Subject: holy spirit vs. holy ghost |
Bible Note: Greetings RGB! The Watchtower Society is not a good source for reliable Greek information! ;-) When the definite article is used with the word 'rock', does that indicate that the rock has a personality? ;-) Allow me to provide a couple of instances where the definite article is not used with 'theos', yet God the Father is intended: 1) Mark 12:27 - "'He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!'" There is no 'the' before God in the Greek. 2) 1 Cor. 8:6 - "yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live." 3) 2 Cor. 1:21 - " Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us," 4) 2 Cor. 5:5 - " Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come." 5) 2 Cor. 5:19 - "that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation." All of these examples are examples of 'theo' uses without the definite article, but yet clearly refering to the Person of God the Father. Simply put, the Watchtower Society is wrong about their Greek facts, as is often the case! ;-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |