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281 | If we ask for healing does God answer no | 1 Peter | Emmaus | 146335 | ||
Theresa, Does God heal us from the wound of sin which leads to death which we all suffer? Indeed He does, but not by healing us physically, nor by curing us natirally, but rather supernaturaly. Emmaus |
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282 | Hebrew 6:6 and Hebrew 10:26 | Heb 12:8 | Emmaus | 146333 | ||
Ema, The context of Hebrews 6:4-8 and 12:26-29 indicates that it is apostacy from the Christian faith that is being discussed. See also Hebrews 3:12. I don't think what you are descibing necessarily falls into that category. Emmaus |
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283 | Evangelism is Religious War | 2 Cor 4:4 | Emmaus | 146291 | ||
Tomb Raider! Grave Robber! Harrower of Hell! Despoiler of principalities and powers! Jesus the Christ! |
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284 | Salvation is of the Lord | Eph 2:8 | Emmaus | 146248 | ||
Doc, Good quote from the Council of Orange. Here is a similar one from the Council of Trent. "It is furthermore declared that in adults the beginning of that justification must proceed from the predisposing grace of God through Jesus Christ, that is, from His vocation, whereby, without any merits on their part, they are called; that they who by sin had been cut off from God, may be disposed through His quickening and helping grace to convert themselves to their own justification by freely assenting to and cooperating with that grace; so that, while God touches the heart of man through the illumination of the Holy Ghost, man himself neither does absolutely nothing while receiving that inspiration, since he can also reject it, nor yet is he able by his own free will and without the grace of God to move himself to justice in His sight. Hence, when it is said in the sacred writings: "Turn ye to me, and I will turn to you",[Zach 1:3] we are reminded of our liberty; and when we reply: "Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted",[Lamentations 5:21] we confess that we need the grace of God." Emmaus |
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285 | Which son did the will of the father? | Matt 21:28 | Emmaus | 146245 | ||
Mark, A parallel OT passage to Matt 28-31 is Ezekiel 18:21-24. "But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die. All his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live. Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked," declares the Lord GOD, "rather than that he should turn from his ways and live? But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die." Emmaus |
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286 | Under part of the Law? | Col 2:14 | Emmaus | 146196 | ||
Mark, Yes and yes, with the following understanding. I think St. Paul is very clear in Romans that we must "be doers of the Law, not hearers only." But at the same time he is very clear that this does not include the ceremonial "works of the Law" of which circumcised is the most prominent and representative of the other ceremonial aspects of the Mosaic Law (Gal 5:4-5). Paul also makes clear that the Gentiles know the moral law without Moses. This is the universal law sometimes called Natural Law. (Romans 2:12-15, 25-29) I do not think it is an accident or mere coincidence that St. Paul opened and closes his letter to the Romans by refering to "the obedience of faith." (Romans 1:5; 6:15-18; 16:26). And yes God chastises and corrects His children.(Hebrews 12:6) Emmaus |
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287 | Where in Bible was Luke saved | NT general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 146194 | ||
Who introduced Luke to salavtion is not indicated in Scripture, but Luke 1:1-4 would seem to indicate it may have been one of the Apostles or an early disciple who was an eyewitness to Jesus's ministry. | ||||||
288 | New body? | 1 Cor 15:52 | Emmaus | 146129 | ||
"How do the dead rise? "What is "rising"? In death, the separation of the soul from the body, the human body decays and the soul goes to meet God, while awaiting its reunion with its glorified body. God, in his almighty power, will definitively grant incorruptible life to our bodies by reuniting them with our souls, through the power of Jesus' Resurrection. Who will rise? All the dead will rise, "those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment." (Jn 5:29; cf. Dan 12:2) How? Christ is raised with his own body: "See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself"; (Lk 24:39) but he did not return to an earthly life. So, in him, "all of them will rise again with their own bodies which they now bear," but Christ "will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body," into a "spiritual body":( Phil 3:21; 2 Cor 