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321 | Why does the Bible say days and nights? | Mark 8:31 | JCrichton | 123030 | ||
Hi, EdB! Thanks for your input! I will have to research the Sabbath (have never gotten into it) and then I'll get back to you. God Bless! Angel |
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322 | Why does the Bible say days and nights? | Mark 8:31 | JCrichton | 123031 | ||
Hi, Bob! You are correct! I did not mean to infer that we should not seek answers--Jesus Himself commanded us to seek the Kingdom of God (Matthew 7:7)... my concern is that we do not become so clinical as to loose sight of the real goal: Christ Jesus. Some of the times we will find answers even when we are not searching for them; other times we will knock our heads off in futile attempts to find discernment and it will evade us just as we are almost tasting it! Our Faith should be centered on Jesus' words to Thomas (John 20:29)... so it is good to seek answers but always remembering that if there's something lacking it is not God's Word that has shortcomings, it is our understanding that is deficient! God Bless! Angel |
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323 | Why does the Bible say days and nights? | Mark 8:31 | JCrichton | 123060 | ||
Hi, Bob! That is an excellent metaphor! I remember my first conscious understanding of the Bible: a close friend, who was a self-professed atheist, and I had a debate on God and the Bible... he confessed that he had never personally read the Bible and I challenged him to read it before totally embrasing atheism. That day I learned that God was using my friend to bring me into the fold: I had only a general understanding of the Bible and I discovered that I could not defend my position as a Christian if I only knew God peripherally! God Bless! Angel |
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324 | Jesus called Good teacher | Mark 10:18 | JCrichton | 131375 | ||
Hi, Ray! I appreciate your words of encouragement! As far as capitalization... it is a personal custom that I've picked up through the years... I do not subscribe to any particular Bible translation as my basis--it's more of a personal preference... "I would talk about the Son of Man" Where you would capitalize both "Son" and "Man," I would only capitalize "Son"--the reasoning is that Jesus is God's Son and not the Son of man... to capitalize "Man" would elevate our finite being to a deity--from my view point... further, I find that by not capitalizing the "m" Jesus' dominance over humanity is present even when He is the Lamb of God! So stating that He is the Servant of God distinguishes Him from the servants (humanity) of God... but when stating that He remained in His station as "servant" I am stating His relationship with the Father--as He chose not to be equal with the Father so that He could accomplish the task as the Lamb... but it is quite clear that his Glory was put away only temporarily as He requests from the Father to be returned to His appropiate place with Him. (John 17:5) Again, when you see capitalization on my posts know that it is done out of a personal practice and though I do not follow any particular mode, I tend to capitalize not according to a grammatical format but according to the emphasis I am seeking to convey. God Bless! Angel |
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325 | Christ Sometimes Taught in Greek | Mark 12:30 | JCrichton | 126393 | ||
"That is why the Old Testament had to be translated into the Greek language (this translation is known as the Septuagint" Hi, kalos! Excellent point! Due to the various periods of exile the people of Israel were subjucted to various cultures and languages other than Hebrew--eventually losing their own language, as attested by the Biblical passage cited! I also concur with your statement on Norman Willis' theory--theories are great in assumptions but, as divination, facts are excluded or twisted to conform the argument being presented. God Bless! Angel PS: I had logged out and came back after reading the title on this thread (people do read, even if they choose not to participate--that is why it is so important to clarify our arguments as much as possible!) |
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326 | Christ Sometimes Taught in Greek | Mark 12:30 | JCrichton | 126525 | ||
Hi Doc! Since you originated this thread on languages spoken by Jesus... Do you happen to know the language spoken during His interrogation by Pontius Pilate--I mean, being that he represented Rome would he not have spoken Latin... and since there's no mention of an interpreter, would Jesus not have responded in kind... or could Pilate not have spoken Aramaic once he determined Jesus origins (Galilian)? God Bless! Angel |
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327 | Christ Sometimes Taught in Greek | Mark 12:30 | JCrichton | 126647 | ||
Hi, Doc! Thank you for the response... you stayed within the context and elaborated on your viewpoint... I surmised that Pilate, as procurator, would not only be on top of the various events taking place in his terretory, but he would also be aware of the prominent people traveling to and fro. Jesus may have been someone he might have wanted to impress--their short but tense interchange leads me to believe that Pilate wanted some answers from Jesus (beyond the direct responses to his questions)... Jesus' unresponsiveness quickly escalated Pilate's pomposity to the point of death threats. Again, thanks for your imput! God Bless! Angel |
