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241 | To think clearly and Biblically | Ps 119:105 | Radioman2 | 85829 | ||
TheCurtMan: Thank you for your reply. I would be happy to communicate directly with you. But, before we can communicate one-on-one, you will need to post an email address (it need not be your private, primary email address). Grace and peace, Radioman2 |
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242 | How does God speak to us? | Ps 119:105 | Radioman2 | 86362 | ||
Mommapbs: First let me say, I have followed your posts since you first started here on the forum. I respect and appreciate your Christian spirit and your participation in the forum. Thank you for replying to my post. To answer your question: please note first of all that I definitely believe the gifts of the Spirit are still in operation today. (I do NOT believe in the cessation of the gifts.) And all of us would do well to heed 1 Corinthians 14:40. When the whole church be come together into one place, "Let all things be done decently and in order." 1 Corinthians 12:1-14:40 instructs us in spiritual gifts and their use in love. (I'm sure you are familiar with these Scriptures -- I only refer to them here for the benefit of readers who may not be familiar with them.) After reviewing the posts in this thread, I must say that my position on what I have posted is that I agree with it. Also, I agree that God will lead, guide and direct us, "but in a way that encourages the individual and edifies the body," as you have said. Here's what I believe: New Living Translation James 1:5 If you need wisdom – if you want to know what God wants you to do – ask him, and he will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking. NASB James 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. Grace and peace, Radioman2 |
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243 | How does God speak to us? | Ps 119:105 | Radioman2 | 86408 | ||
Mommapbs: I, like you, continually dig into God's Word regarding what I believe -- i.e., "whether those things are so." Occasionally they aren't. :-) Grace and peace be multiplied to you, Radioman2 |
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244 | A Private Hot Line to God? | Ps 119:105 | Radioman2 | 89056 | ||
"Be filled with the Spirit" and "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly" Question: How do we walk in the Spirit? Answer: Ephes. 5:18-19 (KJV) And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; [19] Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Col. 3:16 (KJV) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. |
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245 | A Private Hot Line to God? | Ps 119:105 | Radioman2 | 89061 | ||
God's specialized instructions are clear: They are not mumbled, whispered, or nudged. --Gregory Koukl ____________________ gracefull: Question: If we believe the gifts are still active today in the body of Christ, then what do you suppose Gregory Koukl meant when he concluded with,"'My answer is nowhere does the Bible give us that liberty. It does not enjoin us to assess our feelings and then judge whether they are a manifestation of the voice of God or not.'" Answer (1): To determine for oneself what Gregory Koukl means in his writings, it is helpful to read those writings. Hence, my suggestion "To read more go to: (http://www.str.org/free/commentaries/life/aprivate.htm)" and "(www.str.org/free/commentaries/theology/actsvoic.htm)" Grace to you, Radioman2 ____________________ Answer (2): In Koukl's own words: 'I feel bad about that because I have no intention of quenching the work of the Holy Spirit. My entire goal is to be very, very careful and look closely at the specifics of what's being held to be true to see if they do, in fact, line up with the directives given in the Scriptures. Or, are we drawing some wrong conclusions that cause us to go over the edge and maybe do some spiritual damage to ourselves and others?... ( . . . ) 'Secondly, God sometimes does give specialized instructions, so I'm not saying that God can't do that and I'm not putting God in a box. He does sometimes give specialized instructions. He did in Biblical times and He does in the present. But when we read in the Bible especially in the New Testament, which is what our discussion is about today when He has done it, such specialized instructions are clear first of all. They are not mumbled. They are not whispered. They are not nudged. And they are, almost without exception in the New Testament, a sovereign intrusion by God into the circumstances rather than something that is first sought by a Christian. 'Thirdly, God's intrusion in these cases is sometimes through special gifts in the body that I believe are in full operation today, but are by very nature individual. In other words, every person has his own gift and each person does not have every gift. So this working through gifts can't be a means of every Christian hearing from God. In other words, sometimes God intervenes with a prophetic word, but since prophetic words only come through those people who have the gift of prophecy, it's not the kind of thing we all have to cultivate, to learn to do. 'Finally, there are clearly workings of the Spirit in the area of teaching, conviction of sin and comforting of individual Christians. I admit that those workings are private, individual and tailored to individual people. Those kinds of things are not in question here.' ____________________ Acts and the Voice of God by Gregory Koukl To read more go to: (www.str.org/free/commentaries/theology/actsvoic.htm) |
