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5781 | SHOULD WOMAN BE PRECHING | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 130163 | ||
Hey Hank... My far-better-half is great detective! Who needs something as crude as mind reading? | ||||||
5782 | Who is "he"? Why greater sin? | John 19:11 | DocTrinsograce | 130161 | ||
Pilate's had sinned in that he had had Jesus scouraged and abused by the Roman soldiers by this time in the narrative. Later, he would have Jesus, a man he knew to be innocent, crucified. However, the sin of the Jews (and Judas) was worse because it was born out of envy. It was also done in the full knowledge of the miracles and teachings of Jesus. I would never gainsay Christ, for He is judge, and it is His puragotive to evaluate sin. However, it is a good time, I think, to point out just how truly horendous is sin. I am mindful of the following quote by Jonathan Edwards (1705-1758), "Any sin is more or less heinous depending upon the honor and majesty of the one whom we had offended. Since God is of infinite honor, infinite majesty, and infinite holiness, the slightest sin is of infinite consequence. The slightest sin is nothing less than cosmic treason when we realize against Whom we have sinned." |
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5783 | His Incredible Love to Man | Luke 12:50 | DocTrinsograce | 130075 | ||
"If anything can awake astonishment, and inflame our gratitude, it must be that mystery of love, God manifested in our nature, and made man, to bleed and die for our salvation. That He should condescend to be sold for thirty shekels of silver, that is, for three pounds fifteen shillings of our money; to be apprehended and condemned as a malefactor; to be crowned with piercing thorns; to be scourged at the bloody pillar; to bear His cross; to be numbered with transgressors; to be reviled by rufianly soldiers, and a merciless populace; to be torn with tormenting nails; and pierced with a hostile spear; and suspended on the ignominious tree, between heaven and earth, as unworthy of either, though He was the maker and preserver of both. What thought can reach, what tongue can tell, the infinite riches of His love to man, that induced Him freely to undergo all this, only to make him happy! Nay, He not only freely underwent it, but even longed for the time of His crucifixion to come — 'I have a baptism, says He, a baptism of sufferings to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished?'" --Augustus Toplady (1740-1778) | ||||||
5784 | Pastors, be Theologians | 2 Tim 2:15 | DocTrinsograce | 130066 | ||
"Sound teaching is the best protection from the heresies which ravage right and left among us. "Brethren, if you are not theologians you are in your pastorates just nothing at all. You may be fine rhetoricians, and be rich in polished sentences; but without knowledge of the gospel, and aptness to teach it, you are but a sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. Verbiage is too often the fig-leaf which does duty as a covering for theological ignorance." --Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892), from "Lectures to My Students" |
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5785 | is jesus god | John 1:1 | DocTrinsograce | 130051 | ||
I agree with you, GB. I was just being tongue in cheek. :-) However, sometimes I think Revelation 18 sounds a lot like the Internet! :-) | ||||||
5786 | Marks of a False Teacher | Is 30:10 | DocTrinsograce | 130050 | ||
That was 2 Timothy 4:3-4. George, you gotta put your references in there! This is a Bible study forum! :-) |
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5787 | Reading Harry Potter | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 130049 | ||
Hi, fellas... tossing my two cents in here... I agree with you, Tim. Frankly, I think people get kind of superstitious about this kind of stuff. It reminds me of people who worry about three sixes being in a phone number. :-) When it comes to reading secular stuff, I do have a little problem. There is just so much good, wonderful stuff out there that I never get around to reading, I'd feel kind of guilty spending time on those Potter books. I still haven't made it through Augustine's "City of God!" :-) |
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5788 | Rule or Ideal? | 1 Tim 3:2 | DocTrinsograce | 129971 | ||
Glory bound, your comments gave new meaning to the word apocryphal. Words like cryptic and enigmatic do spring to mind, but I think I stick with just plain apocryphal. | ||||||
5789 | why was the thief saved without baptism? | Luke 23:43 | DocTrinsograce | 129959 | ||
Hi, Hank... thank you for your posts! I always appreciate them. This one too! I'd put more of my testimony in here, because its pertinent, but it would put some folks with keen sensibilities on here into high dudgeon! Suffice it to say that I've been digging pretty deeply into theology over the last ten years or so. The problem is, of course, as Paul says in I Cor 8:1b "Knowledge puffeth up." Spiritual pride is an awfully damaging sin. "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." The wonderful thing about the doctrines of grace, though, is that they are, necessarily, awesomely humbling. They kick the pins out from any prideful attitudes of the heart. They keep us focused on our only source of hope! Additionally, of course, you find that no matter how much you study and read, there is still more to study and read. (Karen and I are both taking theology courses this fall!) Its an exciting and delightful process -- at least most of the time -- exchanging the lie in my head for the truth in Him. One thing that seems to come up constantly for me is how the gospel is incredibly comprehensive, far more than simply fundamental. I think I had quoted a pastor friend of mine elsewhere in this forum. He said, "The gospel is not the ABCs of our faith, rather it is the A through Z of our faith." Anyway... thanks again for your participation in the forum. |
