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Posted on 05/13/2017 6:28:38 AM PDT by Salvation
I was going to grade him; but I think encouragement is what is needed at this point.
You cannot get a mind steaped in Magic Thinking to acknowledge John 6 is ‘Semitic Hyperbole’, even as Jesus confirms He was using such to turn away the seekers after signs and wonders.
Incest isn’t all that bad as long as you keep it in the family.
The ancient cults promoted the notion of the god having sex with his mother to create himself.
Sorry; but only the ignorant are fooled by your giving of only TWO possibilities.
10. False Dilemma - Giving two choices when in actuality there could be more choices possible.
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>> “but you’ve stretched the rhyming a wee bit” <<
Awww, give the guy a break, at his age he has to stretch a few things. :o)
(ducking, and running to hide...)
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Do you REALLY think people are THIS gullible?
LOL ... have we met? LOL at least you haven’t lost your sense of humor!
Maybe so. Anyway, it's late Monday night here, so it's time to snooze a little. 😞
1:28 The fact that Gabriel greeted Mary as he did and did not greet Zechariah the same way shows Mary’s favored position.Thomas ConstableGabriel’s greeting was customary: Hail! or Greetings! (Gr. chaire).
Mary was highly “favored” (Gr. kecharitomene) because God chose to bestow special grace (“favor,” Gr. charis) on her (cf. Eph. 1:6, the only other New Testament occurrence of kecharitomene).
She would be the mother of the Messiah, which was an honor every Jewish mother prayed would be hers.
God did this without any special merit of her own (cf. v. 47).51
The Lord’s presence with Mary guaranteed His help in the assignment she would have to fulfill (cf. Judg. 6:12; Ruth 2:14).
Now I will make a statement. Jesus was not a sinner. He did not inherit Original Sin, which is to say,m a sin-damaged nature, nor did He commit sin. But although sinless, sin offerings were made for Him. Although sinless,He submitted even to John's baptism, which was a baptism of repentance. Did He have any sins to be freed from? No. Did He have anything to repent? No. But He participated in these actions as an example, and that all the Law might be fulfilled.
28. Thou that art highly favored (κεχαριτωμένη). Lit., as Rev. in margin, endued with grace.Word Studies in the NT, MarvinOnly here and Eph. 1:6. The rendering full of grace, Vulgate, Wyc., and Tynd., is therefore wrong.
All the best texts omit blessed art thou among women.
30. Grace (χάριν). From the same root as χαίρω, to rejoice. I. Primarily that which gives joy or pleasure; and hence outward beauty, loveliness, something which delights the beholder. Thus Homer, of Ulysses going to the assembly: “Athene shed down manly grace or beauty upon him” (“Odyssey,” ii., 12); and Septuagint, Ps. 45:3, “grace is poured into thy lips.” See also Prov. 1:9; 3:22. Substantially the same idea, agreeableness, is conveyed in Luke 4:22, respecting the gracious words, lit., words of grace, uttered by Christ. So Eph. 4:29. II. As a beautiful or agreeable sentiment felt and expressed toward another; kindness, favor, good-will. 2 Cor. 8:6, 7, 9; 9:8; Luke 1:30; 2:40; Acts 2:47. So of the responsive sentiment of thankfulness. See Luke 6:32, 33, 34; 17:9; but mostly in the formula thanks to God; Rom. 6:17; 1 Cor. 15:57; 2 Cor. 2:14; 2 Tim. 1:3. III. The substantial expression of good-will; a boon, a favor, a gift; but not in New Testament. See Rom. 5:15, where the distinction is made between χάρις, grace, and δωρεὰ ἐν χάριτι a gift in grace. So a gratification or delight, in classical Greek only; as the delight in battle, in sleep, etc. IV. The higher Christian signification, based on the emphasis of freeness in the gift or favor, and, as commonly in New Testament, denoting the free, spontaneous, absolute loving-kindness of God toward men, and so contrasted with debt, law, works, sin. The word does not occur either in Matthew or Mark.
Vincent, M. R. (1887). Word studies in the New Testament (Vol. 1, pp. 259–260). New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.
Yeah; you made one all right.
Did the subject get changed as you tried?
The bible (which YOUR chosen relgion put together) says that everyone's a SINNER.
NOW it wants to retrace it's steps and say, "Well; everyone but our Mary."
“you have found favor with God”Utley, R. J. (2004). The Gospel according to Luke (Vol. Volume 3A, Lk 1:30). Marshall, TX: Bible Lessons International.This seems to be an OT idiom for God’s special activity in someone’s life (cf. Gen. 6:8; 18:3; 19:19; 30:27; Exod. 33:12, 17; Acts 7:46).
God chooses to use imperfect, but available, humans who choose to trust Him to accomplish His purposes in this world.
Gabriel’s greeting is literally, “Grace, you who are highly graced!”Wiersbe, W. W. (1992). Wiersbe’s expository outlines on the New Testament (p. 149). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.Although she was a godly woman, it was God’s grace, not Mary’s character, that made her God’s choice.
The phrase “highly favored” is used of all God’s people in Eph. 1:6 (“which He freely bestowed on us” [NASB]).
Mary is blessed among women but not above women.
91 tn The address, “favored one” (a perfect participle, Grk “Oh one who is favored”) points to Mary as the recipient of God’s grace, not a bestower of it.Biblical Studies Press. (2006). The NET Bible First Edition Notes (Lk 1:28). Biblical Studies Press.She is a model saint in this passage, one who willingly receives God’s benefits.
The Vulgate rendering “full of grace” suggests something more of Mary as a bestower of grace, but does not make sense here contextually.
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