bb, why are you worried about that? and why ask me what you already know ... (smile).
as for calling, 1 Peter 2:9 "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
1 Peter 2:10 "Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy".
Revelation 1:5 "And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Revelation 1:6 "And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen".
PICJAG.
Well you have just managed to support my claim again; that the
word is not directly linked to Christ at all. It is an attribute of the Almighty only, as John 1:1 clearly states. This word of God became Christ, and thus his word (expression and will) became the word of his Son, the Christ. The Father God created Christ with his word, and he then walked in it, as the perfect expression, image, voice and instrument of God his Father, for our possibility of eternal life. Christ became the created man, the flesh, the word of eternal life for us, indeed.
You have quoted several OT scriptures concerning the word of YHWH in vain. For what, as it does nothing for your case. Yes, it is the word of YHWH speaking and he is in the OT, not Christ. I know you think differently and that is sad.
Let me explain further and using your own presented scripture that you really do not understand at all:
Peter 1:11
Searching what, or what manner of time the
Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. (KJV)
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The translators bias and prerogative of choice of grammar and Capitalization were at work (jot this down…it is important): It was to make the spirit a Spirit for Christ to equate it as the same as the Spirit of God. To be coherent in understanding, the spirit of Christ is always a lower cased ‘s’ as the upper case refers to God’s own Spirit, or aka the Spirit.
The fact that this verse says the “spirit of Christ” was upon people in the Old Testament has caused people to believe, as yourself, that Christ himself was present in the Old Testament. But, as we will see, such is not the case. In the first place, the phrase “spirit of Christ” never appears in the Old Testament. The “spirit of the Lord” or “the spirit of God” appears over and over, but never the “spirit of Christ.” (jot this down….it is a gem)
The spirit that God places upon people takes on different names as it refers to different functions. This can be abundantly proven. Nevertheless, the S(s)pirit is the same. God always gives His Spirit, and then it is named as it functions. When it is associated with wisdom, it is called the “spirit of wisdom” (Ex. 28:3; Deut. 34:9; Eph. 1:17). When it is associated with grace, it is called the “spirit of grace” (Zech.12:10; Heb. 10:29). When it is related to glory, it is called the “spirit of glory” (1 Pet. 4:14). It is called the “spirit of adoption” when it is associated with our everlasting life (Rom. 8:15, which is translated as “spirit of sonship” in some versions). It is called “the spirit of truth” when it is associated with the truth we learn by revelation (John 14:17; 16:13). When it came with the same power as it brought to Elijah, it was called “the spirit of Elijah” (2 Kings 2:15). These are not different spirits from different sources. All the names refer to the one gift of the holy Spirit that
God gives. Ephesians 4:4 states clearly that there is “one Spirit,” and that Spirit is God’s gift of the holy Spirit given to some people in the Old Testament and to all believers today.
When Peter mentions that “the spirit of Christ” was upon prophets as they “predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glory that would follow,” it is easy to see that the Spirit is called the “spirit of Christ” because it is associated with Christ and foretold of Christ, not because Christ was actually alive during the Old Testament. Christ of course did not exist until 6-4 BC (jot this down, it is another gem)
As I previously said, all your quotes concerning the word of YHWH is exactly what John spoke of in his writings. It has zero to do with Christ as I said. This word is of YHWH, not his Son.
So how did you suddenly conclude that the
spirit of Christ, a created human spirit and a gift of the Spirit, of YHWH, makes it the SAME as
Spirit of YHWH again? I must have missed it. You must have left it in your mind and off the page. No need to redo it again. I see your view quite clearly.
Again, as I said before you have no scriptural knowledge of what John 1:1 means. You have just supported my doctrine again. Again, God the Father is the only Oneness in scripture, and he and his word is in Christ, our Lord - see John 1:14.
If you keep posting this type of support for your doctrine, I won't have to argue at all. You are actually proving my case, all the time.
Look I want to keep responding to your postings although I know your doctrine well enough to know how you support it and how you try to persuade others and myself. I've read enough of it to know you have some serious issues in scripture knowledge. My opinion of course. I will leave it at that.
Bless you,
APAK