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1481 | sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard | 1 Cor 1:18 | azurelaw | 199807 | ||
Dear jesusman, I am very sad to see that you are putting words on others' mouth and picturing yourself as the poor victim thus probably clouding the readers. I am so much surprised to see you, as a senior forum participant (since 2001) and have been so much devoted yourself to evangelizing to the lost, behave in such an emotional manner when facing disagreements. Prov 27:5 Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed. Shalom Azure Eccl 12:12-14 |
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1482 | i need a answer | Bible general Archive 4 | azurelaw | 199766 | ||
Dear blue.eyes, Kindly note that some forum participants have put their email address on their user profiles. You can just click on those usernames for checking. However, whether they would like to engage in "merely chatting" is doubtful. You may try it out. Please understand that SBF is not designed as a chat room nor a place to make penpals or netpals though I understand some participants could end up as netpals. Hope you enjoy studying God's Word with us. Shalom Azure |
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1483 | Repentance, how many times? | Luke 15:20 | azurelaw | 199727 | ||
Dear blue.eyes, verses for sinning no more: John 5:14 John 8:11 Shalom Azure |
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1484 | Repentance, how many times? | Luke 15:20 | azurelaw | 199722 | ||
Dear halroy, It's fine. I should have understood you just meant for a humour. I forgot reading those prior posts before posting and I was in a rush to go out. Before I forgot, a belated welcome to the forum. Prov 15:23 Shalom Azure |
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1485 | Repentance, how many times? | Luke 15:20 | azurelaw | 199688 | ||
Dear halroy, I believe the below commentary is helpful for understanding the scripture quoted Mat 18:21-22: "21: Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?--In the recent dispute, Peter had probably been an object of special envy, and his forwardness in continually answering for all the rest would likely be cast up to him--and if so, probably by Judas--notwithstanding his Masters' commendations. And as such insinuations were perhaps made once and again, he wished to know how often and how long he was to stand it. till seven times?--This being the sacred and complete number, perhaps his meaning was, Is there to be a limit at which the needful forbearance will be full? 22: Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven--that is, so long as it shall be needed and sought: you are never to come to the point of refusing forgiveness sincerely asked. (See on Lu 17:3, 4)." - Jamieson Faussett Brown Shalom Azure |
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1486 | sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard | 1 Cor 1:18 | azurelaw | 199672 | ||
Dear Gunnie, I am very sorry in reading your using such a strong word "persecution" to the parties voicing out their disagreements in the discussion. I think the below picture speaks so much in concern with proof vs faith:- John 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. John 20:25 So the other disciples were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe." John 20:26 After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus *came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you." John 20:27 Then He *said to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing." John 20:28 Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!" John 20:29 Jesus *said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed." Shalom Azure |
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1487 | Lunar New Year's Greetings | Ps 90:12 | azurelaw | 199622 | ||
Dear Forum members, This is not a questions, but a greetings. Though it is not your tradition or customs, I would like to with you all a prosperous and peaceful year of mouse on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Psalm 90 Shalom Azure |
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1488 | Dissapointment in this sites response... | Ps 16:11 | azurelaw | 199553 | ||
Dear Faith... Others have answered you well and MMyers has nevigated you the feature functions of the forum which is very helpful for you to learn more when being a "reader". Here are some verses I offer you to meditate on prayerfully: Matthew 5:27-28 1 Cor 6:18 2 Tim 2:22 I do hope that you can participate and contribute to the forum IF YOU ARE 18 OR ABOVE as this requirement has been stated clearly on the terms of use (I see brother Hank addressed this to you already). If you are under-age, you can make use of the search funtion to learn more through the past discussion threads and the bible verses related. Shalom Azure |
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1489 | so what's the big deal about pride? | Dan 4:37 | azurelaw | 199496 | ||
Dear Brother, How can I "shear" with you as I am not a lamb shearer...:-) though I watched how it (a show) did once in New Zealand. I also fed them with bottles of milk...so lovely. Shalom Azure |
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1490 | so what's the big deal about pride? | Dan 4:37 | azurelaw | 199494 | ||
Amen, Brother John. Thank you for sharing. Reading your note triggers my memory to the book "The Experience That Counts" by Jonanthan Edwards that makes me mindful of Satan's trick (2 Cor 11:14)... "Spiritual humiliation is the essence of Christian self-denial...he must deny his natural self-righteousness and self-centredness...is the hardest to do... "...the proud man tends to think very highly of his humility, whereas the truly humble man thinks of himself as very proud! This is because the proud man and the humble man have different views of themselves. We measure a man's humiliation by our view of his proper dignity and greatness. If a king knelt down to remove the shoe of another king, we would consider this an act of self-abasement, and so would the king who did it. By contrast, if a slave knelt down to remove the shoe of his king, nobody would think that a great act of self-abasement, or a sign of great humility. The slave himself would not think so, unless he were ridiculously conceited... "The proud man is like the conceited slave. He thinks it a great sign of humility to confess his unworthiness before God...If he had a proper view of himself, he would rather feel astonished and ashamed that he was not more humbled before God. "The truly humble man never feels that he has sufficiently asbased himself before God. He feels that however low he bends, he could bend lower. He always feels that he is above his proper position before God. He looks at his position, and looks at where he should be, and he appears at a great distance from it. He calls the distance 'pride'. It is his pride that appears to him to be great, not his humility. It does not seem to him to be a great sign of his humility that he should lie in the dust at the feet of God. He thinks that is exactly where he belongs." - Jonathan Edwards Always love sharing with you. Shalom Azure |
