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261 | The Law of Moses has been abrogated | Matt 5:17 | Wild Olive Shoot | 172531 | ||
Here is a good bit of info for you koscheiman. Please take a look at the following: http://www.ccel.org/h/henry/mhc2/MHC40005.HTM You'll have to scroll about half way down the page to see the commentary on the verses you have mentioned. WOS |
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262 | Authority to Ask God for One's Needs | Phil 4:19 | Wild Olive Shoot | 172291 | ||
BBQ, I do agree that you can ask whatever you wish and it will be answered. My problem is that you seem to advocate that it will always be answered in the affirmative, which Scripture teaches us quite clearly, that it will not. That’s where you are mistaken. 1 John 5: 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. God hears us because we ask according to His will. I think you look upon success and prosperity as being material gains as you make reference to how blessed Job was because of his possessions in post # 172018 inserted here: “It seems almost all of these people are folks who do not have or run a business of their own. I usually just smile and nod politely. I never take advice from someone unless they are far more successful than I am. Who would be more successful than God? Look how he blessed Job. Job 1:3 His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the men of the east” (sic) Success and prosperity do not equate to one being blessed. Many successful and prosperous people will end up in Hell. How is that blessed? I know a man who was rich beyond our wildest imaginations. He controlled everything, had heavenly creatures at is beck and call. He was successful, very successful. Then, by the will of His Father, and His own, He gave it all up. In humility He gave up everything a king was granted. He could have taken it all back in an instant by simply speaking it to be so. But He didn’t. Why? For you! He gave up everything, including His precious life, His blood, so that you could be free. So that through faith, you could live forever and prosper in His eternal presence. I wonder if the lowly preacher showed up in His tattered attire and overturned your money table if you would listen to him. Because according to your standard, it appears that He was not the type that was “way more successful than you”. Would you smile and nod politely at Christ and dismiss what it is He tells you? How about this? Would you give up your last cent, voluntarily? Luke 12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Luke 14:11 For everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. God holds not everything we desire in high esteem but rather quite the contrary. Much is detestable to Him and we just fail to realize it. WOS |
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263 | Authority to Ask God for One's Needs | Phil 4:19 | Wild Olive Shoot | 172206 | ||
BBQ, If you have Christ, what more could you possibly want for yourself. Anything more? John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. “Those that abide in Christ as their heart's delight shall have, through Christ, their heart's desire. If we have Christ, we shall want nothing that is good for us.” – Mathew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible …”but this must be understood not of temporal things, as riches, honours, profits, pleasures, or whatever even the carnal mind of a believer himself may sometimes desire; but of things spiritual, and with such limitations and restrictions as these; whatever is according to the will of God, for the Spirit of God himself asks for no other for the saints; whatever is for the glory of God, and for their own spiritual profit and edification; and whatever is agreeably to the words and doctrines of Christ, which abide in them.” – John Gills Exposition of the Entire Bible Psalm 117:1,2: 1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD. If the Lord gives us His love, what more could we possibly ask for? In that love is all we can ever need and desire. In His grace we find peace and salvation. If He never gives us anything else, He is still worthy of our highest praise. WOS |
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264 | How Can be a satan in heaven? | Gen 1:1 | Wild Olive Shoot | 172138 | ||
E.G. White writings and “inspired word of God”… To even put those two phrases that close together teeters on ridiculous or delusional. Please dear friend, dive into God’s true inspired Word and stay away from preposterous claims like those of White, who by the way, has been linked to plagiarism herself. Sad really, how she claimed her visions where inspired by God yet copied from another’s work. And they still contradicted God’s Word. Seems to me she was no more than a delusional bootlegger of another’s uninspired, contradictory to the Word of God, work. Just my opinion. Please, let God inspire you through His true Word. WOS |
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265 | Dr. B. Biblical support Angels can't sin | Eph 4:9 | Wild Olive Shoot | 171870 | ||
1Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: |
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266 | Dr. B. Biblical support Angels can't sin | Eph 4:9 | Wild Olive Shoot | 171706 | ||
Excuse me! Dr B., you stated: “If the wages of sin is death, and angels cannot die, then neither can they sin, or they would die, which they cannot do. At least, not according to Jesus.” If’ I’m reading my Bible correctly Dr B., your argument here contradicts itself. Death was rendered unto MAN for sin, a specific judgment for a specific creature for a specific action. Where in God’s word do find Him saying that Angels to will die for sin or that they are subject to the same because of MAN’s disobedience. It may just be me, but I think you are comparing apples to oranges and this bit a ramble doesn’t make juice when squeezed either way. WOS |
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267 | Brother Ray | Heb 3:14 | Wild Olive Shoot | 171453 | ||
Brother Ray has made it home. His witness was and will remain a testimony to steadfastness or perseverance. I know for sure in my brief encounters with him those qualities shined. I offer my condolences and prayers to his loved ones. WOS |
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268 | What is Love of Christ? | Rev 12:11 | Wild Olive Shoot | 171413 | ||
“Therefore, when any of us love Christ sincerely, we lay everything down at His feet, and give up all to be at His command and service." -- Thomas Doolittle (1630-1707) …”if Christ were here on earth, what would you do for him? If it should be rumoured to-morrow that the Son of Man had come down from heaven, as he came at first, what would you do for him? If there should be an infallible witness that the feet that trod the holy acres of Palestine were actually treading the roads of Great Britain, what would you do for him? Oh, I can conceive that there would be a tumult of delighted hearts—a superabundance of liberal hands—that there would be a sea of streaming eyes to behold him. "Do for him!" says one; "Do for him! Did he hunger, I would give him meat, though it were my last crust. Did he thirst, I would give him drink, though my own lips were parched with fire. Was he naked, I would strip myself and shiver in the cold to clothe him. Do for him! I should scarcely know what to do. I would hurry away, and I would cast myself at his dear feet, and I would beseech him, if it would but honour him, that he would tread upon me, and crush me in the dust, if he would but be raised one inch the higher thereby.” – C. H. Spurgeon http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0229.htm "We love him, because he first loved us."—1 John 4:19. WOS |
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269 | What is or is not a Biblical marriage? | Gen 2:24 | Wild Olive Shoot | 171169 | ||
I thought the following was interesting as well. "Catholic doctrine is based upon both Scripture and Church tradition. Based upon Jesus' words, "What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate" (Matthew 19:6, Mark 10:9) and upon the Church tradition that receiving a sacrament creates an undeletable mark upon the soul of the recipient, the Church teaches that a marriage CANNOT end. The Church does not ignore Matthew 5:32 and 19:9 that allow divorce in the case of adultery of the other party. In fact, ignoring it would have been better. No, the way this is handled is much more disturbing. According to the New American Bible (NAB), the Catholic Bible translation, Matthew 5:32 and 19:9 read thus: "whoever divorces his wife (UNLESS THE MARRIAGE IS UNLAWFUL) causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery [emphasis added]." The concept of an "unlawful marriage" in the NAB is translated as either "(marital) unfaithfulness," "adultery," or "fornication" in the Bible in Basic English, the Contemporary English Version, the Douray-Rheims Bible, the English Standard Version, God's Word, the Good News Bible, the International Standard Version, the King James Version, the Literal Translation of the Holy Bible, The Message paraphrase, the New International Version, and the New King James Version. There does not seem to be any textual basis for the NAB's choice of words, except to support the Catholic Church's own doctrine." The entire article can be found: http://www.gotquestions.org/Catholic-annulment.html My copy of the NAB inserts "lewd conduct is a separate case" into Matthew 5:32 and 19:9. I wonder why that is? WOS |
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270 | What is or is not a Biblical marriage? | Gen 2:24 | Wild Olive Shoot | 171143 | ||
Brother Doc, I noticed the lack of "consummation" as well. It makes one wonder if God intended marriage to be more than simply a joining of the flesh, such as a joining of the spirit. I see a direct parallel with Christ and His bride. Am I off base on this? WOS |
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271 | luke 23:34 | Luke 23:34 | Wild Olive Shoot | 170886 | ||
