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1 | Prove having sex makes one married | Matt 18:6 | Theo-Minor | 126544 | ||
Further, just as a "by the way," you might consider doing a word study on the words wife, husband, woman, man. You'll find that the words are identical in both Hebrew and Greek. The context makes the marriage in scripture, and in many cases, including your Genesis example, the word wife can be easily and reasonably replaced by "woman," which is the primary translation of the same Hebrew word. So again, God declaring Eve the wife of Adam is really still just your opinion. It is not conclusive, and after all the knit-picking you folks did over 1st John 3:6, I think that such knit-picking in regard to a touchy topic is surely warranted. Theo-Minor P.S. It is not I trying to prove you wrong. It's really not up to me to defend my position until the foundation has been shaken. You need to refute ME, not the other way around. But it's clear that none of you value truth above opinion, so I'll content myself with seeing what I see, knowing that you either can't refute it, or don't care enough to do so. It's easier to call someone names. |
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2 | Hank, have you been following this? | Matt 18:6 | Theo-Minor | 126540 | ||
This was a nasty thing to say. You didn't truly weigh what I say and test it objectively for credibility. You spouted off with your opinions, the opinions of others quoted out of commentaries, and then proceeded, at least in this post, to call me names. This is not loving. This is not 'quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to wrath.' You should be ashamed of yourself. Theo-Minor |
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3 | Is fornication is sex outside marraige? | Matt 18:6 | Theo-Minor | 126502 | ||
No, I do not agree. Fornication is prostitution. Prostitution is adultery. There is no such thing as sex outside of marriage, because the two become one flesh, and what GOD has joined together, let no man put asunder. You miss my point time and again. I'm not promoting promiscuous behavior or saying it's okay to sleep around. I'm saying that a couple having sex is married, not dating. If they break up and find other partners, whether married to them or not, they are actually comitting adultery. God has joined them. This is sound and correct until someone proves such an act does not constitute a spiritual joining as shown even between a man and a prostitute. But such will not be the case. I'm rounding up the last of the legitimate posts or questions, finishing my business, and leaving. I can be insulted in the world. I don't need it here. Theo-Minor |
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4 | Prove having sex makes one married | Matt 18:6 | Theo-Minor | 126501 | ||
There are instances of both your example and mine. That doesn't make you right, and it doesn't make me wrong. Until you can show me having sex does NOT make one married, you have no authority to declare anything about me. Get bent. Go criticize, ostracize, judge, and insult someone else. Later, Theo-Minor |
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5 | Theo-Minor, Can you show me one case ? | Matt 18:6 | Theo-Minor | 126482 | ||
How about the example of David, with his wives AND his concubines? I guess this wasn't okay, seeing that David was a man after God's own heart. How about Adam and Eve? Where was the preacher? Who performed the ceremony? There are others. Should people choose to calm down and start acting like Christians instead of a mob, perhaps I will entertain greater examples. Theo-Minor |
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6 | Do you not know...? | Matt 18:6 | Theo-Minor | 126473 | ||
No one would be guilty of the act of fornication if they treated the act like the union of two people it is. It doesn't become a distortion unless the people go their separate ways, and hence adulterate, which is fornication. Thus the reason why prostitution is a bad thing. You still haven't refuted anything. All you've done is call me names and insult me. How about being quick to listen and slow to speak. I NEVER suggested that promiscuous behavior is appropriate. Nor am I trying to advocate sex outside of marriage. I am saying that a couple that has already engaged in such a thing have formed a union, and they are married. It is a thing that should not be disposed of, for such would be adultery. I further said that they should get married in the traditional sense because of other people, and to verify it legally before men. Adam and Eve didn't have a ceremony. Prove I'm wrong, or stop insulting me because of your OPINIONS. Use scriptures. Refute with sound doctrine. Theo-Minor |
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7 | To whom I love more? | Bible general Archive 2 | Theo-Minor | 126429 | ||
Luke 14:26 is a matter of choice. Your love for your wife should not overshadow your devotion to faith. Should the moment ever come (and God willing it will not) that you have to make a choice between your wife and your God, it better be God you choose. You need to be ready to choose Him over anything and everything. It's also important to note that there are different kinds of love, and the kind of love you have for God may not necessarily be the same kind of love you have for your wife. Theo-Minor |
