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441 | What happened when Jesus assended? | Acts 1:9 | humbledbyhisgrace | 190183 | ||
Greetings Hank! They say timing is everything! I say some times it gets in the way :-) I was posting at the same time I guess and didn't see your answer. Steve |
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442 | What happened when Jesus assended? | Acts 1:9 | humbledbyhisgrace | 190182 | ||
Greetings johnboy36, Welcome to the Study Bible Forum! It would have appeared to you just like it did to the eye witnesses that were there! See verse 9 below to see what scripture says they saw. Acts 1:9-11 (NASB) 1:9 And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 1:10 And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. 1:11 They also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven." Hebrews 9:24 (NASB) For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us How old are you? Steve |
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443 | What happens when you refuse God? | Jon 1:3 | humbledbyhisgrace | 190176 | ||
Gillian What biblical reference can you give the forum about this teaching? "At the end of these years, when an ancestory spirit was identified, God spoke audibly; laying me on the ground, saying "Gillian, you are to go to Germany" Steve |
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444 | What happens when you refuse God? | Jon 1:3 | humbledbyhisgrace | 190166 | ||
GE, Just curious, how would you answer your question? Steve |
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445 | Searching for the truth | John | humbledbyhisgrace | 190121 | ||
Greetings Fytrobert! John 14:14-15 (NASB) 14:14 "If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it. 14:15 "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 1 John 5:14 (NASB) This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 John 3:21-22 (NASB) 3:21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 3:22 and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. It appears you are focusing on what name one calls the Lord (Correct me if I'm wrong on that). Surely this is not what is meant by "ask Me anything in My name". Considering the scriptures above and the fact in Genesis 11:1-9 it is God Himself that confused the language of mankind. He set our boundaries and times to live on all the face of the earth (Acts 17:26). By the grace of God and to His glory, there are many languages spoken by mankind. The spelling and pronunciation of names may be different across some languages but this is by His design! Personally, I hold fast to proclaiming the name of Jesus when I pray. Not that saying the name is a requirement for the prayer. But rather as a cry to God and to the world and to myself that I believe and confess Jesus as my Lord and Saviour. I have heard some teach that we should use certain names and that it is dishonoring to God when we use the translated names ect... Again, my opinion, but what scripture teaches is that if we love Him, we keep His commandments, if we ask according to His will, if we do what is pleasing in His site (see scriptures above), if we abide in Him and do His will (John 15:1-16)! Hope this helps! In Jesus name and to His glory! Steve |
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446 | speaking Gods word openly | Jer 20:9 | humbledbyhisgrace | 190060 | ||
Greetings David! The Terms Of Use for the forum state in part “By registering in these areas, you are representing to The Lockman Foundation that you are at least 18 years old (or the minimum legal age in the jurisdiction in which you are viewing The Restricted Area).” You don’t meet the minimum legal age of 18 unfortunately and this crates a problem as you are not abiding by the Terms of Use for the forum. This requirement has been placed in the Terms of Use by the host of this web site and must be followed. Sorry brother but they have their reasons for this requirement. God bless, Steve |
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447 | speaking Gods word openly | Jer 20:9 | humbledbyhisgrace | 190048 | ||
David, Would you mind showing us scripture to back up what you are teaching? Where can we find scripture that teaches this ... "To express the word you have to grow, you have to have spiritual maturity. God will give you the power to do so if HE spoke it to you HE will not let you contain it in longer." Steve |
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448 | Why ethnarchês in 2 Cor 11:32? | Bible general Archive 3 | humbledbyhisgrace | 190033 | ||
Greetings Dale! Welcome to the Study Bible Forum! Check out this link for info on what Lockman has to say about the NASB. http://www.lockman.org/nasb/ Steve |
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449 | speaking Gods word openly | Jer 20:9 | humbledbyhisgrace | 190023 | ||
Sandra, 1 Thessalonians 5:20-22 (NASB) 20 do not despise prophetic utterances. 21 But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; 22 abstain from every form of evil. Perhaps there is a lack of faith or perhaps they examined everything that was said by you and found it did not line up with scripture? Who can say but those to whom you spoke? There are many false prophets in the world and it is wise for a brother or sister to give great consideration for anything one claiming the gift of prophesy has to say. Let me say this so there is no misunderstanding. I’m not accusing you of anything :-) but you have given no details (and I’m not asking for any) and all we know is you claim to have prophesied and others did not believe you. Scripture teaches that prophesying is for the edification and building up of the church 1 Corinthians 14:3, 12, 26. If you have the gift and you expect the brothers and sisters to accept what you speak, you will need to ensure you are biblical or without question no one will take you serious. Steve |
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450 | speaking Gods word openly | Jer 20:9 | humbledbyhisgrace | 190016 | ||
