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661 | Did Jesus do anything in secret? | John 7:4 | Rowdy | 109081 | ||
Just did a quick search and found in Luke 5: 12While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy.[3] When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." 13Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" And immediately the leprosy left him. 14Then Jesus ordered him, "Don't tell anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them." 15Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. It seems Jesus was probably getting bad press from these priests if all the folks healed by Him were going to their local priests. Apparently, that word was getting relayed to the chief priest which really had a vengeful eye toward Christ. He was upsetting their whole world of control on these people. I don't really think I can come up with scriptures to authoritatively support my position as you've alluded to, it's mostly conjecture. Tell me what you think? |
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662 | Did Jesus do anything in secret? | John 7:4 | Rowdy | 109311 | ||
I can only refer you to the scripture in Heb 2 as follows: 14Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil-- 15and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. 16For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants. 17For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for[6] the sins of the people. 18Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Apparently our Lord was absolutely unique in more ways than we can count. He was 100 percent human and God at the same time, at least while He was here on earth. I'm convinced we'll never understand this whole concept until we get to heaven. God bless. |
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663 | No man ever spoke like this Man, NKJ | John 7:51 | Rowdy | 110357 | ||
Of course, we are contrasting two different passages with a different audience in each one. The first one Jn 7:51, it is Nicodemus asking the Lord the question whereas with the following, Judas is asking. 15"If you love me, you will obey what I command. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever-- 17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[3] in you. 18I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him." 22Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?" 23Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. 25"All this I have spoken while still with you. 26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. From the context, I like the comforting words from our Lord about His sending the Comforter and of course He is represented as being in God's Word, the Bible. He is the one who empowered the Apostles through their ministry and He gives us strength and assistance when we pray for it. Now that we have the historical records of those events, including the miracles and the many other activities of the early christians in the first century, we no longer need a miraculous measure of that Holy Spirit. God wants us to reach the highest level of faith and accept His existance and His Words in complete faith and trust. This of course shouldn't be a blind faith but one that is built on a solid set of circumstantial evidence and personal testimonies from our christian predecessors. However, I'd be the last person in the world to put any restrictions on our Lord or God, the Father. All 3 of the Godhead are certainly able to do anything they wish, thus we know or experience someone who enjoys remission of cancer after the doctors have completely given up all hope of this person living after a few months. All I'm asking is that we test the spirits of this modern age as we're directed in 1 John: 1 John 4:1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. If people claim to have miraculous powers as we see in the Bible, let us look for miracles of the same kind we see in our Bibles. I would urge caution about believing that God acts through people in this day and age. ALL Bible examples of this kind of miraculous power involve Apostles or someone who received that power by the laying on of Apostles hands. All except for Corneilius. He received the same dose of power from God as did the Apostles. So unless there are some 2,000 year old Apostles walking around, God doesn't work miracles through people any longer. He imparts those wonderful feats of healing directly. What is your conclusion about the matter, this contrast? God bless. |
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664 | Some questions to consider on John 10:10 | John 10:10 | Rowdy | 114499 | ||
I tranposed the following for context: John 10:8 "All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 "I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. 11 "I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. 12 "He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 "He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep. In this discussion, Jesus is painting a wonderful contrast between himself as the real deal, the actual owner of the sheep as the shepard and the deceiver or imposter, one who claims to be something he's not. We must be on constant guard against such persons who are wolves in sheep's clothing. Their words and actions must be compared to God's Words. When we notice discrepancies between the two, then we must approach the one in disagreement and attempt to correct him, doing so with love and concern for their souls of course. Upon their defiant refusal to turn away from the deceptive ways, they should be marked and avoided. While I was stationed in Greece, I found out some interesting tidbits about sheparding sheep, especially in Bible times. (Thought you might want to know.) In Israel, good shepards were expected to corral their sheep at night, especially when it was cold and they needed to stay warm. During this time, the shepard was expected to literally sleep in the doorway just as is depicted in Jesus parable here in John 10. It makes the story come alive a little more for the reader as the shepard was to give his life in defense of those sheep just as our Perfect Shepard did at the cross. Good questions and God bless. |
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665 | who is the thief in John 10:10? | John 10:10 | Rowdy | 114500 | ||
See my post no 114499 to Mammopbs. | ||||||
666 | Teaching about Santa Claus? | John 10:10 | Rowdy | 114502 | ||
Dear Pixel, I have to agree with charis. We did basically the same thing with our two boys who are now grown and have their own lives to live. Personally, I think we have precious little time to spend with them as parents. Let them have fun, especially as young as your daughter is. Believe me, once you get as old as I am, you'll wish you had spent far more "pretend" time with her like I do with my boys. God bless your ultimate decision. |
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667 | Thomas being sarcastic or serious? | John 11:16 | Rowdy | 121537 | ||
