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3261 | Was Mary a virgin her whole life | Matt 1:25 | Emmaus | 47817 | ||
Ray, In this context the local Church is spoken of as a "lady" and mother to her "children" the congregation. John is writing from a location at one local church to another local church. This is to a certain extent similar to the to the image of the Church as the Bride of Christ found elsewhere in John's writings. Where I come from the universal Church is referred to as Holy Mother Church. Emmaus |
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3262 | Being saved by heavenly hosts scriptures | Acts 12:7 | Emmaus | 47784 | ||
RGS Look at Acts 12 where an angel takes Peter from prison. Emmaus |
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3263 | is masterbation a sin explain thxs | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 47782 | ||
Christlifer2001 A nocturnal emmission is a normal body function. Mastubation is an act of the mind and will carried out by the body. It is an intentionally sterile act that is a cheap counterfeit of somethat that is meant to be an outward expression of lifegiving love and affection to another. It is about narcissitic love of self like every other sin sexual or non sexual. Emmaus I recently heard an interesting comment from a priest about confession of sins of impurity by men. He said that most men would rather confess to adultery with four women than confess to masturbation because they were more ashamed of the later. And every man that I spoke to about this comment afterward agreed that he was proabably right. At least in adultery or fornication you are relating in some manner to another person even if in sin. In the solitary act you relate to nothing and no one but yourself and your lustful imagination. Emmaus |
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3264 | is masterbation a sin explain thxs | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 47763 | ||
inmyheart, Thnk you. I could not have responded better.The other natural acts ChristLife2001 described are normal bodily functions and no sin is connected with them.. Not so masturbation. It is as you described a form of idolatry. Emmaus |
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3265 | is masterbation a sin explain thxs | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 47704 | ||
Serentime, You say: "I believe wholeheartedly that masturbation is not sin and that you men on this forum know that if this does not take place from time to time,then there is a problem, and you know what I mean. Let's get real here!" The question is not whether mastubation is a common practice among men, like all sin, but if it is sin under the category of lust. Yes, let's get real here! In the context of your statement above, can you imagine Jesus performing this act? That is the standard against which our actions must be judged when considering what is sin. Emmaus |
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3266 | John 15:2, "cut off" or "lift up"? | John 15:2 | Emmaus | 47562 | ||
Parable, I do not think the "cut off" meaning of John 15:2 can be explained away without throwing away the contextual verse of John 15:6. The RSV uses "takes away" but the meaning is still clear in context. 2: Every branch of mine that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3: You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you. 4: Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5: I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6: If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned Emmaus |
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3267 | Was Mary a virgin her whole life | Matt 1:25 | Emmaus | 47560 | ||
dstone, Gospel references to the "brothers and sister of Jesus" interpreted as other children of Mary do not hold up under close examination. Matthew 13:55 is clarified by Matt 28:1 and 27:55 and John 19:25 and Jude 1:1 which points out that James and Joseph and Jude, the "brothers of Jesus " are in fact cousins and the sons of another Mary. It is also interesting to note that nowhere in scripture is anyone described as a son or daughter of either Mary or Joseph other than Jesus. Only Jesus is ever described as the "son of Mary" of Nazareth. There are references to the brothers or sister of Jesus, but the original words used in those contexts can be found in other places in scripture where they are without doubt used to describe kin in a broader sense: i.e., Genesis 14:14 and 29:15, 1Cor 15:6, Rom 8:29, 1 Peter 5:2, Mark 6:4. In the Greek Old Testament, the Septuagint: 1 Mac 9:44; 11:73; 12:27,28; 28: 13:52; 15:52; 15:16; 2 Mac.11: 20; Proverbs 13:21. In the Hebrew OT the same usage is found: Gen 14:14 and Gen 29:15. You can use the King James Version for these references except for the Maccabees which are now left out of the King James, but which were in the original 1611 version of the King James, a fact she can even be confirmed through Protestant sources. If Jesus had brothers and sisters, why would he give his mother to John at the foot of the cross? This would be a serious violation of Jewish custom, in which the children were responsible to take care of their widowed mother. Emmaus |
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3268 | after death, right then, what? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 47518 | ||
Johnny, I think you will have to take up your questions with Jesus, since He was the person who preached the most about hell of all the people in the bible. I think that means we are supposed to take it seriously and that it is real. Justness (fairness)and justice are management issues. I am in sales. Emmaus |
