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1461 | 2 Cor. 5:8 taken out of context | 2 Corinthians | BradK | 155633 | ||
Hi Bible Sleuth, Well, your very general and I think you assume much when you state "may" have been taken out of context by many... Who did you have in mind and could you provide some specifics? Who can you cite as a source to support your conclusions? Lastly, what are your doctrinal beliefs? Are you a JW? Just asking. BradK |
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1462 | What happens immediatly after you die? | 2 Corinthians | BradK | 180509 | ||
Hello ebrain, Timothy Dwight- the grandson of Jonathan Edwards- had this to say (in part)regarding the intermediate state: "There has been no small debate among divines, and those of great reputation, concerning the places where the dead will reside between their departure from this world, and the final judgment. This subject demands too extensive a consideration to be attempted at the present time. It must be acknowledged, that the language of the Scriptures furnishes a foundation for some difference of opinion concerning it. Several expressions, found in both Testaments, seem to indicate an intermediate place, as well as an intermediate state of existence, between this world, and the final scenes of retribution. After a considerable examination of this subject, and an examination of several able commentators, who have handled it to some extent, I am obliged to confess myself not altogether satisfied; and to say, that hitherto I have found difficulties on both sides. I know of no method in which they can be removed, except a direct recurrence to every scriptural passage which relates to the subject, a thorough consideration of each, and an attentive comparison of them all. It is undoubtedly true, that the Hebrew , shed, and the Greek hades, commonly rendered hell, or the grave, in our Translation, do not properly signify either; but always the world of departed spirits. As these words have so extensive a signification, and must be interpreted by every passage of Scripture referring to that world, there must be room for considerable difference of opinion. But, whatever may be true concerning an intermediate place of existence, there can, I apprehend, be no reasonable doubt concerning an intermediate state. St. Peter says of the angels that sinned, that God ‘cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment.’ St. Jude, also, declares, them to be ‘reserved,’ is like manner, ‘unto the judgment of the great day.’ From these declarations it is manifest, that fallen angels have not yet received their final judgment, nor of course their final reward. This indeed seems evident from the phraseology used by St. Peter, as well as by the declarations of both hint and St. Jude, The word which is rendered from St. Peter, ‘cast them down to hell,’ is in the Greek, tartarwsav; literally rendered, ‘cast them down to Tartarus.’ While this phraseology plainly declares a state of punishment; it indicates directly a different state from that which is taught by the word geenna; the appropriate name of hell in the Scriptures. After ‘the rich man died and was buried,’ it is said by our Saviour, ‘he lift up his eyes in hell, being in torments;’ in the Greek, en tw aJdh, ‘in hades he lift up his eyes, being in torments.’ This word also denotes with sufficient clearness a different state of suffering from that which is intended by the word geenna. In the same parable Lazarus is declared to be ‘carried by angels to Abraham’s bosom.’ The state in which Lazarus was placed is denoted elsewhere by the word Paradise. ‘To day,’ said our Saviour to the thief on the cross, ‘thou shalt be with me in Paradise.’ But we know from ˆ our Saviour’s own declaration, that when he gave up the ghost on the cross, his spirit went, not to hell, but to hades, or sheol. For in the sixteenth Psalm, he himself says, ‘Thou wilt not leave my soul in sheol;’ rendered both by the Septuagint, and by St. Peter (quoting this passage, Acts 2:27, and referring to it in verse 31) by hades, the Greek word, by which sheol is always translated both in the Old and New Testament. Thus it is, ‘Thou wilt not leave my soul in hades,’ and in verse 31, ‘his soul was not left in hades.’ The thief therefore went to the state which is denoted by this word; and not to that which is denoted by heaven, unless this word is supposed to include heaven. In Hebrews 11:39, 40, St. Paul says of the ancient saints, ‘And these" [CONSEQUENCES OF DEATH- The Immediate Consequences of Death- Timothy Dwight] Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1463 | Tithe vs Debts | 2 Corinthians | BradK | 189575 | ||
Hello wordoer, Might I add an observation that your reply is a bit oversimplistic? Mal. 3:10 is not directed to the Church and it might be that the reason "tithe" isn't in the NT is because we're under the principle of "free-will" giving! (2 Cor. 8:10- 9:15ff) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1464 | Tithe vs Debts | 2 Corinthians | BradK | 189611 | ||
