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WT Point "A" ~ ABSENCE of Greek Definite Article "THE" |
Anglican, Baptist, Brethren, Eastern & Greek Orthodox, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Missionary, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, United, Wesleyan (etc., etc.) folks believe in the doctrine of "The Trinity".
The WT formed the following dramatic conclusion from a Greek
fact that appears to
DESTROY
the theology of THE TRINITY.
"Lacks
personal identification -- Since God himself
is a Spirit & is holy & since all
his faithful angelic sons are spirits & are holy,
it is evident that if the
'holy spirit' were a person
there should reasonably be given some means in the Scriptures to
distinguish & identify such spirit
person from all these other 'holy spirits.' It would be expected that, at the very least,
the DEFINITE article ['the'] would be used with it [i.e. words 'holy spirit'] in all cases where it is not called 'God's
holy spirit' or is not modified by some similar expression. This
would at least distinguish it as THE
Holy Spirit. But, to the
contrary, in a large number of cases [47
in the Kingdom
Interlinear] the
expression 'HOLY SPIRIT' appears in the original Greek WITHOUT
the ARTICLE, thus INDICATING ITS LACK of
PERSONALITY."
[Insight p.1019, &
Aid p.1543]
! ! ! WOW ! ! !
IF the above CONCLUSION is JUSTIFIED, then the
doctrine of "The Trinity" is totally destroyed!
You
cannot have a (God The
Father, & God The Son, & God
The - active force, non-person - Spirit) TRI-UNITY,
because they are not equal Persons,
IF
one 'member' is an " IT
".
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Insight,
Angel, Vol.1, p.106 reads: |
IRONIC WOW !!! |
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But can it be PROVED that the definite article " THE " is ABSENT ? |
Fact#1 - IT'S TRUE! |
Power of holy spirit - Lk.1:35; Rom.15:13,19 |
holy spirit Given / Received - Lk.11:13; Jn.20:22; Acts 8:15,17,19; 19:2 |
holy spirit Comes Upon - Lk.1:35; 2:25 |
Baptized In / With holy spirit - Mt.3:11; Mk.1:8; Lk.3:16; Jn.1:33; Acts 1:5; 11:16 |
Through / By holy spirit - Mt.1:18,20; Acts 1:2; 4:25; Rom.5:5; 1Cor.12:3; 2Cor.6:6; 2Tim.1:14; Titus 3:5; 2Pet.1:21 |
With / In / Of holy spirit - Acts 10:38; Rom.9:1; 14:17; 15:16; Heb.2:4; 6:4; 1Pet.1:12; Jude 1:20 |
Full Of / Filled With holy spirit - Lk.1:15,41,67; 4:1; Acts 2:4; 4:8; 6:5; 7:55; 9:17; 11:24; 13:9,52 |
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But what does FACT #1 mean? Does the missing Greek article 'the' prove that The Holy Spirit is just a force, power or energy ? |
2 additional crucial FACTS (#2 & #3) must be considered re: WT Point "A".
Fact#2 - The
Greek Scriptures use 5 grammatical constructions referring to HOLY pneuma. |
(1) spirit (pneuma) - See Jn.3:5,6; 4:23,24; Rom.8:4;
Rev.1:10; 4:2; 17:3.
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(2) holy
spirit - See Lk.11:13; Acts
1:2; 4:25; Rom.14:17; 15:13,16,19.
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(3) THE
Spirit - See Mt.4:1; Acts
2:4; 5:9; 8:29; 16:7; Rom.8:9-11,16,26,27.
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(4) THE
Holy Spirit - See Mt.28:19;
Lk.12:10,12; Acts 9:31; 16:6; 2Cor.13:14.
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(5) THE
Spirit THE Holy - See Acts 1:16; 5:3,32; 7:51; 13:2; 20:23,28;
21:11; Heb.3:7; 9:8.
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(1) & (2)
possibly [see Fact #3]
supports the "FORCE" concept. (3) & (4) & (5) neutralizes (1) & (2), & strongly supports the "PERSONALITY" concept. The Greek Scriptures emphasize:
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In language, the presence
of a definite article is much more significant &
specific than an indefinite article (or the absence of a definite article). And the presence of an adjective strengthens the identification -- dramatically. |
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What happened to you? |
It was a man (1) who hit me. It was a tall man (2) who hit me. |
Can you be more specific? |
Yes, it was
the man (3) in this photo who hit me. |
In court, most witnesses identify criminal PERSONS by things OTHER THAN THEIR NAME ! | |
THE SPIRIT THE HOLY ONE,
the author of Scripture (Heb.3:7,8;
9:8; 10:15-17), chose to identify Himself by His nature, attributes, character. |
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Fact#3 - The
Greek grammatical construction for Unclean / Wicked PNEUMA (F#3) is IDENTICAL with the Greek grammatical construction for HOLY PNEUMA (in F#2)! [Check any Interlinear, especially the WT Kingdom Interlinear.] |
(1) spirit (pneuma - i.e. 'demons' in this chart) - Lk.9:39; 13:11; 2Cor.11:4;
2Th.2:2; 1Jn.4:1,3 (plural) spirits - Mt.12:45; Lk.11:26; 1Cor.12:10; Rev.16:13,14 |
(2) unclean
spirit - Mk.1:23; 3:30; 5:2;
7:25; 9:17; Acts 16:16; Rev.18:2 (plural) unclean spirits - Mt.10:1; Lk.6:18; 7:21; 8:2; Acts 5:16; 8:7 |
(3) THE
spirit - Mk.9:20; Acts 16:18;
Eph.2:2 (Satan); 1Jn.4:3 (plural) THE spirits - Mt.8:16; Lk.10:20; 1Jn.4:1 |
(4) THE unclean spirit - Mt.12:43; Mk.9:25; Lk.11:24 (plural) THE unclean spirits - Lk.4:36 |
(5) THE spirit THE unclean - Mk.1:26;
5:8; 9:25; Lk.8:29; 9:42; Acts 19:15,16 (plural) THE spirits THE unclean - Mk.1:27; 3:11; 5:13; 6:7; Acts 19:12,13 |
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RESEARCH about: " THE > SPIRIT -- THE > HOLY (ONE) " | |||||
Is "The Holy Spirit" a
FORCE, or a
Sentient BEING
-- or BOTH ?
