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481 | "He erased the certificate of debt" | Col 2:14 | Rowdy | 121996 | ||
In response, I can only quote Col 2:13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle. It seems to me God's Word is very clear. Whenever possible, it seems prudent to take His Word for its straight forward message at face value. I'm afraid I will stand by His Word as being just that, as will most of the christians with whom I worship and know. However, I still pray for you to keep studying and keep an open mind to His guidance and His will. God bless. --Rowdy |
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482 | 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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483 | Ressurection today?? | 1 Thess 4:16 | Rowdy | 112257 | ||
Paul was very clear on this subject. He put tremendous emphasis on this point in his letter to the Corinthians: 1 Cor 15:12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men. 20But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. 24Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. 25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27For he "has put everything under his feet." Now when it says that "everything" has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. 28When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all. 29Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? 30And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour? 31I die every day--I mean that, brothers--just as surely as I glory over you in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." 33Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character." 34Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God--I say this to your shame. If resurrection of the dead is not possible then we are all in a pitiful condition and without hope. I don't know about you but as "for me and my house," I'm counting on it. God bless. |
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484 | Is the rapture biblically supported? | 1 Thess 4:17 | Rowdy | 132142 | ||
Pardon me for interjecting but permit me to submit a question. I acknowlege readily enough the verses above are certainly referring to the hereafter. But why and how do you conclude that this and all other related verses from the Bible are NOT referring to the first few seconds/minutes of the beginning of Judgment Day? Please explain. God bless. Rowdy |
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485 | Is the rapture biblically supported? | 1 Thess 4:17 | Rowdy | 132567 | ||
As I alluded to in my previous post, on this very important subject, I'm certain that God would be very clear about something so incredibly vital and important to the whole world. In my mind, all the actual scriptures from God's Word you've cited are referring to the end of the world and Judgment Day immediately following thereafter. Again, I emphasize I see nothing from God's Word which paints a clear picture of anything or any phase of events between this world and the ultimate Judgment Day as clearly depicted by Jesus with the parting of sheep and goats, the straight and narrow way versus the broad way to Hell. Please enlighten me with actual scriptures from the Bible depicting this rapture or the 1000 year reign of God with beings from this earth over other beings from this earth. God bless. Rowdy |
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486 | Isn't delusion dangerous? | 2 Thess 2:11 | Rowdy | 122769 | ||
Only in an effort to give this thread some balance, there are millions of christians throughout the world with yet another opinion based on James, especially Chap 2. I've discussed this at length on Post No 119801. (Insert that number in the QuickSearch at the right of your screen.) But it does bear reminding everyone that we'll ALL be judged by ALL of God's Word in NT on Judgment Day. Hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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487 | Isn't delusion dangerous? | 2 Thess 2:11 | Rowdy | 122797 | ||
When I read your post, I can only quote John 1 John 2:4 He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 6He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. And of course almost everyone knows about false teachers as prophesied by Peter in 2 Pet 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber. So the only conclusion I can draw from all this is to abide by the words from Apostle Paul Phil 2:12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. 14Do all things without complaining and disputing, 15that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, 16holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain. To me, this means we MUST study constantly God's Word as the Bereans did to make certain the words we hear from our fellow man does have that "ring of truth" as "oracles from God" (1 Pet 4:11). I hope this helps and God bless. --Rowdy |
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488 | 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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489 | is it wrong to wear fine clothing | 1 Tim 2:9 | Rowdy | 119105 | ||
Wow!! What a ministry. God bless you in your efforts. --Rowdy | ||||||
490 | Brades,Pearls,gold | 1 Tim 2:9 | Rowdy | 119154 | ||
