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561 | jury duty, to be or not to be? | Matt 18:16 | azurelaw | 194616 | ||
Dear Michael, Me too, I have a lot to study. Keep going and sharing. Shalom Azure |
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562 | Offended by a Christian | Matt 18:35 | azurelaw | 207855 | ||
Dear Searcher, Seeing so many examples around me, I agree with you completely that forgiveness should be dealt with and exercised fully at the first level; else, bitterness will be retained thus leaving chances for the devil (Eph 4:27) Shalom Azure |
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563 | Situational Ethics | Matt 22:37 | azurelaw | 207961 | ||
Matt 22:37 And He said to him, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' Matt 22:38 "This is the great and foremost commandment. Matt 22:39 "The second is like it, 'You shall love your neighbour as yourself.' ***** “love of God has priority over neighbour-love. Jesus categorizes love of God as the great commandment, which comes first (Mt. 22:37f.). Scripture is full of instruction on how to trust, fear, praise and serve the Lord, and for this we may be grateful—no utilitarian calculus could possibly take its place! It is odd that situationists regularly ‘write as if love of God is wholly a matter of loving one’s neighbour, but in Scripture it is certainly not so.” “neighbour-love is to be directed bylaw. So far from seeing an antithesis and possible clash between the claims of persons and of principles, Scripture assumes that we can only meet the claims of persons as we hold to the God-taught principles in dealing with them, and the principles take the form of directives as to what should and should not be done to them. The theology, in a nutshell, is that God our Maker and Redeemer has revealed the unchanging pattern of response that he requires, and that man needs if he is to be truly himself. The pattern is both an expression of God’s own moral character, an indication of what he approves and disapproves, and also a due to man about his own nature and that of his neighbour. By adhering to the pattern we express and further our own true humanness on the one hand, and true love for our neighbour on the other. Our fellow man is always something of an enigma to us, just as we are something of an enigma to ourselves, but our Maker who knows our true nature and needs has told us how we are to do ourselves and each other real good. So love and law-keeping are mutually entailed, as Paul shows in Romans 13:8-10. The sixth, seventh, eighth and tenth commandments prohibit particular actions and attitudes (murder, adultery, theft, covetous jealousy) and Paul quotes them to make the double point that when we keep these commandments we love our neighbour as ourselves, and when we love our neighbour as ourselves we keep these commandments. The point is confirmed by John’s striking reasoning in I John 5:2: ‘By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.’ Neighbour-love fulfils the law. Biblically, then, there is no antithesis between the motive of love and the divine directives which tell us what kinds of action on man’s part God approves and disapproves. Situationism is, after all, gratuitous.” “The lesser evil But if God’s laws, and the actions which they prescribe and prohibit, have fixed intrinsic values, as expressing God’s unchanging will for mankind, what are we to think and do when we find ourselves in situations where we cannot move at all without transgressing a divine prohibition, so that the best we can do is evil from one standpoint? Briefly, love’s task then is to find how to do the most good, and the least evil; doing nothing is rarely the answer! Rightly, different principles come out on top in different situations: two Christians armed with ‘honour your parents’ and ‘do not steal’ might well act differently if one could only prevent his parents dying of hunger by stealing, while the other was being told to steal by his heavily gambling father. We may agree with the situationist that love for persons must arbitrate between the conflicting claims of moral principles, that doctrinaire decisions in such cases will not make the best of the bad job, and that unwillingness to face the situation’s full complexities, and insensitivity to the variety of rules and claims that apply, will lead straight into ironclad Pharisaic legalism. But we shall reject Fletcher’s grotesque idea that in such situations adultery, fornication, abortion, suicide and the rest, if thought the best course (which arguably in Fletcher’s cases they might be—we will not dispute that here), thereby become good: which valuation, as Fletcher himself emphasizes, leaves no room for regret at having had to do them. Instead, we shall insist that evil remains evil, even when, being the lesser evil, it appears the right thing to do; we shall do it with heavy heart, and seek God’s cleansing of our conscience for having done it.” J. I. Packer |
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564 | Matthew 23:31-39 | Matt 23:2 | azurelaw | 201633 | ||
Dear 0560, Can you elaborate your question? Thanks and Shalom Azure |
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565 | Once saved, always saved? | Matt 25:14 | azurelaw | 184480 | ||
Dear Jonp, Thanks for your answer. For point 2, yes, those are not true believers will not care about the Lord's concerns. However, I am still not quite clear about Jesus statement. Is Jesus saying that even that servant does not work as hard or aggressive as the other two (such as preaching the gospels, caring the poor, etc.), he should at least serve in the church ministry where he can have indirect contribution to or support on the Lord's concern via the church? Look forward to receiving your further enlightenment. Shalom Azure |