Sandra, What do you mean by “Call it prophesy if you will but I can never seem to express it and I always feel that the word wants to explode from within me but it has not bee birthed yet”? Steve |
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451 | How does the above relate to serving | Rom 1:1 | humbledbyhisgrace | 189978 | ||
Morning stjohn, Yes, the problem is in regards to giving them another job to do. In my opinion, there is no "menial job" in the body of Christ. After all, each member has been gifted to serve in the body and each one serves the King of Kings. No one gifts themselves and it is not our place to gift the members of the body. But God Himself pours out His grace on us and places us in the body where He desires (Ephesians 4:7, 1 Corinthians 12:18). The view from scripture clearly places importance on each member of the body as should we (1 Corinthians 12:18-27 and Ephesians 4:15-16) You said "In regard to gifts, certainly you are not saying that someone who has a gift of preaching or teaching, and is in adultery and it is known, that they should be aloud to continue? Matthew 18:15-17 seems to disagree with your statement" Absolutely I am not saying that! That contradicts everything I have said. Sorry if I have not been clear. Steve |
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452 | How does the above relate to serving | Rom 1:1 | humbledbyhisgrace | 189971 | ||
Stjohn, Sorry if I wasn't clear. What I tried to point out was that God gives the gifts to man to be used in the body of Christ. It is not mankind's place to change that or reassign the gift. In other words, it is not biblical for us to remove a brother or sister from one place to another place in the body of Christ. Each gift given to the church is important and every member of the body is to walk worthy of their calling. As you originally said it, one is left with the impression that if you practice sin, you cannot serve in the body in such and such a role but it is okay to serve in this lesser role. Scripture teaches that each gift is essential to the body and although mankind may have a tendency to not give much weight to certain gifts, God clearly has a different opinion (1 Corinthians 12). One walking in sin should not be allowed to serve in any role in the body! The infected part must be cured or removed! In regards to what should be done with the one walking in sin we can look to Matthew 18:15-17 That's how I understand it. Steve |
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453 | How does the above relate to serving | Rom 1:1 | humbledbyhisgrace | 189943 | ||
Greetings stjohn! Without attempting to address the original question I would like to point out something for discussion that doesn’t seem right to me. Based on what you appear to be saying, this type of teaching changes the standards of God to that of man (My opinion). 1 Corinthians 12:1-31 discusses the body of Christ and the importance of every member thereof. What scripture bases do we have to say that if you practice sin, you can serve in this capacity but not in that? Also, it would seem to me we are out of step with the will of God if mankind is dictating who uses what gift of the Spirit. How then do we say to one, you cannot use the gift given you by God but you can however serve in this manner as we (mankind) deem this a worthy gift of a sinner but not that? Your thoughts? Steve |
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454 | Luke 7:36-50 - Clarification needed | Luke 7:44 | humbledbyhisgrace | 189934 | ||
Greetings Azure, If there were any question about it I would think verses 36 and 44 should clear it up. Luke 7:36 (NASB) Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with him, and He entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. Luke 7:44 (NASB) Turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I ENTERED YOUR HOUSE; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. (My emphases added) Steve |
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455 | when were the angels created? | Gen 1:1 | humbledbyhisgrace | 189907 | ||
Great answer Azure! Another good example of how scripture teaches scripture. I love to see this on the forum and elsewhere when someone allows scripture to teach / clarify scripture. In so doing, it put's to bed many false teachings that arise from the twisting of scripture through addition, subtraction, rejection, manipulation, reading into, etc, etc, etc... The challenge for many is are they willing to agree with the teaching found in scripture or will they hold to that which has been taught to them by man? Amen! Steve |
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456 | why Acts chap. 4 and 5 is not practise | Eph 4:1 | humbledbyhisgrace | 189826 | ||
Greetings Bill, It is a good question! The passage of scripture you reference is a beautiful picture isn't it? How awesome it would be to see the brethren united in the Spirit like this today! I think the bottom line is sin! It appears to me we tend to be more interested in numbers then we are true believers. Everything in the church seems to be clocked and dated and the practice of uniting in the Spirit to worship God and disciple the brethren has taken a back set to playing church. Also, there seems to be a great lack of knowledge of God's word in the church and in too many cases an acceptance of false teaching. You are probably familiar with Ephesians 4:1-16. Share this with your brothers and sisters in Christ and encourage them to read it and seek to do their part. A good question for all of us is, are we doing our part or do we just sit back and complain about what others are not doing? That question is not pointed at you by the way. From what I have seen, it becomes easy for us to complain about others and we come up short ourselves. God is amazing and the way He works through those who are faithful and about His work is undeniable. Big question for all of us, are people seeing God in us? Are we setting the right example?!?!?!?! Steve |
