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521 | Who is Jesus? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 185947 | ||
Hello Minister, Great job. That's over a month of actual time and 44 translations more than necessary but no matter, you came up with the right answer. Might I add though that 1000,000,000,000,000,000,00.1 hours and 46 translations would not begin to be enough without the truth being revealed by God himself as your quoted passage teaches. Thanks for the response. God bless, Jeff |
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522 | Why do some believe while others do not? | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 185860 | ||
Hello CDBJ, Thanks for the response and question, however, I still fear this may turn into yet another debate on the doctrine of election. In any case, I have always understood the statement of Christ “…many are called, but few are chosen” in very simple terms. That is, while many hear the message of salvation not all are chosen by God for inclusion to His family. In the context of the passage as a whole it is interesting that many were called (Matt 22:1-6) and never attended the wedding feast, while others were not said to be called at all but instead “gathered”. And the one not properly dressed is as the five virgins with no oil for their lamps (Matt. 25) And these are like those to whom the Lord will say “And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.” Matthew 7:23 (ESV) As with all but the “elect” of Israel “failed to obtain what it was seeking” (Romans 11:7) that God’s mercy might be extended beyond, so too those who already had the promise of invitation to the feast failed to come. If we agree that these parables and Paul’s teaching in Romans 11 refer to the same thing (as I do), it is an easier thing to understand that God will be gracious to whom He will be gracious and show mercy to whom He will show mercy (Ex. 33:19) and then to finally believe that “…it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. (Rom 9:15) KJV God bless, Jeff |
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523 | Why do some believe while others do not? | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 185806 | ||
Hello hobbs, As you likely know, this question will likely move quickly to a debate of the doctrine of election which the forum already contains numerous posts on and need not be repeated needlessly. I'm not sure I agree with your statement that "most American evangelicals believe that one is free to believe the Gospel or not...." but without stats it's not a provable point anyway. If you do have stats to support that statement those would be interesting to see. In any case, because the doctrine of election has been one of personal struggle for me to grasp, I have relied on a couple of simple, straightforward statements in Scripture. John 14:3 KJV 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 6:44-45 ESV 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Who can come to the Father unless through Christ? No one according to Scripture. Who can come to Christ unless he is drawn by the Father? No one according to Scripture. Who can resist God if he/she is called by God? Perhaps the meat of your question. My belief as I understand the Scriptures is that no one can or in any case, no one will; "Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me." Ephesians 2:8 (ASV) 2:8 for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; Any faith that is a product of my free will to believe is not a saving faith as I understand Scripture; but only that faith which is "the gift of God" is a true saving faith (lest it be called my own work). It's true that Scripture says that "...whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16); but it also says that whosoever believes does so through the faith that has been given by God "as a gift". I believe that Scripture teaches that God's act of creating men was very deliberate. I also believe that His act of saving some is very clearly, just as deliberate. Hope this helps. God bless, Jeff |
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524 | A church that does not practice tongues | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 185740 | ||
Well said brother/sister, Who knows how many crowns we might lay at the feet of our Lord as a result of our participation here on the Forum alone. With that in mind, let our posts always be to His glory and a reflection of the truth of His word and nothing more. God bless, Jeff |
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525 | A church that does not practice tongues | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 185722 | ||
Hello God's-elect, It's unfortunate that you would exclude yourself from any part of God's word, His plan for the Church, or His very own gifts that He has given. I guess the tragedy I see in this is that brother Tim has clearly pointed you to Scripture and you reject it. Have you ever been in church or any other gathering where someone praying was very wordy and very obviously talking to the congregation instead of truly communicating with God. Nothing Spiritual about that and as I'm sure most of us have experienced, it's all about the man or woman jibber jabbering. Well, he or she has their reward in full in their prideful or pointed so-called prayer. I'd say that finally ends up being between them and God. But I would also say that the end result for the church should not be to disregard prayer and/or even rule it out of the church. Same with Tongues, healing, prophecy, teaching, etc. etc. If God gives you a very special gift from His own Spirit, use it to glorify Him. But certainly you should never call the gift given to another as not glorifying Jesus Christ. No matter how "gently" you might think your presenting it. Regarding tongues, if it's of God, your in opposition. If it's not, well, that's between that brother/sister and God. God bless, Jeff |
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526 | what mother was demoted and why? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 185721 | ||
And you can see how your email will start to get flooded in the same way the Forum Home Page does. Hello Barbara, Welcome to the Forum. May I request that you explore the terms of use and consider them sincerely. Please help the rest of us keep the Forum a place for serious bible study. I believe the other regulars will agree that none of us want to see it become a place of random bible trivia questions and answers. It's customary to limit oneself to asking a single, serious question at a time. You will find that you will be plenty busy following and participating in the discussion that might follow. Sincerely and God bless, Jeff |
