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741 | Is "to salt" to mean "to destroy?" | Mark 9:49 | kalos | 164839 | ||
Jesus Spoke In Aramaic [Tim: I found the following information to be helpful and wanted to share it with you and whoever else is interested. Grace to you! --Kalos] "The people of first century Palestine, including Jesus, spoke the Aramaic language." (http://www.twopaths.com/faq_kjv.htm) 'It is almost universally accepted that Jesus and His disciples spoke in Aramaic. The theory that the New Testament was written in Hebrew is without basis, though I believe that I have heard some suggest that some of the sources may have been in Aramaic. The simple fact is that the Jews lost their facility in Hebrew. That is why the Old Testament had to be translated into the Greek language (this translation is known as the Septuagint). 'You will remember that when Jesus cried out from the cross, "Eli, Eli, LAMA, SABACHTHANI" (Matthew 27:46-47), He was citing the Hebrew text of Psalm 22:1, and no one there seemed to understand it. They thought Jesus was calling for Elijah. How could this fellow’s (Norman Willis') theory* hold up if no one at the cross could understand the Hebrew words Jesus spoke? (Hebrew and Aramaic are related languages, but not the same.)' ____________________ *Norman Willis' theory. Norman Willis claims that the NT may have been written in Hebrew instead of Greek. (http://www.bible.org/docs/qa/) |
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742 | Brad, Chuck, Doc, , Hank, Mark, Tim, etc | Matt 11:18 | kalos | 164302 | ||
Brad, Chuck, Doc, Emmaus, Hank, Mark, Nolan, Steve, Steve B., and Tim: My computer crashed last Thursday. It's up and running again, but I no longer have your email addresses. Please email me your preferred email address, the one you want me to use. Also, please mail the other guys and ask them to do the same, because everyone may not read this post. My email address has not changed. Optional: If you wish, please include your phone number. Thank you, Kalos |
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743 | How do we receive Him? As Guest/Owner? | John 1:12 | kalos | 164094 | ||
Jeff: You did not at all come across as being cross. No problem! Grace, John |
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744 | How do we receive Him? As Guest/Owner? | John 1:12 | kalos | 164091 | ||
There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. Romans 3:11 (NKJV) "none...seeks." 'See Ps. 14:2. This verse clearly implies that the world's false religions are fallen man's attempts to escape the true God -- not to seek Him. Man's natural tendency is to seek his own interests (compare Phil. 2:21), but his only hope is for God to seek him (John 6:37, 44). It is only as a result of God's work in the heart that anyone seeks Him (Ps. 16:8; Matt. 6:33).' (MacArthur Study Bible, John MacArthur, Word Publishing, 1997) Grace and peace, Kalos |
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745 | How do we receive Him? As Guest/Owner? | John 1:12 | kalos | 164090 | ||
There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. Romans 3:11 (NKJV) "none...seeks." 'See Ps. 14:2. This verse clearly implies that the world's false religions are fallen man's attempts to escape the true God -- not to seek Him. Man's natural tendency is to seek his own interests (compare Phil. 2:21), but his only hope is for God to seek him (John 6:37, 44). It is only as a result of God's work in the heart that anyone seeks Him (Ps. 16:8; Matt. 6:33).' (MacArthur Study Bible, John MacArthur, Word Publishing, 1997) Grace and peace, Kalos |
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746 | How do we receive Him? As Guest/Owner? | John 1:12 | kalos | 164087 | ||
Jeff: You had written: 'With this in mind, let me ask what you meant by your statement: “According to Scripture, there is none who seeks God” This is a definitive statement. Yet I don’t know of this teaching.' My only purpose in posting what I did was to point out, in response to the above statement, that the Bible in Rom. 3:10 says that '..no one seeks for God. ' I was not then, nor am I now, participating in the debate. Merely providing factual information in response to your statement that you didn't know of this teaching. Grace to you, Kalos |
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747 | There is none who seeks after God. | Rom 3:11 | kalos | 164050 | ||
There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. Romans 3:11 (NKJV) "none...seeks." 'See Ps. 14:2. This verse clearly implies that the world's false religions are fallen man's attempts to escape the true God -- not to seek Him. Man's natural tendency is to seek his own interests (compare Phil. 2:21), but his only hope is for God to seek him (John 6:37, 44). It is only as a result of God's work in the heart that anyone seeks Him (Ps. 16:8; Matt. 6:33).' (MacArthur Study Bible, John MacArthur, Word Publishing, 1997) |
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748 | How do we receive Him? As Guest/Owner? | John 1:12 | kalos | 164049 | ||
"no one seeks for God" Romans 3:10-12 (ESV) as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one; [11] no one understands; no one seeks for God. [12] All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one." Grace to you, Jeff. --Kalos |
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749 | What is Lordship salvation? | Eph 2:10 | kalos | 163978 | ||
