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261 | decieved in what way and about what | 1 Cor 6:9 | JCrichton | 134646 | ||
Hi, Leslie N! Just like Simeon (Acts 8:9-24) many believe that they can bottle salvation and dispense it as they see fit... the warning is that sin is not part of the Kingdom of God and those who think that they can fool God into allowing them entrance will fall short of their goal as nothing that is tarnished will be let in (Revelation 21:27)... Jesus called us to Salvation, but we must be born of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-26); and our rebirth is not just for that one day when we are received into the Body... Jesus tells us that we must abide in Him (John 15:5-6)... if we do not abide in Him and we proceed to do as we please--returning to the life of sin--He will cast us off! Paul warns us not to deceive ourselves... if we claim to be in the Spirit we must walk in the Spirit; if we claim to be in Jesus, we must know and obey Jesus! It is not a matter of claiming a title; it is a matter of Living a Life! God Bless! Angel |
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262 | Bibiography for the Holy Bible | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 134561 | ||
Hi, BWH! The Bible is a compilation of Holy Writings, to seek to name one author would be akin to taking several books (each written by a different author) from the past 50 or 200 years, compiling them into one volume, and attempting to write a bibliography on the collective while designating only a single author. Now, since the Bible is inspired by God, we could, technically, say that the author of the Bible is YHWH (Yahweh). God Bless! Angel |
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263 | It is not your nature or my nature,it i | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 134560 | ||
Hi, Perry! I will aslo ask several Christians from other congregations to keep you in their prayers! God Bless! Angel |
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264 | (Learn from experience.) | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 134559 | ||
Hi, Perry! I will ask some friends to pray with me for your enlingtenment! God Bless! Angel |
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265 | Are Bible Translations Inspired? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 134401 | ||
Hi, Hank! ...was on my way out when I saw your post... As the Jewish people were of one belief, there does not seem to have been a need to have various versions of the Scrolls passed along... The desire of one group of Christian to "own" Scripture has caused this unending reinvention of Scripture... one emphesizes grammar, another, context, another symbolism, another modernism, another orthodoxy (at least till the next "urika" happens by)... Did Paul say that God was a God of chaos or of order? (1 Corinthians 14:33) So if we continue to promulgate more and more translations, are we serving to promote peace and unity or further divisions and disorder? One of the atheists and anti-Christians charges is that there are multiple numbers of Bibles, each contradicting the others... Of course they are not totally correct... but they are pointing out a serious flew in Christian Unity! God Bless! Angel |
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266 | (What is one to think.) | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 134394 | ||
Hi, Perry! Can you explain to me what trying to say? This forum has already restricted your thread--not to silence you, but because it does not involve itself with religious arguments (amongst other politics); if you care to write me do so, I am interested in hearing your views... now, I warn you, I am not seeking conversion--I am merely interested in seeing your perspective (Christmas and so on): jcrichtonfs1 at yahoo.com God Bless! Angel |
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267 | Scripture on Satan being powerless | Job 1:1 | JCrichton | 134392 | ||
Hi, Glow! Here are three Scriptural passages that speak on God's power over Satan: "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." (John 16:33) You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. (1 John 4:4) Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (James 4:7) Another three that you can look up are: John 12:31; 14:30 and 16:11. God Bless! Angel |
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268 | WHO pays the wage? | 1 John 1:9 | JCrichton | 134286 | ||
