convicted neighbor Don Kirkman wrote:
> Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
>
> >
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.cardiology/msg/a3b7a3564b7743eb?
> >
> >"You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your
> >father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to
> >the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his
> >native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies." -- LORD
> >Jesus Christ (John 8:44).
>
> It's not nice to misquote Jesus, Doctor.
Did not misquote HIM.
> Your lack of Greek betrays you again.
Not for the discerning.
> You (or, more likely, someone you're borrowing from) seems to have
confused the
> Greek work "idion" [appropriate, one's own, one's nature] for "idiom",
speech
> pattern or usage. The Revised Standard Version has it right:
>
> ". . . When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a
liar and
> the father of lies"
>
> Point 1: "Devil" is not the same as "satan."
Not for the discerning.
> Point 2: Note the idioMatic use of "father" as metaphor, not as literal
> begetter.
Many thanks, much praise, and all the glory to GOD for compelling you
to unwittingly agree with the understanding that satan is the source
of all lies.
Laus Deo !
May we, who are Christians, continue to pray for your peri****ng soul,
dear Don:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.cardiology/msg/134aca053227804c?
Prayerfully in the awesome name of LORD Jesus Christ,
Andrew <><
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http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.cardiology/msg/3558812d72ab4e17?
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