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581 | What do 10 signify? | Gen 8:5 | jlhetrick | 184053 | ||
Hello dovie, Not to sound unconcerned for your question, but I believe the best answer is that the number 10 in the bible means 10, or ten. One more than 9 and one less than 11. Fore example, Gen 24:10 Then the servant took TEN camels from the camels of his master, and set out with a variety of good things of his master's in his hand; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor. (NASB) (emphasis added) Q. Where did the servant go? A. To Nahor in Mesopotamia Q. What did the servant take to Nahor? A. a variety of good things of his master's. Q. How did he and the goods get to Nahor? A. By the use of 10 (ten) camels. Notice too that the writer of Genesis used the number ten to count the ten camels and not the number 3 to signifiy more than 2. There were in fact more than 2 and even still more than 9. But there were less than 11, so the servant actually took, yep, you guessed it, 10 camels. And the writer tells us so. If we are to find any symbolization at all here in the number ten, my best guess is that it explained that the amount of goods that were taken were of significant quantity. After all, it took 10 camels to transport it apparently. Regarding Genesis 8:5, the way I read it, is that it took nine (9) months of steady decrease before the water lowered enough that the tops of the mountains became visible on the first (1st) day of the 10th (tenth) month. What's the importance of the tenth month here? Some flood wouldn't you say? Hope this helps, Jeff |
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582 | philippians 3 | Phil 3:10 | jlhetrick | 184043 | ||
Hello brother Jon, Very excellent points. I can not speak for Searcher but I will say that I took his post to have been made out of the same concern I had when I read yours. PJ's question was specific in asking "what did Paul have to do to attain..." While your post did point out that the WORK was that of God and not Paul (thank you), that was more of an afterthought (in my opinion) and the sacrifice of Paul seemed to have prominence. I'm guessing that Searcher was responding to that. For anyone with a good background in bible doctrine your post was easily understandable, however, there are many who ask and simply read along on the Forum who lack even the basics (not referring to you PJ as I don't know your background). In any case, we try to police ourselves the best we can when these issues come up. Hope your enjoying the Forum, God bless, Jeff |
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583 | philippians 3 | Phil 3:10 | jlhetrick | 184040 | ||
Hello again PJ, You may get some longer explanations but let me quickly refer you to the verse your question concerns (I'm at lunch and don't have a lot of time right now). I believe you are on the right track with your question and I believe the answer is yes and yes or perhaps better stated... both. In the verse you ask about Paul, I believe, states clearly the answer to your question. To my knowledge and understanding, the Bible only has one teaching regarding the "power of His resurrection" that is salvation for the believer. So Paul is talking about salvation. Paul goes on to say "...AND the fellowship of His suffering, BEING CONFORMED TO HIS DEATH" (emphasis added) I believe this to be Paul's reference to what is kown as "sanctification". That is, the process that is worked in us by the Holy Spirit as He conforms us to the image of Christ. We still need look no further than this book for the answer. Phil 1:6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. (NASB) Hope this helps, Jeff |
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584 | philippians 3 | Phil 3:10 | jlhetrick | 184037 | ||
Hello PJ, Welcome to the Forum and I hope you don't mind my shortening your handle :) I'm assuming you read the verse in context of it's surrounding verses and chapter :) The question was answered very well by Paul in my opinion. First of all, the "importance" of Paul knowing Christ was and is the same as it is for every believer. Without knowing Him as personal saviour Paul, you, me, and everyone else is eternally lost. As for what Paul had to "do" that too is the same for each of us. Paul had to believe. The problem with the explanation though is in the language. We say Paul had to believe as though this was an effort of Paul's doing that resulted in his knowing Christ as Saviour. So we are guilty of misguiding others when we attempt to simplify it in this way. Paul certainly did give a a whole lot in coming to know Christ. A whole lot of "rubbish" as he himself put it (v8). But this giving up did not RESULT in his coming to know Christ, but rather, his coming to know Christ resulted in his GIVING UP the customs and rituals of religion. As for "choosing" this, it's debatable but I'm of the opinion not. The Bible teaches that God is sovereign and that He chooses us, not the other way around. It is His efforts and the work that He does through His Spirit that calls us to Himself and allows us to "know" Him. We do not even have the capacity within us to believe outside of it being given to us. Nothing at all that we can do can effect that. If salvation is through faith in Christ, and that faith depended on my choices and/or efforts, well that would be salvation by works which the Bible clearly denies. See verse 9 Paul teaches that righteousness "comes from God on the basis of faith". And that faith is in Jesus Christ. Then there is the tendency to think or believe that we have the responsibility of mustering up enough faith. But Paul, earlier in the same letter, clearly teaches that even that faith through which we believe is not that of our own, but given us by God. "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;" (Eph 2:8) NASB Hope this helps and God bless, Jeff |
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585 | Cont radiction??? | John 1:14 | jlhetrick | 184008 | ||
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586 | Cont radiction??? | Luke 2:11 | jlhetrick | 184007 | ||
Hello San Lukas, Pat particular attention to verse 30. John 10:25-30 25 Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not part of my flock. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one ." ESV Hope that helps, Jeff |
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587 | Has God ever over ruled a mans promise? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 183951 | ||
