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Let's Talk About the Holy Spirit

URAVIP2ME

Veteran Member
Exactly, you use chapter 12 to say that Jesus "becomes" the great prince, without considering Who's talking to Daniel in chapter 10. How can Jesus "become" the great prince, when He is "now" King of kings? Will He get a demotion for a little while and then become King again?

Who has the talking 'voice of the archangel' ( archangel's voice ) at 1 Thessalonians 4:16 ? _______ Isn't it the Lord Jesus ? _______
What is the archangel's name ? _________ Isn't it Michael ? _______
Doesn't the archangel have angelic armies ?________- Revelation 12:7-9; Isaiah 11:10
Daniel 12:4,9 is in connection to the last days of badness on Earth - 2 Timothy 3
So, Michael is a given name in Jesus' role as a heavenly ruler at both chapters 10 and 12 of Daniel. The time frame is what is different.
Standing up in power, in Daniel, also refers to kingly or royal power or action - Daniel 11:2-4; Daniel 11:7; Daniel 11:20-21
Archangel Michael, the great prince in royal kingly action, does now stand as King in the heavens.
 

Yoshua

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That is such a superficial explanation, it would never have satisfied my curiosity. I wanted to dig deeply into God's word but no one else had the right shovel. When I was handed the right one, gem after gem was uncovered until I felt like the richest person on earth!
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Christendom's explanations don't even scratch the surface.
Deeje,

Then what is non-superficial explanation that you got?:rolleyes:
Take a good look at the Hebrew scriptures in the ASV and you will get some idea of how important God's name was to his pre-Christian servants.
In the book of Psalms alone, God's name is used 780 times.729 times in Jeremiah...so they had no problem with God's name.
Jesus prayed that God's name would be "hallowed" or sanctified. Is it today? Even though scholars prefer Yahweh...they still don't say it. How do you sanctify God's name if you never use it?

There is no sanction from God to remove his name from his own book. Men took it upon themselves to do that with the result that the ambiguous terms "God" and "Lord" came to be given Jesus in the wrong way. Christendom does not teach the true meaning of these titles.
I don't see Jesus focus on those things. He called His God "Father."
You fail to see that Jesus is a servant of his God (Acts 4:30)....Jehovah is the servant of no one.
It is God who sent his servant to give his life for obedient mankind. God did not send himself.

In Acts 2:2, Paul is quoting Joel 2:32 where the tetragrammaton is written in the original text...so "the Lord" here is Jehovah, not Jesus.

And Acts 4:12 highlights the fact that Jesus is the savior...sent by the "only true God" to save mankind. (John 17:3)

There is no way that you can push your doctrine on me.....I grew up with that nonsense....I threw it away.
Acts 2:2
2 And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.NASU

Where is the Lord here??:(

Thanks
 

Yoshua

Well-Known Member
In Acts 2:2, Paul is quoting Joel 2:32 where the tetragrammaton is written in the original text...so "the Lord" here is Jehovah, not Jesus.by Deeje

I already see the correction in other posted message. Thanks;)
 

Yoshua

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If that "lawlessness" was "already at work" when the apostles were alive (in the first century) and they were "acting as a restraint".....when the last apostle (John) died, that restraint was taken away....so, from the second century onward is when Christianity began to introduce the ideas on men. Traditions crept in and men took Christ's church in the direction that he and the apostles had foretold. The devil did exactly the same thing with Judaism. Why do you think it didn't happen? Christendom was born from that apostasy...nothing it teaches is from Christ.

Do you see Christendom obeying the teachings of Jesus?......loving their enemies...preaching about God's kingdom as mankind's only hope?....or is it the teachings of men who corrupted Christianity from those early days, being taught as Bible truth?