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5790 | Rule or Ideal? | 1 Tim 3:2 | DocTrinsograce | 129949 | ||
Thanks, Roger. That is interesting. However, that isn't what I was asking. Please carefully read each question so that your answers might contribute in as constructive a way as possible. Welcome to the forum. | ||||||
5791 | How can incest be forbidden? | Gen 3:3 | DocTrinsograce | 129818 | ||
This is why God graciously gave me a wonderful wife. We tend to compensate for one another, together being more than we can be individually! Thank you, dear wife, for being so discerning between what is edifying and what is purely pedantic. (Besides, I ducked! [grinning Ed-ward]) |
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5792 | How can incest be forbidden? | Gen 3:3 | DocTrinsograce | 129817 | ||
Ummm... okay... I take it you are using dogmatic in the non-theological sense. (Dogmatism is a part of theology that includes "things that can be known with certainty.") So, when the scripture says, Genesis 3:20, "And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living." that the fact that Eve -- according to Strongs (who wasn't a Rabbi) means "first woman" -- has nothing to do with the reason the scripture states for Adam giving her that name? I guess that would also apply to Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Esau, Jacob, Samuel, etc. etc. Or are you suggesting that due to the confusion of languages these names would be more certainly known than predulivian names? By the way, brother Ed, I have friends who are research physicists. They are not believers. But I still would tend to take their word on string theory over your own statements on the subject. On the other hand, I'd defer to you regarding the tenets of Pentecostalism, and generally dismiss their opinions on that subject. What can I say? Call me old fashioned! |
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5793 | How can incest be forbidden? | Gen 3:3 | DocTrinsograce | 129812 | ||
You see these posts through a very singular lense, brother Ed. I wasn't even thinking about anything related to Lockman's prohibitions. I wasn't even thinking of anything written after 100 AD. If there is a history on this forum to which you are sensitive, I must point out that I am but recently arrived. This is strictly my very humble opinion, but shouldn't you be more concerned and more sensative to stuff like Montanism rather than controversies that surfaced over 1200 years later? |
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5794 | How can incest be forbidden? | Gen 3:3 | DocTrinsograce | 129809 | ||
Okay, Ed... take it up with Josephus and the rabbis. I'm really impressed with your grasp of Hebrew or, at least, the authority of your sources if you can toss out native speakers of Hebrew as not knowing what they are talking about. Regarding speculation: The entire question is speculative, Ed. Speculative questions permit speculative answers. You started this thread branch with "first we don't know." So the root of the branch is speculation too. Didn't I even state that I was speculating? So shoot me for speculating! Sheesh! |
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5795 | How can incest be forbidden? | Gen 3:3 | DocTrinsograce | 129805 | ||
Ed, there are many situations in scripture where we can deduce what God or men were thinking. We can't know this conclusively, but we can make good educated guesses. We can look at God's call to Adam, "Where art thou?" and, in the light of the rest of scripture, understand what God may well have intended by this question, though it is not specifically articulated in scripture. We can look at Jacob's insistence on placing his right hand on Ephraim and his left hand on Manasseh to bless them and, in the light of the rest of scripture, understand what Jacob intended, though it is not specifically articulated in the scripture. We can look at Joshua's action again Ai and, in the light of the rest of scripture, understand what Joshua intended, though it is not specifically articulated in scripture. We can look at David's response to Saul and, in the light of the rest of scripture, understand what David's attitude toward Saul was, though it is not specifically articulated in scripture. We can hear the sarcasm in Nathanael's remark about "any good thing" coming out of Nazareth, though it is not specifically articulated in scripture. We can hear the anger in Jesus' declaration of "Woe" on the cities that rejected Him, though it is not specifically articulated in scripture. The book of Jonah intentionally ends leaving the reader to speculate about Jonah's intentions and God's instruction. This happens all over the place in scripture. You and I must both work through these things frequently and continually. Therefore, I am mystified by your adamant disagreement. However, I agree that the Word is living. This is confirmed both by scripture and experience. Though it lives, it is also a rock. The fact that it applies itself to a variety of situations, and that its depths cannot be plumbed, does not mean that it cannot be likened to a textbook or guidebook. True, it is more than these things, but it is these things as well. PS Who in the world are you thinking of when you say, "so many that claim they have a handle on what the Bible says?" If you are painting me with that brush, you do err exceedingly. |
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5796 | How can incest be forbidden? | Gen 3:3 | DocTrinsograce | 129802 | ||
