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1121 | Does it Really matter? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 203443 | ||
Dear Sister, Cheri: Please read the following. From: http://www.thegracetabernacle.org/studies/gtsn_sabbath.html The Sabbath was a command given specifically to Israel. There is no biblical record whatsoever of anybody keeping the Sabbath prior to Exodus 16 (Neh. 9:13-14). Even after they received the full-blown Sabbath command (Ex. 20:8-11), Israel who often condemned the sins of her pagan neighbors, never criticized their violation of the Sabbath. The Sabbath was part of God’s ceremonial law and not grounded in His unchanging character. The Sabbath was a ceremonial law given specifically to Israel, not grounded in God’s unchanging nature. Similar to the entire old covenant, it has been fulfilled and brought to completion in Christ (Mt. 5:17). If David had a right to make an exception in the ceremonial law, Jesus had more (Mt. 12:1-8; c.f 5:21-48). Even Jesus said," The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath" (Mk. 2:27). Moreover, He called Himself the "Lord of the Sabbath" (Lk. 6:5). The Sabbath was the sign of the Old Covenant (Ex. 31:16-17; Neh. 9:14; Eze. 20:12). Because we are now under the New Covenant we are no longer under obligation to keep the Old Covenant, particularly the sign of the Old Covenant. The writer to the Hebrews remarked, "When He said, ‘A new covenant,’ He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear" (Heb. 8:13). The New Testament nowhere commands Christians to observe the Sabbath. The church is warned of many sins in the New Testament, but breaking (or observing) the Sabbath is never mentioned. The book of Acts mentions the Sabbath nine times, never once as a day of worship for Christians. If anything, the Apostle Paul rebuked the Galatians for attempting to add the observance of days to the sufficiency of Christ’s work for salvation (Gal. 4:9-11). The church even changed their day of worship from Saturday (the Jewish Sabbath) to Sunday (the Lord’s Day) (Ac. 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2) to show that a new order had been erected with the resurrection of Christ (Jn. 20:1, 19). Jesus Christ through His redemptive work regained the Sabbath that Adam lost. Jesus Christ came to complete a redemptive work (Jn. 4:34; 5:36) by restoring the rest that was forfeited in the Garden. In following the same pattern for the first creation, Jesus Christ began the work spoken of in Genesis 3:15 (c.f. Gen. 1:3). He completed the work on the cross (Jn. 17:4; 19:30; c.f. Gen. 1:5). The work was met with God’s satisfaction by the resurrection and ascension of Christ (Rom. 1:3-4; Gen. 1:4) leading again to divine rest (Heb. 10:11-12; c.f. Gen. 2:1-3). The Sabbath was a sign that pointed to something greater. Like much of the Old Testament, the Sabbath pointed to Jesus Christ. The Old Testament Sabbath preached the gospel when it called for faith and a cessation of work (Rom. 4:4-5). We dishonor our Savior when the signs still receive the preeminence that He alone deserves. Now that Jesus is here, the signs have become obsolete (Heb. 8:13). The Apostle Paul said, "Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day--things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ" (Col. 2:16-17). Jesus is the new Joshua that leads God’s children to a greater Promised Land of rest (Mt. 1:21). Jesus is the new Sabbatical Jubilee (Lev. 25:8-10) that provides a greater cancellation of debts (Lk. 4:18-19). Jesus Christ has now become the Sabbath rest for Christians under the New Covenant. God has completed His work of the new creation. Christians are the first fruits of that creation (2 Cor.. 5:17; Gal. 6:15). Our rest, as it was enjoyed by Adam everyday, has again been restored. During this life we still deal with some remnants of the curse, but we recognize our rest in Christ (from meritorious works) through faith and daily worship (Col. 3:17). Due to His redemptive work, He has become our Sabbath rest. Jesus said, "Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light" (Mt. 11:28-30; c.f. Heb. 4:1-11). The Christian’s ultimate Sabbath rest will be enjoyed in heaven (Rev. 14:13; c.f. 14:11). Though we currently rest in Jesus Christ under the New Covenant, our supreme Sabbatical rest will be realized in heaven where we will enjoy the ultimate rest in the culmination of God’s new creation (Rev. 21:4; 22:1-2) away from the curse in the direct presence of the Lamb (Rev. 22:3). also: http://ldolphin.org/sabbathrest.html I hope this will help you with your understanding of the rest we have in Christ, who is our sabbath rest. We are in Christ and He is our rest, forever in Christ! God bless and Shalom John |
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1122 | Before, during, or after? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 203114 | ||
