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681 | What was the point of the temptation ? | Matt 4:1 | BradK | 193170 | ||
Hey Brother, I think we can all agree on this: "For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need." (Heb. 4:15-16 NASB) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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682 | What was the point of the temptation ? | Matt 4:1 | BradK | 193162 | ||
Hello Jesusman, You might want to quit wile you're ahead?:-) To say "Jesus, while he was here on earth, could have, if he wanted to, given into temptation" is simply speculation. You're postulating upon something that didn't happen and furthermore- if it did - would have doomed mankind! You can't have much of a Savior when He falls into temptation. To be our Mediator, Christ had to fulfill 3 things: 1. He had to be God; 2. he had to be man; 3. He had to be sinless He fulfilled all 3! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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683 | The entire spiritual meaning of Agabov | 2 Tim 2:15 | BradK | 193080 | ||
Hank and Forum, In my Saturday morning study time, I took the liberty to do a little "research"-perusing on my Logos. I found no such word "Agabov" in the Hebrew. Further, the majority of times according to Strongs 697, the word 'arbeh' is used for locust. The closest I came was Is. 33:4, where 'gabahh' is used. It has 34 times and its basic meaning is "to be high", "be exalted". Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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684 | "The Great Commission" ? | Col 1:23 | BradK | 192825 | ||
Derowr, Exactly what "Truth" is being warred against? I don't follow... In Him, BradK |
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685 | If I commit suicide, can I go to heaven? | Job | BradK | 192561 | ||
Hello mom of 5 girls, Possibly I'm not following your thoughts on this? What is "false" about what Larry quoted? It was almost a direct citation of Rom. 10:9; "...that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved" (NASB) The thief on the cross "uttered in a moment of conviction" (Luke 23:42,43). Is there someting missing or inherently "easy" about this verse? As I understood it, nothing was said or implied that would denote an easy-believism here. God paid the ultimate price in sending His Son to die for the sin of mankind. Faith is simply our response to what God has said and done (Heb. 11:1,6). Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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686 | You shall not Murder, then told too?? | OT general | BradK | 192543 | ||
Hello misteredd, Might I ask, upon what scriptural basis does your reply rest? At best you're being oversimplistic. At worse, just tossing out speculations! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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687 | Did Jonah die in the belly of the fish? | Matt 12:40 | BradK | 192330 | ||
Hi John, I think you're making more of an issue on this matter than needs be? I did not read Jesusmans' report of this incident as a substitution for the gospel or that it was relayed as "a fantastic tale"! Show a little grace, my friend:-) (As an FYI-Here in the Puget Sound region of the NW, Great White Sharks are a very rare sighting. Yet, I recall 2-3 years ago I personally read a report by someone from the Tacoma Pt. Defiance Zoo that one had indeed been sighted in those waters. While this has no direct bearing upon this thread, the "fantastic: and bizarre do occur.) My take on his comments was only that the example served to add credibility to the story of Jonah! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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688 | was Jesus created? | John 1:1 | BradK | 192268 | ||
Hi Kenk, Jesus is the eternal Son of God in Orthodoxy! It wouldn't be quite correct to state "at some point God separated a part of himself". While God is One, He is also Triune. The Nicene Creed succinctly summarizes the realtion of the Son to the Father. In part: "The essential points of the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity are these: 1. There is only one divine essence or substance. Father, Son, and Spirit are one in essence, or consubstantial. They are in one another, inseparable, and cannot be conceived without each other. In this point the Nicene doctrine is thoroughly monotheistic or monarchian, in distinction from tritheism, which is but a new form of the polytheism of the pagans. The church teaches not one divine essence and three persons, but one essence in three persons. Father, Son, and Spirit cannot be conceived as three separate individuals, but are in one another, and form a solidaric unity." [Philip Schaff and David Schley Schaff, History of the Christian Church] I trust this will clarify:-) BradK |
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689 | God the Father as Provider or Saviour? | Rom 8:32 | BradK | 192087 | ||
rabban, Let me just say to your reply; rubbish my friend! Sounds like double speak jonp, Dr. Pett, aka jon robb? Deceit is never a Christian virtue! BradK |
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690 | Vain Babbling | 2 Tim 2:16 | BradK | 192022 | ||
Hello parable, I'd disagree with his statement. He's apparently a revisionist (though I'm not familiar with Pelikan), and he's way too broad. What of the OT? Certainly it had precedence over tradition and was before the NT! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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691 | Stumpped by my son | Bible general Archive 3 | BradK | 191861 | ||
Hello parable, Could we get on with the study of scripture in accord with the purpose of the SBF? Promotion of Boyd's views does not accomplish that. It is one thing to seek an answer to a question, i.e. "open theism" in light of scripture. It is another to simply carry on and foist the views of a proponent ad inifinitum. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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692 | THE APOCALYPSE CODE, Have U read it? | Rom 11:17 | BradK | 191427 | ||
Hello rabban, Thank you for your well-spoken, loving insights on this and other posts. Though we would differ in our distinction between Israel and the Church and eschatology, these are indeed, secondary matters:-) I would not call it demonizing of Hank Hanegraff to simply disagree with him- which I do. He is entitled to his view, but he is by no means the spokesman for Christianity. While he is intelligent and astute, he has no formal education in theology, yet heads one the "premier" apologetic ministries. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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693 | THE APOCALYPSE CODE, Have U read it? | Rom 11:17 | BradK | 191354 | ||
