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561 | I can use Galatians 4:16 as a support. | 1 Tim 5:19 | jlhetrick | 184381 | ||
Hello TTime, sounds like a dire situation and my heart goes out to you as you are apparently very disturbed about the situation. However, let my words be words of caution. It is far from our understanding, and possibly your own, just exactly what this leader is involved with. Possibly sinful behavior, possibly reaching out to the lost. So my caution is that you don't misjudge this person and act in a way that will end up embarrassing yourself and putting yourself in the wrong. It may be more appropriate to have someone more grounded in Scripture deal with this. It's no small thing to question or "confront" a leader called by God as we have to assume at this point this person is. While your mulling this over consider the following passage. Matt 9:10-13 10 And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" 12 But when he heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician , but those who are sick. 13 Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." ESV God bless and prayer for the Lord's guidance on this, Jeff |
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562 | Same supper as John 12? | Luke 10:38 | jlhetrick | 184380 | ||
Hello Jonp, Thanks for directing me to those accounts. It's time for me to break out my "Harmony of the Gospels" again. Thanks, Jeff |
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563 | What about physical attraction? | 1 John 2:16 | jlhetrick | 184362 | ||
Johp, Excellent post, advise, and representation of God's truth in this matter. Thank you for shedding honest and truthful light on this issue that probably effects more men than are honest or brave enough to admit to. Blessings, Jeff |
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564 | Same supper as John 12? | Luke 10:38 | jlhetrick | 184359 | ||
Hello Jonp, Good points brother and well said. For clarification I just wanted to point out that we're not told that "some of the disciples...protested" but rather only Judas Iscariot was mentioned individually and by name. And specifically the Scriptures tell us that his protest was "internal" "...because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into it..." Otherwise your explanation of these two separate events was very well stated and insightful, not to mention very sound principles set forth. And thanks Mommapbs for asking the question. God bless, Jeff |
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565 | origin of the devil | Ezek 28:13 | jlhetrick | 184323 | ||
Sister Azure, bless you and thank you for your kindness. Speaking for myself, and I believe others would agree, there are many things that you contribute to the forum that are as productive and as much a blessing as what others may have "learned" about the scriptures. Your humility, your grace, and your sincere honesty are treasures of Scripture that many of us know very much about but few are able to live them. I just want you to know that when I read your posts, it is these things in you that cause me to strive ever harder, making me aware of my own shortcomings. God bless your church ministry and all you do. We understand when you have to be away for awhile but please don't forget about us. You are a pearl. Sincerely, God bless, Jeff |
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566 | Cont radiction??? | Luke 2:11 | jlhetrick | 184302 | ||
Correction: In the first sentence of my above post where I typed Isaiah 28:18 I meant isaiah 28:10. Sorry! Jeff |
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567 | Cont radiction??? | Luke 2:11 | jlhetrick | 184301 | ||
Hello San Lukas, When I wrote that you will be well on your way when you are able to explain Isa 28:10 I truly hoped you would take that opportunity to consider Isa 28:18. I mean, in terms of what the verse is saying, who is saying it and what really is the point. We have to be careful in loose interpretations. You wrote as your understanding of the verse: "clearly we don't have to read the whole verse after God answers our question with the 'line'...." Some logic will do nicely here. Ask youself, if the "line" is sufficient, then why did God inspire the whole verse; and those after, and those before? The verse is teaching actually quite the opposite from your assumption. Again; who is speaking, Isaiah the prophet? Some translations show this verse in quotation marks. It is widely understood that it is probably those leaders Isaiah mentioned in the previous verses. When you consider they were angry with Isaiah and the wording of verses 9-10 it takes on a certain sarcastic tone; wouldn't you agree? "To WHOM will HE teach knowledge, and to whom will HE explain the message...(empasis added). "Those who are weaned from the milk, those taken from the breast? (sarcasm) As though Isaiahs teachings were for no more than children, certainly not the wise and learned among them. The priests and prophets had become drunkards and in their position of power and authority did not appreciate that Isaiah "spoke down" to them as though they were children..."precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upon line, line upon line, hear a little there a little." (remember the sarcastic drip). So what do we gain from this. My belief is that precept upon precept, precept upon precept, line upone line, line upon line, and hear a little there a little must have been the way Isaiah the prophet was approaching the teaching of God's people. So as with children, "precept upon precept, precept upon precept - repetitive learning, hearing it over and over again. "line upon line, line upon line" This would be the most important point in correcting your view here. This would not mean read along until you think you have an answer and then stop (even in the middle of the verse). Rather, it refers to the truth that Scripture interprets Scripture. As we read along and study, line upon line, verse upon verse, chapter upon chapter, book upon book, and testament upon testament, the "doctrine" will be established. I hope this helps, God bless, Jeff |
