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941 | Jewish calendar? | OT general | CDBJ | 111531 | ||
Thanks Emmaus, I was trying to figure out approximately the time of year using the type and antitype theory and the date that Antiochus desecrated the temple in Jerusalem, 1st Macc. 1:57. It’s interesting that Daniel prophesied the exact same event, yet Antiochus didn’t fulfill it because Jesus said that it was yet in the future, therefore Antiochus could have been portraying a type of the Antichrist. Matthew 24:15-24 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 20But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. If one were to subtract 42 months from the 15th of Casleu it “might” give the approximate time of year that the Antichrist will make a covenant with the Jews, (A covenant with death), that he will break. Isaiah 28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. I think we can always see where we are on God’s prophetic clock by watching Israel! Thanks again, CDBJ |
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942 | Where does it say "MUST be baptised" | John 3:5 | CDBJ | 111446 | ||
Greetings Colin, If you are referring to the question as to where you would go and you are using Abraham as the example, is says in Hebrews 11:8 that he didn’t know where he was going. This is speaking of the physical, and I can also say that next week I am not sure where I am going either. But I know absolutely for sure where I am going when I die because I am only trusting in God’s Son Jesus for my eternal life. Jesus paid the price that satisfied the requirements of a Holy God to get me to heaven. If God was satisfied with what His Son did for me then it’s not even a minor problem for those that are in Christ and fully trusting in his finished work. I have been born into God’s family and I don’t have to be perfect because I have a Savior that is. When God the Father looks at me he sees the person of His Son and His perfect righteousness. 2 Cor. 5:21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. I am believing in what God did for me through his perfect plan. By doing this I am turning away from all of my useless efforts and I am totally committed to Christ and what he did for me, this way it’s all by the grace of God through faith. For me to add something that I can do to help God with my salvation would be like climbing out of a perfectly good jet airplane, that is going 600mph, so I could try and push! God gets all the credit I cant add to it or it wouldn’t be by grace I am putting all of my eggs in one basket, and that is Jesus. There can’t be any bragging on my part because I didn’t do anything to help, I just believe Him. When I die I don’t hope that I will go to heaven I know I will, it’s a done deal because Jesus was the one doing all the that it takes to get me there. 1 John 5:10-13 All who believe in the Son of God know that this is true. Those who don't believe this are actually calling God a liar because they don't believe what God has testified about his Son. 11And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12So whoever has God's Son has life; whoever does not have his Son does not have life. 13I write this to you who believe in the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life. This is all in the past tense, (HAS GIVEN) it’s over, finished. Yes I have been baptized in water, but it sure wasn’t for salvation I knew I had eternal life for sure before I was baptized in water because I received the evidence of my salvation when I was baptized by the Holy Spirit and He revealed the truth to me of my position in Christ. It’s just like Abraham, he received the promise before he was circumcised. Have a great day CDBJ |
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943 | What does Scripture mean by no works? | John 3:5 | CDBJ | 111398 | ||
Hi EdB, God doesn’t command us to love Him for salvation but he does tell us to believe in His Son Jesus. The Love for God doesn’t come until we learn more about Him through studying His Word. The more we learn of Him the more our love grows for Him and we can’t even understand that without being saved first. 1 John 4:9-10 God showed how much he loved us by sending his only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. CDBJ |
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944 | What does Scripture mean by no works? | John 3:5 | CDBJ | 111395 | ||
Hi Tim, Very informative post. I second the motion!!!! CDBJ |
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945 | John 3:1-7 how can you say it's not true | 1 Cor 1:17 | CDBJ | 111347 | ||
That’s a good one! Does that mean if I paint myself red and sit in the garage long enough that I will become a car? That’s the same as being believing in Christ and being baptized for salvation. Not matter what color you painted the car after it was a car, it didn’t make any difference just as long as it was a car in the first place. There are probable thousands of true believers in Christ that never made it to water baptism but they died having a new nature in Christ. 2 Cor. 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. Maybe I will paint myself green tomorrow to see if it will make me envious! Have fun and have a great day in the Lord, CDBJ |
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946 | John 3:1-7 how can you say it's not true | 1 Cor 1:17 | CDBJ | 111342 | ||
Dear compudex, Much to your dismay, the church is in perfect agreement with regard to baptism. The church as mentioned in Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. This church is not an organization but an organism, it’s alive, and it is the body of Christ consisting of members that have put ALL of their undivided faith, hope, trust and reliance in one object, the person of Jesus Christ. All of those that are relying on anything other then UNDIVIDED faith in Jesus Christ aren’t in fact members of that body, but they don’t realize it because they are deluded into thinking that, what ever it is that they are trusting in, besides the finished work of Christ, is part of God’s plan when in fact it isn’t. It’s faith alone in Christ alone for salvation, otherwise it isn’t true salvation. 2 Tim. 2:24-26 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, 25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; 26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. Repentance comes to us from the Greek word METANOIA and it means to change one mind from what they are thinking now, anything besides faith alone in Christ alone, to a singleness of thinking in the person of Jesus Christ and what He has done. The ones who have done this are the only ones that understand that it is significant. Matthew 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. I hope you understand this, CDBJ |
