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201 | what is the true worship day sun. or sat | Col 2:16 | There | 25717 | ||
Actually I usually try to look at and understand the other person's position, even if I do disagree with them. I have not made this apparent in my postings though, or it would not have surprised you. But anyway, in this paticular case... I do disagree. Your interpretation sounds so close, but it does change the context of the verse in my opinion. You said: "Let no man therefore judge you in your feasting and fasting on the feast days, or the new moons, or the ceremonial sabbath days: Although I think "feasting and fasting" could be a pretty good understanding of "eating and drinking", I do think it strays far away from the context after that. Paul clearly states either "or" or "and" between "regards to eating and drinking" AND "in respect to festivals, etc.". That is a first clue that he did not mean people were not to be judged only for the "eating and drinking" that was done on certain days. So I believe that Paul meant what he said. Men were not to judge others concerning ALL of those things: eating, drinking, festivals, new moons, sabbaths. But one of the reasons I think Paul said what he meant when he used the "or" or "and" in respect to the festivals etc.... is completely explained in the remainder of Paul's statement in verse 17. Again... I wish you could understand why I keep bringing that up. One part of the sentence is only that -- one part. One part of a whole thought on Paul's part. In order to put the first part in context, we must at least include the second part of his thought. You said: 17 These (i.e., the feasting and fasting) are a shadow of things to come; rather let the Church decide such matters." It was not just the feasting and fasting (eating and drinking) that were a shadow of things to come. It was ALL of those things he'd mentioned. The point though is that verse 17 explains what all those things have in common. "WHICH ARE a shadow of things to come, but the substance (body) is of Christ". Oviously Paul and the early Christians knew by this time that the eating and drinking (communion?), festivals, new moons, and the Sabbaths were all to be fullfilled in/through Christ Jesus... whether during His first coming to begin His church, or His second, when He would finish what He'd started. I think all Paul was saying is that "all those things" are a shadow of what is coming to and will be shown within the body of believers (body of Christ). I don't believe the "body" is the one to make decisions for the "body". I believe the "head" is to make decisions for the "body". If Christ is our head, we will be led by His Spirit, not by man or man's decisions. I'm not sure I'm making myself understandable. But I don't know of any other way to say it, other than to quote Paul in Col. 2:16-17. :) God bless. |
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202 | Do we play or pray? | Col 2:16 | There | 25947 | ||
I don't believe any of the ten commandments are "out". I just think we need to be able to look at the 4th commandment from the Lord's perspective. (Just like the 6th and 7th (Matt. 5:21-30), and all the others.) God's understanding of His laws have never changed... only man's understanding has changed because of more in depth teaching. Yet I do not think the 4th commandment says we are to sabbath on Saturday. The Hebrews kept the sabbath on Saturday because they understood the 4th commandment to tell them to do so. Yet I think God's intention (and I said "think") was not that they keep the Sabbath on Saturday, but that they rested every 7th day. God knew man needed physical rest and a time to rest in Him - spiritual rejuvenation -- at least once a week. Here's a bit of Jewish tradition based on their historical accounts. The Ten Commandments were given to Moses on a Sunday -- the same Sunday as Pentecost. The first time God wrote His law on stone (the first time before Moses threw them down and broke them), and the second time (Pentecost) He began writing His law on hearts. If the law was given to the Hebrews on Sunday, would the following Sunday be the 7th day that God was referring to in the 4th commandment?? It is a possibility. Did it matter to God which day they kept... as long as they kept every 7th day?? Again, I don't think so. The 4th commandment basically says to do our customary work for six days and then rest the 7th. I think when the command states "but the 7th is the Sabbath of the Lord"... God is stating that He was making it for man... but it was God doing the making and it was therefore God's Sabbath. He owns it, but he made it for man. And God used the example of creation to show man what He meant. Work six days, rest one. I think it's possible that the millennial Sabbath will be on the Lord's day, just as it is now. |
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203 | Do we play or pray? | Col 2:16 | There | 26300 | ||
Yes, we will won't we? :) God bless. |
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204 | A husband's responsibility | 1 Tim 5:8 | There | 18679 | ||
Could any and all of you please provide sciptures that explain a husband is to "provide for" (work to support) his wife and children? Please feel free to make comments too. Just for the record, the "husband" in question uses Proverbs 31:16-31 to say a wife is to financially support herself, children, and home. And he uses Genesis 3:17-19 to say that God only tells man to support himself. |
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205 | A husband's responsibility | 1 Tim 5:8 | There | 18684 | ||
Could any and all of you please provide sciptures that explain a husband is to "provide for" (work to support) his wife and children? Please feel free to make comments too. Just for the record, the "husband" in question uses Proverbs 31:16-31 to say a wife is to financially support herself, children, and home. And he uses Genesis 3:17-19 to say that God only tells man to support himself. |
