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461 | Roman guard myth? | Matt 28:11 | JCrichton | 122387 | ||
Hi, Norrie! I think part of the problem is that some of the symbols on the key-board may interfere with the command symbols of the various programs running through the servers... Perhaps there could be a program that would overide any unintentional interference but it may be too costly or cumbersome to run (slowing down the system) and would prove counter productive to a speedy exchange on the forum. Perhaps one day not only would that be a problem of the past, but, may haps, we would be able to use a variation of fonts and colors! God Bless! Angel |
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462 | Roman guard myth? | Matt 28:11 | JCrichton | 122337 | ||
Hi, Norrie! Sorry you are experiencing difficulties... I have had my share... working for over 30 minutes only to lose the material while attempting to post... Since I use several Bible references my original thoughts, as well as some of the passages cited, are lost... Now I use the old "save every x minutes" rule (though at times I forget to do so!)... this has cut my loss to an acceptable minimum! So next time you post: highlight the content of the text box prior to depressing the "Preview" button (this could be also done from the "Preview page"), right click mouse, and copy; this will hold your text in temporary memory. If you lose your post, you can retrieve it to the empty text box by right clicking the mouse and pasting. (At this time you can proceed to make necessary corrections/changes before you attempt to post once again. Good luck! God Bless! Angel |
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463 | Roman guard myth? | Matt 28:11 | JCrichton | 122289 | ||
Hi, Norrie! When I directed you to reread the passage I really meant the Biblical passage... Still, Paul Maier cite sources which still leave gaps as to the actual events that took place in regards to Jesus' tomb! What I have attempted to point out is that: 1) Romans would not allow Jewish guards outside of the Temple or religious affairs--they would open themselves up for insurgencies if zelots were to infiltrate the Temple Guard and have free reing of the territory. 2) The chief priests would not have to ask for guards; rather they would have asked for permission to allow their guards free access to Jesus' tomb. 3) The Temple Guard would most likely not be paid "piece work;" since they were part of the daily Temple activities they would have a base salary which would have been paid on a regular basis, rather then on lump sums... why would the chief priests pay them a large sum of money to undertake an assignment which could easily have been deemed extra-Temple activity?--keeping secrets for the priests would be an obligatory task for those whose livelyhood depended upon the priests' graces! 4) Why would the Roman governor care that Jewish guards fell asleep while guarding the tomb of a Jewish "no-body?" (Did you read the part, in the Bible, when the Jews sought the Romans to resolve Jesus' crucifixion?--the Romans did not have high regards for the Jews! Why would they care about the affairs of Temple sentry failing to properly guard the tomb of a dead Jew?) 5) You mentioned that the guards reported to the chief priests at discovering the empty tomb... were the guards' commissioned to guard the tomb for the Romans or for the Jews? Would it not have been logical for them to report to those who issued the commission rather to those who could have care less? 6) This final point is based on Jewish ceremonial customs: Since the Jews required that the Sabbath be respected (zip work, zip traveling, zip commerce, zip anything that would make them "unclean"), why would they post Temple guards at an "unclean" site during Sabbath? God Bless! Angel |
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464 | Why do some denominations Baptise babies | Acts 16:33 | JCrichton | 122230 | ||
Hi, Hank! Evasion of issue? How can my post not guide you into the issue? Christians were baptizing themselves for their dead loved ones, why did Peter, Paul and the rest of the Apostles not forbid them that practice since the dead could not be preached to but by Christ, and since the dead could not give even the simplest sign that they had Heard and Believed? Are we to wait untill people are professional sinners to bring them into the fold of Christ? How is being old enough to give tithing a guarantee that a person has matured enough to be part of the Lord? And when Chirst said "let the children come to me," was he being facetious: let them in but only to the back of the synagogue? When people bring their preconceived notions into reading the Scriptures a plethora of faith variations surges--yet there is but One Spirit, One Lord, One God, One Faith! When we put limits on God's Ability and Grace, aren't we usurping His Glory? I pray that the Holy Spirit enlightens everyone who faithfully searches and thirsts for Christ! God Bless! Angel |
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465 | Why do some denominations Baptise babies | Acts 16:33 | JCrichton | 122219 | ||
