JOHN 1:1 who is the WORD?

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  • #353727
    kerwin
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    Quote (mikeboll64 @ Aug. 10 2013,03:45)

    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 08 2013,19:38)
    I don't find the experts words untrue but only complex and so a very doubtful understanding of Paul's words.


    Kerwin,

    Here are the two choices of translation:

    1.  Abraham is our father according to the flesh.

    2.  What righteousness did our father Abraham ever achieve according to his fleshy efforts?

    Now I ask you, is #2 really all that complex when you consider it is the exact point Paul was teaching in that entire passage?


    Mike,

    Yes, it is complex.

    1) it hypothesizes an Abraham who lived by the flesh.
    2) it hypothesizes believers who live by the flesh.
    3) it proposes that both these hypothetical Jew and Gentile are the children of this hypothetical Abraham because they like him live by the flesh.

    That is complex though not worth debating as the bottom line is that Paul also speaks of his brethren according to the flesh.

    #353728
    kerwin
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    Quote (mikeboll64 @ Aug. 10 2013,03:40)

    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 08 2013,19:31)
    I previously stated the Word translated to flesh but it did not transform as that would contradict the flesh being of the seed of David.


    And what if I could show you scripturally that the Word being made flesh DIDN'T contradict the flesh being the seed of David?

    Would you then change your mind, Kerwin?  Would you then at least listen with an open mind?

    If the answer to that last question is “YES”, then I will lay it out for you, according to the scriptures.


    Mike,

    You cannot show that evidence because the Word is not a descendant of David. I am not sure why you are convinced otherwise.

    The best claim you can use to support preexistence is that God placed the soul and spirit of one bearing the title the Word into human flesh that God made from Mary. Even that has flaws.

    #353729
    kerwin
    Participant

    Mike,

    No, I cannot conceive of a sound and valid argument to support your teaching “that the Word being made flesh DIDN'T contradict the flesh being the seed of David”.

    #353738
    terraricca
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    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 10 2013,04:18)
    Mike,

    No, I cannot conceive of a sound and valid argument to support your teaching “that the Word being made flesh DIDN'T contradict the flesh being the seed of David”.


    kerwin

    their are two parts to Christ ONE IN THE FLESH AND ONE AS A SPIRIT ,

    the promise was given the the offspring of Abraham this means according to the flesh his seed,

    but this could not be done through a man born of the flesh ,because no man can save another says scriptures from his own sins or others sins ,because all men are born short from God's glory ,THIS ARE FACTS ,so how could God save humanity and yet use the flesh ???

    by sending his first born and only begotten son called in heaven “THE WORD” And he did it by given to Mary a devoted believer the privilege to become part of God's mystery to save men ,from their own sins and bring them to his father,

    this is why Christ has no Father according to the flesh but only an adopted one Joseph, Christ could not be receiving anything from his mother according to the flesh (Mary was an surrogate mother ),because his true mother was in heaven (God's heavenly org.) this his why Christ was without sin ,sinless ,but as a men nerveless and so Satan tried to corrupt him as such ,but not before he could stand that test ,

    now Paul explains clearly that through his dead we received redemption from God because he as presented his sacrifice before God in the real temple and so only one sacrifice is enough,

    Mary ,could not save her self ,she as to accept the sacrifice of Christ ,for her sins ,do not mix the flesh works with the truth of reality in heaven .

    #353740
    kerwin
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    T,

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    but this could not be done through a man born of the flesh ,because no man can save another says scriptures from his own sins or others sins ,because all men are born short from God's glory ,THIS ARE FACTS ,so how could God save humanity and yet use the flesh

    You have the idea of a man saving humanity and the idea of God saving humanity by using a man. So does the impossibility of the first occurring mean the second cannot?

    #353741
    kerwin
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    T,

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    this is why Christ has no Father according to the flesh but only an adopted one Joseph, Christ could not be receiving anything from his mother according to the flesh (Mary was an surrogate mother ),because his true mother was in heaven

    The flesh is made from David's seed.  Is an adopted child made from his/her ancestors seed?

    #353742
    kerwin
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    T,

    Romans 3:23-24
    Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

    23 for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

    Jesus is not part of the group called all as he the one in who the redemption lies and not one of those to be redeemed.

