01-29-2005, 06:25 PM
Quote:The question is not whether it is the gift from God, but rather , does God still call the gift He gives ,His own , or does it become yours by reason of it being given to you ?
The question was really this:
"Hab. 2:4 says "his faith" in the Hebrew text."
The standardized texts do not follow this hebrew text. I do not know if any of the greek or syriac texts ever got it right since they follow the LXX.
So it seems we have one big mistake that all of the texts got wrong, including the peshitta here (not to rag on you, but it is evident). Such things do affect doctrinal issues within His church.
Back to the faith issue, my knowledge of what I can speak into existence relies completely on His revelation to me. I am unable to act on faith without some sort of knowledge and complete assurance from Him in these endeavors. Faith is action, but there are times when you need to build up in faith, and it comes directly from Him through fasting and prayer. So yes, it is not my own, it procedes from Him always, and without a day and night communion with Him, we wilt like dead flowers due to our environments.
On the thing about Mark, does the ASV say this:
and believe in HIS gospel.
No it doesn't, nor does any text and translation that I have seen yet outside of the greek behind the OS. Here again, we have the western text correcting the standardized versions. It's up to people to see the truth in it and ask The Almighty to witness it to them.
To answer your question about the ASV, did I ever say that I agreed with it?