Hi, kalos! Otherwise, what are people up to who have themselves baptised on behalf of the dead?... (1 Corinthians 15:29) So you would interprete that the dead are ok but not children--oh, wait, only the adult-dead! God Bless! Angel |
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466 | Why do some denominations Baptise babies | Acts 16:33 | JCrichton | 122203 | ||
"Please prove that Acts 16:33 includes infants or very young children." Hi, Hank! Show me where it says, in the Bible, that households in Jesus' time were devoid of childrend and infants and show me where it says, again in the Bible, 'baptise only mature adults of x age, young adults of x age, but do not children or infants.' God Bless! Angel |
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467 | How do we understand these words? | John 6:63 | JCrichton | 122188 | ||
"How do I know that I have the correct understanding?" Hi, Aixen7z4! This is precisely why Jesus warned: I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty; for cut off from me you can do nothing. (John 15:5) The Holy Spirit was sent by Jesus to reveal the completeness of Truth... abiding in Jesus we abide in the Holy Spirit who will teach us everything and remind us of Jesus words. Patience is understanding: meaning that as we await for the Lord to reveal His Word to us, through the Holy Spirit, we can be guided to the Truth. The Truth will never deviate from itself! Jesus is the Truth! When we read the Scriptures, we know that we are in the Truth if we do not reinvent the Truth: meaning: if we do not interprete from the Scriptures what we want to find in the Bible but if we just allow the Holy Spirit to enlighten us! The Word testifies to Christ's Divinity, and Christ testifies to the Word's Truth and Eternity: ...The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. (John 6:63) As long as we understand that there is nothing that we can add to God's Word, that there is nothing we can discover on our own, and that we cannot usurp God's authority, we will be able to be humble enough and patient enough to wait for the Holy Spirit to enlightenment us! Personally, I pray that I do not serve to confuse or derail others and that I do not become complacent or proud but that I stay humble and thirsty for God's Word. Knowing that God exalts the humble, my goal is to remain in humility--regardless of how much or how far I feel I've come in the Lord! God Bless! Angel |
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468 | Roman guard myth? | Matt 28:11 | JCrichton | 122163 | ||
Hi, Norrie! Perhaps you are a stickler to the letter of the translation: Matthew 28:11-15 28:11 - Now while they were on their way, some of the guards went off into the city to tell the chief priests all that had happened. 28:12 - These held a meeting with the elders and, after some discussion, handed a considerable sum of money to the soldiers 28:13 - with these instructions, 'This is what you must say, "his disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep." 28:14 - and should the governor come to hear of this, we undertake to put things right with him ourselves and to see that you do not get into trouble.' 28:15 - so they took the money and carried out their instructions, and to this day that is the story among the Jews. 28:12 talks about soldiers--why would the Romans allow the Jewish people to maintain an army within Roman occupied territory? 28:14 talks about the chief priests vowing to protect them from the governor--why the Roman governor get involved in a Jewish dispute about some guards that fell asleep while guarding some "nonsense" tomb? 18:15 talks about them taking "a considerable sum" of money from the chief priests--why would the priests, as shrewd as they were, give additional moneys to their own temple guards to perform a task that would be an extension of their service? 28:15 - talks about a story passed among the Jews--do you not think that if simple temple guards were outsmarted by Jesus' disciples the story would carry less and less wieght with the passing of time? Now Romans guards... that's a different story! The Romans were known for ther fierceness, their military code of conduct, and their unyielding valor (translation: if they failed their superior officers they could be imprisoned or killed!). Please reread Matthew 28:11-15 and think about this: why would the chief priests need to go to the Romans to post their own temple guards on the tomb, and why would the Romans care if the guards did a poor job at the tomb of a Jew? God Bless! Angel |
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469 | Mark1:1 who does the Gospel begin with | 1 Cor 1:17 | JCrichton | 122008 | ||
