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321 | is it wrong to wear fine clothing | 1 Tim 2:9 | Rowdy | 119086 | ||
I have to agree with the overall sentiment of your post. Modesty is a serious issue to which all of us, men and women should pay more attention. God most certainly does expect us to think about our appearance just as if we were able to see His Person when He joins us in our worship together. BUT also I think He's willing to be somewhat forgiving when the weather or conditions encourage many people to wear shorts; they can wear them modestly. It's wonderful that your congregation is receptive and willing to support the membership of people like this with that kind of background. I'm hoping that they've also realized the type of work they're doing is also not pleasing to their Lord. Hopefully, they can get into a training program or go to school to learn a trade or some other profession. God bless you and yours. --Rowdy |
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322 | A question about the Sabbath Day | Mark 2:27 | Rowdy | 118971 | ||
I have to agree with EdB on his post but I would also add that the first four of the Ten Commandments were issued to honor God. Whereas the latter six were issued to help mankind make a better life for himself. God knows that when we follow his guidelines and commands, things just go better for us as humans. It's always been that way because God created us and He knows how we can live our lives to be complete and self-fulfilled. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
323 | What does Romans 2:12 mean? | Rom 1:19 | Rowdy | 118954 | ||
I have to agree with your overall statement as indicated in several posts in response to 118406. It's interesting how many different opinions people have on this subject. I haven't figured out how they could misunderstand such a basic concept. God bless. --Rowdy PS: I'm assuming you already know how to use the Quick Search function at the right of your screen. |
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324 | Are the remarried forgiven? | Matt 12:31 | Rowdy | 118930 | ||
I must disagree with you about Heaven being filled in contrast to Hell being empty. Although our God does want it that way, He knows mankind better than we know ourselves and Jesus said Matt 7:13 "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. This concept is NOT new to the NT, it was well established in the OT. See 2 Ki 19:31, 2 Chr 36:20, Is 10:22 and Jer 31:7. Copied for reference Mi 2:12 "I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in its pasture; the place will throng with people. So you see, if the majority of mankind actually made it to Heaven, that wouldn't be such a glorious thing. That's the way we run this country and most of the world. In contrast is God's way and in His world only a minority will actually make it to Heaven. Hope to see you there. God bless. --Rowdy PS: I noticed your use of the word "excepted" in your post. I think the word you're looking for is "accepted." |
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325 | Are unbelievers in any way "saved"? | Heb 11:1 | Rowdy | 118864 | ||
Rom 2:12 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. One last point you didn't address is the scripture above. How do you reconcile your statement with verse 12? But apparently you plan to do just that and somehow explain so I'll move on to my next question. Call me dense but can you please help walk me through Judgment Day and pretend I've lived the best life I could, was basically kind to my neighbors, etc. I was bascially a decent sort of fella and live up to my conscience. HOWEVER, I didn't know a thing about the Bible or any of the concepts of christianity, Jewish religion, nothing at all about organized religion; let's say I lived my whole entire life on a deserted island. Please explain to me the mechanics, step by step of this kind of Justice our Lord will meter out to people like the one I've just described. Remember now, my lack of knowledge of Godly concepts was through no fault of my own. This should be very, very interesting to read. I hope all Forum participants are following closely this thread of conversation. God bless. --Rowdy |
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326 | Are unbelievers in any way "saved"? | Heb 11:1 | Rowdy | 118862 | ||
I'm saying that the Book of Romans, indeed the whole Bible is written to those who know of its existance and once hearing of its existance, yes they're bound by God to the best of their ability to check it out and see if it's true. Their conscience should tell them they'd better check it just in case they might be held accountable to it. In Romans, Paul is writing to christians. He knows they will read and re-read his letter. He also knew that we modern christians (and all the ones since then) would study it and use it for reference as Peter states in 2 Pet 3:14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. 15Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. I must reiterate again with Paul's words from Rom 2:12 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. So you see, one can very easily sin against his conscience AND "apart from the law." When that is done AND they die in that condition, then they're held accountable to their conscience but NOT in accordance with the Law from God of any dispensation. I don't really see how I could make this any clearer. If you're still having trouble understanding my statement, try printing it and let someone else take a look. God bless. --Rowdy |
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327 | Are unbelievers in any way "saved"? | Heb 11:1 | Rowdy | 118856 | ||