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246 | A Private Hot Line to God? | Ps 119:105 | Radioman2 | 89226 | ||
If you need wisdom - if you want to know what God wants you to do - ask him, and he will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking. (New Living Translation James 1:5) gracefull: Are we not to pray and ask the Lord for guidance? Radioman2: Yes, we are to pray and ask the Lord for guidance. gracefull: Does not the Lord answer when we pray? Radioman2: Yes, the Lord does answer when we pray. gracefull: Is His answer merely manifested solutions to a problem or does He 'direct' us with His instructions? Radioman2: Yes, the Lord does lead, guide and direct us. ____________________ Psalm 48:14 (ESV) that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever. Isaiah 28:26 (ESV) For he is rightly instructed; his God teaches him. Proverbs 3:6 (ESV) In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Psalm 32:8 (ESV) I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Psalm 73:23-24 (ESV) Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. [24] You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. ____________________ gracefull: The way you say it and the way I understand it, I must say that I generally agree with your Note, ID# 89087. Grace and peace, Radioman2 |
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247 | Touching ok? | Prov 5:19 | Radioman2 | 79106 | ||
Perhaps you could favor us with a list of topics that are banned from discussion on this forum. Or would the list itself be censored? |
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248 | What topics are censored on the forum? | Prov 5:19 | Radioman2 | 79135 | ||
There is nothing in the Lockman guidelines that specifically addresses the issue of what content may or may not be suitable for children. You say: "anything that I wouldn't want my 13 year old to read." I am not you and you are not me. Therefore, I still need to ask: Provide us with a list of topics that you would ban from discussion on this forum. You advocate censorship and yet you haven't told us what the specific guidelines are. I respect your aim to shield your 13-year-old from reading inappropriate material. But what subjects or words are there in the Bible that you feel are inappropriate for children? |
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249 | The rod of correction, could it also mea | Prov 20:30 | Radioman2 | 92492 | ||
Gracefull: You raise good questions that help bring out the meaning of Proverbs 20:30. You are correct when you write: "Can external discipline truly cleanse the heart? No." Who was pierced through for our transgressions? Who was crushed for our iniquities? By whose stripes are we healed? The correct answer to all three questions is the Messiah, Christ. Thus we can never be cleansed from sin by the punishment of our own bodies. NASB Isaiah 53:5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. AMPLIFIED Isaiah 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole. The meaning of Proverbs 20:30 and other verses like it is simply: "Wise use of corporal punishment deters evil behavior" (John MacArthur). (In the New Living Translation (NLT) the translators' note at Prov. 20:30 says of the word "evil": "The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.") What do I think Proverbs means by innermost being? I would go with the NLT which translates "innermost being" as "the heart". (heart 5 : "one's innermost character, feelings, or inclinations (knew it in his heart) (a man after my own heart)" [http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary]) Proverbs 20:30 New Living Translation (NLT) Physical punishment cleanses away evil; such discipline purifies the heart. Grace to you, Radioman2 |
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250 | Where are today's visions? | Prov 29:18 | Radioman2 | 94518 | ||
Let no one defraud you by acting as an umpire and declaring you unworthy and disqualifying you for the prize, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on VISIONS [HE CLAIMS] HE HAS SEEN, vainly puffed up by his sensuous notions and inflated by his unspiritual thoughts and fleshly conceit, AMPLIFIED Colossians 2:18 (Emphasis added.) In Proverbs 29:18 the word "vision" does not mean something seen in a dream, trance, or ecstasy. Nor does it refer to individual goals that are formed. As the following will show, the word "vision" here refers to divine communication to prophets, i.e. the Word of the Lord. When there is no vision[57] the people cast off restraint, but the one who keeps the law,[59] blessed is he! Prov 29:18 New English Translation '57 sn The word "vision" (from the Hebrew verb hzj [jzh, "to see"]) refers to divine communication to prophets (as in 1 Sam 3:1) and not to individual goals that are formed...' '59sn The law here refers to scripture, the concrete form of revelation. So the two halves of the verse provide the contrast: when there is no revelation there is chaos, but those who keep the revelation find blessing.' ____________________ AMPLIFIED Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision [no redemptive revelation of God], the people perish; but he who keeps the law [of God, which includes that of man]--blessed (happy, fortunate, and enviable) is he. [I Sam. 3:1; Amos 8:11, 12.] 1 Samuel 3:1 (ESV) Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision. Amos 8:11-12 (ESV) "Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord God, "when I will send a famine on the land- not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. [12] They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it. --Radioman2 |
