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301 | Rowdy, NO, Answer my question first | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121725 | ||
I acknowledge your post but this is kind of a weak response to my statement. Do you have more coming? How about addressing all the scriptures and the points in my original post on this thread and all the ones in between. I was really expecting a much more thorough response, point by point. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
302 | God is one | Gal 4:4 | Rowdy | 121724 | ||
Norm, I gotta admit Hank is quite right. As I see it, you're out on a very dangerous limb here. Your statement appears to NOT be a typo but you appear to be serious. Please tell us you were ill that day and made bad call. Your statement as it is, sounds completely luny. I do hope you'll reconsider. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
303 | God is one | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 121723 | ||
Good, solid answer. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
304 | Disciples will not die | Matt 16:28 | Rowdy | 121663 | ||
I would definitely state that our Lord meant every word of this verse as He did most everything He said. This prophecy was fulfilled in Acts 2 with the establishment of the church or the Kingdom of God. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
305 | Thanks, and here's another question. | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 121661 | ||
In addition to the good advice, you've received, I thought I throw in something from a father of a young boy literally addicted to this problem. Maybe just a little history. My older son started at the sweet age of 16 at the habit of calling 900 and 800 numbers and listening to the sweet whispered nothings from girls so as to satisfy his lusts and ran up a bill of literally thousands of dollars in phone bills. I called the phone company after receiving these bills and assured them no one in my family was capable of doing such a thing; this was done before I found out it was my son. A few months later, after he turned 17, he started doing it again and we had words. I offered to take him to the gym and put the boxing gloves to work because I was just about ready to kill him. His mother, my wife was the only thing that saved that boy from some serious pain as far as I was concerned. You see when he was 16, I went to bat for him and finally got that huge phone bill resolved in our favor, but he promised me that he wouldn't do that again. So as you can imagine, he's been in therapy every since. Once a week, he goes to a group session and they talk about their weakness and ways of dealing with their addiction. That's right, I called it correctly an addiction. Hopefully, you should be able to find such a group in your community. If not, we'll pray for you. By the way, my son is now married, has been for more than two years. He and his wife have problems now and again but they work through them with God's help and maybe just a little assistance from me and his mother. We're trying our best to stay of their way and let them grow up on their own like my parents did. It's tough but it can be done. Well, I really hope this helps you because it's quite humbling to me. God bless. --Rowdy PS: I almost forgot to mention. The fault doesn't all fall to my son. I too had my problem with pornograph magazines and thus I infected my own son with this problem. The only reason I share this with you is so you WON'T go through the same grief with your children. |
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306 | What does Sold out mean to each one? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 121660 | ||
I don't think the phrase "sold out" is anywhere in the Bible as I just tried searching for it but the modern concept certainly is in the Bible, four times that I can recall. 1) Esau sold out his birthright for a pot of beans to his brother in Gen 25. 2) Jacob's 10 (w/o Reuben's blessing) sons sold out their brother, Joseph to the Midianite traders to get rid of him, in Gen 37. 3) Judas sold out his Lord and Master, Jesus to the Jewish Priests for 30 pieces of silver, Matt 27. 4) Ananias and Sapphira sold out their souls to Satan for a certain sum of money and to share in the fame of Barnabas, Acts 5. So these verses cite stories of folks who sold out something. What does the phrase really mean to them? It seems clear that they took something that really was a gift from God but they were stewards of the gift (like you and I are of today's world) and sold it for a very cheap price. Every time the seller ends up regretting making such a deal and they find out the true value and still get stuck paying the ultimate price for "the wages of sin is death." One can only hope to be given the opportunity to repent like Esau and Joseph's brothers were given. The big question for most of us: will we actually repent before or after Judgment Day. We're ALL assured that everyone's knee (including Satan's) will bow at the Lord on Judgment Day. What does this phrase mean to you? God bless. --Rowdy |
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307 | Rowdy, NO, Answer my question first | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121657 | ||
I think I've done that very clearly... "As I stated in my post, I don't wish to abolish the OT but merely recognize It for what It was and this is the Law of Moses, notice the use of word Old vs. New. Even the group who organized the current Bible known as the canon recognized the Old Testament was obsolete as that expression must have originated with them." Now will you please answer my questions? What questions? The same ones I posed to Countrypreacher and anyone else who would like to participate in the discussion. I really do want to carry on the dialouge here but it takes two. Tell me what you think. God bless. --Rowdy |
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308 | Called According To HIS Purpose-Ministry | 2 Tim 2:15 | Rowdy | 121654 | ||
I can only respond from my perspective. I've been a Bible student and a christian most all my life, but I must admit I've had to do more Bible studying in these last few months than I had in the previous 5 years. Especiallly tough for me is the controversial issues that plague Christianity. Again, since these issues are real and we all on the Forum believe strong in the Bible, we all gain and continue to learn a great deal. I have a goal of becoming a deacon in the near future and a long range goal of becoming an elder so I find this Forum to be tremendously beneficial to me as a "training ground" and get me some experience as well as the opportunity to grow in confidence and handling God's Word. I'd recommend that you stick with the Forum for similar reasons. I think you'd be benefitted also. But regardless of your decision, God bless in your struggle and growth toward the Lord. --Rowdy |
