Comments for Bible Exposition Commentary http://versebyversecommentary.com by Dr. Grant C. Richison Thu, 24 May 2012 18:49:14 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Matthew 24:36f by Grant http://versebyversecommentary.com/matthew/matthew-2436f/comment-page-1/#comment-117494 Grant Thu, 24 May 2012 18:49:14 +0000 http://versebyversecommentary.com/2009/03/21/matthew-2436f/#comment-117494 <p>Jakob, when Jesus came to earth He came as true humanity. He operated and functioned as a true man. He did not operate as God. Phil 2:5ff says that the Son put off the voluntary use (important word) of His incommunicable attributes (I am giving the nuances of the Greek here). Incommunicable attributes are those attributes which only God has such as everywhere present, all-knowing, all-power, etc. He never stopped being God but He did not use His incommunicable attributes in His humanity. He was both undiminished deity and true humanity. </p> Jakob, when Jesus came to earth He came as true humanity. He operated and functioned as a true man. He did not operate as God. Phil 2:5ff says that the Son put off the voluntary use (important word) of His incommunicable attributes (I am giving the nuances of the Greek here). Incommunicable attributes are those attributes which only God has such as everywhere present, all-knowing, all-power, etc. He never stopped being God but He did not use His incommunicable attributes in His humanity. He was both undiminished deity and true humanity. 

]]> Comment on Matthew 24:36f by Jakob Puckett http://versebyversecommentary.com/matthew/matthew-2436f/comment-page-1/#comment-117493 Jakob Puckett Thu, 24 May 2012 18:39:42 +0000 http://versebyversecommentary.com/2009/03/21/matthew-2436f/#comment-117493 Dr. Grant, Some versions include "not even the Son" in verse 36. I know that some people bring this up, claiming that it proves that since Jesus does not know everything, He cannot be God. How can I explain to them this verse? Thanks! Dr. Grant,
Some versions include "not even the Son" in verse 36. I know that some people bring this up, claiming that it proves that since Jesus does not know everything, He cannot be God. How can I explain to them this verse? Thanks!

]]> Comment on 1 Thessalonians 5:11 by Edward Ngigi http://versebyversecommentary.com/1-thessalonians/1-thessalonians-511/comment-page-1/#comment-117492 Edward Ngigi Thu, 24 May 2012 14:37:00 +0000 http://versebyversecommentary.com/1999/08/04/1-thessalonians-511/#comment-117492 what a blessed and a glorious day that will be to meet my  blessed and glorious savior! Come Lord Jesus Come/ what a blessed and a glorious day that will be to meet my  blessed and glorious savior! Come Lord Jesus Come/

]]> Comment on 1 Thessalonians 5:9 by Edward Ngigi http://versebyversecommentary.com/1-thessalonians/1-thessalonians-59/comment-page-1/#comment-117491 Edward Ngigi Thu, 24 May 2012 14:31:45 +0000 http://versebyversecommentary.com/1999/08/02/1-thessalonians-59/#comment-117491 Thanks be to God for Christ Jesus who gave himself for us on the Cross. I do not have a date with the devil's Man on earth, but with my Lord of glory to meet Him in the air and to be with Him eternally. Amen Thanks be to God for Christ Jesus who gave himself for us on the Cross. I do not have a date with the devil's Man on earth, but with my Lord of glory to meet Him in the air and to be with Him eternally. Amen

]]> Comment on 1 Thessalonians 5:4 by Edward Ngigi http://versebyversecommentary.com/1-thessalonians/1-thessalonians-54/comment-page-1/#comment-117490 Edward Ngigi Thu, 24 May 2012 13:54:43 +0000 http://versebyversecommentary.com/1999/07/25/1-thessalonians-54/#comment-117490 Thanks be to God for all that are in Christ are not children of darkness and shall not be overtaken by that hour because the precious blood of God's  warrior on Calvary has saved us from the wrath of God. Amen Thanks be to God for all that are in Christ are not children of darkness and shall not be overtaken by that hour because the precious blood of God's  warrior on Calvary has saved us from the wrath of God. Amen