We are all free to make our own judgments on those things.....but blind Freddy can see that the "church" has lost its way, disunited, disobedient and fragmented to the point of ridiculous. You can remain part of that system, or you can obey God's command and "get out of" it. (Revelation 18:4-5) I chose to remove myself from that counterfeit system....and come on board an 'ark' that is stable and well stocked with spiritual food....I believe that will result in salvation for the "few" that Jesus spoke of. (Matthew 7:13-14)

You can make your own choices about those things. No one is standing over you with a big stick, making you believe or do, anything.
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Deeje,

That story about Christendom and apostasy are what JW's keep saying to promote their beliefs. I remember that I've quoted you Paul is saying glory to Christ's church through all generation to generation. It is like you are saying that after the Apostles, there are no Christians, and there are no truth at all. The teachings of Christ is not corrupted, it is men who corrupt the teachings of Christ. Then why should God sent Jesus, for what purpose?o_O Why there is an Intl. students and Charles Taze Russell?

The devil is the one who twist the truth that Christianity was corrupted by apostasy.

Thanks
 

Deeje

Avid Bible Student
Premium Member
This is the response you gave me....
You may say good people died and bad people were still alive. I think in reality, there are a lot of bad people dies because they are wicked; they died in their wickedness.
Ps 145:20
20 The Lord keeps all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy. NASU

Prov 10:27
27 The fear of the Lord prolongs life,
But the years of the wicked will be shortened. NASU

Man may think that when God brings his good people to his side God is unfair. God always has a purpose when there are bad things that happened to good people. Man's thinking is not the same thinking with God. When someone dies or undergo trials, we interpreted it as bad. I believe that spiritual/heavenly and physical are not the same.

This is reason why in 1 Cor. stated this:
2 Cor 4:18
18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. NIV

Is this the same answers that JWs told you?

Then what is non-superficial explanation that you got?:rolleyes:

Those scriptures mean nothing without an explanation from other scripture to fill in the blanks.

e.g. Psalm 145:20....Who are the wicked whom God will destroy and when will this take place? How does it fit in with God's original purpose for mankind and this earth?

Proverbs 10:27 was already explained....and at 2 Corinthians 4:18....what is it that we are fixing our eyes on? What is temporary and why? How is the unseen eternal?

If we have no details, what do these verses mean on their own? Do we just fill in the blanks ourselves?

I don't see Jesus focus on those things. He called His God "Father."

When Jesus quoted OT scripture, he would have used the divine name because he said he had come to make God's name known. (John 17:26)

In two incidences just off the top of my head, Jesus quoted passages from the Hebrew scriptures.....one he read in the synagogue (Luke 4:17-21) and the other he quoted in response to a question. (Matthew 22:34-40)

In Luke 4:17-21, Jesus read Isaiah 61:1-2

"The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of Jehovah’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn" (ASV)


In Matthew 22:34-40 Jesus quoted Deuteronomy 6:5.
" and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." (ASV)

If Jesus said he came to make his Father's name known, he would have said God's name aloud in those two instances. How could he teach us to pray for God's name to be "hallowed" if he never mentioned it?

Acts 2:2
2 And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.NASU

Where is the Lord here??:(

Which "Lord" are we talking about? What about some context instead of these snatches that you keep quoting.

"When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. 6 And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language. 7 And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? ......both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”
(ESV)

This is the instance of Jesus' disciples (120 of them) receiving the holy spirit and were able to speak in different languages so that visitors to Jerusalem for the festival would hear the kingdom message in their mother tongue.

Where is "the Lord" in Acts 2:2?....well, Jesus has returned to heaven where his Father was waiting for him to present the merit of his sacrifice. The holy spirit was promised to Jesus' disciples before he left the earth, and God granted them the power to manifest gifts that would help them to spread the good news.

Jesus told them.....
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. (Acts 1:8 ESV) The "power" of God's spirit (which also empowered Jesus at his baptism) is what God sends to humans to accomplish his will. His will in connection with Christ's disciples was to spread the good news all over the world. His true disciples are doing just that.
 
