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441 | Do our works keep us saved? | 1 Cor 12:13 | Rowdy | 120762 | ||
Very nicely done, dear friend. I think I have to agree with everything you've said here. Appreciate your fresh and honest perspective. Amen and God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
442 | Do our works keep us saved? | 1 Cor 12:13 | Rowdy | 120787 | ||
Amen, dear friend. Keep studying and praying. Our way of life may just change sometime in the near future. I pray it will improve toward God's Will but I'm very much afraid things will get worse before they much better. It's almost like our world of Christianity, at least here in America is an alcoholic and needs to hit bottom before we'll give up this addiction to a convenient and comfortable lifestyle. I gotta hush now and climb off this soapbox. God bless. --Rowdy |
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443 | Do our works keep us saved? | 1 Cor 12:13 | Rowdy | 120788 | ||
Hank, my dear friend and fellow Bible student, I must respectfully disagree with you. We don't have very many but the following is a clear case of a christian with the wrong priorities who was specifically told to repent. 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. 18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, "Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." 20 But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! 21 "You have no part or portion in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. 22 "Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 "For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity." 24 But Simon answered and said, "Pray to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me." Here Simon wanted these miraculous powers for his own gain instead the Lord's. We must learn from his example and put our own talents to work and be fruitful for the Lord as described in James. This teaching on repentance and the teaching in 1 John of staying in the fellowship of light from God teaches very clearly that even christians must repent and do it often. There's no significant difference between christians and the world of sinners in this regard. We all sin daily but we've got the Grace of God and the blood of His Son to cover us, enabling us to go to Heaven. But continued and unrepented sins in our lives can quite possibly keep us out of Heaven as depicted in 2 Pet 2:22 Of them the proverbs are true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and, "A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud." Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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444 | Word Study ... done away - cease | 1 Cor 13:8 | Rowdy | 115496 | ||
Yes, I do believe that Paul was predicting the demise or the slow disappearance of miraculous powers in favor of the written Word in our Bibles. BUT just in case there are those that don't see it that way, we should agree on the definition of just what a miracle is. The miracles in the Bible are always depicted as something supernatural, something that goes against the laws of nature, something that is so fantastic it can't be explained any other way. For example: restoration of life to a dead body, gift of sight to a grown person born blind, restoration of a limb after being cut off, all of these w/o medical procedures or mechanical devices. Then we're talking about clear-cut, undeniable miracles manifested by human beings. Otherwise, we're talking about miracles manifested from God directly to the recipient, right? What is your opinion? God bless. |
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445 | Word Study ... done away - cease | 1 Cor 13:8 | Rowdy | 115752 | ||
Sorry, I wasn't clear with my statement. In that post I was referring to whole package of empowerment received by the Apostles from the Holy Spirit upon the first day the church was established. I realize there's a wide debate about whether these powers exist in today's world. To me, this verse is very clear about the Bible being completely perfect and no need for miraculous powers in this present world. My main goal was to see if we could some kind of consensus on the Forum as to just what is a mircle? What does it mean to prophecy? And speaking in tongues? I would suggest that we stick with the Bible definitions for these activities. What do you think? God bless. |
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446 | Are miracles for today? | 1 Cor 13:8 | Rowdy | 133168 | ||
