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521 | What exactly is this Unforgivable Sin? | Matt 12:32 | Rowdy | 118097 | ||
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522 | Did Jesus have any siblings? | Matt 12:46 | Rowdy | 116159 | ||
In my mind, this is the most authoritative verse making it plain Jesus had a physical family here on earth. Matt 12:46 While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him. 47 Someone said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You." 48 But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?" 49 And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, "Behold My mother and My brothers! 50 "For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother." We don't hear of His family (other than His mother at the cross) again until the book of James. Apparently, then His brother became a christian after Jesus' death, burial and resurrection. God bless. |
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523 | what is jesus saying about heaven. | Matt 13:24 | Rowdy | 118164 | ||
Cited the whole thing, verses 24-48 for reference. Not really sure why you excluded those particular verses. This is one of the few parables Jesus provides His own interpretation to His disciples. Matt 13:24 Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 "But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. 26 "But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also. 27 "The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?' 28 "And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' The slaves *said to him, 'Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?' 29 "But he *said, 'No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them. 30 'Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.""' 31 He presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; 32 and this is smaller than all other seeds, but when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that THE BIRDS OF THE AIR come and NEST IN ITS BRANCHES." 33 He spoke another parable to them, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened." 34 All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: "I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES; I WILL UTTER THINGS HIDDEN SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD." 36 Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field." 37 And He said, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, 38 and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels. 40 "So just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age. 41 "The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, 42 and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 "Then THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE FORTH AS THE SUN in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. 44 "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 45 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, 46 and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. 47 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea, and gathering fish of every kind; 48 and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away. Now concerning verses 44-48: more parables and these are pretty simple to interpret. The key to understanding most of the Lord's parables is to look for one or two points which the Lord is trying to make. It's a mistake to turn a parable into a allegory where every character represents something specific in our world. Here with the latter parables Jesus is trying to depict how valuable and wonderful the Kingdom of God is and will be. Also, a picture of the fact that only a select few will end up in the Kingdom. What more do you see in them? Is there something more specific that I'm missing? God bless. --Rowdy |
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524 | Is Hell fire literal that burns forever? | Matt 13:40 | Rowdy | 122120 | ||
I thought I'd try to answer the question you pose. Remember in the following, Apostle Peter is writing to christians about christians: 2 Pet 2:21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "A dog returns to his own vomit," and, "a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire." Rev 2:10 promises a crown to those who are faithful but what do you think goes to those who are unfaithful. This topic has been discussed at great lenth. It is probably one of the most controversial topics on the forum. Insert the words "Grace" or "Falling from Grace," and you'll get a multitude of posts and various opinions. But the important guidance in this area comes from God. What does He have to say about it? All I can do is quote from Paul 2 Cor 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 8Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And in Acts 20:28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. 29For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. 31Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears. So you see, it's not only possible christians can "fall from grace," it was predicted by the Holy Spirit that they would. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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525 | I can't find any specific answer | Matt 16:18 | Rowdy | 120169 | ||
The description of the church and its start, its history all is provided in the Book of Acts. Since it doesn't describe the actual scenario of the Apostles being added to the church, we're left to draw our own conclusions. As for me, since we are given specific instructions like as has been posted before, we can infer that they too followed the same procedures. I believed they followed the same procedures like they prescribed for Cornelious and his household in Acts 10. We don't have any scriptures providing for an alternate procedure for getting into the Lord's church and we know only He can add us to the church. I would guess that among the thousands of people who were baptized and added to the church that day on pentacost, the apostles were certain to baptize each other until all twelve of them were baptized. Is there any other interpretation that could possibly be inferred from God's Word? In supportof this statement, I would refer you to a previous post no 119710. Since we have no reason to think the Apostles would be treated differently, they should have been expected to follow the same procedure as everyone else. I hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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526 | is this a second coming verse | Matt 16:28 | Rowdy | 109197 | ||