What is Lordship salvation? 'Lordship Salvation emphasizes that submitting to Christ as Lord over your life goes hand-in-hand with trusting in Christ to be saved. It also focuses on a changed life as the result of salvation. Those who believe in Lordship Salvation would have serious doubts about a person who claims to believe in Christ but does not have good works evident in his life. The Bible does teach that faith in Christ will result in a changed life (2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 5:22-23; James 2:14-26). 'However, depending on the person and his circumstances, spiritual growth sometimes occurs quickly, and other times it takes a long time for changes to become evident, and even then the changes may not be evident to everyone. The Bible clearly teaches that salvation is by faith alone, apart from works (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-9). The Bible also declares that a life changes after salvation (Ephesians 2:10). So, as you can see, it is a difficult balance to make. 'So, is Lordship Salvation Biblical? Again, it cannot be denied that faith in Christ produces a change (2 Corinthians 5:17). A person who has been delivered from sin by faith in Christ should not desire to remain in a life of sin (Romans 6:2). At the same time, submitting to the Lordship of Jesus Christ is an issue of spiritual growth, not salvation. The Christian life is a process of submitting to God in increasing measure (2 Peter 1:5-8)...[In order to be saved,] a person simply has to recognize that they are a sinner, in need of Jesus Christ for salvation, and place trust in Him (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-9). Jesus is Lord (Philippians 2:10). Christians absolutely should submit to Him (James 4:7). A changed life and submission to Christ's lordship is the result of salvation, not a requirement for salvation.' ____________________ www.gotquestions.org/lordship-salvation.html 'Recommended Resource: So Great Salvation by Charles Ryrie. 'Related Topics: 'What is repentance and is it necessary for salvation? 'What is the plan of salvation? 'Once saved always saved? 'What does it mean to be a born again Christian? 'If we doubt our salvation, does that mean we are not saved?' |
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750 | Anything goes in interpreting the Bible? | 2 Tim 3:16 | kalos | 163941 | ||
Anything goes in interpreting the Bible? 'In fact, I've told you many times, I don't need to point it out again except to comment on it very briefly, that we live in a time in the framework of evangelicalism where to say this is the right interpretation and all these are wrong is viewed as unspiritual, unloving, ungodly because even Christians have come to the conclusion that almost anything goes in interpreting the Bible. 'We're supposed to tolerate people who believe on the cross, for example, that Jesus became a sinner and had to go to hell and suffer for His sins. We're supposed to be able to embrace those people as our Christian brothers and tolerate that. We're supposed to be able to embrace as Christians those people who believe that one is saved by baptism and apart from being dunked in water one cannot go to heaven. 'We're supposed to embrace people who believe that they make a contribution to their salvation, that it is grace but it is grace cooperating with human works that effects redemption. We're supposed to embrace those people and call them our brothers and sisters and to do anything less than that is ungodly and unloving and unbiblical and not Christlike. 'We're supposed to embrace people who completely misrepresent and misunderstand the significance of inspiration, who do not understand that the Bible is the end of all revelation and who misinterpret the ministry of the Holy Spirit, and we're to embrace them unequivocally and without question and to question their misinterpretation of those things is somehow to undermine the unity of the church. 'That's the mood of today and it is not a mood in which careful Bible interpretation is likely to flourish, is it? Because careful Bible interpretation is by nature divisive because if you come to a right conclusion about the Scripture then everything else is wrong. 'And so it's not a time for this from the standpoint of the mood of Christianity today, but it certainly is a time for this from the standpoint of God who commands us to know His Word and to rightly divide it. We are called to a proper understanding of Scripture so that we can truly understand God's message, so that we can put it into practice, believe it and live it.' ____________________ gty.org |
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751 | Praying for the 'World'. | Matt 5:44 | kalos | 163938 | ||
Not saying you do, but IF you already know everything you need to about the geographical, cultural, language, and historical setting of every passage of Scripture, then you will not need a study Bible with explanatory notes. For that matter, why go to church and listen to your pastor preach? After all, whatever he says is only a man's intepretation of the Bible. While you're at it, never look up a word in a Bible dictionary or English dictionary. Maybe the definition will be miracled into your mind. Or not. | ||||||
752 | What if Allah is the same as God? | Acts 4:12 | kalos | 163901 | ||