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328 | Christ Sometimes Taught in Greek | Mark 12:30 | JCrichton | 126838 | ||
Hi, dab! The problem I see with this interpretation is that Israel as a nation did not convert to Christianity... their suffering and devastation came because they did not beleive and accepted Christ as God. This is an old promise from the Old Testament--Yahweh patiently awaited Israel's return to Him under the threat of subjugation by other nations and expatriation throughout the world. While Revelation 12 is indeed speaking of those who believe Christ (Christians): the dragon could not defeat the Lord, so he took his battle to his brothers--those who keep the testimony of Jesus (those who are faithful to His revelations). God Bless! Angel |
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329 | Jesus separated fron the Trinity? | Mark 15:34 | JCrichton | 106569 | ||
Why was Jesus forsaken? My though is that if Jesus' purpose was to assume our place in the cross (sacrifice for our sins) and to take onto Himself our sin (redeeming us and cleansing us) He had to go it alone--without the Father and without the Holy Spirit (1 Peter 3:18). As God He gave His life for us and as the perfect offering He purchase us back from sin. The Man Jesus paid the price (physical death), and God Jesus also paid the price (forsaken by the Father and the Holy Spirit) when he absorved our sin. God Bless! |
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330 | mark 16:1- Luke 23:56 different sabbaths | Mark 16:1 | JCrichton | 107684 | ||
Hi, EdB! Thanks for the info! I appreciat the breakdown! God Bless! |
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331 | Would you? | Mark 16:15 | JCrichton | 121683 | ||
Hi, Aixen7z4! " "Note to viewers:" I have wondered myself... some of the arguments that are closed are not openly hostile or sectarian--I guess that the moderators have had previous encounters with the material being present... "This thread has been temporarily restricted from appearing on the homepage…". " Point of view... it is such a simplistic phrase with sooooo much weight! I have been in forums where "Christians" spout racist ideologies guised in religious or patriotic fervor... I have been censured while speaking against boasting about arms... I have been gang-bashed for presenting a Biblical text... I have been interrogated about my personal religious beliefs... I have been ignored when asked to maintain a direct email connection ("to further our Bible Study")... I have been called ignorant because I believe that Christ is God! The underlining issue has always been "point of view!" I cannot make a statement on why this particular thread has been restricted--it would be nice to have a personal note sent by the operative explaining his/her action and why it had to be addressed in such format... that is another world, utopia I think they call it! "I am bothered by the way the simple, the uneducated, and the non-Christian are treated here" I share your sentiments... I have seen it here and in other forums... but I am not a monitor/moderator so I cannot impose rule upon those who I feel are being curt, condescending, and impatient. I can only strive to present a different perspective for the person posting their concerns. I must confess that when I read posts that openly contest Christ's Divinity my patience runs thin--I may respond in a confrontational manner but I use the Bible, not my personal religious beliefs, to counter the statements. We have to be cognizant of Jesus' Word: "Father I do not ask you to remove them from the world; I ask that you keep them save from the world." (Paraphrased) Though we will not find Heaven on earth, Jesus call is to obey Him and serve Him: "If your righteousness is not greater than the Masters of the Law, Sadducees, Pharisees, you cannot be my disciples." (again, paraphrased) "a sermonette" What I mean is that I do not attempt to sway the reader to join my denomination. I present the Gosple as clear and as candid as I can without introducing sectarianism bias. I pray to Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, that His Word may be let known to the world, and that instruments such as you, myself, other members of this forum, and Biblical forums as this one, may be perfected through the Grace and Power of the Holy Spirit. God Bless! Angel |
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332 | John the baptist and Elijah | Luke 1:17 | JCrichton | 120637 | ||
Hi, WalkingTalkingBible! How do you come to the conclusion that Jesus is talking on Luke 1:17--are you saying that Luke 1:11 identifies the angel of the Lord as Christ Jesus or are you saying that Jesus is an angel? God Bless! Angel |
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333 | John the baptist and Elijah | Luke 1:17 | JCrichton | 120679 | ||
