tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post115438769124577370..comments2023-12-22T08:29:29.230-08:00Comments on WHAT IS TRUTH: YOUR ONLINE MARRIAGE SERVICE VKent Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-1154589037383316362006-08-03T00:10:00.000-07:002006-08-03T00:10:00.000-07:00"The Dad may just be one of the nearly extinct spe..."The Dad may just be one of the nearly extinct species of life on earth" <BR/><BR/>You defintely got a point here. As a female that grew up in a very dysfunctional home, I can vouch for what you say. It is really sad.<BR/><BR/>I can honestly say My daughters relationship with their father is much better then their relationship with me. they really do worship their father. I just hope it continues in their teen age and young adult years.DaCatsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940576017929388330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-1154423116086704512006-08-01T02:05:00.000-07:002006-08-01T02:05:00.000-07:00This chapter should not be seen as typological of ...<I>This chapter should not be seen as typological of the believers relationship with Christ. Nothing in the passage would have one think this to be its purpose.</I><BR/><BR/>? Why not? There are aspects of this chapter that very much fit the type of the Holy Spirit wooing the (future, ie. soon to be) Bride of Christ. I can see you saying that this is not its primary purpose - but it seems strange to say that it is not this at all, when there are clearly aspects that do fit.<BR/><BR/>Isaac was 40 when he married Rebekah (Genesis 25:20).Jerry Boueyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11939572388745111915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-1154415537508017152006-07-31T23:58:00.000-07:002006-07-31T23:58:00.000-07:00I am appreciating your "Online Marriage Service" a...I am appreciating your "Online Marriage Service" and look forward to each new installment, as well as your other articles.<BR/><BR/>I would like to pick your brain concerning 1 Thessalonians 4:4, in which you interpret "vessel" to be "wife", following 1 Peter 3:7. I was doing some teaching in our church recently on 1 Thessalonians, and came across this interpretation for the first time. I had always assumed "vessel" meant body.<BR/><BR/>I am still of the view that "vessel" means "body", given the context of Acts 9:15; Romans 9:21-23; 2 Corinthians 4:7; 2 Timothy 2:20-21, all of which refer to the "vessel" as the body or the whole person, never a wife. To substitute "body" for any of these would make sense, even in 1 Peter 3:7, where it would read, "giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker <B>body</B>...". However by interpreting "vessel" to be "wife", it would read, "giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker <B>wife</B>...". In the other passages it would make far less sense than that!<BR/><BR/>Although <I>ktaomai</I> can mean "to obtain", it can also mean "possess", as shown in the KJV translation, and also in the parallel Luke 21:19 (“Possess ye your souls”). It seems to have the idea of controlling or containing.<BR/><BR/>I'm not trying to throw cold water on your premise! Just curious as to why you chose your interpretation. Regardless of which interpretation is the correct one, it certainly is clear that we must not have the "lust of concupiscence" in choosing a wife, regardless of whether or not this is the primary application.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com