Hi, Mommapbs! The wage of sin has been paid in Jesus, yet Jesus Himself warns that not all who call Him Lord will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 7:21-23; Luke 6:46); clearly, Jesus is warning that an empty word (saved, Lord, born-again...) is just that an empty word... He will look into the heart and discover the truth about every person who claims His Name! Those who reject Him by refusing to obey His Will will be cast out! When he announces that He is the Resurrection, He does not say that He is the Ransom for all but for many (Matthew 20:16, 28; 22:14; 26:28); not that His power was limited by any specific amount of humans being saved, but because not all would accept Him at His terms! (John 3:19-21) In Revelation 2:18-29 Jesus is not speaking to a mob of unbelievers or a gathering of atheists or people who were ignorant of the Gospels. He has given us time to repent from our old nature and to abide in Him... if we reject His Command and we lie with sin we make sin our master and we reject Jesus as our Master--we cannot serve two masters! To say that we have no sin makes God a liar--He has stated that none are righteous... but if we come to Jesus (no not go to a congregation and be baptised and claim to be born/saved, but abide in Jesus) He is Just and Loving and will receive our repentant heart and our humble obedience--even if we failed him 70 times 7 (just a matter of numbers--not that there is a limit to God's forgiveness of our trespasses!). Confessing our sins does not mean getting up on a stage and replay how awful we were before we met the Lord and how we ar now born again and partakers of salvation--living in a state of grace where no matter what we do we have a get-to-Heaven-free membership! Those who preach that sin is OK, that there is no need to confess our sins and to ask God for forginess are just as confused as the Pharisees and Sadducees that were guardians of the written and oral Law, yet they did not apply the text to themselves but to others... rejecting Christ, the Creator of all that exists on the grounds that He made Himself to be God! They rejected Him because He preached Love and broke the Sabbath in order to bring into the Kingdom of God the lost sheep! Just as a comparison: There were two criminals crucified alongside of Jesus... one rejected and mocked Him, the other opened His heart and spirit to the One True God and He repented and asked for Mercy--Jesus acted according to their obedience (one) and rejection (the other)! These two people were fully aware of Christ... perhaps they did not have the overall picture that the disciples and we have, but they were knowledgeable enough to make a judgment: one foolishly mocked and rejected Christ (no primise); the other humbly accepted his own faults and failures and asked for forgiveness (no he did not went into a repertoire of all his past deeds--Jesus looked into his heart and spirit), Jesus opened His Heart and cleansed him (he received the promise)! Again, in 1 John 1:9, John is not speaking to the unbelievers nor to atheists... he is speaking to other Christians and he is warning that those who claim to be above others (no sin) are only fooling themselves and that because we are in Jesus, He will forgive us, if we repent!--noticed that he did not say "when we confessed nor he forgave us..." Rather, John uses a clause "if" which demonstrates a cause-effect situation... "if we confess...forgive..." Convesely, the opposite must also be true: "if we do not confess...no forgiveness..." God Bless! Angel |
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269 | Getting closer to the Creator | 2 Tim 2:15 | JCrichton | 134172 | ||
Hi, Inprocess! I offer to you the book of John... unlike the rest of the books in the Bible it begins by telling us that God existed alongside of God, that He became incarnate (one with His creation) in order to rescue us and grant us the Divine Adoption--making us in Him Children of God! (This is just on the first 14 verses of the first chapter!) The book continues to point our way to God in baptism (both of water and Spirit), in fellowship (with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as well as with our fellow Believers), in worship, in submission, in freedom, in a new Life in Jesus! It reveals God's Plan of Salvation (Jesus), God's mysterious existence as Spirit and as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit coming to each and every believer and dwelling in us! It reveals the Paraclete coming to continue Jesus' Teachings and revelations (guide and teacher of the Church)! It reveals the special relationship Jesus has with His disciples and His command for us to abide in Him so that He can be One with us and extend that special relationship that He has with the Father! Hope this helps... God Bless! Angel |
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270 | Why wouldn't Mordecai bow down to Haman? | Esth 3:2 | JCrichton | 134171 | ||
Hi, the King's child! Bowing down was seen as an act of submission and worship--Mordecai was a devote Jew who recognized and served only Yahweh! Bowing down to anyone other than Yahweh would have been seen by Mordecai as a sign of idolatry... way back when people all over the world instituted themselves (kings and other rulers) as a god... as a superior beings they required that their subjects worshipped them; a public demonstration of this would be bowing to them, their emissaries and even to their likeness (statue, carving, etc...)--of course this is not to be confused with cultural signs of respect (as the oriental practice), since this is done on a lateral unbaised level! God Bless! Angel |