Just trying to help with a post from my past. Apparently you and the others of your faith are getting a lot of heat because of your background. I thought I'd try to help you and some others get to the actual root cause of all the controversy. You see, here at the Study Bible Forum, ALL of us believe in ALL of the Bible and the Bible's most emphatic point to us modern earth dwellers in this century is that Jesus Christ is the Living God in charge of this world. He came to this planet of sinful man for the express purpose of saving the souls of ALL mankind, past, present and future with His Perfect sacrifice of His own sinless body and life. IF a person come to the SBF to discuss and exchange views and ideas about all the above, it MUST be done WITH the acknowledgement of that previous statement being ABSOLUTE TRUTH. If we can't get that acknowledgement up front in advance from such a person, everything else is valueless and not really worthy of discussion by anyone, at least to those on the Forum. Now, I myself had absolutely nothing to do with drafting up the rules to the Forum but I try to abide by them. I know Hank and some of the others don't like it when I fail to cite book, chapter and verse when I make a statement but that's because I've cited it before in a previous post. Anyway, we ALL from an early age in life learn that we must play by the rules when we join an organization. Now your decision is really quite simple: either acknowledge the ABSOLUTE TRUTH of the statements above or refrain from posting statements of your own to the Forum. That of course DOES NOT mean that you can't read and enjoy the posts you see on the Forum. Also some of the folks on the Forum cite their own E-Mail address so you could attempt to communicate directly with them in that manner. Now the basic reason for this rigid requirement is simply to keep the Forum in some semblance of order and you know we're commanded to do that, 1 Cor 14:40. Without giving Christ His due according to His Last Will and Testament, we ALL do Him a serious dishonor and we would have to pay dearly for such an infraction at Judgment Day. There's one more subject of interest: Cults. There's been several questions back and forth about this and of course the word means different things to different people. But the one basic thing that it means to Forum participants is that a person who refuses to acknowledge the truth of Jesus as cited above would be considered to be a member of a cult. Now I realize that probably doesn't please you but I'm afriad that's a fact that's well reconized throughout the vast majority of Christendom. I do sincerely hope this clarifies the whole matter for you and the other participants of your faith. I really wish no ill toward you or anyone else. I'm afraid that's just the way things are done here at the Forum. I also pray God will bless you as you study Him AND His Son in His Word. Maintain an open mind AND an open heart to His Will. Pray often about this subject. -- God bless. Rowdy |
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447 | Are miracles for today? | 1 Cor 13:8 | Rowdy | 133189 | ||
Thanks, I appreciate your note of support. I just read your profile and can identify with the difficulties of the church there in California. Just about 4 years ago, my wife and I lived in Reno, NV (yeah Sin City), and were glad to move back to the South, a little closer to home. Now I'm a deacon for the second time in my life and both my wife and I are very much active in our congregation. We both have our ministeries and really enjoy the close fellowship in the congregation. Things are also much better in our marriage. God bless you, dear friend. Rowdy |
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448 | Contradiction with 1 Cor 14:22 and 24 | 1 Cor 14:25 | Rowdy | 122974 | ||
Your first point is yet another good reason why our God saw that it wasn't good for mankind to continue through this miraculous phase of Christianity. As a race of rational human beings, we really don't deal very well with the supernatural or something we don't understand. Just look at all the modern science fiction movies in today's theatres. I don't really have a solid Biblical response to your comment, as you have already quoted from scripture. We can only read and acknowledge its truth. However, on your second point/question, we do have clear Bible guidance. In Acts 2, this jump to conclusions by the public at large is seen. Suffice it to say that people in every age, men and women love to gossip and are quick to sieze anything to promote that tendancy. (My guess is, this thought of "being out of their minds" was coming from those who didn't understand the language being spoken.) My main point here is the fact that there were certain individuals who did understand; otherwise they were strictly instructed by Paul to hush and wait for an interpreter. Finally, I would challenge you and all Forum participants to come up with one single Biblical example of such a person who had miraculous abilities showing his source other than one of the two methods I've cited in my earlier post. For clarity, I'll repeat those sources: the Holy Spirit Himself as in Acts 2 and Acts 10 OR the laying on of hands of the Apostles ONLY. Thanks for participating in this discussion. Awaiting your response and God bless. --Rowdy |
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449 | Contradiction with 1 Cor 14:22 and 24 | 1 Cor 14:25 | Rowdy | 122982 | ||
So we're in agreement on this point. The Holy Spirit does to this day dispense gifts to us as christians, some more to others but I'm convinced He wants to stay "behind the scene." Thus our faith is built up along with our spiritual maturity as we see the Hand of God and the Holy Spirit in our lives as They guide us through perilous difficulties and help us avoid sin if we let them. Futher, if we're studying God's Word on a regular basis and maintaining a regular prayer life, They will help us identify opportunities for doing good, dispensing acts of kindness and many other good deeds. Hopefully, our daily ocassions of stumbling are less frequent AND less severe. We grow more and more mature and less dependent on God when we can finally say with confidence and much grey hair on our heads, "Lord, take me home." "To die is gain but to keep living is Christ" and whatever Your will is, that I will do. God bless you, dear friend. --Rowdy |