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527 | parents of first twins | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 185719 | ||
Hello Barbara, Welcome to the Forum. May I request that you explore the terms of use and consider them sincerely. Please help the rest of us keep the Forum a place for serious bible study. I believe the other regulars will agree that none of us want to see it become a place of random bible trivia questions and answers. It's customary to limit oneself to asking a single, serious question at a time. You will find that you will be plenty busy following and participating in the discussion that might follow. Sincerely and God bless, Jeff |
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528 | what king was kidnapped as an infant? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 185717 | ||
Hello Barbara, Welcome to the Forum. May I request that you explore the terms of use and consider them sincerely. Please help the rest of us keep the Forum a place for serious bible study. I believe the other regulars will agree that none of us want to see it become a place of random bible trivia questions and answers. It's customary to limit oneself to asking a single, serious question at a time. You will find that you will be plenty busy following and participating in the discussion that might follow. Sincerely and God bless, Jeff |
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529 | what father had 71 sons? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 185715 | ||
Hello Barbara, Welcome to the Forum. May I request that you explore the terms of use and consider them sincerely. Please help the rest of us keep the Forum a place for serious bible study. I believe the other regulars will agree that none of us want to see it become a place of random bible trivia questions and answers. It's customary to limit oneself to asking a single, serious question at a time. You will find that you will be plenty busy following and participating in the discussion that might follow. Sincerely and God bless, Jeff |
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530 | what is palm sunday all about? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 185704 | ||
Here's a start; taken from the Dictionary of Christianity in America. PALM SUNDAY Palm Sunday. The Sunday before Easter, celebrating Christ's entry into Jerusalem. A procession with palm branches down the Mount of Olives is reported at Jerusalem for this day in A.D. 383 by the pilgrim Egeria, and the custom spread slowly from there to Spain, Gaul and eventually Rome. In many Western churches this same Sunday is also known as Passion Sunday, the Gospel for the day being the Passion according to Matthew, Mark or Luke in the three years of the triennial lectionary. The preliminary palm liturgy includes the account of the entry into Jerusalem from the same Gospel, and is followed by a procession with palm branches and the singing of traditional hymns. In America today the palm liturgy is sometimes celebrated ecumenically at a single location, the members of the participating congregations processing to their several churches for the more restricted celebration of Eucharist. Orthodox churches celebrate only Christ's entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, beginning the week of the Passion on Monday. BIBLIOGRAPHY. J. G. Davies, Holy Week: A Short History (1963). T.J. Talley (from Dictionary of Christianity in America, edited by Daniel G. Reid, Robert D. Linder, Bruce L. Shelley and Harry S. Stout. © 1990 by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA; published by InterVarsity Press. All rights reserved.) PS. If your turning in your work be sure to site cite the source. God bless, Jeff |
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531 | could someone explain matthew 21 to 9? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 185702 | ||
Hello Klick 3, Welcome to the Forum. See verses 4 and 5 God bless, Jeff |
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533 | Without a bible,can we worship god. | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 185685 | ||
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534 | Without a bible,can we worship god. | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 185681 | ||
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536 | What kind of people does Isaiah/God pron | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 185625 | ||
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537 | They are married,is it sin to have oral? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 185255 | ||
bless you brother John. And yes, it's a difficult thing to truly get the fullness of what another is trying to say simply from reading text. A lot is left out in the communication. Which reminds me. Isn't it awesome that our Lord gives His own Spirit to ensure that those who truly wish to understand His word have more to go on than just the text. That is, the truth of what is written can only be truly discerned as it is given to us by Him. John 14:26 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. (KJV) God bless, Jeff |
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538 | They are married,is it sin to have oral? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 185173 | ||
Hello John, I hesitate to respond because it seems as though you have gone on the defensive and, as with brother Tim's post, I'm afraid you have misrepresented my previous post as well. There is no need for that and no need for referring to my position (argument as you call it , "childish"). An apology will be appreciated but not expected. You write that: "And it is my intention to do the redirecting." Well, brother, direct on my friend.. The arrogance of that statement speaks for itself. But since you mention it, please do direct us to the Scriptural teaching that "sex" between a husband and a wife is "for procreation only". You made the statement and it was challenged; it is incumbent upon you to reconcile that with Scripture. When you find that you are unable to do that you will better appreciate my comment that such an argument is a misrepresentation of Scripture. I don't blame you, I had the same fallacy at one point though it's too far in my past to remember where I came across the teaching. In any case, by the time you have discovered, through study, that Scripture does not teach that sex is only for the purpose of procreation you will likely have also discovered that God intended it to be a special relationship between