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309 | life purpose? | OT general | Rowdy | 121637 | ||
I can think no better human example than Joseph from Genesis. For at a young age, he saw God had great plans for him, and in spite of all the trials and tribulations that came his way, he never lost his faith in God. I've copied a small portion below just to show how truly he was a man of God but you really must read the whole story yourself to get the full perspective. Especially powerful was his avoiding sin with Potipher's wife when she tempted Joseph. Gen 50:18 Then his brothers also came and fell down before him and said, "Behold, we are your servants." 19 But Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for am I in God's place? 20 "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive. 21 "So therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones." So he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. 22 Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father's household, and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. Another great example to us all, showing great courage and patience is that of Job, from the book, same name. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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310 | Purpose of Prayer? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 121627 | ||
Miss JW, Apparently you and the others of your faith are getting a lot of heat because of your background. I thought I'd try to help you and some others get to the actual root cause of all the controversy. You see, here at the Study Bible Forum, ALL of us believe in ALL of the Bible and the Bible's most emphatic point to us modern earth dwellers in this century is that Jesus Christ is the Living God in charge of this world. He came to this planet of sinful man for the express purpose of saving the souls of ALL mankind, past, present and future with His Perfect sacrifice of His own sinless body and life. IF a person come to the SBF to discuss and exchange views and ideas about all the above, it MUST be done WITH the acknowledgement of that previous statement being ABSOLUTE TRUTH. If we can't get that acknowledgement up front in advance from such a person, everything else is valueless and not really worthy of discussion by anyone, at least to those on the Forum. Now, I myself had absolutely nothing to do with drafting up the rules to the Forum but I try to abide by them. I know Hank and some of the others don't like it when I fail to cite book, chapter and verse when I make a statement but that's because I've cited it before in a previous post. Anyway, we ALL from an early age in life learn that we must play by the rules when we join an organization. Now your decision is really quite simple: either acknowledge the ABSOLUTE TRUTH of the statements above or refrain from posting statements of your own to the Forum. That of course DOES NOT mean that you can't read and enjoy the posts you see on the Forum. Also some of the folks on the Forum cite their own E-Mail address so you could attempt to communicate directly with them in that manner. Now the basic reason for this rigid requirement is simply to keep the Forum in some semblance of order and you know we're commanded to do that, 1 Cor 14:40. Without giving Christ His due according to His Last Will and Testament, we ALL do Him a serious dishonor and we would have to pay dearly for such an infraction at Judgment Day. There's one more subject of interest: Cults. There's been several questions back and forth about this and of course the word means different things to different people. But the one basic thing that it means to Forum participants is that a person who refuses to acknowledge the truth of Jesus as cited above would be considered to be a member of a cult. Now I realize that probably doesn't please you but I'm afriad that's a fact that's well reconized throughout the vast majority of Christendom. I do sincerely hope this clarifies the whole matter for you and the other participants of your faith. I really wish no ill toward you or anyone else. I'm afraid that's just the way things are done here at the Forum. I also pray God will bless you as you study Him AND His Son in His Word. Maintain an open mind AND an open heart to His Will. Pray often about this subject. --Rowdy |
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311 | Rowdy What part of the OT do you abolish | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121624 | ||
I'll answer your question with a question. Which portion of the OT are you NOT following? When and where do you sacrifice animals every day? How do you trace your lineage back to Abraham? Do you coordinate your sacrifices with the Levites? How do know they're true Levites? Do you support men's option to divorce their wives with a simple letter? No need for guilt of any kind? Do you support your fellow man's option to secure "eye for eye or tooth for tooth" in retribution for wrongs done to him? If you DON'T do these things? Please tell me how do you live by and enforce only a portion of the OT? Do you treat the NT similarly in spite of the Lord's command otherwise? And of course, please provide scriptural references for each of these points. How do you reconcile the verse above with the one I cited in my post, Col 2:14. How do you reconcile the contrast between the OT and the NT throughout the Book of Hebrews? As I stated in my post, I don't wish to abolish the OT but merely recognize It for what It was and this is the Law of Moses, notice the use of word Old vs. New. Even the group who organized the current Bible known as the canon recognized the Old Testament was obsolete as that expression must have originated with them. No, we dare NOT dismiss the OT but cling to It with every fiber of our being. As I stated in a previous post a month or more ago, without the OT we wouldn't be able to understand completely the NT nor would we have its beauty in the poetical books of Psalms or Song of Solomon. We would lose out completely by NOT knowing the creation of the world or how God dealt with His Family of Jews, sometimes kindly and merciful and sometimes with harshness and severity, at least by human standards. No dear friend, we must cling to our OTs so that we can know God more intimately than we see Him in the NT. 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." I don't see how I could any more clear about this subject. I've said all I can think to be germaine about this subject. But I'd be interested in what you think, especially the questions to the above. 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 do hope this helps in your understanding and God bless. --Rowdy |
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312 | Called According To HIS Purpose-Ministry | 2 Tim 2:15 | Rowdy | 121623 | ||
So can we hope you're going to fill in the blanks and tell us more about your background in your profile? You gain access to your profile by going to "Update User Info" on the left side of your screen. God bless. --Rowdy |
