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641 | Is Jesus the Almighty? | John 3:16 | Rowdy | 112281 | ||
I'm hoping that this won't jeopardize your relationship with God, assuming you've followed His plan of salvation and are a christian but I must admit the scripture you're citing from Colossians doesn't negate all the ones that clearly teach the oneness of the Godhead. Would you care to elaborate on this unusual belief with more scriptures or maybe even common sense? However, please be logical and God bless. |
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642 | promise of family to thousand generation | John 3:16 | Rowdy | 131421 | ||
This subject of salvation has been hotly debated all the years of this Forum and for many, many centuries before, and will most likely continue to be debated till the ending of the world. You can see my posts on the subject by inserting the words Rowdy and salvation into the Quick Search of the upper right corner of your screen. I would like to remind you on that fateful Judgment Day, we'll ALL be judged by the sum total of all the words found in the NT as spoken by Jesus and His official representatives, His beloved Apostles. So that means whatever directives and actions they gave and followed when it involved remission of sins or some related topic, we should consider following. For starters, I would add to Hank's citations, the following: Matt 28:18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." The first Gospel sermmon is good for guidance Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?" 38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 "For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself." There are other steps to salvation but this is enough to get started. Hope this helps and God bless. Rowdy |
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643 | John 4:10. Is God an it? Who is this? | John 4:10 | Rowdy | 121061 | ||
You both bring up good points. I must admit I pondered on this question briefly yesterday when I first saw it. I too am curious as to why it was labeled so quickly as being restricted. I must admit this whole controversy is far above my head so I'll just watch those of you who participate. I just wanted to let you know that I for one am definitely interested. God bless. --Rowdy |
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644 | why is worship hard | John 4:23 | Rowdy | 122461 | ||
I suppose all of us humans would have to agree, along with Searcher and Hank, that we do get a little full of ourselves and forget the beauty of our world and the simplicity of the church when we worship. But after a lifetime of going to worship, at least 3 times a week, I must admit even the most devoted christian does tend to develop too much routine in this art, the art of worshiping God. What are we to do? I would recommend that we stick with God's Word AND we should re-examine our priorities but most especially we should take another look at our traditions. Traditions if you remember is one of the main things that got the Scribes and Pharisees in trouble with God and Jesus. They had built up a system of traditions they considered equal in authority to the Law of Moses and they were doing things according to traditions but were in violation to God's Word in the Law of Moses. The biggest item I can remember was their practice of "corban" or the practice of NOT taking good care of their parents if they considered it a gift to God. Now back to our traditions: So many times, we humans inherit traditions from our previous generations and we don't question them...BIG mistake. John 4:23-24 makes it very, very clear: Jesus commands us to worship in spirit AND in truth. So we must study our Bibles, especially the NT and re-evaluate our worship accordingly. We must study our traditions and make certain they don't violate God's Word. Every generation must take responsibility for its own form of worship and do what we can to make it more in spirit and more in truth as best we can. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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645 | why is worship hard | John 4:23 | Rowdy | 122758 | ||
Amen, I agree with your statement. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
646 | What evidences are there ? | John 4:26 | Rowdy | 122239 | ||
All the references you've received are VERY useful but just in case you want evidences from a historical perspective, there are many. Then there are the evidence of common sense, when faced with the inevitable questions about life and the world we live in. For a very good and thorough handling of this complicated subject, go to the website, apologeticspress.org and insert the words Christiain Evidence into their Search Engine. There you'll find more than an ample amount of information and lots of good Bible scriptures in support thereof. I've been going over this very subject in my Sunday morning Bible class this past quarter with students much, much older than myself. It's been a challenging class with some questions, much more difficult than yours. Hope this helps. --Rowdy |
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647 | date the Gospel of John was written | John 5:2 | Rowdy | 122763 | ||
I would have to agree with Emmaus statement about the earlier date. One thing that should be mentioned (reminded) is that these NT writers had the Holy Spirit assisting them. Remember, most of them, especially James, John and others were very poor and were not able to afford a thorough education like Matthew or Paul. Thus we see Acts 4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. When we consider their level of education and yet see the tremendously high quality of their writings, I'm convinced that the Holy Spirit helped them in this regard. So the tenses of their statements would be as accurate as the current language with which they wrote could be. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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648 | Is Hell fire literal that burns forever? | John 5:24 | Rowdy | 122077 | ||