Hi, Bruce7! In the Old Testament the angel or Angel of the Lord is revealed as Yahweh or Yahweh's working power, the Holy Spirit... it is also revealed as just a messenger: ergo, angel. In Luke 1:11 we find that same terminogy; a terminology which could be interpreted as we please (if that were the type of book that the Bible is)... but, if we follow the logical line of the revelation, we find that the angel identifies himself to Zachary as Gabriel (Luke 1:19); for us to interprete the Bible as saying that Jesus is the angel Gabriel would be usurping God's authority and defiling Christ's Divinity. Please reread the passage (Luke 1:5-22) and view it in light of Luke 1:26-38; John 1:1-18; Isaiah 9:6, 7:14, 43:10, 42:8; and Revelation 22:3, 12-16). God Bless! Angel |
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334 | John the baptist and Elijah | Luke 1:17 | JCrichton | 120853 | ||
An angel is not diety nor divine... An angel is a servant of God the Only Divine Being! Again, if you read further to Luke 1:19, the angel--a messenger of God--anounces to Zachary that he is Gabriel. There is no doubt that the angel of the Lord who is speaking to Zachary is only a messenger, not God! There is no other way that I can make this any clearer to you: Luke 1:19: The angel replied, 'I am Gabriel, who stand in God's presence, and I have been sent to speak to you and bring yo this good news. The angel answered, "I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. "I am Gabriel," the angel answered, "I stand in the presence of God, who sent me to speak to you and tell you this good news. I could offer other Biblical versions... they will express the same thing: the angel, a servant of God, is Gabriel. God Bless! Angel |
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335 | John the baptist and Elijah | Luke 1:17 | JCrichton | 120946 | ||
Hi, Bruce7! I do not normally get involved with the "who," "why," "what ifs," "how many times," "grammatical content," etc... But your original post suggested that Jesus was the speaker in Luke 1:11, this plays into the falicy that is being taught as Christian doctrine that Jesus is not God, that He is merely an angel--be it glorified or not an angel is not God, and Jesus, being God, cannot be demoted to a creature! If you were not issuing forth such an argument, please accept my apologies! God Bless! Angel |
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336 | John the baptist and Elijah | Luke 1:17 | JCrichton | 121241 | ||
"Jesus said that John the Baptist "shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elias (Elijah). . . Luke 1:17 (KJV)"" (WalkingTalkingBible) "As it has been explained to me in Bible studies, there isn't any scripture to say whom the angel was." Hi, Bruce7! The post which I originally replied to was by WalkingTalkingBible (as per top quote); your consequent responses began with the second quote. Since your quote suggested some support for the idea that the angel in question was Jesus--the erronous idea on which some congregations base their dogma--I concluded that you were suggesting that Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, was an angel. My previous post attempted to clarify this and I apologized if you indeed were not attempting to teach that Christ is anything other than God. Again, I apologize for any misunderstanding we may have had--but we are to witness to Christ and challange any doctrine that preaches a Christ other than the Biblical Christ: the Emmanuel: the Alpha and the Omega! God Bless! Angel |
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337 | Salvation is a gift to be accepted | Luke 6:46 | JCrichton | 141260 | ||
Hi, Chris! You are not alone... Scripture seem contradictive sometimes... I mean, if we attempt to make sence of Scripture through our own means we fall short every time! This particular passage (1 John 5:18) is specially confusing... I've heard much from: "Christians do not sin" to "Christians' sins, past, present, and future, are automatically exonerated in Christ--even if we willfully refuse to repent from them..." But John did not mean to have his words separated from the rest of Scripture! He makes it known that we do sin (yes, even those who are born of God, 1 John 1:8, 10)... but he does not say that we can sin willfully because we are saved... rather he says that Jesus is the propriation for our sins (1 John 2:2), that if we confess our sins He is Faithful and Just and able to forgive us! (1 John 1:9)... Sadly, many believe, and preach, that we can sin with impunity since Christ did it all for us! Pride does not allow them to humble themselves before God and repent from their transgressions! Somehow, they have equated Salvation to the Monopoly Game card "get out of jail free": once you have it God can't do anything but allow free and clear entrance to even the most rebellious of Christians! How sad for them... I liken them to the guest of the wedding banquet that did not bother to put on the proper attire for a wedding feast: he was cast out! God Bless! Angel |
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338 | Salvation is a gift to be accepted | Luke 6:46 | JCrichton | 141365 | ||