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djhwoodwerks

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Who has the talking 'voice of the archangel' ( archangel's voice ) at 1 Thessalonians 4:16 ? _______ Isn't it the Lord Jesus ? _______

It isn't the Lord Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 (ESV Strong's) 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

'For the judge himself will enter the court room, with the cry of command (all rise), with the voice of a bailiff'. Does that mean the judge wears "2" hats? Are the judge and the bailiff the same person?

If that verse said, "with a voice of an archangel", I might be inclined to believe it is Jesus, but it doesn't, it says, "with the voice".


So, Michael is a given name in Jesus' role as a heavenly ruler at both chapters 10 and 12 of Daniel. The time frame is what is different.

Daniel 10:5-6 (ESV Strong's) 5 I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. 6 His body was like beryl, his face like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude.

Daniel 12:1 (ESV Strong's) 1 “At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people.


Are you claiming that the person described in Daniel 10:5-6 is Jesus, but then He uses the name Michael in Daniel 12? Or, is the man described in Daniel 10 someone different all together, not Jesus or Michael?

If you claim the Man that is described in Daniel 10 is the same as Michael in Daniel 12, then please explain the following,

Daniel 10:12-13 (ESV Strong's) 12 Then he said to me, “Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words. 13 The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days, but Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me

Who is talking here? The person described in verses 5 and 6!
 

djhwoodwerks

Well-Known Member
When Jesus quoted OT scripture, he would have used the divine name because he said he had come to make God's name known. (John 17:26)

In two incidences just off the top of my head, Jesus quoted passages from the Hebrew scriptures.....one he read in the synagogue (Luke 4:17-21) and the other he quoted in response to a question. (Matthew 22:34-40)

In Luke 4:17-21, Jesus read Isaiah 61:1-2

"The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 to proclaim the year of Jehovah’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn" (ASV)


In Matthew 22:34-40 Jesus quoted Deuteronomy 6:5.
" and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." (ASV)

If Jesus said he came to make his Father's name known, he would have said God's name aloud in those two instances. How could he teach us to pray for God's name to be "hallowed" if he never mentioned it?

Jesus "quoted" the divine name "twice" in 3 years, as recorded in the gospels, and that means He made the divine name known? He never called God by the divine name when talking to Him or about Him. He never put emphasis on saying the divine name, "My Father's name is", "you must use My father's name".

The whole of John 17 is Jesus talking to His Father, and He never once said the divine name, but He did say a few times, "I have made your name known". How did He do that if He never "said" that name?

There is only one name, the "name" of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

John 17:11 (ESV Strong's) 11 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.

Matthew 28:19 (ESV Strong's) 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Acts 2:38 (ESV Strong's) 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 10:48 (ESV Strong's) 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.
 

james2ko

Well-Known Member
Who has the talking 'voice of the archangel' ( archangel's voice ) at 1 Thessalonians 4:16 ? _______ Isn't it the Lord Jesus ? _______
What is the archangel's name ? _________ Isn't it Michael ? _______

In 1 Thes 4:16, the grammar and broader context create a separation of Christ and the voice of "an" archangel, not "the" archangel. No definite article in the Greek manuscripts. In addition, to describe Jesus as "the" archangel [Lord] descending with a voice of an archangel makes about as much sense as to describe a human shouting with a voice of a human.

Doesn't the archangel have angelic armies ?________- Revelation 12:7-9; Isaiah 11:10

He does. But Kings usually have a general(s) , who are rulers in their own right, running the military. As one of the chief princes' (Dan 10:13), Michael could have certainly been one of the Lord's subordinate generals.

Daniel 12:4,9 is in connection to the last days of badness on Earth - 2 Timothy 3

Don't see any relevance here to Michael being Jesus.

So, Michael is a given name in Jesus' role as a heavenly ruler at both chapters 10 and 12 of Daniel. The time frame is what is different. Standing up in power, in Daniel, also refers to kingly or royal power or action - Daniel 11:2-4; Daniel 11:7; Daniel 11:20-21 Archangel Michael, the great prince in royal kingly action, does now stand as King in the heavens.

