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41 | what was jesus's occupation | NT general | BMyers | 199879 | ||
Would you also consider him a 'rabbi' for an occupation? |
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42 | God love the senner but hate the sin | NT general | BMyers | 202782 | ||
gospelcompilation take a chill pill. First, you are accusing people of twisting and not researching the Word of God. I have read your post and their post. So, far as I can see, I have to side with them. You are the one who has failed to search the scriptures and apply them in context. Based on the doctrine of Sola Scripture, a person compares the doctrine that is being stated to the scripture. If the doctrine doesn't align with the Scriptures, the doctrine is false. Your statements don't align with the scripture. Are you being asked to prove yourself? Yes! Yet this is not new and should not be looked as an attack. Anyone making a claim in the name of Christ should be able to prove him or herself with the unchanging Word of God. I'm glad you think so highly of yourself as comparing yourself with Christ for not giving any proof, but I don't know who you are or anything about you. I have to go by the Word of God and your words are not matching this. I'm sorry you haven't found this forum helpful, but I'm proud in the fact that forum has stood firm and not compromised the Word of God. Today's society is all too quick to compromise the Word of God to be politically correct. Unfortunately, the forum is sometimes a hard medium to communicate in. Most of us (me being the biggest one) do not have the mastery of the English language as we should and at times can make it difficult to communicate points in a written format. Hopefully through your prayer time the Holy Spirit will open your eyes and you will see that hate and deceitfulness was not the purpose of the forum members here, but standing for the uncompromising Word of God was the goal. Brad |
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43 | God love the senner but hate the sin | NT general | BMyers | 202822 | ||
You asked me to analyze your post. As you may or may not have noticed by my profile, I’m just a common man. I have no formal training in Biblical matters outside of what I have received in my church and on my own. If you are expecting a deep theological response, I’m sorry, I can’t give one, but I will give you my simple answers. I don’t know if you have ever read the book ‘How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth’ by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart, but it has two quotes that I like: “A text cannot mean what it never could have meant to its author or his or her readers.” “Whenever we share comparable particulars (i.e., similar specific life situations) with the first-century hearers, God’s Word to us is the same as His Word to them.” The first issue I will raise is your interpretation of 1 Corinthians 6:9,10 1CO 6:9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 1CO 6:10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Your statement: “So do not think that your son is automatically excluded from "heaven" because he is currently choosing another way to express his sexuality. That is not what Scripture means when it says that homosexuals cannot inherit the kingdom of God” There are two things to look at, your definition of ‘kingdom of God’ and your definition of ‘sin’ (hamartia). The word for ‘kingdom’ in the New Testament is ‘basileia’. According to Expository Dictionary of Bible Words “Two particularly significant phrases containing the term basileia are “kingdom of heaven” and “kingdom of God”. These phrases are functionally synonymous and both refer to the dominion of God on earth and incorporate the heavenly realm as well.” According to Expository Dictionary of Bible Words ‘sin’ is “failing to meet God’s revealed moral, ethical, and ritual standards. The Strongest NASB Exhaustive Concordance, ‘sin’ is failure. The definition you give is hamartano which is to miss the mark, do wrong (NASB Concordance). Expository Dictionary of Bible Words defines hamartano as “senses of missing the mark that God has established as a standard for His people.” Based on the definitions that I read, ‘kingdom of God’ does very much involve heaven. This being true, homosexuals will not be in heaven because they are not measuring up to God’s standard. Do we just give up then on homosexuals? No. Yet we have to understand God is Sovereign and we can’t change the ‘rules’ just because we don’t agree. God being sovereign is a difficult concept and one that is not easy for me to explain. I know that all my Pentecostal friends (yes I’m Pentecostal, born and raised Assembly of God) we push the ‘free will’ issue. Yet, from my limited scripture study, truly we don’t have a ‘free will’. (I can see the rocks being picked up now.) How to explain this without writing a book…..the best short answer I can give you, is we are born sinners. We want to follow the sinful nature. We have no desire to come to light, but