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381 | An Admission of an Atheist | Ps 53:1 | Rowdy | 132178 | ||
Both of these quotes are quite thought provoking. Thanks for sharing. God bless. Rowdy | ||||||
382 | Shout to the (r)Rock of our salvation? | Ps 95:3 | Rowdy | 122911 | ||
Is there a specific question you're asking us? The only questions I see at the moment, you seem to have answered. If on the other hand, you're making a statement, I can only agree. God bless. --Rowdy |
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383 | Shout to the (r)Rock of our salvation? | Ps 95:3 | Rowdy | 122933 | ||
From your post: But in "working out" my salvation and my faith system, I know that there was no strange god that came to earth. This Jesus was not just a man. He came as light but was the Light of the world. He is our rock, our refuge, our stronghold; but He is also our Rock. Which version do you go with? Does it matter? Are not both of them correct, rock and Rock? My answer: As I've stated a couple of times, anytime we (in my opinion) refer to one of the Godhead as you've done, I would suggest capitalizing so I would not only capitalize Rock. I would've included "our Refuge, our Stronghold." I'm afraid I can't recall a specific verse commanding this practice. Indeed apparently the Hebrew and Greek language didn't even allow for such practice as capitalizing but it's an English language thing. But in accordance with our understanding the reverence due to our Father, I do it whenever possible. If in doubt, I'd suggest going ahead and capitalizing it, just to be safe. God bless. --Rowdy |
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384 | where is the holy spirit | Ps 139:7 | Rowdy | 116319 | ||
I guess I have to agree with both of you. Like it's been cited in the discussion, there are verses that clearly depict these 3 beings as separate and distinct. Then there are other verses throughout the Bible like as in the creation of man in "our image." So the bottom-line conclusion is the very quandry that befuddles all mankind. The Godhead, Father, Son and Holy Ghost ARE very definitely distinct and separate from each other. AND they are just as definitely one, a complete whole with each other. There is no perfect understanding of this as there's no one passage that I could cite to support this conclusion. It's just fact as far as I'm concerned. The actual "how" and "why," we will have to wait until we get to Heaven to find out the answers to those questions. God bless you both for bringing a fine job of proving this point. |
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385 | where is the holy spirit | Ps 139:7 | Rowdy | 116333 | ||
I'm just in agreement with you. None of us know for certain how this Trinity thing works both ways. Our earthly mathematics just don't add up but we'll get re-educated in Heaven. Hope to see ya there. God bless. | ||||||
386 | Does the Devil know our thoughts? | Ps 139:23 | Rowdy | 112329 | ||
I'm not certain there are scriptures to actually support the conclusion as you've stated it but I do think we can infer a few things. The best I can think of is the example from Adam and Eve. Apparently, he knew Eve was the "weaker vessel" and would be an easier target for his temptations. I think he knew that if he could deceive Eve then she might help him deceive Adam which is exactly what happen with no fault being pointed to the women of the world. That's the way the Lord made us both. The second example I thought of is that of Christ Himself in the desert. There, Satan knew he had to come up with the very best temptations he could possibly muster. We see that in the three items he offered him. The only other item I could offer is from Matthew 10:15 I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. 16I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. As you can imagine, I'm comparing this scripture to picture of the Devil as a serpent. Can the Devil read our minds? Good question...who knows? Probably only God. But I do hope to see some other responses, maybe even more scriptures. God bless. |
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387 | Practical Application Skill | Ps 141:3 | Rowdy | 120321 | ||
My only response would be to quote from James 3. James is a very practical book and especially useful to modern christians in this day and age. Here he warns about the very dangerous tongue and encourages us to seek after Godly wisdom to control it. More or less the same kind of guidance from your verse above. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
388 | Might it be fear? | Prov 1:29 | Rowdy | 120786 | ||
Just to give this thread some balance, I would offer the following verses: Col 1:10 so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 1 Tim 1:6 For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion, Titus 3:14 Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful. Heb 12:11 All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. So, we must conclude our God and Father does expect us to restrain ourselves from judging one another as we can't know what goes on in a person's heart and mind, but we are expected "to be our brother's keeper." From the verses above, we can conclude we should love one another to take notice when a fellow christian is NOT producing fruit and talk to him, trying to find out if we can assist him in this area. We should remember Ja 5:13 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. 14Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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389 | Can you explain this phenomenon? | Prov 1:29 | Rowdy | 120878 | ||