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8 | To whom shold I give more love ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Theo-Minor | 126419 | ||
Let me answer your question with a question. I personally feel a greater emotional attachment to my wife in the physical world. I see her, touch her, hear her, smell her, and I can observe with my senses that she perceives the same in return. Sometimes I feel like I love God less because I don't feel it in the same way, but I reckon that to the absence of physical perception. The question I put to you is this: If Jesus were there with you in the flesh, spending quality time with you ... your God come to you personally ... how would your emotions and affections be then? Theo-Minor |
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9 | Order of occurance | Bible general Archive 2 | Theo-Minor | 126417 | ||
This is my opinion on the matter: The Spirit must convict someone before they can have faith. It says that we are called to grace, not that we wandered into it. So conviction comes first. Salvation comes by grace through faith, so faith must come next. You can't have the grace if you don't have the faith. If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. So faith gives you grace, and grace gives you salvation. Until you know that you have been living contrary to God, there is no way to repent. You have to know what's wrong before you can fix it. So I would say that repentance comes next. Now that you have the mind of Christ, you know what needs to be corrected. Faith to grace, grace to salvation, and salvation to a spirit of repentance. See what I call "the pyramid." (it's just a phrase myself and some friends like to use for it). 2 Peter 1:2-11 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you. Faith Virtue Knowledge Self Control Patience Godliness Brotherly Kindness Love These are the natural stepping stones of the Christian walk. Theo-Minor |
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10 | should I avoid the appearance of evil? | Matt 18:6 | Theo-Minor | 126415 | ||
Have you ever read, "Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? God forbid. What? Know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh." [1 Cor 6:15-16] Or, "And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." [Gen 2:23-24] And here this other one, "And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother." [Gen 38:9] And then this one, "She shall put the ramaint from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that, thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife." [Deut 21:13] And this one as well, "If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her." [Deut 25:5] Fornication: porneia (por-ni-ah); from porneuo (porn-yoo-o): harlotry (including adultery and incest). porneuo (porn-yoo-o); from porne (por-nay): to act the harlot; indulge unlawful lust; practice idolatry. porne (por-nay); fem. of pornos (por-nos): a strumpet; fig. an idolater. pornos (por-nos): from pernemi (to sell): a (male) prostitute (as venal), i.e. a debauchee (libertine). Fornication is not sex outside of marriage, as it is currently taught. Fornication is prostitution or debauchery. If one man and one woman are living together in a genuinely monogamous relationship, they are not guilty of this particular act. Point of fact, the real sin would be the leaving and finding a new partner, which amounts to adultery. The real marriage in truth occurs when the man "goes in unto her." The act of conjugal joining IS the marriage, because the two have become one flesh. Sex outside of marriage with a boyfriend/girlfriend is not a sin, because there is no such thing as sex outside of marriage. The sex makes it a marriage. Cheating, leaving (except for certain acceptable reasons), or whoring yourself out puts you in the position of adultery, fornication, and other infractions. The answer to the question is yes. If they are willing, and their hearts are right, they can be baptized. It isn't anyone's business what goes on between you behind closed doors, unless said acts are grossly immoral in the sense of prostitution (in which case, we should uphold one another, etc., and it would be their business to keep you right with God and to admonish you to turn away from sin. We are our brother's keepers). Go and be baptized. Get married in the eyes of men by the standards of tradition, because if they see your situation as sin, then you should strive to NOT be a stumbling block to others. I hope I've helped you with a bit of truth. It defies modern doctrine, but it is Biblically sound, despite the anticipated opinions I shortly expect because of the radical nature of this post. Truth does not depend upon popular opinions. If you can wrap your conscience around the truth of the idea, you will find a new and interesting sense of freedom from the guilt and condemnation people would surely lay on you for your chosen lifestyle. Theo-Minor P.S. If this question is in regard to someone else, and you are just asking on their behalf, relate the information. |
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11 | motivation twords faith | Bible general Archive 2 | Theo-Minor | 126275 | ||
