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1501 | Chirstian | Heb 12:23 | BradK | 217288 | ||
Hello fcs, The Amplified reads, "And to the church (assembly) of the Firstborn who are registered [as citizens] in heaven, and to the God Who is Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous (the redeemed in heaven) who have been made perfect" The larger scope of the passage is dealing with faith and brings us back to 10:19. In verse 23, the writer speaks "to the assembly (church) of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven..."(ESV) The immediate context talks about a kingdom that cannot be shaken (vs. 28). I'm not sure how mormons or their teachings apply? Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1502 | Is Passover connected with Resurrection | Heb 12:24 | BradK | 221772 | ||
Hello sonofmom, The Passover led into Jesus Crucifixion and resurrection! He kept the Passover with the disciples (Matt. 26:17-25). What we celebrate is His Resurrection, the fact that He conquered death and rose victorious over it and sin! As Paul writes in 1 Cor. 15, "But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep" "O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." (NASB) Because He lives, I can face tomorrow and all the trials of life! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1503 | what are the 10 times angels are mention | Heb 13:2 | BradK | 229111 | ||
Hello mlkiddey, Angels are mentioned dozens of time in the NT alone. I'm not sure where you get the number 10? As far as what they do in the NT, you're looking at the topic of Angelology. A helpful link would be: http://bible.org/topics/336/Angelology. At least one of their more important functions is mentioned in Heb 1:14, "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?" (NASB) I hope this helps, BradK |
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1504 | is it ok to live with your fiance?? | Heb 13:4 | BradK | 159794 | ||
Hi Amanda, I don't think God would approve based on Heb. 13:4 and 1 Cor. 6:18. Both my wife and I were believers at the time we were engaged and did not live together before marriage. Don't let your feelings dictate what you should know to be the right decision. Wait until marriage. I think the question to ask is this: are both of you born-again believers in the Lord? I would make certain to get your spiritual foundation right before you tie the knot. Hopefully you have a Pastor or know of some mature Christian couples whom you can seek advice from. Remember, there is wisdom in a multitude of counsellors! (Prov. 4:7, 9:9, 11:14) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1505 | Sex outside of marriage? | Heb 13:4 | BradK | 168729 | ||
Hi nanasu05, Heb. 13:4 says: "Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge." Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1506 | married | Heb 13:4 | BradK | 206561 | ||
Hello Liefie, There are many other references that could be given, but Heb. 13:4 is direct: "Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge" (NASB) I trust this will help, BradK |
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1507 | Is common law marriage acceptable | Heb 13:4 | BradK | 226774 | ||
Hello always, Welcome to the Forum. I honestly don't see "common law marriage" being acceptable or otherwise supported by scripture. It's like playing house without any commitment before God or men! If Heb. 13:4 is any guide, we don't see it here: "Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge." (NASB) This doesn't refer to "common law marriage" but rather a union between man and woman! Further, Eph. 5:24 says, "But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything." (NASB) cf. 5:22. The biblical directive here is to "wives" and "husbands" One cannot be referred to as such without being officially married, can they? Possibly, Naves Topical Bible may be of some help (or use) in studying this? Here's the section from it titled, MARRIAGE. In family blood lines, Abraham and Sarah, Gen. 11:29; 12:13; 20:3, 9–16. Isaac and Rebekah, Gen. 24:3, 4, 67; 28:2. Jacob and his wives, Gen. 29:15–30; see below, in the elaborated text. Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother’s widow), Gen. 38:8, 11; Deut. 25:5–10; Ruth 4:5; Matt. 22:24; Mark 12:19–23; Luke 20:28. Parents contract for their children: Hagar selects a wife for Ishmael, Gen. 21:21; Abraham for Isaac, Gen. 24; Laban arranges for his daughters’ marriage, Gen. 29; Samson asks his parents to procure him a wife, Judg. 14:2. Parents’ consent required in the Mosaic law, Ex. 22:17. Presents given to parents to secure their favor, Gen. 24:53; 34:12; Deut. 22:29; 1 Sam. 18:25; Hos. 3:2. Marriage feasts, Gen. 29:22; Judg. 14:12; Esth. 2:18; Matt. 22:11, 12. Jesus present at, John 2:1–5. Ceremony attested by witnesses, Ruth 4:1–11; Isa. 8:1–3. Bridegroom exempt one year from military duty, Deut. 24:5. Bridal ornaments, Isa. 49:18; Jer. 2:32. Bridal presents, Gen. 24:53; Psa. 45:12. Herald preceded the bridegroom, Matt. 25:6. Wedding robes adorned with jewels, Isa. 61:10. Wives obtained by purchase, Gen. 29:20; Ruth 4:10; Hos. 3:2; 12:12; by kidnapping, Judg. 21:21–23. Given by Kings, 1 Sam. 17:25; 18:17, 21. Daughters given in, as rewards of valor, Judg. 1:12; 1 Sam. 17:25; 18:27. Wives taken by edict, Esth. 2:2–4, 8–14. David gave one hundred Philistine foreskins for a wife, 2 Sam. 3:14. Wives among the Israelites must be Israelites, Ex. 34:16; Deut. 7:3, 4; 1 Chr. 23:22; Ezra 9:1, 2, 12; Neh. 10:30; 13:26, 27; Mal. 2:11; 1 Cor. 7:39; 2 Cor. 6:14. Betrothal a quasi-marriage, Matt. 1:18; Luke 1:27. Betrothal made with the spirit, Ezek. 16:8. Celibacy deplored, Judg. 11:38; Isa. 4:1; Jer. 16:9; advised, 1 Cor. 7:7, 8, 24–40. Obligations under, inferior to duty to God, Deut. 13:6–10; Matt. 19:29; Luke 14:26. Not binding after death, Matt. 22:29, 30; Mark 12:24, 25. See BRIDE; BRIDEGROOM. Unclassified Scriptures Relating to: Gen. 2:23, 24 1 Cor. 6:16. Ex. 22:16, 17; Lev. 18:6–8 [Deut. 22:30.] Lev. 18:9–18; Lev. 20:14, 17, 19–21; Lev. 21:1, 7, 13–15; Num. 36:8; Deut. 21:10–14; Deut. 24:1–5; Prov. 18:22; Prov. 21:9, 19; Jer. 29:6; Hos. 2:19, 20; Mal. 2:13–16; Matt. 5:31, 32; Mark 6:17, 18; Mark 10:2–12 Matt. 19:2–9. Luke 16:18; Rom. 7:1–3; 1 Cor. 7:1–40; 1 Cor. 9:5; 1 Cor. 11:11, 12; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12; 1 Tim. 4:1, 3; 1 Tim. 5:14; Heb. 13:4 Figurative: Isa. 54:5; 62:4, 5; Jer. 3:14; 31:32; Hos. 1:2; 2:19, 20; Eph. 5:30–32; Rev. 19:7–9. Parables from, Matt. 22:2; 25:1–10. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1508 | Resource for Bible Manners n Customes | Heb 13:7 | BradK | 213529 | ||
Hello Pattycake, The New Manners and Customs of Bible Times by Ralph Gower [MOODY PRESS, CHICAGO] is an accurate, valuable, and time-tested resource. It should be available at your local Christian Book store. I hope this helps, BradK |
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1509 | Jesus is the same | Heb 13:8 | BradK | 137115 | ||
Noveta, Here's some additional thoughts from C.H. Spurgeon in his sermon on "The Immutability of God": "But God is perpetually the same. He is not composed of any substance or material, but is spirit-pure, essential, and ethereal spirit-and therefore he is immutable. He remains everlastingly the same. There are no furrows on his eternal brow. No age hath palsied him- no years have marked him with the mementoes of their flight- he sees ages pass, but with him it is ever now. He is the great I AM-the Great Unchangeable. Mark you, his essence did not undergo a change when it became united with the manhood. When Christ in past years did gird himself with mortal clay the essence of his divinity was not changed; flesh did not become God, nor did God become flesh by a real actual change of nature the two were united in hypostatical union, but the Godhead was still the same. It was the same when he was a babe in the manger, as it was when he stretched the curtains of heaven- it was the same God that hung upon the cross, and whose blood flowed down in a purple river, the self-same God that holds the world upon his everlasting shoulders, and bears in his hands the keys of death and hell. He never has been changed in his essence, not even by his incarnation- he remains everlastingly, eternally, the one unchanging God, the Father of lights, with whom there is no variableness, neither the shadow of a change." Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1510 | Why does James 1;4 say HER perfect work? | James 1:4 | BradK | 209726 | ||
Hi illya, James 1:4 in the ESV reads, "And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." In the NASB, we have, "And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." The noun translated, "perseverance" or "endurance" is 'hypomone'(Gr.). It is in the feminine gender. "Her" is not in the original, but the KJV supplies it to most likely read better in English. Otherwise, a literal reading would be “But let patience have perfect work”. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1511 | Can God really be tempted? | James 1:13 | BradK | 131687 | ||
