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221 | Ex-Mormons turned Born Again? | Eph 5:23 | Jensen | 44394 | ||
Dear DD1961…… You knowingly marry a man who denies Jesus is Lord and you now want help to convince him of his error? Why would he listen to you? Are you now a practicing Christian? Does he look to you as a role model? Does he see a difference between you and the rest of the world? If you are still blaming your present situation on your past husband than he has no model to follow. You are responsible for your current situation, not your past husband. You admitted as much with your adultery story. Live the Christian life from this day forward and your Mormon husband may want what you have. It is far more likely, however, that he will convince you of errors in your Christian beliefs. EPH 5:23 Should give some pause. "For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. You must study the Bible and the Book of Mormon to show him how his own Book is dead wrong. I suggest you visit the equip.org web site. God Bless….Jensen |
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222 | Why is the man the head of the home? | Eph 5:33 | Jensen | 31941 | ||
Dear just...You wrote "The man is the head, the woman the body because God said. Anything with two heads is a monster. Read Eph 5:22-33"......there is nothing about a two-headed monster in this passage. Please let the Scripture speak for itself. No hyperbole needed. God Bless....Jensen |
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223 | What does satan want? | Eph 6:11 | Jensen | 20964 | ||
Dear Casiv... Satan lives in heavenly places. Eph 6:11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. These verses also speak of the powers of this dark world. Plural. Satan was the model of perfection (Ezek 28:12) but is now fallen (Isa 14:12) and has limited access to God (Job 1:6). Satan's purpose and work is to oppose God (John 14:30, Acts 13:10, Acts 26:17,Rom 16:20, 2Cor 6:15, 1 John 3:7) and Satan"s intends to ruin believers (Luke 22:13, Rev 12:17, 1 John 5:18) and to establish his own kingdom (Isa 14:13, Matt 12:25, Luke 4:5, Luke 11:18). He does all this by accusing (Job 1:60), by afflictions (Luke 13:16), by deception (Gen 3:1, John 8:44), by hindering (1 Thess 2:18) and by perverting (Acts 13:10). He also schemes( 1 Tim 3:7) and stalks (1 Pet 5:8). He steals (Luke 8:12), tempts (Matt 6:13, Mark 1:12, Luke 4:1) and now Satan stands condemned (John 16:11). I hope this helps you. Just some straightforward Scripture, no smoke and mirrors :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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224 | Do we go right to heaven when we die? | Phil 1:23 | Jensen | 41660 | ||
Dear Muffy...Welcome to the Forum :-)... Notice what Paul writes here..."If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body."(NIV) Sounds to me that upon the death of Christians they will "be with Christ" as to the judgement...well we already are found guilty and deserve to be seperated from God for eternity. That is what you also thought so we agree. But there are, apparently, various "levels" of heaven. In Matt 11:11 Jesus says.."I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he." So eventhough our sins have been paid for, we will still have a judgement. When may be a matter of speculation and interpretation found, I believe in Revelation. Others here at the Forum will give additional understanding. Or you can search "rapture" or "judgement" here at this site. God Bless....Jensen |
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225 | what does the scripture 1 Thes 4:16 mean | Phil 1:23 | Jensen | 44380 | ||
Dear Muffy….Perhaps an analogy would help to understand this passage. You and your friends all decide to go to a ball game. As you enter the arena an usher gives each of you a ticket for a drawing that will be held at the end of the game for a great prize. None of you have been taught that all the tickets are winning tickets. But as the game goes on and on, some of your friends get tired and leave the arena. But, you worry, what of their drawing tickets? Can they still win even though they are not present? That is the question that is put to Paul by these Christians. Paul writes to the Thessalonians to assure them about their friends and family who die before the parousia, or rapture. These Christians, like Paul, looked forward to the rapture within their lifetimes and were worried that they would miss the victory and glory of the Lord’s return if they died first. However if we die first what matter is it really? Our “tickets” are not only still good, but we will rise first to meet the Lord. Note that Paul never set a date for this cosmic event yet he certainly wanted it sooner rather than later. The Thessalonians, like all Christians today, do not need to worry. One way or another, we will be there with our bodies to see the victory. Praise God. God Bless….Jensen |