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450 | Contradiction with 1 Cor 14:22 and 24 | 1 Cor 14:25 | Rowdy | 122989 | ||
You're correct of course. We do need to see ourselves as dependent on God for sustanance of life, both physically and spiritually. I guess what I was trying to say is that while we're here on earth, as we mature more and more, our priorities line up closer and closer with God's and we realize we don't need God to provide for our physical needs quite as much and we certainly don't need our wants to be filled nearly as much. What a wonderful concept. Unity on such a controversial subject. It truly is a blessing, dear friend. --Rowdy |
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451 | How to harmonize this passage | 1 Cor 14:34 | Rowdy | 109079 | ||
I guess my only response would be to invite you over and show you how it's done. I actually try to get the ladies (some of them much older than myself) to speak up during my Bible classes and most of them refuse. Every once in a while one of them (especially the younger ones) will open up and ask a question and we all (the whole class) responds with kindness and great open minds. That's perfectly OK with the scriptures as that's a classroom setting. Now don't get me wrong; it's true, we don't have any ladies leading classes with men as students but we're very much open to their participating from the classroom floor. But if they have any questions during the worship assembly, they're encouraged to communicate that thru the men folk, preferbly their husband. We have a time when Notes are solicited from everyone which are channeled to the elder who goes over them and announcements at the end of our service but this is just one way to do it. Oh, one more setting is the business meeting for the whole congregation, hosted by the elders to discuss miscellaneous topics, questions on almost anything are raised and discussed at length. I like to think we're somewhere in the middle of the spectrum on most issues, as long as we're talking about Bible based issues. Let me know which city you're in and I'll find you a congregation (or at least I'll try) that might show you what it's like. Let me know. God bless. |
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452 | How to harmonize this passage | 1 Cor 14:34 | Rowdy | 109154 | ||
Again, I have to say the Bible is very, very clear on this subject. For example: Both elders and deacons are to be husbands of one wife. In other scriptures women are commanded not to ursup the authority of the leaders of the church. The scripture about women approaching their husbands for questions has been cited previously. Over and over again, God's Word is very clear on this point. The church's relationship to Christ as head is compared to the marriage relationship between a man and woman. I hate to beat a dead horse but this matter boils down to a simple matter of whether or not we are obeying God or not. Peter and John asked that same question of their court officials in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. Each man must answer that same question every day all of us get out of our beds in the morning. This day, when it comes down to a choice between the two, will I (all of us) obey the commands of God or men? Please don't get me wrong. I'm not advocating blind obedience to something that goes against the laws of nature. We must study the scriptures with an open mind and an open heart. When we approach God's Word with respect and a determination to obey, we have to be submissive to His pattern. That's why I think it's so important to study the OT. It informs us that God did set a pattern for almost everything but He wants us to grow up and see beyond our simple, blind obedience to His dictates. He wants us to trust Him enough to know that His patterns were put into His Word for our benefit. If we follow His patterns, our world works better, just like our automobiles work better when we follow the manual and install parts in accorance with their guidance. It is a simple matter of form following function. Generally, things (especially in God's world, heaven and His church) function better for the long term when we abide with God's Perfect Maintenance Manual for us as humans. I'd be interested in seeing a response from you and all others, addressing each of the points I have cited above. I would welcome comments or questions from anyone in your congregation. How can we justify outright disobedience to God Almighty and hope to meet Him in Judgement? Please advise. |
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453 | How to harmonize this passage | 1 Cor 14:34 | Rowdy | 109169 | ||