Hello wordoer, I think the question has been amply discussed by others'comments. You're right, "oversimplistic" did not mean to imply unscriptural. I'm always careful to not just throw a verse out there (like Mal. 3:10), neglecting context or without providing an explanation. My point in referencing 2 Cor. 8 and 9 was to focus on the primary NT teaching regarding giving. The terms "tithing" and "giving" are not synonymous! One is a requirement of the law, the other is based on grace:-) I hope that clarifies. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1465 | No healing? why? | 2 Cor 1:4 | BradK | 72900 | ||
Dear Pistos, While I'll simply agree to disagree with the Word of Faith theology, one of your statements deserves elaboration. You state,"You should never base your theology on someone elses success or failure." I quite agree, and would add that ones' theology should be based upon the Word of God not experience! (Heb.4:12) Speaking the Truth In Love, BradK |
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1466 | No healing? why? | 2 Cor 1:4 | BradK | 73072 | ||
EdB, Well said! I hope that your words of wisdom are received in the manner in which I presume they are written- in love. You correctly state,"I think the answer to your question is there is not many Christians that oppose the belief in divine healing. What most oppose are the false teachers and charlatans that are involved in it." Amen, I concur wholeheartedly. Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |
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1467 | Hank | 2 Cor 1:10 | BradK | 215474 | ||
To: Brother Hank "we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord." (2 Cor. 5:9) You are departed and with Christ, for that is far better! To God be the glory... BradK |
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1468 | Is Soul Sleep Biblical? | 2 Cor 5:8 | BradK | 214576 | ||
"HOPE BEYOND THE GRAVE This weekend we celebrate and remember the death and resurrection of our Lord Yeshua. Because He lives, we have HOPE BEYOND THE GRAVE! I Thessalonians 4:14 makes it clear that our future hope is based on His resurrection. The KJV English words “even so” are from the Greek “houto” meaning “in the same manner.” Read John 20:4-9; Romans 8:18-25; Philippians 3:20-21; and I John 3:1-3 and lift your heart of praise up to the Lord and worship Him! FACTS ABOUT BELIEVERS WHO DIE Death is NOT the end! It is simply the “release” of our soul/spirit into the presence of the Lord. The physical body that is put into the grave will one day be resurrected - believers truly have HOPE BEYOND THE GRAVE. 1. According to the Bible, believers are carried by angels into the present of the Lord and to Abraham, the father of all who believe - Luke 16:22 2. The Bible teaches that when we die we will then be “comforted” - Luke 16:25 3. The Bible makes it clear that our souls and spirits are not simply vapor or gasses floating in space; we will have a temporary body of some sort awaiting the final resurrection body - read II Corinthians 5:1-9 and Revelation 6:11 where we are told that believers who have died are given “white robes.” 4. The Bible indicates that we are not unconscious after death, nor are we sleeping! It is the physical body that is pictured as sleeping in the grave. According to the Bible believers are fully conscious and able to communicate - Revelation 6:9 5. Interestingly, believers who have died are described as having concern about God’s prophetic plans - Revelation 6:10 6. One of the strongest statements about what we will be doing after we die is found in Psalm 16:11 and in Luke 15:7 and 10: We will experience “fullness of joy” and have “joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth” 7. Believers who have died are also urged to be contented until the day of the Resurrection - Revelation 6:11; 14:13 8. One of the most blessed teachings of the Bible is that believers who are alive will one day be reunited with those who have died and already are “with the Lord” - the Lord has planned a great reunion - a “meeting in the air” - what a day that will be! I Thessalonians 4:16-17 9. The Bible makes it quite clear that this HOPE BEYOND THE GRAVE is a remedy for all our worries, troubles, and fears. I Thessalonians 4:18 tells us to “comfort one another with these words” - consider the results of this remedy: It eliminates mental DIFFICULTIES - I Thessalonians 4:13 - “I would not have you to be ignorant” It eliminates emotional DEPRESSION - same verse says “sorrow not as others who have no hope” It eliminates personal DISCOURAGEMENT - I Thessalonians 5:4-11 explains this HOPE BEYOND THE GRAVE that will spare us from the coming “wrath of God” upon this planet during the “Day of the LORD” - God did NOT appoint church-age believers to experience that coming day of terror. We are exhorted to “comfort one another” once again!" [Dr. David Hocking] BradK |
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1469 | What does judgement look like | 2 Cor 5:10 | BradK | 213983 | ||