Back on the topic of Cain and Abel, here is another thought. It is, again, only speculation: If we cannot make a decisive argument about Adam and Eve's pre or post-fall procreation, let's see what we CAN say definitively. We know that Adam and Eve had children. We know that Cain and Abel were the children of Adam and Eve, though we cannot say conclusively that they were the first born offspring. Further, we know that the curse of God came upon Adam and Eve after the fall per Genesis 3; and one component of the curse was the pain of child bearing (Genesis 3:16). Therefore, any child born after the fall would be born "in sorrow." As pointed out in an earlier post, Abel means "mourning/vanity" (see Josephus in "The Antiquity of the Jews"). Some have suggested, therefore, that the meaning of Abel's name is indicative of the birth pains Eve experienced. If that supposition is correct, it necessarily follows that Cain and Abel, at least, were born after the fall. |
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5797 | How can incest be forbidden? | Gen 3:3 | DocTrinsograce | 129799 | ||
I brought up three distinct points. Mia culpa for doing that in one post. I will respond, therefore, via three posts, one for each issue. I know there is a group that think everything in the scripture is mysterious and beyond human comprehension. It amuses me, and I can show from scripture that it does God also, since He told us that all revealed Truth belongs to all of His people (Deut 29:29). It is even more amusing to me that people who deny the perspicuity of scripture, use scripture to validate its lack of perspicuity. In the end, they refuse to discuss "difficult" passages, depending instead on the "authority" of their inner feelings. Like you, I think there is a problem if anyone thinks they have it all figured out. You see that in many of the cults of our day. Although you will find laity and non-scholars in my own tradition taking this position, I'm glad that I do not see this in any of the scholars in the orthodox protestant tradition. Rather, there is a humility that stems out of an understanding of the low, depraved state of man and the awesome, perfection of an infinite and holy God. This continually sends us back to the "all-sufficient, certain and infallible rule or standard of the knowledge, faith and obedience that constitute salvation;" i.e., the Word of God. As long as we are talking about amusement, don't you find it amusing that people can throw out the research of very learned men without even hearing what they have to say? Imagine if we did that with physics or chemistry. "No, don't tell me! My research is only valid if I figure it out myself! I don't care what other researchers did!" :-) Back to the point: Per your request, I will leave Paul out of this discussion. Paul, Augustine, and others tend to affirm original sin in solid syllogistic fashion. Others, following the tradition of Pelegius, tend to be very uncomfortable with the unequivocal premises and the inescapable hard logic that follows them. |
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5798 | is jesus god | John 1:1 | DocTrinsograce | 129783 | ||
I can hear it now, "Aye, ye Christians, what tower of babel is this that steals your industry and places in your mind the vain philosopies of man? Art thou seeking more the glow of these enchanted windows than the glory of your Savior? The former will not as effectually heal thy soul as the latter. Come out of thence, I prithee, while yet you may!" | ||||||
5799 | How can incest be forbidden? | Gen 3:3 | DocTrinsograce | 129781 | ||
I'd be happy to explain how Adam's condemned the rest of the human race, if you like. The mechanics of the thing can be explained, even though dificult to fully grasp. But unless you're going to toss Paul out, you can't say that it isn't so. No we can't know what God, etc. was thinking. But God gave us the scripture. If we take great care in its study, we can lift from its pages the very heart motivations that made people behave as they did. It is all right there for our instruction. Ed, if you can see stuff like God changing His mind, I don't see why you can't use a little insight about what you know of human beings and build some pretty good theories about how they felt. I should think the latter would be a lot easier than the former! Don't worry, my understanding is rarely offended. Sometimes my ego gets invovled. But so far, I haven't seen a single word in this forum -- not the tineiest word -- of to cause even a Puritan child from doing anything but scratch his head. |
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5800 | How can incest be forbidden? | Gen 3:3 | DocTrinsograce | 129768 | ||
Hi, Ed! Tossing in my two cents: If Adam and Eve had offspring before the fall, then these children would have been free from (original) sin. As Paul states: Rom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned Rom 5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners 1 Cor 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. Cain was the first offspring of Adam and Eve mentioned in scripture. Abel was second born. Although there isn't anything negative said about Abel, clearly Cain's character suggests that he was conceived after the fall! For these reasons I do not believe that any children were born to Adam and Eve during the time of their innocence. The name Cain can be interpreted "a (prized) possession." With the very first birth of a child the original parents had a hope of the birth of the promise of the protevangelium (Gen 3:15). The name Abel means "weakness" or "vanity." Perhaps, by the time of his birth, they realized that the appearance of the serpent-crusher might be delayed. (Just speculation on my part.) |
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