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281 | Why ten? why not only one? Poligamy?. | Matt 25:1 | Makarios | 113625 | ||
Excellent answer, Emmaus! * Austin *, read the above post (#113624) by Emmaus. |
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282 | What does baptism consist? | 1 John 5:6 | Makarios | 113621 | ||
Also, You are the one that is mistaken. I do not "require" that the thief be baptized. That is my whole point : Baptism is not an essential to salvation. Makarios |
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283 | What does baptism consist? | 1 John 5:6 | Makarios | 113618 | ||
Arrow1, The Great Commission, in and of itself, does not state that any person MUST be baptized in order to be saved, before or after the Resurrection of Christ. But it DOES state that we should GO and baptize OTHERS. - Makarios |
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284 | Do i have to get baptized? | Luke 23:43 | Makarios | 113614 | ||
Greetings Tara1, Interesting thoughts on infant baptism. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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285 | What does baptism consist? | 1 John 5:6 | Makarios | 113612 | ||
Go back and read those passages of Scripture that I cited in my 11/19/2001 post. Makarios |
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286 | What does baptism consist? | 1 John 5:6 | Makarios | 113609 | ||
Greetings Arrow1, The simple fact of the matter is, the thief who was crucified on the cross next to Jesus who asked Jesus to remember him in His kingdom was saved (Luke 23:42-43). Did the thief ever have a chance to be baptized before dying? No. Was the thief saved? Yes. Hopefully I have explained this clearly. Makarios |
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287 | Why did Jesus curse the fig tree? | Matt 21:19 | Makarios | 113596 | ||
Thank you Colin and Ken! I am glad that these posts have helped. Makarios |
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288 | "The Passion of the Christ" | John 19:30 | Makarios | 113595 | ||
Greetings Hank, I also viewed this film today, "The Passion of the Christ." It is unlike any other film I have ever seen. I believe that this movie does carry across some measure of the total brutality that was involved in our Lord's crucifixion, and I found many parallels to Scripture in the movie that have never been alluded to in any movie about Christ before. I do not believe that a motion picture has ever so emotionally wrenched me in the way that "The Passion" has, and I almost totally lost it on a few occasions while watching this movie for the first time.. I wisely brought a packet of Kleenex just in case. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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289 | Resurrection Sunday or easter? | Acts 12:4 | Makarios | 113229 | ||
Greetings Sir Pent! Good post! It is true that the message of the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ "turned the world upside down" (Acts 17:6), and the first Christians, who were devout Jews, accustomed to worshipping the Lord faithfully on the seventh day of the week, now began meeting instead on the first day, since that was the day of the Resurrection. Similarly, their greatest annual observance was the Passover, but this soon became "The Lord's Day" or "Easter" for them, as they realized that Christ had fulfilled the Passover, dying as the Lamb of God, and then rising again from the dead. Therefore, the observance of "The Lord's Day" or "Easter" can be traced back to the time of the apostles. So, should we therefore adopt a new Calendar that does not seek to glorify Roman gods and goddesses? I do not believe that it is necessary to do away with the Calendar or to staunchly protest Resurrection Sunday being called "Easter", even though I do believe that it may be a bit more appropriate to call Resurrection Sunday "The Lord's Day" as opposed to "Easter." But I am in no wise in a hurry to change the name, then I am to spread the true message of what Easter is all about. :-) Easter and Christmas are both times that Christians can take advantage of for evangelism, and by insisting on changing its name over that of our mission (The Great Commission) would be a great loss and misuse of our time and talents in this secular world. But for the Christian, "The Lord's Day" or even "Resurrection Sunday" would be a bit more appropriate of a 'title', in my opinion. Even so, the translators of the KJV "goofed" by substituting "Easter" where they have rightly put "Passover" in every other place, and that was the point that I really wanted to drive home in my 2nd post in this thread. :-) Blessings to you, my friend! Makarios |
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290 | Resurrection Sunday or easter? | Acts 12:4 | Makarios | 113227 | ||
Greetings Tim, You are welcome, my friend! In my limited experience, have found that no other verse in the Bible is able to "sober up" a KJV Only advocate more quickly than Acts 12:4. :-) Blessings to you, Makarios |
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291 | Do i have to get baptized? | Luke 23:43 | Makarios | 113225 | ||