    #353746
    terraricca
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    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 10 2013,06:10)
    T,

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    this is why Christ has no Father according to the flesh but only an adopted one Joseph, Christ could not be receiving anything from his mother according to the flesh (Mary was an surrogate mother ),because his true mother was in heaven

    The flesh is made from David's seed.  Is an adopted child made from his/her ancestors seed?


    kerwin

    was Joseph the father of Christ ;YES OR NO  ???

    PROVE TO ME THAT MARY SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD COULD NOT BE UNDERSTAND AS THE SEED OF DAVID OR ABRAHAM AND AS AN ADOPTED SON BY JOSEPH WHY WOULD IT NOT BE VALABLE ???

    HOW LONG IS MEN DO THE PRACTICE OF SURROGATE MOTHERS ????

    THEN EXPLAIN ;WHY THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH CAME ON MARY ???

    AND WHY WAS SHE COVERED BY THE POWERS OF GOD ???

    #353747
    terraricca
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    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 10 2013,06:16)
    T,

    Romans 3:23-24
    Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

    23 for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

    Jesus is not part of the group called all as he the one in who the redemption lies and not one of those to be redeemed.


    KERWIN

    I know that it seems you do not understand how it is possible that Christ is NOT PART OF IT

    #353748
    terraricca
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    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 10 2013,06:07)
    T,

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    but this could not be done through a man born of the flesh ,because no man can save another says scriptures from his own sins or others sins ,because all men are born short from God's glory ,THIS ARE FACTS ,so how could God save humanity and yet use the flesh

    You have the idea of a man saving humanity and the idea of God saving humanity by using a man. So does the impossibility of the first occurring mean the second cannot?


    KERWIN

    God as said through all the prophets that he will bring forth an seed to Abraham then to David according to the flesh ,

    the fact that he uses a surrogate mother does not make God a liar or does it ???

    Christ made many miracle JUST TELL ME HOW HE DID THEM JUST ONE CAN YOU ???

    #353761
    kerwin
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    Quote (terraricca @ Aug. 10 2013,07:01)

    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 10 2013,06:10)
    T,

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    this is why Christ has no Father according to the flesh but only an adopted one Joseph, Christ could not be receiving anything from his mother according to the flesh (Mary was an surrogate mother ),because his true mother was in heaven

    The flesh is made from David's seed.  Is an adopted child made from his/her ancestors seed?


    kerwin

    was Joseph the father of Christ ;YES OR NO  ???

    PROVE TO ME THAT MARY SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD COULD NOT BE UNDERSTAND AS THE SEED OF DAVID OR ABRAHAM AND AS AN ADOPTED SON BY JOSEPH WHY WOULD IT NOT BE VALABLE ???

    HOW LONG IS MEN DO THE PRACTICE OF SURROGATE MOTHERS ????

    THEN EXPLAIN ;WHY THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH CAME ON MARY ???

    AND WHY WAS SHE COVERED BY THE POWERS OF GOD ???


    T,

    No, Joseph is not the biological father of Jesus.   Jesus flesh was not made of Joseph, the seed of David.

    Mary is the seed of David that Jesus' flesh was made of.  A child of a surrogate mother, who is not her biological child, is not made of her.

    Matthew 1:20
    Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

    20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

    The spirit came on Mary and she was covered by the power of God so that Jesus' body would be conceived (made) of the seed of David.

    #353762
    kerwin
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    Quote (terraricca @ Aug. 10 2013,07:10)

    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 10 2013,06:07)
    T,

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    but this could not be done through a man born of the flesh ,because no man can save another says scriptures from his own sins or others sins ,because all men are born short from God's glory ,THIS ARE FACTS ,so how could God save humanity and yet use the flesh

    You have the idea of a man saving humanity and the idea of God saving humanity by using a man. So does the impossibility of the first occurring mean the second cannot?


    KERWIN

    God as said through all the prophets that he will bring forth an seed to Abraham then to David according to the flesh ,

    the fact that he uses a surrogate mother does not make God a liar or does it ???

    Christ made many miracle JUST TELL ME HOW HE DID THEM JUST ONE CAN YOU ???


    T,

    What you write sound off topic of the point I chose to isolate for this conversation and appears to be addressed in another. In addition I do not see where you answered my question.

