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I never claimed there was one at issue. I was merely introducing the concept into the discussion I was having with Mr. Gwin.

That's nice. God bless you, Wrangler. :)

Yeah, it's called a paradox. I'm familiar with it, having been an avid Bible student for over 30 years. wadr, That's not an answer at all. Either Christ had the Holy Spirit before the ascension or He didn't. You're the one who made the claim. :) Luke 4:16 Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He...

This just sounds like an apology for (hiding behind) your culture that you backpedal on by suggesting "people's fragile sensibilities" are really the problem. It's all good because you're just being confident and truthful (I really like that little straw man rhetorical question, btw--Are...

I'm just reading the Bible. :)

Psalm 8:5 You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor. Psalm 8:5 Parallel versions: For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. You made him a little וַתְּחַסְּרֵ֣הוּ (wat·tə·ḥas·sə·rê·hū) Conjunctive...

The consensus among many is that the Spirit was poured out not exclusively at Pentecost, but in special measure. :)

No one is saying the LORD is a created angel. This could be considered a straw man. :)

I don't understand this, then: John 20:22 When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. How could He give something He didn't have?

You don't see any mockery or patronizing in this at all? No veiled insults? Persecution was the furthest thing from my mind. Here's a page with a link to my posting history: BarnyFife See if you can find anything that indicates a persecution complex. How can you persecute someone on a web...

My memory isn't what it used to be. Glad I could be of service to your amusement. :)

Didn't know you were doing sock puppet accounts. Not used to replies from members I've never addressed.

I don't really see it. Could you explain it? Is faith without works not actually dead? Why are warnings to obey God always seen by so many as "judging?" Would you ever quote John 14:15 or James 2:20 in a Bible discussion? Do you really think anyone here believes that we are saved by works? Are...

Not clever at all You seem to be implying here that those of us who don't agree with you are not good students of the Word, are ignorant, have to stand ashamed when we get stuff wrong all of the time, and cannot rightly divide the Word. I'd say that's pretty bad news for the rest of us if your...

Correct. Unfortunately, apart from my discussion with you. Actually, I'm pretty sure I stumbled onto it during my own research. Fair enough, all right. :)

I get it.

@Wrangler This discussion is devoid of profitable results. All evidence suggests to me that you seem to be here merely to insist in no uncertain terms that there can be no correct interpretation of the Bible except your own. Or that it's somehow completely objective. Or both. And that's fine...

I think you're venturing over into some kind of ultra-literalism here, Wrangler. This verse is a summation and is expressing that everything written in the book (not everything he ever wrote, btw) collectively testifies to Christ's Messiahship. With that (ultra-literalist) kind of hermeneutic...

You can't even see the narrowness of your interpretation here, can you? Another declaration

And I'm saying it doesn't matter. See the difference?