{"id":265,"date":"2012-05-30T18:46:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T12:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=265"},"modified":"2025-10-19T07:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T12:10:58","slug":"jesus-artifacts-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"Jesus’ Artifacts, Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now to get back to where I started:\u00a0 How does all this information about the DNA-RNA-protein complex<\/a> expand the context of my biblical understanding and prohibit me from calling this narrative PREACHERS DON\u2019T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE BIBLE<\/a>?<\/p>\n

When a child is conceived, the beginning is one fertilized cell.\u00a0 That cell divides and becomes two, then four, then eight, and sixteen and so on.\u00a0 But there is no body there; all the cells are identical.\u00a0 At some point in this process of division, differentiation begins.\u00a0 Some cells become blood inside blood vessels, or muscle, or bone.\u00a0 Organs begin to form, like eyes or a liver.\u00a0 The differences in the cells in these different organs or structures are accounted for by the different proteins, which catalyze, or facilitate, different chemical reactions which do different things and make the cells, well, different.<\/p>\n

With my admittedly small understanding of the DNA-RNA-protein complex it is exciting to consider that different proteins are produced by different sections of the DNA chain unzipping, being transcribed and translated into protein.\u00a0 Which section of DNA unzips?\u00a0 Well, part of the answer is related to which sections are free to unzip and which are held fast by a repressor molecule.\u00a0 Suddenly I can speculate\u2014and it is still a guess, but an educated guess\u2014that it is \u201cpossible to think of development\u2014the process of growth from a single fertilized egg into a staggeringly complex adult human\u2014as an enormous exercise in gene-switching: as tissues arise through development, so whole suites of genes must be switched on and off.\u201d1<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0And, I will add, at the right place or location in the forming body, and at the right time, or in the correct sequence.<\/p>\n

Now, since I believe the DNA-RNA-protein complex is an artifact of Jesus\u2019 creation, everything I just discovered and speculated on becomes an analogy for me about another body, the body of Christ.\u00a0 For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body<\/em>2<\/sup><\/a> \u2013 though many \u2013 are one body, so too is Christ<\/em>.3<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 The preacher, not unlike messenger RNA, seeks out a quiet inner sanctuary, like the nucleus of a cell, where he can spend time alone with a passage from the Bible, like a section of DNA.\u00a0 His sermon is not an exact copy of the Bible, but more like a mirror image reflecting the Bible and the times and circumstances of his own congregation.\u00a0 He preaches his sermon to the congregation along with an application: \u201cin the light of these things this is what should be done.\u201d\u00a0 Now, unlike the amino acids in the cell, individual members of the congregation have a choice whether or not to heed and act on the preacher\u2019s admonition.\u00a0 Those who act, form the protein, if you will, which catalyzes this particular function of this particular cell of the body of Christ.\u00a0 And the different functions catalyzed by the different sermons are the very things that differentiate the congregations, or cells, from one another.<\/p>\n

For in fact the body is not a single member, but many<\/em>, Paul wrote the Corinthians.\u00a0 If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing?\u00a0 If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell? \u00a0But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.\u00a0 If they were all the same member, where would the body be?<\/em>4<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0Remember that mass of identical, undifferentiated, cells we all start out as?<\/p>\n

So the laundry list of Solomon\u2019s wealth<\/a> and power might unzip, as it were, for a particular preacher, who produces a timely sermon that touches the hearts of certain members of a specific congregation, who in turn catalyze a specific function in a specific cell of the body of Christ.\u00a0 All the while, it is completely possible that another preacher studying the laundry list of Solomon\u2019s wealth and power and God\u2019s promise<\/a> to bless Solomon with the wisdom he asked for and the wealth he did not ask for might produce an entirely different sermon that results in the accomplishment of yet another function in another cell of the body of Christ.\u00a0 Still another preacher may study the laundry list of Solomon\u2019s wealth and power and compare it to the list of things God forbade<\/a> Israel\u2019s kings, and produce an entirely different sermon with entirely different results.<\/p>\n

Though it is highly unlikely that any preacher would hold all three passages before his congregation, plus an illustration from the DNA-RNA-protein complex, in the twenty minutes or so allotted to him before Sunday dinner burns, even this has become a meaningful sermon to me.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I will sooner understand where and when to switch-off gene suites in the developing human being than I will grasp even the vaguest outline of the body of Christ, let alone a specific need or function of a specific cell at an appropriate time.\u00a0 My criticism of preachers\u2019 sermons, therefore, whether good or bad, is completely irrelevant, because it is not based on any knowledge of the needs and functions of any specific cell of the body of Christ, but on the preachers\u2019 apparent affirmation or contradiction of the current state of my understanding of the Bible.\u00a0 And though the process through which I arrive at my abstract truth is very vibrant and alive to me, any written results are little better than an autopsy report.\u00a0 Future like-minded investigators may be able to study my autopsy report to point out where I went wrong.\u00a0 But neither they nor I will help a single preacher find a single timely sermon by writing autopsy reports or post-mortems on autopsy reports.<\/p>\n