In my opinion, this propechy is fulfilled with Acts 2, the proverbial middle of the Bible. Most everything before points (with future tense) to the establishment of the kingdom. Most everything after this scripture points (with past tense) back to the establishment this same kingdom. | ||||||
527 | 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 | ||||||
528 | For this cause shall a man leave father | Matt 19:4 | Rowdy | 110621 | ||
Remember, most scholars agree that Moses wrote the first 5 books of the OT, with the help of inspiration from the Lord. So everything is written from his perspective, at least several centuries after the events in Genesis took place. |
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529 | Which Mat 18 verse are you referring to | Matt 19:9 | Rowdy | 115367 | ||
I've scanned this thread and I think the verses you're looking for are from Chapter 18, verses 15-17. But the most important feature of this procedure as laid out by our Lord is the condition of the sinner's soul as made plain in Gal 6:1-10. Now, there's one more priority that MUST supercede that of the individual's soul as reflected above. That is the overall condition of the whole of God's family. This was made plain in the OT as cited below. Josh 7:23 They took them from inside the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the sons of Israel, and they poured them out before the LORD. 24 Then Joshua and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the mantle, the bar of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent and all that belonged to him; and they brought them up to the valley of Achor. 25 Joshua said, "Why have you troubled us? The LORD will trouble you this day." And all Israel stoned them with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones. 26 They raised over him a great heap of stones that stands to this day, and the LORD turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the valley of Achor to this day. This kind of priority is further endorsed in the well known stories of Ananias and Sapphira, Acts 5 and the sin of incest in 1 Cor 5. You see, God loves all of His creation but He also hates sin and cannot tolerate "sin in the camp." For God's children to allow continued sin in God's family only causes that sin to fester, spread and destroy the whole group. God bless. |
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530 | "Having a good heart is not enough" | Matt 22:29 | Rowdy | 122863 | ||
How true! Amen, dear friend, Amen, again. --Rowdy | ||||||
531 | What is Love?? | Matt 22:37 | Rowdy | 115897 | ||
I have to agree. It's practically impossible to do justice to the definition of love in a Biblical discussion. We could discuss the many different ways Americans abuse love: "I love my pizza and ice cream" and then turn to the most precious person in the world to us and say "I love you too!!" How much more of a dichotomy do we need? Then we could discuss the 3 different words in the Koine Greek language of the Bible for love, each with its own very distinct definition. So I guess the ball is in your court. What particular kind of love are you wishing to discuss? Man's or God's? His is described pretty well, as mentioned in 1 Cor 13. Ours pales in contrast. God bless. PS: The search function to the right of your screen will bring up everything you could possibly want to know about this subject as this has been discussed many times before. |
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532 | What is Love?? | Matt 22:37 | Rowdy | 115946 | ||
Now that we understand what you're looking for: To a seven year old child, I would think a good example for him to understand would be for him to be willing to share a single scoop of his favorite ice cream with his new friend whom he just met. It might be emphasized that true love would have to come from within him and not at the direction of his parent or guardian. You could possibly substitute the ice cream with his favorite toy or maybe his favorite posession. Let us know what you finally end up using. God bless you in trying to be a role model for this young one. |
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533 | love the Lord with all your soul? | Matt 22:37 | Rowdy | 127511 | ||
Basically just like it sounds. To love without any reservation, not to withhold anything from him. To some folks across the ocean, this means giving up ties to family and sometimes even their country. Many, many people lose everything, including ALL possessions, their identity, their citizenship, all hope for success in their present world. With submission to Christ, they must accept starting all over again. Yes, this is a terrible cost and Jesus predicted that some people would have to make such a sacrifice when He talked of strife between family members and the tremendous costs as cited in Lk 14:26-33. So you see, we in America have a tremendous debt of gratitude to our fore fathers, from each of our previous generations. God bless America and all of you. Rowdy |
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534 | Does God want the NT or OT reflected? | Matt 22:40 | Rowdy | 123204 | ||
I've been doing some homework and studying on my recent additional item to my library, the same Bible Commentary as mentioned before and discovered it's a relatively good book. It was written and compiled by 21 different men coming from 51 different schools, mostly colleges and seminaries. These schools are mostly located here in America but one is in France and another in Israel. Of course these gentlemen went to as many as 3 or 4 different institutions over their lifetime with most of them getting a Ph.D. or an equivalent. The General Editor, Woodrow Michael has done additional study at Harvard Divinity School and Princeton Theological Seminary. All the major "religions or denominations seem to be well represented so I'm satisfied, at least for now, that the book seems to well balanced and is a good fit for most christians in this day and age. I said all that to say the next. As you know there is some bit of controversy about the authority of the NT over that of the OT and I thought I would reflect what the Commentary says about it, especailly about the following verse. Col 2:11-15 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 13And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. From the Commentary: V.11 This circumcision that Paul speaks of is not a rite, but a reality. Stripping