Imagine for a moment that you would like to communicate to a member of the insect world. You may have created an ant farm and you have a family or a whole entire "clan" of ants living in it. You'd like to tell them about their world and what they're all about. You'd like to see them improve their lot and maybe even mature into such a state so as to come join you in your world. Now you begin to see the difficulty our God has in communicating with us, His creation. He created us, the whole universe and everything in it. He loves His creation just as any parent loves his child. Parents have aspirations and goals for which they wish their child(ren) might accomplish in their lives. Parents also have fears about the harshness and cruelty of this world for their kids. Speaking as parents, I know my wife and I have these concerns as do all good and loving parents. Now there are a few scriptures that depict Heaven and a few more that describe Hell. Most of those descriptions are made up of hard, physical items. We see scenes like streets of gold or mansions of pearl and jewels for Heaven and for Hell we see fire and gnashing of teeth. But also we know that these ultimate places for our souls after Judgment Day, take place after the destruction of this universe as revealed by Peter in his 2nd epistle, Chapter 3:10. So it is a perfectly good valid reason to conclude that this language describing Heaven and Hell is figurative or symbolic. Now back to your question: "Is Hell a literal place?" I don't really know for certain. I think we can be assured that they really do exist as God has already stated Hell has already been prepared, as stated in Matt 25:41. In other verses, God tells Heaven has been prepared for those of us who obey and are faithful to Him. Please don't misunderstand. I believe very strongly in Heaven and Hell as I've been a christian for most of my life and grew up as a child in a christian home. My main point with this post is that we as God's children need to study His Word with an open mind and an open heart. We need to be receptive and completely willing to accept whatever Home in Heaven He's got prepared for us. Whatever the details about Heaven, we can be assured that it will be great as God will make certain it is. He knows us better than we know ourselves. So Heaven will be far better than all the descriptions in the Bible combined. On the other hand, I'm convinced Hell will be just the opposite, that is it will be far worse than all the combined descriptions from God's Word. So we all should be very much motivated to avoid Hell at all costs. Christ emphasized this point so very much in Matt 5:29 and for what it's worth, in my opinion, He meant those words very literally. I do sincerely hope these words help in your understanding but the important thing is that you and all Bible students need to study His Word and come to your own conclusion. God bless. --Rowdy |
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649 | Is Hell fire literal that burns forever? | John 5:24 | Rowdy | 122107 | ||
My, my, did someone wake up with an upset stomach last nite? I can only quote 1 Cor 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." 20Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. I could also quote the last few chapters of Job with all the unanswerable questions from God. I'd be interested in seeing your answers to that quiz. Care to try? If you'll consider my statement a little more carefully, maybe with an open mind, you may discover another meaning between "I don't really know for certain and I think...they really do exist." Hint: God is spiritual. Please re-consider these thoughts and get back to me. God bless, I do hope you have a better day than last nite. --Rowdy |
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650 | Is Hell fire literal that burns forever? | John 5:24 | Rowdy | 122108 | ||
I just posted this same note to Hank. Take a look. Quoted from Paul, probably the wisest human this side of the cross. 1 Cor 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." 20Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. I could also quote the last few chapters of Job with all the unanswerable questions from God. I'd be interested in seeing your answers to that quiz. Care to try? If you'll consider my statement a little more carefully, maybe with an open mind, you may discover another meaning between "I don't really know for certain and I think...they really do exist." Hint: God is spiritual. Please re-consider these thoughts and get back to me. God bless. --Rowdy |
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651 | Is Hell fire literal that burns forever? | John 5:24 | Rowdy | 122109 | ||
You seem to have conveniently forgotten about another passage in Psalms. This is just an excerpt: Ps 22:3 Yet You are holy, O You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel. 4 In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You delivered them. 5 To You they cried out and were delivered; In You they trusted and were not disappointed. 6 But I am a worm and not a man, A reproach of men and despised by the people. It's not a totally new concept to see oneself as being humble to the creator of the universe but I'll readily admit it's no longer fashionable in this world. I do hope you're learning to read my posts with an open mind. But regardless, God bless. --Rowdy |
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652 | Is Hell fire literal that burns forever? | John 5:24 | Rowdy | 122213 | ||
Thanks be to God, the Forum is participated on by a very large team of people who truly are devoted to God and His Word with an open mind. I'm hoping you're one of them. It's good to see your responses to my posts again. I do hope God blesses you for all your days. --Rowdy |
