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321 | The Exodus's importance to Hebrews? | Exodus | Rowdy | 112223 | ||
I appreciate the support. I too enjoy the high calibre of most of the posts on this Forum. It motivates me to study God's Word more intently but I also see a lot of growth on the part others. I just glad to be part of the family. | ||||||
322 | what is the history of Moses? | Exodus | Rowdy | 114092 | ||
Amen!! There's no substitute for digging this kind of information out yourself. You'll appreciate the product far better when you do the work. I know, I've done it both ways. That way, you'll be able to post a specific question for us to deal with. As you may have noticed, some of us are long winded and "talk" about a particular subject for quite a bit but this Forum is not ideally suited for something as long as what you've asked for. You might consider looking for and purchasing a Bible with brief outlines in the front of each book and/or a commentary on the bottom half of every page. I have such a Bible in my home and carry it to worship assembly every time the doors are open. God bless. |
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323 | QUESTION COMES FROM EX 24:25 | Exodus | Rowdy | 118309 | ||
You seem to be referring to Chap 4 as there is no such verse in Chap 24. Cited for reference 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." It helps if you know Moses' background. He spent a third of life, 40 years in this desert country so people living here were probably used to a rough life but it's quite possible they had never encountered this custom of circumcision. So when Moses insisted on having their sons circumcised, this was probably quite a traumatic experience for her. It should be emphasized that she THREW the foreskin at Moses' feet. Women do those kind of things, especially when the man in their life does something painful to their child(ren). I know from personal experience. I hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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324 | 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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325 | How did Pharoah die? In the book of Ex. | Exodus | Rowdy | 123140 | ||
I'm afraid the Exodus record is not clear as it does NOT specifically say that Pharaoh died in the Red Sea but thanks be to God, the Psalms are a little more clear as follows Ps 136:13 To Him who divided the Red Sea asunder, For His lovingkindness is everlasting, 14 And made Israel pass through the midst of it, For His lovingkindness is everlasting; 15 But He overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. Aren't search engines a wonderful thing. I, too never knew this passage was in the Psalms. Praise the Lord and God bless. --Rowdy |
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326 | What is the meaning of unleavened bread? | Ex 12:1 | Rowdy | 122456 | ||
From your post: "Unleaven bread is a symbol for sin." It appears from the rest of your post that you really meant to say that "leaven (or yeast) is a symbol for sin." In this sense, unleaven bread represents a pure, undefiled person or soul offered to God in worship. Just wanted to make sure I understand your overall statement. With this small correction, I think I can agree with it. God bless. --Rowdy |
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327 | NT First Born? | Ex 13:12 | Rowdy | 111773 | ||
The most important parallel I can draw from the Passover to this dispensation, is that of the blood painted over the door posts. If we don't have contact with Jesus' blood as the perfect sacrifice for our sins, then we should fear for the jeporady of our souls. I think the fact that God took the first born of the whole Egyptian nation was His last and final demonstration of just how serious God is about His demand for our obedience. God gave every chance He could for Pharoah and all the Egyptians to repent and turn away from their gods, but their hearts were too hard. Say, I never did hear from you in response to the E-Mail I sent you. God bless. |
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328 | Smile and say Jeez? | Ex 13:21 | Rowdy | 111459 | ||
When I saw this exchange, I could only respond with the words from our Lord as recorded in Matt 5: 33"Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' 34But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne; 35or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 36And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. But then again I guess this could apply to myself and just about everyone on this Forum. I do think we could all use some restraint and let our responses reflect a little more love from God and less influence from "the evil one." What do you all think? God bless. |
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329 | Are we free from KEEPING the Law? | Ex 20:8 | Rowdy | 119479 | ||
I can only cite the following 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 of them, triumphing over them by the cross. Here we see Paul very clearly and emphatically tells the whole world that the Law of Moses was nailed to the cross and is therefore dead. Of course it is available for study and reference as Jesus did throughout His ministry when the Law of Moses was alive and in full power. But now with the Law of Moses being dead and notice it did NOT get resurrected with Christ. Instead Christ has been granted all authority for this dispensation as cited in Matt 28 and endorsed in Mark 9:2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. 3His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. 4And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus. 5Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters--one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah." 6(He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.) 7Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: "This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!" Here, you might notice or be reminded that God told the disciples (and the whole world) to listen to Jesus with the blessing of both Moses and Elijah, thus we are to obey Jesus exclusively. God didn't say "Listen to them" but "Listen to Him!" Yes, indeed the OT is available for study, and explanation of NT concepts but because the OT (Law of Moses) was inferior as shown throughout the Book of Hebrews, we need to graduate to the NT and understand it is a better covenant with better promises and the Perfect High Priest. Also, we cannot observe any authority in the OT or a portion thereof because of Paul's teaching in 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. I don't really see how God could be much more clear on this subject. God bless. --Rowdy |
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330 | 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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331 | 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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332 | 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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333 | 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 | ||||||
334 | 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 | ||||||
335 | 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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336 | 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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337 | 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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338 | 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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339 | scripture on tatoos | Leviticus | Rowdy | 109843 | ||
I like to think 1 Cor 6 is also useful: 19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. I know Paul is specifically addressing sexual immorality here but personnaly I think it is applicable also with regard to tattoos. We as christians are taught not to bring any undue attention to ourselves. For example: the discussion throughout the Bible about women's modesty. It just seems to go against the general tenor of the Bible to do such unusual acts as decorate the human body with this kind of ink which is almost impossible to remove. I'll make one more statement and then hush. Before you go to such lengths to decorate your body, I would recommend your finding other christians with maturity (maybe 50 or so) who has done this and ask them: Do they regret it? My son does. Just a suggestion and God bless. |
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340 | what does bible say about homosexuality | Lev 18:22 | Rowdy | 109304 | ||
1 Cor 6 is very plain and easy to understand as follows: 9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. Also see Romans 1. Since the beginning as cited Genesis, God has always hated this kind of wickedness as shown in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. But that doesn't mean that we are to hate the sinner, it means that we as christians should hate the sin and do everything in our power to help and encourage the sinner to see the error of his/her ways and repent. This process of getting the sinner to repent might take several months, several years or possibly a lifetime. We have to be patient, loving and kind, maybe even persistant in reminding them that we still love them and care for them. Let them know we're praying for them but we can't afford to compromise God's word. I'll pray for both of you and hope that all of your friends (hopefully christians) will pray with you as prayer is your most powerful allay. God bless you during this trial. |
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