I'm inspired to say that we should be just as suspicious when someone claims to have miraculous powers of healing and/or speaking in tongues. We should hold up the standard for measuring such feats as we find in the Bible. If their healing doesn't match the same truly miraculous (supernatural) quality of the Bible descriptions of such miracles, we must reject them as being mistaken. They have either decieved the public whom they're serving or even worse they've deceived themselves into believing their own show. The Apostles predicted this age would be filled with false teachers and people who love to claim some special relationship with God but we're commanded to "test the spirits." If Christ Himself stood up and proved Himself; if Paul was challenged time and time again and met that challenge sucessfully, we are obligated to do the same for all such people who claimed to be representing God. For God does NOT represent Himself to be "a house divided" but instead He is One with His Son AND the Holy Spirit. So let all beware, true men and women of God will be expected to follow God's commands and look for the fruit of such people and look for true Godliness. God bless. --Rowdy |
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668 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | Rowdy | 121171 | ||
Cited for reference 1 Jn 1:5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. I understand the Greek word for "clense" above is the active progressive tense, that is in order for us to enjoy this constant clensing action of Jesus blood, we have to remain faithful and in fellowship with God and our fellow christians. Also see Rev 2:10. So it's just a constant state of humility and submission to God's sovreignty and Grace. Nothing we can do can take the place of our daily sacrifice of our will to His every morning and to go to bed at night after repenting of whatever we done not in accordance with God's Will and to repent of whatever we've left undone. God bless. --Rowdy |
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669 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | Rowdy | 121173 | ||
But we do know how to repent to the best of our ability and clear our conscience as best we can, leaving the rest to the Grace of God. I acknowledge all the scriptures that have been given but I must admit, as I've stated before I believe Jesus is going to judge us all by ALL of the Words of the NT. This includes the verses from 1 John 1, Rev 2:10 and 2 Pet 2:22. We enjoy all the benefits as you, Hank and BradK have mentioned if we comply with these other verses as we can't escape them on Judgment Day. Hank, I'm sorry that you see this as being a never ending wash cycle. But how in the world do you think anybody here on earth could possibly qualify for something as good as Heaven otherwise? God bless. --Rowdy |
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670 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | Rowdy | 121222 | ||
Thanks for the encouragement. I just count myself as a broken vessel, kept together only by the Grace of God, and part of a great team here on the Forum. God bless. --Rowdy |
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671 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | Rowdy | 121255 | ||
As a friend, I would only encourage you to consider Hank's words as wise counsel. I read the post in question and it does seem you've come down a little harder than is warrented. When I re-read how incredibly patient our Lord was with his disciples, even after He went to the cross, dying for THEIR sins (as well as yours and mine) these disciples still wanted to make Him an earthly King. So you can see that all of us humans need a great amount of patience and forebearance (that means bear up under). I'm quite certain there are some things in your life of which the Lord is quite ashamed just like there is in my life. It's absolutely ONLY by the Grace of God that any of us make it to Heaven. I don't think any of us even come close to the righteousness as exhibited by Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Melchazidek, the Apostles or any of the other heros in the Bible. Personnaly, I think it's literally impossible because of all the modern distractions of our progressively sinful world, but that's just my opinion. Finally, I would urge you to pray and see if God endorses mine AND Hank's words. I feel sure you'll end up regretting saying those words. I know I did, after the few words of anger and frustration I've posted. I do enjoy sparring with ALL of the Forum's participants, including you so I don't want to see you go. I do hope this message helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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672 | i dont understand | John 13:10 | Rowdy | 121256 | ||
You might say it can be compared to washing and re-washing our soul and our conscience in the cleansing blood of our Lord, like that depicted in the Jewish practice of sacrificing animals. His blood and God's Grace is the ONLY thing that can possibly enable you, me and the rest of the world go to Heaven. I'm inferring a lot from the last four words, "but not all of you." But there again, it could be the Lord's main point here in this story is a simple demonstration of His INFINITE humility. Savior of the whole world about to go through the most horrible event in His entire existance, be separated from His Father and take on the sins of the whole world, a world that doesn't love or even like Him. And He takes time out to wash these guys' feet. What a God!! What humility!! What do you think it means? God bless. --Rowdy PS: I seem to always forget...Welcome to the Forum. Good to have you on board. |
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673 | Sin in the life of a believer? | John 13:10 | Rowdy | 121313 | ||
I can only remind you of a few things I didn't include in my previous post. In spite of all the bad stuff Christ went through, there was one single thing that made Him angry and that was the abuse of His Father's Temple so we should align ourselves with our Lord's priorities. Further we can gather much from his parable in Matt 13. There the Lord provides one of His most famous parables about the wheat and the tares growing up together AND He provides a bonus, His very own interpretation so we can't possibly misunderstand. We really must remember that God's Word is subject to interpretation and some people focus on those scriptures that emphasize Grace. Yes, I tend to agree with you on this subject but we must let God's Truths seep into other people's consciences at their own rate of speed. One more point and I'll hush. God's Word is a sword and its power to divide right and wrong should be used judiciously. We also should remember Jesus' last reaction when one of His disciples drew a sword in His prescence. He had Peter put the sword away and healed his victim's ear. God's Word reveals itself to people when they open both their hearts and minds. Our job is to just keep showing God's Truths in our lives so as to reflect that about which they're reading. I do hope you'll reconsider about your position. Usually, it's the bigger person in such a scenario to realize their need to be more like God and be patient like our Father in Heaven. But regardless of your decision or that of the Forum, I pray for God's richest blessings on you during this phase of your life. --Rowdy |