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251 | Where are today's visions? | Prov 29:18 | Radioman2 | 94529 | ||
DL5: Colossians 2:18; Proverbs 29:18; I Sam. 3:1; Amos 8:11, 12 and www.netbible.com are hardly my opinion, now are they? --Radioman2 |
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252 | freewill or predestined? | Eccl 12:14 | Radioman2 | 79510 | ||
"You did not choose Me" "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you." (NASB John 15:16 ) "He chose us in Christ" Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love. (AMPLIFIED Ephesians 1:4 ) But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth. (NASB 2 Thessalonians 2:13 b) * * * * * * * * * * * * 1 Pet 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 'Election, Summary: In both Testaments the Hebrew and Greek words are rendered "elect," "election," "choose," "chosen." In all cases they mean, simply, "chosen," or "to choose"; and are used of both human and divine choices. '(1) In the latter use [divine choices] election is: (a) corporate, as of the nation of Israel, or the church Isaiah 45:4 and (b) individual 1 Peter 1:2. '(2) Election is according to the foreknowledge of God 1 Peter 1:2 and wholly of grace, apart from human merit ; Romans 9:11 ; 11:5,6. '(3) Election proceeds from the divine volition John 15:16. 'Election is, therefore: '(1) The sovereign act of God in grace whereby certain are chosen from among mankind for Himself. John 15:19 . '(2) The sovereign act of God whereby certain elect persons are chosen for distinctive service for Him. Luke 6:13 ; Acts 9:15; 1 Corinthians 1:27,28.' Bibliography Information Scofield, C.I. "Scofield Reference Notes on 1 Peter 1". "Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)". http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/ScofieldReferenceNotes/ |
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253 | Stripping the Bible of Virgin | Is 7:14 | Radioman2 | 93912 | ||
"ultimately one's view of the doctrine of the virgin birth of Christ is unaffected" ____________________ '9 translators' note. Traditionally, "virgin." Because this verse from Isaiah is quoted in Matt 1:23 in connection with Jesus' birth, the Isaiah passage has been regarded since the earliest Christian times as a prophecy of Christ's virgin birth. Much debate has taken place over the best way to translate this Hebrew term, although ultimately one's view of the doctrine of the virgin birth of Christ is unaffected. 'Though the Hebrew word used here...can sometimes refer to a woman who is a virgin (Gen 24:43), it does not carry this meaning inherently. The word is simply the feminine form of the corresponding masculine noun (translated "young man"; cf. 1 Sam.17:56; 20:22). The Aramaic and Ugaritic cognate terms are both used of women who are not virgins. The word seems to pertain to age, not sexual experience, and would normally be translated "young woman." 'The LXX [Septuagint] translator(s) who later translated the Book of Isaiah into Greek sometime between the second and first century b.c., however, rendered the Hebrew term by the more specific Greek word parqevno" (parqenos), which does mean "virgin" in a technical sense. This is the Greek term that also appears in the citation of Isa 7:14 in Matt 1:23. 'Therefore, regardless of the meaning of the term in the OT context, in the NT Matthew's usage of the Greek term parqevno" (parqenos) clearly indicates that from his perspective a virgin birth has taken place.' ____________________ Note at Isaiah 7:14 in New English Translation (http://netbible.com/cgi-bin/netbible.pl#note_9) |
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254 | Did God create evil? | Is 45:7 | Radioman2 | 88808 | ||
"in Him there is no darkness at all" NASB 1 John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. AMPLIFIED 1 John 1:5 And this is the message [the message of promise] which we have heard from Him and now are reporting to you: God is Light, and there is no darkness in Him at all [no, not in any way]. |
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255 | Did God create evil? | Is 45:7 | Radioman2 | 88809 | ||
SIN IS NOT ITSELF A THING CREATED "Evil originates not from God but from the fallen creature... "It is helpful, I think, to understand that sin is not itself a thing created. Sin is neither substance, being, spirit, nor matter. So it is technically not proper to think of sin as something that was created. "Sin is simply a want of moral perfection in a fallen creature. Fallen creatures themselves bear full responsibility for their sin. And all evil in the universe emanates from the sins of fallen creatures" (www.gty.org). |
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256 | Did God create evil? | Is 45:7 | Radioman2 | 88819 | ||