Number one way to get motivated ... Pick it up and read. It's a do or don't kind of thing. As for a suggestion on order, this is my opinion based on a history of experience with new Christians: 1) The gospels first, in order, because the gospel is the power unto salvation. There is no greater message in the bible. 2) Follow these with Acts. 3) I would next read the five book of the law (Genesis through Deuteronomy), because there are a lot of things in the gospels that will be easier to understand once you understand the law. 4) I would continue into the histories; that being Joshua through Esther. 5) Read the epistles next. With the background in the bible history, and basic understanding of the law, the epistles of the New Testament will be easier to understand. 6) Read the minor prophets. (Daniel through Malachi). 7) Read Ecclesiastes. 8) Read Song of Solomon. 9) Read the major prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel). 10) With all your basic understandings covered by precedent of law, example of history, explanation of the epistles, and the vision of fulfilled prophecy in the gospels, next read the psalms and the proverbs, which are primarly praise and wisdom, though psalms is also loaded with prophetic voice. 11) Read Job, and see how he does and does not apply his faith and wisdom to testing and temptation, using your understanding of wisdom from the proverbs. 12) Read Revelation absolutely last. It's tempting to read it up front, but you will not get anything out of it whatsoever. It's the first thing most new Christians run to, the one they least understand, and the one that edifies them the least. That's my advice, though anyone else's advice is just as viable. This is simply an arrangement of reading that I find profitable for new Christians that I bring to the Lord. Theo-Minor |
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12 | Are you equating yourself to God? | Bible general Archive 2 | Theo-Minor | 126134 | ||
*Laugh* Goodness NO! By all means, if it struck you that way, you ought to have said something. I take no offense. "Theo" Theology "Minor" Mode of study. Theology Minor Theo-Minor |
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13 | Meaning of John 12:24-25 | John 12:24 | Theo-Minor | 126120 | ||
I'll make an attempt at this ... Jesus had to die to makes us sons of God. If he had not died, he would have been a single man before the throne of God, and our destinies would have been the same as if he had never come. By dying, we have all become partakers of the divine nature and made fellow heirs with Christ in eternal life. By the same token, the self sacrificing nature of the Apostles made the story more credible than ever. Who dies for a lie? In addition, your salvation is based upon belief and confession. If you deny Christ, he will deny you. If you die for him, he died for you. If you don't die for him, his death profits you nothing. This "die for him" concept may not be immediately relevent to the modern world. There is not a run on the bank for denying Christ or being executed. However, the principles inherent in the idea still imply that we should have a spirit of boldness and not be ashamed of Christ. Should the day ever come where such a sacrifice is necessary, make no mistake ... it means precisely what it says. If you try to deny Christ in order to preserve your own life, you will lose it eternally. If you hate (or "do not value") your life in this world and give it up for the sake of Christ and his glory, you will keep your own life eternally. This is my suggested interpretation and message of the passage. Any other comments, questions, suggestions? Theo-Minor |
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14 | Country Girl: Scripture...or Opinion? | Gen 2:9 | Theo-Minor | 126108 | ||
I know what you were trying to say to Country Girl, Hank. You aren't necessarily mistaken. But your post was ugly. At least she used "in my opinion," and "I think." She could have stated her opinion as fact leaving us to wonder if she was backing it up somewhere that we aren't aware of. At least we know and can answer accordingly ... and I would add, politely. Theo-Minor |
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15 | Why ask Why? Why ask Where? | Bible general Archive 2 | Theo-Minor | 126101 | ||
*Laugh* *Laugh* *Cough* *Laugh harder* Theo-Minor |
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16 | Which one are we not going to keep? | Bible general Archive 2 | Theo-Minor | 125860 | ||
Hey brother ... Did you read what I wrote on this topic on the original thread? We are not under the law, but under grace, walking not in the flesh, but in the spirit. We no longer need, "Do not murder," because we now have the new, and significantly greater, commandment, "Love each other as I have loved you," which is all encompassing. I do not need to know not to murder. I will love my neighbor as myself, and thus do no murder to him. The original point that was discovered and brought up was not "get rid of the law," but "fulfill it through love." Read my previous thought on the other thread and see what you think. Theo-Minor |
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17 | What Is The Meaning Of Life? | Bible general Archive 2 | Theo-Minor | 125858 | ||