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566 | Who are "the least of these?" | Matt 25:40 | azurelaw | 219384 | ||
Dear YenlsaRap, Thank you for the clear exposition. In addition to what you have nicely put, I agree the "brethrens" refer to Christians as it is also clearly addressed by Jesus in Matthew 12:48-50. Thanks again for sharing with us. Shalom Azure |
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567 | Seating at the Last Supper | Matt 26:23 | azurelaw | 213970 | ||
Dear Rollin, Thank you for the information. However, I would like to know how significant is it in helping us to learn more about God, Christ and His Salvation? Shalom Azure |
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568 | The passion of our Lord Jesus Christ | Matt 26:39 | azurelaw | 231854 | ||
In memory of Christ's suffering and resurrection ********************* “When Scripture speaks to us of our salvation it proposes to us three aims. One is that we recognize the inestimable love God has shown toward us, so that He may be glorified by us as He deserves. Another, that we hold our sin in such detestation as is proper, and that we be sufficiently ashamed to humble ourselves before the majesty of our God. The third, that we value our salvation in such a manner that it makes us forsake the world and all that pertains to this frail life, and that we be overjoyed with that inheritance which has been acquired for us at such a price. This is what we ought to fix our attention upon and apply our minds to when it is mentioned to us how the Son of God has redeemed us from eternal death and has acquired for us the heavenly life. “ “…... we must bear in mind, that the Son of God in crying out “Father, if it be possible, let this drink be removed from me” considers not only what He had to suffer in His body, nor the disgrace of men, nor leaving the earth (for that was easy enough for Him), but He considers that He is before God and before His judicial throne to answer for all our sins, to see there all the curses of God which are ready to fall upon us. For even if there be only a single sinner, what would the wrath of God be? When it is said that God is against us, that He wants to display His power to destroy us, alas! where are we then? Now it was necessary for Jesus Christ to fight not only against such a terror but against all the cruelties one could inflict. ……Let us …… realize how costly our salvation was to Him and how precious our souls were to Him when He was willing to go to such an extremity for our sakes, and knowing what we deserved let us look at what would have been our condition — if we had not been rescued by Him. And yet let us rejoice that death has no more power over us that could hurt us.” --- John Calvin |
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569 | What does Bible say about making out? | Matt 26:41 | azurelaw | 198072 | ||
Dear johnn, A piece (an interesting advice from a brother in christ) to share with you though no scripture provided. My best friend (also my daughter's god father) advised his children when they were at teen that all touches with girl friend/boy friend should be restricted to the upper part of the body starting from shoulders and above (of course holding hands are absolutly OK). Body parts below shoulders are restricted area. You and your girl friend are doing the right thing by praying, but have you studied the Bible together daily? Only praying is not enough if we do not have His Word inplanted in our hearts. Ps 119:9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Your word. Ps 119:10 With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me wander from Your commandments. Ps 119:11 Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You. Read also 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 Shalom Azure |
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570 | HE is Risen! Hallelujah! | Matt 28:6 | azurelaw | 242107 | ||
HE is Risen! Hallelujah! | ||||||
571 | He is risen | Matt 28:9 | azurelaw | 236592 | ||
He is risen! [HK time] :-) Heading to worship..... Shalom Azure |
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572 | help me with 3 historical everts in mark | Mark | azurelaw | 194628 | ||
Dear Cantymantwo, Sorry for my late reply. Please see below commentary I have got so far. In addition, I would like to go further a bit to Chapter 2 v 7 in contrasting the blindness of the Pharisees’ with that even the devils know who Jesus is. Just my 2 cents. --------- v. 24 ……I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God: he whom God had called his Holy One, Psalm 16:10, and who is so, both in his divine nature, as the Son of God, the Holy One of Israel; and as the Son of man, being the holy thing born of the virgin, and is without the least stain of original sin, or blemish of actual transgression; and also as the mediator, whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, the true Messiah; and all this the devil knew from his wonderful incarnation, by the voice from heaven at his baptism, from the conquest over him in the wilderness, and by the miracles he had already wrought: in the high priest's mitre was written, hwhyl vdwq, which may be rendered, "the Holy One of the Lord": the high priest was an eminent type of him. Verse 31. And he came and took her by the hand,.... He went into the room where she lay, and took hold of her hand; not to