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441 | Are we free from KEEPING the Law? | Ex 20:8 | Rowdy | 119716 | ||
Where's your scripture supporting your statement? Where is the scripture telling us which portion of the OT to follow and which to not follow? Do you have any direct responses to the main points of my post? Do you have any scriptures that speak directly and countering the scriptures I used in that same post? God bless. --Rowdy |
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442 | Orginal language of Old an New testament | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 119710 | ||
In the same order as questions: 1. Most scholars agree the New Testament was written in Greek for maximum distribution throughout the known world in the 1st and 2nd centuries. 2.a) Singing from Col 3:16, b) Preaching from 1 Cor 1:23-24, c) Praying from Acts 16:25, d) Giving from 1 Cor 16:1-2 e) Communion from 1 Cor 11:23-26 3. a) Hearing (Understanding) the Gospel Message from Rom 10:14, b) Believe that Jesus is the Christ, Son of the Living God from Acts 16:31, c) Repent of one's sins turning their lives around to live as a obedient disciple of God and His Son from Acts 2:38, d) Confess in public the Name of Jesus as Lord and Savior from Rom 10:9-10, e) Be Baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost from Matt 28:19, f) Be faithful till death from Rev 2:10 4. Most scholars agree almost unanimously the OT was written in Hebrew. What would be your position on these questions? Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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443 | How is the Word like fire and a hammer? | Jeremiah | Rowdy | 119692 | ||
Cited for context Jer 23:28 "The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream, but let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What does straw have in common with grain?" declares the LORD. 29 "Is not My word like fire?" declares the LORD, "and like a hammer which shatters a rock? 30 "Therefore behold, I am against the prophets," declares the LORD, "who steal My words from each other. 31 "Behold, I am against the prophets," declares the LORD, "who use their tongues and declare, 'The Lord declares.' 32 "Behold, I am against those who have prophesied false dreams," declares the LORD, "and related them and led My people astray by their falsehoods and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them, nor do they furnish this people the slightest benefit," declares the LORD. It seems rather clear that God's Word as cited throughout the Bible should be considered a weapon, especially against false teachers. His Word should ALWAYS be used to "test everything" or to "inspect a brother's works (his fruits)" as cited in 1 Thes 5:21 and Col 1:10. So you see, the Word of God is a wonderful and versitle tool. It's a comfort and full of solutions to those full of Godliness, hungering and thirsting for righteousness but for those that have their own agenda, they must answer to God. We do well to remind them which is done most powerfully when we show them God's Word through our lives as His children in our obedience. For some never read or study seriously His Word and must rely on you and me to show them, hoping and praying they will be inspired to study God's Word on their own. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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444 | Can God Bless America? | Prov 14:34 | Rowdy | 119657 | ||
I can only offer the following quote from Jer 44:7 "Now this is what the LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Why bring such great disaster on yourselves by cutting off from Judah the men and women, the children and infants, and so leave yourselves without a remnant? 8 Why provoke me to anger with what your hands have made, burning incense to other gods in Egypt, where you have come to live? You will destroy yourselves and make yourselves an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations on earth. 9 Have you forgotten the wickedness committed by your fathers and by the kings and queens of Judah and the wickedness committed by you and your wives in the land of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem? With just a couple minor substitutions of proper nouns in place of Judah and Jerusalem, one would think this prophecy was being directed to our beloved country. Will we heed the wisdom from our own world history? Or will we continue following the footsteps of the Roman Empire? Will we learn from the guidance as cited in the Book of Jonah and repent like Ninevah? Who could possibly answer these questions, yours or mine but God Himself? I hope and pray that we do so for my kids' sake and my grandchildren. Really good questions. I look forward to seeing other responses. God bless. --Rowdy |
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445 | Temple | John | Rowdy | 119649 | ||
Cited for reference: John 2:15 And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; 16 and to those who were selling the doves He said, "Take these things away; stop making My Father's house a place of business." 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, "ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME." Apparently from verse 16, Jesus was disgusted with the idea of conducting business inside His Father's temple. BUT I've heard that the money changers were also taking advantage of the people, especially the poor in that they were overcharging for the items being sacrifice and making huge sums of profit. I don't know that to be supported by the Bible but seems like I've heard it from Jewish history. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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446 | Are we free from KEEPING the Law? | Ex 20:8 | Rowdy | 119644 | ||
You keep on criticizing my "style" and the quality of my posts to this Forum but I have yet to see yours as being any better. As I've mentioned, I keep supporting my statements with scriptures and you keep dodging the points contained therein. Will you please respond to my posts with specific statements directed to my points with scriptures that specifically contradict the scriptures I've cited? If you'll do so, I'll try my best to respond in kind. Since you brought up the 10 Commandments, that would be a good start. How can you possibly defend them in light of my points about the Sabbath, forgiving one's enemies and lusting for a woman out of marriage? The Sabbath is NOT endorsed by the NT but instead the first day of the week. The latter two points are commanded in the NT but not found in the OT. Please reconcile this for me with scriptures of course. God bless. --Rowdy |
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447 | how animals got water in desert | Exodus | Rowdy | 119617 | ||