Context is key. Those verses are prophecies of actual human kings (rulers) and their kingdoms. We know this because Daniel 11:4 states "his kingdom shall be broken". Do you really believe Christ's/Michael's kingdom will ever be broken?
 

djhwoodwerks

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After deciding that God must be a Trinity, that was the only thing that made sense, they had to figure out what to do about Mary? Since she was the mother of Jesus, and since Jesus is God, then she must be the Mother of God. But no way could she be tainted by "original sin" so maybe, she was "immaculately" conceived? Must be, there is no other way to explain it.

The Trinity is much like the governing body of the witnesses, they are 7 individuals which are considered to be "the slave" Jesus asked about in Matthew. If 7 humans can come together and become a "composite" slave, why can't the creator be 3 different entities and when they come together, they are a "composite" God?
 

savagewind

Veteran Member
Premium Member
The Trinity is much like the governing body of the witnesses, they are 7 individuals which are considered to be "the slave" Jesus asked about in Matthew. If 7 humans can come together and become a "composite" slave, why can't the creator be 3 different entities and when they come together, they are a "composite" God?
That is a good question! Can I take bets on it being even addressed? I bet NO. Since I began trolling the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses, I have been stumped each time with their pronoun. Is it, The governing body it; or is it, The governing body they? Does anybody know?
 

djhwoodwerks

Well-Known Member
That is a good question! Can I take bets on it being even addressed? I bet NO. Since I began trolling the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses, I have been stumped each time with their pronoun. Is it, The governing body it; or is it, The governing body they? Does anybody know?

It is the governing body, "they" becoming "the" composite slave.
 

savagewind

Veteran Member
Premium Member
It is the governing body, "they" becoming "the" composite slave.
I think you mean it is "they" becoming "it", so the correct pronoun is it, which reminds me of the Bible beasts. What else in the Bible is a they that becomes an it?
I would make a member wrong even though he might be right. If one governing body member does not agree with the rest, he is wrong, even if he might be right.
 

Deeje

Avid Bible Student
Premium Member
Jesus "quoted" the divine name "twice" in 3 years, as recorded in the gospels, and that means He made the divine name known? He never called God by the divine name when talking to Him or about Him. He never put emphasis on saying the divine name, "My Father's name is", "you must use My father's name".

Are you serious?

John 21:25:
"There are also, in fact, many other things that Jesus did, which if ever they were written in full detail, I suppose the world itself could not contain the scrolls written.

Those were just off the top of my head...there were many more. Jesus also quoted three scriptures that contained the divine name when answering the devil when he was tempted after his baptism. (Luke 4:1-13) Those three Scriptures where he said "it is written" (Deuteronomy 8:3; Deuteronomy 10:20; Deuteronomy 6:16) I am sure there are many more instances because Jesus said he came to make his Father's name known.....why was that necessary? Because the Jews had decided to abandon the use of it, without God's permission or command. If God said it wasn't too sacred to be uttered, then why would man take it upon himself to eliminate it from his speech and then from God's own word?

The whole of John 17 is Jesus talking to His Father, and He never once said the divine name, but He did say a few times, "I have made your name known". How did He do that if He never "said" that name?

There is only one name, the "name" of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

What a flimsy argument djh. When Jesus said we were to be baptized "in the name of the Father, and of the son and of the holy spirit", (Mounce Interlinear) he was not claiming that they were three parts of one God. He was affirming that those baptized fully understood the role that each played in the life of a dedicated Christian. Jesus never blurred the lines between himself and his Father. The Father was "the only true God" and Jesus was his "holy servant". (John 17:3; Acts 4:30) The holy spirit empowered God's servants to accomplish his will. There is no triune god and never was. Jesus never taught about this three headed god of whom he as an equal partner. The Jews did not worship this god, so neither did Jesus.
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John 17:11 (ESV Strong's) 11 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.

