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421 | Prophet mentions multicolored carpets | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 120049 | ||
I'm glad we can be friends and fellow students of God's Word. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
422 | Who walked with God and ascended above? | Genesis | Rowdy | 120045 | ||
Gen 5:24 Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. and Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God. We're in a game of Trivia Pursuit, right? Do I get a prize? Oh, well!! God bless. --Rowdy |
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423 | How dangerous is the Tongue? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 120023 | ||
In addition to the very good comments from EdB and Angel, I could only add as follows: James 3:8 But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God; 10 from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way. 11 Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water? But somehow, I suspect you already knew about this verse but just in case...Isn't it a wondeful thing? Now we can use our "tongue" to communicate through the telephone, television, radio, mail and now even the internet. Praise the Lord for giving mankind such an intellect. Let's pray we use these for His glory. God bless. --Rowdy |
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424 | Can I trust my spouses? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 120022 | ||
In THE ultimate confrontation when we meet up with almost unbearable circumstances like that of our beloved example in Job and his wife encouraged him to "Curse God and die," we must hold fast to the last and really only thing that matters most and that is our faith in God. All else pales in significance. HOWEVER, I doubt that you really are anywhere close to that level of suffering as Job and he came through it like a champ. Go to your wife and start a dialouge, open up to her and encourage her to do likewise. Identify the weak areas of your lives together and seek God's assistance through study of His Word AND constant prayer. If both of you pray together and often, you'll be well on your way to great improvement. If the doctor has given up on you, go to another doctor and get a second opinion or maybe even a third but if you're convinced there's nothing more to be said from the medical community, then you really need to put your trust in Him. IF it's God's will, then He can heal you. If not, then count your blessings and each precious moment, especially with those whom you love. We'll pray for you and encourage you as best we can. God bless. --Rowdy |
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425 | Prophet mentions multicolored carpets | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 119983 | ||
I do hope you'll accept my apology as I genuinely thought your post was facetious and I responded in kind. Please forgive me as we on the Forum are used to dealing with questions with more substance to them. I do hope you'll learn to lighten up, at least just a little bit. Life's too short not to have some fun every once in a while. I'm afraid the sad truth of the matter is that you're going to find lots of serious and stern folks on this Forum and statements to go with them. God bless. --Rowdy |
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426 | God pleased with Job | Job | Rowdy | 119981 | ||
I can only quote from the first chapter Job 1:7 The LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it." 8 The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil." To me it looks pretty clear that God thought very highly of Job since He initiated the conversation. What do you think? God bless. --Rowdy |
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427 | Are we free from KEEPING the Law? | Ex 20:8 | Rowdy | 119912 | ||
Colin, I guess we're just going to have to recognize there's going to be a few things that we'll never agree on. We can still be friends AND fellow students of God's Word. We can also pray for each other and hope to see each other in Heaven. I do enjoy sparing with you. You do have a keen mind and an expansive knowledge of the scriptures. As always go with God and He'll bless you over and over. --Rowdy PS: I'll let you have the last word on this subject if you'd like to post one last comment. |
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428 | Is creamation right? | Bible general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 119909 | ||
This subject has been discussed before, at least to some detail. I really believe it's a very, very personal decision but my position is pretty well summed up on Post No 110464. You can insert it into the Quick Search on the upper right corner of your screen. God bless. --Rowdy |
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429 | Bible, book and verse Steppenwolf locat | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 119908 | ||
Aladdin's Discourse of Magic Carpet Rides, Chapter 1, and you can name the verse. I do hope we're not going to get ourselves in trouble for all this tomfoolery, but God bless us all anyway. --Rowdy |
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430 | Is Jesus "least" in kingdom of heaven? | Matt 11:11 | Rowdy | 119901 | ||
Well said. --Rowdy | ||||||
431 | who is the number twelve person in 1 Cor | Acts 1:21 | Rowdy | 119891 | ||
Remember this Book was written by Luke who "interviewed" the Apostles and other key folks and of course was guided by the Holy Spirit. So his perspective was from a historical viewpoint; that is, he wrote long after it happened. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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432 | romans;15:23 | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 119889 | ||