Hi, Tom2! The problem I had was that you presented an open ended question (there are two Johns: the Evangelist and the Baptist--both given a task to do in reference to the Gospel)... then there are the written accounts (Gospel according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John)... "so I found the answer by reading other scriptures in the other Gospels. yes! John was the beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.sent by God to prepare His way." I do not mean to disagree with you... specially since,technically, it seems that John the Baptist originates the Gospel... What is the definition of Gospel if not the Good News about the Kingdom of God (a message concerning Christ, the kingdom of God, and salvation)? Hence there has to be a different answer to your question: In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. (John 1:1-2) The Word became flesh, he lived among us, and we saw his glory, the glory that he has from the Father as only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14) but the angel said, 'Do not be afraid. Look, I bring you news of great joy, a joy to be shared by the whole people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:10-11) As the above passages demonstrate, the Gospel of Christ originated with the incarnation of the Word and the announcement of the angel--and if we trace the prophecies and credit them with announcing the Good News, then the Gospel began some 700 years (Isaiah) before Jesus' birth. Now, if we get extremely technical we can trace it to Moses' words in Deuterony 18:15--it was the first prophecy that included clear lineage to Jesus! So, though John the Baptist is the precursor to our Lord's coming, I find that he, as the prophets before him, is a vessel and not the originator of the Gospel--which begins with the Word! God Bless! Angel PS: just Angel, though the title applies, I deem it unnecessary. |
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470 | US go... even we, the disciples? | John 11:6 | JCrichton | 121928 | ||
"Thank you for your thoughts. You bring up another Scripture in your post concerning "Light" when you wrote, "As we know, the Light came to the world and the darkness did not defeat it!" You had in mind John 1:5 but you combined it with another verse. Thus, I would not agree with that sentence." Hi, Ray! I am was not quoting but summarizing... I should have typed "Him" instead of "it"--I can only blame the speed of thought verses context: Jesus is God so He can never be "it;" grammatically, Light is a pronoun (reflexive I think) that must agree with the noun that is being modified (Jesus), so again it should be "Him" not "it." Thank you for your correction. God Bless! Angel |
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471 | Who is Melchizedek | Gen 14:18 | JCrichton | 121925 | ||
Hi, tgc! Thank you for your kind words! As Paul tells us we must run to receive the crown (1 Corinthians 9:24-27), so I seek to improve my abilities while assisting others achieve the same goal: Life in Christ! God Bless! Angel |
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472 | US go... even we, the disciples? | John 11:6 | JCrichton | 121877 | ||
"your stress of the Twelve by using the upper case T" Hi, Ray! When I write I tend to emphasize God's (the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit) Divinity by capitalizing words that deal directly with Him. The Twelve are emphasized to designate their separation for Christ. This, at least in my mind, in no manner or fashion elevates them to anything other than belonging to Christ! So you will notice that I will capitalize words relating to God or defining God: i.e.: Salvation, Grace, Love, Light, Life, Resurrection, Cross... "Would you capitalize the "Light" of the world in John 11:9,10?" I would only capitalize John 11:10 because Jesus is presenting a duality: light of day--natural preference of travalers vs. being in the Light--the Light of the world: Jesus Christ! As we know, the Light came to the world and the darkness did not defeat it! This particular verse, John 11:10, is reminiscent of Peter's experience while walking on water--only when Peter began to focus on the creature rather than the Creator did he failed: Jesus is the Light so as long as we are in the Light the darkness cannot harm us! God Bless! Angel |
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473 | US go... even we, the disciples? | John 11:6 | JCrichton | 121819 | ||
Hi, Ray! I think that for many of us that (following Jesus even at the risk of death) would be the ultimate test... and, though we have an advantage over Jesus' contemporaries, I think that many of today's "disciples" will not act accordingly; but will fail to choose to follow Him. I say this because it is evident by Christiandom's reluctance to be doers of the Word, and its readyness to embrace most any cultural adulteration of Jesus' Word! There was once some one who said that "for evil to prosper good men have but to do nothing." (Paraphrased as best as I remembered.) John 11:7, 8, and 12... Some Bible versions have "his" in 7 and 12 instead of "the." I would agree with you that in these verses as well as many others the tone is that of an inner circle... there seems to be some intimacy or familiarity that the general discipleship would not have with the Master or Rabbi. Even in today's society this is verifiable... While in high school I was involved with the performing arts... though the class or after-school groups were seldom under 40 students there was always an inner circle that clicked in an intimate/familiar manner while the rest were most always left out; mind you I do not mean it in todays abominable fashion of "clicks/inner ciercle"--I am talking about an inner group that put the extra effort into all of our activities, and would financially support the effort, rather than spend frivolously... so it would be a natural occurrance that we would enjoy each other company and spend intimate moments (dinners, picnics, movies...). I understand this to be a factor in Jesus' Twelve and the other disciples... I am not limiting Jesus' inner circle to the Twelve; rather I am saying that the Twelve would most assuredly be with Him, as they say today, "24/7." God Bless! Angel |
