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741 | Would Adam and Eve have fallen? | Gen 3:13 | BradK | 186974 | ||
Dear ebrain, I see no need to answer the question as I am not the one speculating! I'll pass... Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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742 | Would Adam and Eve have fallen? | Gen 3:13 | BradK | 186955 | ||
Dear ebrain, My friend, are you serious? Come now, rank speculation, fabrication, and contrivance have no place on the SBF. Could you please restrict yourself to what scripture actually says instead of fanciful wanderings? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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743 | Calvin or Armini | Bible general Archive 3 | BradK | 186810 | ||
Dear Psalm 25, Welcome to the Forum. If I might, it may be beneficial take some time to familiarize yourself with the SBF (Terms of Use and About Forum) if you haven't done so already:-) As one who has posted for close to 5 years, it really pays dividends to get a feel or flavor of the Forum. (Look before you leap) This is a public forum, so please don't take replies so personal and try to lighten up:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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744 | Calvin or Armini | Bible general Archive 3 | BradK | 186779 | ||
OK! | ||||||
745 | Calvin or Armini | Bible general Archive 3 | BradK | 186730 | ||
Hello GE, Let me pose 2 rather direct answers. 1. Suppose they're not wrong; 2. Suppose you are wrong Friend, ignorance is no virtue, so how would you handle 2 Tim. 2:15? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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746 | god speaking to israel | 2 Tim 2:15 | BradK | 186343 | ||
Hi Cheri, You posted your reply to me and not asher! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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747 | sharing your faith with a Jehovah witnes | John 1:1 | BradK | 186214 | ||
Hello freedom, Just a matter of reference, with no ill-will intended: It really does help- and it behooves us all- to use proper grammar, punctuation, and capitalization in our posting. Whatever we do, we do it 'heartily, as to the Lord and not to men." (Col. 3:23 NKJV) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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748 | Teaching Bible Prophecy | Acts 1:7 | BradK | 186158 | ||
Hi Tony, I think my response was due to the perception that you were generalizing. What you seem to be saying is the specific message using prophecy had a very real impact on you. That's great- truly! It may also have an impact upon others as well. I was changed through the hearing of the gospel and conviction by the Holy Spirit! We praise God that Christ is preached. Amen? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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749 | I want my wife back | Bible general Archive 3 | BradK | 186090 | ||
Hello minister..., Are you affiliated with the Watchtower Organization, aka JW's??? If not, why don't you please include some info about yourself in the User Profile. It is helpful to know where one is coming from. BradK |
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750 | Teaching Bible Prophecy | Acts 1:7 | BradK | 186065 | ||
Hi Tony, That's great, and the teaching of prophecy has its place. Just don't let prophecy be your idol. Rev. 19: 11 says, "For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." As Paul stated in 1 Cor. 2:2, "For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified" Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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751 | Teaching Bible Prophecy | Acts 1:7 | BradK | 186018 | ||
Col. 3:23 | ||||||
752 | Is prophecy dead? | Matt 11:13 | BradK | 185983 | ||
grumpy: what leads you to ask such a question? Waht is known about God is contained in the pages of the Bible! BradK |
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753 | Who is Jesus? | Bible general Archive 3 | BradK | 185967 | ||
Arianism, plain and simple! See Council of Nicea 325! | ||||||
754 | Teaching Bible Prophecy | Acts 1:7 | BradK | 185865 | ||
Hello gkidder, Of course those verses are inspired scripture! Obviously, there is also much more to the Bible than merely prophecy. The grand subject of scripture is of course Christ. Do you see this ignorance as a wide-spead problem? If so how? Could you possibly elaborate on why you view this as such? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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755 | Teaching Bible Prophecy | Acts 1:7 | BradK | 185825 | ||
Hello gkidder, Allow me to comment on one aspect of your question. The Prince of Preachers, C.H. Spurgeon addressed this matter in his sermon on Acts 1:6-8, titled "Witnessing Better than Knowing the Future" (2330) I quote in part: "First, then, let us consider SOME THINGS WHICH ARE NOT FOR US. It is not for us to know the times and the seasons, and to be able to make a map of the future. There are some great events of the future very clearly revealed. The prophecy is not at all indistinct about the facts that will occur; but as to when they will occur, we have no data. Some think that they have; but our Lord here seems to say that we do not know the times and the seasons, and that it is not for us to know them. I pass no censure upon brethren who think that, by elaborate calculations, they find out what is to be in the future; I say that I pass no censure, but time has passed censure of the strongest kind upon all their predecessors. I forget how many miles of books interpreting prophecy there are in the British Museum; but I believe it amounts to miles, all of which have been disproved by the lapse of time. Some of the writers were wonderfully definite; they knew within half-an-hour when the Lord would come. Some of them were very distinct about all the events; they had mapped them all within a few years. The men who wrote the books, happily for themselves, had mostly died before the time appointed came. It is always wise to pitch on a long period of prophecy, that you may be out of the way if the thing does not come off; and they mostly did so. There were very few of them who lived to suffer the disappointment which would certainly have come to them through having fixed the wrong date. I let time censure their mistake. God forgave it, for they did it with a desire for his glory. The bulk of them were most sincere students of the Word, and herein are a lesson to us, even though they were mistaken in their calculations; but, beloved, it is not for you to know the times and the seasons." Certainly, there are many who seek prophecy because it is interesting and even sensational! What does prophecy reveal to us about the Person of our Lord Jesus Christ? Remember, "Jeusus is the spirit of prophecy" (Rev. 19:10) Paul aptly warned that, "All seek their own, not the things of Christ" (Phil. 3:21). Without trying to "throw the baby out with the bath water" we should excercise a balanced approach to this topic. I for one am not overly enthralled by John Haggee- even though he si probably the better of the TBN flock. I wouldn't endorse his DVD's for that reason. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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756 | You have to be born of water and spirit | John 3:5 | BradK | 185801 | ||
Hi stj, Thanks for the clarification and the spirit in which it was said:-) I was really just challenging your "opinion" by responding to you. As you may know, on the SBF opinions, assumptions, speculations, and conjecture carry very little if any weight! I'm sure you'd agree, we always need to be careful in this area. I also am very leery of any novel interpretation- especially of difficult passages. I too would probably opt with number 2. However, any inference to the Word would not be direct, but indirect. I simply thought you were reading something into the text that isn't there:-) Again, clarification always helps in bringing about true communication. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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757 | You have to be born of water and spirit | John 3:5 | BradK | 185791 | ||
Hi stj, As I clearly noted, this is a difficult NT passage- at best! With all due respect, it is not my view that doesn't hold water. Since you are the one espousing your "opinion" the burden of proof is on you, to establish its' credibilty. Fair enough? The word for water- hudatos (Gr.)-generally translates as that. A.T Robertson, the late noted NT Greek scholar comments thus: "Of water and the Spirit [ex hudatos kai pneumatos]). Nicodemus had failed utterly to grasp the idea of the spiritual birth as essential to entrance into the Kingdom of God. He knew only Jews as members of that kingdom, the political kingdom of Pharisaic hope which was to make all the world Jewish (Pharisaic) under the King Messiah. Why does Jesus add [ex hudatos] here? In verse 3 we have anôthen]” (from above) which is repeated in verse 7, while in verse 8 we have only [ek tou pneumatos] (of the Spirit) in the best manuscripts. Many theories exist. One view makes baptism, referred to by [ex hudatos] (coming up out of water), essential to the birth of the Spirit, as the means of obtaining the new birth of the Spirit. If so, why is water mentioned only once in the three demands of Jesus (3, 5, 7)? Calvin makes water and Spirit refer to the one act (the cleansing work of the Spirit). Some insist on the language in verse 6 as meaning the birth of the flesh coming in a sac of water in contrast to the birth of the Spirit. One wonders after all what was the precise purpose of Jesus with Nicodemus, the Pharisaic ceremonialist, who had failed to grasp the idea of spiritual birth which is a commonplace to us. By using water (the symbol before the thing signified) first and adding Spirit, he may have hoped to turn the mind of Nicodemus away from mere physical birth and, by pointing to the baptism of John on confession of sin which the Pharisees had rejected, to turn his attention to the birth from above by the Spirit. That is to say the mention of “water” here may have been for the purpose of helping Nicodemus without laying down a fundamental principle of salvation as being by means of baptism. Bernard holds that the words [hudatos kai] (water and) do not belong to the words of Jesus, but “are a gloss, added to bring the saying of Jesus into harmony with the belief and practice of a later generation.” Here Jesus uses [eiselthein] (enter) instead of [idein] (see) of verse 3, but with the same essential idea (participation in the kingdom)." Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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758 | You have to be born of water and spirit | John 3:5 | BradK | 185787 | ||
Hi stj, Without question, this passage is one of the more difficult in the NT to understand. There a basically 4 commonly held views (noted by Hard Sayings of the Bible): 1. Water means natural birth and Spirit indicates spiritual birth. 2. Water and Spirit together indicate a cleansing and spiritual renewal. 3. Water is the baptism of John and Spirit is what comes with Jesus. 4. Water indicates the outward part of Christian baptism and Spirit the inward part. I would be more inclined to agree with view 1 as it seems to fit a more plain, straight-forward interpretation. With no malice intended, I think it far more of a stretch to accept your "opinion" that water refers to the Word. The basic reasons being, the context doesn't seem to warrant it and we have Jesus saying water when He (really) meant Word. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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759 | The Rapture, when will it be? | Bible general Archive 1 | BradK | 185460 | ||
Hello Tony, No need to apologize, my friend.You can repost your response as a question if you'd like to get feedback on it. This was a recent topic as of a couple of weeks ago. You can also use the "Search" function to view the threads on a particular topic. As an FYI- the SBF may differ from other "discussion forums", so it might be beneficial to review the Terms of Use and About Forum- if you haven't done so already:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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760 | The Rapture, when will it be? | Bible general Archive 1 | BradK | 185406 | ||
Hello gkidder, Welcome to the Forum. You were responding to a post that is almost 6 years old. It's unlikely that the original poster is still active:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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