Ex 17:3 But the people thirsted there for water; and they grumbled against Moses and said, "Why, now, have you brought us up from Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?" 4 So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What shall I do to this people? A little more and they will stone me." 5 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pass before the people and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. 6 "Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. I would imagine this represents just one single episode of this kind of activity which probably took place maybe as often as weekly or whenever it was needed. We should always remember if the Lord knows the number of hairs on our head and feeds the birds in the air, He'll ALWAYS take care of His children and see to their NEEDS (and maybe even some or most of their wants). See Matt 6. God bless. --Rowdy |
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448 | What does Luke 14:26 mean for christians | 2 Cor 5:17 | Rowdy | 119615 | ||
This subject has been discussed quite a bit in the past. If you'll insert the words, hate, mother, father into the Quick Search, you'll get a tremendous wealth of information on it. Emannus has some good words of wisdom which are really superior to my own post but mine was 111259. God bless. --Rowdy |
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449 | Are we free from KEEPING the Law? | Ex 20:8 | Rowdy | 119612 | ||
I'd like to refer you to post no 119610. Is it possible we can agree to that understanding as stated between Kalos and myself? Is that the position you're advocating? Please let me know as I'd like to get this kind of discussion behind us and move on to something more productive. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
450 | Are we free from KEEPING the Law? | Ex 20:8 | Rowdy | 119611 | ||
I'd like to refer you to post no 119610. Is it possible we can agree to that understanding as stated between Kalos and myself? Is that the position you're advocating? Please let me know as I'd like to get this kind of discussion behind us and move on to something more productive. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
451 | Are we free from KEEPING the Law? | Ex 20:8 | Rowdy | 119610 | ||
I just read your post for the first time and I'd like to think I can agree with just a note of caution. That is the few places where the OT and NT show a contrast, as is the case with marriage and divorce, then I and all other christians should side with the NT. Yes, as I've stated before the best portions of the OT are indeed repeated by Jesus and His Apostles whenever they show support or endorsement of NT precepts and new relationships but most of the time, the NT goes far beyond like forgiving our enemies instead of being allowed to hate them. Another the sin of lust in our hearts (our minds) for a woman outside the marriage relationship compared to the OT command of abstaining from adultery. The most powerful contrast is between the Perfect High Priest in the NT compared to the Levitical Priesthood in the OT. In so many ways, the NT is far superior, again as cited in the Book of Hebrews. So as long as we're agreed on this basic setup, the OT is the perfect document to study and understand the NT. I really am hoping we can agree on these terms as I have so many posts on this Forum indicating a rather deep gulf between me and those that love the OT. My preference is for the NT as stated in my profile. God bless. --Rowdy |
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452 | Are we free from KEEPING the Law? | Ex 20:8 | Rowdy | 119577 | ||
Colin, have you ever read the Books of Romans or James; from which the following exerpts are provided: Rom 6:1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; 7 for he who has died is freed from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. James 1:25 But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does. James 2:12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. So you see this Law of Liberty, we call Christianity is far, far superior to the OT as cited throughout the Book of Hebrews. But we do benefit from study of the OT and compare it to the NT. Thus we learn why the Scribes and Pharisees were the way they were and why our Lord Jesus was so harsh with them. They had all this history with God and the Law of Moses to educate them but the Jewish leadership never seemed to learn much depth at all. They had developed an extensive road system and a good system of education. They had a perfectly good high functioning economy and a political system to rival that of the Roman Government. But they were amazingly shallow in thinking about God and His World of the Spiritual Realm. So "Yes" to your question. I have read the whole OT; I'll admit it's been several years and I need to re-read it, especially the latter half as you've suggested. But I must admit this is the second time someone has asked me that question. Would you mind explaining why you seem to think I'm missing out on something? To me it seems you and several others of you are missing my point of this post and others I lodged on this topic. The most difficult aspect of this topic I'm dealing with is the extreme amount of avoidance from you folks on the points I make with my posts. I support these points with scriptures that clearly state the superiority of Christianity over the OT. Christ most emphatically DIDN'T destroy the Law of Moses, He took It with Him to cross and crucified It along with Himself. That's one reason He said "It's finished" as He fulfilled the Law. He was the single human being in all of God's Creation that could possibly meet the qualification and be that Perfect Sacrifice. When something is fulfilled, it is completed, it's done and is put away on a shelf as a relic, available for study but it's no longer to be looked at for authoritative guidance. That's why we have the NT. So, will you respond to my post, point by point and address the specific scriptures I've provided? Please do but if you need a little more time, I can understand. Regardless of your choice to respond or not, I'll pray God's blessings on you and yours. --Rowdy |
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453 | What benefit does Paul afford the Jews? | Rom 3:1 | Rowdy | 119541 | ||