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947 | Where does it say "MUST be baptised" | John 3:5 | CDBJ | 111334 | ||
Hi Colin, I appreciate the candor in your post and the heart felt things that you have shared. If we were to brake down the ingredients of your salvation, and how you manage to maintain it, how would you sum it up percentage wise? You stated, 1.“When I first believed, I knew little about the bible.” 2. “necessity to repent” 3. “I had believed in the Man” 4. You were baptized twice because you weren’t sure the first one actually worked due to the one performing it. 5. “It felt to us” 6. “my obligations as a Christian and to fulfill them” 7. “I take comfort from the thief on the cross in that I can be a saved child of God even though nailed to the cross of my own ignorance” 8. “don't perform what I have been blessedly given the instruction and power to do, then I am condemned.” 9. “If I say I believe in Christ, knowing what I ought to do yet not doing it though I'm able, then my faith is dead and I am in danger of losing the gracious gift of His salvation.” 10. “I don't believe I could have, or would have, been truly saved had I blown off baptism. In this way I believe baptism is absolutely necessary for salvation.” For all practical purposes there are ten items that you have mentioned, that maintain, what you feel are responsible for and keeping your salvation in tact. How much are you relying on each of these items, if you were to place them in any certain order, and or what percentage of each would you credit as being the most important percentage wise? Personally speaking, and I truly don’t mean to be offensive and I say this in love; but if I had a list of things that long, that I was depending on for salvation, I would be absolutely scared to death to go to sleep at night for fear one of them might be lacking or wrong or not done well enough! From what you have suggested in your post, you can’t, in all honesty say that if you were to die tomorrow, that you would have eternal life. I am sure that you are hoping along those lines but it’s not a sure thing yet. There might be a flaw in one of those things that you thought was right or you have done it a little wrong or maybe it wasn’t just quite enough. How much is enough and are you putting the right emphasis on the proper thing, as far as God is concerned? What is God’s standard for just the right amount?? Please answer, CDBJ |
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948 | Where does it say "MUST be baptised" | John 3:5 | CDBJ | 111319 | ||
Hello Colin, I noticed in your personal profile that you became a Christian since Easter and that you weren’t baptized until several months later. What would have happened to your soul if you had died one week after you became a Christian? CDBJ |
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949 | How does John 3:13 fit with Genesis 5:24 | John 3:13 | CDBJ | 111302 | ||
Well friend, With regard to your post I will say one thing for sure, you sure practice what you preach. Your final statement in your recent post, “I find responses to my posts to be quite rapid, however. I pray that each of us will consider the possibility that we might be hasty with our answers, or that even though we have knowledge we may still learn something from the other. My last post, that you just answered, was on 1/03/04 your reply is only 1 month and 3 days later! I am sorry but this old man can’t carry a thought that long for a fair response. All I can give you is the following. 2 Tim. 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: If you don’t respond to this post any quicker then the last one I just might be experiencing what we were talking about! Have a nice month and loosen up a little and have some fun on the forum we don’t have any ax to grind I’m not the enemy! Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. One beggar trying to tell another beggar where he can find food, CDBJ |
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950 | Water, baptism and John 3:5/Titus 3:5 | John 3:5 | CDBJ | 111235 | ||
Hi Hank, You are some piece of work, a classic for sure! How do you think of these things so fast? “If Scripture provides evidence that the thief was ever baptised, it provides equal evidence that he was a former mayor of Chicago, don't you think?” I sure enjoy reading your post! There are times when I’m about to pop a spiritual blood vessel and you come out with another classic. Keep it up, CDBJ |
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951 | Isn't baptism needed for salvation? | Mark 16:16 | CDBJ | 111233 | ||
I hate to burst your bubble with your expertise on the Greek language with regards to the word BAPTIZO referring to water. The very first time the word BAPTIZO was used was during the period of 1200 – 800 BC in the classical epic Homeric poems. Homer coined the word when a sword was plunged into blood to show association. The first use of the word had nothing to do with water but blood. You can find it in the works of Homer in the Odyssey if you want the exact etymology. The word, BAPTIZO with the cognate BAPTO was carried over into the Koine Greek by originator of the Common or Koine Greek, Alexander the Grate. Have a nice day, CDBJ |
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952 | Isn't baptism needed for salvation? | Mark 16:16 | CDBJ | 111232 | ||
Your logic is in the reverse order for the prerequisite for Christian baptism. There is only one prerequisite for baptism and that is faith in Christ. Acts 8:36-37 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 37And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. The plan of God for salvation has always been the same through out history. People are to trust in the provision that God performs in the person of Christ. The only difference between the Old and New Testament is that they looked forward to Christ coming and we can look back and know who Christ is by name, Jesus! If you can present evidence of the Old Testament saints being baptized after they believed in the Christ that would come you might have an argument! Have a nice day, CDBJ |
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953 | Isn't baptism needed for salvation? | Mark 16:16 | CDBJ | 111153 | ||