Ataptcj: "No orthodox Muslim in the world would ever say that Jehovah and Allah are the same God. No Muslim in the world!...Allah and Jehovah are not the same. Not by Muslim standards and certainly not by the Word of God." -- Dr. Ergun Caner, former Muslim, on FOCUS ON THE FAMILY radio broadcast, 12-09-2005. You may want to relay this information also to your family and others. Grace to you, Kalos islam |
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753 | Praying for the 'World'. | Matt 5:44 | kalos | 163884 | ||
The Bible is not read to seek doctrines? But God says: All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for DOCTRINE, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness 2 Tim. 3:16 (NKJV) (Emphasis added.) Is the Bible also not read for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness? |
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754 | Do not aim to spiritualize every passage | Acts 17:11 | kalos | 163854 | ||
"This verse means to me...." ____________________ "Avoid adlibbing in Bible interpretation. Avoid free wheeling in Bible interpretation." ____________________ 'Avoid superficial interpretation...avoid superficial interpretation. One of the common problems in interpreting the Bible is this little phrase, "This verse means to me...." so forth and so forth and so forth. Let me tell you something. It doesn't matter what it means to you, the question is what would it mean if you didn't live? What would it mean if you didn't exist? What does it mean period is the issue, not what does it mean to you. 'Sometimes you'll hear people get together and supposedly have a Bible study which is little more than a pooling of ignorance. People say, "Well, I look at this verse and I feel this verse is saying..." It doesn't matter what you feel. That has nothing to do with it. It's not a matter of how you feel about the verse, it's not a matter of what you think it means to you. Avoid adlibbing in Bible interpretation. Avoid free wheeling in Bible interpretation. Haphazard handling of God's Word. 'We all want to acknowledge the priesthood of the believer...yes, we all want to acknowledge that we have anointing from God, the Spirit of God who dwells within us and the Spirit of God who dwells within us is the teacher who teaches us. We all want to acknowledge that. But that is not justification for flippancy dealing with Scripture. That's why in 1 Timothy 5:17 it says, "The elders who work hard in the Scripture are worthy of double honor." It is hard work. 'Avoid superficial interpretation. Avoid "this means to me." That is not a statement that should preface any interpretation of Scripture. The question is, what does it mean if you don't exist? What did it mean before you were born? And what will it mean after you're dead? What does it mean to people who will never meet you? What does it mean period, is the issue' (www.gty.org). __________ www.biblebb.com/files/macqa/70-19-6.htm |
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755 | Do not aim to spiritualize every passage | Acts 17:11 | kalos | 163849 | ||
What does this verse mean to you? ____________________ "Otherwise, we would be saying that God did not actually mean anything specific when He inspired the writers of the Bible. If we were to say that God's word can mean different things, then the word of God doesn't mean anything at all." ____________________ "I was once at a Bible study and the Bible study leader read several verses of Scripture. He then pointed out a particular verse and asked people what they thought it meant. The verse was not particularly ambiguous, and it was not explicitly clear. So, people in the room began to give their opinions on what the verse meant. Some of the opinions contradicted each other. I waited to see what the Bible study leader would do with these contradictions and how he would handle what the verse might actually mean. He simply said that all the opinions sounded good and that we must find out for ourselves what God's word means. Of course, this bothered me. Such relativism is dangerous. "The Bible study leader proceeded to go on to another verse where the same thing was done and other opinions were offered. After a few minutes I could no longer remain silent and I spoke up. Not wanting to dominate the study, I tried to remain polite and cautious as I attempted to correct an error that had just happened in the Bible study. "I carefully pointed out that though there are times when certain scriptures are difficult to understand and that our opinions on these verses might be equally valid, if they contradict each other, they cannot all be valid. Furthermore, I pointed out that we must not subject God's word to our opinions. It is a mistake to have a group of people look at a Scripture and offer varying opinions on what it means as though God's word means only what it means to us at that time and that we can contradict each other and that's fine. Instead, we should ask ourselves "what does a text say?" We should work hard at trying to discover the best single possible meaning to the text -- if that is applicable. We should not view God's word as a well from which we draw whatever feeling, sensation, or opinion that suits us for the time. Instead, we must do our best to find out what the word actually says to the best of our ability instead of "feeling" our way through the scriptures using relativism as a guide. Otherwise, we would be saying that God did not actually mean anything specific when He inspired the writers of the Bible. If we were to say that God's word can mean different