Edwin, I thank you for your time and effort on this subject. I haven’t as of yet, but do plan to read the article you recommended and consider it as well. One thing for certain, I believe I’ll still find it hard to alter my position given the fact that the verses posted concerning the “ignorance” have yet to be reconciled with the subject claim. But know that I do plan to consider it all. To close, it seems apparent that Christ knew they wouldn’t believe and I think that is the key. Had there been belief, there could be no claim of ignorance on the part of the leaders from the Apostles. Luke 22:67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: John 10:24, 25: 24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. 1Corinthians 2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. Acts 3:17,18: 17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. 18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. 1Titus 1:13,14: 13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. Something that did peek my interest, when you stated: “I believe that what our Lord intended to convey was that He knew exactly what they had said about Him in private, behind closed doors, ie, that they knew very well that He was in fact the Christ. "You have (past tense) said that i am".” Matthew 26:64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. I took the intent of the past tense here to be the immediate. Never did I consider that He was referring to anytime prior to this occasion of questioning. Thanks again Brother WOS |
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272 | the Bible Alone | 2 Thess 2:15 | Wild Olive Shoot | 170885 | ||
How about: James 1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: Your ears, by count, double your tongue. Maybe one should take advantage of that. Diatribe??? WOS |
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273 | luke 23:34 | Luke 23:34 | Wild Olive Shoot | 170830 | ||
Dear ebrain, I’ll do my best to answer what you have asked of me so long as I can. 1. Because many of those things that were being claimed against Him were not worthy of an answer for one. But also see that as rendered in Mark, he did give His answer when asked directly if He was the Christ. Mark 14:61-62: 61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? 62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 2. To reject this claim to be Messiah, and to not believe He was who He was, they had to account for this miracle some other way. The reckoned it to be of the devil for this was not their Messiah, or what they perceived the Messiah to be, that was their claim. 3a. It wasn’t about His love for Lazarus or the sisters. Christ knew full and well what he wanted to do. It was about the glory, the very glory shown by Him raising Lazarus from the dead. Christ’s love however knew that Lazarus would be among the living again. The lack of urgency was to further display His glory. 3b. This same verse shows why he was glad. “to the intent ye may believe;”. This was all to give an account of who He was and is. I’m not denying that sufficient evidence was put forth for anyone who seen to believe. What I’m stating is that for the Jewish leaders, the Pharisee’s, to adamantly insist that Jesus be put to death, they could not have in their hearts believed that He was their Savior, for whatever reason. Their hearts were hardened, their minds were closed, their eyes were blind. On their own accord, probably? Decreed by a Sovereign God, most definitely. To quote Gill: “These knew nothing of the wisdom of the Gospel, or the wise counsels of God concerning salvation by Christ; they knew not the Messiah when he came, nor the prophecies concerning him; the Jews and their rulers did what they did through ignorance, and fulfilled those things they knew nothing of.” Again, I’m in no way claiming that anyone is relinquished from the responsibility for what was done, all I’m saying is that what was done was in ignorance. I find it so very hard to believe, that had they truly known, had their hearts been proper, their minds correct and their eyes wide open to the undeniable evidence that Christ placed before them, they would have crucified their long awaited and hoped for Messiah. What God so said, was fulfilled, that we know. But the intricacies of His effective means, I think, are only known in part. When Christ asked for forgiveness, it was for those who knew not. That included all the ignorant. The Scripture posted in my last note shows the ignorance and to what levels it was escalated as well as the Apostle’s realization of what it was. Their minds had been prejudiced, and not only theirs, but as well so many more. A Multi-part question for you if I may Brother; Why is it that you have deduced that the forgiveness was specific and not necessarily for any who would repent and what do you suppose would be the catalyst for the leaders, who longed for their Messiah, to fully reject Him had they truly known and what would that result be? WOS |
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274 | Are you His disciple? | Matt 16:24 | Wild Olive Shoot | 170756 | ||