Hello bill..., If I might add it is not a matter so much of what- but Whom we have believed! John 3:36 - "He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."(NASB) In Him, BradK |
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1470 | What does judgement look like | 2 Cor 5:10 | BradK | 214049 | ||
Hi Bill, I think you have the cart in front of the horse here? Faith is not predicated on our works, i.e "obedience", but rather the completed work of Christ on the cross! Eph. 2:8-9 states, "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast." (NASB) I don't buy a works-based righteousness:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1471 | verse explains nonChrist knowing savior | 2 Cor 5:15 | BradK | 178329 | ||
John, A big Amen! In Him, BradK |
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1472 | verse explains nonChrist knowing savior | 2 Cor 5:15 | BradK | 178337 | ||
Hello Paul, I have to disagree! Then God is not truly sovereign and He most certainly does not operate after the good pleasure of His will! So, God could not have used another means had He chosen to do so? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1473 | Where did the Holy Spirit go? | 2 Cor 5:21 | BradK | 83450 | ||
Tim, I find that Paul says He is too, in Phil.2:6: "...who being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,..." Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |
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1474 | Did Jesus die spiritually? | 2 Cor 5:21 | BradK | 83461 | ||
Dear NWord, I'm afraid I have some major challenges with the rather unscriptural doctrine that Jesus went to hell to pay for our sins! The Gospel that Paul proclaims in 1 Cor. 15:3-4 says the following: "For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures," For the 2nd person of the Godhead to die spiritually, would intimate Him giving up the very essence of Diety. There is simply no clear teaching in scripture to support this position. You state "If Jesus didn't die spiritually for our sins, then I have some sad, sad news for you... We will all be going to hell and dying for our own sins, and Jesus death on the cross was done for nothing" How so? Was not His death on the cross entirely sufficient? Scripture clearly says it was!(Rom. 6:10) You further state "Then, he decended into hell or the heart of the earth for three days. He went to hell and paid the price for our sin, so we wouldn't have to. There was no other way we could receive the new birth and be born again out of sin into His glorious rightousness. " Might I ask what, if any solid scriptural support is there for this contention? You provide none. I would submit that this is more akin to WOF heresy than it is Biblical doctrine. The Bible says in 2 Cor.5:21 "He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." There is no implication to say that He went to hell for us! My response is "For what does the Scripture say?" Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |
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1475 | Did Jesus die spiritually? | 2 Cor 5:21 | BradK | 83471 | ||
Dear NWord, I understand your position on this controversial doctrine. It is clearly based in WOF teaching. It is not found in orthodox historical Christianity, nor is it supported, endorsed or otherwise interpreted by any recognized, and renown Biblical scholar. You say "Jesus body was not in the heart of the earth. His body was just in a tomb. Hell is in the heart of the earth. The Father forsook Jesus when He died, because he died spiritually, and then while in hell he was reborn, or born again" You've again failed to establish any valid scriptural link to this "opinion". Neither Matt.27:46 or 12:40 refer to "hell". As Jamieson, Fausett, and Brown note regarding this passage "The expression “in the heart of the earth,” suggested by the expression of Jonah with respect to the sea (Jon 2:3, in the Septuagint), means simply the grave, but this considered as the most emphatic expression of real and total entombment." "He would not have to be born again in hell, unless he had somehow become a sinner in our place. Right? " Wrong! "Born again in hell" is NOT a scriptural doctrine and has no support therefore from such! "Jesus was the first one born again. It wasn't because he rose from the dead. Lazerous rose from the dead, and he's not called the first born, is he?" Unless your reference is to Col.1:15, you are theologically confused on this point, if I can be so honest:-) If "prototokos" (Gr.)it is firstborn with reference to position, not chronology!Jesus was NOT "Born Again". He is God in the flesh ( John 1:14),and was without sin (2 Cor. 5:21). My dear friend, Lazarus was not God. Christs' vicarious atonement on the CROSS paid the full penalty for our sins because He was the spotless Lamb of God. According to Romans 4:25 "He who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification." His resurrection is the crux on which the entirety of our faith rests! Note 1 Cor. 15:14-17: "and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. 15 Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; 17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins." Going to 'hell" did not, would not, and does not atone for your or my sins! Only the blood of Christ does that. Speaking The Truth In Love, BradK |