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674 | How can I show the Bible is truth? | John 14:6 | Rowdy | 132539 | ||
The best suggestion I can offer to you is the website www.apologeticspress.org. There, Dr. Bert Thompson and his staff put together a wide array of publications summarizing and describing in detail evidences in support of God's Word and Christianity in general. Some of these evidences are based both on Bible and God's world. Dr. Thompson draws logical conclusions from science, archeology and almost every other facet of life. I've used some of his publications in a recent class with in our congregation on Sunday morning adult class. Dr. Thompson even organizes his lessons on Christian Evidences into three different levels: for beginners, intermediate and advanced. I used the intermediate and they were great. But I do need to be honest with you: They do get a little technical, some more than others so some folks might be blown away by all the educated sound of it all. And finally they DON'T answer EVERY single question with absolute authority as God does expect us to use our intellect to some extent but ultimately He wants us to accept Him and His Word on faith. I hope you find the website as useful as I have. God bless. Rowdy |
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675 | The Abiding Life | John 15:6 | Rowdy | 133275 | ||
Good post. Upon doing a thorough study of God's Word, one has to draw the conclusion there is definitely some major costs involved in this proposition of discipleship or Christianity. I guess we all realize to some this is not a very attractive proposition. I'm convinced the first and most difficult job for us as christians is to help convince those folks there truly is a God AND that He meant every word in our Bible. Rom 14:11 For it is written, "AS I LIVE, SAYS THE LORD, EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME, AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL GIVE PRAISE TO GOD." 12 So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God. God bless you in making such a good post to this Forum. Rowdy |
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676 | "You did not choose Me" | John 15:16 | Rowdy | 133190 | ||
In contrast, I would offer the following: John 8:31 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; John 8:32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." John 8:33 They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, 'You will become free'?" John 8:34 Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. John 8:35 "The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever. John 8:36 "So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. and Acts 13:38 "Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, Acts 13:39 and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses. There's a lot more scripture on this subject so I encourage you to get the WHOLE picture from God, with special emphasis on the NT. God bless. Rowdy |
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677 | define the text on john 19:25-27 | John 19:25 | Rowdy | 117770 | ||
Cited for reference: Jn 19:25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," 27and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. It's clear that on the cross that Jesus was mostly concerned with everyone else other than himself. He prayed for fogiveness for those that cruified Him and here He gives His mother to the disciple (most likely John) for him to care for her. I don't know who Clopas was but I'm sure you'll get an answer from another Forum participant about that. The significant thing I'd emphasize about this passage is here is a wonderful example of Jesus' love and demonstration of that love as cited in Ja 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. I think it's especially significant that Jesus chose his disciple John rather than his own half-brothers on earth. Thus, when it comes down to a choice we should choose likewise. Remember, his half-brothers were NOT persuaded that He was the Christ quite yet. God bless. --Rowdy |
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678 | Please explain John 19:27 | John 19:26 | Rowdy | 107918 | ||
I think I might have an answer to your question about Jesus' preference of John over James and His other blood siblings. I think Christ was trying to once again give us another example of a whole new standard for us as humans to follow. You remember Jesus' mother and His brothers thought He was going crazy thus in Matt 12, He lets the world know who His real family was. Remember James and probably his brothers didn't become christians until AFTER Jesus' death and resurrection. I understand this very well because one of my sisters has been a member of another faith for many years in spite of her growing up in the same household with me and the rest of the family. Our father was an elder; my brother is currently a deacon; I was a deacon in a previous congregation. (I've traveled quite a bit.) Don't get me wrong...my sis and I meet several times per year, her house, my house, Dad's house but we don't go to worship together and the subject of religion is taboo between us. So I feel MUCH closer to my own brethren in our congregation than I do to my blood sister. Again, I think this is God's preference in His world which should take precedence to our world. Remember, Christ predicted that His ways would come between family members and we see that every day. We need to get used to seeing things God's way and discard our preferences. |
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679 | How does empty linen look like cocoon? | John 20:5 | Rowdy | 117958 | ||
I know about the "burial cloth folded up by itself" but where do you get the idea from the Bible about "linen that looks like cocoon?" Please explain. Thanks and God bless. John 20:6 Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus' head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. 8Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. --Rowdy |
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680 | Is THE SABBATH ON A SATURDAY | John 20:19 | Rowdy | 109444 | ||
You seem to be omitting a very important detail. Jesus specifically gave the authority to Peter in giving the keys of the kingdom to him before His death. He also specifically instructed the disciples to stay put in Jerusalem until they were to receive the power from Heaven. He predicted the Holy Spirit's coming by calling It the Comforter so we have a clear and specific authorization from the Perfector of Salvation to heed the words of the Apostles. They did a mighty fine job of minimizing the number of restrictions and specific commands to be followed. So the least we can do is follow their example and the little bit of guidance in their epistles, or the New Testament. Don't you think it's better to play it safe and heed those commands rather than take a chance of rejecting those words on Judgement Day. Remember Christ told us His words will judge us on that day. God bless. |
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