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281 | Rowdy, NO, Answer my question first | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121998 | ||
Thank you, dear friend. We had a good time. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
282 | Rowdy, NO, Answer my question first | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121997 | ||
You seem to forget our God is timeless as He is without beginning and He is without ending. The designations we're discussing is for our benefit. God blessed these labels so that we as His children would know and recognize the truth in them. In this dispensation, Jesus is to receive ALL the preiminance and is to be the main focus of our worship. He is our mediator between us and our God as He and He alone is the High Priest. By the way, our ages don't really have any value in this discussion, but somehow, I gather you already knew that. Throughout the world for all time, past and future, there's always going to be those older and younger than one's self. The most important factor of aging is the rate and level of maturity in our Lord's relationship and our spiritual growth therein. Since you offer no scripture in support of your statement, I'll respond in kind and not insult you. I do, however, still pray that God blesses you with an open mind and that you keep on studying. --Rowdy |
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283 | "He erased the certificate of debt" | Col 2:14 | Rowdy | 121996 | ||
In response, I can only quote Col 2:13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle. It seems to me God's Word is very clear. Whenever possible, it seems prudent to take His Word for its straight forward message at face value. I'm afraid I will stand by His Word as being just that, as will most of the christians with whom I worship and know. However, I still pray for you to keep studying and keep an open mind to His guidance and His will. God bless. --Rowdy |
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284 | Creation vs Evolutionists | 2 Pet 2:1 | Rowdy | 121995 | ||
In addition to all the other posts you've rec'd, there's another excellent website, apologeticspress.org. It's managed and edited by a bunch of christian scientists and they all believe very strongly in creation over evolution. Most of these gentlemen and ladies have degrees and much experience in discussing scientific facts in support of God's account of creation. I'm using some of their lesson plans at present, on my Sunday morning class with adults. It's been most stimulating in lots of good discussion. God bless. --Rowdy |
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285 | Rowdy, NO, Answer my question first | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121842 | ||
As I've indicated in my profile, I'm 50 years old. What you don't know, is that I did just turn 50 yesterday. My family and I are celebrating this weekend. Why do you ask? How old are you? God bless. --Rowdy |
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286 | Rowdy, NO, Answer my question first | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121835 | ||
So why don't you fill in the blanks here and tell me how you deal with all the questions I posed in my original post in this thread and all the other questions in between. Think of it as a checklist, and also check out the scriptures I cited. First of all, I'll have to admit as I've done in my other post to Kalos, I don't have all the answers, especially those scriptures that do seem to support your side of the argument moreso than they do mine. But I must admit since the OT is designated Old and the NT is New, I'll go with the regime of our Lord and Master, Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ. I do invite you to respond with answers as I indicated above. God bless you, dear friend. --Rowdy |
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287 | From the pen of an antinomian | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121814 | ||
I guess you're seeing the exasperation and frustration of an old man. We keep quoting scriptures to each other back and forth, neither one able to understand how the other came to his own conclusion or interpretation of God's Word. Once again, I'll repeat myself: I'm NOT saying the OT has been destroyed or done away with. I am saying that's its AUTHORITY has been done away by nailing it to the cross with Jesus. I really can't explain to your satisfaction why there's a contrast between the verses you quote and the ones I quote. So I'll guess we'll have to agree to disagree and still walk away as friends. I'm willing to allow the Forum readers/participants read for themselves our posts and the related scriptures and come to their own conclusions. However, I will do my usual and let you have the last word in defending your position. I'm done with this thread, at least for now. God bless in your continued study of this and all the rest of God's Word. --Rowdy |
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288 | Pearls of Wisdom from the pen of bumpas5 | Eph 4:14 | Rowdy | 121776 | ||
Thanks for your note but I've already been schooled by BradK's and Tim's notes on his AKAs. God bless. --Rowdy |
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289 | Pearls of Wisdom from the pen of bumpas5 | Eph 4:14 | Rowdy | 121775 | ||
He did seem a rather "strange bedfellow." I'm glad there are folks watching the flock. God bless you, dear friend. --Rowdy | ||||||
290 | From the pen of an antinomian | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121773 | ||
Is this your way of responding or using God's Word, rightly dividing the Words of Truth? Interesting but I don't see any specific scriptures dealing with the points of my posts and the scriptures I've cited in support. I would have to say this is very close to ridicule and should not be allowed on the Forum but alas for your sake, I'm not a watcher or protector of the Forum. Still, I would invite you to respond like a Christ-like gentleman and offer up scriptures as suggested above. Can you sum up the courage for such a worthy goal? I still pray for God's blessings on your continued study of God's Word. -Rowdy |
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291 | Origin of God? | Gen 1:1 | Rowdy | 121771 | ||