Doc, I must apologize as in haste; I did not go back and read your first post on the subject. Had I, I would not have addressed you with the question in the fashion that I did. I truly respect your opinion and meant no disrespect in the way that I asked the question. Forgive me if I came across improperly Brother. My concern was that the phrase “take up your cross” was more or less being grossly misused to imply that we could only accomplish that in death for following our Savior. Please understand that I do not use the terms “grossly misused” lightly as this is how I see it when “cross” is limited to physical death and nothing else especially in light of great men who have devoted their life to God and His Word see it otherwise. John MacArthur stated that: “Taking up the cross refers to the willingness to endure persecution, rejection, reproach, shame, suffering, and even martyrdom for the sake of Christ.” It means the suffering we must endure in whatever manner it placed upon us and to whatever end is divinely determined. MacArthur also pointed out that “In our day we are not being martyred for our obedience to Christ, but we still must bear a reproach. Practicing self-denial means identify with Christ and naming His name up to and including the point of death.” Although there are some still being martyred, the gist of it is that physically, we will suffer persecution in diverse ways and must be willing, for our love of our Lord, to endure until we are crowned. And truly, this does not strictly mean death in all cases. That my friend was the point I wished to make. I would also like to remind all that we do not bear our crosses alone, for it is actually His cross and we carry it with His help. What a blessed partnership it is, knowing that Christ Himself will bear the heavy end of our cross for us. He traveled The Via Dolorosa with His long before any of us. He knows better and can truly guide us if only we let Him. WOS |
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275 | Are you His disciple? | Matt 16:24 | Wild Olive Shoot | 170737 | ||
Doc, it can be a call to death, but not in every case, otherwise, how does the rendering in Luke fit in? Daily? Luke 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. WOS |
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276 | Are you His disciple? | Matt 16:24 | Wild Olive Shoot | 170735 | ||
Well Searcher, I follow Him with all I am and all I can. So since I'm still living, I guess I haven't had the opportunity to bear my cross yet, if I must die to do that. So His disciples didn't bear theirs until they died as well. When you read the Scripture in Luke, are we supposed to die every day? Can you explain how that is done? Luke 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. WOS |
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277 | Are you His disciple? | Matt 16:24 | Wild Olive Shoot | 170726 | ||
"take up his cross; cheerfully receive, and patiently bear, every affliction and evil, however shameful and painful it may be, which is appointed for him, and he is called unto; which is his peculiar cross, as every Christian has his own; to which he should quietly submit, and carry, with an entire resignation to the will of God, in imitation of his Lord:" - John Gill "Every disciple of Christ hath his cross, and must count upon it; as each hath his special duty to be done, so each hath his special trouble to be borne, and every one feels most from his own burthen. Crosses are the common lot of God's children, but of this common lot of God's children, but of this common lot each hath his particular share. That is our cross which Infinite Wisdom has appointed for us, and a Sovereign Providence has laid on us, as fittest for us." - Matthew Henry We all have different "crosses" to bear. Some may in fact lead to death but as well some do not. Thankfully, for many today, bearing one's cross is simply the struggles we endure while faithfully following Him. Sadly, for others where this freedom of following is not condoned, it often does lead to death. WOS |
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278 | luke 23:34 | Luke 23:34 | Wild Olive Shoot | 170660 | ||
ebrain, You made the comment: “Jesus is asking for forgivness for the ones who were killing Him, not however the Jewish Leaders, who knew full well what they were doing.” Did all of them really, truly know? Would they, even the Jewish leaders, have really crucified the Messiah if they had known? The Messiah was their only hope and they knew that. So would they have knowingly put Him to death? 1Corinthians 2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. Acts 3:17,18: 17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. 18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. 