I would urge a note of caution here. Since God saw fit to have the whole Bible preserved for us, as His children, we ought to consider His Word as absolutely sacred. After all, we are both agreed that whichever person wrote this guidance or to whom it was written, the whole Bible was authored for our benefit, so we really should prayerfully consider its tremendous value. Even those few places as in 1 Cor 7, where Paul specifically says it's his recommendations not "commands of the Lord." Paul's clear intentions were for the benefit of the recipients of his words and he did have the inspiration of the Holy Spirit which dominated his whole life, after his conversion. Basically, it all boils down to our attitude as with so many things in our lives. What exactly are we trying to say when we actually choose to wear a certain outfit and/or adorn ourselves with a certain level of makeup, etc? It's always wise to think about the ultimate consequences of our choices when we "doll" ourselves up for an event. Is our inner beauty showing through or is it obvious that we think more of the outside than what's going in our hearts? We need to cultivate an attitude of submission to God's lifestyle and priorities. By the way, this recommendation would be applicable to all, men and women. God bless. --Rowdy |
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491 | is it wrong to wear fine clothing | 1 Tim 2:9 | Rowdy | 132046 | ||
"Land of Goshen" Did you wake up on the wrong side of the Forum, maybe in another universe? It seems you have gone off on the half of the world that doesn't agree with your jaundiced opinion. I would like to encourage to take maybe another minute of your precious time and study all of my posts and you'll see I don't make hasty judgments and I certainly don't take them lightly. In my post to EdB, I was giving praise where praise was due. I do agree with you, christian ladies displaying their bodies in such a matter so as to entice men to think lewd thoughts is certainly NOT what God prefers and I think EdB acknowledged as much in his post. However, apparently this lifestyle can be addicitive like drugs. So, I'm satisfied with the maturity that EdB has shown that he knows what he's doing with the souls of these young ladies. He understands the weight of such a burden and I'm certain he's in constant prayer about it all the time. My big question to you is What are you doing to eliminate this kind of sinful activity where you live? With an attitude in need of an adjustment like it is, I would suggest your moving to a big huge city where you can apply your skills and knowledge of God's Word and there I'm sure you'll be promptly humbled by God. I do hope this has been enlightening to you. Regardless, God bless. Do continue studying and praying on this matter and above all, pray for humility. When you post such a statement, please do the recipient a favor and be clear about what you're criticizing in their post. Please don't waste our time. Thanks and again, God bless. Rowdy |
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492 | I Tim 2:12 Paul's opinion or God's Word? | 1 Tim 2:12 | Rowdy | 123342 | ||
Stever, dear friend, It appears you are misrepresenting the facts but I'm going to assume you just made an honest mistake and will go on from there. Thus I cite my statement as it appeared as follows "Like you say, WHEN Paul is giving guidance that is only coming from him WITHOUT the Holy Spirit's sponsoring, he says so very clearly but in the Epistle to Timothy, he's very plain and straight forward. There's no room for interpretation." As an example of what I was talking about with this statement, I cite the following scripture 1 Cor 7:5 Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6 But this I say by way of concession, not of command. 7 Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that. 8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I. 9 But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. 10 But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband 11 (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife. 12 But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her. Here we see Paul dealing with a very, very tough subject and several times, he goes back and forth giving guidance as speaking for the Lord and in other instances, just giving his opinion or stating his prefernce under the circumstances (which I believe he was referring to the amount of persecution christians were undergoing). Now that's done, let's go back to what you've done. For future reference so YOU don't ruin someone else's reputation or your own and get yourself "thrown off" the Forum, I would urge you to be more thorough in reviewing controversial posts such as mine, most ESPECIALLY if you're making a serious accusation as stated in your post. As you've already discovered, I don't hesitate to deal with some thorny issues and speak maybe just a little impulsively myself. But as I've stated many times before, my posts to this Forum will ALWAYS be Bible based or I'll try to make it clear I'm just stating my opinion. But even then my opinions will be based on inferences from God's Word and will be at least the best of my ability, based on solid logic therefrom. I do hope this is the end of this controversy. I look forward to a very long and fruitful ministry here on this Forum, including future discussions with you. God bless. --Rowdy |
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493 | I Tim 2:12 Paul's opinion or God's Word? | 1 Tim 2:12 | Rowdy | 123347 | ||
I'll agree with the overall sentiment of your statement but surely you're not trying to say that all of us should avoid marriage as per Paul's instructions. Again I say Paul's instructions were directed to a special audience to deal with a particular crisis. Now, when and if we have a similar crisis those words might be more applicable. But as it stands now Paul was clarifying his opinions from the Lord's commands. This kind of guidance allowed those folks options just as we have in today's world. Paul loved them so much, he just didn't want to see them get hurt. I'll have to stand by my statement and let the Forum Watchers make their judgment as they need to. When it comes down to following the words or men or God, I'm afraid I will always side with Joshua, his family, Peter, John and all the others in the Bible. I'll still pray for God to help enlighten you on this tough subject. God bless. --Rowdy PS: I'm sorry but I just gotta ask. IF you knew this much about this controversy, why did you copy only a portion of my statement which made it appear to be a misrepresentation to the casual observer? |