feel her pulse, and thereby judge of the nature and strength of her disorder, as physicians do; nor merely in a friendly manner, as is customary, but in order to restore her: and lift her up; to sit upright in the bed, who before was laid along upon it, so weak as not to be able to turn herself, much less to sit erect by any assistance whatever: and immediately the fever left her: and there was not the least symptom of it, nor none of the effects which it usually leaves; such was the virtue that went forth from Christ by touching her, and such his great power…… Verse 34. And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases,.... Not that there were some, who had some sorts of diseases, whom he did not heal; but he healed all that came, or were brought to him, which were many, of every sort of disease, which were divers, with which they were afflicted: and cast many devils; even as many as were brought to him, or were possessed with any: and he suffered not the devils to speak; either for him, or against him; which shows his great power over them: because they knew him, or "that they knew him": he would not suffer them to say a word about him, because he knew that they knew that he was the Christ, the Son of God, or he would not permit them to say who he was; because he had others to bear witness of him, and better testimonies than theirs, and lest his enemies should reproach him with an agreement and familiarity with them. Verse 41. And Jesus, moved with compassion,.... At the sad and deplorable case the poor man was in, being a merciful high priest, and not with a desire of popular applause, and vain glory: put forth his hand and touched him; though the leprosy was spread all over him, and there was no place clean, and touching him was forbidden by the law: and saith unto him, I will be thou clean; See Gill on "Mt 8:3." - John Gill’s Exposition To read more, please go to http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/mark/gill/mark1.htm |
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573 | How? | Mark | azurelaw | 198213 | ||
Dear Val, Happy 2008 to you, too. (I'm already in a beautiful and sunny morning, the first one, of 2008 while you still have an hour or two to go). The old post triggered me to think about how to love God (this I mean in a "practcal?" way - well, this might not the right word) as commanded in the 1st greatest commandment since we cannot see God and Jesus is in heaven. Therefore, the Bible teaches us to walk by faith, not by sight and we are so much blessed as Jesus said in John 20:29. Still, in our daily lives, every moment, how do we follow the 1st greatest commandment? We, human, are always so absent minded and less faith. Then I think of our gracious Lord who also gave us the 2nd one "to love your neighbour as thy self" which leads me to John 21:15-17 where after Peter replied he LOVED Jesus, our Lord told him to tend His sheep; to Matthew 18:5-6 and Matthew 25:37-40. How great and awesome is our Lord that He would not burden us with unbearable load. "His yoke is easy, His burden is light." (out of context from Matthew 11:30) Shalom Azure |
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574 | How? | Mark | azurelaw | 198223 | ||
Amen to that, Dear Val. You said it beautifully! You remind me of some time ago, a youngster in my youth group expressed his admiration toward the great philosophers and the famous missionries or saints in the past and he was so much lost to choose who be his example. Then I told him, why seek the example from the mortal human, don't we have a perfect and unique example - Jesus Christ - for us to follow. Let us just lay our eyes on Jesus. (Matthew 17:8) Shalom Azure |
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575 | How? | Mark | azurelaw | 198262 | ||
Dear Steve, Thanks for your kind words. May His name be exalted forever and ever! Psalm 27:8 Shalom Azure Shalom Azure |
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576 | How? | Mark | azurelaw | 198263 | ||
Hey Doc, It was and still is painful for me (especially a local born Chinese in an Asian country) to get used to those theological terms :-) Yet, it worths my time and hardwork. Thanks for the great posts and inputs. Thanks to you, Irish Eyes, for your contribution to the discussion. May you be blessed with a fruitful year of 2008. Shalom Azure |
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577 | Our Goal | Mark | azurelaw | 203017 | ||
Dear mind--, You are welcome. I think we all are new to loving Him and Fearing Him for we are to renew daily in His word with all our hearts, minds and souls. Rom 12:1-2 Hope you enjoy the forum. Shalom Azure |
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578 | Our Goal | Mark | azurelaw | 203019 | ||
Yes, to enjoy Him as well. Thank you :-) Azure |
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579 | I like to read about Mark 16 9-20 Please | Mark | azurelaw | 220721 | ||
Dear Sarzaga, Good, go ahead and read it ;-) But I would suggest you read the whole book of Mark....and do you have a Bible? ...just kidding... :-) What is your question about Mark 16:9-20? Thanks and Shalom Azure |
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580 | Explain abomination and desolation | Mark 1:1 | azurelaw | 198672 | ||
Dear Doc, Same notion "a near and far revelation (instead of interpretation)" had been made by the professor when I attended a class studying the book of Revelation several months ago. I am interested to see what does Val get and yours as well. Thanks and shalom Azure |
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