It sounds like to me you need to go to the website Apologeticspress.org and get some assurance and confidence in the existance of God. After that, I can only suggest continued reading of God's Word. IF you truly are sincere and looking for God, you'll find Him in the scriptures. If on the other hand, you're looking for something else, you'll probably find it too, if you look hard enough. Whichever the case, I pray for God to bless you in your search. --Rowdy PS: Oh yes, pray to God for guidance and do so constantly. |
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292 | Pearls of Wisdom from the pen of bumpas5 | Eph 4:14 | Rowdy | 121768 | ||
I'm not sure how to respond to this post. Is this done in jest? It seems most of this statement is submitted for entertainment. Portions of it are kinda funny but surely you're not serious about all of it, are you? I also noticed quite a few typos/errors, far more than your usual well written and proofed work. So this was done to show us something of Bumpas5' quality of work, correct? Maybe I'm a little dense, if so, please explain. Thanks. God bless. --Rowdy |
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293 | (Censorship the tools of the devil.) | Luke 3:23 | Rowdy | 121753 | ||
Just pure curiosty on my part: "pratisis" is practices and "ecxtendid" is extended, correct? I too am intested in more details on this line of discussion. Can you elaborate? I assume that these were just typos or Bumpas's off day. We all have those. Just watch us. God bless. --Rowdy |
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294 | Old Testament/New Testament | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121751 | ||
I mentioned this kind of response to Kalos a week or so ago as he submitted the same verse in a similar thread of discussion. It's a foregone conclusion for a great number of christians at least in my world that the word fulfill means something entirely different from the way you and Kalos understand it. To me (and them) it simply means that Christ did FULFILL it completely by living the Perfect Life. He proved to His Father and to us His children that perfect obedience to all the Law of Moses could be observed. But just like it means in today's vernacular, when we fulfill something, it means it's complete, we can put it on a shelf. It's a done deal; a complete project, signed, sealed and delivered. That's the most important thing He meant when He said on the cross "It's finished." His ministry had been completed and He took the authority of the OT with him to that cross. So now the AUTHORITY of the OT is dead and notice it didn't get resurrected like our Lord did as it didn't have a life of its own. Matt 28 cites a episode that took place AFTER the cross, His death AND His resurrection so yes, I'm afraid that's exactly what I'm saying. God said in effect He gave ALL authority to His Son to rule this dispensation as He sees fit. And He chose to delegate at least some of that authority when he commissioned the disciples with the endorsement from the Holy Spirit in Acts 2. Christ gave them this delegation of authority in Matt 18:18. God bless. --Rowdy |
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295 | Rowdy What part of the OT do you abolish | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121746 | ||
Now, we're making substantial progress. Although, some of your answers are a little weak as cited but I guess you can see that for yourself. Now all that is left is the few points below: How do you reconcile Paul's teaching in Col 2:14? "If you DON'T do these things, please tell me how do you live by and enforce only a portion of the OT?" You still haven't explained from the scriptures any justification for picking and choosing which portion from the OT and NT you want to follow. Don't you see, the only way a person could possibly defend keeping the OT is to observe the WHOLE thing. "Do you treat the NT similarly in spite of the Lord's command otherwise? I believe we should follow the NT" Your response seems to be contradictory to your previous statement. Do you follow the OT or NT when they're in conflict? i.e. divorce and marriage. Remember we're being honest and Bible based. "Remember He gave Christ the preiminance as mentioned already in Hebrews. He also gave Him all authority. So how do you reconcile Matt 28 AND the transfiguration in Matt 17, Mark 9 and Luke 9? You might notice as I think it's quite significant that all three Gospel writers thought it was significant to mention the detail about God's instruction to them and to us, the whole world "Listen to Him." He didn't say anything about Elijah or Moses who were standing beside Jesus but God says "Listen to His Son." You also haven't completed your response to the story of the transfiguration of Jesus as cited above. How does this square with your putting the OT side by side with the NT when God Almighty clearly said "Listen to Him?" You didn't touch on the contrast between the two, OT and the NT with reference to the day of worship, Sabbath vs. the first day of the week. How can you reconcile these two separate items of guidance? From a previous thread: How do you reconcile the new guidance in the NT concerning forgiveness to our enemies when the OT clearly allows a man to seek retribution, "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth." Matt 5:38-44 vs. Ex 21:24, Lev 24:20 and Deut 19:21. "It all boils down to authority. Who are you, I and the rest of the world going to recognize as having authority in this dispensation? Just as Peter discovered while walking on water, if we'll keep our focus on Jesus, we're great, we can take on the whole world of sin. But if we listen to anyone else and take our focus off Him, then we lose our balance and have to depend on His mercy. He would much rather see us grow spiritually and learn to rely on Him instead of "falling into the hand of God" unprepared." I know it wasn't a specific point in my post but I alluded to the concept briefly just above. How do you reconcile the fact the NT puts so much emphasis on Christ, indeed God put Him in charge of everything, "all authority" from Matt 28? How does this square with the OT with its obvious emphasis on the Law of Moses? God bless. --Rowdy |
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296 | Wisdom vs Wisdom | OT general | Rowdy | 121735 | ||
