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481 | Is there an 'online' study guide | Ephesians | retxar | 20975 | ||
Try http://cf.blueletterbible.org/commentaries/ The commentaries there that include Ephesians are: Jamieson, Fausett and Brown, David Guzik, Matthew Henry, Chuck Smith, and Ray Stedman. Of these, I would recommend the David Guzik commentary for Ephesians. God Bless, retxar |
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482 | Where can I find a scripture to validate | Eph 5:2 | retxar | 38745 | ||
Rom 5:8-11 (NLT) Rom 5:8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. Rom 5:9 And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God's judgment. Rom 5:10 For since we were restored to friendship with God by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be delivered from eternal punishment by his life. Rom 5:11 So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God-all because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us in making us friends of God. retxar |
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483 | Worthy of Honor but not of Respect | Eph 5:33 | retxar | 65700 | ||
The scripture you gave as reference (Eph 5:33) speaks of a great need that women have; her need to know that someone loves her and her need for the security that someone is hearing from God on her behalf. It also speaks of a great need that men have; for him to know that someone respects him and has the convidence in him to make the right decisions and for him to know he is trusted to hear from God on situations concerning his family. Eph 5:22 says “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.” This is a high calling! But the previous verse says believers are to also submit to one another. This is an even higher calling! A believing husband and wife are brothers and sister in Christ first. Being husband and wife is a relationship that will exist “until death do they part”, but being brothers and sisters in Christ is a relationship that will exist for eternity! Mutual submissiveness has to happen in different situations in order for a marriage to work. Based on Eph 5:22, wives are to submit to their husbands “as to the Lord”. This simply means she trust God to speak to her husband on her behalf. I know of no Godly women who’s husband is following the Lord and also loves her enough to die for her, having any problem at all with this! Man’s role as being the scriptural authority in the home is a role of strength and service, not dictatorship and dominance. The only way for a man to meet this God-given role and to have the right attitude of doing what God requires, is to consider it a duty, not a right. If the husband is not hearing from the Lord, it is obvious that God never intended for the wife to go against His Word to fulfil her role as submissive wife, but she should never question God’s perfect family model and the God-given office that God has given the husband in the home, whether he is fulfilling that role or not. God bless you! retxar |
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484 | Worthy of Honor but not of Respect | Eph 5:33 | retxar | 65754 | ||
Your original post was plenty clear to me and I don't understand why there was any misunderstanding on what you were saying. I guess I have been guilty of shooting 1st and reading latter myself at times, so I would just brush the criticism you received as that, if I were you. As far as your question of whether submissiveness requires a woman to accept physical abuse and live in an atmosphere of fear of life and health; absolutely not! retxar |
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485 | Submit . . . unless it hurts? | Eph 5:33 | retxar | 66543 | ||
To insist that a wife submitting to a physically abusive husband in a life treating relationship is God’s intent and meaning, is a real twist and abuse of His WORD. The scripture you give (Eph 5:22) to justify your position, no where suggest or implies in the least that abuse is the “tough pill women are required to swallow”, as you put it, in order to comply withe THE WORD. What an insult! Eph 5:22 says for wives to submit to their own husbands, as unto the Lord. Enduring abuse, pain, injury, and death, is not “as unto the Lord”, but rather, is as unto the devil. Rightly divide the Word of truth, retxar |
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486 | Submit . . . unless it hurts? | Eph 5:33 | retxar | 66615 | ||
I re-read your post and am very sorry if I misread it, but must admit I am no wiser on what you are asking me now than before. If you are not indeed questioning women who do not endure abuse, pain, torment, and even death, in an abusive relationship, I really don't know what you are saying? I don't see how any of the "models" as you have called them, have anything to do with any women “taking a beating” from an abusive man, and how that could possible be honorable unto the Lord? The submissiveness of a wife in marriage simply means she trust her husband to hear from the Lord on her behalf. If he is obviously not hearing from the Lord, any word God would have otherwise spoken thru the husband on his wives behalf, will be spoken directly to the wife. Please consider what Charis and Joe have said to you. Out of curiosity, how many women have you counseled in life threatening relationships? Was your advise for them to “hang in there baby”, because that's what God requires of them because of the "model" of Job? How did that turn out? Did they understand what you were talking about and how that applied to their situation? Would you give the same advice to your daughter or sister? I have advised women in threatening situations to seek the protection necessary for themselves and their children. How was I, according to the WORD, giving the wrong advice? What would you have advised instead? retxar |