It's an allemetaphorvenulatenovatedly temple. :-) Not making fun of you, dear Sister, but this is a very difficult, if not the most difficult part of the whole of God's Holy Word. Many commentary writers refer to it (Ezek. 40-48) as such. Indeed many writers have past over it completely, while those that do chose to write of it warn us of it's difficulty. The Jews, traditionally, have not let any man of them read it till the age of thirty and have shown a knowledge of the whole of scripture. I think we should suffice it to say that 'He' is our temple, and 'we believers' dwell in 'Him'; and will forever! The following, dear Sister, Cheri, is most definitely my favorite part of all His wonderful Word. "But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me; and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."-- John 17:13-26 ("that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.") More profoundly beautiful words, surly have never yet nor before been spoken! God bless John |
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1123 | What mother was commended by Paul? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 203087 | ||
My dear young lady: After looking at your profile, and reading through some 29 questions; it is quite obvious that they are indeed homework questions. These are not the kind of questions that a Bible student would commonly ask oneself. I don't no quite who's eyes you are trying to pull the wool over my dear young lady, but, though some of us here were born at night,... it was not last night ! So, please read your Bible, AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK-!! God bless John |
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1124 | ? laws prior to Exodus/Moses | 1 Pet 1:10 | stjohn | 202957 | ||
I'd like to add another, Amen! | ||||||
1125 | ? laws prior to Exodus/Moses | 1 Pet 1:10 | stjohn | 202956 | ||
Dear Brother, BradK: That makes very good sense to me! Excellent post, Brother! I don't see how we can not see the truth in these verses and that part of the message in Romans, (Paul makes it very clear) or the fact, if we are 'honest' with ourselves, we know full well there is a war going on! God bless John |
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1126 | what can i learn about who God is? | 2 Chr 10:15 | stjohn | 202820 | ||
Why don't you try lining up what you are posting with what the Bible teaches, reference some relevant scriptures and insert them into your posts; I can pretty much guarantee that the Lockman Foundation will not be censoring you if you do so with respect to sound orthodox theology. What you have given as an excuse for not wanting to engage in some, good old solid exegesis, is quite unfounded. Common gospelcompilation, give it a try, wont you? Go ahead and do a little digging, you have nothing to fear in God's Word. Do you? God bless John |
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1127 | God love the senner but hate the sin | NT general | stjohn | 202769 | ||
Hello, gospelcompilation: I am truly sorry that you are offended, but, Brother Steve has tried to direct you to a proper understanding of the Word of God, with the Word of God. My dear friend, giving out the Word of God is the most loving thing a man or women can do, period! You, by the way, have yet to do so. You have now said, in reply to him, that you don't understand where he is coming from. Now, while he has used God's Word to back up what he has tried to teach you and you have not even given a jot of scripture to back up what you are teaching, I would have to say that it is you that is not showing love or kindness or patience. And so in conclusion my friend, I must say that if you cannot understand the Word of God, then you are the one that is not spirit filled, as you have accused us of being. John 12:40 "HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED AND I HEAL THEM." I pray that God open your eyes my friend. God bless John P.S. If you find this place offensive, then yes, you truly are in the wrong place. But I pray that you find a loving heart behind the rebukes that you have received and stay, study the Word of God with us, learn to love it as we have here at the forum most thankfully and respectfully do. |
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1128 | God love the senner but hate the sin | NT general | stjohn | 202760 | ||
Excellent post, Brother Steve! Very well stated, with commendable kindness and patients, well done! God bless John |
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1129 | what's your preference | Heb 12:6 | stjohn | 202754 | ||
Dear Gospelcompilation: Please read the terms of use, if you have not done so already. You still have not provided scriptural support for your, forgive me for saying, but, dubious assertions. Maybe you didn't see this at the top of the home page? "IMPORTANT: DO NOT POST TO THIS FORUM until you familiarize yourself thoroughly with its guidelines. Click on "About the Forum" and read the instructions contained therein, including the section "Terms of Use." Be very sure that you understand and agree to comply with these guidelines. Failure to do so may result in revocation of your privilege to post." Opinions are just that, opinions, and we all have them. But this forum strives to keep them to a minimum, if you please. If you make yourself familiar with the terms of use and try to abide by them, you are more them welcome to stay and study the Bible with us. As it stands, you can see already, I am sure, by the negative responses to your posts that you have made a little bit of a stir. So, please comply with these terms, and I hope to see you around the forum! :-) Thank you, God bless John |