Well I can tell you this much, if it isn’t the baptism of the Spirit, and it is water as you are affirming, then Scripture contradicts it’s self; which we know is ludicrous; consider the following. Luke 23:40-43 40But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? 41And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. 42And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. 43And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. This man was not baptized with water after he called Jesus Lord yet he was saved and was going to paradise to be with Jesus. In an instance of time the thief was sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. We cannot say that he was an exception to the rule due to the following verse. Acts 10:34-35 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 35But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. They that are trusting in water baptism in conjunction with faith in Jesus, are not saved in the purest sense or translation of the words, faith is Christ! The word faith in the Koine Greek, PISTIS, demands singleness of attention to the person of the Lord Jesus Christ in order to be effective and it is only by the grace of God that it works this way; one can’t gain anything by putting himself through some kind of water ritual or much less having it done for him! It's faith alone in Christ along and anyone that thinks differently is walking on very thin ice, as it were! Ephes. 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. I all honesty, if this isn’t clear in your mind you better get before the Lord and ask Him to reveal it to you! Matthew 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. Is the following correct or is something added? 1 Tim. 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope along with water baptism; “NOT” 1 Tim. 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; If water baptism had anything to do with salvation Paul wouldn’t have mentioned this. 1 Cor. 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. Don’t make the cross of Christ of none effect by adding water baptism to your faith in Jesus! In love, CDBJ |
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954 | Isn't baptism needed for salvation? | Mark 16:16 | CDBJ | 111133 | ||
Didn't you bother to read what I just posted??? They are baptized, but it is the baptism of the Spirit “not” water! Reread my last post!!!! |
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955 | Isn't baptism needed for salvation? | Mark 16:16 | CDBJ | 111132 | ||
Didn't you bother to read what I just posted??? They are baptized, but it is the baptism of the Spirit “not” water! Reread my last post!!!! |
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956 | Isn't baptism needed for salvation? | Mark 16:16 | CDBJ | 111131 | ||
Didn't you bother to read what I just posted??? They are baptized, but it is the baptism of the Spirit “not” water! Reread my last post!!!! |
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957 | name Jehovah | NT general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 110873 | ||
It never ceases to amaze me how some aspiring news commentators so glibly quote, John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Like they are giving out the truth??? Jesus is in fact the truth, and he is the one who makes us free when we completely and thoroughly trust in the finished work that He did for us on the cross! Jesus in enough! Have a great day, CDBJ |
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958 | study aids | Bible general Archive 2 | CDBJ | 110867 | ||
Hi Huron, Here is another site that can keep a guy busy for days. http://www.bible.org/ Have a nice day, CDBJ |
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959 | study aids | Bible general Archive 2 | CDBJ | 110866 | ||
Hi Huron, Here is another site that can keep a guy busy for days. http://www.bible.org/ Have a nice day, CDBJ |
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960 | NIV bible | Bible general Archive 2 | CDBJ | 110585 | ||
Hi Tim, My mistake on your behalf about the quotes! When I have both you and Ed barking at my heels I get a little mixed up. Most believers assume we won’t go through the great tribulation because we, as believers won’t suffer the wrath of God. But if in fact the tribulation is the wrath or vengeance of satin and not God then that puts a whole new slant on things. I agree that Christ was talking to Jews and about Jerusalem but these are the signs that will determine when the deceiver will reveal himself. When satin can’t get at the Jews he will go for the next best thing, believers in Jesus. Rev. 12:13-16 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. 14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 15And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. A small portion of the Jews will be protected in a place of safety and this will infuriate satin and the believers in Christ will be next on the list. Rev. 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. The faith of many believers will be shaken to it’s very foundation because they have been taught that they wouldn’t have to go through such treatment and there will be a great departing from the faith. The only thing that will stop the brutal treatment of believers will be the return of Christ at the rapture. Matthew 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. The last 3 ½ years of Jacob’s trouble will continue but the tribulation for believers will end because the object of satin’s vengeance, the believers, will be removed. The Lord will retaliate against the ones that have been causing us all the trouble as soon as we are removed from the action. 2 Thes. 1:4-6 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: 5Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; Paul goes on further to describe when this retaliation form the Lord will take place and it sure sounds like the rapture to me. It appears like God will do two things at once, take us out and pour out his wrath on those that are left. 2 Thes. 1:7-9 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; Notice the timing! 2 Thes. 1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. I firmly believe that the Day of the Lord and the rapture will be one and the same day just as it was in the days of Noah and the days of Lot, and this isn’t what my church teaches either! Luke 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? Sorry about getting hackles up, CDBJ |
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