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3269 | Need an answer please! | Rom 8:29 | Emmaus | 47378 | ||
Baptistbred, A lot depends on how you view and define salvation and or justification. Is it a once and only event or a process that starts with Justification by grace through faith in Jesus and grows as we are conformed to Him by God's grace working in us? Like all children, the children of God grow in wisdom and knowlege and understanding and obedience. So that justification begins with God's unmerited grace while were still his enemies (Rom 5:10)but it does not end there. It is only because of the presence of God's grace in our lives that we are able to grow in our relationship with Him. Think of how slow the apostles and disciples were in responding to the teachings of Jesus. Yet they grew spititually by grace, stumbling and falling and crawling and finally walking by faith because of the life of God in them, grace. Are we ever done in our growth in the knowledge of the love of God and our efforts to imitate our Savior? Emmaus |
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3270 | Christ- wisdom increasing or reputation? | Luke 2:52 | Emmaus | 47229 | ||
bob r, This of course is an important question that has been reflected upon by the Church for two millenium. you might find this synopsis of teaching of interest or help. "IV. HOW IS THE SON OF GOD MAN? 470 Because "human nature was assumed, not absorbed", in the mysterious union of the Incarnation, the Church was led over the course of centuries to confess the full reality of Christ's human soul, with its operations of intellect and will, and of his human body. In parallel fashion, she had to recall on each occasion that Christ's human nature belongs, as his own, to the divine person of the Son of God, who assumed it. Everything that Christ is and does in this nature derives from "one of the Trinity". The Son of God therefore communicates to his humanity his own personal mode of existence in the Trinity. In his soul as in his body, Christ thus expresses humanly the divine ways of the Trinity:[John 14:9-10] The Son of God. . . worked with human hands; he thought with a human mind. He acted with a human will, and with a human heart he loved. Born of the Virgin Mary, he has truly been made one of us, like to us in all things except sin. Christ's soul and his human knowledge 471 Apollinarius of Laodicaea asserted that in Christ the divine Word had replaced the soul or spirit. Against this error the Church confessed that the eternal Son also assumed a rational, human soul. 472 This human soul that the Son of God assumed is endowed with a true human knowledge. As such, this knowledge could not in itself be unlimited: it was exercised in the historical conditions of his existence in space and time. This is why the Son of God could, when he became man, "increase in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with God and man",[Luke 2:52] and would even have to inquire for himself about what one in the human condition can learn only from experience.[Mark 6:38; 8:27; John 11:34] This corresponded to the reality of his voluntary emptying of himself, taking "the form of a slave".[Phil 2:7] 473 But at the same time, this truly human knowledge of God's Son expressed the divine life of his person. "The human nature of God's Son, not by itself but by its union with the Word, knew and showed forth in itself everything that pertains to God." Such is first of all the case with the intimate and immediate knowledge that the Son of God made man has of his Father.[Mark 14:36; Matt 11:27; John 1:18; 8:55] The Son in his human knowledge also showed the divine penetration he had into the secret thoughts of human hearts.[Mark 2:8; John 2:25; 6:61] 474 By its union to the divine wisdom in the person of the Word incarnate, Christ enjoyed in his human knowledge the fullness of understanding of the eternal plans he had come to reveal. What he admitted to not knowing in this area, he elsewhere declared himself not sent to reveal.(Mark 13:32, Acts 1:7) Christ's human will 475 Similarly, at the sixth ecumenical council, Constantinople III in 681, the Church confessed that Christ possesses two wills and two natural operations, divine and human. They are not opposed to each other, but co-operate in such a way that the Word made flesh willed humanly in obedience to his Father all that he had decided divinely with the Father and the Holy Spirit for our salvation. Christ's human will "does not resist or oppose but rather submits to his divine and almighty will." The Catechism Emmaus |
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3271 | 2 followups, masturbation and 1Cor7:2-5 | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 47228 | ||
Binyah, You said in your post to Makarios: "Masturbation does not have to include lust. It can act as a release mechanism to keep one from lusting." One might reasoanbly ask what exactly the "release mechanism" of masturbation is releasing if not the tension of lust? Kind of like the alcoholic who hopes to slake his thirst (lust) for alcohol by taking a drink. It just doesn't work, it actually worsens the problem, rather than solving it. Kind of like biting that forbidden fruit to be like God. We can't eat enough forbidden fruit to satisfy our lust in that area. We are still gourging ourselves, attempting to satisfy all manner of disordered appetites without satisfaction. And that does not even address or explore the obvious reality that masturbation is the conterfeit of the real self giving sexual expression God has ordained for men and women and uses as an illustration of the relationship between Christ and the Church. I shudder to think how one might try to fit mastrubation into that analogy of faith. Emmaus |