RWC, I think you're generally on track with your thoughts. In answer to "can God be tempted?", we need to understand Christ's humanity. He had to experience all we would (as a man) in order to be our redeemer. He was- and is - fully God and fully man that He might be our Savior.(1 Tim. 2:5) However, we have to distinguish between being tempted and succumbing to temptation. God could not in any way, shape, or form fall to temptation and still be God, let alone being our Savior. Hebrews 4:15 is an apt reference "For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin." Hebrews 2:17-18 also speaks of His humanity: "Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted." The Commentary Critical says of this "His being “man” was necessary to His being a Mediator, sympathizing with us through experimental knowledge of our nature (Is 50:4; Heb 2:14; 4:15. On the other hand, 1Ti 3:16 asserts that He was also God." I hope this helps. BradK |
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1512 | AMm I UnTeachable? | James 1:19 | BradK | 196202 | ||
Hello rapture, Welcome to the Forum! My friend, I'll add a hearty AMEN to what brother Doc has said. He spoke the truth in love. Seek God through prayer and His Word! Find another fellowship and get away from whoever is trying to manipulate you with these unbiblical falsehoods! You're right to say God is not the author of confusion. But, unfortunatley man is at times. There's a big difference between corrective discipline and emotional manipulation. Any deliverance you need, is from these folks! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1513 | Thank you Makarios | James 1:26 | BradK | 217829 | ||
Hello Harris, Here are a couple from the Pauline Epistles: Eph 4:29- "Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear." (NASB) Col 3:8-9- "But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices" (NASB) I hope this helps, BradK |
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1514 | Homosexual are picked on in the church? | James 2:1 | BradK | 177319 | ||
Hi journey_me, The Bible does not, in fact single out homosexuality as the only damning sin! It is a sin just as is murder, rape or robbery. It is further, a sin for which Christ died. A man is not condemned because he is homosexual, but because he is a sinner and in need of a Savior! The point on which the Church- and any believer- ought to object is twofold: 1. Being a practicing homosexual, i.e a gay Christian is not compatible or consistent with the new creation we are in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17). 1 Cor. 6:11 is imperative in it's proclamation that"...such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified", but you were justified in the name of the Lord..." (This not by ourselves) referring back to the list of sins (including homosexuality) named in verses 9 and 10. One cannot be a "Gay Christian" anymore than one can be a "Christian Murderer" or a "Christian Rapist", "Arsonist", "Extortionist", etc.; 2. I don't believe the Church is "picking on homosexuals" per se. What the Church righly objects to is being force-fed homosexuality as an "alternative lifestyle" which it is not! A very vocal and influential minority has been using the Media to manipulate, distort, and proclaim it as a normative lifestyle choice. Scripture in no way upholds this abherent behavior. It is sin. The problem is when one continues to practice such sinful behavior and then attempts to justify it by saying that "we're all sinners after all" or that "God is Love"! The Christian is called "to have a walk worthy of the calling with which you were called," (Eph. 4:1). We are not to continue in the sinful behavior that held us captive. Rom. 6:1 admonishes the believer "Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?" Certainly not! I trust that this reply has been helpful to provide a reasoned answer to your question:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1515 | Lying is a sin. Rahab did it for the en, | James 2:25 | BradK | 216935 | ||
Hello edna, In answer to your question, note Rahab's words to the spies in 2:9-11- "...I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before you. Josh 2:10 "For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. Josh 2:11 "When we heard it, our hearts melted and no courage remained in any man any longer because of you; for the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath." She had obviously heard the miraculous event of the parting of the Red Sea and believed the Lord God! The most notable result of her actions are that she was commended for her faith in Heb. 11:31- "By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace." (cf James 2:25) Nothing is mentioned of her "lying" in scripture as being sinful! Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1516 | not all should want to be teachers-they | James 3:1 | BradK | 166892 | ||
Hi andyand, I believe you're referring to James 3:1: "Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment." BradK |
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1517 | Life is short!!! Therefore... ?!?! | James 4:14 | BradK | 190834 | ||