Hello justme, I have a little perspective to shed on this matter that will hopefuly stimulate serious thought and discussion. Since hearing about this book (The Apocalypse Code) on The Bible Answer Man: 1. Hanegraff seems to be hawking his book at every opportunity from my numerous recent listenings to the program. Not that that is in itself bad, but... I find that a bit self-serving. Numerous comments he's made on the show would leave me with a few questions, and some points of disagreement; 2. I purchased the recent Christian Research Journal with the title topic: The Apocalypse Code. I read the article and I'm not convinced that Hanegraff is completely right. He offers some merits but seems to lump all those he disagrees with into one barrel, i.e he "throws the baby out with the bath water"; 3. I found a very well-written and balanced critique of his book by Norman Geisler. It can be viewed at www.normangeisler.com. While he brings up his points of agreement with, he also offers several points of disagreement worth noting. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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694 | Male seed sinful, but not female ovum? | NT general Archive 1 | BradK | 191131 | ||
Hello restate, I think you're confusing the Creator and His creation. Christ as the God-man (1 Tim. 2:5) was sinless as part of His qualification to be our Mediator. Never, has man been sinless since his fall in Eden (Gen. 3). We're not sinners because we sin, we sin because we are sinners! There is an abundance of scripture both OT and NT to support this (i.e. Gen. 8:21; Ps. 58:1,2; Jer. 17:5,9; Rom. 3:9-12). The Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) summarizes- accurately- what scripture teaches regarding the Fall of Man, and Sin: I. Our first parents, begin seduced by the subtilty and temptations of Satan, sinned in eating the forbidden fruit. This their sin God was pleased, according to his wise and holy counsel, to permit, having purposed to order it to his own glory. II. By this sin they fell from their original righteousness and communion with God, and so became dead in sin, and wholly defiled in all the faculties and parts of soul and body. III. They being the root of mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity, descending from them by original generation. IV. From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions. V. This corruption of nature, during this life, doth remain in those that are regenerated; and although it be through Christ pardoned and mortified, yet both itself, and all the motions thereof, are truly and properly sin. VI. Every sin, both original and actual, being a transgression of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto, doth, in its own nature, bring guilt upon the sinner, whereby he is bound over to the wrath of God, and curse of the law, and so made subject to death, with all miseries spiritual, temporal, and eternal." Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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695 | Bad things, Good People. Prov 4:10 | Prov 4:10 | BradK | 191024 | ||
Hello Val, Allow me to make an observation: I've been around this Forum for some 5 years. I've seen much good and more than enough bad. Many come but few stay to make a difference. Most, because they cannot seem to get over themselves and set aside their pride. That takes some work and humility. Please realize that you're on a public Forum and all of your (and my) statements are open to challenge! You're rather new to the SBF and I'll frankly add that you have not developed any repoire- yet. A handful of posts do not establish that. It comes with time, my friend:-) Should you take the time to not only get a feel for this Forum, but also what your contributions are to be, I think you'll find the SBF to be a blessing. Don't take a challenge as being witout love! The Calvanist/Arminianist debate has raged hot and heavy in times past here. It has also been a heated discussion within the Church for several centuries and I'm very doubtful it will be solved on the SBF. [Rom. 12:9-18] Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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696 | Should Christian men wear a beard? | 1 Chr 19:5 | BradK | 190786 | ||
Dear Paul, I thank you for the clarification- it does help. And, I can appreciate the time and study that you did. However,with all due respect, I would call what "some Baptist preachers" may not be allowing as pure and simple legalism. I attended a Baptist church here in the NW some years ago and facial hair was not part of their practice. I'm simply not convinced that there is any mandate, or preference in God's Word to support this contention. Ultimately, there are far more important issues to be studied and discussed in my honest opinion (Rom. 14:1). May God bless you in your walk and may you find His grace to be sufficient:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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697 | Should Christian men wear a beard? | 1 Chr 19:5 | BradK | 190780 | ||
Dear Bearded Bro, First off, your exegesis is pretty slim to none in offering solid Biblical support! Second, you're making a mountain out of a mole hill on this issue! Third, this is really more of a matter of personal preference than it is being God-directed! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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698 | Should Christian men wear a beard? | 1 Chr 19:5 | BradK | 190757 | ||
Dear Bearded Bro, I think the question has been asked and answered! Whatever "research" you have done only seems to confirm what you're seeking! We serve a God of grace and I know that He is infinitely more concerned about the heart than facial hair- or lack thereof! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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699 | If we sin, can we still go to heaven? | Eph 2:8 | BradK | 190744 | ||
Hello acts 2:38, My friend you're placing an enormous burden upon our flesh. What scripture verse(s) tells us "if you are smoking when Jesus comes back no you will not go to Heaven"? Here's what Galatians states: 2:16- "nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified." 2:21- "I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly." 3:11- "Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, "THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH." 3:21-22- "Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law. But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe." It is absolutely foreign to scripture (and grace) for us to clean up our flesh in order to be spritual! Thank God for Christ Jesus! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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700 | Thanks for the answer | Acts 1:9 | BradK | 190406 | ||
Hello johnboy, I would surmise 2 things: 1. You're not really seeking answers to your questions. There is much evidence to support the Bible. Have you exausted every scientific, philosophical, and anthropological mean to ascertain your presuppostion?; 2. You'd be better off not taking up time on this Forum if that is truly your attitude:-( You have not undermined my faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His power to change the heart! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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