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3272 | Job DID charge God foolishly? | Job 1:22 | Emmaus | 47227 | ||
Lionstrong, Obviously Job was not of the Protestant or Reformed tradition or the Catholic Tradition for that matter. It is not even clear that he was a Hebrew. Nor do I think the Protestant or Reformed tradition has the corner on faith in the saving sufficiency of Christ's work on the Cross and in the Resurrection. I don't think the commentary I passed on was even attempting to address that point. The article wasn't long enough to exalt emotion over reason. It did admire and commend the passion of Job's relationship with God in prayer. Whatever else Job's faults may have been,he was not lukewarm to be spit out. Other than that your analysis may be as valid as any other. I was merely passing on the commentary with the thought that Baptistbred might find it of interest. Emmaus |
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3273 | What was Tamar a picture off in Gen chap | Matt 1:3 | Emmaus | 47125 | ||
She is certainly a picture of a woman who would not be denied her rights and was willing to risk her life to get what was rightfully hers. Her inclusion in the geneology of Jeus in Matthew makes her the first woman mentioned in the New Testament. Her presence along with Rehab (a Gentile) and Bathseba (who may also have been a Gentile), along with the virtuous Gentile, Ruth, make an interesting lineage for the Savior, which silenced any slanders against the lieneage and questionable circumstance of Jesus birth by those who opposed the early Church. For the Pharisees could not suggest scandal in the lineage of Jesus without having to deal with scandal in the lineage of david also David also. Emmaus |
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3274 | is it the antichrist or catholicism? | Matt 24:5 | Emmaus | 47124 | ||
The first rider of Rev 6 may be difficult to interpret,but does not have to be either the anti Christ or the Catholic Church. The color of the horse, white, seems to be symbolic of something belonging to the heavenly sphere and a power in the service of God. The crown indicates victory over evil. The bow may indicate that the other three following are like arrows sent out from the first, to impliment God's plan. So, if you look at Rev 6:2 in the light of Rev 5:5 you can see the rider on the white horse as Christ who has gone forth conquering and to conquer by his death and resurrection. He has already triumphed and been given his crown. The rest is the unfolding of his victory march against the enimies that persecute him and his Church. Emmaus |
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3275 | Is it wrong to use condoms? advise | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 47119 | ||
Effie, If your consience is troubled about artifical contraception, you may wish to look into Natural Family Planning. Here are two sites with sources of information. The Couple to Couple League http://www.ccli.org/ Families of the Americas http://www.familyplanning.net/index-home.html Emmaus |
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3276 | after death, right then, what? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 46969 | ||
jpangilinan, It was the breath of God that gave man his life, not the earth from which God created his body. Gen 2:7 7: then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. The breath of God, the spirit or soul of man, does not die. And the Resurrection of the body is the promise of Jesus' Resurrection. 1Cor 15:12-19 12: Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13: But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; 14: if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15: We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16: For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. 17: If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18: Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19: If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied. Jesus was not unconcious in the spirit when he died, but alive in another realm where he preached to the inprisoned spirits of the dead. 1 Peter 3:18-4:6. 18: For Christ also died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit; 19: in which he went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20: who formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.... Emmaus |
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3277 | Job DID charge God foolishly? | Job 1:22 | Emmaus | 46840 | ||
Baptistbred, Coincidental to this thread, I received today a brief commnetary on Job from a daily service I subscribe to called "A Word of Encouragement." You may find it of interest. Job! ----- Job 42:7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite: "My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has." -------------------- "This is an odd thing for God to say about Job, considering that Job has just spent 40 chapters griping at God while Eliphaz and his buddies have just spent 40 chapters telling Job that God never does anything bad and urging him to speak more respectfully to the Almighty. But that's because we think God is interested in manners when he's really interested in us. Job spoke to God from the heart. His friends never spoke to God at all. They were too busy proving syllogisms about him and chewing out Job to ever actually speak to God or reveal their hearts to him. Job's heart was on his sleeve the whole time, even there was a fist sticking out of it and shaking at God. If it's a choice between being polite but distant with God and being a grouch but right there with him, God appears to prefer the latter. Today, be real with God." |