to stay in the darkness. The desire to come to the light comes from the Holy Spirit working in our life. Without the Holy Spirit working in our life, we would never seek out the light. (This is the best short answer I can think of right now.) Your statement: “Therefore, we must stop labeling people as "sinners." And we must stop condemning people because they fall short in some particular area where we happen to be strong. I don't struggle with homosexual tendencies... but there are plenty of other things I do struggle with. And until I have mastered all my struggles and can hit every target without fail, then I have no place to criticize or condemn anyone.” You are both right and wrong in the above statement. Let’s deal with the right first. We should not be condemning people. You are correct we should be loving people. Yet we have to be careful not to love their sin. There is nothing wrong with calling sin, sin. Does it offend people when you point out their sin? YES! Just walking up to a person on the street and saying you are sinner, might just get you punched in the nose. Dealing with an individual has to be Spirit led. As stated earlier, the ‘sinner’ isn’t going to want to just walk right into the light. We have to make sure that we let the Holy Spirit do its job and we do ours. Yes that involves loving the sinner just as Christ did, but it also involves making sure we don’t compromise because (how to phrase this)……we are so caught up in the ‘love thing’. (Hope this is making sense.) (read second post, ran out of room) |
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44 | God love the senner but hate the sin | NT general | BMyers | 202823 | ||
As Christians we have challenging path to walk in a fallen world. I know that you feel that everyone was attacking you, but they weren’t attacking you, they were defending the Holy Scriptures. In a fallen world when everywhere you look someone is trying to compromise and soften the Scriptures to make them more ‘modern’, more ‘acceptable’, more ‘realistic’, more ‘worldly……you must be on constant guard. Even subtle little things, how something is phrased, can actually mean HUGE doctrinal and more importantly Biblical difference and compromise. Christians can NEVER compromise on the Word of God. I believe your best intentions were to encourage a father who is struggling with a lost child. This cuts to the heart of every parent, but imagine how much more it hurts the heart of our Heavenly Father. But even with all this pain, we cannot and must not compromise on the Word. I wish that I could express myself better, but this is not strong point of mine. I have to pray and leave the message I’m trying to get across to you in the good Lord’s hands. If any of my post has offended, that was not my purpose. I struggle, just like others, to make sure that I’m not compromising on the truth of Word of God, while still trying to communicate that passion for upholding God’s Word in a spirit of love. Brad |
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45 | God love the senner but hate the sin | NT general | BMyers | 202838 | ||
I'm glad you clarified, I wasn't sure if I need to go get a rabies shot or if I had done something good. Thanks Doc for the affirmation. Brad |
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46 | God love the senner but hate the sin | NT general | BMyers | 202890 | ||
I'm glad I was able to give a little insight. JAS 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. Brad |
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47 | How were clothes washed in Jesus' times? | NT general | BMyers | 220526 | ||
According to The New Manners and Customs of Bible Times by Ralph Gower, clothes were washed in swift streams or when that wasn't available, flat rocks and pounding the dirt out from them. Brad |
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48 | does this mean a person is unforgiven | NT general | BMyers | 222649 | ||
Doc was giving you a 'pat on the back'. Actually, communicating with Doc and reading his post has challenged me to get a better understanding of some of the terms that are important to the Christian faith. You have my respect with your ability to be able to converse in more than one language. Yet, I would challenge you to look at the conversations with Doc not as struggle, but another opportunity to increase your knowledge of Bible and the English language. Based on my past experience with Doc, if there is something I haven't comprehended, he has always been willing to explain and help me understand. Brad |
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49 | According to the bible who can baptize | NT general | BMyers | 222684 | ||
Well my wireless keyboard batteries went dead and in the process, my last post is missing half of what I was trying to copy and paste (have to use Word to check more poor spelling). Anyone since that information is no gone, I will make my answer shorter. Christians can baptized other Christians based on being a disciple of Christ. Generally, this task falls to the minister of the church based on tradition. Yet, not all denominations recognize baptism done by a layperson nor do all denominations recognize each other’s baptism. Sometimes we get caught up more with the tradition and how it is done than the meaning of why it is done. Brad |
