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741 | In Adam vs. In Christ? | 2 Cor 5:17 | Aixen7z4 | 100686 | ||
I'm sure you are correct. The writer to the Hebrews says that we should consider him who endured some contradiction of sinners and that will keep us from being discouraged. Beyond considering the fact of being in him, then, we can simply consider him. Paul tells the Corinthians that as we look at him we become like him, so there is a benefit in that. But we may look at him simply because he is attractive. “We behold his glory”; that‘s what one who saw him said. On one occasion it is said that all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid, but they could not keep their eyes off him. Even when he was on the cross it is said that they sat down and watched him. I was thinking of the place where we are asked to consider him, our Apostle and High Priest, greater than Moses for faithfulness, etc. Should we not do that? I remembered how he said “My people do not consider” and it made me sad. I think that we should think about him all the time. David said, “I have set the LORD always before me: … he is at my right hand”. I think we should do the same. It will keep us from discouragement, but also it will enrich our lives, make us more like him, and simply honor him. That's what we want: to be conformed to his image, to be like him and to honor him. Let him turn and catch us admiring him. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king:... Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. |
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742 | share some teaching please | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100658 | ||
I wonder if Dread is suggesting that there should be some good teaching on this ... forum. | ||||||
743 | Where do I find Paul's death in Rome? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100657 | ||
Hello Dee. I am curious to know, as I always am when someone has asked a question, whether you are satisfied with the answers so far. If not, are you satisfied when there are no answers? It does seem that there are some things God does not want us to know. For example, he does not want us to know where he buried Moses or just when Jesus is coming back. It is possible also that he does not want us to know when and how Paul died. I wonder if you would be satisfied with that. |
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744 | Where do I find Paul's death in Rome? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100643 | ||
It is the best of callings. It is the worst of callings. The best times are the ones in which one can combine the two. The worst times are the ones when neither one is appreciated. Often, when I am with other psychologists, they think that I am a preacher masquerading as one of them. Sometimes, when I am with Christians, they think that I am too much of a psychologist and not enough a person of faith. One can come to think that psychology is the most fascinating subject there can possibly be, because it is the science of human behavior. It is the realm we get into when we want to understand why human beings do what they do. It is even more interesting, if you can accept it, when one tries to explain why Christians behave the way they do. Those who are not psychologists say it is impossible. Those who are say it is the most fascinating, challenging, and rewarding field of study. If I give a lecture on The Positive Uses of Stress, I think I am doing something useful. If I preach a sermon on Reconciliation to God, I feel it is the very best way to spend my life. If I speak to a group on What Happened to the Soul at the New Birth, I feel that life could not be better. The hard part is when both parts are rejected. The best part is when they both are. But actually, the best times are the times when one can know he is doing the will of God. It is wonderful to be able to help another human being to establish a personal relationship with God or to adjust their behavior, to actually do God’s will. It is wonderful to meet with others who seek his face, and worship him. But actually, the best times are the times when one is alone with God. He is the one who deserves attention, and honor, and praise. |
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745 | Do you have to be baptised to be saved | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100554 | ||
Sorry about the mixed message, Emmaus. I have a passing interest; it is not deep. I have spent many years in the education system and have been struck by the lack of balance between knowledge and application. My present orientation is to action rather than to much more study. However, I do find a need to keep digging into the Scriptures. As for other writings, I browse in order to keep aware. It is simply where I am right now. And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. |
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746 | Where is "My house is full.." | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100552 | ||
EdB, the words are from a song. The song is probably based on some words Jesus spoke in Matthew 9. Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, "The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest". A related passage is in Luke 10. The Lord appointed seventy, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, "The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest". The writer may have also been thinking of a parable in Matthew 21. "What think ye?" Jesus asked. "A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went". I think Kroger has been moved by that song and wants to know if the message is Biblical. The words are haunting: “But who will go into my fields? Who will go into my fields?” It is reminiscent of the Lord’s question in Isaiah 6: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”. We would like to answer like isaiah did, “Here am I; send me”, but we don’t. We know that Jesus wants us to go preach the Gospel, but we haven't been doing it too much. We know we need to repent and start doing it. The parable reminds us we can. BTW, We have a program called Gospel for Neighbors that encourages and equips people to do just that. |