Greetings Tara1, If we do not have to be baptized in order to be saved, then just how important is baptism? The Christian "era" was introduced with the forerunner, John the Baptist, who baptized along the Jordan those who desired to prepare themselves for the coming of Christ. The first public act of Jesus as He began His ministry was to be baptized by John, as He said, "to fulfill all righteousness" (Matthew 3:15), and serving, in this and in all other aspects of His life, as the perfect Example for those who "follow his steps" (1 Peter 2:21). During His own public ministry, He also, through His disciples, continued the practice of baptizing His new disciples in water (John 3:22). In Matthew 28:18-20, we read the Great Commission, which consists of three parts: (1) "Make disciples of all nations", (2) "Baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit", (3) "Teach them to observe all the things that I commanded you" (see also Mark 16:15,16). Therefore, baptism is an integral part of the Christian's Commission from His Lord, and is of highest importance. The early Christians always observed this order: immediately after a man or woman was truly converted to Christ, they were baptized and identified with the local church, where they would be instructed in the full scope of Christian faith and life. Baptism is not considered to be part of the gospel, by which people are saved (1 Cor. 15:1-4), as Paul made clear when he said: "Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel" (1 Cor. 1:17), but it is an essential part of the Great Commission. Therefore, baptism was immediately followed by conversion in the early church (Acts 2:41; 8:12; 8:36; 9:18; 10:47; 16:14,15; 16:30-33; 18:8, etc..) The occurrence of baptism immediately after conversion simply means that as soon as a person trusted in Christ, they would publicly identify themselves with the Lord and with His church in his own community, by following the Lord in baptism. The importance of baptism can be summed up in this verse: "For we are buried with Him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life" (Romans 6:4, KJV). Blessings to you, Makarios |
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292 | Do i have to get baptized? | Luke 23:43 | Makarios | 113224 | ||
Greetings Tara1, Salvation through Jesus Christ means to be saved from sin and death and hell unto righteousness and heaven and everlasting life. Salvation has past, present and future aspects: we are saved from the penalty of past sin through Christ's atoning death on the cross, from the power of sin through the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives right now, and ultimately from the very presence of sin when we are in heaven. This question was asked by the Philippian jailer in Acts 16:30, and was forthrightly and simply answered by the Apostle Paul when he said: "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved" (Acts 16:31). Jesus Himself said: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16, KJV). Therefore, personal faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and of His victorious death and resurrection is the means by which salvation is received. The substitutionary death of Christ for our sins is the basis on which God counts us as justified in saving us through faith, and this is demonstrated and guaranteed in the victorious bodily resurrection of Christ from the grave. But natural man is proud and tends to resist the idea that there is nothing he can do to save himself, and that he must trust in Jesus Christ to do it all. However: 1) A person cannot be saved by believing and practicing any religion he or she chooses (Acts 4:12). 2) A person is not saved by keeping God's laws, for there is no one who can keep His law perfectly (Galatians 3:10; Romans 3:10,23). 3) No one can be saved through doing good works. "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost" (Titus 3:5). 4) Baptism is not the means of salvation. Paul said: "For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel" (1 Cor. 1:17). The gospel, by definition, is the "good news" of Christ's atoning death and resurrection, and it is by believing the gospel, not by baptism, that men are saved (1 Cor. 15:1-4). The thief on the cross was saved, but never baptized (Luke 23:42,43). 5) We are not saved by joining a church. To the members of the church in Laodicea, for example, Christ said: "Because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth" (Revelation 3:16, KJV). It is extremely important to be baptized and do good works with the right motive. If the unsaved person does them to earn salvation, he is deceiving himself and "frustrating the grace of God" (Galatians 2:21, KJV). The true Christian does these and other good works out of love and gratitude to the Lord Jesus for saving him (2 Cor. 5:14,15). "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." (Ephesians 2:8-10, ESV) Blessings to you, Makarios |
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293 | Resurrection Sunday or easter? | Acts 12:4 | Makarios | 113124 | ||