It's thought that Solomon wrote 3 books and wrote several of the Psalms. It appears he wrote the Song of Solomon early in his life when he was giving his life to pleasure with a multitude of women and wives. He probably wrote some Psalms and Proverbs relatively about the same time. Whereas it is thought he wrote the Ecclesiastes late in his life. You remember God promised him a long life and one of unsurpassed riches and wisdom. God kept his promise about riches and wisdom but Solomon didn't keep his relationship sacred like his father David. So it appears Solomon grew melancholy because he had allowed himself to experience every form of sin known to man along with all the attempts at being Godly. I think the book of Ecclesiastes is especially appropriate for us as modern people on earth today, as it speaks to people who are incredibly successful and have reached a high point in development by human standards but yet seem to be lacking something. That something is God. I've touched on this subject as have several others. We're all worried that our country is following the footsteps of previous nations who left their God, i.e. the Roman Empire. Hopefully, we can turn this situation around and rediscover our Godly roots as a nation. God bless. --Rowdy |
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297 | Rowdy, NO, Answer my question first | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121733 | ||
Searcher, you've been on this Forum since May 2001 and have posted over 6200 posts to the Forum. I really think you're just pulling my chain, right? But maybe it might be beneficial for Forum newcomers to go over this. Go to my post no 121624 and copy it in its entirety and paste it into your response to it. From there, you can answer all my questions with separate paragraphs and scriptures in support. Natually, you can delete all my statements, just deal with my questions. If you wish to discuss or argue about my statements, I would suggest the same procedure except delete what you like and leave my statements for reference. You can make your counter statements with scriptures in support. I do hope this game of tag is going to stop now. I'm looking forward to a really good exchange of posts reflecting our maturity and respect for God's Word and each other. God bless. --Rowdy |
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298 | Old Testament/New Testament | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121731 | ||
Searcher, I know you're a better Bible student than this. Why are you playing these games? Copied for reference: "He also gave Him all authority. So how do you reconcile Matt 28 AND the transfiguration in Matt 17, Mark 9 and Luke 9? You might notice as I think it's quite significant that all three Gospel writers thought it was significant to mention the detail about God's instruction to them and to us, the whole world 'Listen to Him.' He didn't say anything about Elijah or Moses who were standing beside Jesus but God says 'Listen to His Son.'" Let's agree to act with some modicum of maturity and get to the actual issues at hand. Please respond to the points of my post as ALL the scriptures have been provided in the past. I'm sure you know them as well as I do. God bless. --Rowdy |
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299 | Rowdy, Was there easy divorce in the OT? | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121730 | ||
You're testing me now, right? You're testing my patience, trying to exhaust my perseverance and motivate me to give up, right? All good Bible students know the answer to your questions. Matt 19:1 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. 2And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there. 3The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?" 4And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning "made them male and female,' 5and said, "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? 6So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate." 7They said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?" 8He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery." When are you going to address the points in my statements and the scriptures in support instead of all this game of distractions? Can we not agree to act as christian gentlemen and respect each other and give each other an honest effort in responding. I await a more thorough response. God bless. --Rowdy |
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300 | Rowdy, NO, Answer my question first | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121729 | ||
The concept obsolete is clearly implied by assigning the word Old to that collection, especially when the word New is assigned to the Gospels and the other NT writings. Repeated for reference: "Now I need to emphasize I'm not saying we can dismiss the OT entirely. As Kalos has stated so eloquently, the OT is quoted extensively throughout the NT as Jesus was the fulfillment of the prophecies contained in the OT. What I am saying is that the OT has no place in our lives to speak with AUTHORITY about religious issues, especially with regard to the differences we see between the OT and the NT. Jesus and Jesus alone is the Authority as His Words AND the Words spoken and written by His official representatives, the Apostles were blessed as being authoritative by Jesus Himself and the Holy Spirit. Thus the OT is a wonderful and majestic document, compelling in its teaching and history, showing us how God dealt with His children then and giving us a glimpse of how He'll deal with us in our future. The OT helps us understand the NT for that's where most of the NT writers originated. Thus their background and their secondary motivation is better understood. BUT their primary focus and motivation was the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ." I think I've also answered rather thoroughly your other question. I'm NOT (repeat) I'm NOT suggesting abolishing the OT; quite the opposite as shown above. What I AM DEFINITELY saying is only that which comes from God, Jesus and His Apostles: The AUTHORITY for the OT is GONE; it is no more so that the OT is no longer on a par with the NT. I keep repeating myself until I begin to look like an idiot. Why is it you keep forcing me to do this? Please look over my previous post; it's clear and straight forward. It's simple with several Bible scriptures in clear support. I await your more thorough response. God bless. --Rowdy |
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