Please allow me to attempt some dialouge here only to try and nail down a clear understanding of your position. Are you actually trying to say you have studied this passage and concluded that God will judge that portion of the world past, present and future by Bible standards even if they've never heard of the Bible or any of its contents? Rom 1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. and Rom 2:1 I've re-read these scriptures and they seem to me to be in support of my statement. (It seems incredible these verses are coming from you in support of your statement.) Please let me summarize my statement: We're all endowed by God with His image as described in the first few chapters of Genesis. Now I know the "image of God" is NOT clearly and specifically described somewhere but you will agree that it must be the major differences that distinguish us from the rest of creation, right? According to the experts w/PhDs at apologeticspress.com, some of those differences are the ability to speak, think, love, hate, make intelligent choices, worship and know the difference between right and wrong AND last of all, we humans alone have a soul. Would you agree to all that? Surely, these (possibly others) make up some of that "image of God" installed in all of us. It's that conscience and our inner soul that grows within every young person which helps them reach "the age of accountabilitiy." It's the same quality that draws us instictively to worship some greater being than ourselves and that's the same quality that enables us to determine right from wrong and thus put together a working and functioning society. A society that passes laws and makes judgements when one of their own does wrong and shows extreme disdain for those laws. It's that same innate quality that God will hold up to our lives IF we live and die without knowing anything about His Word or His Son and His dying for the lost souls of the world. Surely, we can agree on this topic, can we not? I hope so, but I also pray for God's blessings on your continued study and understanding. --Rowdy |
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328 | Where was Ecclesiastes written | Ecclesiastes | Rowdy | 118764 | ||
Eccl 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. If we use deductive reasoning, it appears pretty clear that this Book of Ecclesiastes was written by Solomon since he was the only son of David who was also a King of Jerusalem. But I will agree with you about the book itself. It does seem to wander from topic to topic without a whole lot of organization. The book seems to be filled with a tremendous amount of wisdom and on the assumption that Solomon was the author, we might begin to see why his life was cut short in spite of having God on his side early in life. I'm thinking that Solomon had so much wisdom that it was too much for him and his life of Godliness got away from him. He let all his wives and concubines draw him away from his God. To have such a wonderful start and end up such a tragedy. But then again, we know that God shows us all... even when it means recording the bad along with the good on the heros of the Bible. Just thought I'd throw this in. God bless. --Rowdy |
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329 | What do you do with Acts 8:16? | 1 Pet 3:21 | Rowdy | 118761 | ||
I thought of another illustration that might make this even more clear. Have you ever been through a special canvasing of a community with flyers with coupons to a local business? And then follow up that campaign with another one in a neighboring community but with a few minor differences, maybe an expiration date on each of the coupon sheets? Or some other differnce? Maybe one is better than the other, with larger discounts? That's the scenario I would paint for you to help you understand the first century world of christians. Now remember, we're dealing with first century christians who were just getting acquainted with God and Godliness as in the case of Corinth. So, in some cities, word of this miraculous measure of power from the Holy Spirit was being spread around the known world, originating in Jerusalem. As you can imagine the cities (congregations of christians) who didn't have these miraculous powers would want those powers and want them very badly, maybe even lust for these abilities. Now maybe you can imagine just how bad things were in the first century and no wonder that our Lord DOESN'T see fit to have this miraculous age to go on with human beings in control. Once again, our Lord wants us to graduate from this kind of simple and shallow spiritual depth in our walk with God. He wants us to grow and mature and get out of this kind of addiction for the physical world and learn to prefer His world of the spiritual, the infinite over the finite. I hope this analogy helps all those who might read this thread. God bless. --Rowdy |
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330 | What do you do with Acts 8:16? | 1 Pet 3:21 | Rowdy | 118646 | ||
First of all, I must apologize for not responding earlier so as to prevent your withdrawal. As long as a person is quoting and asking a question from the Bible directly to me, I'm ALWAYS willing to at least discuss it, especially if the verse is from the NT. Inserted for reference: Acts 8:14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, 15 who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. 