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50 | According to the bible who can baptize | NT general | BMyers | 222686 | ||
Love it! Just wish our power hadn't been out for couple of hours last night, maybe my mind and fingers would be working together better today. Brad |
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51 | What was the first animal out of the ark | Genesis | BMyers | 201714 | ||
Helps if I read the question, I thought it said into the ark. Maybe I need to just go to bed. Brad |
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52 | what took place between noah and God | Genesis | BMyers | 222060 | ||
I'm a little confused. You posted a question and then answered it yourself. Have you read Genesis chapter 8? Brad |
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53 | what took place between noah and God | Genesis | BMyers | 222072 | ||
That makes a little more sense. I was confused by the post and the response. Although, I think reading Genesis 8 should give the poster a fairly good idea what occurred, I like seeing the rainbows. Brad |
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54 | was garden of eden in heaven | Genesis | BMyers | 230788 | ||
Genesis 2:4 is where I believe she is quoting. The NASB has a footnote (a.Genesis 2:4 Lit These are the generations) about the verse and the ESV translates it as "These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens. (Genesis 2:4 ESV)" Still not following her question though, but I think that is the verse she was referring to. |
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55 | world vs age | Gen 1:5 | BMyers | 216010 | ||
Very nice illustrations! | ||||||
56 | who was the first black and why? | Gen 1:26 | BMyers | 201431 | ||
Why do you say "all races" were created in 1:26, 27? In the Unger's Bible Dictionary on page 313, it gives a break down of where different tribes descended from based on Noah's Sons. It would appear that African based races descended from Ham. |
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57 | who was the first black and why? | Gen 1:26 | BMyers | 201468 | ||
I always love it when people use the word "impossible". It is "impossible" that a person who is dead for three days comes back to life. It is "impossible" for the world to be created in 6 days. It is "impossible" for man to be created from dirt. It is "impossible" to feed five thousand with a few loaves and couple of fish. My God specializes in the "impossible". MT 19:26 And looking at them Jesus said to them, “ With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” 1CO 1:18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1CO 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. |
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58 | who was the first black and why? | Gen 1:26 | BMyers | 201494 | ||
The quick reply to this is read the story of the flood in Genesis. See who went onto the ark Genesis 7:13. As your progress through the story, what happen to all mankind (Genesis 7:21-23). Genesis 9:1 starts the population of the earth all over again. So, all races started with Noah and his family. Sorry I don't have more time for a longer post, but I have to head out the door to work. Brad |
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59 | who was the first black and why? | Gen 1:26 | BMyers | 201576 | ||
You say all races, your question was the African race. All races came from Noah's family. All nations descend from Noah's family. Read Genesis chapter 10. The Hamites were located in the southwestern Asia and northeast Africa. Cush, Put, and Mizraim located in Africa. Once again, I have to head out the door to work so the answer is short. Brad |
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60 | Where is this date from? | Gen 7:12 | BMyers | 215032 | ||
Thanks, for explaining. You may want to do some additional research, due to the flood date has been placed between 2,000 and 3,000 BC by some Biblical scholars (some even go older). I will not pretend to understand it all, but I know from the articles I read, that the estimates (fancy word for guess) on the flood date was centered around dates of the Exodus and other events that they can tie to known event dates and then they work back from those dates. I checked my ESV Study Bible, NKJV Chronological Bible, and NASB Zondervan Study Bible which all had dates of 2,000BC or older. (Remembering these are just educated guesses.) Maybe someone that has spent time studying this topic of dating could explain better than I, but it is an interesting topic (I've only read a little on Biblical dating (not talking about the boy-girl dating either)), not only dating of the flood, but many Biblical events. Brad |
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