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1130 | God love the senner but hate the sin | NT general | stjohn | 202751 | ||
Hello, and welcome to the forum gospelcom.... I cannot even begin to see an end to the Biblical arguments that would refute the thing's you have asserted too! One however has struck me quite dumb, but not really quite, as I will ask; where in the bible does is say that God's power is limited? As you have stated that His authority is limited! God is sovereign by all means! He dose as He pleases, and It it by His choice that we don't have to submit to His authority. And may I add that that is temporary; (Rev 19:20) And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. Rom 14:11 For it is written, "AS I LIVE, SAYS THE LORD, EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME, AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL GIVE PRAISE TO GOD." So, my dear, you see His authority, is over all and to all and all in all! No ifs ands or Buts! You have stated plainly that you think that God 'CANNOT' (emphasis mine) force us? I'm not even going to ask for scriptural reference to back that one up , it's too far out of the ball park. By the way, I am not by any means criticizing or condemning you, Just what you bring on your plate. And may I add that you have stated, when your character is like Jesus' character you will probably no longer feel the need to criticize or condemn? Well my friend, try reading, John 8:42-47, and see if Jesus has criticized anyone? God bless John |
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1131 | God is sovereign: So, why pray ? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 202637 | ||
Hi Brother BradK: Amen, I wholeheartedly agree! My apologies Sir, though it may seem convoluted when read quickly; when we carefully consider the content of the Karl Barth quote, we can see that the question; (Why pray?) is rhetorical. Sorry if I caused any confusion. :-) God bless John |
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1132 | God is sovereign: So, why pray ? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 202623 | ||
[Karl Barth, the 20th-century theologian who pounded home the theme of God's sovereignty, saw no contradiction at all in a God who chooses to let prayers affect him.] "He is not deaf, he listens; more than that, he acts. He does not act in the same way whether we pray or not. Prayer exerts an influence upon God's action, even upon his existence. That is what the word 'answer' means. ... The fact that God yields to man's petitions, changing his intentions in response to man's prayer, is not a sign of weakness. He himself, in the glory of his majesty and power, has so willed it.” --Karl Barth (1886-1968) |
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1133 | What is, "Evangelical Religion" ? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 202619 | ||
"a) The first leading feature of Evangelical Religion is the absolute supremacy it assigns to Holy Scripture, as the only rule of faith and practice … Show us anything plainly written in that Book, and, however trying to flesh and blood, we will receive it, believe it, and submit to it. Show us anything, as religion, which is contrary to that Book, and, however specious, plausible, beautiful, and apparently desirable, we will not have it at any price … Here is rock: all else is sand. b) The second leading feature in Evangelical Religion is the depth and prominence it assigns to the doctrine of human sinfulness and corruption … All men … are not only in a miserable, pitiable, and bankrupt condition, but in a state of guilt, imminent danger, and condemnation before God. They are not only at enmity with their Maker and have no title to heaven, but they have no will to serve their Maker, no love to their Maker, and no meetness for Heaven … Hence we protest with all our heart against formalism, sacramentalism, and every species of mere external or vicarious Christianity. We maintain that all such religion is founded on an inadequate view of man's spiritual need. It requires nothing less than the blood of God the Son applied to the conscience, and the grace of God the Holy Ghost entirely renewing the heart … Next to the Bible, as its foundation, it [i.e. evangelical religion] is based on a clear view of original sin. c) The third leading feature of Evangelical Religion is the paramount importance it attaches to the work and office of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the nature of the salvation which he has wrought out for man … All who believe on Him are, even while they live, completely forgiven and justified from all