16 For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit. You emphasize verse 16 and I'm inferring you are emphasizing the word "simply." From that assumption, I can only conclude you might be thinking this means that being "baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus" does not mean that these folks were saved. Maybe in today's world without the miraculous measure of the Holy Spirit evident all everyone christians went in the first century this use of the word simply might mean such a thing. BUT I think there was so much emphasis and attraction to miracles and the ability to perform them (just as we see in the verses following 17) that some christiains felt "left out" and not fully in receipt of God's portion of christianity He was pouring out on the whole world AT THAT TIME. This is the main reason so much of Paul's writing to the Corinthians was devoted to the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit. Most christians ended up misusing them or at the very least misunderstanding their main purpose, thus their ending is forecasted in 1 Cor 13. If a person analyzes the logic in this thread with emphasis on the statement as you've made, I'm afraid almost anyone would see the error in your conclusion. I see your point but it's merely just ONE WAY to interpret verse 16 and since the bulk of the NT clearly portrays baptism as prerequisite to salvation, I'll have to stick to the Bible's emphasis on all the 5 steps of salvation as cited earlier. IF I've drawn the wrong conclusion from your post, please correct me and I'll try again. Thanks and God bless. --Rowdy |
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331 | power of jesus | Luke | Rowdy | 118556 | ||
You're going to have to give us a little more to go on. What particular aspect of power do you wish to dicuss? To which chapter and verses are you referring? God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
332 | Does the OT apply to us as christians? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 118551 | ||
Part 2 of 2: There are many other scriptures I could cite but we only need one, right gentlemen? We are followers of God's Word and we only need to be told something once by God and we comply, correct? Ok, then first (vs 21-26) murder in the OT was specifically prohibited BUT one could get away with hating his brother or neighbor and could do all sorts of things to make his life miserable as long as he's subtle about it. You know the deal: push the envelope as far as you can and you're good to go. Well no longer, not with God. Although we might some of the people some of the time, we can never fool God and sooner or later the people will find out. Notice now, we can't even get angry with our brother or neighbor at least not without just cause. Even then the Lord expects us to go to that person and try to resolve our differences BEFORE we can approach God in worship. Powerful contrast if you ask me. 2nd Contrast (Conflict if you will): Adultery in vs 27-30. In the OT, adultery was sin but one could have the lustful thoughts he wanted. Go to the neighborhood pool and enjoy oneself with the all the women you wanted. As long as you didn't have sex with any of them, you were good to go. That too, is all history now. In this age, on this side of the cross, God expects us all to adhere to a higher standard and avoid lustful thoughts. Instead later on in the epistles, we find out we supposed to think on Heavenly things, and other more Godly pursuits. Thirdly, Oaths from vs 35-37. In the OT, a man was commanded to stand by his word; if one made an oath and broke that oath, there were some very severe consequences. In the here and now with the better covenant we're commanded not to swear at all and simply say "Yes or No." Seems simple but tough to do, I know. Next one (vs 38-42) is very tough to take: Vengence in the OT was a very serious business and still is for a lot of folks. Now, Jesus commands to not only forget about the wrong done to us, but go one better and offer the perpetrator another opportunity to take advantage os us again. Now this is one of the toughest things in the Bible AND to do it with sincerety. Yeah, extreme contrast, I agree. Finally and last of all (vs 43-48): Love and forgiveness for our enemies. Yes as was mentioned above, OT children of God were famous for loving their neighbors (some of the time) but they were far more famous for hating their enemies, as we can see to this day. But now God and His Son expects us to refine our ways of loving our neighbors AND He expects us to love our enemies so much that we forgive them endlessly as Peter found out in Matt 18. I know this is a bit much to take. Apparently, some of you folks have been hooked on the NT AND the OT all your lives but I would just like you to study these scriptures and all the rest. God really does want us to graduate from His schoolmaster the OT and move on to His Son's covenant. It's much better, perfect sacrifice and the perfect High Priest and He just considers Himself our senior Brother, what a Guy, such humility. This is all made so plain throughout the book of Hebrews. I'd also like to emphasize this should take care of the discussion about the separation of the OT into "ceremonial law" and the Ten Commandments. I guess you've already noticed, the first two points above start off with a reference to two of those Commandments. And we haven't even talked about the fact the Sabbath is done away and replaced with the "first day of week" being the day of worship in the NT. Now it's been mentioned or implied that I've said that NT contradicts the OT. Please believe me when I say nothing could be farther from the truth. The NT was issued as a fulfillment of the prophecy in the OT, same as Christ's coming was in fulfillment of that same group of prophecies. God passed the right to rule in this dispensation to His Son as clearly shown in Matt 28. Jesus rules from the right hand of God and with the aid of the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, mostly in our Bibles, God's Word. Hank, you might be interested in re-checking my profile. I explained my nickname briefly there for you and everyone else's benefit. Well, I do hope this clears up the matter. God bless. --Rowdy |
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333 | Does the OT apply to us as christians? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 118549 | ||