Greetings my friend! One might well include the KJV's unusual rendering of Acts 12:4 as more of a mistranslation, and it would be hard to argue against that assertion. "And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people." [Acts 12:4, KJV] "And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out before the people." [Acts 12:4, NASB] The word that the KJV translates as "Easter" appears 29 times in the New Testament. In each of the other 28 occurrences, the KJV translates the phrase as "the passover" (for example, see John 19:14). There is no reason for confusion as to what Luke was referring to here, since the preceding verse says, "Then were the days of unleavened bread." The days of unleavened bread, of course, were connected with the Passover celebration. Yet in this one place the KJV contains the anachronistic term "Easter." Luke's reference to the days of "unleavened bread" makes it clear that he is referring to the Jewish holiday season, not to some pagan festival that did not become known by the specific term "Easter" for some time to come. Some KJV Only advocates have tried to defend this anachronistic translation of "Easter" in Acts 12:4, saying that this is evidence of God's providential guidance of the KJV translators. Their argument is that the "days of unleavened bread" extend from the 15th to the 21st of the month, while Passover itself was the 14th. Therefore, according to this reasoning, the Passover was already past, and Herod, a pagan, was referring to "Easter" in its pagan celebration, not the Passover. However, there are problems with this view: 1) The term Easter would STILL be a misleading translation, since the celebration the English reader thinks of is far removed from the pagan worship of Astarte. 2) Herod Agrippa, according to Josephus, was a conspicuous observer of the Jewish customs and rituals. Since he was attempting to please the Jews (Acts 12:3), it is obvious that Luke is referring to the Jewish Passover, not a pagan celebration. 3) This KJV Only argument to save the "infallibility" of the KJV depends on making the "days of unleavened bread" a completely separate period of time from "the Passover." Unfortunately for the KJV Only position, the term "the Passover" is used of the ENTIRE celebration, including the days of unleavened bread after the actual sacrifice of the Passover, in other places in Scripture (John 2:13; 2:23; 6:4; 11:55). Therefore, this ingenious attempt at saving the KJV from "infallibility" fails under this examination. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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294 | How do we "glorify God" in our body? | 1 Cor 6:20 | Makarios | 113111 | ||
Thanks! I wasn't even keeping track! :-) Makarios |
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295 | DOES GOD HEAR ALL PRAYERS ? | 1 Pet 3:12 | Makarios | 112946 | ||
Greetings BradK, Excellent topical verse in John 9:31! In light of such verses as John 9:31, Job 27:9, and Proverbs 28:9, does this prove that God has "selective hearing"? :-) No, not at all. James 5:16 says, "The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working." [ESV] Notice that James implies that a person's spiritual condition has a relationship with their prayer. Therefore, does this mean that an "exception" was made with Manasseh (2 Chronicles 33:12-13)? This is an interesting thought.. While it is important that our spiritual lives reflect a loving and strong relationship with God that must be nutured daily through reading His Word and in prayer, a 'lacking' relationship with God is not always the reason for prayers seemingly not being answered. For every child of God, I do believe that God answers all of our prayers in one way or another, but not always in the way in which we prefer. Even the Apostle Paul did not always have his prayers answered at times (Acts 20:22-23,29; Romans 1:13; 2 Cor. 12:7-9), in the way that he would have liked. So take courage: seemingly unanswered prayer should not always be a sign that things are not "well" between you and God, if you are a Christian. But the prayers of those who do not believe, or have no relationship with Christ, will not always receive an answer, unless the Lord, in His Divine sovereignty, intervenes, as He did in 2 Chronicles 33:12-13. When Daniel prayed (Daniel 9:3-19), Daniel did so after he studied Scripture (9:2) and found the reason for Israel's exile (Lam. 1:18). Then, he confessed and repented of his people's sins and his own sins in his prayer. The Lord answered Daniel's prayer (Daniel 9:24-25) as announced by the angel Gabriel. Therefore, God does answer prayer (1 John 5:14,15) according to His time and purposes. So, why would the Lord answer Manasseh's prayer since He was evil, but does not seem to answer my prayer, after I have given my life over to Him? Manasseh was a king over many of the Lord's people, and his area of influence alone was significant for the Lord to reach many of those who were, perhaps, already praying for their king! So, you could see Manasseh's answered prayer as not only being a fulfillment of his prayer, but the prayers of many thousands in Israel were answered when God answered Manasseh's prayer (2 Chronicles 33:14-17). Therefore, God may, in grace, answer the prayers of non-Christians, but He has not promised to do so anywhere in Scripture. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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296 | Oneness and the word "person" | 2 Cor 13:14 | Makarios | 112933 | ||
Jcsav, I don't follow you. In no way can you accuse me of not keeping His Words, or of not being baptized or anything else. The simple fact of the matter is that Jesus Christ is not God the Father or the Holy Spirit. Makarios |