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206 | A husband's responsibility | 1 Tim 5:8 | There | 18700 | ||
Hi Lionstrong, I'm not really sure HOW his thinking goes in the case of Genesis 3, but my "guess" is that he's going strictly by "in the sweat of your face (hard word) YOU shall eat bread". Like I said, though it is a guess. His way of thinking hasn't made much sense to me either. Thank you for the scripture!! It's very much appreciated. There |
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207 | A husband's responsibility | 1 Tim 5:8 | There | 18701 | ||
My opinion of Proverbs 31 is similar to yours. I believe a "virtuous wife" is one that is "a wise steward of her husband's money and goods" and also is a dependable worker in caring for her family... not lazy. She also has a kind and generous heart, and loves God. When this subject came up... I went blank. I've never had anyone "question" this part of a husband's responsibility before... using the Bible! So I certainly appreciate your help. There |
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208 | GOD DID NOT LEAVE US | Heb 4:12 | There | 15683 | ||
Ephesians 6:13-17. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchfull to this end... " And when in spiritual battle keep in mind Romans 8:37. And we can grow in the Lord during these times. (1John 4:18) |
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209 | Why must we divide soul and spirit? | Heb 4:12 | There | 15684 | ||
It is my understanding that this "division of spirit and soul" has to do with death. In Ecclesiastes 12:7 states that "then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it." When we become "saved", we undergo a renewal of our mind, or another way of putting it is that we become "born again of the Spirit". When a believer dies, their body returns to dust, and both their soul and spirit go to be with God in heaven, because the soul (mind, thoughts, inner man) has been rejuvenated or born again into God's family. When an unbeliever dies, his body returns to dust, and his spirit 'returns to God who gave it', but his soul... because it has not been "made new", born again of the Spirit... cannot enter heaven. Only God can divide the soul from the spirit of man, which is necessary at the death of an unbeliever. Probably why Paul says "Let us be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience" Heb. 4:11. |
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210 | Please explain "double edged sword" | Heb 4:12 | There | 15685 | ||
Hank did a good job! A "double edged sword" means that God's word can comfort/save, or condemn. He uses both in dealing with mankind. | ||||||
211 | Do those in heaven know what's happening | Heb 12:1 | There | 15693 | ||
I think that when we are in heaven within sight of the glory of God... watching the goings on down here will be the last thing we concern ourselves with. The Bible does state that just before God's wrath is poured out on the earth, that those who have victory over the beast (believers) (Rev. 15:2) have harps, and they are singing praises to God. "Do those in heaven know what's happening on earth?" In Rev. 6:10, the martyrs only seemed to know that God's wrath had not been completed yet. The "cloud of witnesses" mentioned in that verse are those who have come before us (reference to those previous verses) whose lives and faith provide a witness to us in God's power to save. |
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212 | Could one think anger got righteousness? | James 1:20 | There | 12928 | ||
Example: A man kills an abortionist. The man that did this thought his anger was righteous. Yet as you mentioned James 1:20 says "... the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God." Wrath, from "orge" means violent passion or justifiable abhorance. |
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213 | Who should bring the stray back? | James 5:19 | There | 12936 | ||
Since James is speaking to Christians, I'd say that verse is talking about Christians. Secondly, a person could not "wander from the truth" if he had never known the truth in the first place. Is it a loving act to allow someone to wallow in their sin? Did Christ, our example, allow those he had opportunity to address about their sin, leave them to dwell in it? Or did He tell them their wrong and encourage them to get the sin out of their life? Jesus' words say it this way in Matthew 18:15-17 "Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained a brother." "But if he will not hear you, take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established." "And if he still refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector." Also Galatians 6:1; 2Thessalonians 3:13-15; 1Corinthians 5:1-13) |
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214 | Who is saving his soul from death? | James 5:20 | There | 12922 | ||
If a person sees another in sin and convinces them to change their mind about commiting that sin, then the person who did the convincing is saving the other person from coming under judgement in that area. Another example: Romans 11:14 "if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them..." Neither of the above persons are THE SAVIOR of the World, Jesus Christ, but the above persons can rescue or "save" someone from God's judgment by convincing them to change their thinking or behavior. As to the last part of that verse in James "... and cover a multitude of sins." Peter says it is an act of loving others that covers a multitude of sins (1Peter 4:8). Would it be a loving act to leave a brother drown in their sin, if we could convince them to change their mind? No, none of us would consider that love, but would prefer that someone would talk to us if they noticed sin in our life. |