First of Two Posts -- Dear Friends: I must admit I was expected a little bit of this kind of reaction based on the past but I really hoping someone was going to address Paul's guidance in Gal 3 a little more directly; so far, Hank has just brushed it aside and no one else has even acknowledged it. I'm afraid I have to say that all of your scriptures so far in response are just supporting my statement that the OT is good for study and understanding the NT. But nowhere in your scriptures (as I have to completely discard statements from outside God's Word) do you come out and say specifically the OT is on equal footing or authority with the NT. Hank asks for specific scriptures or examples of the conflicts as I've mentioned and here they are from Jesus Himself: Matt 5:21 "You have heard that the ancients were told, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER' and 'Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.' 22 "But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell. 23 "Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering. 25 "Make friends quickly with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. 26 "Truly I say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last cent. 27 "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'; 28 but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 "If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 "If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell. 31 "It was said, 'WHOEVER SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE'; 32 but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. 33 "Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, 'YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.' 34 "But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 35 or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING. 36 "Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 "But let your statement be, 'Yes, yes' or 'No, no'; anything beyond these is of evil. 38 "You have heard that it was said, 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.' 39 "But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. 40 "If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also. 41 "Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two. 42 "Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. 43 "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.' 44 "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 "For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 "If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 "Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Stay tuned for Part 2 of 2. Sorry. |
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334 | desperate for help | 1 Tim 5:8 | Rowdy | 118539 | ||
Ultimately, I have to agree with your overall assessment of the Forum. This is a great place for learning, discussing and maybe even debate but I agree (like I did in my earlier post) the Forum is a LOUSY place for counseling, especially such as this in a very personal situation. HOWEVER, that being said, since this is such a public type and almost completely anonymous Forum, one really should keep in mind the tremendous numbers of folks such as yourself who read our posts. When I write on this Forum, I do my best to remember that and be a small voice for God, among the many others. We should see ourselves as vessels of God, His conduits thru which His Light MUST shine to the rest of the world. In some cases, there are those that don't have God's Word available to them, at least not readily OR they choose to ignore the copy they have. So we should feel compelled to speak out for God and tell folks just the way it is as we see it in God's Word. And since a person has already "toughen" themselves about their personal situation and steps into this Forum for discussion, they show they can handle the plain honesty that is found in the Bible. I realize that the sanctity of the marriage is indeed a treasured thing. Personally, I think it's the most sacred institution on this planet, after the church herself. But I think it helps a person's (in this case, Emmy's) resolve to know what the cost will be if she decides her marriage can't be saved. A side benefit to all this discussion is hopefully that some other young folks will be inspired to study this subject in the Bible and confirm what I've said, thereby increasing the awareness and resolve to make their marriage better. By the way, goes for me, too. It does us all good to be reminded of the awful mess we humans sometimes get involved in. If we'd only learn to slow down, do more study of God's Word AND more praying to our God before making big decisions, this world would be a much better place. God bless. --Rowdy |
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335 | Ezra and Family Values? | Ezra 10:3 | Rowdy | 118469 | ||
It should be emphasized that Ruth (Gentile) was not ONLY allowed into the Jewish nation, she became part of the very lineage of Christ Himself. So this bloodline was not nearly as important to God as was the attitude like her's. Apparently God has such an affinity for people like her with her wonderfully humble attitude that he would make exceptions. But generally, God did see and knew that to make this a practice of marrying outside the Jewish bloodline would detract from God's Will and His Holy Purpose of introducing Christ into the world, as in the case of Solomon. God bless. --Rowdy |
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336 | Does the OT apply to us as christians? | Bible general Archive 2 | Rowdy | 118463 | ||