    #353763
    kerwin
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    Quote (terraricca @ Aug. 10 2013,07:06)

    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 10 2013,06:16)
    T,

    Romans 3:23-24
    Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

    23 for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

    Jesus is not part of the group called all as he the one in who the redemption lies and not one of those to be redeemed.


    KERWIN

    I know that it seems you do not understand how it is possible that Christ is NOT PART OF IT


    T,

    Your words fail to add anything to the conversation.

    My point being that when this passage states “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God” Jesus is clearly not included. In addition, those who cannot be redeemed nor those that do not need redeeming are not included even though the “all” could be seen to include angels, men, beasts, and even God.

    #353766
    terraricca
    Participant

    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 10 2013,11:46)

    Quote (terraricca @ Aug. 10 2013,07:06)

    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 10 2013,06:16)
    T,

    Romans 3:23-24
    Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

    23 for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

    Jesus is not part of the group called all as he the one in who the redemption lies and not one of those to be redeemed.


    KERWIN

    I know that it seems you do not understand how it is possible that Christ is NOT PART OF IT


    T,

    Your words fail to add anything to the conversation.

    My point being that when this passage states “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God” Jesus is clearly not included.  In addition, those who cannot be redeemed nor those that do not need redeeming are not included even though the “all” could be seen to include angels, men, beasts, and even God.


    Kerwin

    Christ is not part of it ,because he is not a seed of men ,Heb 2:7 says that he was made for a while a little lower than the angels ,

    So that he could offer himself as a redemption for men sins,he is the seed of men in appearance for the job,no one believed Christ wen he says he came down from heaven and then return to we're he came ,from the father,Christ says ,no one went up to heaven ecxept the one that came down from heaven,why you do not believe him ???

    #353767
    terraricca
    Participant

    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 10 2013,11:36)

    Quote (terraricca @ Aug. 10 2013,07:10)

    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 10 2013,06:07)
    T,

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    but this could not be done through a man born of the flesh ,because no man can save another says scriptures from his own sins or others sins ,because all men are born short from God's glory ,THIS ARE FACTS ,so how could God save humanity and yet use the flesh

    You have the idea of a man saving humanity and the idea of God saving humanity by using a man. So does the impossibility of the first occurring mean the second cannot?


    KERWIN

    God as said through all the prophets that he will bring forth an seed to Abraham then to David according to the flesh ,

    the fact that he uses a surrogate mother does not make God a liar or does it ???

    Christ made many miracle JUST TELL ME HOW HE DID THEM JUST ONE CAN YOU ???


    T,

    What you write sound off topic of the point I chose to isolate for this conversation and appears to be addressed in another. In addition I do not see where you answered my question.


    K

    I just want to point out ,that we do not know how God made Christ to be born of Mary,but their are scriptures that guiding us if we listen to it,

    Miracle are in the same way,we know and believe it at happen but we REALY do not know the details how God did it,right???

    #353768
    terraricca
    Participant

    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 10 2013,11:33)

    Quote (terraricca @ Aug. 10 2013,07:01)

    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 10 2013,06:10)
    T,

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    this is why Christ has no Father according to the flesh but only an adopted one Joseph, Christ could not be receiving anything from his mother according to the flesh (Mary was an surrogate mother ),because his true mother was in heaven

    The flesh is made from David's seed.  Is an adopted child made from his/her ancestors seed?


    kerwin

    was Joseph the father of Christ ;YES OR NO  ???

    PROVE TO ME THAT MARY SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD COULD NOT BE UNDERSTAND AS THE SEED OF DAVID OR ABRAHAM AND AS AN ADOPTED SON BY JOSEPH WHY WOULD IT NOT BE VALABLE ???

    HOW LONG IS MEN DO THE PRACTICE OF SURROGATE MOTHERS ????

    THEN EXPLAIN ;WHY THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH CAME ON MARY ???

    AND WHY WAS SHE COVERED BY THE POWERS OF GOD ???


    T,

    No, Joseph is not the biological father of Jesus.   Jesus flesh was not made of Joseph, the seed of David.

    Mary is the seed of David that Jesus' flesh was made of.  A child of a surrogate mother, who is not her biological child, is not made of her.

    Matthew 1:20
    Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

    20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

    The spirit came on Mary and she was covered by the power of God so that Jesus' body would be conceived (made) of the seed of David.


