07-12-2014, 11:26 PM
I think the issue with these ping-pong matches in general, although, it's really just one sided, (as there are those that know intimately since birth (and speak) the languages at hand, and those that don't), is that when dealing with the things of Meshikha, we meet a dividing line - Where we have a natural mind's "knowledge" on one side and spiritual focus (1 Cor 2:14) on the other... and often the two do not walk the same road with the same goals. For the one, the goal is to be "right", often in the sight of man, for the other, it is the Truth, often far from the public view. But to come to the knowledge of the Truth, (2 Tim 3:7) what a great and rare thing. And to know that Truth is not something to be held in our minds and so easily regurgitated (or copied and pasted from another's written ideas), but a life that is expressed, which requires an intimacy lost in such discussions.
Whereas, if we place the lives of those who are in the discussion under the light of the discussion, I think the whole topic would become far more relevant... as we are seeing from this lively chat... Hebrew was not a language for Abraham... but a choice. And so it remains today. Those who make the choice, often speak Aramaic <!-- s
--><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s --> Thankfully, Abba's Word is settled forever in Shemayim, and so I have no doubt, that He is well able to dislodge the rocks from the rivers of our language discussions we have together as we walk into His light.
I will sum it up with this:
Avoid those foolish discussions which afford no instruction; for you know that they generate arguments. And a servant of our Master you should not contend with, (GRANTED, MOST AREN'T HIS SERVANTS BUT THEIR OWN) but to be mild towards everyone and instructive and patient, that with mildness he may enlighten those who dispute against him if perhaps Elohim may give them repentance and they may acknowledge the truth, and may recollect themselves and may escape out of the snare of satan, at whose pleasure they have been ensnared.
And so we are now in the realm of "perhaps"... we shall see.
Thankfully, YHWH knows those who are truly His.
Whereas, if we place the lives of those who are in the discussion under the light of the discussion, I think the whole topic would become far more relevant... as we are seeing from this lively chat... Hebrew was not a language for Abraham... but a choice. And so it remains today. Those who make the choice, often speak Aramaic <!-- s
--><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s --> Thankfully, Abba's Word is settled forever in Shemayim, and so I have no doubt, that He is well able to dislodge the rocks from the rivers of our language discussions we have together as we walk into His light. I will sum it up with this:
Avoid those foolish discussions which afford no instruction; for you know that they generate arguments. And a servant of our Master you should not contend with, (GRANTED, MOST AREN'T HIS SERVANTS BUT THEIR OWN) but to be mild towards everyone and instructive and patient, that with mildness he may enlighten those who dispute against him if perhaps Elohim may give them repentance and they may acknowledge the truth, and may recollect themselves and may escape out of the snare of satan, at whose pleasure they have been ensnared.
And so we are now in the realm of "perhaps"... we shall see.
Thankfully, YHWH knows those who are truly His.