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747 | Do you have to be baptised to be saved | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100534 | ||
The Lord will be happy as well. If you listen very closely you may hear a voice saying, "I am well pleased". It's one of the times when it is better do do than to know. | ||||||
748 | Where do I find Paul's death in Rome? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100526 | ||
Brother Hank, I do agree. It is probably safe to read anything if one is careful to compare it with scripture and dispose of it according to how it comports. Two cautions I should add though. In agreeing that extra-Biblical readings should be taken with a grain of salt, I would say that having to take a grain of salt too too often can lead to hypertension. The second point is that, with the press of time that we experience today, we often have to choose what we read, the Bible or some other book. There is a judgment to be made on how we divide not only the word but also our time. A third caution is not really mine but Paul’s. There are other types of readings in the world. We should (1 Tim 1:4) Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. (1 Tim 4:7) But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. (2Ti 4:4) (Some) turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (Tit 1:14) fables, and commandments of men, (can) turn (us) from the truth. Let me also say that with so many authors of yesterday and today saying so many things, one can possibly become confused. Otherwise one must spend a lot of time sifting error from truth. The Bible writers, on the other hand, they do not contradict each other. Having said all that, I am not saying that all non-Biblical writing is dangerous. For example, a word to the wise is enough. |
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749 | In Adam vs. In Christ? | 2 Cor 5:17 | Aixen7z4 | 100523 | ||
Dear mommapbs, I have thought about it, and I cannot imagine how one could write about it in the space allotted on a forum. There are so many things “in Christ”! In him was life, and the life was the light of men. There is no unrighteousness is in him. In him is no sin. There is no fault in him. It pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell. In him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. In him there is redemption and forgiveness and an inheritance. In him there is beauty and grace and righteousness and wisdom. The truth is in Jesus. In him there is love and joy and peace. And in him there’s … us. He is in us and we are in him (John 17). Yep! We are in him, and we are to abide in him. Paul’s goal was to be found in him, and he said we are complete in him. And you ask what it means to be in him. It seems that the parallel of being in Adam is useful. As Levi was in the loins of Abraham (Hebrews 7) so we were all in the loins of Adam. His genes, if you will, are in us, and we were in him in that we came from his loins. There is something of the nature of Adam in us, and likewise there is something of the nature of Christ in us. His divine nature is in us (2 Peter 1). His seed is in us (1 John 3:9). We are a chosen nation, a royal priesthood, in him. We are kings and priests, in him. Before we were put into him we were none of those things. In him, we have inherited those things, and more, promises of more. But the thought remains that we have been baptized into him. We are a part of his body. It sounds trite now to say that refers to the church, but it should perhaps lead us to a deeper contemplation of what the church is. I would say it is analogous to being in the army or the university or in the civil service, or, if you will, the club, or better yet, the kingdom. We are a part of the system with all it stands for; its status and privileges and responsibilities. Christ is what God’s kingdom on this earth is all about and we are a part of it. We are a part of him. In him there is protection and power and hope and all those other spiritual blessings. We are what we are because we are in him. We have what we have because we are in him. We have brothers and sisters, the others who are in him. I have the sense that you and many others on this forum are in him, and that makes this a special place, a holy place, a place to have conversations and share blessings, in him. So, what does it mean to be “in Christ”? It would be safe to say it means a whole lot. I means to have inherited this. It means to be a part of something special. And he is the head of it. It kinda makes one feel good. We appreciate it. But we are not proud. No flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption (and …): That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. |
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750 | Where do I find Paul's death in Rome? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100518 | ||
My friend, Emmaus, I agree that false teaching came early into the church and it is still around today. Peter said way back then (2 Peter 2:1) that "there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you". How do we combat their teachings? I think of the words of the Lord. In Mathew 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, "Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures". The scriptures. The scriptures. That is what keeps us from erring. We must know the scriptures. I have read a few secular books in my time. In some circles I cannot say this, but I'll say here: I have lost my taste for them. I either find to be in agreement with the scriptures, in which case I find them superfluous, or they are in disagreement with the scriptures and I find them distasteful. I still read one now and then, even as I read the postings on the forums. But mostly, I must say, I read the Bible. |