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474 | Praying in tongues | Rom 8:26 | JCrichton | 121818 | ||
Hi, 8788! I'm just rounding off tgc's note on prayer... Prayer should also contain our heart-felt "thanks"--giving thanks to God for His Love and Mercy! ...even if everything is going badly in our lives... we may have nothing to look forward to in terms of our corporal existence... yet our Lord is always ready to bless us with patience, endurance, humility, peace, hope... God Bless! Angel |
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475 | Would you? | Mark 16:15 | JCrichton | 121683 | ||
Hi, Aixen7z4! " "Note to viewers:" I have wondered myself... some of the arguments that are closed are not openly hostile or sectarian--I guess that the moderators have had previous encounters with the material being present... "This thread has been temporarily restricted from appearing on the homepage…". " Point of view... it is such a simplistic phrase with sooooo much weight! I have been in forums where "Christians" spout racist ideologies guised in religious or patriotic fervor... I have been censured while speaking against boasting about arms... I have been gang-bashed for presenting a Biblical text... I have been interrogated about my personal religious beliefs... I have been ignored when asked to maintain a direct email connection ("to further our Bible Study")... I have been called ignorant because I believe that Christ is God! The underlining issue has always been "point of view!" I cannot make a statement on why this particular thread has been restricted--it would be nice to have a personal note sent by the operative explaining his/her action and why it had to be addressed in such format... that is another world, utopia I think they call it! "I am bothered by the way the simple, the uneducated, and the non-Christian are treated here" I share your sentiments... I have seen it here and in other forums... but I am not a monitor/moderator so I cannot impose rule upon those who I feel are being curt, condescending, and impatient. I can only strive to present a different perspective for the person posting their concerns. I must confess that when I read posts that openly contest Christ's Divinity my patience runs thin--I may respond in a confrontational manner but I use the Bible, not my personal religious beliefs, to counter the statements. We have to be cognizant of Jesus' Word: "Father I do not ask you to remove them from the world; I ask that you keep them save from the world." (Paraphrased) Though we will not find Heaven on earth, Jesus call is to obey Him and serve Him: "If your righteousness is not greater than the Masters of the Law, Sadducees, Pharisees, you cannot be my disciples." (again, paraphrased) "a sermonette" What I mean is that I do not attempt to sway the reader to join my denomination. I present the Gosple as clear and as candid as I can without introducing sectarianism bias. I pray to Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, that His Word may be let known to the world, and that instruments such as you, myself, other members of this forum, and Biblical forums as this one, may be perfected through the Grace and Power of the Holy Spirit. God Bless! Angel |
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476 | US go... even we, the disciples? | John 11:6 | JCrichton | 121609 | ||
Hi, Ray! I am kind of a stickler when it comes to Jesus' words... I don't believe that Jesus said things just to appease or give invitations. When teaching the disciples (12) He separated them from the crowds... I cannot see them, with the exception of Judas and Thomas, refusing to follow Jesus' lead... There was that moment of flight/fight which Peter addressed by cutting off an ear... once it was made clear that they were not to use violence... shum! So when Jesus invites them to go with Him, in my mind, they went! Had the disciples refused to go with Jesus, would it not provide a choice morsel of news to record for posterity? Their flight from the garden was recorded--even that of the young man covered in the blanket! Using the "Us" for Jesus only would, in my opinion, nullify both the purpose of Jesus' reluctance to go at once to Lazarus side, and His consequent statement on verse 15. "Us" objective case; "Our" adjective (possessive)--other than that I have no other knowledge. "This to my mind would be glorifying to our triune God." Are you referring to the term "Us/Our" in reference to Jesus or are you speaking in terms of Lazarus' resurrection? God Bless! Angel |
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477 | Verse about being sentient | Gen 2:8 | JCrichton | 121607 | ||
Hi, Raistlin! I am glad to have helped! I was curious because I had a friend in high school who is of Jewish descent and she taught me a few things about Jewish customs... One of the things that stuck was that demonstration of respect for the Holy Name! In His Blessings! Angel |
