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361 | Does God have wings? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 150606 | ||
Danny, we hear you. There's no need to SHOUT!:-) .... You asked the question, "Where would we be today if Joshua [had] said, 'Well, we have the 5 books of Moses, we have the Law and we don't need anything else'"? ..... There is no record, of course, that Joshua ever said such a thing, so this is a hypothetical question. But even if he had, the answer to where we would be today (in regard to the extent of God's revealed word to man) is that we would be exactly as we are and the Bible would be exactly as it is. God is sovereign: He works His will and does not empower man to do His thinking for Him or to dictate to Him about how much of Himself to reveal and how to reveal it. I'm not sure what you mean, or that you do, when you say that God doesn't limit Himself to a book. I think the sooner all of us are able grasp the significance of the absolute sovereignty of God the sooner we will cease to make sweeping statements that presume to know what God will think, say, or do about things and conditions that are not clearly revealed in Scripture. Man's opinions about who God is -- his nature and attributes -- are totally worthless. All we know or can know about God in this life is revealed in Scripture and only in Scripture. Spiritual maturity means full recognition of the absolute sovereignty of God and equally full recognition of mans's inability to save himself and of his total dependence on the grace of God to save him. Spiritual maturity also means the realization of the finiteness and imperfection of man's wisdom and knowledge, and of the blasphemous futility and ignorance of asking why does God do thus and so or why doesn't God do thus and so, and concomitant with these questions is the presumption that God acts or will act in a certain way based on how we want God to act instead of on what Scripture reveals about how God does act in accordance with His person, His nature and His attributes. To make presumptions about God does or will do based on nothing but human desires or intellect is the mark of a fool. --Hank | ||||||
362 | Gender neutral? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 150632 | ||
Justme: Based on what I have learned about the TNIV and the documented evidence that Zondervan reneged on their promise not to produce such a translation as the TNIV is, I believe Zondervan should atone for its breach of promise by doing two things: issue and publish an open apology to the Christian community and cease all further printings of the TNIV. If they refuse, which thus far they have done, then I believe the Christian community should engage in a boycott of all Zondervan publications. I will not purchase any Zondervan publication myself. There are other publishers, and good ones, who could easily fill the gap if an all-out boycott forced Zondervan to shut down their presses and close their doors. What they have done is an outrage that should not be tolerated. --Hank | ||||||
363 | Whats the point? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 150747 | ||
Doc, it occurs to me that possibly some readers of the Forum -- am I being too assumptive? :-) -- may not be able to produce a definition of "supralapsarian" off the tips of their tongues! -- even though it is certainly a doctrinal concept worth knowing. Therefore, I "appoint" you an ad hoc committee of one to give the Forum a definition of "supralapsarian" as well as the related word "infralapsarian" in a way that does not invite debate, of course. We don't want to go there! But I think it would be helpful to define these terms. And you're just the man to do it. It might add a touch of class to the Forum! (We can always use some of that :-) For some time I've thought how helpful it could be to the readers of the Forum if someone would take it upon himself to give us accurate definitions of some of the most important "theological" words -- a concise theological dictionary, not all at once but in dribs and drabs, a word or two at a time. Some of the problems that lead to argumentation and debate have their root cause in words being bandied about freely without the parties to the discussion having a clear concept of the exact meanings of the words and concepts on which they appear to disagree. This is merely a suggestion, and I defer to your judgment of whether it would serve any useful purpose. But ever since I studied semantics in school back in 1812, I've been burdened with the notion that a great deal of misunderstanding in religion, politics, law, and other fields of human endeavor could be averted simply if both sides to an argument know and agree on the precise meaning of the words and terms they are using. I've known opposing candidates for public office to disagree vigorously with one another when it was fairly apparent that neither knew the meaning of the words he was using. They didn't really understand what they were disagreeing about and semantics could help, assuming, of course, that politicians want to be helped :-) But that's another subject altogether. --Hank | ||||||
364 | Whats the point? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 150777 | ||