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751 | Where do I find Paul's death in Rome? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100504 | ||
Dear Emmaus: The extra information seems interesting, although I must confess I only glanced through it. Truth is, I don't know if I can trust that information, or if it is useful. Notice that the questioner asked specifically: "(In) what books in the bible would I find what happened ...?". I wonder why it was not simply "Where would I find information about what happened ...?". This person seems to place information from the Bible in a special category. I would like to get a little taste for the tradition that values non-Biblical information along with Biblical information. What if the person had asked, "In what books in the Bible would I find what happened to Mary next?" Is it enough to say that that information is not in the Bible? Or can we with confidence present other information from outside of the Bible? |
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752 | what type of book is the bible, research | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100500 | ||
The Bible is all that. It is also the book of books. It might be true to say it is not one book but many books in one. It calls itself the Scriptures, or the Writings. Holy men wrote as they were moved on by the Holy Spirit. They wrote things thy could not know by themselves and things they could not fully understand. The Bible is God's word to man, written by many men, with wisdom beyond that of any man. It is the Book of books. It is beyond any other. God-breathed (2 Tim 3:16). Eternal (Psa 119:89). The truth (John 17:17). You can base your life on it. |
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753 | Searching for the truth | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100498 | ||
Truth does not change. I am sure you would not want it to change the day after you had found it. And the Lord does not change. He says (Mal 3:6) “ I am the LORD, I change not”. He is the truth (John 14:6) and the life. He is the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Interesting that you mention the Ten Commandments. I sometimes wonder why they are singled out among the hundreds of commandments that God gave. And yet he says he might have given only two. In some sense, that is what he has done. In some sense then, I will agree with you. What if we abolished all of those old commandments and kept just two: “Love God” and “Love one another”. Would you be in favor of that? That would keep us killing and stealing, obviously, but also from adultery and envy. Mat 22:37ff Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. These two. And Paul says (Rom 13:9ff) “He that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. |
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754 | Where do I find Paul's death in Rome? | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100496 | ||
Dee, I will join with Arnold and Hank to say that no scripture records the death of Paul. No Bible book or letter even mentions it. (I sway this with confidence; writing after these learned men, ’cause if it had been recorded they would have mentioned it). Luke was the one to chronicle the ministry of Paul, and he does seem to go out of his way to avoid describing the end. What we have instead are the words of Paul himself as he anticipated his death. Acts 20:24 None of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 2 Cor 5:8ff We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Phil 1:20ff According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 2 Tim 4:6ff I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. It may be that those things were more important to the Holy Spirit and to Luke than the time, place, and manner of one’s death. Truly, the Bible is different from other books. The writers do not care if they leave us hanging. As far as God was concerned to tell us, Paul was “preaching the kingdom of God”; that’s all. He had fought a good fight and he had left an astonishing testimony, a legacy, an example that no one since has been quite able to match. He left, in his epistles, the word of God for the church. Thank God, we have it, and it is almost as if he has not died, for by it he being dead yet speaketh. |
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755 | How do you evangelize someone who | Bible general Archive 2 | Aixen7z4 | 100491 | ||
Thell them why you believe in God and the Bible. Peter encourages that you "sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear". Long before that, he had said, "we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard". Such an an honest, down-to-earth, meet-you-where-you-are approach should gain the attention of anyone who is interested. |
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756 | What is "perfect" in 1 Cor. 13:8-12? | 1 Cor 13:12 | Aixen7z4 | 100263 | ||
The context makes it clear that he is talking about the church. In the immediate context the topic under consideration was the immaturity of the church at Corinth. The "perfect" church would be the mature church. They were acting as children (See chapter 3) and Paul wanted them to grow up. |
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757 | Can we be uncreated? | 2 Cor 5:17 | Aixen7z4 | 100261 | ||
Brother Robert, Good to see you here. The following was posted on another thread, but it seems to be pertinent here. Someone asked if after putting on Christ we could puf off Christ. This was a response: In Gal 3:27 we are informed that we have put on Christ, by virtue of the fact we have been baptized (by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:13)) into Christ. That would be a positional or passive fact. We have put on Christ. The Holy Spirit has done it for us. In Rom 13:14 we are asked to put on the Lord Jesus Christ. That would be a practical application of the concept and it would involve our active participation. It would therefore seem that in order to take off Christ (positionally) we would have to be unabaptized (by the Holy Spirit) out of him. And who can imagine that? It’s like being unborn? And how can that happen? |