Matthew 28:19 (ESV Strong's) 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Acts 2:38 (ESV Strong's) 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 10:48 (ESV Strong's) 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.

You are getting all these scriptures muddled because you cannot discern between the name of the Father and the name of the son (two different entities with different names)....how many scriptures actually mention the holy spirit when Jesus and his Father are spoken about?

John 17:2, 3 is a classic example. "For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent." (NLT) Where is the need to know the third and equal person of the trinity? Eternal life depends on knowing God and his Christ, but not the holy spirit? Is he not worth knowing?
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Can one part of God remain in heaven whilst a separate part of him is on earth? Can one part of God "send" an equal part of himself?....communicate with himself?....raise himself from the dead?....give himself authority? This nonsensical doctrine did not come from the Father or his written word.
 
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Deeje

Avid Bible Student
Premium Member
How is it that Adam could pay for his sin with his own sinful life, but his children needs a perfect sacrifice for our sins?

"The wages sin pays is death." Adam paid for his sin with his life. But there was no one to pay for the sins of Adam's now defective children, who inherited sin through no fault on their part. (Romans 5:12)

Since perfect life was lost for them, only a perfect life could be offered in atonement. (at-one-ment) Equivalency is what the law demands and even God abides by his own law. It is perfect after all.

Romans 5:15:
"For if by one man’s trespass many died, how much more did the undeserved kindness of God and his free gift by the undeserved kindness of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to many."

Why did Jesus have to be born as a human child and give his life? Because he had to be the equivalent of Adam...a perfect life was lost for humanity so a perfect life was given to pay the debt and redeem those who were slaves to sin. Do you not understand the mechanics of the ransom djh?
 

Deeje

Avid Bible Student
Premium Member
The Trinity is much like the governing body of the witnesses, they are 7 individuals which are considered to be "the slave" Jesus asked about in Matthew. If 7 humans can come together and become a "composite" slave, why can't the creator be 3 different entities and when they come together, they are a "composite" God?
Because the nature of a slave is not quite equal to the nature of God...and Jehovah's "slave", when he called Israel his "witnesses" (Isaiah 43:10) was in the singular when he was speaking about the whole nation. So a slave can be a collective, but God is never spoken of that way. Only Christendom and paganism have a collective of gods.
 

djhwoodwerks

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Jesus "quoted" the divine name "twice" in 3 years, as recorded in the gospels, and that means He made the divine name known? He never called God by the divine name when talking to Him or about Him. He never put emphasis on saying the divine name, "My Father's name is", "you must use My father's name".

Are you serious?

John 21:25:
"There are also, in fact, many other things that Jesus did, which if ever they were written in full detail, I suppose the world itself could not contain the scrolls written.]

Are you serious?

John 21:25 (ESV Strong's) 25 Now there are also many other "things" that Jesus "did". Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

It really doesn't matter how many times Jesus "quoted" OT scripture, or said, "it is written", He "NEVER" said LORD when He was talking to God or talking to people.


I am sure there are many more instances because Jesus said he came to make his Father's name known

Yes, Jesus came to make His Father's name known, so why "didn't" He use it when speaking to His Father?

*** it-2 p. 464 Name ***
A word or phrase that constitutes a distinctive designation of a person, place, animal, plant, or other object. Name” can mean a person’s reputation or the person himself.


What a flimsy argument djh. When Jesus said we were to be baptized "in the name of the Father, and of the son and of the holy spirit", (Mounce Interlinear) he was not claiming that they were three parts of one God. He was affirming that those baptized fully understood the role that each played in the life of a dedicated Christian.

By Jesus saying, "in 'the name' of the Father and Son and Holy Spirit" He was affirming there were 'three' different roles at play?

Did Peter understand that when he said,

Acts 2:38 (ESV Strong's) 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Did he understand that when he 'commanded'

Acts 10:48 (ESV Strong's) 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.