I see that you've quoted numerous scriptures but none of them address Paul's guidance in Gal 3:24-25. How is it that you come to this conclusion and not address this passage in Galations? I'm afraid I have to say all of the scriptures you've cited ARE in support of the OT, being good for study and for clarification of the NT. The scriptures in Galations 3 make it very clear that the authority for the OT is no longer applicable to us as christians, especially when it is in conflict with NT. Again, let me say the best parts of the OT, such as 9 of the 10 Commandments and several other key concepts are indeed repeated in the NT and are therefore to be obeyed. But the requirements for animal sacrifices and the strict observance of Levitical law is obselete. As is the requirement for keeping one's lineage back to Abraham which is impossible to do anyway. And to an earlier comment about ceremonial law and just keeping some portion thereof (can't remember whose post), I would counter with Gal 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. 2Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 5But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope. 6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. Here, Paul is stating very clearly (at least in my mind) that one CANNOT pick and choose which portion of the OT is applicable and must be adhered to. So how many animal sacrifices do you offer up every week? Who's your Levitical High Priest? Does he wear the proper attire with the bejeweled breastplate? Where's your temple or tabernacle? Where's your Ark of the Covenant? No, my friend the time for observing and following the OT is long gone. We must live in compliance with and will be judged by the words of Christ and his duly appointed representatives, the Apostles. God bless. --Rowdy |
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337 | Are unbelievers in any way "saved"? | Heb 11:1 | Rowdy | 118442 | ||
Dear BradK, I started to reply right away but I think I really need to restrain myself and allow some other Forum participants to "weigh in" on this topic. But if you really insist on seeing my mindset, you can bring up some of my other posts that are somewhat related. Believe it or not, in spite of what my Forum nickname might suggest or what anyone might infer from my posts, I'm not one prone to fighting with words or to engage in debates. I do think the Lord enjoys a good debate as I've stated elsewhere but I'm not good enough with His Word to participate in that art. I would like to do more study and homework and get back to you. Meanwhile, keep studying, dear friend and keep praying. I know I will. God bless. --Rowdy |
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338 | desperate for help | 1 Tim 5:8 | Rowdy | 118441 | ||
For what it's worth, I have to agree with EdB. Your husband needs serious help, especially if he's deceiving himself by thinking he's acting in a Christ-like manner. But I would emphasize that you need protection from such a brute. IF you're able to get both of you to a counselor, preferbly a christian, then you may be able to save your marriage. Your biggest trajedy is that you won't be able to re-marry if you find that you must leave your husband. But hopefully, if you still love him you can lead him by example to a closer adherance to the high standard Christ sets for all of us to follow. You probably know you're going to get a wide variety of responses on this Forum so like EdB says, go get some professional, christiain counseling, face to face from someone you can trust as being in the Lord. God bless you in this struggle. --Rowdy |
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339 | Are unbelievers in any way "saved"? | Heb 11:1 | Rowdy | 118408 | ||
I would submit this post only in an effort to give this thread the balance as given by God's Word. Paul gives this guidance to the Romans which is also applicable to the modern world: Rom 2:12 All who have sinned without the Law will also perish without [regard to] the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged and condemned by the Law. So for those in the world that have heard God's Word, they are most emphatically held to that standard as you've stated so powerfully. But there's no way anyone can possibly defend a position that God would actually condemn someone based on a standard of judgment that the person had never heard. BUT that DOESN'T mean that those folks will be treated to an easy judgment. All human beings do have the image of God with which we're all created and that's the standard which will be used by God to determine whether they go to heaven or not. This is discussed briefly in 1 Pet 3:21. God bless. --Rowdy |
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340 | What all is meant by "in the name of "? | Col 3:17 | Rowdy | 118384 | ||
Searcher is quite right with his definition. But we all should understand it meant a lot more to the folks in the 1st century. Those folks were pretty much convinced that Jesus was coming back within their lifetime and was therefore watching their every move just like He does us now. The big difference with them is they took it much more seriously than most of us modern Americans. We've grown callous and over confident of our success as humans on this planet; we call it humanism. Again, back in the first century, practically nothing, especially if it was new was done unless you have specific authority or approval from an elder person in the Lord or in the church. Thus it was almost 600 years before there was any real introduction of musical instruments in the Lord's church. This is confirmed by the fact that the Catholic church came up with a special term describing the music in their worship settings. You've probably have heard of it: accapella. It means "in the style of the church." The Catholics needed to make this distinction because of the growing popularity of musical shows, plays, etc. accompanied with an orchestra. The muscians/writers used this terminology to distinquish between these 2 basic types of music: with and without mechanical instruments. However, my main point is the fact that for a long time the phrase "in the name of the Lord" was sacred to most christians. God bless. --Rowdy |
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