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758 | Why don't you know for sure? | Eccl 11:6 | Aixen7z4 | 100245 | ||
As I write here I try to be careful. I want to be sure I don't say wrong things, because someone else is reading it and I don't want to lead anyone astray. When I am not sure about something, I say so. I am not sure I should say the following, so I hope everyone understands. I think we should all say what God has taught us and stop there. It is not true that "The Bible doesn't talk about man having free will". I can cite many passages where the Bible says he does. Genesis 2:17 is an example. Deuteronomy 30:19 is a classic. 1 Kings 18:21 says it. Isaiah 28:13 and Isaiah 30:15 prove it. Matthew 23:37 laments it. The fact that some who read this agree and some disagree renders it indisputable. Maybe there are other verses that seem to say the opposite, but to say the Bible never says it is a mistake. And there are others. It was not the tree of life that God said man should not eat of. It was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Check it out. As far as why God allowed sin to happen, that is a question that has been discussed many times and I would guess there is a record of it somewhere on this forum. Someone probably said that it is a matter of logic. There is no way God could have known it would happen and then prevented it, because that would mean it would not happen and God would have been mistaken to think that it would have happened. This type of reasoning can be confusing. It's of the type that ponders whether God can make a stone so large that he can't lift it. It is usually not useful to ask these questions. Someone else might have said that God is Sovereign and we should not question what he does. He knows best and we should accept what he does. In fact, we should be grateful that he reveals his will to us so we can do it. Someone else might have said that it does not matter if God allowed sin since he also gave us the antidote for sin. It's like saying it is OK that God allows us to be hungry and thirsty because he created food and water. There is sin, but Christ died for our sins. Now man, with the free will that God gave him, can choose to remain in his sin or he can repent and receive God's forgiveness. I say it is more useful to accept that than to argue with God. Some will say that God has not given us free will, but they will then exercise their free will to argue. Then someone will ask why God allows us to argue. The fact is we do not have to. We can submit to him. Sometimes I am not too sure about these things, but I will edit this before posting it, to make sure it squares the word of God. Will you also be careful how you answer? |
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759 | Are you quite sure about that? | Eccl 11:6 | Aixen7z4 | 100203 | ||
Thanks you for sharing that. I must say I have met only one other person with the burden you described. Is it widespread, as far as you know? I must say also that that burden seemed to put that brother at odds with almost everyone he met as they did not seem to understand the idea of practical sonship and the need for that type of relationship with Father. Do you think that seeking that type of relationship would help us to more clearly discern the will of God? Is it that we need to have a closer walk with him? |
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760 | What does it mean to be "in Christ?" | 2 Cor 5:17 | Aixen7z4 | 100202 | ||
I am truly amazed, and blessed, by the thoughts that occur to others. Given a thousand years I probably would not have thought of taking off Christ. Even now I cannot imagine how that might be done. I do not know where the subject of taking off Christ is broached in Scripture. Is it seen in those who walk (in Philippians 3:18) as enemies of the cross of Christ? In Gal 3:27 we are informed that we have put on Christ, by virtue of the fact we have been baptized (by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:13)) into Christ. That would be a positional or passive fact. We have put on Christ. The Holy Spirit has done it for us. In Rom 13:14 we are asked to put on the Lord Jesus Christ. That would be a practical application of the concept and it would involve our active participation. It would therefore seem that in order to take off Christ (positionally) we would have to be unabaptized (by the Holy Spirit) out of him. And who can imagine that? It’s like being unborn? And how can that happen? From a practical standpoint, what does it mean to put on Christ? Eph 4:24 says that we are to put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. I take that to be that we are to put on the character of Christ. (Someone somewhere has stated that it is not his character by Christ himself that we put on. However, they did not explain it). Jesus had said, “Learn of me” (Matthew 11:29). He indicated it was his character he was talking about by adding, “for I am meek”. In Ephesians 4 Paul mentions some characteristics which are unlike Christ and says, “You have not so learned Christ”. Then, after listing some other unChristlike things to be put off, intermingled in the list with Christlike habits such as speaking the truth, and speaking kind words that minister grace, he lists some Christlike characteristics to be put on: “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you”. From a practical standpoint, how do we take off Christ? Is it that we become liars again? Thieves again? Is it that we stop being kind and tenderhearted and forgiving”. I suppose that putting on Christ involves practicing those behaviors as if they are a part of us until they are a part of us. It would be difficult to unlearn those habits. It may be possible, but experience suggests we would not want to. Would we ever want to take off Christ? It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. |
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