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1476 | Righteousness of God? | 2 Cor 5:21 | BradK | 120158 | ||
Mommapbs, Upon further thought, I'd add Phil. 3:9, "...and be found IN HIM, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith." Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1477 | Extreme Metal... clarifying | 2 Cor 6:14 | BradK | 145148 | ||
Dear Delight... No offense taken, but... you are the one who asked the original question. You asked "Is Extreme Metal appropriate?". You were provided several responses. Now, many times it's been my experience that those who seek for advice don't like the answer(s). This may or may not be you, but none of us has anything to gain or lose by the advice we've given you. Have you considered that our motives are to help and that just maybe we may be right? We all may be "wound too tight..."- whatever that means- but how do you know that's the case? In all fairness my friend, by what standard do you judge? Is it possible that you are the one who is "just a little too closed-minded to even accept what" you've been told? My friend, I've been there and done that to use a modern cliche! My former rock-and-roll, drug abuse, and partying lifestyle have given me a fair amount of perspective with which to offer an opinion. Now, my basis for righteousness and living is the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the standard by which I determine what is right and appropriate. Proverbs 14:12 tells us "There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death." To be honest with you, I'd be more remiss if I were concerned about what you thought about my "response" to you than whether or not you've received the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior". Paul writes to the Corinthians in 2 Cor. 6:2, imploring them, "Behold now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation." May you seek what you're looking for. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1478 | Any advice to stop sexual immorality? | 2 Cor 6:14 | BradK | 151112 | ||
Hi frozenfire, I support and echo the thoughts and admonitions given you by others ,here on the Forum. They are correct in their advice- like it or not. You are attempting to rationalize your sin! Quit trying to excuse it away:-) An excuse is nothing more than the skin of a lie, stuffed with reason. Consider these verses: Prov. 19:20 "Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end." Prov. 18:1 "He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom." Prov. 11:14 "Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety." Ultimately, it's up to you what you decide to do. However, in my experience of 44 years, I've found that the better part of wisdom is to ACT upon wise counsel! When many others- who have no vested interest in your situation- are telling you the same thing, it might be prudent to listen:-) Many times the advice we seek may not be what we want to hear, but that doesn't mean the advice is bad or ill-intentioned. Often God doesn't give us what we ask, but rather what we need! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1479 | Can a Christian go to Night Clubs | 2 Cor 6:14 | BradK | 222701 | ||
Hello ariel, I think the assumption being made ( at least by myself) is that the qustion was asked to find support, i.e. legitimacy in doing so. Maybe it wasn't, but there are better "venues" (no pun intended) if witnessing is intended! BradK |
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1480 | He betray Jesus for 30 pieces of silver | 2 Cor 7:10 | BradK | 198642 | ||
Hello Good News Man, Allow me to add a couple points to Doc's response. First of all, you're getting into the land of scriptural ping-pong, where it just becomes a match of verses tossed back and forth. Your friend appears to be proof-texting and ignoring any context. What's his ultimate point?; Second, there's very little stated about Judas in scripture. From what is written, does the evidence suggest his eternal disposition or not?: Judas was coveteous and called a thief- John 12:4-6 He bargained to betray Jesus- Matt.26:14-16 He's called a devil- John 6:70-71 Satan entered into him (twice)- John 13:2, 27 He apostasied- John 17:12 He betrayed the Lord- Matt. 26: 47-50 He hung himself- Matt. 27:5 (compare 2 Cor. 7:10) It was prophesied that he would do so- Ps. 41:9, 109:8, Zech. 11:12-13 A reasoned, careful study should conclude that there is simply no compelling evidence supporting Judas being saved. To say otherwise is to reason from the silence of scripture! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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