things – are reckoned completely righteous before God … We hold that an experimental [i.e. experiential] knowledge of Christ crucified and interceding, is the very essence of Christianity, and that in teaching men the Christian religion we can never dwell too much on Christ himself, and can never speak too strongly of the fullness, freeness, presentness, and simplicity of the salvation there is in him for every one that believes … We say that life eternal is to know Christ, believe in Christ, abide in Christ, have daily heart communion with Christ, by simple personal faith, and that everything in religion is useful so far as it helps forward that life of faith, but no further. d) The fourth leading feature in Evangelical Religion is the high place which it assigns to the inward work of the Holy Spirit in the heart of man … We maintain that the things which need most to be pressed on men's attention are those mighty works of the Holy Spirit, inward repentance, inward faith, inward hope, inward hatred of sin, and inward love to God's law … We hold that, as an inward work of the Holy Ghost is a necessary thing to man's salvation, so also it is a thing that must be inwardly felt … there can be n o real conversion to God, no new creation in Christ, no new birth of the Spirit, where there is nothing felt and experienced within … We insist that where there is nothing felt within the heart of a man, there is nothing really possessed. e) The fifth and last leading feature in Evangelical Religion is the importance which it attaches to the outward and visible work of the Holy Ghost in the life of man … The true grace of God is a thing that will always make itself manifest in the conduct, behaviour, tastes, ways, choices and habits of him who has it. It is not a dormant thing … To tell a man he is "born of God," or regenerated, while he is living in carelessness or sin, is a dangerous delusion … Where there is the grace of the Spirit there will always be more or less fruit of the Spirit … where there is nothing seen, there is nothing possessed."-- John Charles Ryle (1816 - 1900). |
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1134 | 2Kings | OT general | stjohn | 202575 | ||
Dear Angela: Yes indeed, we could sure use a revival like the one experienced in the days of Josiah! 2 Kings, all of chapter 23, note: verse 25. --"Before him there was no king like him who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him." But where are my manners? Welcome to the forum! :-) I'm guilty of jealousy; I wish I could share with you, the experience of seeing those little seven year old faces, (my favorite age by the way) wakening to the wonders and marvels of God's creation. Seeing new things and thirstily drinking in all the new experiences and knowledge (that we now take for granted) for the first time. What a joy it is, to see their happy, enthusiastic, "toothless" heh heh, little smiles. Thank you for your loving service. Bless you too John |
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1135 | Should the Bible be free? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 202552 | ||
Hi Brother Hank: whom, do you know; holds the copyright? Would it be; The Royal Family? | ||||||
1136 | only one in a thousand wife's is good | Luke 18:19 | stjohn | 202548 | ||
Hi Isa26: Welcome to the forum! Good job of digging that out; I sure couldn't find it! I think you sent it to me by mistake though, I didn't ask the question, it was Born Again Man that asked it. If you like you can scroll down and click on the original question in the thread below, he will be notified via email. Thanks, and I hope you stay around as study with us! God bless John |
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1137 | why jesus had not allowed mary to touch | John 20:17 | stjohn | 202547 | ||
Hi Brother Doc: I didn't see your post till after I posted mine. I see your point, it's a good one. Sometimes we read more into scripture then we need to. God bless John |
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1138 | Should the Bible be free? | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 202541 | ||
Correction: God's instructions "always" trump the law of man! | ||||||
1139 | 2Kings | OT general | stjohn | 202534 | ||
Hi Patty... To my knowledge; the northern kingdom of Israel didn't have any good or godly king's, and Judah, only had a very few. I'm not sure how many were good (godly), but I seem to remember it was only very few, perhaps three or four in all. So in fact, they were almost ALL, north and south, bad kings! God bless John |
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1140 | Christ doesn't know time of his return. | Matt 24:36 | stjohn | 202380 | ||
Hi Doc, granted that much of the prophicy of Matt 24 has come to pass. I was under the imperesion that the "question" at hand was specificy on verse 36 and His second coming. " Matthew 24:36 when it talks about Christ return it say's no one knows but the father. so Christ doesn't know and why not." (sic) God bless John |
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