Proof-texting (Isa 44:24) does not prove anything. God created all things that WERE CREATED. He did not create that which was NOT CREATED. "Sin is not itself a thing created."[1] Therefore, God did not create sin. ____________________ [1] "Sin is neither substance, being, spirit, nor matter. So it is technically not proper to think of sin as something that was created." |
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257 | Did God create evil? | Is 45:7 | Radioman2 | 88821 | ||
'Occasionally someone will quote Isaiah 45:7 (KJV) and claim it proves God made evil as a part of His creation: "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things" (emphasis added). 'But the New American Standard Bible gives the sense of Isaiah 45:6-7 more clearly: "There is no one besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other, the One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these." In other words, God devises calamity as a judgment for the wicked. But in no sense is He the author of evil.' 'Scripture says that when God finished His creation, He saw everything and declared it "very good" (Genesis 1:31). Many Scriptures affirm that God is not the author of evil: '"God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone" (James 1:13). '"God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all" (1 John 1:5). '"God is not the author of confusion" (1 Corinthians 14:33)--and if that is true, He cannot in any way be the author of evil.' ____________________ For further study: Jay Adams, The Grand Demonstration (Santa Barbara CA: Eastgate,1991). (www.gty.org) |
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258 | shekina glory | Jer 7:18 | Radioman2 | 80625 | ||
The Spirit HIMSELF NASB Romans 8:26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; "Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God; the LORD is one." There is no such thing as a "Christian godess." Nonsense! gbennett76: You allege: 'Many theologians and scholars realize that the Holy Spirit written as, "Pneuma" in Greek everytime it appears in the New Testament, is a feminine being.' Many theologians and scholars? Name one. Even if you can, the mere fact that many theologians and scholars realize or believe something to be true doesn't make it true. You allege: 'Note that Pneuma is a feminine word in Greek.' No, it isn't. 'The noun "pneuma" (Strong's #4151) is neuter in Greek' (Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, W.E. Vine, Nelson, 1984). You write: 'The dove has long been a symbol of the Goddess in the Ancient Near East, and was never used to symbolize a god.' What the dove has been a symbol of in the Ancient Near East is irrelevant in this discussion. We are concerned only with what the dove is a symbol of in the Bible, which is God's only inspired revelation to man. God's complete revelation to man is the 66 books of which the Bible consists. We have no need or desire to consult books of mythology and idolatry found in the writings of ancient mystics or apochryphal writings to determine God's truth. Rather we turn to Scripture only. We don't go scavenging among garbage cans looking for a scrap of food when God has prepared for us a feast in His Word -- the Bible. The Kabbalah is not the inspired Word of God -- period. Who the goddess Sophia is or what her name means proves nothing. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob -- the God of the Bible -- does not have a wife. Neither Proverbs nor the Song of Solomon give any indication that God ever had a wife. That idolators worshipped Asherah alongside YHWH proves nothing. To identify YHWH as the lover/husband of Asherah is nothing less than blasphemy. God is spirit (John 4:24 NIV). You allege: "They agree to create, and so here we are." The notion that God needed the agreement of His "wife" before He could create is utter nonsense. Neither the term nor the concept of "God-the-Mother" appears anywhere in the Bible. To allege that Moses and Aaron carried Asherah "poles" is ludicrous. "Rabid Yahwists" is a derogatory and blasphemous term, one that, in the context of your post, shows obvious hostility to the Bible and anyone who does not believe that God is a "she." |
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259 | shekina glory | Jer 7:18 | Radioman2 | 80673 | ||
Tim: Ditto and mega-dittos to your post. What book will people be quoting next in order to misinterpret or contradict the Bible? The Koran, Nostradamus, Mein Kampf, Alice in Wonderland? Radioman2 |
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260 | The Specific Sins of Sodom | Ezek 16:49 | Radioman2 | 91730 | ||
The Specific Sins of Sodom AMPLIFIED Ezekiel 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, overabundance of food, prosperous ease, and idleness were hers and her daughters'; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. AMPLIFIED Jeremiah 23:14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they encourage and strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his wickedness. They have all of them become to Me like Sodom, and her inhabitants like Gomorrah. Chusarcik: I did not post my reply to your question as part of that thread. My reason is that I didn't want to remove your question from the homepage before other people had the chance to read it. Grace to you, Radioman2 |
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