Welcome to the Forum. You surely have submitted quite a load of questions for someone so new. Might we ask you to give us a few details about your background by updating your profile with a click on "Update User Info" to the bottom left of your screen. It helps to know where you're coming from on these issues. God bless. --Rowdy |
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433 | Learning about Pastor! | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 119854 | ||
Just in case you're interested, I too must join Hank and ask that you post to the Forum, learning to master the difference between the upper case and the lower case. It's very difficult to even read your statement so I won't be responding to your actual message. I would assume almost everyone on the Forum would prefer your following at least that much of the protocals around here. Regardless, God bless. --Rowdy |
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434 | scriptures of women being deacons | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 119833 | ||
1 Tim 3:12 Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households. I'm afraid God's Word is very clear on this subject. You'll probably receive other opinions but their's and mine don't count; only what we see in God's Word will be used to judge us on Judgement Day. Also, I don't say this from a chauvenistic viewpoint; this is just the way God designed His World, our temporary home. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy PS: You may be referred to scriptures that mention "deaconess" but most scholars agree that is a reference to a wife of a deacon and should not considered an official title like that bestowed on the deacon. |
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435 | Who is included in the promise? | Rom 4:16 | Rowdy | 119801 | ||
Cited for context: Rom 4:10 How then was it credited? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised; 11 and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them, 12 and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had while uncircumcised. 13 For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise is nullified; 15 for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation. 16 For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, We should remember with most of these discussions from Paul about circumcision vs. uncircumcision, he was dealing with the aftereffects of the Judeizers, those who were following Paul and insisting that newly converted christians have themselves circumcized to be truly pleasing to God. The most important point we should get from the passage above is that neither works on our part or circumcision or anything else we could possibly do or think of can possibly qualify us to deserve God's grace. "We all fall short of God's glory" and if we were left on our own, we would all be without hope. However, because of God's Grace and His Son's willingness to go to the cross in our stead we can be fellow heirs to the Heavenly Home God has waiting for us. Now this doesn't mean we get off "Scott free" as far as our works are concerned. For our works do act as a proof that we are God's children just like the Jews' offering of sacrifices and their circumcision was their proof. The process is understood a little more clearly this way: If we don't have works (fruit of our labor), such as feeding the poor, teaching the unlearned of God or just spreading the gospel, then we don't have the Grace of God or His Spirit abiding in us. If we have these items in our lives, then we are literally compelled to be fruitful for our Lord as in the vineyard parable. The two, Grace and works, go hand in hand, one proves the existance of the other. BUT we must rely on the Grace of God to save us, as long as we really are His children. A person could compare this relationship to that showed between two cars with identical body styles but completely different engines. Without God's Grace in our lives, we have absolutely no chance of winning that race, just like a 4 cylinder engine. But when we obey God and He adds us to His family, His Grace gives us a whole new engine with full power, all we need to cross the finish line with lots to spare. Now, here's where the works come in. Some of us might be good at preaching, or singing, teaching one on one, some of us are good at encouraging like Barnabas. But we're all expected to take up our cross from the Lord and adopt a ministry if it's nothing more than posting statements to this Forum and encouraging folks to study their Bibles with challenging questions and responses to their questions. These works prove that we've got the power where it counts, inside us just like that race car. The Holy Spirit within us hums just like a finely tuned motor when we're working and sacrificing our will to our Father's Will. Thus, we prove our faithfulness IAW Rev 2:10 over and over again. Our confidence grows as our knowledge of God's Word grows within us. And as our knowledge and confidence grows, so do the Grace and Love of God grow within us. Our friends and neighbors notice the way we're different with our talk and our priorities. It's easy to see that works in this scenario takes a back seat to Grace as they should but that back seat MUST be filled. Otherwise the Grace from God within us begins to wither away and eventually leave us just like King Saul. Yes Grace and works go hand in hand together like salt and pepper, peaches and cream. I'm convinced we can't get to Heaven both of them as reflected James 2. Grace and faith by themselves indicates a dead faith. I hope this clarifys the issue at little bit. God bless. --Rowdy |
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436 | Major and Minor Prophets difference | OT general | Rowdy | 119788 | ||