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271 | Are we still in the fallen state? | 1 John 1:9 | JCrichton | 134078 | ||
Hi, Allegro! I know that many people subscribe to "don't ask, don't tell" everything's done in Jesus... Jesus did die for all sin once and for all--it is He that needs not face sin and the consequences of sin ever again... we on the other hand are not God! Our world is the realm of Satan and he will fight till the bitter end the disrupt God's Plan of Salvation! John tells us that if we are of the Light there is no darkness (sin) in us... yet he also tells us that if we claim to be free of sin we are liars! It is Jesus who can cleanse us if we confess our sins! If we simply tell the "store-keep" to keep an open tab cause we have unlimited credit... we would simply be acting as the foolish servant who keeps thinking that his Master will not come back or that he can clause his way out of it if he is ever questioned about his rampant rebelliousness and misuse of authority! God Bless! Angel |
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272 | John Baptist's Jewish legal credentials? | OT general | JCrichton | 134076 | ||
Hi, Reighnskye! I think that you are missing the point altogether... As God, Jesus could have orchestrated His incarnation in a Mansion of earthly riches... He did not! There was a big to do about John... the people dismissed his mother's offering of the name because there was no such name in his ancestry--they refused to accept John as the infant's name till the father, who was unable to speak due to an act of God, wrote down the name "John" to designate his new born son--at this particular time Zachary gained his speaking abilities! Another particular point which seems to have eluded you is the fact that the status quo was never interested in Jesus nor in John ("What have you gone to see in the desert?" "The Son of man eats and drinks...")... and how accessible to the poor and sinners would John and Jesus had been if they would've been part of the Temple's facade? John the Baptist was separated from birth (no fruit of the grape--herald of the Lord) to bring the News of the coming change: the New Covenant of God with man... he had to be free to travel to pave the way for the Messiah! His authority came directly from Yahweh! God Bless! Angel |
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273 | Magi a "God experience" apart from OT? | Dan 9:24 | JCrichton | 134075 | ||
Hi, Tlewis! From their exchange with Herod and his people we can understand that they were aware of a King being born to the Jews... Notice, though, how important that is! The people of Israel were under the rule of Rome; Rome had no king but Caesar... these three men were not looking for the king of Rome! Their expression was that they had followed His Star... this suggests Divine inspiration and guidance: using a science which they were familiar with, God was able to convey the news and guide them to the general geographical location... but this was not mere coincidence... Herod, whose people were also aware of the Jewish Scrolls (remember that way back when people in power were more or less schizos seeing threats in everything and from everyone...) needed to be informed that the King was in his midst (prophecies: the killing of the children; the dragon wanting to devour the child)... Two other factors: 1. The Jews were dispersed throughout the known world (and perhaps even beyond)... as they formed tight-knit communities, they exposed others to Yahweh and their form of worship (One God); 2. Jesus commanded the disciples to go and make disciples of the whole world--all who are taught by God, through nature or the Israel of the Old Covenant, will know Jesus and will come to Him as He calls them through His disciples! God Bless! Angel |
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274 | Peacemakers and Politics? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 134074 | ||
Hi, Tlewis! The problem with politics is that it is based on opinions and perspectives... when the candidate wants to be elected he/she would subscribe to whatever sways the public (votes) even though they may not believe in anything but making their "mark." Just recently we found out that the governor of NJ was not only involved in an adulterous relationship but the relationship was with a man--after the fact, we now hear how his "buddies" had warned him about the perils of having such open relationship (open as far as his immediate political system)... Is there any record where the NJ governor spoke to the public and made his adulterous relationship known? I do not recall any such! So are the peacemakers... President Clinton swore that he would be a National President... that he would keep America out of international involvement... yet, his presidency followed President Bush's which hurled America knee-deep in at least one international affair... so only weeks into his inauguration Presiden Clinton was gearing up for a military confrontation... Anyone can boast of being a Christian candidate... not