    K

    The explanation given to Joseph was for the purpose of him not leaving Mary,

    Tell me what were the thecnical words God uses to explain Christ birth and conception,or Mary being found with child???

    Are those words not so commonly and easy to understood by those who received them ???

    #353782
    mikeboll64
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    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 09 2013,16:07)
    That is complex though not worth debating as the bottom line is that Paul also speaks of his brethren according to the flesh.


    It's not complex, but exactly what Paul taught in Romans 4.

    Kerwin, suffice to say that the NKJV has translated it correctly:  What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the flesh?

    And since you aren't able to use Romans 4:1 as an “answer” to the following, it means they still need to be answered directly:

    Agreed.  Jesus, ACCORDING ONLY TO THE FLESH, was an offspring of David.  So according to WHAT was Jesus the ROOT of David?

    And why make the distinction in the first place?  If there wasn't anything to Jesus except for the “ACCORDING TO THE FLESH Jesus”, then why mention it?

    #353783
    mikeboll64
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    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 09 2013,16:15)

    Quote (mikeboll64 @ Aug. 10 2013,03:40)

    And what if I could show you scripturally that the Word being made flesh DIDN'T contradict the flesh being the seed of David?


    Mike,

    You cannot show that evidence because the Word is not a descendant of David.  I am not sure why you are convinced otherwise.


    You agree that Jesus is the one whose name is called “the Word” in Revelation 19:13, right?  Was Jesus a descendant of David?

    If Jesus is “the Word” before, during, and after his fleshly existence, then Jesus is both the offspring of David AND the root of David…… just like Jesus himself clearly tells us.

    So the FLESHLY manifestation of the Word WAS indeed from the seed of David.

    Kerwin, I pray that you will understand the following teaching of Jesus himself:

    41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”

    “The son of David,” they replied.

    43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,

    44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord:
       “Sit at my right hand
    until I put your enemies
       under your feet.”’

    45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”

    46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.

    Kerwin, is Jesus AGREEING with the Pharisees in this instance?  Or is he CORRECTING their false belief?  

    Which one?

    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 09 2013,16:15)
    The best claim you can use to support preexistence is that God placed the soul and spirit of one bearing the title the Word into human flesh that God made from Mary.  Even that has flaws.


    Kerwin, the above describes YOUR understanding, not mine.  And you are correct that it has flaws.

    It is YOU who adds the word “IN” into John 1:14, and forces that scripture to teach that something/someone who has the title “the Word” was placed IN flesh that God made from Mary.

    My teaching (the one that actually ALIGNS WITH the scripture) is that one who was known as “the Word” was actually MADE FLESH.

    I'm glad to see that you know enough to fault YOUR OWN understanding, because you are able to see the flaws in it.  :)

    #353785
    mikeboll64
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    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 09 2013,16:18)
    Mike,

    No, I cannot conceive of a sound and valid argument to support your teaching “that the Word being made flesh DIDN'T contradict the flesh being the seed of David”.


    I realize that you can't conceive of it, Kerwin. That's why I've offered to painstakingly show it to you from the words of scripture.

    Are you interested? Or are you happier just standing firm in your own blindness, without even considering the scriptural things I can show you?

    #353828
    kerwin
    Participant

    Quote (terraricca @ Aug. 10 2013,07:10)

    Quote (kerwin @ Aug. 10 2013,06:07)
    T,

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    but this could not be done through a man born of the flesh ,because no man can save another says scriptures from his own sins or others sins ,because all men are born short from God's glory ,THIS ARE FACTS ,so how could God save humanity and yet use the flesh

    You have the idea of a man saving humanity and the idea of God saving humanity by using a man. So does the impossibility of the first occurring mean the second cannot?


    KERWIN

    God as said through all the prophets that he will bring forth an seed to Abraham then to David according to the flesh ,

    the fact that he uses a surrogate mother does not make God a liar or does it ???

    Christ made many miracle JUST TELL ME HOW HE DID THEM JUST ONE CAN YOU ???


    T,

    Romans 1:3 clearly states Jesus flesh was made from the seed of David. Other places we are told he was conceived in Mary just as John the Baptist was conceived in Elizabeth. You do be believe John the Baptist was made from Elizabeth but you seem unable to believe Jesus was made from Mary.

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