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568 | Did Jesus clean the temple twice | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 184249 | ||
Hello stj, Yes, our Lord was a prophet. It surprising that you are not willing to accept biblical evidence of this. How about Jesus Himself referring to Himself as a prophet. Would you accept that friend? Luke 13:31-33 (ESV) 13:31 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, "Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you." 32 And he said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course. 33 Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.' And what will you pass of as the meaning behind our Lord's words in Luke 4:24? I particularly like how Wayne Grudem put it. PROPHET: One of the offices fulfilled by Christ, the office by which he most fully reveals God to us and speaks to us the words of God. (29 A) (from Systematic Theology, Copyright © 1994 by Wayne Grudem. All rights reserved.) I particularly appreciate how detailed and specific many of His prophecies were such as His predicting His betrayal by Judas, that of Peter's denying Him, His own death and resurrection, the Last Days, etc., ect., so on and so forth. WOW!! stj, now THAT is really something. And what a prophet He was don't you agree. God bless, Jeff |
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569 | y was veil rented and scripture | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 184221 | ||
Hello again canthony, We are not told in scripture why the veil was torn from top to bottom? It is widely held that this was evidence that the tearing was from heaven and not of men. Hear is a short commentary from the Bible Knowledge Commentary which is consistent with what other commentaries state. At the time of Jesus’ death, three momentous events occurred. First, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. This curtain separated the holy place from the holy of holies in the temple (Heb. 9:2-3). The fact that this occurred from top to bottom signified that God is the One who ripped the thick curtain. It was not torn from the bottom by men ripping it. God was showing that the way of access into His presence was now available for everyone, not simply the Old Testament high priest (Heb. 4:14-16; 10:19-22).—Bible Knowledge Commentary Hope this helps, and I hope your not completing a homework assignment by asking others to answer the questions for you :) Jeff |
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570 | lake of fire and hell..difference? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 184219 | ||
Hello canthony, Welcome to SBF. I'm not blowing your question off, but may I suggest that you type the word "Hell" in the "Search" box. You will get a lot of posts and information as this topic has been discussed extensively in the past. It is fine that you asked the question, but I believe a search will give you a lot to work with instantly instead of waiting for others to respond and rehash the same info over again. Hope this helps. Jeff |
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571 | origin of the devil | Ezek 28:13 | jlhetrick | 184217 | ||
Brother Jonp, Thanks for the response. Bare with me as I do my best to respond to some of what you have said here. I will do my best to stick to the point. "A good principle in Scripture is to commence with what is clear, and then to move on to what is not clear, and finally to interpret what is not clear by what is clear." I agree with this statement yet I do not see this happening in this particular case. It seems that you have taken a few verses, and, based on your presumptions about Gen. 1:26, assigned those same presumptions. Pointing to Gen 3:22 doesn't begin to present a clear example that would sufficiently clarify 1:26 as referring to Angels. "But ‘like one of us’ here gives a decided suggestion of plurality far in excess of what we would expect to find in a book which emphasises the oneness of God, if God alone was in mind. Indeed if its reference is to God alone then it leaves itself wide open to being interpreted as signifying more than one God." When considering the trinity, I simply don't agree with this premise. Switching the focus to the "knowledge of good and evil" statement and presenting the argument that the angels knew both good and evil does not support the argument in my opinion. I would like to here from others regarding how they see this. The rest of your post does give some good examples of how angels operate, but still does not point to support your position in any way clear to me. I do believe that if there is anything you have written that should serve to bring question to your own argument it should be your comment on verse 27. You wrote. "But Genesis 1.27 makes clear that it was God Himself Who was involved in creating man, just as He alone created all things." To clarify, I believe you meant it WAS GOD who created.. vs. "who was involved in creating..." If you do not mean/believe this please correct me. But the value of your statement is in it's pointing back to vs. 26. If the "US" and "OUR" refers to both God and the angels, then how could we possibly interpret this verse as saying anything other than man was created by BOTH God and the angels? If God said "let us make" and was speaking to the angels, then the "us" being God and the angels did in fact create man. I'm of the opinion that either of us believe that. What we have agreed on is the importance of context and the only proof positive interpretation method is that of Scripture interpreting Scripture. With those things agreed on I would add that the best "context" is the immediate context (though that is my opinion and certainly open to debate). What where there is immediate context that apparently speaks to the point, my thought is that that should be considered with the heavier weight. Where it stands, vs. 