverbs 30:2, "Surely I am more stupid than any man, And I do not have the understanding of a man. Neither have I learned wisdom, Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One. Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His *Son's name? Surely you know! Every word of God is tested;..." The Son is capitalized in the NKJ So in comparing the Scriptures I see a comparison of "every word of *God is tested" with Proverbs 9:10, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy *One is understanding." Also 1 Cor 1:22-25, "For indeed Jews ask for signs, and Greeks search for widsom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of *God is stronger than men." The * is for comparison in my mind's thought. |
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633 | 1 Kings 1-2 | 1 Kings | Ray | 14610 | ||
Hi lialia..., I'm sorry that no one has answered you directly, that is to say, very quickly. May I be the first then to welcome you to the forum.:) I would suppose that Adonijah as the older brother expected to be king. He thought that the people expected that he would be king. But with the killing (or sacrificing) of sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone (or Serpent Stone) for the feast that he prepared for his friends we see that it was on his own; he did not have the blessing of David or God. Adonijah later, 1Kings 2:15, agreed that the kingdom was Solomon's "from the Lord". And that was why he had been told by king Solomon to "Go to your house." (I wonder if that is why discipline in the home has those words, "Go to your room!") Another point that I would make from my study of these chapters, and I thank you for your question, is this. I see the blessing of God for Solomon's kingdom in 1Kings 1:36. "And Benaiah the son of Johoiada answered the king and said, "Amen! Thus may the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say." What is Benaiah asking the Lord to say but verse 34, "Long live King Solomon." It was interesting to me to see that both prospective kings had this phrase said for them. The King James says for this phrase, "God save...";verses 25 and 39. And we know that God had chosen Solomon already and would agree, "Long live King Solomon." |
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634 | Isn't Jesus Christ the True Isael to who | John 15:1 | Ray | 13887 | ||
Hi Kindness, Welcome to the forum. I wish you had given your Scripture references as you stated them to make them easier to compare. Some of the phrases I was not familiar with; like "old unbelieving house of Israel" and "Prince with God", and "true Israel". Perhaps you could list those references for us. I don't follow the sequence of your quoted Scriptures but they all sound good. As a person interested in capitalization let me look at what I see that you wrote. We read in the Scriptures of the true God but I couldn't find any true Israel. I wonder if you think of Israel more highly than you ought to think? I don't think of Israel as the True Vine. Even Jesus in John 15:l says that "I am the true vine." in lower case. Again, welcome to the forum as I think this is your first contribution. Later, Ray |
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635 | What does Scripture say about the Spirit | NT general Archive 1 | Ray | 13825 | ||
Hi Joren, Keep on being a logical/analytical person for you'll need that trait to understand the Scriptures. May I suggest to you that if you know the Father and the Son, you know the Holy Spirit also for there is one God. God is Spirit and if you recognize the (capitalized) Son then you know that He is Holy. We as believers have the Spirit within us even as Galatians 2:20 says, "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me;..." Notice the bad grammar for showing that He lives within and you are one with Him. Another comment that I would make is concerning your statement, "I have learned that the Spirit is that which God uses to reveal His truth to us." I believe that the Spirit is not an it, or a which, or a that which. God reveals His truth to us through the Scriptures and the words of God. John 3:34 says, "For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit (I would say spirit) without measure." Jesus spoke the words of God as a gift of spirit and promise and they are there for everyone. But not everyone is filled with this "spirit". Ephesians 5:18 to my mind says, ...but be filled with the spirit, speaking to one another in psalms..." So, Joren, I would say that if you want to know this Holy Spirit, keep reading your Scriptures. (I prefer the NASB.) John 10:14, "I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me." |
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636 | But isn't that a contradiction | Gal 2:17 | Ray | 13688 | ||
Hi RWC, I don't know if God is the author of sin but I do believe that He is the Author of our salvation. Don't worry so much about this question for we are not the Potter. I have been looking at Isaiah 48 today and looking at the former things and the new things, and the hidden things, and these things. Maybe you should set aside the all things for a while which are in God's hands anyway. The thing that led me to write to you was Isaiah 48:8 as a contribution to your thoughts together. "You have not heard, you have not known. Even from long ago your ear has not been open, Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously; And you have been called a rebel from birth." I have been led to Galatians 2:20 which is what I am more concerned about. "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me." |
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637 | Nothing happens just because we speak? | Jer 15:2 | Ray | 13667 | ||
Hi dadpick, Try "Do not worry" or "take no thought..." in your search. Later, Ray P.S. Don't forget the New Testament. | ||||||
638 | Please tell me more about Jesus in OT. | Ex 33:11 | Ray | 13540 | ||
Hi Tim Jerome, May I encourage you to look at the references that doug619 gave you in the NASB and NKJ so that you can "see" by their use of capitalization the Oneness that the Persons have. I encourage you in your quest for the sound and look of Truth. Personally, that capital "T" is one that is in my personal copy for the 1 Timothy reference that was given you by doug619. Remember that God is our Savior and that there is no strange god among us. Don't look at any man for salvation and learn to know Him who is both Lord and Christ. Again, personally, I would interpret 1 Timothy 2:3-6 using the NKJ and reference notes for verse 6 in the NASB, this way. "This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the *Truth. For there is one God, and one Mediator also between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony *to be borne at its own times." |
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639 | What child is this? | Is 7:16 | Ray | 13479 | ||
Hi Nolan, You have posed a difficult question here and I hope that you can give us an answer also. Personally, I would go with the NKJ and capitalize this "Child" and I have Boy capitalized in my personal copy. So I would say that it is talking about the Christ in verses 15 and 16 as well as in the Immanuel prophecy of verse 14. How does it apply is your question. In other words, how much did "God with us" have to learn while growing up as a Child about good and evil. And also, what is the land and the two kings? as applied to the prophecy. I think that the answer is found in the significance and meaning of a sign. I don't believe that all the phrases have to be fulfilled when the Scriptures talk of prophecies. I'm thinking of the Messianic Psalms for instance. All of the things spoken of there did not happen, but we know that they were speaking of the crucifiction of Jesus. Likewise, I don't know if Jesus ate curds and honey but we know that this passage is a prophecy of Jesus' coming. Isaiah 7:21 and 22 talk about another man who ate curds and honey and in fact everyone that "is left within the land will eat curds and honey." Also, Isaiah 8:18 says "Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion." It is a deep thought, perhaps, but when in Hebrews 2:13 it says, "And again, "BEHOLD, I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN ME." --a lot of men, boys, and children can be hidden in those capital letters of the Hebrew language. And they were all for signs and wonders. You are comparing the NKJ and the NASB and know that the passages in consideration in the NKJ has "Child" and "I and the children whom God has given Me." I hope that we have started a good discussion. Later, Ray |
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640 | Blessings IN Christ | Matt 10:5 | Ray | 12787 | ||
Hi Bill MC, What more do we need than to know that we have been raised up with Christ and to keep our minds set on the things above. I've appreciated your comments here and agree that as you say,"He IS our life." Personally, I capitalize those words differently. I would write Colossians 3:3, "When Christ, who is our Life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory." And I agree, see Eph 2:6 and Eph 1:3 |
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