many will adhere to Scripture when all matters of government is concerned (war, abortion, homosexuality, poverty, education, employment, taxation, gene-splicing, stem-cell and other chemichal and bioengineering...); since these topics are easily manipulated and most of the exchange become heated and emotional, a Bible forum is not the best place to seek the exchange... As Christians we should not be interested in politics during the pre-election month/month and a half... we should be involved every day of every year seeking to inform (those who are actively involved) other Christians of the activities of the political parties, and seeking to learn about the people representing America (those who are not politically active), those who eventually dictate the rule of the government. Here's my suggestion to you: Yahoo offers free setups, speak to a few of your acquaintances and organize an on-line discussion group on Scripturally based government/political/social issues... I am sure that a few of this forum's and other Biblical forums' members will be willing to explore political issues based on a Biblical approach! God Bless! Angel |
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275 | is murdering wrong? | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 133876 | ||
Hi, kp731a! Kalos has offered excellent Scripture, please study them carefully! I simply want to remind you of this other passage: Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord. On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head." Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (Romans 12:17-21) Pray and learn to be slow to anger! (James 1:19) God Bless! Angel |
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276 | Thank You | Bible general Archive 2 | JCrichton | 133875 | ||
Hi, Ollienorma4! Glad to welcome you to the forum... I too enjoyed the format and the adhesion to Scripture... almost from the very beginning, I felt this push to hone my familiarity with Scripture... I hope it awakes in you too the desire to study more and more everyday! God Bless! Angel |
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277 | Is there such a thing as a false Christ? | 1 John 4:3 | JCrichton | 133804 | ||
Hi, Ray! There are many false Christs in the world... Every person/congregation that denies that Jesus is the Word incarnate: true God and true Man, preaches and believes a false Christ and as Scripture testifies the person/congregation is one spirit with that false Christ; in essence the entity becomes one with what is preached and believed! (1 Corinthian 6:16-17) A false Christ is an anti-Christ... anyone who rejects Christ's Gospel is preaching/believing in a false Christ (Galatians 1:6-12); even when they insist on calling themselves Christians! (Matthew 24:23-26) God Bless! Angel |
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278 | women in slacks | Deut 22:5 | JCrichton | 133800 | ||
Hi, Ollienorma4! We must also distinguish between freedom from sin and freedom to be rebellious... Paul says this: "Everything is permissible"--but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible"--but not everything is constructive. Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others. Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, for, "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it." If some unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. But if anyone says to you, "This has been offered in sacrifice," then do not eat it, both for the sake of the man who told you and for conscience' sake--the other man's conscience, I mean, not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience? If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for? So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God--even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved. (1 Corinthians 10:23-33) When this particular congregation reflects on that Scripture that forbids a man to dress as a woman and vice versa... they are making a judgment call on how they want the congregation to be viewed... as a visitor or as a new member it would be wrong for you to dress as you please because you feel that you are free to do so in Christ... are they not free to determine a dress-code for their congregation? If you feel that the dress code is just an extension of male supremacy... you have the right not to commune with them... and you have the right to join them, accept the status quo, and work diligently to promote Christian equality within your new congregation--perhaps you might even convince them to recant their dress-code statue! But you must do so in love! You must consider the example that you are giving to both the novice and the unbelievers!: It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall. (Romans 14:21--see the whole chapter verses 1-23) God Bless! Angel |
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279 | let this cup pass | Matt 26:39 | JCrichton | 133795 | ||