Hello Steve, Here is some info that you will hopefully find helpful. C.H. Spurgeon, the noted 19th-Century "Prince of Preachers", preached 3 sermons over the course of his ministry on or about James 4:14. It may aid you to read and consider what he said- Jas 4:13-17 God's Will About the Future (S2242) Jas 4:14- Pictures of Life (S3126) Jas 4:14- What is Your Life? (S1773) These can be accessed online at www.spurgeon.org. If not, I have the entire library on CD-ROM. He said this (in part) to his students about Sermons- Their Matter: "SERMONS should have real teaching in them, and their doctrine should be solid, substantial, and abundant. We do not enter the pulpit to talk for talk’s sake; we have instructions to convey important to the last degree, and we cannot afford to utter pretty nothings. Our range of subjects is all but boundless, and we cannot, therefore, be excused if our discourses are threadbare and devoid of substance. If we speak as ambassadors for God, we need never complain of want of matter, for our message is full to overflowing. The entire gospel must be presented from the pulpit; the whole faith once delivered to the saints must be proclaimed by us. The truth as it is in Jesus must be instructively declared, so that the people may not merely hear, but know, the joyful sound. We serve not at the altar of “the unknown God,” but we speak to the worshippers of him of whom it is written, “they that know thy name will put their trust in thee.” To divide a sermon well may be a very useful art, but how if there is nothing to divide? A mere division maker is like an excellent carver with an empty dish before him, To be able to deliver an exordium which shall be appropriate and attractive, to be at ease in speaking with propriety during the time allotted for the discourse, and to wind up with a respectable peroration, may appear to mere religious performers to be all that is requisite; but the true minister of Christ knows that the true value of a sermon must lie, not in its fashion and manner, but in the truth which it contains. Nothing can compensate for the absence of teaching; all the rhetoric in the world is but as chaff to the wheat in contrast to the gospel of our salvation. However beautiful the sower’s basket it is a miserable mockery if it be without seed. The grandest discourse ever delivered is an ostentatious failure if the doctrine of the grace of God be absent from it; it sweeps over men’s heads like a cloud, but it distributes no rain upon the thirsty earth; and therefore the remembrance of it to souls taught wisdom by an experience of pressing need is one of disappointment, or worse..." I trust this will be of some help, BradK |
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1518 | Some questions from a graduate | James 4:17 | BradK | 164324 | ||
Hi Mark, You ask some very good questions. Let me summarize your many questions by briefly touching on 2 aspects: 1. I think the overriding principle (for you) is found in James 4:17: "Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin." 2. There is also the principle of Christian liberty detailed in Romans 14. "So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God. Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this--not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother's way." We are all at different levels of spiritual maturity in our walk. Hopefully, as we continue to seek the Lord and become more conformed to His image, our lives will be transformed (Rom. 12:1-2). Then, "the things of the world will grow strangely dim". May I encourage you to keep on reading and studying, my friend:-) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1519 | getting a tattoo and is this a sin? | James 4:17 | BradK | 169191 | ||
Dear ckyconan, You do not need a tatoo to show your faith in God. (2 Cor. 5:7) The decision is yours to make and it is strictly a personal one. It is good that you seek advice, but the purpose of this Forum is bible study, not advice giving. So, I would recommend that you seek a Pastor or other close- hopefully mature- Christian(s) for advice. I might ask, would the tatoo bring glory to God? Depending on your age, would be glad you still have in 15 to 20 years? Remember: "Listen to counsel and accept discipline, That you may be wise the rest of your days." [Prov. 19:20) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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1520 | Christians living together outside of ma | James 4:17 | BradK | 193931 | ||
Hello PutGod First, My thought is that this is basically a matter of your conviction. Do what you feel lead to do- in Love (1 Cor. 13:13) Two additional verses come to mind: James 4:17 and Rom. 14:22-23. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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