Or,

Acts 19:3-5 (ESV Strong's) 3 And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John's baptism.” 4 And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” 5 On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

How does that "affirm the role each played in the life of a dedicated Christian"?
 

djhwoodwerks

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You are getting all these scriptures muddled because you cannot discern between the name of the Father and the name of the son (two different entities with different names)....how many scriptures actually mention the holy spirit when Jesus and his Father are spoken about?

Here are a few,

Matthew 28:19 (ESV Strong's) 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

John 14:26 (ESV Strong's) 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

John 15:26 (ESV Strong's) 26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.

Acts 7:55 (ESV Strong's) 55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

Acts 10:38 (ESV Strong's) 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

2 Corinthians 13:14 (ESV Strong's) 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

That last one gets me, how can someone have "fellowship" with a "force"?
 

djhwoodwerks

Well-Known Member
"The wages sin pays is death." Adam paid for his sin with his life. But there was no one to pay for the sins of Adam's now defective children, who inherited sin through no fault on their part. (Romans 5:12)

Again, how could Adam pay for his sin with his own life, but we can't? After he rebelled, he was no better off than we are, it takes a perfect sacrifice, and Adam wasn't perfect!
 

Deeje

Avid Bible Student
Premium Member
Are you serious?

John 21:25 (ESV Strong's) 25 Now there are also many other "things" that Jesus "did". Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

It really doesn't matter how many times Jesus "quoted" OT scripture, or said, "it is written", He "NEVER" said LORD when He was talking to God or talking to people.

Yes, Jesus came to make His Father's name known, so why "didn't" He use it when speaking to His Father?

When reading or quoting the OT, Jesus would have used the name he said he had come to "make known". Who did Jesus preach to? Only to Jews and they already worshipped the God that Jesus came to represent. His name had ceased to be uttered in Israel because men had taken it upon themselves to stop saying it and to eventually stop writing it. God's name was a statement of his purpose, not a mere label.

Jesus was a son addressing his Father....do you call your father by his given name? The Bible writers however, had no reluctance in using God's name. It is there 780 times in the Psalms alone and 729 times in the book of Jeremiah, so why did the Israelites stop using it when God never told them to do that? When Jesus read or quoted scripture, he would have pronounced his Father's name because it was there in the text. He would not have followed the tradition of wicked men.

*** it-2 p. 464 Name ***
A word or phrase that constitutes a distinctive designation of a person, place, animal, plant, or other object. Name” can mean a person’s reputation or the person himself.

Jehovah's reputation was inextricably tied to his unique name. No one else has that name even though many had names incorporating it. Most of all the "J" names in the Bible have "Jehovah" in their meaning....even "Jesus".


By Jesus saying, "in 'the name' of the Father and Son and Holy Spirit" He was affirming there were 'three' different roles at play?

Did Peter understand that when he said,

Acts 2:38 (ESV Strong's) 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

As a recipient of the holy spirit himself, and one who bestowed it on others, Peter understood full well what being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ meant....he was a worshipper of the God Jesus came to represent and whose will he accomplished. Jesus Christ was the savior "sent" by the Father to save obedient ones who followed in his footsteps. (1 Peter 2:21)

Did he understand that when he 'commanded'

Acts 10:48 (ESV Strong's) 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.

Or,

Acts 19:3-5 (ESV Strong's) 3 And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John's baptism.” 4 And Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” 5 On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

How does that "affirm the role each played in the life of a dedicated Christian"?

Since baptism "in the name of the Father and of the son and of the holy spirit" was to be undertaken after Jesus left the earthly scene, a clearer understanding of baptism was unfolding. John's baptism differed from Jesus' baptism. Jesus' baptism was the model for his followers and symbolized a death to a former life and a resurrection to a life dedicated to the doing of the Father's first will in all things. (Matthew 6:33) Some were baptized into Christ's death. Then there is the baptism of fire......Do you understand the difference in all these baptisms? Do you know why the Jews did not practice baptism until the time of John?
 
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