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653 | Is Hell fire literal that burns forever? | John 5:24 | Rowdy | 122214 | ||
Thanks for the encouragement. It's a tough ministry but a productive one. Although I must admit I have looked back over most of my posts and have determined they comply with the requirements of the Forum about as good as most anybody else, including yours. In that regard I have to settle for being average, but occasionally I do need a good humbling. God bless. --Rowdy |
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654 | And your question is... | John 5:24 | Rowdy | 122215 | ||
Do you have a specific question with regard to my post/statement? I'll do my best to answer. God bless. --Rowdy |
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655 | And your question is... | John 5:24 | Rowdy | 122245 | ||
I was trying to draw you and Hank out of your comfort zone and motivate you to think but alas I guess I must clarify. Notice I gave a hint: God is spiritual. It is my belief and the belief of a great many christians with whom I worship that God is a Spirit and we (the whole world) are physical, finite creatures with a very limited capacity for thinking of and ability to describe things that are spiritual. As you know already, this whole universe was created in an instant, complete and fully mature just like He created Adam and Eve complete and ready for a full life as humans. (At least, I hope you know and believe in that, just as it's described in the Bible.) Now from that, we can infer that the whole universe is dependent of the Perfect Will and Design of our Lord God Almighty. That is, when He gives the word, the whole universe will burn up and be destroyed just as quickly as He created it. So with nothing physical like oxygen or any other fuel, it's difficult to support the idea of the "fires of hell" or the "streets of gold" and all the other physical descriptions of Heaven and Hell. I believe that these descriptions are symbolic for the benefit of our physical and finite minds so we could conceive of those two ultimate destinations for our souls. You see, our soul is basically spiritual by nature and when this universe no longer exists, we'll all go to meet God at the Judgment Bar on that fateful day. So how can there be weeping and gnashing of teeth when we won't have any eyes or teeth? I tried to set the stage for this kind of open minded thinking with my "parable" of the ants but that didn't seem to have to end result I was looking for, at least with some few. So, this discussion all boils down to the basic question: Is Hell a literal, physical location where the disobedient to God will go? Or is a spiritual condition without the benefit of God's prescence which will make it a very miserable place indeed? This really shouldn't be such a difficult concept. After all, there is a large group of people that take a lot more symbolic language, mainly from Revelation and Elijah and come up with some pretty fantastic ideas like Premillinalism and the Rapture. Now, do you have some specific questions on this topic? I'm afraid I don't have much in the way of scriptures to add, other than those I've cited in the past. I await your reply. God bless. --Rowdy |
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656 | Need verse that says no one has seen God | John 6:46 | Rowdy | 117756 | ||
I think you must be looking for this passage: Ex 33:12 Moses said to the LORD , "You have been telling me, 'Lead these people,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, 'I know you by name and you have found favor with me.' 13 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people." 14 The LORD replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." 15 Then Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. 16 How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?" 17 And the LORD said to Moses, "I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name." 18 Then Moses said, "Now show me your glory." 19 And the LORD said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD , in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 20 But," he said, "you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live." 21 Then the LORD said, "There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. 22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen." If this is not it, I don't know what else you could be referring to. God bless. --Rowdy |
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657 | should communion be weekly | John 6:53 | Rowdy | 122757 | ||
In an effort to give this thread some balance, I must say there are a large number of christians who do observe the Lord's Supper or Communion every Sunday of their whole life as a christian. We Bible students should strive to read and understand God's Word at face value whenever possible and of course the Bible is its own best commentary. That is, see what God says throughout the Bible on a particular topic and consider the whole message. In this case the NT puts quite a bit of emphasis on the assembling of the christians in the first century with Heb 10:25. Further we see an emphasis on the first day of the week, especailly in contrast to the centuries of observing the sabbath. We know that the first century christians were meeting often, sometimes several days of the week but we see this emphasis on the first day of the week. From Paul we see 1 Cor 11:17 Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse. 18For first of all, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. 19For there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you. 20Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper. 21For in eating, each one takes his own supper ahead of others; and one is hungry and another is drunk. 