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487 | what is meant by work out your own salva | Philippians | retxar | 54433 | ||
1Co 1:18 says "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." Just as those that are perishing have not actually perished yet, those of us who are "being saved" are not yet completely "saved" from sin. We have been saved from the PUNISHMENT of sin. We have been saved from the POWER of sin. But we are yet to be saved from the PRESENCE of sin. I think that is the context and meaning of the phrase "work out your own salvation" found in Phi 2:12 that you were questioning. retxar |
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488 | Churches | Phil 3:3 | retxar | 69158 | ||
One difference is church government. Baptist are more of a congregational run fellowship where major decisions are voted on by the congregation and they also determine church policy. The Presbyterians are more of a Elder run fellowship where the board of Elders make the major decisions and determine church policy. retxar |
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489 | Churches | Phil 3:3 | retxar | 69237 | ||
You said: “In my experience, the slate has always been elected unanimously. I guess that reflects either apathy or general agreement on the committee's work. I hope it's the latter.” Act 6:5-6 And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch, whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them. In this example from scripture, all who were chosen were approved and confirmed unanimously as God’s choice. This shows me that people can make perfect choices and be in perfect agreement of those who God wishes to choose, approve and confirm if they allow God to work thru them. Man can never commission God’s appointment for anyone. Man can only recognize and confirm what God has already commissioned. If you are elected as an elder in your church, I believe it reflects an appointment from God that man has only recognized and confirmed. God bless! retxar |
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490 | Relationship between "faith" and "fear"? | 1 Thess 3:5 | retxar | 16071 | ||
Faith and fear requires us to do the same thing. We must react now to a future we cannot see. We chose to react to fear or act on faith. We chose to walk in the fear of the flesh, or walk in the faith of the Spirit. When we are really under attack from the enemy, our flesh wants to draw back in fear but the Spirit wants us to reach out in faith. Jesus Lives! retxar |
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491 | Is Archangel Michael and Jesus the same | 1 Thess 4:16 | retxar | 61864 | ||
Read and study Hebrews 1 and you will find many, many, examples of why Jesus is no angel. This false teaching was created by the J.Witness as a insult to the deity of Jesus Christ. Jesus is Lord! retxar |
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492 | Should I resign from the Forum? | 2 Thess 1:3 | retxar | 65690 | ||
I reviewed the thread and it seems to me you asked a reasonable biblically based question that deserved a biblically based answer, not an opinion based attack. You did not say, mean, or imply anything you were accused of. You were not out of line, so don't give it another thought. Move on and keep up the good work! retxar |
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493 | The Restrainer - Revisited! | 2 Thess 2:7 | retxar | 17530 | ||
I agree that the restrainer is the Holy Spirit or the Church. I lean very much toward the church because vs7 says "taken out of the way" not "gets out of the way". The church would have to be "taken out of the way", but the Holy Spirit would need no help. Also, the Holy Spirit cannot remove His presense from the Earth as some have said, because: 1. He is omnipresent 2. There will be a great work of the Holy Spirit done on earth after the a-christ is revealed. However, "taken out of the way", does not have to mean the Holy Spirit's presence would be removed from Earth, just that His restraining power upon the a-christ would be lifted. Anyway, I'm staying with my first answer (c). Good teaching, bro retxar |
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494 | Women teaching or in authority | 1 Timothy | retxar | 21631 | ||
Because women in church must be under male leadership, they would be restricted from teaching doctrine and correction but would be allowed to teach exhortation (the way I see it). God made men and women different, so this is a good thing! 1Ti_2:14 says Eve sinned because she was deceived and that Adam was not deceived. He was not deceived because he knew what he was doing! He sinned with full knowledge of the consequences. Because of Adam's sin, not Eve's, judgement came to all mankind (Rom_5:18), even tho Eve sinned 1st. God confronted Adam in the garden, not Eve (Gen_3:11), because God held Adam responsible. Therefore, men are the ones that God holds responsible for church leadership, not women. hope this helps! Jesus Saves!! retxar |