Hello GodsNewsBoy, I'm not sure how important the thing is that you need done. I would suggest that anything we think we need, but then depends on another human person to do, is probably not a need at all. What I mean is, the Scriptures teach that it is God who provides us with our "needs". Jer 33:9, Matt 6:8, Heb 4:16 for examples. Next, you might ask your friend to point to the chapter and verse through which God "overruled the promise and told the person not to do it". If he/she is claiming God "told" him/her in any way other than Scripture I would leave the whole thing alone and probably run quickly in the other direction. No telling who or what he/she is hearing from. Hope this helps, Jeff |
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588 | Preterism refuted using Scripture alone? | Matt 16:28 | jlhetrick | 183942 | ||
Hello coper44, I haven't participated in this particular thread but I have followed along and read each post with interest. I would like to quote from your original post and then offer some observation and suggestion. You wrote: "I'm aware that this line of thinking is called Preterism. I've been introduced to it rather recently and I can't disprove it. It has become an obsession with me and I would appreciate it if someone could shed some light on this subject and redirect me back to a more proper understanding of Scripture." In your own words you presented yourself (intentionally or unintentionally) as only having recently been exposed to the preterist view and apparently having little to go on. However, you unleash a string of posts (some quite long) that accurately represent the preterist view. So I, and I suspect others, are left wondering if you in fact posted your original with an agenda other than the one you stated; which was to "have light shed on this subject and redirect me back to a more proper understanding of Scripture." Are you simply regurgitating literature or do you actually have a much better learning of what you have only recently been introduced to than you suggested? In either case, you have not been truly open to the "shed light" others have offered as your stated intent suggested you would be. You also wrote: "I'm brand new to this forum so please let me know if I'm out of line with this question or if it's been asked and answered or if it's not allowed on this site." Your original question was not in and of itself "not allowed" on the forum, however, initiating a thread with a now apparent intent to push one's own view on a topic that is widely debatable and divisive is in violation of the terms of use of the Forum. Therefore, I might encourage you to put an end to your "obsession", at least on the forum. There is a sufficient amount of literature on the Market that will allow you to peck out the differences in the debate without having to push your debatable views on the bible study forum. One place to get a good look at all four of the major views of this issue is "Revelation: Four Views: A Parallel Commentary by Steve Gregg. I don't endorse the book necessarily as I own it but have not actually read it in it's entirety. I suggest it because of it's lay-out (Parallel) which makes it easy to consider the different views up close. Your cooperation will be much appreciated. God bless, Jeff |
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589 | where kingdom of heaven is withing you | NT general Archive 1 | jlhetrick | 183929 | ||
Hello Kathy, Welcome to the Forum :) Your thinking of Luke 17:21. I would encourage you to read the verse in context with the surrounding verses in order that you don't misunderstand the saying as it is most often misunderstood and quoted out of context to mean something that it does not mean. A clue is to pay careful attention to WHO Jesus was speaking to when he made the statement. Some translations translate it differently than the KJV does and probably more accurately. For example, the ESV does not say "the kindgom of heaven is within you" but translates entos humon as "in the midst of you". Who did Jesus make the statement to and what do you believe He meant by it? God bless, Jeff |
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590 | Did Paul Baptize? | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 183772 | ||
Hello Tim3:16, These verses should answer your questions. 1 Corinthians 1:12-17 (NASB95) 1:12 Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, "I am of Paul," and "I of Apollos," and "I of Cephas," and "I of Christ." 13 Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that no one would say you were baptized in my name. 16 Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other. 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. Acts 19:1-7 (NASB95) 19:1 It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples. 2 He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said to him, "No, we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit." 3 And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into John's baptism." 4 Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus." 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking with tongues and prophesying. 7 There were in all about twelve men. Romans 6:1-7 (NASB95) 6:1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; 7 for he who has died is freed from sin. Hope this was helpful, Jeff |
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591 | should be the kind that was shown us byj | Phil 2:5 | jlhetrick | 183770 | ||
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592 | should be the kind that was shown us byj | Phil 2:5 | jlhetrick | 183769 | ||
Hello GHellen, What translation are you reading from? In none of the translation I checked did I find the word "should". NASB "Have this attitude... KJV and NKJV "Let this mind be in you..." ESV "Have this mind among yourselves...." HCSB "Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus" I searched other translations as well and didn't find the word "should".. ? Jeff |
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593 | Why isn't my church growing in numbers? | Mark 16:15 | jlhetrick | 183623 | ||
Hello rickck..., Doc's point is an excellent one. My opinion is that a good number of Christians who truly love the Lord and want to do His will and further His kingdom end up sitting on the side-lines willing, but waiting for the coach (pastor) to send them on the field. Truth is, the owner of the team has already assigned positions and called the plays. More of us need to be practicing obedience individually instead of waiting frustratingly for someone else to take the lead. I count myself among those so please don't be offended. I've heard it said that revival will not occur in the church until it occurs in individuals. I'm not one for cheap talk and slogans, but I believe there is some truth to that. Hope this is helpful, Jeff |
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594 | God cause what enemy to get confused | OT general | jlhetrick | 183619 | ||