I'd like to add the following: 1 John 5:6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. and Rom 6:3Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 5If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. 6For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with,[1] that we should no longer be slaves to sin-- 7because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. 8Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. You see, God puts us in contact with Jesus' life giving blood through our faith in Him and through our humble submission to His terms and conditions. That's why baptism is so important, that's where we contact Jesus blood. Baptism is such a humbling act indicating our acceptance of God's commands to qualify ourselves as His children and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit: forgiveness for our sins in accordance with Acts 2:38. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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454 | spending and saving money | Matthew | Rowdy | 119536 | ||
Another good scripture on the subject from Paul 1 Tim 6:6 But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. 7 For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either. 8 If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content. 9 But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. 11 But flee from these things, you man of God, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness. Notice money is a root but not the only root. So it's a matter of attitude toward God. Instead of worry about the physical things of this world, Jesus tells us in Matt 6:31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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455 | why isn't the fourth commandment kept? | Ex 20:8 | Rowdy | 119530 | ||
And another Heb 10:23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; 24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, 25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. I realize that Paul (assumed author) doesn't here cite in this book the preference for the first day of the week for christians as the day of worship but the Apostles do so in numerous other books in Acts 20 and in 1 Cor 16:1 Now about the collection for God's people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. 2On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. Notice here, he even tells the Corinthians that he has provided the same instructions about the day of worship to Galatia. Sounds like a universal endorsement from the Holy Spirit if you ask me. The most important point about all this is the fact that the Law of Moses with its mention of the Sabbath has been done away with its being nailed to the cross with Jesus. God bless. --Rowdy |
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456 | What was James then referring to? | Rom 4:1 | Rowdy | 119517 | ||
I have to agree with Tim. Nicely done. Yes, indeed it is like a marriage of two into one. God's Grace in man can only produce works of faith to prove that faith and Grace actually exists in the man. Otherwise how could we hope our Father will be able to distinguish us as His children from the rest of world? God bless. --Rowdy |
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457 | God's punishment | Deut 1:1 | Rowdy | 119516 | ||
I can only guess you're referring to the punishment God issued in response to the Israelite nation in refusing to place their faith in their God and conquer the land of Cannan, as promised to them through Abraham. Their sentence was spend 40 years in the desert wandering until every one of them died except for the two spies, Joshua, Caleb and Moses. Those two spies were the only ones who brought back a report saying they COULD and SHOULD take the land in contrast to their fellow spies earlier in Exodus. It's interesting that God didn't destroy outright but He allowed them to destroy themselves and waste their lives in the desert as cited in Num 14:29 In this desert your bodies will fall-every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. 30 Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31 As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected. 32 But you-your bodies will fall in this desert. 33 Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the desert. And the amazing part is that they lost their faith after seeing all the wonderful displays of power in escaping Egypt and crossing the Red Sea. But don't be too hard on them. We're just just as faithless as a world. At one time, the whole world knew about christianity and we had to mess it up. When man takes his focus off Jesus as being head and instead placed his confidence in the supreme ruler of the Catholic organization, that's where we first messed up. Then we began to believe the "Divine Right of Kings" and bestowed that power in our national rulers. Now look at our current generation and how we've messed up this wonderful country we live in. Across the world, we used to be known as a christian nation. No more, now christians overseas are considering the sending of missionaries to America to convert Americans to christians. I know...I've heard 'em discuss it. We as a nation ought to be ashamed. To what particular aspect of God's punishment are you referring? Maybe I've missed it entirely. Please share a few more details of your thinking. You haven't given us very much. God bless. --Rowdy |
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458 | Who Is Our Mutual Enemy? | Mark 13:7 | Rowdy | 119509 | ||
Your point is well taken as you did a superp job of supporting it with several good scriptures. I'll have to think about this tough topic for a while. "See ya" at that time. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
459 | Violent Correction | Neh 13:25 | Rowdy | 119507 | ||
In answer to your question about Why the Block? I don't know in this case. I can only guess that one or more of us (it could be me) has touched briefly on a subject the "Forum Protectors" feel is controversial or denominational and thus damaging to the image of the Forum. I'm afraid I have to admit quite a few of the threads I like to participate on are done that way. In my opinion, if we're not to try to correct misunderstandings or false teaching as it relates to the Bible, then why have the Forum in the first place? But then again, it is very important that we all maintain an open mind AND an open heart to all of God's Word. It's also very important that we should be polite and courteous to one another. That's sometimes difficult to do with stubborn knuncle-heads like me. I do hope I didn't cause your thread to be blocked. God bless. --Rowdy PS: I really should extend my apology to CDBJ as well. |
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460 | Who Is Our Mutual Enemy? | Mark 13:7 | Rowdy | 119503 | ||
Just remember dear Colin, we're commanded to love the sinner but hate the sin, both his and ours. Tough to do, you bet it is. Especially when their manner of speech and everything about them exudes evil or some variation. But that's our mission. God bless. --Rowdy |
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