27, "God created man in His own image..." (NASB) seems a better and more immediate reference to clarify the preceding vs 26. We're not only dealing with a "our image" issue, we're dealing with a "us create" issue. Otherwise we tend to rewrite vs 27 in such a way as to say "God and the angels created man in their own image..." There would be a false teaching. And jonp, please sir. To present the theory that God simply wanted the angels to "feel involved in what He was doing" is an extreme stretch in the least case. As parents, you and I may in fact mislead our children into believing they are more involved with a task than they are in order to involve and encourage them. But even if it's something as small as bringing daddy the hammer from the tool box, the fact is that the child did participate in the completion of the task. I stress caution in this way of thinking. I find nowhere in Scripture where God misleads His creation in order to make them feel involved. I hope my response is sufficient to cause some alarm and caution at least. It is likely that we all have been guilty of interpreting scripture based on preconceived ideas based on early taught experiences and denominational biases. The work of growing in the knowledge of Him is in that we allow the scriptures themselves to fine-tune our understanding and what we believe. God bless, Jeff |
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572 | origin of the devil | Ezek 28:13 | jlhetrick | 184196 | ||
I agree and I particularly appreciate our sister Azure as well. Haven't seen anything from her lately but I do miss a lot with only being able to log on for short periods some days. By the way, I hope to encourage you by saying that regarding the regular posters, you represent the top one percent in terms of responding with grace. I'm afraid I often come across on the other end of the spectrum and I guess recognizing this is at least a step in the right direction. God bless, Jeff God bless, jeff |
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573 | What is tithing? | OT general | jlhetrick | 184194 | ||
Hello mzavala, Perhaps you will get a lot of good answers and you might try typing in tithe or tithing in the search box (upper right). In the mean time I will give a short, simple answer. Tithe (transliterated word: maaser) means "tenth part". I "tenth part" is the same as ten percent. Biblical tithing means giving back to God a tenth of what He has blessed you with. We generally think of money but we are to honor God with more than just our financial blessings to include our time and energies. In the Old Testament the tithe was a necessary contribution of goods that allowed for the welfare of the people as a whole. In essence, it was the foundation of the economy of God's people. You might think of it as the taxes of today (though we wish we could think of taxes in terms of ten percent only). In keeping with my promise to keep it short and simple, I will leave it at that and allow another to extrapolate. A reference to get started: Neh 10:36-39 36 also to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God, the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks; 37 and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our ground, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our towns where we labor. 38 And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithes. And the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of the storehouse. 39 For the people of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the chambers, where the vessels of the sanctuary are, as well as the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the house of our God." ESV God bless, Jeff |
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574 | origin of the devil | Ezek 28:13 | jlhetrick | 184189 | ||
humbled, Thank you for your question to Jonp regarding the reference to Gen. 1:26-27. If you look below you will see that I was also trying to address this but was unable to articulate the question as well as you were. In any case, I do believe that if the "us" referred to God and angels verse 27 might look quite different. Just my thoughts, God bless, Jeff |
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575 | origin of the devil | Ezek 28:13 | jlhetrick | 184188 | ||
Jonp' you wrote: "God is God and Satan is only one of 'the sons of the elohim' (Job 1-2). But that being said as a created being he is very powerful (Jude 9). We must therefore be thankful that our lives are hid with Christ in God' and have been transported into the kingdom of His beloved Son where all he can do shoot his arrows at us." Yes, thankyou for that statement brother. And Praise the Lord that He does keep and protect us. God bless, Jeff |
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576 | origin of the devil | Ezek 28:13 | jlhetrick | 184186 | ||
Thanks Jonp, You did not bring up the question in order to cause controversy. I brought up the question. And not to cause controversy but for the very reason I stated in my post. I have heard the passage explained both ways; referring to the angels and referring to the trinity. You have given a lot of information in response but the questions remain as they have not been answered here. It is not an issue of controversy so please don't feel the need to be defensive. This is the way of the Forum. When someone posts something very specific that is questionable and does not offer biblical support for it, another will often ask for clarification and/or biblical support. In my case, on this topic, I simply don't know the answer and was hoping that you might help. In the interest of trying to weigh this all allow me to comment on some points you made. you wrote: "The issue here is why God said 'us'. We must ask, would a writer who was very concerned continually to stress the oneness of God (Deuteronomy 6.4-5; Exodus 20.3 - note the 'Me') be so careless as to use 'us' in a polytheistic world." I honestly don't know, but my first thought was that the writer DID