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To: kosciusko51

English translated version.
(John 14:26, NASB)

-NASB

“Traditionally, he and him were used to refer to both genders in formal writing:

‘If anyone has any evidence to oppose this view, let him inform the police immediately.’

“Nowadays, we often see gender neutral forms (e.g. he or she, he/she, s/he, (s)he, they and him or her, him/her, them) when we do not know if the person referred to is male or female.”

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/pronouns/pronouns-personal-i-me-you-him-it-they-etc

It is a language convention not a gender assignment.
Greek is the same, as is Aramaic.
Most languages use the male pronoun when gender is unknown or ambiguous.

Better than what you have read, what is your personal experience with the Holy Spirit?

The scripture puts the Holy Spirit in the present tense, so you should have some direct experience.

What does your own spirit testify to you?

If you have no experience other than quoting scriptures, then you will not know.

Deeper than sounds are words.
Deeper than words is language.
Deeper than language is meaning.
Deeper than meaning is understanding.
Deeper than understanding is thought.
Deeper than thought is idea.
Deeper than idea is intent.
Deeper than intent is purpose.
Deeper than purpose is Spirit.

If you are hung up on the language, your are not even scratching the surface and the entire message and therefore the connection is lost.


48 posted on 02/16/2017 12:41:35 PM PST by Only1choice____Freedom (If you choose not to deal with reality, reality will deal with you - and not on your terms)
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To: Only1choice____Freedom
Traditionally, he and him were used to refer to both genders in formal writing

Only if you are talking about a generic individual, not a specific person.

It is a language convention not a gender assignment. Greek is the same, as is Aramaic. Most languages use the male pronoun when gender is unknown or ambiguous.

Are you saying that Jesus doesn't know the proper gender to use when talking about the Father or the Holy Spirit?

Better than what you have read, what is your personal experience with the Holy Spirit?

If anyone has an experience that deviates from scripture, then it false. If God wanted us to see the Holy Spirit as feminine or neutral, and not masculine, then He would have explicitly expressed Himself that way.

What does your own spirit testify to you?

That the God in Three Persons is so ultimately male that he refers to us as His bride.

49 posted on 02/16/2017 12:56:07 PM PST by kosciusko51
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