bodhitharta,

Only those that live by the Spirit make peace with God.

That is why Jesus said “blessed are the peacemakers…”

Nick,

The Word is of God.

Are you responding to someone’s post?

Gene and Nick.

It is talking about God’s messengers. The faster the messenger the better. God made his messengers the fastest. You can say they are as fast as the wind. Translators error in translating it to spirits. They make the same error in 31:3.

Hebrews also tells us that “he makes his servants flames of fire”. Even today we say a…[Read more]

Ed,

There are two main version of Luke 16:16

New American Standard Bible
“The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

King James Bible
The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached,…

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Nick,

Jesus teaches us that “The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.” (Luke 16:16)

So it seems John the Baptist did not teach the Law and the Prophets but instead taught people to press into the kingdom of heaven even as he was preparing them for the new c…[Read more]

Nick,

Jesus teaches us that “The law and the prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.” (Luke 16:16)

So it seems John the Baptist did not teach the Law and the Prophets but instead taught people to press into the kingdom of heaven even as he was preparing them for the new c…[Read more]

Nick,

Incorrect as John the Baptist taught the Law and the Prophets and Peter taught how to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Peter added the words “and you will receive the promise of the Holy Spirit” and also preached to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.

Nick,

That is what John the Baptist taught. He also taught people “to produce fruit in keeping with their repentance”(Matthew 3:7-8)

tigger,

I am looking at descriptive nouns and thus “was cold”.

If you restrict the possibilities to count nouns then it follows you assume that the theos in John 1:1c is a count noun.

In modern Greek the indefinite actually means one. Koine has the word one.

tigger,

There is psychos ēn in John 18:18 which also has the Nominative shifted to the left Just as John 1:1c does. Unlike in John 1:1c there is a conjunction previous to it.

tigger,

There is psychos ēn in John 18:18 which also has the Nominative shifter to the left Just as John 1:1c does. There is a conjunction previous to it.

Tigger,

I realize I make errors of one type or another and that is one reason I converse. If you see an error explain it to me. I will test what you say as that is what I strive to do at all times.

I really am not concerned about the letter of Scripture as long as it conveys the Spirit of truth.

I seem prefer traditional wording as I do not…[Read more]

Nick,

That which is born of the flesh is flesh

Same sentence structure and we know that flesh is born of flesh.

John 3:6Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 3:6New English Translation (NET Bible)

6 What is born of the flesh is flesh,…

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Nick,

born of the flesh is flesh

Same sentence structure and we know that flesh is born of flesh.

John 3:6Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 3:6New English Translation (NET Bible)

6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is…

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Nick,

Means the same thing.

Nick,

Don’t you remember that God promised his people a new spirit?

Ezekiel 11:19Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

Ezekiel 18:31Authorized (King James) Version…

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Nick,

Jesus teaches us spirit is born of spirit. Clearly the second one is the Spirit of Christ and the first one is not the Spirit of God as it is eternal. The spirit that is born is righteous and holy in the likeness of God and it is the spirit of the new man. The old spirit is to be put to death for it is the spirit of the old self that…[Read more]

Nick,

Jesus teaches us spirit is born of spirit. Clearly the second one is the Spirit of Christ and the first one is not the Spirit of God as it is eternal. The spirit that is born is righteous and holy in the likeness of God and it is the spirit of the new man. The old spirit is to be put to death for it is the spirit of the old self that…[Read more]

Nick,

Romans 8:3-4New King James Version (NKJV)

3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but…

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Nick,

Those that are Christian; whether they are Jews, whom are zealous for the Law, or Gentiles whom were not given the Law; are to live by the Spirit.

In Acts 21 Paul is accused of teaching Jews to abandon the Law of Moses and found innocent of that crime and to reveal he was still zealous for the Law he went to be purified at the…[Read more]