use the word US and DIDN'T offer an explanation. That would appear to make your question irrelevant. You also wrote: "And this is especially so as in a creation account we should expect to find some indication of where the Cherubim in 3.24 came from." Yet we do not find it in this creation account...? "So there is nothing unlikely in their being introduced" But they are not..? "Moving on to your questions about God's image. We must ask, what is the image of God in man. It is surely 'that in man that makes him different from all other creatures" Would you include the created angels in this statement; I mean, that we are "different" from all other creatures? That seems to take us back to square one here. Anyway, I hope my response serves to show that I truly do not know which is right on this topic and my questions were my questions, not attempts to discredit you or cause controversy. By the way, you do have my email so if you are able to answer the question from Scripture I'm still searching and would appreciate your input. God bless, Jeff |
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577 | origin of the devil | Ezek 28:13 | jlhetrick | 184175 | ||
Hello jonp, This is a little off topic perhaps, but I have a question about a statement in your post. You wrote: "just as the angelic court are assumed in God's words 'Let us make man in OUR image' (Genesis 1.26). We are given a recognition that such spiritual beings exist but not given the details." I too have heard it taught that God was speaking to the angels when He said "let us make man in OUR image", but I have always struggled wtih this teaching. Perhaps you can shed some light on it for me. Where in Scripture are we to draw the conclusion that God was speaking to angels. I guess the questions that need to be answered are; 1. where does Scripture state that angels were created in God's image? 2. where in Scripture does it state that man was created in the image of angels; or the image of God and angels? Help with this please. I have also heard this passage taught as referring to the Trinity and having heard this accepted it as being scriptural. Thanks in advance for any help you can give here. God bless, Jeff |
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578 | how would i explain mathew 12:36?? | Matt 12:36 | jlhetrick | 184148 | ||
Hello rolltide, Welcome to the forum. If you plan to stick around many of us would appreciate learning a little about you. Update your user profile with a little personal info if you don't mind. I sincerely believe that the verse has already been explained within the context of the passage. I truly would explain it like this: "Matt 12:33-37 "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." ESV We know that we are not saved by what we say as verse 37 might seem to indicate. But verse 34b explains verse 37. It is the condition of our hearts that is represented by our words. So like Paul, we are to "preach Christ crucified" (1Cor 1:23). 2 Cor 4:5-6 5 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. ESV Praise God, Jeff PS, I'm from the land of the tide, I hope we roll better next season. |
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579 | Cont radiction??? | Luke 2:11 | jlhetrick | 184143 | ||
Hello San Lukas, It surprises me that you would ask who we should trust, "Bible scholars or God himself". The answer is God always. If you ever do run across a so-called bible scholar who in any way suggest that he/she should be trusted before God, please alert the forum so we can all steer clear. With that said, it seems to me that we are seeing more and more the attempt of many to hold their own half-hearted, inconsistent, presumptuous study efforts above that of the sound scholars and teachers that have gone before us. As a matter of fact, if you pay close attention on this very forum, there are occasional posters who even go so far as to teach something brand new as though God had finally chosen, say, Joe Blow to reveal a new truth finally in 2007. Am I exaggerating? NOPE! Keep this in mind. Our doctrine does not establish the truth of Scripture. It is the Truth of Scripture that establishes our doctrine. 2 Cor 11:1-4 Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly — and indeed you do bear with me. 2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted — you may well put up with it! NKJV Gal 1:6-9 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel , 7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. NKJV Keep these Scriptures in mind as you proceed. You will be well on your way when you are able to well explain Isa 28:10 which you quoted. That is a good place to start. God bless, Jeff |
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580 | Cont radiction??? | Luke 2:11 | jlhetrick | 184103 | ||
Hello San Lukas, With all due respect friend, I believed my original answer was a "straight" answer. Too often some are not satisfied with a direct answer from Scripture unless the responder offers a lot of "interpretation" or thought on it. It's not important that I say that Jesus and the Father God are one. What did Jesus say? He said: "I and the Father are one". If you type the word Trinity in the search box you will find a lot of information regarding the Scriptural doctrine of the Trinity. As for the long list of verses you quoted let me offer this. I don't find the value in plucking verses spontaneously from various books and do not know of any serious bible student or scholar who recommends that type approach to bible study. Furthermore, it certainly is not an efficient nor an effective use of the Forum space. None of what I have written is meant to be short and I am not unconcerned about your questions. My encouragement though is that you focus your studies in a way that is logical and focused so that your time will be more productive. You might start over at this point by asking a question about a specific teaching and or meaning of a passage. God bless, Jeff |
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