I think, in short, that the meaning of life is to get back to God ... and that not in the sense of dedication, but in the sense of incorporation. The secret to our salvation is our marriage with Christ. You have perhaps read that we are the body of Christ (Rom 12:5; 1 Cor 12:27; etc.)? Also perhaps that we are the bride of Christ (Rev 19:7)? To quote the creation: And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh. (Gen 2:23-24) Paul later comments: I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. (2 Cor 11:2) Then again: After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church--for we are members of his body. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." This is a profound mystery--but I am talking about Christ and the church. (Eph 5:29-32) Now we can look at the prophets and see the specific nature of the covenant God was promising: And it shall be, in that day, Says the LORD, That you will call Me "My Husband," And no longer call Me "My Master" ... I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me In righteousness and justice, In lovingkindness and mercy; I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, And you shall know the LORD ... And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; Then I will say to those who were not My people, "You are My people!" And they shall say, "You are my God!" (Hosea 2:16-23) The death of Christ was not the covenant, but the signature at the bottom of the contract, for where a covenant is made, there must, by necessity, be the death of the one making the covenant. (Heb 9:16-17) So the point is this ... Woman came out of man, and man came out of God. A man leaves his father and his mother to take his wife and become one flesh with her, thus making himself whole again, for the woman is a part of the man. Jesus left his father and took a wife to become one flesh with her, thus making himself whole again, for the church is a part of Christ. In other words, we are the rib of God, and Christ sought to make himself whole again. We mean so much to God because we are quite literally a piece of him. Because Christ took his bride, we are now flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone. It is not we that stand before God on the great Day of Judgment, but Christ that stands in our stead, for he and we are one person. The woman had no purpose but to be a companion and helper to the man. We, the woman, have no purpose but to be a companion and helper to God. When we praise, it is the same as a wife giving her husband affection. When we pray, it is no different than a wife asking her husband, the provider, to provide. When we are sad, our husband comforts us. When we are angry, our husband tolerates us. When we make mistakes, our husband chastises us, but forgives. This particular topic can go so deep, we could write a book on it. I hope this gave you food for thought. Theo-Minor P.S. I have "entertained" the possibility that the Holy Spirit is the "mother." While it's often assigned a male personality, the personna is actually quite female in that not only is it the "comforter," which is clearly a female role by Biblical precedent, but also because of how Jesus talks about it. It's like he's saying, "Blaspheme my father and it will be forgiven. Blaspheme me and it will be forgiven. But if you mess with my mom, you'll have hell to pay (literally)." This is a thought of conjecture only, not a scriptural fact. My observations lead me to consider the possibility. |
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18 | The law of the Spirit? | Bible general Archive 2 | Theo-Minor | 125848 | ||
1 John 2:20 But you have an unction from the Holy One, and you know all things. ? I believe I have a decent grasp on what that passage means in its context, but I'm not sure I understand your question. Could you please expound on it a bit so I can better understand what you are asking? Theo-Minor |
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19 | She girdeth her lions with strength . | Matthew | Theo-Minor | 125833 | ||
The proverb is going to be circumstantial. The description given in Prov 31 is the "ideal" woman of that time period. It described a good home-maker, hard worker, able mother, virtuous, etc. Tell me what the "ideal" woman of this age is. Many of these principles may still apply depending on your social circle. Certainly you are not expected in this modern day to be an able weaver. Virtuous, yes. Hard-working (either at a job or in the home, again as your social circle expects), loved by her children, modest, wise in word, of good reputation. Again, what is the ideal woman of this age? Answer this question and you will understand the woman of Solomon's wisdom. My wife minds the children, works a job, cleans the house, tends to my every want, need, or desire, does the laundry, is faithful, is kind, is loving ... and no matter how hard I try to help her, she refuses to let me. (I do actually try to take a fair share of the burdens, but she'll do things like turn off the water when I'm trying to do dishes). To me, she is every inch the woman of the Proverb. She's everything to me. |
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20 | Must we observe the law of God? | Bible general Archive 2 | Theo-Minor | 125784 | ||
That's more sound than most people can comprehend. Congratulations on discovering the truth. Few ever do. Don't let anyone cheat you of the prize you've discovered. Theo-Minor |
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