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101 | Scriptural support? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 122300 | ||
If you'll study these verses and their contexts, you can only draw the same conclusion. Acts 8:18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, Acts 8:19 saying, "Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." 1 Tim 4:14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed on you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the presbytery. 1 Tim 5:22 Do not lay hands upon anyone too hastily and thereby share responsibility for the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin. 2 Tim 1:6 For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. Heb 6:2 of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. Also it goes without saying that the Lord DOES emphatically expect us to use our intellect and figure out some basic conclusions on matters such as these. If you check the Greek meaning behind the word defense in the following verses, you'll see that it includes the use of our logic and our intellect. Philippians 1:7 just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace. 1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; God bless. --Rowdy |
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102 | Scriptural Support? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 122313 | ||
I can only encourage you to keep studying. Hopefully, God will provide some insight. But are we at least in agreement about comparing today's "miracles" as performed by human beings with those performed in the NT? I hope so as ALL of us on the Forum are saying we ARE going to do things the Bible way as much as possible, correct? I don't really imagine I can come up with any other scriptures or my own words to present a clearer picture. To me it seems pretty straight forward from God's Word, but keep studying AND praying about this matter. God bless. --Rowdy |
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103 | Spirit/spirit?Is Spirit given or spirit? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 122317 | ||
I would refer you to the same post I just submitted to Tim, Post no 122313. I've said everything I can think of and cited all the scriptures I can think of. So there's probably going to be a few things we must agree to disagree. Keep studying and praying, dear friend. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
104 | Right purposes for miracles | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 122338 | ||
I'm not certain if you meant this post to be directed or linked to my statement. I read your statement completely and I'd like to think I agree with your position. You ask several questions but they seem to be rhetorical in nature as all Bible students know the correct answers. You've labeled this post as a question, maybe by mistake. If correctly, labeled, what exactly is your ultimate question? More to the point of discussion (at least in my opinion), here's mine: 1) Is there miracles in today's world being performed by human beings (God through people)? 2) Are they deceiving themselves and others into believing these miracles? 3) What do we use to determine if these miracles actually come with God's blessing in accordance with His command to "test the spirits." See 1 John 4:1-2 We have been charged by God to be watchful and to avoid false teachers. Awaiting your reply. God bless. --Rowdy |
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105 | Where do the believers go when they die? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 122755 | ||
This subject has been discussed to great lengths in the past. Just insert the words, paradise and hades in the word search to the right of your screen. What would be your thoughts on the matter? God bless. --Rowdy |
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106 | I need to find a passage in the Bible... | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 122944 | ||
I believe you're looking for the following from Paul 1 Cor 10:11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. 12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. God bless. --Rowdy |
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107 | YET ascented to Heaven | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 122975 | ||
As far as I know this is the only place in the Bible Luke 16:22 "Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. 23 "In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. Apparently, the Jews thought of this phrase, "Abraham's bosom" as being their idea of Heaven or the ideal place after life on earth. Jesus saw how much emphasis they placed on Abraham. By the way I found this quite easily by inserting those two words into the Word Search at the right of your screen. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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108 | Can you loose your salvation? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 123001 | ||
I'm afraid you're dealing with a very old and controversial subject going back several centuries with John Calvin on down. If you'll punch in key words like, once saved, always saved, Calvinism or loose salvation into the Word Search at the right of your screen, you'll get a tremendous variety of opinions, statements and scriptures supporting each position. My position is that a christian can most certainly loose their salvation if you fail to maintain a good healthy relationship with God through His Son. There are many scriptures I can cite but I'll try to restrain myself to just a few. I'm sorry but I have to go on an errand. I'll get back to you with those few scriptures over the weekend. I do hope you'll study the matter in your Bible and pray about it. God bless. --Rowdy |
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109 | Can you loose your salvation? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 123029 | ||
Well, at the very least you can see I was right on target about the breadth and depth of this controversy although I must admit I didn't dream it would happen so much in such a short time. However, I too will also concede that throughout God's Word there are some verses that seem to support the Con side of this question while I have already stated I support the Pro side. I'll elaborate. But first of all, I wanted to introduce to you my latest addition to my library. The title is "Bible Commentary" of the King James version. The main reason for my showcasing it like this is the extensive list of unbiased writers and reviewers on the team that put it together. There's a total of 21 persons on this team but I just wanted to describe a few of the more prominent. 