15:44) But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?" You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body which is to be, but a bare kernel. . . . What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. . . . The dead will be raised imperishable. . . . For this perishable nature must put on the imperishable, and this mortal nature must put on immortality. (1 Cor 15:35-37,42,52,53) 1000 This "how" exceeds our imagination and understanding; it is accessible only to faith. Yet our participation in the Eucharist already gives us a foretaste of Christ's transfiguration of our bodies: Just as bread that comes from the earth, after God's blessing has been invoked upon it, is no longer ordinary bread, but Eucharist, formed of two things, the one earthly and the other heavenly: so too our bodies, which partake of the Eucharist, are no longer corruptible, but possess the hope of resurrection. (St. Irenaeus, Adv. haeres. 4,18,4-5:PG 7/1,1028-1029) 1001 When? Definitively "at the last day," "at the end of the world." (Jn 6: 39-40,44,54; 11:24) Indeed, the resurrection of the dead is closely associated with Christ's Parousia: For the Lord himself will descend from heaven, with a cry of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.( 1 Thess 4:16)" http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a11.htm#996 |
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289 | What is the importance of the Lamb? | Ex 12:1 | Emmaus | 146118 | ||
Barbara, As EdB pointed out, the lamb of Exodus 12 and the lambs of all the subsequent Passover celebrations are types or forshadowings of Jesus Christ, the "Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world."(John 1:29) "Happy are those who are called to the Supper of the Lamb."(Revelation 19:9) Holy Communion is our Passover celebration and a pledge of anticipation of our ultimate wedding feast of the lamb in the heavenly Jerusalem, when the Church has its final Passover into glory. Emmaus Emmaus |
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290 | Under part of the Law? | Col 2:14 | Emmaus | 146116 | ||
Mark, Col 2:14 "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;" I have heard this explanation. In those days when a man was in debt to the point of bankruptcy, the document was posted on his door. Whoever paid (redemmed) the debt took possession of the note and the debtor then became bondservant or slave of the one who paid the debt. God goes one better by making us more than servants and slaves. He takes us in and makes us his childrena and members of His household. Emmaus |
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291 | Under part of the Law? | Col 2:14 | Emmaus | 146115 | ||
Mark, I would say that justification is more than a forensic act. It is a transforming act of God's grace by which we are transformed from slaves to sons in the household of God (Rom 68:14-15; Gal 4:1-7, 23-27). We become new creatures (2 Cor 5:17). A sone obeys God's (his Father)law out of love, but a slave obeys under contraint and out of fear. Fear(awe)of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. But their are two kinds of fear of the Lord; the filial fear of a son and the servile fear of the slave. One obeys because he is graced, the other obeys because he is required to do so by the law. Emmaus |
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292 | What is the third heaven? | 1 Cor 12:2 | Emmaus | 146112 | ||
1st heaven: the air, clouds atmospher. 2nd heaven: the moon, stars, universe. 3rd heaven: where God dwells. |
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293 | Sabbath is Saturday or not ?? | Col 2:16 | Emmaus | 146058 | ||
Merv, "There is historical that the changing of the worship day is a fulfillment of Daniel 7:25." Here is Daniel 7:7,8, 25 "After this, in the visions of the night I saw the fourth beast, different from all the others, terrifying, horrible, and of extraordinary strength; it had great iron teeth with which it devoured and crushed, and what was left it trampled with its feet. "I was considering the ten horns it had, when suddenly another, a little horn, sprang out of their midst, and three of the previous horns were torn away to make room for it. This horn had eyes like a man, and a mouth that spoke arrogantly. ... "He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time. " Here is an alternative explanation: "Alexander's empire was different from all the others in that it was Western rather than Oriental in inspiration. The ten horns represent the kings of the Seleucid dynasty, the only part of the Hellenistic empire that concerned the author. The little horn is Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-163 B.C.), the worst of the Seleucid kings, who usurped the throne." "The reference is to the persecutions of Antiochus IV and his attempt to force the Jews to give up their customs and to adopt Hellenistic ways (1 Maccabees 1:33-34) A year, two years, and a half-year: an indefinite, evil period of time. As seven is the Jewish "perfect" number, half of it signifies great imperfection. Actually, this corresponds fairly accurately to the duration of Antiochus' persecution." NAB footnotes on Daniel 7:7,8,25. Read about the persecution of Antiochus IV here: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/1maccabees/1maccabees1.htm#v33 Emmaus |
