The Narrow Path Ministries

Methinks this thread has wandered far away from where it began. I must have missed something - what's the point of how often a person goes to church, how long they've been married, & c?

Next month, Lord willing, I'll be 83 and married 63 years.

Darin,

Do you see any "holes" in Zodhiates comment about Colossians 1:15ff?

Thanks, Homer

Darin, I think the source you quoted is mistaken: Thus says Yahweh, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Hosts: "I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.... Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and the One who formed you from the womb, "I, Yahweh, am the maker of all t...

God speaks through Isaiah: (New American Standard Bible 1995, all quotes that follow) Isaiah 44:6 6 “Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: ‘I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me. God self designates as the Alpha and Omega, the first an...

Hi Darin, I just heard a sermon which made the point that the Israelites in Egypt had only a smattering of oral tradition about God and History and that they really knew no better than to follow the gods and ways of the Egyptians. And further that this basic ignorance was what Moses was "writing" in...

Darin wrote: Paul was pretty clear when he was stating his personal preference. But even if he was, he was in a much better position as an apostle of Jesus, filled with the Spirit than us to discern what was more in line with what Jesus would preach even when speaking of his own initiative. He was i...

Hey,
Dwight, Darin, and Homer agree on something! Well, probably many things.

Dwight,

I find myself in much agreement with you. I read most of what Witherington wrote but it seemed to me to be mostly human reasoning or what's known as "eisegesis".

Be blessed, Homer

Best article I have ever read on Galatians 3:28, a much used (and abused) text:

https://jackcottrell.com/?p=2387#:~:tex ... be%20saved.

John 20:28 New American Standard Bible 1995 28. Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” I have been studying Thomas' confession recently. We have seen much discussion, as I recall, of the question of what Thomas meant when he used theos (God) in His confession. I do not recall much s...