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313 | 40 Days | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 121543 | ||
You're right of course. I guess the 33 year conclusion was probably based on historical evidence and the "approximating process" upon figuring the calender in the first couple of centuries. But surely 33 has got to be much closer than 40. I noticed now that BradK has questioned it so I'm going to let it go and let you and he deal with this controversy. I'll watch but thanks for the note. I'm a little embarrassed to admit I thought the 33 year age was based on some verses (combination of a couple) and upon trying to find it just now, I couldn't. Isn't it amazing how a thing like that almost dominates a person's composite knowledge of the Bible so much? I'm thankful I can learn something new every day. God bless you for correcting me. --Rowdy |
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314 | THE IMPORTANT OF THE BLOOD | Heb 9:22 | Rowdy | 121540 | ||
Even the wife of Moses recognized our God is a bloody God and saw how important it was to Him and her husband: Ex 4:25 Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and threw it at Moses' feet, and she said, "You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me." 26 So He let him alone. At that time she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood"--because of the circumcision. Yes, even from the very beginning with Abel's sacrifice of worship over that of his brother, Cain, we see the power in recognizing the importance of blood to God. God knows without blood, man doesn't really get serious about making a true commitment. That's why it's so important to come into contact with His Son's blood. Eph 1:7 In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor, Col 1:14 In Whom we have our redemption through His blood, [which means] the forgiveness of our sins. God bless. --Rowdy |
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315 | 40 Days | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 121538 | ||
Surely, you didn't mean to say that Christ lived on the earth for 40 years as everyone knows he only lived for 33 years. I do hope you're going to say it was a typo of some sort. God bless. --Rowdy |
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316 | Thomas being sarcastic or serious? | John 11:16 | Rowdy | 121537 | ||
I'm inspired to say that we should be just as suspicious when someone claims to have miraculous powers of healing and/or speaking in tongues. We should hold up the standard for measuring such feats as we find in the Bible. If their healing doesn't match the same truly miraculous (supernatural) quality of the Bible descriptions of such miracles, we must reject them as being mistaken. They have either decieved the public whom they're serving or even worse they've deceived themselves into believing their own show. The Apostles predicted this age would be filled with false teachers and people who love to claim some special relationship with God but we're commanded to "test the spirits." If Christ Himself stood up and proved Himself; if Paul was challenged time and time again and met that challenge sucessfully, we are obligated to do the same for all such people who claimed to be representing God. For God does NOT represent Himself to be "a house divided" but instead He is One with His Son AND the Holy Spirit. So let all beware, true men and women of God will be expected to follow God's commands and look for the fruit of such people and look for true Godliness. God bless. --Rowdy |
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317 | Old testament proofs/prophesy of Christ | OT general | Rowdy | 121528 | ||
In the back of my Thompson Chain-Reference Bible, I have a list of such OT prophecies and their fulfillment verses in the NT. But I have an idea that such a list is available from the publishers, Nelson Publishers. God bless. --Rowdy |
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318 | Old Testament/New Testament | Matt 5:17 | Rowdy | 121524 | ||
Kalos' advice is quite sound except for the following Col 2:13 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, 14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. 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-- 17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. You see in accordance with Matt 28, God has now given ALL authority to His Son and thus ushered in a new era or dispensation called Christianity, where instead of being given the option of an easy divorce, a spouse must have actual evidence of adultery before divorcing. Instead of merely avoiding murder as per the Ten Commandments, we now must love our enemies and forgive them instead of seeking retribution as "eye for an eye, or tooth for tooth." Now instead of offering animals for sacrifice and clear us of our sins, we must worship the Perfect High Priest who once and for all was sacrified for ALL people everywhere instead of just the nation of Israel. The covenant of Christianity has better promises with a clear picture of Heaven when there no such provision in the Old Law. In Christianity, we ALL have immediate access instead of our going through another human being to intercede for us. There are a few other differences between these two eras, Judiasm and Christianity but I think these are sufficient. 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. Just as in the transfiguration, we MUST give our sole attention for authoritative matters to Jesus and Jesus alone. So we can learn a great deal from the OT but we must see ourselves as men and women of God and for God, and learn to graduate to the NT. For it is that portion of God's Word, where we find out the current requirements to become a christian and save our souls from Hell. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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319 | What is the apostacy? | Not Specified | Rowdy | 121483 | ||
Recently, I've been studying about the apostacy from a Biblical perspective and an historical one. I'd be interested in what exactly is the common view among most Bible students on this subject. What is the apostacy? Please based your discussions on what the Bible says about it. At the very least, I assume most of you will include 1 Tim 4:1. God bless you all. --Rowdy |
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320 | What is the apostacy? | 2 Thess 2:3 | Rowdy | 121490 | ||
Recently, I've been studying about the apostacy from a Biblical perspective and an historical one. I'd be interested in what exactly is the common view among most Bible students on this subject. What is the apostacy? Please based your discussions on what the Bible says about it. At the very least, I assume most of you will include 1 Tim 4:1. God bless you all. --Rowdy |
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