will and shall

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Richard Masoner wrote:

> > The use of will
> > in the first person and of shall in the second and third may express
> > determination, promise, obligation, or permission, depending on the context.
>
> "MAY express.... DEPENDING ON THE CONTEXT."
>
> In other words, we can make "shall" and "will" mean whatever we want it
> to mean.
>
> Richard Masoner

Steven replys:This dictionary sight tells about shall.
http://work.ucsd.edu:5141/cgi-bin/http_webster?isindex=shall&method=exact

The following quote is from that sight.
3. As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is
derived from the person
speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going.

Sounds to me just like Acts 2:38 says "ye shall" and the above definition says,
"you shall go," wouldn't that be the same, as "ye shall recieve", so there is an
obligation or promise from the speaker that you are promised to recieve whatever
was spoken.

If we go to the next verse in, Acts 2:39  For the promise is unto you, and to your
children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall
call.
Is not the promise the gift of the Holy Ghost? So to me shall says, "I promise,
you shall recieve the gift of the Holy Ghost."

Steven Hall
I'm really trying to get you to see this.