things, then the word of God doesn't mean anything at all. The problem here is that relativism was creeping into the Bible study. "The danger in this is that if taken to its logical extreme, verses could mean anything we wanted them to mean. With no absolutes to draw from, apostasy would begin to creep in. For example, I am reminded of how some major denominations are actually putting millions of dollars into studying the issue of homosexuality to determine to what extent people can be held responsible for this sin...if they determined that it is a sin at all! This, of course, leads down the road to apostasy and needs to be stopped. "So I ask you. When you study God's word devotionally, or otherwise, do you hope to find what it actually means so you can subject yourself to what it says, or do you try and find a meaning for Scripture that suits your needs, your feelings, and your desires? I would hope that you do the former. We need to check ourselves. (...) "Let our devotion to God be a subjection to his word." ____________________ (www.carm.org/devotions/verse.htm) |
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756 | Do not aim to spiritualize every passage | Acts 17:11 | kalos | 163838 | ||
Pure fantasy...it goes on all the time... Spiritualizing the Bible ____________________ If the meaning of the Bible "cannot be discerned through the normal understanding of language, how can it be discerned?" ____________________ '...And then thirdly, another thing just to mention by way of avoidance...avoid spiritualizing or allegorizing the Bible. Spiritualizing or allegorizing the Bible. This is that which gives to the Bible some kind of mystical meaning. In other words, what is on the surface is not the meaning, but what is hidden becomes the meaning. This is very popular. We could talk about allegorizing, it's quite...it's not quite as popular today as it used to be, although it's finding a resurgence. Allegorizing means to say that the historical meaning is not the real meaning, and in fact may be nothing but a fabrication. The historical meaning is not the real meaning, the real meaning is the spiritual meaning hidden beneath the surface. And once you say that something in the Bible is an allegory, that is it is only a symbol of the reality, you have just made it impossible to know what that reality is because if that reality cannot be discerned through the normal understanding of language, how can it be discerned? 'For example, a book was written a number of years ago called If I Perish, I Perish, it was purported to be a commentary on the book of Esther. And in it, Esther, it was allegorizing the book of Esther so that Esther became the Holy Spirit and the whole story of the book was the operation of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer in the battle between the flesh and the Spirit and spiritual warfare and so forth. Much of what was in the book was true New Testament truth but it had absolutely nothing to do with the book of Esther so it therefore convoluted the meaning of Esther and no person reading the book of Esther ever would have understood that meaning. No normal understanding of Esther would have yielded that. (...) 'I went from that to the series on Nehemiah in which [someone might claim that] Nehemiah was the Holy Spirit. The king's pool which is in the city, you know, when they were building the wall, he mentions the king's pool, was the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the building of the wall, the mortar between the bricks was tongues. And the whole point of Nehemiah is that God wants to send the Holy Spirit to baptize you with the Spirit and build the fallen walls of your human personality through speaking in tongues. 'Now, you see, if you're going to do that with the Bible you can't get that from the text. It's pure fantasy. But it goes on all the time and I've often said...sometimes I say to our pastors, "You don't need the Bible for that, if you're going to do that you can use anything...you can use anything." You can preach Little Bo Peep, you could...you could start off by saying...Little Bo Peep, oh she was only little but God can use the little ones. And her name was...her name was Bo Peep...what a name of insignificance, what a name of ridicule, but God uses those who have been ridiculed. Little Bo Peep, she lost her sheep, all over this world sheep are lost. Doesn't know where to find them. The only part I couldn't figure out was what you do with wagging their tails behind them. 'It's a very dangerous thing to allegorize or spiritualize Scripture. What it means is what it says when rightly understood in its historic context.' ____________________ (http://gty.org/ resources.php?section[equals sign]transcripts) Grace to You Transcipts GC 90-157 "How to Study Your Bible: Interpretation" by John MacArthur |
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757 | Do not aim to spiritualize every passage | Acts 17:11 | kalos | 163834 | ||
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758 | Do not aim to spiritualize every passage | Acts 17:11 | kalos | 163833 | ||