So then, application one of my would-be sermon is something like: \u201cHey, Dan! \u00a0Lay off the preachers!\u00a0 Who are you to pass judgment on another\u2019s servant?<\/em> Paul wrote the Romans rhetorically.\u00a0 The explicit context was in reference to relations between the strong and weak in faith, that they should not despise or judge each other.\u00a0 Before his own master he stands or falls<\/em>, Paul continued.\u00a0 And he will stand, for the Lord<\/em>5<\/sup><\/a> is<\/em>6<\/sup><\/a> able<\/em>7<\/sup><\/a> to make him stand<\/em>.8<\/sup><\/a> \u00a0Would I be stretching the context too far to offer this same courtesy to priests, pastors, preachers and Bible teachers all over the world?<\/p>\n

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Addendum<\/strong>: January 17, 2019
\nTables comparing 1 Corinthians 12:12<\/a> and Romans 14:4<\/a> in the NET and KJV follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>1 Corinthians 12:12 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1 Corinthians 12:12 (KJV)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body \u2013 though many \u2013 are one body, so too is Christ.<\/td>\nFor as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one<\/strong> body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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NET Parallel Greek<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a><\/td>\n\n

Byzantine Majority Text<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u039a\u03b1\u03b8\u1f71\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1 \u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03c3\u1ff6\u03bc\u03b1 \u1f15\u03bd \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bc\u1f73\u03bb\u03b7 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u1f14\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9, \u03c0\u1f71\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03bc\u1f73\u03bb\u03b7 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c3\u1f7d\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u1f70 \u1f44\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u1f15\u03bd \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u03c3\u1ff6\u03bc\u03b1, \u03bf\u1f55\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f41 \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u1f79\u03c2<\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1 \u03b3\u03b1\u03c1 \u03c4\u03bf \u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1 \u03b5\u03bd \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03b7 \u03b5\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03b7 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> \u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/a><\/strong> \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b5\u03bd \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1 \u03bf\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf \u03c7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/td>\n\u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1 \u03b3\u03b1\u03c1 \u03c4\u03bf \u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1 \u03b5\u03bd \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03b7 \u03b5\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03b7 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/strong> \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03b5\u03bd \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u03c3\u03c9\u03bc\u03b1 \u03bf\u03c5\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf \u03c7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Romans 14:4 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Romans 14:4 (KJV)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Who are you to pass judgment on another\u2019s servant? \u00a0Before his own master he stands or falls. \u00a0And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.<\/td>\nWho art thou that judgest another man\u2019s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. \u00a0Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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NET Parallel Greek<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a><\/td>\n\n

Byzantine Majority Text<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u03c3\u1f7a \u03c4\u1f77\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f36 \u1f41 \u03ba\u03c1\u1f77\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd \u1f00\u03bb\u03bb\u1f79\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03bf\u1f30\u03ba\u1f73\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd\u037e \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f30\u03b4\u1f77\u1ff3 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u1ff3 \u03c3\u03c4\u1f75\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9 \u1f22 \u03c0\u1f77\u03c0\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9\u0387 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b8\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u1f73, \u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u1fd6<\/a> <\/strong>\u03b3\u1f70\u03c1 \u1f41 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> <\/strong>\u03c3\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f79\u03bd<\/td>\n\u03c3\u03c5 \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03b9 \u03bf \u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03b5\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03c4\u03c9 \u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03c9 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b7 \u03c0\u03b9\u03c0\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> \u03b3\u03b1\u03c1 \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd<\/a> <\/strong>\u03bf \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd<\/td>\n\u03c3\u03c5 \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b5\u03b9 \u03bf \u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd \u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03bf\u03b9\u03ba\u03b5\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03c4\u03c9 \u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03c9 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b7 \u03c0\u03b9\u03c0\u03c4\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u03b5 \u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b1\u03c1 \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd <\/strong>\u03bf \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Jesus’ Artifacts, Part 5<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Jesus’ Artifacts, Part 7<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Romans, Part 13<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Romans, Part 40<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Romans, Part 80<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Christ-Centered Preaching, Chapter 3<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Exploration, Part 3<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to 3 John, Part 6<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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1<\/sup><\/a> DNA: The Secret of Life, James D. Watson with Andrew Berry, Copyright 2003 by DNA Show LLC, published by Knopf, a Borzoi Book, August 2004, pg. 80<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2<\/sup><\/a> The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5<\/a> \u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> (KJV: of that one<\/em>) following body<\/em>. The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3<\/sup><\/a> 1 Corinthians 12:12 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4<\/sup><\/a> 1 Corinthians 12:14-19 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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5<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c2<\/a> (KJV: God<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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6<\/sup><\/a> The Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03b5\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd<\/a>.\u00a0 The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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7<\/sup><\/a> The NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and NA28<\/sup><\/a> had \u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u1fd6<\/a> here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had \u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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8<\/sup><\/a> Romans 14:4 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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