Doc: It was also Groucho Marx who confessed that he would not be a member of any club that had standards so low that they would accept him. ..... And speaking of accepting, I'm delighted that you accept my "appointment" as Theological Lexicographer of the Forum. I'm confident that you will come forth with many delightful lexical enlightenments that will help us all, and I look forward to their appearing on these pages. --Hank | ||||||
365 | Whats the point? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 150781 | ||
Learning2Be: As an opening observation, I note that your post is not encumbered with any Bible references :-) ..... Witnessing through personal testimony, in your words, "to go and tell what the Lord has done in your life -- what you personally have seen and done," is not without precedent in Scripture. But there is more to witnessing than this. There is the witness of teaching. Jesus said to make disciples of all nations, teaching them to observe all his commandments (See Matthew 28:19,20). There is the witness of preaching. Paul charged young Timothy: "Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and teaching." (Cf. 2 Timothy 4:1,2). ....... Now let's re-examine this statement of yours: "When you decide that others are wrong, you are judging." Now I take it that you derived your thinking on this subject from Jesus' words in Matthew 7:1, "Judge not that you be not judged." This verse of Scripture, along with Acts 2:38 and Hebrews 6:4-6, is possibly among the least understood and most misinterpreted passages in all the New Testament. Sad to say, it is used as an excuse -- a cloak to hide behind -- in order to avoid what Scripture commands us to do, which is to "convince, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and teaching (2 Timothy 4:2). In other words, we take Jesus' wods to mean that we are supposed to look the other way and let false teaching go by uncorrected, or let immorality creep in the church unchallenged, lest we be guilty of "judging." Nothing could be further from the meaning of Christ's words in Matthew 7:1. The context of Matthew 7 along with a passage in John which I will cite momentarily, clearly show that "judge not" does not prohibit all kinds of judging, or determining that others are wrong is necessarily being judgmental in a forbidden sense at all. Jesus taught that there is, in fact, a kind of righteous judgment -- and yes, He uses the word "judgment" -- that we are supposed to exercise. Here's His teaching: "Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment" (John 7:24). Now back to Matthew 7:1. Jesus here is not speaking of righteous judgement as He did in John 7:24. He is instead speaking of the mean, self-righteous, unfair, and hypocritical kinds of judgements. Look at the distinction Jesus draws between making these kinds of detrimental and unfair judgments against one's own brethren: "Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?" (vs. 3). This is something like the pot calling the kettle black. It is hypocrisy and Jesus condemns it. But in vs. 6 Jesus warns against giving what is holy to dogs and casting pearls before swine. Clearly there has to be a measure of judgment involved in determining who the dogs and swine are! ...... Referring again to your statement, "When you decide others are wrong, you are judging." Yes, you are. But you may be making the kind of righteous judgment Jesus spoke of in John 7:24 and implied in Matthew 7:6 in his reference to dogs and swine, and Jesus taught that we are supposed to exercise this kind of judgment. Or you may be making the kind of censorious, hypocritcal, and self-righteous judgment that Jesus spoke of in Matthew 7:1, and Jesus condemned this kind of judgment. --Hank | ||||||
366 | Teen Christian Resource Website | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 150876 | ||
Doc, being a father who painfully endured and mercifully survived the dreadful syndrome of maladies known as 'teenage' that all three of our children came down with, I can empathize with your ordeal of addressing youth groups and appreciate your preference for dealing with criminals. :-) The nicest thing to be said for 'teenage' is that it, like the itch, lasts only seven years. I'm writing tongue in cheek banter, of course. Actually, I treasure in my heart many memories of my kids' teen-age years. Those turbulent years can be taxing on parents, true enough. But parents should not forget their own teen years: they need to bear in mind how difficult they often found the transition from childhood to adulthood, and thus treat their own teen sons and daughters with love, compassion, respect and patience. It wasn't always easy for me to keep my mind on MACBETH while paralyzed by the fear that Charlene would turn me down for a date Saturday night because my acne was acting up! ..... We need always to lift up in prayer the godly parents of teen-agers who are struggling to teach these kids God's worldview and how to cope in a hostile environment where they are being bombarded on all sides with a secular worldview. My heart, yea, my prayers, go out to godly parents and to ministers to the youth in the churches of our land. Theirs is not an easy job by any means. --Hank | ||||||
367 | And can we accept this challenge? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 151144 | ||