The
Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society's
view on "The Holy Spirit" "
The Scriptures
themselves unite to show that WOW !!! ~ IF The Holy Spirit is just a force,
then I (& any truth-seeker) |
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I don't view my work as a THEOLOGICAL
DEBATE. There's no prize for the winner. This research is to help JWs think about their eternal destiny -- it's about you & God, not about me. If WT teaching is wrong, you are picking a fight with the most AWESOME BEING in the universe! The Holy Spirit has emotion (intellect & will) & can be INSULTED & OUTRAGED !!! Heb.10:26-31 warns: For if we practice sin willfully {or stubbornly, or mindlessly, or blindly, or foolishly} after having received the accurate knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left, 27 but [there is] a certain fearful expectation of judgment & [there is] a fiery jealousy that is going to consume those in opposition. 28 Any man that has disregarded the law of Moses dies without compassion, upon the testimony of two or three. 29 Of how much more severe a punishment, do YOU think, will the man be counted worthy who has trampled upon the Son of God & who has esteemed as of ordinary value the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, & who has OUTRAGED THE SPIRIT of undeserved kindness with contempt? 30 For we know him that said: "Vengeance is mine; I will recompense"; & again: "Jehovah will judge his people." 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of [the] living God. |
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According to WT
opinion: |
According to Scripture: (Greek allos = another of the same kind -- not different-kind-heteros). |
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Therefore:
In other words, The Trinity is
alive & well. |
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Because of deliberate, consistent, repeated,
systematic emphasis, programming & reinforcement (a.k.a. re-education, conditioning, mind control, thought reform, brain washing), JWs automatically equate & substitute the Bible expression "The Holy Spirit" with the WT's phrase "Active Force", even though the "Active Force" phrase is a MISTRANSLATION & found only ONCE in their own Bible!!! See the NWT at Gen.1:2.
Click here
for more detail, & the
WT's 28 Meanings /
Senses / Interpretation-opinions for "ruach"
& "pneuma" ( spirit
). The Awesome PERSON &
the awesome POWER of The Holy Spirit
(throughout Scripture) The GIVER & the
GIFT -- in Acts 2:4 for example: |
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WT Basis for "FORCE" Concept |
My Response |
Scripture Basis for "PERSON" Concept |
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A | Absent Greek Definite Article 'the' | Fact, BUT... | A1 | Comparison Chart: - DEMON pneuma (spirit) | |
A2 | Demon-Pneuma-Spirits are Sentient Beings | ||||
A3 | ABSENT Greek 'the' = Awesome POWER | ||||
A4 | PRESENT Greek 'the' = Awesome PERSON | ||||
B | Pneuma = Neuter Gender noun | Fact, BUT... | B1 | Greek Nouns & Pronouns prove Awesome Person | |
C | holy spirit Associated with Impersonal Things | Fact, BUT... | C1 | EMOTION = Personality | |
C2 | INTELLECT = Personality | ||||
C3 | WILL = Personality | ||||
D | The Holy Spirit has NO Personal Voice | F A L S E | D1 | SPEAKS DIRECTLY & via Humans & Scripture | |
E | The Holy Spirit has NO Personal Name |
Unknown, but so what? |
E1 | Names / Titles of The Holy Spirit | |
E2 | Testimony of Jesus (GOD-THE-WORD) | ||||
F | A 'Person' only because of Personification |
WT's FAULTY conclusion CONTRADICTS a host of "inconvenient" Scriptures |
F1 | Testimony of the Whole NT | |
F2 | Comparison Chart: - PARACLETE (Advocate) | ||||
F3 | Awesome Scriptural Warnings | ||||
F4 | Greek Facts / Scholarship | ||||
F5 | Does the WT Misquote Scholars ? | ||||
F6 | Convincing Evidence (& "Michael") | ||||
Click here for
Kingdom Interlinear
~ Definite Article chart to see
the various spellings of the neuter gender "the".
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Greek Interlinear NT
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Search a Greek NT. ~ Enter "pneuma"
beside "Search" & click "GO" (top right). |
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