]]> Comment on Galatians 2:20 by Grant http://versebyversecommentary.com/galatians/galatians-220/comment-page-1/#comment-117489 Grant Thu, 24 May 2012 13:14:58 +0000 http://versebyversecommentary.com/2000/01/18/galatians-220/#comment-117489 <p>Calthy, thanks for your blog. It is encouraging to see a Junior Higher who has an interest in God's Word. Would you mind sending me what you do not understand about this verse? Thanks</p> Calthy, thanks for your blog. It is encouraging to see a Junior Higher who has an interest in God's Word. Would you mind sending me what you do not understand about this verse? Thanks

]]> Comment on Galatians 2:20 by Calthy http://versebyversecommentary.com/galatians/galatians-220/comment-page-1/#comment-117488 Calthy Thu, 24 May 2012 12:58:20 +0000 http://versebyversecommentary.com/2000/01/18/galatians-220/#comment-117488 I'm Calthy and I'm a bit confused about this verse. I'm still in Junior High...so I don't understand some things well... I'm Calthy and I'm a bit confused about this verse. I'm still in Junior High…so I don't understand some things well…

]]> Comment on Jude 6 by Grant http://versebyversecommentary.com/jude/jude-6/comment-page-1/#comment-117487 Grant Thu, 24 May 2012 02:08:16 +0000 http://versebyversecommentary.com/2008/03/09/jude-6/#comment-117487 <p>Barry, this passage does not say that the devil is in everlasting chains but that the fallen angels of Genesis 6 are in those chains. Revelation 20 says that Satan will be bound for a 1000 years after the Tribulation. </p> <p>Note my argument leading up to verse 6. </p> Barry, this passage does not say that the devil is in everlasting chains but that the fallen angels of Genesis 6 are in those chains. Revelation 20 says that Satan will be bound for a 1000 years after the Tribulation. 

Note my argument leading up to verse 6. 

]]> Comment on Jude 6 by Barry http://versebyversecommentary.com/jude/jude-6/comment-page-1/#comment-117485 Barry Wed, 23 May 2012 23:58:26 +0000 http://versebyversecommentary.com/2008/03/09/jude-6/#comment-117485 Grant:   Thanks for the reply and I fully acknowledge that you are correct in your reply. But it by passes the problem.   Let me try this again. Jude 6 says that the devil is in "everlasting chains",  so how can he be at work in the world if this took place in the distant past and if he is still in "everlasting chains".  This is a problem of when this occurred or else,  he has since been released to operate under the restrictions that God has placed on him.    We know for instance that according to the book of Job he has access to the throne room of God,  yet he seems to come and go as he pleases because he is said to roam the entire earth as a roaring lion.  So then,  we have a problem caused by Jude 6,  unless the everlasting chains scenario occurs at some time yet to come.      Grant:  
Thanks for the reply and I fully acknowledge that you are correct in your reply.
But it by passes the problem.   Let me try this again.
Jude 6 says that the devil is in "everlasting chains",  so how can he be at work in the world if this took place in the distant past and if he is still in "everlasting chains".  This is a problem of when this occurred or else,  he has since been released to operate under the restrictions that God has placed on him.   
We know for instance that according to the book of Job he has access to the throne room of God,  yet he seems to come and go as he pleases because he is said to roam the entire earth as a roaring lion.  So then,  we have a problem caused by Jude 6,  unless the everlasting chains scenario occurs at some time yet to come.     

]]> Comment on 1 Corinthians 15:45-49 by Grant http://versebyversecommentary.com/1-corinthians/1-corinthians-1545-49/comment-page-1/#comment-117481 Grant Wed, 23 May 2012 20:35:30 +0000 http://versebyversecommentary.com/2003/02/09/1-corinthians-1545-49/#comment-117481 <p>Jakob, the second "became" in verse 45 is not there. The word in the Greek is EIS (<em>with a view to, unto</em>). EIS is a marker of a change of state. The idea is that Jesus came to change the state of those in Adam with human life to believers who have spiritual life. Genesis says about Adam's sin (literally): "dying you shall die." Adam died first spiritually then he eventually died physically. Christ came with a view to give life spiritually (born again). </p> Jakob, the second "became" in verse 45 is not there. The word in the Greek is EIS (with a view to, unto). EIS is a marker of a change of state. The idea is that Jesus came to change the state of those in Adam with human life to believers who have spiritual life. Genesis says about Adam's sin (literally): "dying you shall die." Adam died first spiritually then he eventually died physically. Christ came with a view to give life spiritually (born again). 

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