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494 | I Tim 2:12 Paul's opinion or God's Word? | 1 Tim 2:12 | Rowdy | 123365 | ||
I'll address this note to you and hope that Searcher sees it as he is joining with you in the same position. There's always going to be disagreements between Bible students; that's one thing is as definite as the Judgment Day. So we'll just have to agree to disagree. It seems clear with the amount of ambiguity as displayed in our posts and the scriptures supporting them, there's room for this disagreement. I'm just thankful it's not critical to a person's salvation. Thanks for the objective review and comments. God bless. --Rowdy |
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495 | I Tim 2:12 Paul's opinion or God's Word? | 1 Tim 2:12 | Rowdy | 123395 | ||
Thank you, dear friend. It does seem this fact has been overlooked. I'm so grateful for those with a level head for clear thinking and thorough reading. God bless. --Rowdy | ||||||
496 | I Tim 2:12 Paul's opinion or God's Word? | 1 Tim 2:12 | Rowdy | 123402 | ||
Cited once again for reference: 1 Cor 7:5 Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6 But this I say by way of concession, not of command. 7 Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that. 8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I. 9 But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. 10 But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband 11 (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife. 12 But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her. So, let me understand you correctly. You are advocating that all single christians in today's world must remain as they are and NOT marry. How can you possibly defend this position? One more scripture I might submit as a help in this situation: 1 Pet 3:14 But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. AND DO NOT FEAR THEIR INTIMIDATION, AND DO NOT BE TROUBLED, 15 but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; 16 and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. In verse 15, the Greek word for defense includes the concept of using our intellect in a logical manner so as to make the defense a solid one, based on a thorough understanding of God's Word. I would submit to you that this is a perfect command to us as christians to use our intellect and approach God's Word with a proper amount of emphasis on the context which includes the writer's identification, the recipient, the background or issue being discussed. Thus we see in the passage from Paul to the Corinthians, both instructions from God AND separate instructions from Paul. These two sets of instructions had very different purposes. God's priority with regard to marriage has always been to keep the marriage together as a couple, both partners faithful to each other. It is clear from these verses from Paul, that he thought it would be better "in view of the present distress" (v26) that his fellow christians avoid marriage. But Paul's instructions here were NOT from God or the Holy Spirit as he so clearly indicated. With that said, I do wish to end this controversy and would like to make this my last post to this thread. I think I've already proven my love and devotion to God and His Word. God bless. --Rowdy |
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497 | I Tim 2:12 Paul's opinion or God's Word? | 1 Tim 2:12 | Rowdy | 123419 | ||
I really do appreciate your maturity, your kindness and open mindedness. My wife has been telling me lately I'm spending too much time on this Forum to suit her anyway. So I think I'll follow Colin's lead and take a few weeks vacation and see what develops. If the Lord decides that I need to stay off the Forum permanently I can accept that. It's been a real pleasure reading your posts and exchanging ideas and opinions about God's Holy Word. Thanks for your support. God's richest blessings on everything you do and say. Keep the faith, dear friend. --Rowdy |
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498 | 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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499 | 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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500 | Is it okay to drink alcohol? | 1 Tim 5:23 | Rowdy | 111475 | ||
I don't have any specific basis for condemnation of alcohol or its consumption but the most important two areas of this subject is to consume it with moderation and avoid the obvious sin of drunkenness. The other consideration is that of the effect we might have on other christians in God's family. I would be the last to advocate that a "weaker brother" use his beliefs against the stronger and make him feel miserable for consuming a drink. But on the other hand, we the stronger should watch out for the weaker and try our very best to consume in moderation AND out of sight and knowledge of that other brother. Otherwise, we are also guilty of sinning. Like EdB recommends, it's best to avoid the whole problem by abstaining but that's a level of spiritual maturity that each of us should aspire to. It's not absolutely required and CANNOT be insisted upon with any kind of basis on God's word. God bless. |
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