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http://biblehub.com/greek/2316.htmActually Theon, much like Kami, Deva, El, Ruach, Pneuma, Spiritus, Spirit, Daimon, etc, has a range of meaning. (Not to mention that "God/Gott/Guþ" itself historically has a range of meaning in the Germanic languages.)
Ruach haqodesh, if you want to be snide, just means "holy breath". If Latin, Greek, Hebrew words etc. can only have one definition per word, then guess what, the scriptures instantly cease making sense. We would never make it as far as Paul, because we'd be stuck back in Genesis.
Who said they were your thought.. just because they are running around your head, putting thoughts into your mind... they are not yours until you accept them as yours. ... I say they are not because you have recognized them to be not the pure thoughts of a believer and evidence by your worry, and I believe you have made efforts to cast them aside, unsuccessfully. That is just being tormented by unwanted thoughts. Ask the Lord to remove them... Follow His instructions..Can i ask what about thoughts of blasphemously ?
I have OCD and i worry that my thinking these thoughts that i am sinning
will i go to hell for having these thoughts ?
Blaspheming is always for someone else to be heard or read, otherwise it's just "unholy thoughts".Can i ask what about thoughts of blasphemously ?
I have OCD and i worry that my thinking these thoughts that i am sinning
will i go to hell for having these thoughts ?
Yes i tried things to stop the thoughts , mindfulness and meditation but they where unsuccessful i also hear voices as well on top of having the thoughtsWho said they were your thought.. just because they are running around your head, putting thoughts into your mind... they are not yours until you accept them as yours. ... I say they are not because you have recognized them to be not the pure thoughts of a believer and evidence by your worry, and I believe you have made efforts to cast them aside, unsuccessfully. That is just being tormented by unwanted thoughts. Ask the Lord to remove them... Follow His instructions..
thank you for replying to me you are right they are just unholy thought that i shouldn't entertain them at allBlaspheming is always for someone else to be heard or read, otherwise it's just "unholy thoughts".
I understand you kind of can't help yourself.thank you for replying to me you are right they are just unholy thought that i shouldn't entertain them at all
http://biblehub.com/greek/2316.htm
This shows one and only one meaning for Theos. Im just not seeing what you are saying at least as it is defined by Strong's
Only God had banish them. Open the doors to your heart and mind and ask the Lord to cleanse you of all unrighteousness. Wait for Him... He will come. Rev 3:20.. is a good place to place your finger and So isYes i tried things to stop the thoughts , mindfulness and meditation but they where unsuccessful i also hear voices as well on top of having the thoughts
my mind gets so mixed up i need this to stop
thank you for posting back to me and what you said i give too much power to these things when it should just go out of my mind
I want to be free of this so i can get a job and contribute to the world
Av been letting this get to me and i should stop and focus on Yeshua
By who it leads you to. If the miracle leads you to obey and glorify G-d, then it is true. If it directs you anywhere else, (including toward the practitioner even if he claims to be a believer) it is false.
And beyond that, LISTEN to the voice of the Holy Spirit. There is also an element of spiritual maturity:
Heb 5.14 But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil.
The NASB 1972 worded that "by reason of use..'
And all of them are saying bascially the same thing... god or G-d1. Your argument is circular, because the "one and only meaning" you refer to is "god", and as I already said this word historically has a range of meaning. The first entitites called gods in English were a pantheon of germanic mystical entities of varying natures. Some very powerful, others less powerful; some personal, some impersonal; some highly symbolical, some less symbolical. Some gods were hypostases or forms of another god. Most of these gods were apparently mortal.
2. That very page you linked to lists four definitions. (Scroll down to see Thayer's Lexicon of the NT.)
However note that it does not translate theos as used in Greek; it translates theos as they believe it is used in the Bible.
So while four of the many definitions are used in the Bible (in their view), the Greek language actually allows for more than these four definitions.
However the first definition mentioned is already enough; it literally says "deities or divinities", referring to the Greek religious concepts of deities. To learn more about their concept of deity, you have to look into the subject. To correctly define theos/theon would be to list the different things called by this title in Greek, including the many different categories of supernatural entities.
For example, in Attic, Zeus and the North Wind and Sleep can all be called theoi, but they are from completely different classes of being. Some entities could qualify as both theon and daimon.
Roman polytheism even includes a class of (apparently impersonal) beings called numen, which literally translates as "nod" (as in "to nod the head"). To translate a numen as a "nod" would not tell you what it means though, even though it is the literal translation.
And all of them are saying bascially the same thing... god or G-d
I guess that depends on your definition of miracle. There were actual snakes and water turned to blood under demonic power.
Have you ever heard the testimony of Orlando DeOlivera, the former witch doctor from Brasilia?
Like Lazarus rising from the dead? Like the Red (or Reed) Sea splitting to allow Israel to cross on dry land? Like the sun "standing still" while Josuha fought a battle? (which would have actually been the stopping of earth's rotation (without notice of inertial evidence) and then starting back up again.)The miracles God does are naturally evolving events.