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3278 | after death, right then, what? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 46839 | ||
farout, The Jehovah Witnesses , some Seventh Day Adventists and some others teach a doctrine of "soul sleep" after death until the Last Judgement at which time the souls of the damned are annihilated rather than sent to eternal punishment in hell. This is in oposition to 2,000 years of Christian Tradition and biblical interpretation. So what then is the punishment of God's Judgement if the evil and unsaved are merely "soul sleeping" and then spiritually "put to sleep" for all eternity, so to speak, by the total annihilation of the soul? What is the point of all Jesus' teching about the torments and fires of hell? I suppose there can be those who believe in "soul sleep" and then eternal Hell for the damned, but I have not encountered them. And why weren't Moses and Elijah sleeping in Mattg 17:1-8? Misbehaving kids I suppose, not going to sleep when they were told to. Emmaus |
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3279 | after death, right then, what? | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 46833 | ||
farout, There are two Judgements, the Particular Judgement at the momne to of death and the Last or General Judgement at the Second Coming. The Last or General Judgement is also in some circles referred to as the White Throne Judgement. "I. THE PARTICULAR JUDGMENT 1021 Death puts an end to human life as the time open to either accepting or rejecting the divine grace manifested in Christ.(cf 2Tim 1:9-10) The New Testament speaks of judgment primarily in its aspect of the final encounter with Christ in his second coming, but also repeatedly affirms that each will be rewarded immediately after death in accordance with his works and faith. The parable of the poor man Lazarus and the words of Christ on the cross to the good thief, as well as other New Testament texts speak of a final destiny of the soul-a destiny which can be different for some and for others.(cf Lk16:22; 23:43; Mt 16:26; 2Cor 5:8; Phil 1:23; Heb 9:27;12:23) 1022 Each man receives his eternal retribution in his immortal soul at the very moment of his death, in a particular judgment that refers his life to Christ: either entrance into the blessedness of heaven-through a purification or immediately,or immediate and everlasting damnation. At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love. " V. THE LAST JUDGMENT 1038 The resurrection of all the dead, "of both the just and the unjust,"[Acts 24:15] will precede the Last Judgment. This will be "the hour when all who are in the tombs will hear [the Son of man's] voice and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment."[John 5;28-29] Then Christ will come "in his glory, and all the angels with him .... Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left.... And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."[Mt 25:31,32,46] 1039 In the presence of Christ, who is Truth itself, the truth of each man's relationship with God will be laid bare.[cf John 12:49] The Last Judgment will reveal even to its furthest consequences the good each person has done or failed to do during his earthly life: All that the wicked do is recorded, and they do not know. When "our God comes, he does not keep silence.". . . he will turn towards those at his left hand: . . . "I placed my poor little ones on earth for you. I as their head was seated in heaven at the right hand of my Father - but on earth my members were suffering, my members on earth were in need. If you gave anything to my members, what you gave would reach their Head. Would that you had known that my little ones were in need when I placed them on earth for you and appointed them your stewards to bring your good works into my treasury. But you have placed nothing in their hands; therefore you have found nothing in my presence."[cf Psalm 50:30] 1040 The Last Judgment will come when Christ returns in glory. Only the Father knows the day and the hour; only he determines the moment of its coming. Then through his Son Jesus Christ he will pronounce the final word on all history. We shall know the ultimate meaning of the whole work of creation and of the entire economy of salvation and understand the marvellous ways by which his Providence led everything towards its final end. The Last Judgment will reveal that God's justice triumphs over all the injustices committed by his creatures and that God's love is stronger than death.[cf Song 6:26] 1041 The message of the Last Judgment calls men to conversion while God is still giving them "the acceptable time, . . . the day of salvation."[627] It inspires a holy fear of God and commits them to the justice of the Kingdom of God. It proclaims the "blessed hope" of the Lord's return, when he will come "to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all who have believed."[Titus 2:13; 2Thess 1:10] " The Catechism Emmaus |
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3280 | continuation of old traditions? | Ex 12:14 | Emmaus | 46693 | ||
Bravostarr, You may find this link of interest in relation to your question. It is too lengthy and detailed for this forum. http://www.ewtn.com/library/scriptur/lambsup.TXT Emmaus |
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