Hi, Ollienorma4! The cup Jesus is referring to is the instant when He will receive our sin onto Himself: "Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. (John 12:27) Jesus dreaded the instant when He and the Father would be separated: "But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. (John 16:32) About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" When some of those standing there heard this, they said, "He's calling Elijah." Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. The rest said, "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to save him." And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. (Matthew 27:46-50) Jesus, as the Lamb of God, had to suffer our punishment for our infirmities; hence, He took upon Himself the world's infirmities: He who was free of sin was made sin in order to rescue us from imminent death (2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 6:23)... Following is a copy of my previous post on this topic: "Jesus was acutely aware that He came onto the world to be put through the wringer and to die a most notorious death! Though He was true man, He was also true God--aware, from the beginning of the Divine Plan! This Divine Plan was mirrored in many ways from the very beginning of the Bible (Genesis 3:15 depicts a microscopic sample of the spiritual battle). Jesus was not afraid of the physical consequences of His incarnation for the Plan had a built in fail-save: The Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me; I lay it down of my own free will, and as I have power to lay it down, so I have power to take it up again; and this is the command I have received from my Father. (John 10:17-18) What Jesus was aprehensive about was the consequenses of filling in for us: as the Lamb of God, Jesus would be crucified, in our stead, for the sins of the world! The three Persons of God are completely Divine and Holy--but the Person of Christ, born of Mary, born of the flesh could take onto Himself both our transgressions and the Father's demands for just restitution! Here's the hitch: How could the Father cleanse the Son from our sins if Christ Jesus did not take upon His Person said sins? And, how could the Father come near Jesus if He were to bear our sins on His Person?... For one instant in God's existence the Son would be separated from the Father! This, Jesus dreaded! This cup Jesus wished that He did not have to partake! Yet Jesus also knew that it would all be for naught if this event did not transpire! Jesus call to His Father: 'Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?' (my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?) not in fear of death or of pain but in desperation as He was approaching the designated moment in the Plan's schedule. There are two Biblical passages that attest to Jesus' determination to suffer, in his flesh, the wounds and death for our sins: John 19:28-30 After this, Jesus knew that everything had now been completed and, so that the scripture should be completely fulfilled, he said: I am thirsty. A jar full of sour wine stood there; so, putting a sponge soaked in the wine on a hyssop stick, they held it up to his mouth. After Jesus had taken the wine he said, 'It is fulfilled'; and bowing his head he gave up his spirit. It is evident that Jesus was keeping track with the Plan--fulfilling even that portion that would seem most insignificant. Mark 15:22-24 They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha, which means the place of the skull. They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he refused it. Then they crucified him... Jesus refused the concoction, not because it was not time for Him to fulfill the prophecy reflected in John 19:28-30, but because this brew contained myrrh--myrrh's properties allowed it to be used as an analgesic. Would Jesus fulfill the Divine Plan if His human body would be impervious to pain? Jesus did not allow the agony and torture of the cross to be taken from Him!" So... it is clear that Jesus was obedient to death and that He dreaded being separated from the Father... yet, it is also clear that He did not flinch or hesitated out of physical fear or pain! God Bless! Angel |
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280 | Ministering as a priest... (Rom 15:16) | Ex 19:6 | JCrichton | 133738 | ||
Hi, Dalcent! Clearly Scripture has themes that seem conflicting... we are all called priestly kings (yet, how many of us truly behave in regards to our titles?); we are all called to Salvation; yet Christ Himself does not guarantee salvation to all--but to those who believe! (John 1:10-12; 3:19-21; Matthew 20:28) So... to serve the Lord as Priests and Bishops not everyone that throws on a robe and claims a pulpit is truly a representative of Christ! (Acts 8:14-25; 9:17; 1 Timothy 3:1-10; Titus 1:5-9; James 5:14; Galatians 2:9) Further... Paul speaks on the Gift of the Holy Spirit... how not all are called to minister in the same manner (1 Corinthians 12:28-31). Clearly, we can all claim to serve the Lord, but not all are given the same Gift nor the same task to perform! God Bless! Angel |
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