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495 | Female pastor? Attending wrong? | 1 Timothy | retxar | 21740 | ||
Welcome Singer. Are you a singer? My son (www.christanraxter.faithweb.com) is a singer, songwriter, and piano player. There is a place he plays at a couple times a month that has a lady there that brings the message on a regular basis. She usually brings a short message between sets on Friday and Saturday night. They also have Sunday morning services and I think she usually brings the message then also. This place is a Christian club and not your traditional church setting. However, I think the spiritual leadership guidelines set forth in the Word still applies, because the church is the body of Christ, not a building. She does not have the title “pastor”, but she is filling that role non the less. I know God’s blessing is on this ministry because I have saw the fruit firsthand! I not telling you all this to rescind what I have already said. This lady would be the first to tell you that she thinks God has a man in mind as the spiritual leader of this fellowship. But until that happens, she will continue to feed the flock as God has called her to do. I think that the submissive attitude she has had while filling this role, is the reason God has blessed this ministry. The ideal family, as the Word teaches, is a husband and wife who love each other, with the husband as high priest and spiritual authority of the home. We all know that this is not always the case. God can, and does, use women to fill this role when the husband is not around, not willing, or not able to step up and assume his God given charge. I think God has to do the same thing in the church sometimes. I know I have not answered your question, and have probably only raised more, but I hesitate to be dogmatic on the issue, as I don’t really know the whole story in your church and have no clear cut answers. I would certainly pray diligently for the Holy Sprit’s gift of wisdom in this matter. Personally, if I attended your fellowship, I would want to see a lady who was filling in as pastor only if she was expecting God to place a man in that spiritual authority position as His Word teaches. I would also want to see her willing to submit and not hinder it happening. In the mean time, I think she should teach and train, not set doctrine and discipline. Hope this helps! God Bless you and you family!, retxar |
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496 | What books did Timothy write? | 1 Tim 1:1 | retxar | 55222 | ||
1Ti 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope, 1Ti 1:2 To Timothy.... 2Ti 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 2Ti 1:2 To Timothy.... Timothy wrote no books that are in the Bible. As you can see above 1st and 2nd Timothy were written to Timothy not by Timothy. retxar |
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497 | Are women allowed to teach/preach? | 1 Tim 2:14 | retxar | 15000 | ||
I think you mean 1Tim chapter 2 not chapter 1 The emphasis here is not speaking and teaching, but spiritual authority in the church. The teaching by women in church must always be under male leadership and authority as God ordained male leadership and authority from the beginning. This scripture does not put a gag on women in church. Silent here could also be translated peaceable as in 1Ti_2:2. Because women in church must be under male leadership, they would be restricted from teaching doctrine and correction but would be allowed to teach exhortation. God made men and women different, so this is a good thing! This is explained further if we understand the meaning of 1Ti_2:14. It says Eve sinned because she was deceived and that Adam was not deceived. He was not deceived because he knew what he was doing! He sinned with full knowledge of the consequences. Because of Adam's sin, not Eve's, judgement came to all mankind (Rom_5:18), even tho Eve sinned 1st. God confronted Adam in the garden, not Eve (Gen_3:11), because God held Adam responsible. Therefore, men are the ones that God holds responsible for church leadership, not women. In Christ Jesus, retxar |
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498 | Are women allowed to teach/preach? | 1 Tim 2:14 | retxar | 15009 | ||
I think the scripture you are talking about is 1Co_14:34-35. This is in ref to the preceding verses concerning the judgement of prophesy, not a gag order on women. 1Co_14:29 says "Let 2 or 3 prophets speak, and let the others judge." This again, is speaking of restricting women from a position of authority in the church. 1Co chapter 11 proves women are allowed to speak/teach/pray in church as long as it is under the male leadership. In Christ Jesus, retxar |
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499 | How did the sins of adam and eve differ? | 1 Tim 2:14 | retxar | 17011 | ||
1Ti 2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. Eve was deceived, Adam was not. Adam was not deceived because he KNEW what he was doing! Therefore, we received the curse of sin thru Adam, not Eve (Rom 5:12). Because of the headship that God set up from the beginning, God confronted Adam in the garden (Gen 3:9) and ultimately held him responsible for both his sin and Eve's. retxar |
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500 | What DO you mean, then? | 1 Tim 6:20 | retxar | 7488 | ||
Or have you ever wondered if Adam and Eve had belly buttons? Hummmmmmm? retxar |
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