and casting aside as a filthy garment. The flesh is removed from the throne, and the christian is set free from his sinful nature. The evil nature is not eradicated (1 Jn 1:8), but its power is broken. Christ is now on the throne; but the flesh lurks about and tries to usurp the throne. Our physical members are to be instruments not of unrighteousness unto sin, but of righteousness unto God (Rom 6:11-14). V.12 Jointly entombed with Christ; sharing in His experience. Baptism is not a magic rite, but an act of obedience in confessing our faith. Baptism symbolizes our experience of death to the old life and resurrection to the new life (Rom 6:3-5). Baptism is an outward expression of an inward experience. Without saving faith, baptism is an empty, meaningless ceremony. Through faith we receive Christ (Jn 1:12-13) and experience the new birth. V.13 Devoid of the life of God, a totally depraved nature (Eph 2:1; 5:6,11) Made alive in union with Christ. Graciously pardoning and canceling the debt (cf. Lk 7:42) V. 14 Erased, wiped away, obliterated, cancelled the note. This explains the forgiveness. The handwritten document consisting of ordinances. The bond here is the certification of debt, the instrument of condemnation, the indictment drawn up against a prisoner, and a signed confession of indebtedness. Three expression describe the law: 1) it is written in ordinances, expressed in decrees and commandments; 2) it was against us, had a valid claim on us; 3) it was contrary to us, because we couldn't meet the claim. Paul states that bond was: 1) blotted out; 2) taken out of the way; 3) and nailed to His cross. This was once-for-all removal (2 Cor 5:21; Eph 2:15-16; Gal 3:13). In the East, a bond is cancelled by nailing it to the post. Our bond of guilt was nailed to His cross. v.15 Stripped off and away from. The principalities and powers are conquered antagonists stripped of their weapons, disarmed (Mt 12:29; Lik 11:21-22; Jn 16:11; Rom 8:37-39; 1 Cor 15:55-57; Heb 2:4). By His death, Christ conquered His enemies, stripped them of their power, exposed them to public disgrace, held them up in contempt and let them captives in His triumph. End of quote. I might mention the gentleman who wrote these words, Edward R. Roustio, Th.D. was a former Associate Professor of Religion, Liberty University. He went to William Jewell Collge, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Central Baptist Theological Seminary. I'm satisfied that this excerpt represents what God wants us to understand about the superiority of the NT over the OT. I hope this helps in clarifying the controversy. God bless. --Rowdy |
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535 | Does God want the NT or OT reflected? | Matt 22:40 | Rowdy | 123209 | ||
As I see it, one of the most important jobs we have here on earth is to reflect God's Will and His Word in the way we live our lives as christians, His children, disciples of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Some people may never open a Bible in their lifetime with the serious intent of reading It, studying It or obey It. So the Lord charges christians with that responsibility. What I'm saying with this post, we should put emphasis on reflecting the NT in preference to the OT as God has given His Son the preiminance in this dispensation, as cited in Matt 28. Thanks for the question. Did you have further questions/comments about my post? God bless. --Rowdy |
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536 | Sound Doctrine Rooted in the Scriptures | Matt 24:24 | Rowdy | 131466 | ||
Truer words have never been posted. Amen, dear friend. God bless. Rowdy | ||||||
537 | Who is this "slave"? | Matt 24:45 | Rowdy | 118144 | ||
Cited for reference: Matt 24:45 "Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 "Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes. 47 "Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 "But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,' 49 and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; 50 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, 51 and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. I must admit, this seems fairly straight forward and plain to me but then, maybe I'm looking at it the wrong way and I'm sure you'll several other responses. To me the slave mentioned in verse 45 is the same main character cited throughout this parable of Christ. He's just emphasizing His point about the end of the world and how some people will be found, doing things they wouldn't dream of doing IF they had an "iota" of an idea that the end of the world is about to descend upon them. What do you think? God bless. --Rowdy |
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538 | Who is this "slave"? | Matt 24:45 | Rowdy | 118152 | ||
Good post; I would only add Luke 22:26 "But it is not this way with you, but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant. Luke 22:27 "For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves. Jesus showed us the perfect example of a servant when he washed the feet of His own disciples. God bless. --Rowdy |
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539 | Trim their lamps? | Matt 25:7 | Rowdy | 109872 | ||
I'd like to think that our spiritual relationship with God, our Father is something like a journey. I love the poem, Footprints in the Sand. Too often we see ourselves as being self-sufficient and not needing God but then we stumble and fall and sometimes we don't even know it. Thanks be to God, He picks up and carries us. But back to your question, our relationship with God takes constant maintenance, self-inspection and occasional kick in the pants to keep us humble. You might say we need to trim our equipment (our soul) so the light of God can shine through us. His light can't shine through very well if we take away people's attention from Him and insist they pay attention to us instead. Just like the adage goes, anything of value takes work to maintain that value. Our relationship with God is incredibly precious and if we expect God or His Son to claim us as family, we must keep up that relationship, abide in His Word and do all we can to glorify Him in this world. Tell me, what do you think it means? |
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540 | Trim their lamps? | Matt 25:7 | Rowdy | 109957 | ||
I can only say "Amen." Thanks for the encouragement. I enjoy reading your comments and your questions. | ||||||
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