Like Lazarus rising from the dead?
Like the Red (or Reed) Sea splitting to allow Israel to cross on dry land?
Like Lazarus rising from the dead? Like the Red (or Reed) Sea splitting to allow Israel to cross on dry land? Like the sun "standing still" while Josuha fought a battle? (which would have actually been the stopping of earth's rotation (without notice of inertial evidence) and then starting back up again.)
If you read the Apocrypha, you will see many references of The Destroyer - a dwarf iron core stellar object that came upon the earth during that time - causing mental illness, plagues, poisoning of water, sickness, etc. This similar event happens in trumps 1-6. Something like a dwarf star can cause tremendous seismic activity. The iron dust raining down from this star would cause the water to turn RED (rust,) and BITTER. It will therefore kill the sea life. It will cause plagues and sickness, because the people who eat the food may get sick. The electrodynamics of such an advent itself could change the world on a genetic level - it often does.
It was a faith-based act for Moses to trust God when He told Moses to raise his staff and part the red sea. At that EXACT moment God knew that the seismicity would cause a piece of land to rise, and make a bridge across the sea. But, the lesson was the faith of Moses: would he do what God said at the EXACT moment, in the EXACT way? God knew what would happen, and He knows the importance of doing exactly what He says - especially when He is single-handedly saving an entire people from the gods of Egypt (and yes, they were real - each plague was a Godly mock at the "power" of the respective god worshipped in Egypt... from Hapi (god of the nile,) to Isis (goddess of medicine and peace,) to Pharaoh who is supposed to be God in the flesh.
God reprimanded Moses when He told Moses to simply speak to the rock to get water, and out of his frustration with the groaning Hebrews, he hit it with his staff. Miracle? Not natural? Considering the chemistry of the atmosphere after such cataclysmic events happens, seeding water would be easy to get from a rock especially if the rock is in super saturation. Certain acid-base reactions between atmospheric chemistry, the carbon dioxide expelled, and the rock could do it (a soft dissolve.) This is especially true if the rock was already soft enough that an elderly Moses could hit it and make the water spring forth anyway.
Like the sun "standing still" while Josuha fought a battle? (which would have actually been the stopping of earth's rotation (without notice of inertial evidence) and then starting back up again.)
There are several ways this could happen. And, they are all based on relativistic motion somewhat. Angular momentum about the planet can be preserved if the spherical coordinate is constant and another is manipulated so that the magnitude of forces is not changed. In other words, a phase rotation (like changing the axis of rotation to preserve angular momentum.) That is just a matter of a rotation tensor applied. Rolling the earth up and downish as opposed to left-rightish could make the sun appear in the same place while hours have passed.
Another way this could have happened is celestial perturbations of which we have no idea. (This also explains the earth-centric view causing the sun to stay in place.) Binary or tertiary systems affecting the sun, for example. And, since God knows all possible physics and math, He also knows how long, at what rate, and how often to make these things happen so that nothing is perturbed too far from its natural evolution.
How are those "naturally evolving events?"
Our definition of "naturally evolving events" is extremely limited. Most scientists today would be considered warlocks, mages or witches. In the 17th century, it was ridiculous and almost blasphemous to suggest little bitty LIVING organisms within our bodies (and outside) cause much of our illnesses. Alchemy and metallurgic transmutations (lead to gold) is nothing but a chemistry lab today! (Entire empires were built on the idea that lead or another "useless" metal can be turned into gold.)
How are those "naturally evolving events?"
"Sun standing still" can also be a perspective. Somethings can not look one way and really be another. This link explains a "star standing still" from earth's perspective. http://www.bethlehemstar.com/Like Lazarus rising from the dead? Like the Red (or Reed) Sea splitting to allow Israel to cross on dry land? Like the sun "standing still" while Josuha fought a battle? (which would have actually been the stopping of earth's rotation (without notice of inertial evidence) and then starting back up again.)
How are those "naturally evolving events?"
Really? A "perspective" delays sunset?"Sun standing still" can also be a perspective. Somethings can not look one way and really be another. This link explains a "star standing still" from earth's perspective. http://www.bethlehemstar.com/
Before man created the airplane and flew.. there were people who said that it was unnatural... then they flew and now see that it wasn't unnatural. Just because we can not explain the acts of God, doesn't mean God didn't follow His own laws.Really? A "perspective" delays sunset?
Joshua 10:13 So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.
Why does everyone keep wanting to explain the acts of God from some natural mechanism? OY!!!
Like Lazarus rising from the dead? Like the Red (or Reed) Sea splitting to allow Israel to cross on dry land? Like the sun "standing still" while Josuha fought a battle? (which would have actually been the stopping of earth's rotation (without notice of inertial evidence) and then starting back up again.)
How are those "naturally evolving events?"
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