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226 | Correcting the translation | Col 2:16 | Jensen | 26078 | ||
Dear djconklin....I have been following this thread with some amusement and I believe that 100 of 121 posts (as of 12/8/01) that deal with a single verse is a lost cause. You may know the technicalities of this verse so well that you have unlearned the clear teaching of most of the other verses. I do not mean this as an attack at all. But you are so hung up on this verse, I believe because you are realizing that all of your work on it has come to naught, that you keep beating the drum as well as around the bush. Good people at this site have asked simple questions of clarification yet you answer as if you did not read their questions at all. Like a politician :-) The fact that you have a (vanity) web page does not give you the last word. Anyone can have a web page and say anything, truth or fiction. It was a lot of work to do. But what is the point? God Bless....Jensen |
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227 | Correcting the translation | Col 2:16 | Jensen | 27925 | ||
Thank you for your kind response to my note. You still have not said anything although you have used many words. Just what is your point? Never mind. I already know that you do not have one :-D Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night Jensen |
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228 | Correcting the translation | Col 2:16 | Jensen | 28420 | ||
Wasting of time is unbecoming of a Christian. Vanity is unbecoming of a Christian. Pride comes just before the fall my friend. All this and still no point! Bring on the Teaching Magisterium to end the confusion :-) Happy New Year....and God Bless...Jensen |
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229 | In Jesus' name...except baptism? | Col 3:17 | Jensen | 31868 | ||
Dear Savannah....Just a point I want to make.. You Wrote:...... "Where does it say be baptised in the trinity? I know, I know Mat 28.etc... You wrote... A truely saved person in Christ will want to obey Jesus' commands. And if they don't?" An excellent straw man. But a straw man none the less. I'm not sure of your point but the key words in the reply you quoted were "a truely saved person" and I am curious to know if you believe a truely saved person would choose not to follow the commands (teaching) of Jesus. Whom better to freely choose to learn from and, therefore, obey willingly? God Bless....Jensen |
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230 | If a marriage fails | Col 3:19 | Jensen | 38582 | ||
Dear cboyer….Welcome to the Forum :-)…....If your question asks whether the man, a Christian, is biblically more responsible for the success of a marriage than the woman, a Christian, I would suggest that the evidence says yes. It is the role of the man to be the spiritual leader of his house. Leading his family in a biblical manner would, by definition, exclude a reason for a marriage to fail and to perhaps end in a divorce. To have a marriage fail would mean that the man failed in his biblical role. And a reason for divorce is not the failure of the woman in her biblical role, but her failure may hasten his failure. But, above all, God does not “look down” on this Christian pair. Rather, He sees the Blood of His Son. If the question is simply hypothetical then I hope my reply will help. But if you ask in order for the Lord to provide solace in the comfort of His alliance in the matter, or even fodder for a sharp tongue, I suggest you be still and pray for the persons you have in mind. COL 3:18-19 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. God Bless….Jensen |
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231 | Per 2Thes 2:3 isn't the rapture postrib? | 2 Thess 2:3 | Jensen | 20637 | ||
Dear Glen..Welcome to the Forum :)..... Here is a translation from the NIV that may help... 2TH 2:1 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, 2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. 3 Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. ....I do not take any position on the tribulation debate. I have not studied the issue at all, but the passage does seem to refer to the same event. God Bless....Jensen |
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232 | Satan's will or God's will | 2 Tim 2:26 | Jensen | 31870 | ||
Dear aquila..... The NIV has it this way... "and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will." The "who" word is clearly a reference to the "devil" word in the previous phrase. The amplified is wrong. But then again there may be some obscure Greek idiom that I do not know of. But you can not use the ampified for study. But the NASB is good for study :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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233 | Satan's will or God's will | 2 Tim 2:26 | Jensen | 31871 | ||