1) James A Borland, Th.D. from Grace Theological, BA from LA Baptist 2) Charles L. Feinberg, Ph.D. John Hopkins Univ and MA from Southern Methodist Univ 3) Edward E. Hindson, Th.D. from Trinity Graduate School and MA from Trinity Evangelical Divinity 4) Daniel R. Mitchell, Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary and former Professor of Theology at Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Like I mentioned there are many, many more but suffice it to say they cover the whole spectrum of Bible topics and modern denominations so I was reasonably assured that their opinions are at least worth a second look. I'll be quoting from this book quite a bit in the balance of this post and in future posts. So I would cite from 1 John 1:6 If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin. John goes on to describe this process placing an equal amount of emphasis on the horizontal relationship with our fellow christians so as to maintain a proper vertical relationship with God our father, 1 Jn 2:11. From the Commentary: "John may have come right to the point; he is probably dealing with a real situation where there are those who claim that you can have fellowship with God and live andy way you please. Exactly this situation had existed earlier and occasioned the wirting of II Peter and Jude. More sophistication had probably been added, but these false teachers or incipient gnostics showed signs of having the same warped logic which would permit practicing known and willful sin." Next I would cite Paul's side of the story from 1 Cor 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. Commentary: "From the original Greek, 'buffet my body' meant a tremendous amount of abuse. Paul's Corinthian readers knew that in the Isthmian games, the boxers wore gloves consisting of ox-hide bands covered with knots and nails and loaded with lead and iron. To prepare for such an event, a man would have to steel himself against all forms of physical abuse." So we see here that even Paul had to bring his body into submission lest he fall from grace. If Paul could fall, don't you know any and all christians since his time could do the same. At this point, I must get some sleep. I'll continue this dialouge tomorrow. God bless. --Rowdy |
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110 | Can you loose your salvation? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 123052 | ||
I can only imagine you're probably thinking you've been flooded, maybe even saturated with so many different opinions and scriptures to back them up. Thus I'm motivated to make this my last post on this thread and strive to keep it brief. Just a few more examples from God Word and I'll try to summarize. First from Apostle Paul 1 Cor 9:25 Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; 27 but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified. So we even see the Apostle Paul, probably the greatest, most devoted disciple of Christ who has to exercise self-discipline in order to prevent losing the prize. What else could he possibly be referring to in this context? We have in Acts 5, Ananias and Sapphira, christians who were also greedy. They wanted the same fame and glory as Barnabas in selling their land but they wanted to keep back a portion of the money and tried to deceive the Holy Spirit. Thus they not only lost their souls but immediately lost their lives as well. My last example would be that of Simon the Sorcerer in Acts 8. He too was a christian but greedy for the miraculous powers as exhibited by Peter. He even tried to purchase these powers. Of course Peter told him he had to repent to prevent the horrors of God's rejection. There are others but again I want to be brief. My main point of this post is to acknowledge that God's Word is not always ideally clear on some topics, including this concept of the "eternal security" or "once saved, always saved." I'll readily agree that some scriptures as cited by some of these other posts does give one reason to wonder about the possibility of contradiction but we all know that God WOULD NOT contradict Himself in His Word. So what are we to do? This is my last point and then I'll hush. I would refer you to the words of Jesus Himself from Matt 5:29 "If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 "If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell. Does Jesus actually expect us as His disciples to literally eliminate a body part if we have a problem with it? I don't think so as we don't have any history of this kind of practice in these past two thousand years. But on the other hand, IF a person came to the conclusion that these were his only two choices: go to Heaven minus a body part or go to Hell with a whole body, I'm sure most would make the right choice and go to Heaven. What am I saying: this is Jesus' way of saying "better safe than sorry" or "err on the side of caution." So in a similar manner, if a person draws a conclusion of two choices on a particular subject: Assume once you're a christian, there's nothing more for you to worry about OR assume the scriptures referred above are true and that we're all guilty of sin every day (Rom 3:23 and Ja 4:17) which needs to be resolved before God. Thus we must see ourselves in need of God's Mercy and Grace every day of our lives. We all should be in a pentitent attitude all our lives and realize our need to repent every day. If we don't do this, I'm very much afraid we take a terrible chance of facing Judgment Day unprepared. I hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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111 | Where does membership come from? | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 123115 | ||
There are other scriptures but one of the most specific and instructive is Heb 10:23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; 24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. It's a proven fact, many, many times over that generally speaking most people need encouragement to be faithful to any cause, especially one like ours to Christ as our Lord and Master. Even if you're so incredibly strong that you don't need your brothers and sisters to keep you that way, you have no authority to deprive your local family of christians from sharing in your strengths and talents. We all have an ocassional tough week and need to be re-charged by those that know us and read our troubles in our faces and the way we walk. No, believe me, dear friend there's no substitute for a congregation with good, close fellowship. Try re-reading the Book of Acts and re-discover how valuable fellowship was in the first century. Then a person could cite all the passages in the Bible with the famous "one another" phrase...there are dozens of them. You simply CANNOT fully please God Almighty by yourself, it's literally impossible. I hope this helps and God bless. |
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112 | What extra insight does this chp provide | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 131347 | ||
