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Everyone should understand how important it is for Bible Believers to accurately understand what the Bible is saying. When we think a word, as translated, means "A" but actually means "B" we have turned away from Truth. That is why we are to study or be diligent so we can accurately handle...

My favorite John Wayne Westerns: 1) Searchers (* Oscar level performance) 2) Stagecoach 3) Hondo 4) Rio Bravo 5) Red River 6) True Grit (* Oscar Level Performance) 7) John Wayne and the Cowboys 8) The Angel and the Badman 9) Big Jake 10) The Shootist (* Oscar Level Performance)

We can understand every usage of G4560 (Romans 7:14, 1 Corinthians 3:1, 2 Corinthians 3:3 and Hebrews 7:16) to refer to unsaved, people in the natural non-indwelt state or to material physical unspiritual things. Romans 7:14 For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am unregenerate, under...

Our last Greek word in our family of "creation" words is "ktisma" G2938. We addressed two of the four usages in posts #6 and #11. That leaves the following two usages to complete our study of the family of "creation" words. Revelation 5:13 - At first glance, "every living thing created" seems...

I probably should not attempt to add to Salty's post as it nailed the topic. But the Bible does address the thread topic to a degree. Psalms 71:15 NASB My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your salvation all day long; For I do not know the art of writing. Here it is clearly...

Turning now to Ktisis, G2937, here are the verses and the studied application of the female noun. Mark 10:6 - creation of humanity Mark 13:19 - creation of humanity Mark 16:15 - preach to human creatures Romans 1:20 - creation of humanity Romans 1:25 - creation of humanity and animals Romans...

To finish our study of the verb "Ktize" G2936, all three usages in Revelation 4:11 and 10:6 refer to God creating everything, rather than some subset.

In 1 Timothy 4:3-4 human food is the thing created, and it is good and to be received by us with thanksgiving. However, the second usage, 1 Timothy 4:4, the thing created is described with a neuter noun, suggesting the idea is not limited to physical nourishment, as we are not to live by bread...

In Colossians 1:16, our verb appears twice, both times referring the past action of God to create all things. In the second usage, the verb is in the "perfect" tense, indicating a past action but with continuing results. Everything created was created for Him, and that purpose continues to...

Mark 13:19 “For those days will be such a time of tribulation as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will again. Here we have a verse where two of our family of words appear, "creation" is the female noun G2937...

2 Timothy 2:15 tells us to study or be diligent to show ourselves to be a proven worker, not needing to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Another translation renders the idea as accurately handing the word of truth. Discernment is the skill of separating rather than blurring...

Good Grief, must we once again discuss the obvious truth, God chooses believers whose faith He credits as righteousness for salvation. Thus we can believe all the right things, whatever you believe they are, and believe with complete sincerity, but that only puts a person in the bin from which...

The verb "Ktize" G2936 appears six times in the verb participle form, and is translated as "who created,"" "One who creates," and One who created," and "who has been created." Thus this form of the word is used to refer to God, who creates, or born anew humans, who has been created. I have...

On and on, nonsense followed by absurdity, one false claim after another. Did the poster even address "receiving" the reconciliation well after Christ died? Nope. All they do is ignore scripture and post non-germane verses as if they supported their fiction. And never mind the false and...

James 1:18 NASB In the exercise of His will He gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures. Here the noun the neuter gender is used to refer to either all of humanity or those born anew of humanity. My view is that humanity is in view...