1Titus 1:13,14: 13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. Albert Barnes shows the following in commentary on Acts 3:17: “That through ignorance ...Peter does not mean to affirm that they were innocent in having put him to death, for he had just proved the contrary, and he immediately proceeds to exhort them to repentance. But he means to say that their offence was mitigated by the fact that they were ignorant that he was the Messiah. The same thing the Saviour himself affirmed when dying, Luk_23:34; “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Compare Act_13:27; 1Co_2:8. The same thing the apostle Paul affirmed in relation to himself, as one of the reasons why he obtained pardon from the enormous crime of persecution, 1Ti_1:13. In cases like these, though crime might be mitigated, yet it was not taken entirely away. They were guilty of demanding that a man should be put to death who was declared innocent; they were urged on with ungovernable fury; they did it from contempt and malice; and the crime of murder remained, though they were ignorant that he was the Messiah. It is plainly implied that if they had put him to death knowing that he was the Messiah, and as the Messiah, there would have been no forgiveness. Compare Heb_10:26-29. Ignorance, therefore, is a circumstance which must always be taken into view in an estimate of crime. It is at the same time true that they had opportunity to know that he was the Messiah, but the mere fact that they were ignorant of it was still a mitigating circumstance in the estimate of their crime. There can be no doubt that the mass of the people had no fixed belief that he was the Messiah.” “As did also your rulers - Compare 1Co_2:8, where the apostle says that none of the princes of this world knew the wisdom of the gospel, for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. It is certain that the leading scribes and Pharisees were urged on by the most ungovernable fury and rage to put Jesus to death, even when they had abundant opportunity to know his true character. This was particularly the case with the high priest. But yet it was true that they did not believe that he was the Messiah. Their minds had been prejudiced. They had expected a prince and a conqueror. All their views of the Messiah were different from the character which Jesus manifested. And though they might have known that he was the Messiah; though he had given abundant proof of the fact, yet it is clear that they did not believe it. It is not credible that they would have put to death one whom they really believed to be the Christ. He was the hope, the only hope of their nation; and they would not have dared to imbrue their hands in the blood of him whom they really believed to be the illustrious personage so long promised and expected by their fathers…” – Albert Barnes Wouldn’t the forgiveness spoken of by Christ still be dependant on their individual repentance? I wonder if any of the Jewish leaders were present during: Act 2:37-41: v37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? I think it could be said that their ignorance was of their own doing since Christ provided sufficient evidence of who He was but yet they still closed their eyes to it. But in closing their eyes to the evidence Christ placed before them, it caused them to still not believe in their heart that He was the Messiah. So in their hearts and minds, could they have believed that they were crucifying their Savior? Not that any of it is excusable, but do you think, as I wonder, if God could have “winked” at some of these very people as He did the Gentiles? Act 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Since we have now been given the command to repent, does God no longer overlook the truly ignorant? WOS |
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279 | ... | Is 4:1 | Wild Olive Shoot | 170458 | ||
You really need to read and understand the very Scripture you are quoting my friend. And while you’re at it, here is another: Psa 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Scripture quoted and used out of context in no way substantiates some misguided prophecy you seem to have discovered. The Scripture you have presented in no way confirms what you have claimed. Other users on this forum have showed this to you and as well have pointed out in a godly manner using God’s Word, that you are wrong. What more can any do? We could engage in a dueling quote kind of thing but that would not benefit anyone now would it? At this point I’m afraid you would simply inappropriately use other Scripture out of context and not even bother to take heed of that which was presented to you. Maybe you are just too smart for this forum Aaron. Thank God He will not judge us based on intelligence. However, I hope when I’m in front of the Bema Seat, I won’t have to answer for misusing God’s Word and for inviting others to do so also. Call me dumb friend, but with Christ, I’m as smart as I need to be and I'm okay with that. Peace to you. WOS |
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280 | ... | Is 4:1 | Wild Olive Shoot | 170439 | ||
You hold no value in the thoughts of man??? My, my... One could very easily claim the same about your twisting of the Scripture and have far more support from the Word of God than you. Since your statement is your own thought, and you are a man, why should anyone regard them as factual? WOS |
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