For context: 1 Cor 5:1 It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father's wife. 1 Cor 5:2 You have become arrogant and have not mourned instead, so that the one who had done this deed would be removed from your midst. 1 Cor 5:3 For I, on my part, though absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged him who has so committed this, as though I were present. 1 Cor 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, 1 Cor 5:5 I have decided to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 1 Cor 5:6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough? 1 Cor 5:7 Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed. 1 Cor 5:8 Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Cor 5:9 I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people; 1 Cor 5:10 I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world. 1 Cor 5:11 But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler--not even to eat with such a one. 1 Cor 5:12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within the church? 1 Cor 5:13 But those who are outside, God judges. REMOVE THE WICKED MAN FROM AMONG YOURSELVES. We can infer a lot from the OT. Throughout that dispensation, the Lord instructed the Israelite nation to maintain a pure bloodline so as to produce the Son of God. Now there were several exceptions, like Ruth and Rahab but these exceptions were blessed by God to show us demonstrations of His wonderful Love and Grace. But my main point here is back to "mainenance of God's purity" in God's familly regardless of the dispensation. God is the very epitomy of Love, Perfect Justice and above all total separation from anything that represents any semblance of sin. So God wants us, his children to come Home to Him but he must get us transformed to sinless beings. It's a refining process, as described in several places in the NT, Rev 3:18 and others. First God must get us used to the idea of doing without sin in our lives here on earth. Then with His Assistance and Grace, he is able to graduate our beings from this existance to the next, Heaven for an eternity. On the other hand, if we allow sin "to infiltrate the camp" as in the example Achan in the Israelite family, then we endanger the whole group. One of the main jobs of the elders in a congregation of christians is to maintain this purity of God's family as cited in Acts 20:28-30. The procedure for maintaining this kind of discipline is found in Matt 18:15-20. It's a serious job, one that must be approached with much humility and love for that sinful party so he will repent and turn from his wicked ways. Hope this helps and God bless. Rowdy |
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113 | God's Name in the New Testament | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 132602 | ||
The only thing I can think of is to remind about the fact that God gave His Son all authority in Matt 28 to rule this world during this dispensation. This is further endorsed in Col 1:13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. 18 He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. 19 For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, 20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. I hope this helps and God bless. Rowdy |
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114 | acts 15 council decides its significance | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 132863 | ||
This is a very, very old question on the Forum and has been dealt with many, many times. My particular chop on the matter is Post No 119473. Hopefully, you already know but just in case... Simply insert the key words, i.e. Council Jerusalem in the Quick Search at the upper right of your screen and you'll get a large number of posts on this subject. After reading all of this or some portion thereof, why don't you give us your chop on this controversy and ask a specific question. God bless. Rowdy |
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115 | A reason for the confusion in the world | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 133645 | ||
I can only respond with the words of Jesus for He foretold of these kinds of things in our world. Matt 24:6 "You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. Mark 13:7 "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end. In contrast we must read on for in Matt 11:29 "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. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. and from the OT: 2 Chr 13:18 Thus the sons of Israel were subdued at that time, and the sons of Judah conquered because they trusted in the LORD, the God of their fathers. 2 Chr 14:11 Then Asa called to the LORD his God and said, "LORD, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and those who have no strength; so help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in You, and in Your name have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; let not man prevail against You." 2 Chr 20:20 They rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, put your trust in the LORD your God and you will be established. Put your trust in His prophets and succeed." Ps 25:2 O my God, in You I trust, Do not let me be ashamed; Do not let my enemies exult over me. Ps 31:14 But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD, I say, "You are my God." Ps 40:3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in the LORD. Ps 52:7 "Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire." Ps 52:8 But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever. Ps 55:23 But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You. Ps 56:4 In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me? Ps 56:11 In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? Ps 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah. I hope these scriptures will give you the courage to face these perils we all face together. God bless. Rowdy |
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116 | Genesis endangerments of the matriarch? | Genesis | Rowdy | 112228 | ||
I noticed the questions from Kalos and Prayon and I noticed your response. I too am very curious and am looking forward to hearing more about this subject. Sometimes, this Forum reminds me of Paul's teaching and exchanging views in the marketplace, Acts 17 but I'm still very much interested. God bless. |
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117 | was abraham ever a gentile? | Genesis | Rowdy | 112229 | ||
He was never an Israelite or a Jew in the national sense. Notice Israel as a nation was named after the father of the original 12 tribes, named after the sons of Jacob, later re-named Israel. God's family of Jews didn't become a nation until after deliverance from Egyptian salvery. So no, Abraham was not a gentile or a Jew either one. He pre-dated the whole business of discrimination between those two distinctive "races." Just like Melchizedek pre-dated Jesus ministry on earth. Pretty cool how that works out that way, huh? God bless. |
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118 | Did God know they would sin? | Genesis | Rowdy | 113898 | ||
You might be interested in looking at my post no. 111933. Naturally, this kind of question is going to get you quite a bit of opinion so let me know what you think. God bless. | ||||||
119 | Who walked with God and ascended above? | Genesis | Rowdy | 120045 | ||
Gen 5:24 Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. and Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God. We're in a game of Trivia Pursuit, right? Do I get a prize? Oh, well!! God bless. --Rowdy |
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120 | How did fresh and salt fish live? | Genesis | Rowdy | 120874 | ||
Since the Bible doesn't address the subject, we have to conclude the Lord God Almighty took care of them the same way He took care of the carnivorous animals, (lion, tigers and bears, oh my) by not having them destroy their hosts. Who knows Noah may have even brought on board a pair of every fresh water creature. Without guidance from God, we're all left to conjecture which is questionable at this point, especially since it doesn't impact us in today's world at all. God bless. --Rowdy |
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