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1491 | sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard | 1 Cor 1:18 | azurelaw | 199483 | ||
Dear Cheri, Very well put and encouraging. What you have depicted about your evangelizing the unbelievers reminds me of a book "the Sweet Potato Evangelist" written by a Korean (translated Chinese edition). He uses an analogy to describe those unbelievers as raw sweet potatoes with extreme hard hearts. Each time when he evangelize to his target and pray for him, it is just like using a chopstick to poke a hole onto the sweet potato. The more holes are made, the faster and easier the sweet potato get cooked and turn out to have a softened and tender heart .... then he is ready for conversion. I believe the main idea is to be perseverant in our evangelization. Shalom Azure |
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1492 | when the sons of God lived with ... | Gen 6:4 | azurelaw | 199475 | ||
Dear rev eugene, I've just found another post (# 26083) pertinently explaining the issue. Hope it is helpful to you. You just need to type the post number in the search box at your upper right hand corner of the screen. Shalom Azure |
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1493 | when the sons of God lived with ... | Gen 6:4 | azurelaw | 199471 | ||
Dear rev eugene, See post 199469 just sent to you. Shalom Azure |
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1494 | angel do not marry, but falling angels. | Gen 6:4 | azurelaw | 199469 | ||
Dear rev eugene, Welcome to the forum. Could you please cite supporting scripture in reference to your notion that the sons of God are the fallen angels (if I understand you correctly)? "... the sons of God saw the daughters of men--By the former is meant the family of Seth, who were professedly religious; by the latter, the descendants of apostate Cain. Mixed marriages between parties of opposite principles and practice were necessarily sources of extensive corruption. The women, religious themselves, would as wives and mothers exert an influence fatal to the existence of religion in their household, and consequently the people of that later age sank to the lowest depravity." - Jamieson Faussett Brown Shalom Azure |
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1495 | sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard | 1 Cor 1:18 | azurelaw | 199459 | ||
Dear Jesusman, I have read your user profile not long after my joining the forum. I am very impressed by your devotion to witnessing Christ and how you got your username is respectable to me. You said: I couldn't help but feel that no matter how knowledgable I was about the matters of faith and God's word and teachings, I had no answers for their questions about if this was real or not. Dear brother, you have made the point. We do our best, but only God wills it be done in His appointed time and MEANS. Zech 4:6 Then he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel saying, 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the LORD of hosts. May the Lord keeps you and bless you in your ministry. Shalom Azure |
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1496 | God's decree on His elects - oppression | Jer 50:33 | azurelaw | 199456 | ||
Dear Brother John, Thanks. For sure I am glad to be God's elect. I should have put one more '?' on my first paragraph. I want to know if my such understanding as to Jer 50:33 biblical. The word "all" is pretty weighty to me as I think it would not be possible that "all" nations hold the same attitude toward the Jews or a specific group of people (or the elect...or all beleivers) unless some of their God granted attributes, nature or characteristics cause it. Am I clear or just muddying the water further? Thanks for your patience with me. Shalom Azure |
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1497 | sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard | 1 Cor 1:18 | azurelaw | 199449 | ||
Oh, dear Jesusman, I must strongly disagree with your statement: " Tell the unbelievers to have faith in what they think is a myth, and give them a book they might think of as no more credible than an edition of Snow White?" A sister of mine in a cell group was just given a bible in the Mainland China when she was young and she read it and believed. This testimony is only the tip of an ice-berg so to see in many places. Shalom Azure |
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1498 | God's decree on His elects - oppression | Jer 50:33 | azurelaw | 199446 | ||
"...all who took them captive have held them fast..." Shall I understand it as on one hand, the Israelites and the Jews encountered oppression from ALL (first the Egyptians, then the Babylonians....the Nazis) for the reason that they are God's people; while on the other hand, all believers (in a broader sense of God's elect) shall also encounter persecution from many as what Jesus has taught beforehand. Therefore, the key is not the oppressors but the Elects (all believers) are not of the world? Hope I have explained myself clear. Shalom Azure |
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1499 | Sharing - Leaving our burden upon Him | Matt 11:28 | azurelaw | 199400 | ||
Sharing - Leaving our burden upon Him Ancient Chinese used a bamboo (as a leverage) to carry their weighty goods at both ends. As believers, there are times we still feel weighty and worry even we pray and plea for our Lord's mercy to lift our burdens. Yes, indeed, He did...but what we have forgotten is just to let go of our hands which are still grasping the bamboo thus carrying our own weight and cause us feeling weighty ... UNNECESSARILY. Phil 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Phil 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Shalom Azure |
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1500 | sharing our faith to unbelievers so hard | 1 Cor 1:18 | azurelaw | 199398 | ||
Dear Brother Doc, I like what you have put it "...we are privileged to speak His Word to others...." (your post 199392). If we hold it our privilege, will we be afraid to share with others? Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Is 52:7 How lovely on the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, "Your God reigns!" Shalom Azure |
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