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297 | DOES GOD HEAR ALL PRAYERS ? | 1 Pet 3:12 | Makarios | 112932 | ||
Good addition, New Creature! |
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298 | Tator Bug, what does God say? | 1 Thess 4:5 | Makarios | 112840 | ||
Tater Bug, Searcher56 is absolutely right! Hebrews 13:4 "Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous." If you are "burning with passion" before marriage, then you are playing with fire with your soul (Proverbs 6:27-32). Your emotions cannot be trusted (Hosea 2:13; 2 Tim. 3:2)! A true, long lasting relationship is built upon so much more than physical infatuation that only lasts for however long you are together, or he leaves after sex or pregnancy. If you want to 'attract' a man for a long lasting relationship, then.. "Do not let your adorning be external- the braiding of hair, the wearing of gold, or the putting on of clothing- but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious." 1 Peter 3:3-4 [ESV] If a man is attracted to you because of your relationship with God (and you him), then that is a basis for a possible courtship for marriage. Attraction because of 'passion' or any sexual activity is not a basis for marriage, but it will, in fact, "force" you to make a decision: to either 'stop', or break it off because you become pregnant, or get married because you become pregnant. In all of the above choices, sexual abstinence is clearly the BEST choice in a dating relationship, since you would still have control over your relationship (with the Lord's help), to have the Lord tell you in His time whether or not the guy is the right man for you. But, if you have passion, arousal, and everything else coming into the relationship, then you will no longer have any control whatsoever over the relationship, and it will take on a life of its own, to a destructive end. I am presently involved in a courtship with a Godly woman, who I am attracted to because of her relationship with God (and vice versa). And we have made a pact before the Lord not to engage in any passionate or sexual activity until the vows have been made and exchanged, till death do us part. Therefore, we will be sure that 'attraction' or 'passion' does not force us to become married, but, if we become married, then we will do it on God's timing and terms, not our own. And this will ensure a successful long term marriage for us and for both of our families, who have become very involved in this courtship process. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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299 | Oneness and the word "person" | 2 Cor 13:14 | Makarios | 112836 | ||
Jcsav, It amazes me when those who subscribe to the "Oneness" heresy seek to justify their position after reading such passages of scripture as the one below: (re-post of kalos [02/21/04]) "The Trinity in John 14:11-26 (KJV) Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. [12] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. [13] And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. [14] If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. [15] If ye love me, keep my commandments. [16] And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; [17] Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. [18] I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. [19] Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. [20] At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. [21] He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. [22] Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? [23] Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. [24] He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. [25] These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. [26] But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 2cor1314" |
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300 | Oneness and the word "person" | 2 Cor 13:14 | Makarios | 112835 | ||
Punkiedo, It amazes me when those who subscribe to the "Oneness" heresy seek to justify their position after reading such passages of scripture as the one below: (re-post of kalos [02/21/04]) "The Trinity in John 14:11-26 (KJV) Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. [12] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. [13] And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. [14] If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. [15] If ye love me, keep my commandments. [16] And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; [17] Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. [18] I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. [19] Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. [20] At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. [21] He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. [22] Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? [23] Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. [24] He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. [25] These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. [26] But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 2cor1314" |
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