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457 | questions to ask athiests | Bible general Archive 3 | humbledbyhisgrace | 189823 | ||
Greetings xbenclementx, You may find this web site helpful in this area. http://www.carm.org Steve |
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458 | when a I saved and when baptised | Rom 10:9 | humbledbyhisgrace | 189621 | ||
Jeff, Thank you for the kind words brother! Steve |
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459 | when a I saved and when baptised | Rom 10:9 | humbledbyhisgrace | 189620 | ||
Brad, Yes! 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 is a profound passage! Amen! And those that fallow as well as they testify to the eye witnesses of our risen Saviour!!! And what do you make of this? Could we say Paul didn't make a practice of baptizing? 1 Corinthians 1:14-17 (NASB) 1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 1:15 so that no one would say you were baptized in my name. 1:16 Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other. 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void. And I agree with you regarding mankind! It is also an interesting thing to study what scripture teaches us about our corrupted nature and look at what we see from mankind, including ourselves of course! Just my opinion, but understanding the grace of God and our corrupted nature and seeing how mankind struggles so with a nature drawn to sin goes a long way in learning to hate sin. At least it does for me! Steve |
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460 | when a I saved and when baptised | Rom 10:9 | humbledbyhisgrace | 189607 | ||
AO, This is indicative of one arguing a belief rooted in the teaching of man and not scripture! I will leave the unfounded accusation for you to deal with. That's between you and God and not much I can do there to help you with. I will reference once again a passage of scripture for you and others to compare your opening teachings with scripture (Ephesians 2:8-9). You said "The requirement of baptism for salvation has been contested since the later half of the first century, but Scripture is indeed clear on its necessity." I agree. The problem is not that it's required, but when it is said it's required for salvation! Go back and read my first post in this thread. You will see I agree 100 percent that it is required. Required because it is a commandment from God. But it is not required for salvation! Salvation is a gift given to you before you are baptized and I have pointed out to you scripture that clearly teaches this! If Acts 2:38 is interpreted as you interpret it, then we must reject other scripture. For example, what do you do with the following scriptures if your interpretation of Acts 2:38 is correct (John 3:16, Romans 4:1-17, Romans 11:6, Galatians 3:8-9, Ephesians 2:8-9, etc...)? You say in reference to Acts 2:38 "They chose to repent and be baptized in order to receive the Holy Spirit." Yes they did! But does this mean what you claim it means? I say no and again, I offer from scripture the argument that you are teaching this scripture wrong. Acts 10:44-48 (NASB) 44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message. 45 All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. 46 For they were hearing them speaking with tongues and exalting God. Then Peter answered, 47 "Surely no one can refuse the water for these to be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?" 48 And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay on for a few days. Romans 8:9 says that if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. Romans 8:9 (NASB) 9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. Now, go back and note in Acts 10:44-46 that the Gentiles had received the Holy Spirit. This was before they were baptized! In reference to Acts 8:36 you say " He excitedly chose to be baptized as soon as it was physically possible." Agreed! I excitedly chose to be baptized as soon as I could also after I was saved. But please tell me how this verse validates your teaching? In reference to Acts 16:32-34 you say " They were immediately baptized. Why not wait until the rest of their friends and family could witness the event? Because they were acting on their faith that the words presented to them were the command of God." Again, does this prove your claim one must be baptized to be saved? Of course not, interesting how you left out Acts 16:31 which clearly says, Acts 16:31 (NASB) They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." In reference to John 14:15 - I'm assuming your are trying to use this verse to argue salvation requires baptism??? Please explain! In reference to what you say about 1 Peter 3:21 Brother, I truly do not mean to be argumentative and I hope it is understood between you and I that we are brothers in Christ. But it is of utmost importance that we exalt the truth found in God's word. In context of this scripture and in context of the whole counsel of God's word this is a sad interpretation of this passage. I urge you to stand on the teaching found in scripture and not that taught to you by mankind! For your edification, an easy way to discern if you are fallowing the teachings of man is to gauge it by how far from scripture you are! Just my opinion! If it were true as you teach it " Baptism now saves you by being the final step to the grace offered through the blood of Christ. God could not make it any clearer, “Baptism now saves you” Then tell me what we do with a multitude of scripture that your teaching clearly contradicts? You are building a doctrine on one portion of a single scripture. How is it you can miss in the very same verse what is said ("not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ ..." How do you answer the scriptures I have already pointed out to you that clearly teach us the Gentiles in Acts 44-48 had received the Holy Spirit before they had been baptized? Your brother in Christ, Steve |
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