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478 | Verse about being sentient | Gen 2:8 | JCrichton | 121511 | ||
Hi, tgc! I just posted a reply that should have gone to Raistlin. I apologize for the error. God Bless! Angel |
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479 | Verse about being sentient | Gen 2:8 | JCrichton | 121509 | ||
Hi, tgc! Are you Jewish, a nonbeliever or a member of a new movement group? My question is based on the way you did not spell God on your post. God said, 'Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves, and let them be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the cattle, all the wild animals and all the creatures, that creep along the ground.' (Genesis 1:26) God made us in His image and likeness; God is omnipotent so it would only be logical that we have some level of autonomy. Today, I call heaven and earth to witness against you: I am offering you life or death, blessing or curse. Choose life, then, so that you and your descendants may live, in the love of Yahweh your God, obeying his voice, holdig fast to him... (Deuteronomy 30:19-20) God has always allowed us free choice: But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believed in his name (John 1:12) And if anyone does not welcome you or listen to what you have to say, as you walk out of the house or town shake the dust from your feet. (Matthew 10:14) In other words, since they would not consent to acknowledge God, God abandoned them to their unacceptable thoughts and indecent behaviour. (Romans 1:28) look, I am standing at the door, knocking. If one of you hears me calling and opens the door, I will come in to share a meal at that person's side. (Revelation 3:20) But the rest of the human race, who escaped death by these plagues, refused either to abandon their own handiwork or to stop worshipping devils, the idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood that can neither see nor hear nor move. Nor did they give up their murdering, or witchcraft, or fornication or stealing. (Revelation 9:20-21) but though people were scorched by the fierce heat of it, they cursed the name of God who had the power to cause such plagues, and they would not repent and glorify him. (Revelation 16:9) It is evidently clear that God will not force His Love and Mercy on us! We are given free reign over our autonomy, even when we are totally rebellious and sinking deep into the abyss of eternal damnation! God Bless! Angel |
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480 | in christ according to Ephesians | Ephesians | JCrichton | 121487 | ||
Part 2 of 2 Of course, Paul is not insinuating that there are two Kingdoms; rather Paul is unifying Christ with the Father: One Kingdom: One King: One Savior: One God! He also calls us to action as he warns that we are to take advantage of the opportunities afforded to us by the Lord. Paul wants us to be actively involved in the Church... we are not called to just simply wait about for salvation!: "Wake up sleeper, and rise from death, and Christ will shine on you." So be careful how you live... Make good use of every opportunity you have... try to find out what the Lord wants you to do... In Ephesians 5:21-33 Paul introduces a special relationship between Christ and the Church and those who are called to serve in the Sacrament of Matrimony: husbands and wives are not merely married to each other as the pagans marry onto one another... the Christian marriage is, above all, a special relationship with Christ, who set our goal in His exemplary Love of the Church!: Submit yourselves to one another because of your reverence for Christ... as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it... There is a deep secret truth... applying to Christ and the church. But it also applies to you. In chapter 6 Paul continues setting the examples of how we are to treat one another in the faith--as the times dictated, Paul also address the issues of slaves and master: there is no distinction between one and the other in Christ, so both are to treat the other in Christ's love and justice. Then Paul breaks into a strong revelation about the battles that we, as Christians, must fight... It is a spiritual battle and we do not have the means to engage it, let alone win it: build up your strength in union with the Lord and by means of his mighty power... So stand ready, with truth as a belt tight around your waist, with righteousness as your breastplate, and as your shoes the readiness to announce the Good News of peace. At all times carry faith as a shield; for with it you will be able to put out all the burning arrows shot by the Evil One. And accept salvation as a helmet, and the word of God as the sword which the Sprit gives you. Do all this in prayer asking for God's help. Paul begins and ends Ephesians with that special relationship of Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Father. He emphasizes our dependence in God, our obligations as Christians, and God's command that we unify in Christ for the Glory of His Kingdom! God Bless! Angel |
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