"Don't spiritualize Scripture...when..." 'The key to consistent Bible interpretation, including the Book of Revelation, is to have a consistent hermeneutic. Hermeneutics is the study of the principles of interpretation. In other words, it is the way you interpret Scripture. A normal hermeneutic or normal interpretation of Scripture means that Unless the verse or passage CLEARLY indicates that the author was using figurative language, you are to understand it in its normal sense. Don't look for other meanings if the natural meaning of the sentence makes sense. Don't spiritualize Scripture by assigning meanings to words or phrases when it is very possible that the author under the guidance of the Holy Spirit means for it to be understood as it is written.' ____________________ (www.gotquestions.org/Book-Revelation.html) |
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759 | Do not aim to spiritualize every passage | Acts 17:11 | kalos | 163832 | ||
'When spiritualization is introduced into one's interpretation, Pandora's box is opened and various meanings can be understood. The only way the integrity of the Author/author's wording and meaning can be preserved is by taking Scripture at face value. Taking Scripture at face value means that the student of Scripture recognizes the difference between what can be called the "simple sense" of a passage and what is understood as a literal understanding. A literal understanding includes the examination of the historical/cultural and lexical/syntactical considerations. It also recognizes symbols and figures of speech and realizes there is a referent for them. For further information on hermeneutical principles, see the "links" section of this website for an explanation.' ____________________ Did Jesus Already Return in AD 70? By Rev. Bill Lee-Warner (www.solagroup.org/articles/ endtimes/et_0003.html) |
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760 | Do not aim to spiritualize every passage | Acts 17:11 | kalos | 163830 | ||
Do not aim to spiritualize every passage "Beware of mystical and ingenious refinement; do not aim to spiritualize every passage. Real spirituality and fanciful spirituality are different things. The former is real, deep, sublime, and satisfactory, the latter is ideal, shallow, specious and delusive. "Seek the literal before the spiritual meaning." ____________________ Rules For Reading The Bible (Quoted from an article at The Bereans Apologetics Research Ministry) The following Rules of Interpretation and Practical Rules were taken from Smith's Bible Dictionary, Revised Edition (Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville) that was compiled from Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible (pp. 483-484). I. Rules of Interpretation 1. Put yourself, as it were, in the times, places, and circumstances of the sacred writers. 2. Form as correct a view as you can of the geography of the Scripture, of the simplicity of ancient manners, of the arts and habits that existed in those times. The Psalms abound with allusions to hunting wild beasts. many passages in Job are clear to him who has a correct view of judicial matters. 3. Ascertan, as far as it is possible, the plain, literal and primary meaning of the scripture. Exercise sound common sense. A right use of reason will supersede much criticism, and prove a valuable substitute for it. 4. Beware of mystical and ingenious refinement; do not aim to spiritualize every passage. Real spirituality and fanciful spirituality are different things. The former is real, deep, sublime, and satisfactory, the latter is ideal, shallow, specious and delusive. 5. Seek the literal before the spiritual meaning. 6. The true spiritual sense of a passage is that which is to be most highly esteemed. 7. Avoid ingenious conceits and far-fetched interpretations. 8. Make all allowance for idiomatical and figurative diction, especially when an absurdity would follow from adhering to the literal sense. 9. Always distinguish between plain and figurative language. 10. Never press a metaphor too far. 11. Carefully consider the context before you draw a conclusion from a separate passage. 12. Carefully consider the circumstances of a passage as far as you can; that is, the occasion of it, to whom it was written, by whom it was written, and with what design. 13. Compare spiritual things with spiritual. Never be weary of referring to what are called parallel passages; that is, to illustrate passages: for Scripture is the best interpreter of Scripture. 14. Explain what is difficult by what is plain and easy. 15. Never expect fully to understand all things in the Scriptures; yet remember that wise, humble, devout, and persevering study will be always adding something to our knowledge. 16. When words and phrases are of doubtful meaning consider them well. 17. Do not always fix the same meaning to the same word, for the same word is frequently used in Scripture in various senses. 18. Endeavor to form clear and distinct ideas of the great and peculiar words of Scripture, such as faith, repentance, redemption, justification, sanctification, grace, righteousness, etc. [N. B. -- It is to be deeply lamented that there is so little agreement among serious Christians about the ideas to be attached to such words. In vain do we look for peace and unanimity among Christians, while the sacred vocabulary remains so undefined as it is at present.] 19. Consider (see 12) the character of a writer, the state and character of those whom he wrote, the errors which he opposed, the truths which he inculcated and established. 20. The New Testament is the fulfillment of the Old. Carefully compare them with each other... ____________________ To read more go to: www.thebereans.net/ref-bibrules.shtml |
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