Mommapbs: Two short comments. First, this organism known as Study Bible Forum is not the church, or even an ersatz church, and should not be thought of, treated or used as such. The principles of government and discipline that Scripture lays down for a local church cannot and should not be applied to a three-ring circus, a ladies' garden club, or this Forum. The organization of the Forum is not the same as the church: the Forum has no pastor, no elders, no deacons. The mission of the Forum is not the same as the church: The Forum has no worship service, no music, no communion (Lord's Supper), no corporate prayers, no sermons as such, no ability to reach out to the local community to witness in a personal, one-on-one, eyeball-to-eyeball way. ..... Second, if you can show this Forum that Scripture anywhere calls man's spirit a 'holy spirit,' please do so. The person who is teaching the 'Holy Spirit/holy spirit' theory has been unable to define 'holy spirit' in a way that makes sense, much less to provide any scriptural basis for it. --Hank | ||||||
368 | Mom, grandma, sister all in Satans hands | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 151288 | ||
Jesusfreak: Thank you so much for responding. In an e-mail exchange with one of the other Forum members this evening, your situation was mentioned, along with the words, "My heart and prayers go out to Jesusfreak and his family." I'm confident, dear brother in Christ, that the prayers of many Christians on this Forum will be for you and your family. As DocTrinsograce mentioned in his post, let the members of your family see Christ at work in your life. We should life lives that glorify God, remembering that our actions can be a powerful testimony to Him who died for us. In the words attributed to Francis of Assisi, "Preach the gospel -- if necessary, use words." Grace to you and may God richly bless you. --Hank | ||||||
369 | Mom, grandma, sister all in Satans hands | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 151289 | ||
Jesusfreak: If you have not done so, it might help and comfort you to read Doc's fine post on divine providence (Post 151282). Be assured that God is in control. Do you remember these words from a song that was popular some years ago, "He's got the whole world in His hands"? --Hank | ||||||
370 | And can we accept this challenge? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 151363 | ||
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371 | And can we accept this challenge? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 151367 | ||
"The **,*,() and slash are mine for comparisons?" ..... Comparisons to what, Ray? How is anyone on this Forum supposed to be able to interpret your private squiggles? Is it simply impossible for you to reproduce a copyrighted Bible text exactly as it is printed in the copyrighted source? If the Lockman Foundation has hired you to edit their text of the NASB, it's certainly news to me. --Hank | ||||||
372 | The Bible written in code ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 152135 | ||
Mark, I agree, of course. Faith does come from God. But HOW does it come from God? Does it come through dreams, visions, angels, voices, personal revelation -- what? What did you have in mind when you wrote that the word of God will not necessarily produce faith, that faith comes from God. Don't you think that Kalos hit the nail on the head when he quoted Romans 10:17? Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, that is, Scripture, all of which is God breathed (2 Tim. 3:16), and it is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword (Heb. 4:12). Why did John write his gospel? He wrote it so that he who reads it may believe (have faith) that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and that, believing, he may have life in His name (John 20:31). How did you learn about Jesus Christ? How did you learn that you were a sinner? How did you learn that the scarlet thread that runs from Genesis through Revelation is the thread of redemption. Redemption. Redemption. That is God's message. But how did you learn about it? What is the seminal source of Christian faith? If it is not God's word, what is it? ...... It's troubling to see the word of God being played down these days in favor of some special sign or revelation or "miraculous experience" of one kind or another that false prophets claim to have been blessed with. There is nothing more authoritative than the word of God, and we deceive ourselves when we think or act as if there is. But plenty of people do. They behave as if the word of God were superfluous, and incidental to their personal feelings and experiences. It matters little to these people what the Bible teaches. What matters is how they "feel" about spiritual matters. --Hank | ||||||
373 | The Bible written in code ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 152143 | ||
meusing: Please, let's be careful of what we say about others. Let's check our facts, consult our sources, and make doubly sure that what we say about our Forum peers is accurate and verifiable. I've followed Kalos's posts for over four years and have never known him to say or even hint that reading and studying the Bible will result in everyone who does it coming to Christian faith. I know Kalos perhaps better than anyone on this Forum, and I will assure you and all Forum readers that he does not believe or has ever said anything of the sort. I enjoin you, meusing, to prove your statement if you can. And if you can't, to retract it and seek restitution by offering Kalos a sincere apology. Idle words harm. There is indeed a destiny in words. Read the teachings of our Lord from Matthew. 12:36,37). --Hank | ||||||