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294 | Angel? | Mark 15:42 | Emmaus | 146055 | ||
childoflight777, You write in the first person plural. Who is "we" and "us" and how many are you? Emmaus |
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295 | Eternal Hell ?? Immortality of soul ?? | Bible general Archive 2 | Emmaus | 146052 | ||
http://www.catholic.com/library/hell_there_is.asp |
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296 | Sabbath is Saturday or not ?? | Col 2:16 | Emmaus | 146049 | ||
Col 2:16 "Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day--" Heb 4:9 "So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God." http://www.catholic.com/library/sabbath_or_sunday.asp http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2004/0403frs.asp http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/1999/9902fea1.asp |
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297 | Silver cord, golden bowl, pitcher broken | Eccl 1:1 | Emmaus | 145912 | ||
Tamar, The NAB footnote on Ecclesiastes 12:6 "The golden bowl suspended by the silver cord was a symbol of life; the snapping of the cord and the breaking of the bowl, a symbol of death. The pitcher . . . the broken pulley: another pair of metaphors for life and its ending." Emmaus |
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298 | what do my heart mean in this verse | Ps 139:23 | Emmaus | 145877 | ||
"The heart is the dwelling-place where I am, where I live; according to the Semitic or Biblical expression, the heart is the place "to which I withdraw." The heart is our hidden center, beyond the grasp of our reason and of others; only the Spirit of God can fathom the human heart and know it fully. The heart is the place of decision, deeper than our psychic drives. It is the place of truth, where we choose life or death. It is the place of encounter, because as image of God we live in relation: it is the place of covenant." http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2563.htm "The heart is the seat of moral personality: "Out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication. . . . " The struggle against carnal covetousness entails purifying the heart and practicing temperance: Remain simple and innocent, and you will be like little children who do not know the evil that destroys man's life. " http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2517.htm "The "pure in heart" are promised that they will see God face to face and be like him. Purity of heart is the precondition of the vision of God. Even now it enables us to see according to God, to accept others as "neighbors"; it lets us perceive the human body - ours and our neighbor's - as a temple of the Holy Spirit, a manifestation of divine beauty." http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2519.htm Emmaus |
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299 | what does deeds mean in this verse. | James 2:14 | Emmaus | 145876 | ||
sherrisunshine, "The works of mercy are charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbor in his spiritual and bodily necessities.(Cf. Isa 58:6-7; Heb 13:3) Instructing, advising, consoling, comforting are spiritual works of mercy, as are forgiving and bearing wrongs patiently. The corporal works of mercy consist especially in feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and imprisoned, and burying the dead.(Cf. Mt 25:31-46) Among all these, giving alms to the poor is one of the chief witnesses to fraternal charity: it is also a work of justice pleasing to God:(Mt 6:2-4) He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none and he who has food must do likewise.(Lk 3:11) But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, everything is clean for you.(Lk 11:41) If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?(Jas 2:15-16; cf. 1 Jn 3:17)" http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a7.htm#2447 Emmaus |
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300 | what does deeds mean in this verse. | James 2:14 | Emmaus | 145874 | ||
sherrisunshine. Try the NASB translation. James 2:14 "What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?" And take a look at Matthew 24:31-45. In traditional Christian theology Jesus in this section is describing what are called "the Works of Mercy." Emmaus |
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