Dear Searcher56....Would you reconsider? I agree that 1 Tim 3:1-7 applies to church leaders. 2 Tim 2:22-26, however, is a horse of a different color. These latter verses are not dealing with the church leader. They are instructing the church leader on how he should deal with others. As you say "context" is important. And translation/interpretation is crucial. I lay aside the Amplified, and the NLT, Message and some others when I am engaged in a study. I like the NASB and the NIV for their fewer mis-translations or mis-interpretations. Oh my.....if I (or we) could only read and understand the original languages :-) But even the translations I mentioned do not get the doctrine wrong and it really may not be significant except in cases when you use them as "scriptural proof" so much in demand on this Forum. God Bless....Jensen |
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234 | Satan's will or God's will | 2 Tim 2:26 | Jensen | 31904 | ||
Dear Curt....Welcome to the Forum......You Wrote:..... "The clear meaning of the text is that we are to hold each other accountable to God's Word, and by lovingly teaching and correcting each other, we will avoid Satan's snare."...... But of course we are accountable to "God's Word" but the scripture referenced applies to a "will" not the Word. The question is whose will is the Scripture refering to. So "escape from the snare of the devil" indicates that the "snare" is the will of Satan. Metaphors. Satan wants us to sin. It is the will of Satan that we sin. We choose to do the will of God or the will of Satan. Satan, his will or not, has no power over us. So please explain what "snare" means to the verse if not a metaphor. And the "clear meaning" of the verse would be what? :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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235 | Satan's will or God's will | 2 Tim 2:26 | Jensen | 32013 | ||
Dear Curt.... You wrote......"I think it is a miscalculation to say Satan has no power over us. If that were true, we would not sin." I speak of Christians...."The Devil made me do it" is no excuse for sin. If we sin due to a power not our own then we are no longer responsible for our sin. Indeed we can not be sinners by definition of missing the mark. There is no mark. If we are not responsible for our sin then we need not confess our sins; and we need no savior, no one to pay the price of our sin. Since we are not really sinners, but rather believers who are being forced to sin by a power, the problem is that of the power over us (Satan), not ours. We are left only with the hope that we have no free will to sin. You know that is icky. We would then have no will to accept Jesus since that would not be the will of this overarching other power. We become hopeless. But we are responsible for our sin. We recognize sin. Sin is our choice each and every time, no exceptions, no excuses. We feel the guilt of sin. Though we live in a sin filled world, we are not of this world since coming to Christ. To accept that Satan has a power over you to sin is to deny free will. But we can only come to Christ by our free will. Therefore, it is not a miscalculation to say Satan has no power over us. He is permitted to tempt……but it will remain our choice. God Bless….Jensen |
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236 | who wrote the Bible? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Jensen | 16707 | ||
For you Leroy, 2 Timothy 3:16 should be sufficient. But for unbelievers you can not give that answer since the Bible can not testify concerning itself to anyone who does not believe the Bible in the first place. Do you understand what I mean? The Bible was indeed written by men so they are right. Several men in fact. So how do you approach your brothers in arms in a way that will lead to a presentation of the Gospel. You are trying to "Win a Soul" to Christ, are you not? God will use you in this and His Spirit will prompt you all the way. You may already know that there are over 1300 prophecies in the old testament that have come to pass. Some prophecies were made hundreds of years before they came to pass. Your approach then may be to open a discussion concerning Nostrodamus(sp?) or Jean Dixon. "What do you think about Nostrodamus and some of the things he predicted?" may be an opening question. "How do you think they knew these things?" may serve as a follow up question. They may even talk about someone else who claimed to know future world events. That would be good. Let them run with it. You should know that many, if not most of the predictions by people like Nostro and Dixon were false. Flat out wrong. With a little effort on your part, and this web site, you should be able to demonstrate that eventhough the Bible was written by men, just as they say, these men must have had some "supernatural" help in order for every single prophecy to be accurate (not considering those that still are pending like the end times etc.) Once they agree, and they will, that there must have been some supernatural help you can then ask "If you died now, do you know that you would go to heaven?", and then, "Would you like to know?" and so on. Your focus should not be on anything that does not lead to a presentation of the "Good News". If you would like to have a "road map" to take them through some Bible verses please let me know. I pray for you even now that God will pour out His blessings on you and that He will guide you in your most important quest. In the Creator's Service, Jim |