22What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you. 23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me." 25In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me." 26For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes. It might be helpful to mention that Paul was giving these kinds of instructions to several different groups of christians around the world as we see in 1 Cor 16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: 2On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come. Now you may be confused by the citation of these scriptures together about the communion and giving but one of the common threads we see throughout the NT concerning the worship in the first century is the regularity and consistency as taught by the Apostles, especially by Paul. There's not a whole of scriptures with the phrase "first day of the week" but those few and the absence of any other day including the Sabbath implies that all christians were indeed worshiping on the same day, just as most christians do in today's world. Another point I'd like to draw from God's Word is the fact that God has from the beginning established a habit of giving His children (Jewish or christian) a pattern to follow. He gave Noah very explicit instructions to follow in building the ark. He gave very explicit instructions on the building of the temple and the procedures to follow in offering of sacrifices. Although the church of our Lord Jesus is amazingly simple in its organization, structure and worship, we do see this pattern of instruction from the Apostles so there would be unity as suggested in Eph 4:1 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Remember our Lord's last prayer on this earth was for our sake as he was praying so earnestly for the unity of His disciples, christians, including you and me in this age and in the future. I do sincerely hope you'll continue to study this topic thoroughly and conclude with your own determination to follow and obey God completely. God bless. --Rowdy |
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658 | 8 words of Deity in John 6:61-63: yes? | John 6:61 | Rowdy | 122344 | ||
If I could butt in, I thought I'd tackle your 3rd question since I'm unqualified to handle the first two. We see much wisdom in the following from our Lord. Matt 15:10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear and understand: 11Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man." 12Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?" 13But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch." 15Then Peter answered and said to Him, "Explain this parable to us." 16So Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding? 17Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? 18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. 19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man." Now we know that people don't literally eat Jesus' body as bread or nourishment for our body, but instead He's saying that those who hunger and thirst after righteousness so much as to read every Word of God, they are the ones who will truly live in the life hereafter. So here we see that Jesus really is the Word of God (John 1) and thus we (His children) must take in all of what He says or at least do our very best AND obey. This is the only way I can see an answer to this question. Would you have a different answer? Of course you might want to wait until you get a sufficient number of responses. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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659 | Bread: Is it the spirit that gives life? | John 6:61 | Rowdy | 122345 | ||
Sorry, didn't think to submit this to you instead of Tim. Sometimes I amaze myself with a new level in thick headedness. Duh? Matt 15:10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear and understand: 11Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man." 12Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?" 13But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch." 15Then Peter answered and said to Him, "Explain this parable to us." 16So Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding? 17Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? 18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. 19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. 20These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man." Now we know that people don't literally eat Jesus' body as bread or nourishment for our body, but instead He's saying that those who hunger and thirst after righteousness so much as to read every Word of God, they are the ones who will truly live in the life hereafter. So here we see that Jesus really is the Word of God (John 1) and thus we (His children) must take in all of what He says or at least do our very best AND obey. This is the only way I can see an answer to this question. Would you have a different answer? Of course you might want to wait until you get a sufficient number of responses. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy PS: Of course, as you can imagine I don't believe in the concept of transubstaintion (sp?), the idea of communion emblems turning into the literal body and blood of Jesus Christ. |
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660 | Did Jesus do anything in secret? | John 7:4 | Rowdy | 109065 | ||
The only thing I can think of that Jesus kept secret was an occasional instance of His healing. He told several recipients of His miraclous healings to keep this information to themselves. I seem to recall he was concerned about the bad publicity he was getting but I think primarily He was focused on His primary mission, saving the lost. He knew that if the publicity was in full opeartion, the whole world would come to him for healing, and thus take Him away from His main reason for coming: show the way for mankind to get back to His Father. | ||||||
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