Please believe I mean no malice or disrespect. Maybe I'm a bit harsh but I was just trying to make a point. I think there's room for discussion but I must emphasize that the scriptures I've seen so far haven't given any support to the idea that women are allowed equal standing in the church with men. I realize this may not be policitically correct for our time but the Bible rarely is, especially when taken in its total. Thus we have the straight and narrow road compared to the broad way for the bulk of the world. I would like to urge you to continue studying God's word. I do think we CAN definitely comply with all of God's Word. I've already expressed my perplexity with the passage in Hebrews but I don't think it nor any of the other scriptures mentioned mean for women to take up that same standing, equal to the men in the church. But as I've mentioned, the women are definitely allowed to make their thoughts and wishes known through proper channels. Just as in the military, court system or any other system put together by human beings, God and His children MUST follow His protocals. I'll try to wrap up this discussion, at least from my perspective with this. I think the NT overall is laced with an absolute bare minimum BUT ESSENTIAL restrictions. That's part of the Lord's desire I referred to earlier. He wants us to grow up and realize most of His guidance can be inferred from the general guidance He's given throughout the Bible. Basically, we are to follow the examples we're given in His Son and His official representatives, the Apostles. God bless in your continued efforts. My praryers are on your side. Still anxiously waiting for anyone else to respond. |
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454 | Can Christian's support Caesar's wars? | 2 Cor 10:3 | Rowdy | 118362 | ||
Well done! Amen. --Rowdy |
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455 | Simple analogy to understand the Trinity | 2 Cor 13:14 | Rowdy | 120877 | ||
I'm not a scientifically inclined person by any stretch but I do appreciate knowing this additional information about water. I thought I would also remind everyone of the obvious and that is that water covers up about 78 percent of this planet's surface AND it's one of the only natural elements that upon freezing is lighter than it natural liquid state. Isn't it wonderful that our Lord created our world with all these characteristics of water AND chose this same substance to be symbolic to the burial of His Son for us as christians in baptism? Kinda neat, huh? I think so. Science is a wonderful thing and God bless. --Rowdy |
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456 | Simple analogy to understand the Trinity | 2 Cor 13:14 | Rowdy | 120952 | ||
I think you're correct if I can remember my high school chemistry course; of course I just barely passed. I'm just thankful to God didn't put me in a job where I would need that knowledge. ...I guess you did notice I issued a disclaimer, saying "I wasn't a scientist by any stretch." But I'll thank you just the same and I do that most sincerely. Again, as I've mentioned before,thank God for teamwork. It's the only thing from this earth that helps me know that I've got a Home waiting for me in Heaven. God bless you, dear friend. --Rowdy |
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457 | Simple analogy to understand the Trinity | 2 Cor 13:14 | Rowdy | 120977 | ||
Sir Pent, I have to agree. It does give one some concern to spell out your name BUT I've never been one to be superstitous. So God will protect me and I'm praying He'll protect you from the implications of such a name. I guess I have to pray for the same thing concerning my own nickname. Now on to the discussion at hand. Isn't the water's ability to do this floating in ice form somehow related to how the molecules expand and trap the oxygen inside making it lighter than the water underneath? I'm probably all mixed up since I don't know my science very well. I'm just glad it works that in God's creation. Amen? God bless. --Rowdy |
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458 | Simple analogy to understand the Trinity | 2 Cor 13:14 | Rowdy | 121040 | ||
Thanks a million. It's good that you're able to explain this highly technical and scientific process in common terms understandable by us laymen. God bless, dear friend. --Rowdy |
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459 | where Paul studied after his conversion? | Gal 1:12 | Rowdy | 112386 | ||
Just for your future reference, I think you'll find the gateway website to be particularly useful since you have access to the internet. It has many of the more popular versions and a good search engine. It'll help you find those passages in the Bible as long as you can remember one or more of the key words. It quite often recalls dozens of different scriptures with the same word(s) but then you just "shop" through them all until you find the particular one for which you're looking. It's great. God bless. | ||||||
460 | Was the church embarassed? Come see. | Gal 2:11 | Rowdy | 114674 | ||
I appreciate your response. Although I think you're very, very close to my position, I'd like to see other responses from the rest of the group. What'd ya say, gang? Let us hear from you. Thanks and God bless you all. |
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