Hello tcl, I'll give you the book and then leave you to benefit from the search. If after a time you still do not have the answer post back and I will give the chapter as well. Read in the book of Judges. God bless, Jeff |
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595 | What do we focus on? | 1 Cor 12:13 | jlhetrick | 183542 | ||
Hello Mark and thanks for the feedback, I have put this issue to rest with justme but I will offer a response to your post. I am one who frequently preaches context so I appreciate your quoting a chunk of justme's post. I can also appreciate that your impression or understanding of what he wrote was different than mine. In this case, you do not fall among those for whom my concern prompted my response to justme. Your response easily represents the reason I opted out of the thread (which I can't seem to actually get out of). Splitting hairs, reading into and out of the very context of the statement, and an overall lack of personal responsibility for what one posts does not represent or support the intentions of the forum. In part, what I mean here is that if my understanding of justme's comment was wrong (which I am not convinced was) there should have been a responsible clarification (which I prompted for at least twice). I do appreciate your attempt at clarify his point for him though. Still, we are left with the statement as it was made and the only acceptable interpretation of it would have to come from the author. Acts 17:11 (ESV) "17:11 Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. " God bless, Jeff |
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596 | What do we focus on? | 1 Cor 12:13 | jlhetrick | 183540 | ||
Justme, I said I wouldn't respond but I feel compelled to. I believe you misunderstood me again. I certainly did not intend to imply that I was cutting off any further communications with you. I look forward to further dialogue with you just wanted to extract myself from a thread that had taken on a wrong tone and become unproductive in my opinion. These types of discussions actually do not make me uncomfortable, perhaps to my discredit, but they do violate the terms of use of the forum. In any case, please do feel free to respond to any post of mine at any time. And if my feedback did help to smooth out some things for you then perhaps it was not as unproductive as I believed and I am grateful. God bless, Jeff |
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597 | Abiding in Christ | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 183506 | ||
Dear sister Azure, Thank you for that feedback. Your answer does contribute to the biblical presentation of those in Christ being sanctified. The encouraging thing is that of His faithfulness. I can trust in that alone and witness my own faith grow and my own obedience become more consistent. There was a time of many years where I believed that my faith and obedience were solely dependent on my own efforts. You can imagine how frustrating the Christian life was or me. I do still struggle with my own efforts at times as though they are the primary work. Thankfully, the Lord convicts me more suddenly than was true in the past; or perhaps it's that I am more grown up in Him now and am more sensitive to His mercy and patience. Thanks for your insightful feedback, Philippians 2:12-13 (NASB95) 2:12 So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. Jeff |
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598 | Educational guarantee for life and godli | Prov 22:6 | jlhetrick | 183445 | ||
Finder, I'm surprised that you would so callously and boldly question the Lord God. "what to do with this passage of Scripture?" Answer: Trust it as God's word in spite of the fact that our mere, mortal minds can't wrap around it. I can't grasp the fullness of the truth of the Trinity, so, what to do with it? Seeing that it is clearly taught in Scripture realize that it's truth depends not one iota on my ability to relate it to my nor any other's experience. I agree that you FOUND A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM in the book of Proverbs, HO HUM. Words of advise. The bible is either the word of God or it's not the word of God. If you believe it is not, you have nothing lasting to gain from it. If you believe it is, never again assume it's qualifications to rest on your own substantiation. Sincerely, Jeff PS, I would approach even a serpent with more caution. |
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599 | Abiding in Christ | Bible general Archive 3 | jlhetrick | 183443 | ||
Very excellent John, Thank you brother. In my life as a Christian there has been very substantial, obvious evidence of growth. Yet there has also been more than one occasion where I have jumped over the edge like I never even knew Him. The one thing good that I know comes from these moments or events in life is that each time I have truly grown both in my understanding of my own inadequacy and my dependency on God. Thanks for your response, Jeff |
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600 | What do we focus on? | 1 Cor 12:13 | jlhetrick | 183442 | ||
Thank you for your post justme, In keeping with the user rules of the forum I sincerely state that none of what I have written or continue to write is an attempt at unfriendly debate or argument. With that said friend, let me point you back to the history of this thread. My belief is that you have misrepresented my statements to no small degree and to the weight of negative focus and by doing so threaten to sustain a negative focus. And all this while denying a negative focus? Again, a history of the thread will demonstrate a simple attempt to redirect a statement you made suggesting that believers should assume that a churches rule is biblical because it is, well, the churches rule. My caution and pointing out that this guidance was not only inappropriate but dangerous should, in my opinion, have been responded to responsibly by retracting the statement or clarifying the meaning of your statement. You still have not done that brother. Instead, you continue to respond in a way that very obviously attempts to present me as one who sees the church as villainous. For the record, and that record includes what I have previously written and is available for study, I do not. If the last word is important to you please respond to this post, however, in the spirit of not apparently continuing down the wrong path, I will take your response to heart without offering another in this thread or topic. God bless, we are still brothers, and one day we will laugh about our differences if even they are remembered. Jeff |
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