Hi, Mark! I followed your post till you made this statement: "We are saved by Christ's righteousness, not by good works as you claim!" Where did I claim that Salvation is earned by works? ...perhaps you read another one of my posts where I speak on certain congregation that believe that they can become gods if they work hard enough to obtain salvation and deification!--observing that there are those congregations out in the world does not make me a member of their religious belief! ...or perhaps you've read where I have stated that though God's Gift is free man can still refuse to partake of Salvation by rejecting God: 14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. 16“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.” (John 3:14-21) If Christians choose to sin and allow their pride to blind them by refusing to seek Christ's mercy (repenting and confessing their sins) they are willfully rejecting Salvation! (1 John 1:1 through 2:17) God would never take back His Gift, but man must comply with Jesus in order to be partaker of Salvation! (Luke 6:46-49; John 15:1-6) God Bless! Angel |
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339 | Salvation is a gift to be accepted | Luke 6:46 | JCrichton | 141371 | ||
Hi, Tim Moran! The "many" are just that: many members of local/regional congregations are taught that Christians are above the Law hence anything they do is beyong any need of repentence and confession! At one interchange, while coming right out of a religious service, I got into a heated debate about Christians the Law and Grace... one of the the members, who was clearly under the influence of a chemical stimulant, continued to state that those who are under Grace can do anything they please! The term "sin with impunity" may not have been stated by them... but that is precisely what they have determined: somehow, a Christian can transgress the Law because God's Grace affords them the freedom to do all... of course, this is not taught by Jesus nor any of the Apostles! Quite the contrary, we are called to emulate Christ who being of Divine Nature subjected Himself to becoming like man in order to teach us, through example, complete obedience to the Father! ...on several Bible forums I've had lively exchanges with more than one member who profess that the difference between a non-believer's sin and a Christian's is that the non-believer is not in Christ; thusly, while the "Christian" can refuse to confess his/her sins and die while refusing to repent from them (since Christ already forgave them their past, present and future sins), the non-believer exercising the same "right" will not be automatically saved as are "Christians!" ...these too have not stated the exact words "Christians can sin with impunity," yet, their theologies equate to exactly that... so instead of striving to "be perfect" Christians can just coast through choosing to sin or not to sin at will, and choosing to repent or not also at will... I equate those theologies to sinning with impunity! Never do I subscribe to such theologies! Never do I state that Scripture provided for such interpretation! ...habitual sin... is there a difference between committing the same sin over and over or many but different sins? Is habitual transgression of one/few sin/s seen by God as a problem, while transgression of multiple but unsimilar sins is seen as acceptable by God? Sin is sin and we are commanded to repent and turn back to God! (Isaiah 1:18-20; John 15:1-6; 1 John 1:1 through 2:6; Luke 18:10-14) "'he who is born of God' may be a reference to Christ Himself," That is an interesting conclusion... yet, that interpretation would make void the second part of that verse: the One who was born of God keeps him safe!: 18We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. (1 John 5:18) Thus to interject: Christ does not sin; Christ, the one who was born of God, keeps him safe... I would rather interprete this verse in the following manner: Christians are called by God to be free of sin (be perfect/holy); the One born of God keeps them safe and the evil one cannot harm them... ...but this of course in light of John 15:1-6 and 1 John 1:5-7)--we must abide in Jesus, the Light, in order to gain Salvation! God Bless! Angel |
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340 | Salvation is a gift to be accepted | Luke 6:46 | JCrichton | 145015 | ||
Hi, Ray! After rereading Tim Moran's post, I must agree with you... I think that part of the problem lies in so many views and interpretations (I've come across the view that 1 John 5:18 is exclusively related to Christ--clearly the seond part of that verse is speaking of Christ, but not the entire verse... and I've spoken to many that hold that only a constant (habitual) life of sin is wrong (needs to be repented from)--on the surface this seems quite sound... but wouldn't that theology offer an automatic escape clause?: avoid the pitfall by combining your sins or limiting its reoccurrence (ie: hit only one bank/store; employ others to hit the other banks/stores... cheat on your wife with only one woman one time; buy/use pornography one time; watch one strip-show; get one lap-dance; reminisce about pre-Christian (born again) conquests/exploits just once; lie about only one person/one time; oppress only those that deserve it/one time; debase people/person just once... "We need to be continually renewed" This is so true! Jesus Himself tells us that we are nothing (we have no innate power/grace) without Him; that if we remain in Him He gives us the grace and power that we need (John 15:1-7), and John tells us that He is our redeemer, the One to come to if we fail (sin) (1 John 1:7 thru 2:2). It is this relationship that grants us Salvation: Christ, our redeemer, is our Grace and our Salvation! God Bless! Angel |
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