374 | The Bible written in code ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 152180 | ||
meusing: It is not in my power to gain meaning from the written word by trying to guess what anyone is TRYING to say! I am limited by having to base my understanding of what they mean by WHAT they say! ..... Now in your Post # 152136 to Kalos you said, and I quote your words exactly, "I was just replying to your general statement that reading and studying the Bible will result in everyone who does it coming to Christian faith." Kalos never said this and you know it. You were responding to his Post # 152128 in which Kalos quoted Romans 10:17. Neither Kalos nor Romans 10:17 said that "reading and studying the Bible will result in everyone who does it coming to Christian faith." Your trying for an "out" by parsing the word "but" in Kalos post is a lame defense indeed. Why can't you just admit that you were in error, that you unjustly accused Kalos of saying something he did not say, made amends for it, and let's thus put the matter behind us. --Hank | ||||||
375 | The Bible written in code ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 152187 | ||
Mark, I'm perplexed. What "statement" did Kalos make after he said, "But God says"? All he did was to quote Romans 10:17. When you are quoting someone else, YOU are not making a statement. The person whom you're quoting may be making a statement, but YOU aren't! When I quote John Donne's words, "No man is an island," am I saying that no man is an island or is John Donne saying it? I have NOT made a statement of my own; I have simply quoted what John Donne said. I fail to follow your reasoning, or meusing's, on this matter. A simple resolution to this verbal entanglement could easily be effected if it could be admitted that certain persons were mistaken in their interpretation of Kalos' post and jumped the gun by ascribing to him things he clearly did not say or imply. --Hank | ||||||
376 | The Bible written in code ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 152192 | ||
Dear Muesing: Your explanation is certainly satisfactory with me and, knowing Kalos as I do, I have every reason to believe that it will be with him also. So, on to other matters! Your mention in another post of Spong, who is now an ex-bishop of the Episcopal Church, having resigned some time ago as I understand, sparked my interest, and I came upon a web site that might be of interest to you. It's http://www.starcourse.org/spong/ The article has a catchy title, "Why Spong is Wrong" It boggles my mind how a man who was elevated to the high office of bishop could turn so apostate -- more than apostate, blasphemous and atheistic. May God have mercy on such as he, and let's pray that this poor erring Spong will come to a saving faith in Christ before it is eternally too late. Your brother in Christ --Hank | ||||||
377 | The Bible written in code ? | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 152193 | ||
Dear Mark: As far as I am involved, the case has been resolved with meusing and is closed. So, as you mention, let's let it wash under the bridge, down the river, out to sea, and be submerged forever in the rolling billows! You're a good fighter, Mark. I admire that in a man. I just hope the next time you're on my side! :-) ..... Well, you really are, Mark, because we're brothers in the Lord. God bless. --Hank | ||||||
378 | Name shared by several people in Bible | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 152448 | ||
Mark, surely you know the answer -- it must be the same three guys that Abbott and Costello made famous in their skit, "Who's on First?" Here it is for the benefit of all who missed it. 'Who's' on first, 'What's' on second, and 'I Don't Know's' on third. ...... Take me out to the ball game, take me out.... --Hank | ||||||
379 | The Interpreation of #'s | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 153686 | ||
ominous: Exception is taken to your post, with a concomitant stern reminder of what this web site is. You have no business citing the metaphysical teachings of Kabalah as an answer to a question. The Rosicrucians may have an "answer" to occultism, but, friend, the Bible does not deal in the occult except to condemn it. Direct your posts to Bible teachings and only to them. This Forum is not interested in fables, myths, mysticism, or anything of the sort. Please see that you understand and adhere to the Forum guidelines set forth herein. --Hank | ||||||
380 | The Interpreation of #'s | Bible general Archive 2 | Hank | 153687 | ||
ominious: Your post is ridiculous. In your post you say that the biblical understanding of numbers comes mostly from writing not found in our Bible. Are you familiar with 2 Timothy 3:16, that all Scripture is God-breathed? Well, I am. And I am not buying that the Spirit of God had to depend on occult non-scriptural writings to give Him an understanding of numbers. As I enjoined you in a previous post, base your answers and comments on Scripture or don't answer or comment at all. This is a Bible study forum. Treat it as such or find yourself another hitching post for your steed. --Hank | ||||||
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