a man and a woman. I believe that a purpose for sex that is just as important is that it is the act which "consummates" a marriage. If we are to believe sex is only for procreation, then we must also believe that each and every couple who marries will conceive a child upon consummating the marriage through the sexual coming together as one. We both know it doesn't happen that way (though it does for some). I also believe that a husband or a wife who may have a defect (due to birth or accident) and is unable to "procreate" continues to have the experience of sex with his/her spouse as a legitimate and God intended component of the marriage relationship. furthermore, you "categorically" disagreed with my statement which pointed you to Song of Solomon. You follow that by asking "Where in the story of creation do you find the song of Solomon? I ask you my friend, what at all does that have to do with the discussion? Questions like that really do injustice to the dialogue and turn it more into a tit-for-tat type of transaction. It would be equivalent to my asking "where in the story of creation do you find sex?" Answer, you don't. You finally do agree though when you write: "The purpose of the song of Solomon, is to teach us that sex, the way that God intended it, is a beautiful thing, and nothing els" Exactly my point. The book clearly teaches that sexual relations between a husband and a wife is more than a simple act of procreation. The remainder of your post does seriously concern me as it is a recognizable tactic that really begins to discredit you as a responsible participant. You did the same thing with Brother Tim. To start with, I never even suggested that there was: "something wrong with respect, sensitivity, and decency"; we should "not tell children to pray"; and I certainly did not hint at "Are you saying God made sex just for fun?" Another apology for misrepresenting me would be appreciated, again, not expected but appreciated. As for the comments on one spouse "forcing" another regarding a sexual act, that was in response to one of brother Tim's highlighted points and you seemed to be disagreeing with his entire approach. If my comments to you on that issue were misguided and/or inappropriate in any way, I owe you an apology and sincerely offer one. I'm sorry brother, sincerely. After going back over the posts I agree that my comment on that issue was out of place and not relevant to our exchange. Again, John. Your participation on the Forum is a breath of fresh air for me and probably others. It's not my intention to be contentious or argumentative on any level. I, like you, can become defensive about responses to my posts. We both must make the effort to not allow that to distract us from the points being made. You know what they say: "If your at the point where you can't learn from others, you need to go back to square one and start all over, you missed something." Or did I just make that up? Oh Well, I love you because your my brother. I look forward to continuing to read your fine posts and to the opportunities to learn from each other. God bless, Jeff |
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539 | They are married,is it sin to have oral? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 185158 | ||
Hello stj, First of all let me say I appreciate your participation on the forum. While I don't agree with everything you write, it's nice to have a fresh "voice" posting regularly. And by the way, there are very few who I do agree with everything they write and that's only because I haven't yet read the thing that I and they will disagree on, so no offense I hope. Regarding your declaration, however, that "In no way is sex in the marriage bed sin" I would have to start there with disagreement in your most recent post. That said, I will simply refer you back to brother Tim's post. I'm sure if I were to force sex on my wife she would believe it to be sin and so would God according to His word. I would have violated not only the vows of marriage, but the principals set forth in Scripture concerning a husbands responsibilities to his wife (see Eph chapter 5) Another point that requires redirection is the statement that "But God, after all, invented sex for one reason; procreation." This argument is a misrepresentation of Scripture (please read the entirety of Song of Solomon). To be sure, among the blessings of marriage is the enjoyment a husband and wife find in the physical enjoyment of one another. Furthermore, your comment seems to contradict your later statement " The union of a loving couple, is one of God's most beautiful creations, and where man and woman are made one physically. and adds to spiritual union as well." I do, by the way, fully agree with that statement. Hope this is helpful, God Bless, Jeff |
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540 | Do homosexual tendencys constitute sin? | Lev 20:13 | jlhetrick | 185124 | ||
Hi Steve, I believe your understanding of the manifestation of sin is right on the mark. If we are to believe that we have not sinned until we have touched the unholy thing then we are in fact, at that time, guilty of tempting ourselves. As you point out, it is that unholy nature, the sinfulness of our inheritance, through which we do tease ourselves to believe that we can dance around that forbidden thing without having sinned unless we touch it. It is certainly sin when we do touch it; but as you have pointed out, our sin is already counted against us when our hand only begins to reach out for it, nay, even at that point our mind has agreed with the hand to reach out. Ps 44:21 (ESV) 21 would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart. Deut 29:16-19 (ESV) 16 "You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed. 17 And you have seen their detestable things, their idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold, which were among them. 18 Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, 19 one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, 'I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' (emphasis added) Scripture is clear that there is a progression toward and a progression of sin. (Isaiah 30:1-2, Jer 9:3, Jer 16: 11-12, Hos 13:1-2, etc.) As it is said in 2 Tim 3:13 …evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. (ESV) Praise God for His mercy, praise Him for His grace: Heb 9:11-12 (ESV) 11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent ( not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. Thank you for your posts that are always thoughtful and well grounded in Scripture, Jeff |
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