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215 | The Great Prostitue? | Revelation | There | 12623 | ||
The Great Prostitute, "harlotry" represents false religion (idolatry). Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots, depicts the supreme system(s) of false religion that focuses on the "Queen of Heaven", with it's mother/child worship, which in one form or another has dominated almost all the beast empires of Satan and has sought to destroy Israel and the church in general since their beginnings. The most visible manifestation of that false religion is seen today in Rome (Catholicism) and Constantinople/Istanbul (Byzantine/Eastern Othodox. So in Revelation, both terms are speaking of the same thing, a false religion( that will have authority over the masses, and deal harshly with anyone who disagrees with its teaching and worship. In essence it will lead it's followers to worship "Satan" during the latter days. Today, it is involved in an "ecumenical movement", attempting to bring about a sort of one world religion whereby all faiths (Christian, Islam, Budhist, etc.) would all be under one central authority. They claim that no matter who one worships it is the one and same God/god, so therefore we should be able to find some middle ground for world worship. |
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216 | What is 666? | Revelation | There | 12625 | ||
It represents the man who will be empowered by Satan. The identity will be scrupulously concealed to the world until the middle of the seventieth week. Quite probably if he were to be revealed before this time, before he took over the 3-nation power base, before he made his covenant with Israel, before he assembled his massive military strength, before being supernaturally empowered by Satan -- he would likely be killed or imprisoned long before God's words were fulfilled. Other descriptions of Antichrist(666) by various names and titles: Antichrist (1John 2:18); the beast (Rev. 13:4); the man of lawlessness and the son of destruction (2Thess. 2:3); Gog (Ezek. 38:2); the little horn (Dan. 7:8); the destroyer and extortioner (Isa. 16:4); the head of the house of evil (Hab. 3:13); and even the personified abomination of desolation (Matt. 24:15). The only real clue to where he will come from is in the book of Ezekiel 38: "[from] the land of Magog"... "from the remote parts of the north" (vv.2,6) and will descend on Israel "like a storm... "like a cloud covering the land" with a vast army and massive weapons of war (vv.4,8,9). Antichrist is also described by John in Rev. 17:10,11. When Revelation was written by John at the end of the first century A.D. we see that 5 beast empires of Satan had come and gone ("five have fallen"), "one is" (i.e. the Roman Empire), one was yet to come in the future and would "remain for a little while" (i.e. the Nazi Empire of the Third Reich seems most probable). Also there will be an 8th leader who will lead the final ten-nation confederation -- namely the Antichrist, who "was and is not", and who is also "one of the seven" rulers of the preceding seven beast empires. This last reference clearly refers to a man, not an empire as seen in John's choice of words stating that "the beast (Antichrist)... is himself also the 8th (head or king), and is one of the seven (heads or kings)" (v.11). "Himself" is obviously a reference to Antichrist as a man. The other strange truth about this passage seems to be that this man (8th king) will be one of the previous 7 kings "who was and is not", i.e he has already died. So we are told that the man (Antichrist) will be one of the 7 leaders of the previous 7 beast empires and has since died. So he will be a dead man brought back to life to rule the final beast empire. Verse 13:3 "...and all the world marveled (was amazed) and followed the beast". It would seem that this is Satan's final attempt to appear to the world as their resurrected savior. |
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217 | computers... | Revelation | There | 12628 | ||
The old computers (pre Y2K compliance) were binary, and the Y2K compliant computers are now hexi-decimal. I find that interesting. | ||||||
218 | God's wrath tribulational. | Revelation | There | 12629 | ||
Hi RCScroll, I'm not a pre-tribber, but I'd like to add another aspect to your question. In Revelation when Christ speaks to the 7 churches, is He saying to each that they will not be going through the tribulation of those days? Or is there only the faithful church that He will "keep" from the hour of trial that comes upon the whole world (v.3:10)? ("KEEP" in that verse comes from the word "tereo", meaning to watch or guard.) |
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219 | Mark of the beast before or after Christ | Revelation | There | 12630 | ||
I believe the mark will occur in the middle of the seventieth week (mid trib), but Christ will return "immediately after the tribulation of those days... "to gather His elect..."(Matt. 24:29,31). | ||||||
220 | holy spirit be here during tribulation | Revelation | There | 12631 | ||
I don't believe there is any scripture that states God's Spirit will leave His children. And in Rev. 3:10, it states that He will "keep" ("guard" or "watch") the faithful church. So He won't be ignoring us during that time. In Daniel 10:21 it states that the angel Michael is the protector of God's people since ancient times. And in 2Thessalonians 2:6-8 Paul states that "he who restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way". Some people understand this to mean Michael is the protector of only Israel, but Paul is speaking to Christians (non-Jews, ex-gentiles) of Thessalonia. That is the only "spirit" that will be removed. |
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