I can only guess that almost everyone has heard the analogy about the glass filled with a portion of water. Some looking at the glass say it's half empty while others say it's half full. Basically, it boils down to a matter of perspective. Do we plan to consume or deplete that balance of water or do we anticipate filling the vacant portion of the glass with our potential? Two men in prison, one looks out the window, sees the mud, the dirty conditions of the ground below and wonders just how long is he going to be kept there. The other looks up into the sky and dreams of plans he hopes to pursue upon getting out. So many times throughout our lives the altitude of that life is dependent on our attitude. Do we let our difficulties get us down like that of poor Judas and give up or do we take a quick self-inspection like Peter, dust ourselves off and become one of the greatest leaders of men of all time? The freedom of choice is given to all of us by God AND He promises He'll help us IF we'll knock, He'll open; if we'll ask, He'll answer; if we'll seek, He'll help us find. Hope this is helpful and God bless. I really appreciate your starting and wrapping up a good thread of discussion. --Rowdy |
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390 | Doesn't it say that? | Prov 3:5 | Rowdy | 107893 | ||
I enjoyed reading your statement. Your analysis is quite right. There's far too much anger and impatience in the world and it seems to be creeping into this forum. We all should emulate the Christ-like behavior characteristics as we were commanded. I guess the job of being a peacemaker comes at too high a price for some folks. Also enjoyed reading your profile. | ||||||
391 | What is human nature? | Prov 14:12 | Rowdy | 116279 | ||
In contrast to the scripture above, our Lord has far higher and better thoughts for us as follows: John 5:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. Our world is physical and finite; His world is spiritual and infinite. We (God and humans) have as much in common as we do with the ants at our feet. Our priorities are different or at the very least our priorities are inclined to be far less worthy of praise and glory whereas every thought, every fiber of His being is glorious and praiseworthy. We're inclined to take the easy way out and to be impatient when it doesn't work out. In contrast our Lord created the world perfectly in 7 days only to watch mankind destroy it over the next several thousand years. Human nature suggests what we are naturally inclined to say and do and it rarely coincides with what God would say and do. Good questions and God bless. |
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392 | 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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393 | parenting | Prov 22:6 | Rowdy | 111460 | ||
I like the christian slant as reflected in most of Dr. James Dobson's books. He and his staff have some very practical and Bible based strategies for dealing with today's kids in a very, very difficult world. My two boys are grown now and on their own but we had our struggles. The single bit of advice that I would offer is the tremendous strength that comes from a united couple, husband and wife, father and mother. They must be united first of all with alligence to the same God and worship together in the same precious faith. Second, they must agree to appear completely united in front of their kids and disagree in love and out of earshot of those kids. Finally, never stop praying and seeking after God's advice from His Word AND His earthly appointed spiritual leaders, the elders in your church. It pays to show your spouse and your kids that you have an open mind AND an open heart. It does wonders when you mess up and make a mistake with your kids, for you as a parent to make a sincere apology to that child. That's all I can think of at this moment. God bless. |
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394 | Can unbelievers pray to God? | Prov 28:9 | Rowdy | 133195 | ||
In addition, I found the following: Prov 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, But the prayer of the upright is His delight. Prov 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous. God's Word seems to be clear on this point. I realize it's not what most people want to hear but we dare not think He'll contradict His own Words. God bless. Rowdy |
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395 | Can unbelievers pray to God? | Prov 28:9 | Rowdy | 133210 | ||