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237 | Infallibility of the Bible questioned. | 2 Tim 3:16 | Jensen | 32139 | ||
Dear Curt...Cheers indeed :-).....My unasked for two cents......Genesis is also a "when" story. The Bible is full of "when" stories that support extra-biblical accounts of history. If the Creation account is not a "when" story then.....off we go to rewrite history. Washington may have been a "who" that is important, but the "when" still explains much about American history. The "when" of Creation explains much about human history in the same way. Do not fall for the evolution theory, which is what you must do if you reject the "when" account of human origins. Think about it :-) God Bless....Jensen |
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238 | Can I trust this Pastor? | Hebrews | Jensen | 16826 | ||
I am searching for a local church because I am new to Christianity and this Forum was suggested by a friend.I listened to a pastor recently who insisted in his speech that Hebrews was written by Paul. He offered a lot of evidence. But I am not equiped to know if the evidence is factual. My Bible notes that the author is not known. I have searched the Forum and found some interesting comments. I have discovered that the author could have been any number of people. So, my question is this-should I trust a pastor who has insisted that Paul wrote Hebrews or should I continue my search for a church? | ||||||
239 | Can I trust this Pastor? | Hebrews | Jensen | 16916 | ||
I have been misled many times in my life. You are right to suspect that I do not trust anyone. I was molested as a child by a "God fearing" minister and that still lingers (I'm 54)but I know that I should not reject God because of one incident in my childhood. I will never again reject God. If the Pastor in question is not comfortable for me, I doubt I will ever find one who is. I think I'll just stay home and read the Bible:) Thanks all for your comments. Love ya | ||||||
240 | Can I trust this Pastor? | Hebrews | Jensen | 17102 | ||
I thought your first answer to my concern was right on target. You saw through all of my excuses and laid it at my door; Can I trust anyone? Well, the answer is no. But now you want me to try to find a church (anyway?)that I can trust. But how? There was one other thing about this church that I thought was curious (not following what Jesus said to do)but I now know that, apparently, other churches have the same practice. I can only believe what is in the Bible. I am not a scholar as so many on this Forum are. I can not quote verses to make my points because there seems to be an offsetting verse for everything and anything I might say. I may just sound stupid. It really is a matter of trust. That is why I believe your first answer was so important to me. There is no way that I could question a pastor on anything in the Bible and there is no way to place trust in any pastor who claims to know all the answers when in fact many pastors disagree on simple points. Or so it seems from reading "debates" on this Forum. There is one on this Forum who seems very knowledgeable and even responded to my question on this issue. When I wanted to consider him/her more seriously I pulled up other very recent debates that he/she was in and found that he/she was so inconsistant that I thought "these people just want to use many words to say,essentially, nothing." Again, your answer was perfect for the problem I have. I must first learn to trust (trust again)people before I will consider any lesson they may wish to teach that is based on a verse. They change like the wind. They just want to impress others, like the original pastor that was my concern. Please, keep me in prayer but know that it was you who nailed the problem. Additionally, I know that many, many Christians had no church to attend when this country was expanding west. Just home Bible studies. And that is where I am at and where I am going to stay. I do not need people making things up. Or I must first equip myself to protect my family from know it alls who may know nothing at all. I thank you again, and all those who offered their views. God Bless, Jensen. |
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