It's just merely another modern convenience for us men of God, students of the Bible. The first 5 books of the OT being about History, then the books on Wisdom, the Major Prophets and the Minor Prophets. You probably already know about a similar division of the NT. What you might not know is the invention of chapters (dividing the books of the Bible) wasn't done until the Middle Ages and then the division of those chapters into verses a couple hundred years after that. I forget which chapter in the KJV version of Acts ends with a comma but it's there. (I think it's somewhere close to Chapter 8). All of these designations just make Bible study a little more easy for those of us that like to refer to topics in nice, neat packages. Can you imagine referring to scripture without these divisions? In an attempt to answer your question directly, the main difference was the length and breadth of subject matter in the different books. The Major Prophets apparently made a more significant impact on the Jewish mindset and the world than the Minor Prophets, i.e. Elijah's contest with false prophets. The most recurring themes throughout the Minor was the abuses of the priests and rulers of the Isrealite nation and going back to God in simple devotion to His laws. God bless. --Rowdy |
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437 | Romans 12:17 | NT general Archive 1 | Rowdy | 119783 | ||
Staying within context: 14Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. 16Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. 17Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. 18If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. 19Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. Here Paul is providing some practical advice for successful christian living in an ungodly world but he and God both know it's literally impossible to please all men all the time. So the overall sentiment in verse 18 really prevails. As you've suggested, ultimately we must please God so when we see an obvious contrast we know who we should obey as in Acts 5:26 Then the captain went with the officers and brought them without violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned. 27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, 28saying, "Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man's blood on us!" 29But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: "We ought to obey God rather than men. 30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree. 31Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. 32And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him." Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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438 | The Fathers Gifts | Matt 7:11 | Rowdy | 119768 | ||
Copied for context: Matt 7:7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 "Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? 10 "Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? 11 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him! 12 "In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets. It seems to me our Lord was speaking about gifts in general. He starts out by talking about asking for whatever from God and He gives as long as it's something we need and can't get for ourselves. We just have to mature and match our needs with God's. Then Jesus compares how mankind gives to his own family members and shows God as being the ultimate Father of all. Naturally He too will give gifts but the difference is He will give perfect gifts. As I see it, there's nothing here to suggest that Jesus is talking about any one specific item or gift to anyone in particular or even a group. He's just reflecting His Father's mindset toward us as His Creation. Good question and God bless. --Rowdy |
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439 | Are we free from KEEPING the Law? | Ex 20:8 | Rowdy | 119747 | ||
So let me see if I understand you. Heb 9-10 has done away with the practice of blood sacrifices but you reject what the rest of Hebrews says about the superiority of the NT over the OT. Also how do you deal with Paul's admonition to the Galatians Gal 5:16 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. 17For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law. Why would you treat these two groups of instructions so differently especially since they were almost certainly written by the same human author and inspired by God? Please explain. In my professional world, I deal with contracts and contract law. When we issue a contract with an ambiguous set of clauses, the contractor can take advantage of the buyer by focusing on that ambiguity and interpret whichever way he can get away with and guess what. The courts will support that position. Why? Because the issuer of the contract was obligated to make certain the clauses are NOT ambiguous but when they conflict with one another, the issuer takes it on the chin. Surely, you don't think our God would author such an ambiguous position as the one I've described on previous posts with reference to marriage and divorce, forgiveness for enemies and lust for a woman out of marriage, our primary day of worship. To me these differences must be reconciled; one set of laws must submit to the other. Please respond with your position on these points. I really appreciate your perseverance and God bless. --Rowdy |
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440 | Deuteronomy 29: 23 | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 119717 | ||
In addition to CDBJ's good words and thorough analysis, I thought I'd throw in this tidbit, as a little more enlightenment as to why. Deut 6:5 "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 "These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7 "You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. 8 "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 9 "You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Good words for us as modern children of God to follow in this day and time. God bless. --Rowdy |
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