I would have to say in Cain's situation, he did emphatically believe in God. How could anyone deny such a thing? He held personal, one-on-one conversations with him. And apparently, it looks like Cain had learned his lesson and had decided to change his ways. He may have led a Godly life after receiving his sentence. None of us can possibly know. When a sinner "reaches the bottom" of his addiction to sin, then he has two choices continue his dreary path to Hell or look up to God, repent and pray to God and ask for mercy. I'd like to think God hears such a prayer. BUT God "is not mocked." If he knows in our heart(s) that we really have no intention of changing our sinful ways, the scriptures clearly depict the fact that he won't listen. Once again, this kind of attitude shows a lack of belief. Remember even "the devil believes in God and trembles." Hope this helps. God bless. Rowdy |
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396 | Personification seen in Judas | Prov 28:17 | Rowdy | 113878 | ||
That's one of the wonderful things we marvel at in the Bible: the number of contrasts. Judas vs Peter. Both had their weaknesses and stumbled. One killed himself after betraying the Son of God and the other is given the keys to the Kingdom of God and preaches the first Gospel sermon. Saul vs David. Both had a special appointment from the Holy Spirit. Saul gave into temptation and followed his own judgment, violating God's. David did the same, give into lust, committed murder but repents and became "a man after God's heart" and became one of Israel's greatest kings. Yes, we have a similar contrast going on in all of us. The same struggle as reflected by Paul in Rom 7. We all face the struggles of life and all the temptations that go with it. The big question for us every day is "How do we deal with these struggles, with or without God's help?" I'm glad you saw the movie. It's great. I'm looking forward to adding the DVD to our library. God bless. |
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397 | Money - the answer for everything? | Ecclesiastes | Rowdy | 115655 | ||
Certain portions of this book should be read as being sarcastic. Solomon was a great man and had great wisdom but I'm afraid he let his lifestyle get in his way, between himself and his God. Sometimes he wrote verses from the standpoint of the common man and the way they would like to run the world...wouldn't we all? But alas we come back to reality as does Solomon in the final chapter. | ||||||
398 | Where was Ecclesiastes written | Ecclesiastes | Rowdy | 118764 | ||
Eccl 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. If we use deductive reasoning, it appears pretty clear that this Book of Ecclesiastes was written by Solomon since he was the only son of David who was also a King of Jerusalem. But I will agree with you about the book itself. It does seem to wander from topic to topic without a whole lot of organization. The book seems to be filled with a tremendous amount of wisdom and on the assumption that Solomon was the author, we might begin to see why his life was cut short in spite of having God on his side early in life. I'm thinking that Solomon had so much wisdom that it was too much for him and his life of Godliness got away from him. He let all his wives and concubines draw him away from his God. To have such a wonderful start and end up such a tragedy. But then again, we know that God shows us all... even when it means recording the bad along with the good on the heros of the Bible. Just thought I'd throw this in. God bless. --Rowdy |
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399 | Purpose in Ecclesiastes and Jeremiah | Eccl 3:1 | Rowdy | 117528 | ||
I like to think of all the lives that live on this planet now, as well as the past and present as God's mosaic. Each one of us has a very specific purpose in this mosaic. Our lives might be rather quiet and reserve or they might be loud and haughty. We might not have a relationship with God at all or hopefully we allow God's light to shine through our lives, our words and our ever action. It's all up to us just as in our Lord's parable about men with various talents. We all have great potential and can be whatever we choose to be. To benefit most from this perspective, we must allow the Lord be the Potter and we the clay. We should study His Word every day and be in a constant state of mind given to prayer. All we do must be seen to hold up our small portion of that mosaic and all the worries and burdens of the world should be given over to Him instead of our "obsessing" with them. Thank God for His Grace and love...He's even anxious to forgive if we'll just ask. Good question and God bless. |
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400 | How I first came to Christ | Eccl 3:14 | Rowdy | 108237 | ||
I'd like to add my two cents worth. Yes, I agree with you all christians need to see ourselves as advancing the cause of Christ but the most important aspect of Christianity is love, God's kind of love, Agape love, described in 1 Cor 13. Then when we add the fruits of the spirit which is so desparetly needed in this world, God's light will shine through us and His Son's kingdom will be advanced. Remember, we need to see things as God sees them. He's the One we got to please on Judgement Day. Finally, when you get to be my age, you begin to appreciate those individuals in the world who foster an atmosphere of tolerance and patience, especially with God's family members are concerned. Let me know what you think. Thanks for sharing. |
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