Quote (mikeboll64 @ Sep. 24 2011,15:10)Quote (Paladin @ Sep. 23 2011,16:34)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Sep. 22 2011,10:10)Paladin, from your point of view, is the following a fair assessment of your belief:The Messianic Prophecy is the Root of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Solomon, and so on down the line until Jesus Christ.  And the fact that the…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Sep. 24 2011,15:02)Quote (kerwin @ Sep. 23 2011,00:57)Mine is that Jesus is a spirit son of God because he continually walks according to the teachings.Your understanding has God just picking any old human out of the blue and placing His Spirit on him (like He did to MANY other prophets in the past). Mike, can you comprehend…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Sep. 24 2011,13:52)Quote (kerwin @ Sep. 22 2011,22:34)I am convinced that the experts do believe that the two words are not always synonyms and I am confident God chooses his words carefully to advance his righteous plan.If they are “not ALWAYS synonyms”, then there is no “set rule of thumb” regarding them.  Like I said:…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Sep. 23 2011,11:50)Quote (kerwin @ Sep. 21 2011,20:14)I have heard Mike expressing that he did not find the evidence he heard that Paladin has given as being creditable.What you've seen is Mike giving actual scriptures where “logos” refers to any written or spoken word.Well, Mike, at least that's your claim. you have yet to…[Read more]

Quote (Kangaroo Jack Jr. @ Oct. 09 2011,13:25)Quote (Ed J @ Oct. 09 2011,10:45)Quote (Kangaroo Jack Jr. @ Oct. 09 2011,10:21)Quote (Ed J @ Oct. 09 2011,04:37)Quote (terraricca @ Oct. 07 2011,10:26)KERWINQuote if you believe Jesus is King IS BEING THE SON LESS THAN BEING KING Hi Pierre,Yes, Prince is son of the King; YHVH is King and Jesus is…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Sep. 23 2011,12:26)Quote (kerwin @ Sep. 21 2011,21:41)Why should the Spirit of God put in explicit letters in one passage which it has already made explicit in the spirit of the whole of all that which it wrote?You mean like Jesus being a pre-existent being who was having glory alongside his God before emptying himself to be…[Read more]

Quote (Lightenup @ Oct. 05 2011,17:19)Quote (Paladin @ Oct. 04 2011,03:33)Paladin, I fail to see what you claim is 'even more interesting.'  There is nothing in your post to contradict what Boyer said which I quoted and put a link to.I also do not know why you are struggling with this.  What would be the 'sword' of the word of God?  If you re…[Read more]

Quote (kerwin @ Oct. 05 2011,15:12)Paladin,Is the use of Aion in Hebrews 1:2 singular or plural in Hebrews 1:2.Mike believes it is singular.I would like to know how to tell the difference and what source on the internet my aid me in learning.Thank you.I think most internet sources will help in finding the basic word forms, though their…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Oct. 05 2011,13:37)Quote (Paladin @ Oct. 04 2011,03:27)Do you really think John is not familiar with the concept of “calling” something by a name? John does not say “and the word was called God, does he Mike? He says “the word was God.Do YOU think that John was unaware that he only spoke of one “THE god” in 1:1? Only ONE of…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Oct. 03 2011,02:39)Quote (Paladin @ Oct. 01 2011,16:23)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Oct. 02 2011,03:17)Quote (Paladin @ Oct. 01 2011,09:04)When Paul tells us the Spirit is the reema of God; and John tells us the logos was God, you don't discern a difference?Paul doesn't tell us the spirit is the “rhema” of God, nor does John tell us the…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Oct. 03 2011,02:58)Quote (Paladin @ Oct. 01 2011,16:27)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Oct. 02 2011,04:53)Gene,You need to research John 1:1 a little more. The Word is never called “THE God” in that verse. And “THE God” is the only one we call “God”, with a capped “G”.All others are called “gods” in English, with a lower case “g”.And…[Read more]

Quote (Lightenup @ Oct. 02 2011,08:23)Paladin, I fail to see what you claim is 'even more interesting.'  There is nothing in your post to contradict what Boyer said which I quoted and put a link to.I also do not know why you are struggling with this.  What would be the 'sword' of the word of God?  If you replace the 'spirit' with 'word of Go…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Sep. 24 2011,15:02)Quote (kerwin @ Sep. 23 2011,00:57)I am stating that an explicitly expressed idea is more convincing than a argument based on personally perceived implications.I agree.  Especially when those “personally perceived implications” result in absurd statements and conclusions.Mike, is an absurd thing an actual thin…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Oct. 02 2011,04:53)Gene,You need to research John 1:1 a little more.  The Word is never called “THE God” in that verse.  And “THE God” is the only one we call “God”, with a capped “G”.All others are called “gods” in English, with a lower case “g”.And since the Word was WITH “THE God” in the beginning, he couldn't possibly have B…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Oct. 02 2011,03:17)Quote (Paladin @ Oct. 01 2011,09:04)When Paul tells us the Spirit is the reema of God; and John tells us the logos was God, you don't discern a difference?Paul doesn't tell us the spirit is the “rhema” of God, nor does John tell us the “logos” is God.Knowing is half the battle, Paladin.Right. John tells us…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Sep. 29 2011,11:33)Hi Kerwin,I believe that the phrase “ALL THINGS” has the default meaning of ALL THINGS.  I agree with you that context and/or logic COULD narrow the scope of the phrase to include only certain things.  But I don't see any context in John 1:3, Col 1:16, or 1 Cor 8:6 that would make it ABUNDANTLY CLEAR to a…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Oct. 01 2011,13:34)Quote (Paladin @ Sep. 30 2011,08:54)Quote (mikeboll @ 64) The FACT of the matter is that sometimes “rhema” just refers to any old word spoken by any old person.  And sometimes “logos” just refers to any old word spoken by any old person.Claims without examples.1 Cor 2:4My conversation and my preaching were…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Sep. 22 2011,10:10)  Quote (Paladin @ Sep. 21 2011,02:23)You seem to think that a root can only be on one side of the tree, that of begetting the tree, but that is not so. Scripture tells us of a root that dried up, and could bear no fruit “from the tree.”That makes perfect sense.  If the root dries up, the things that FOLLOW c…[Read more]

Quote (mikeboll64 @ Sep. 22 2011,09:42)Quote (Paladin @ Sep. 21 2011,01:42)Quote (mikeboll64 @ Sep. 19 2011,03:29)Quote (Paladin @ Sep. 18 2011,06:33)When I quote John 1:1 telling us “the logos was God;” then offer another verse that tells us “the spirit, which is the reema of God,” and then give you my conclusion that the logos was God and the…[Read more]

Quote (Lightenup @ Sep. 22 2011,04:26)Quote (Paladin @ Sep. 21 2011,04:35)Quote (Lightenup @ Sep. 20 2011,06:50)Paladin,Quote You are correct, in that spirit is genitive. I've got to stop posting when I get tired.The nominative neuter singular  relative pronoun “o” replaces spirit which is genitive neuter singular, not sword which is accusative…[Read more]