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841 | Abstaining from things strangled, blood? | Acts 15:20 | azurelaw | 192152 | ||
Dear WOS and Doc WOS - thanks for the question Doc - thanks for the answer which helps a lot for Chinese christians especially when we are facing so many grey areas in concern with morality. Shalom Azure |
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842 | To Rabban | 1 Cor 13:1 | azurelaw | 192115 | ||
Dear Medchill, That post was intended to the receiver. Since you asked, please refer to the below ID 192087 192085 and the Terms of Use: You agree not to impersonate any person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity. *********************** Psalm 44:21 Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. Shalom Azure |
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843 | To Rabban | 1 Cor 13:1 | azurelaw | 192092 | ||
To: Rabban 1 Cor 13:1-7 If I [can] SPEAK IN THE TONGUES OF MEN AND [EVEN] OF ANGELS, but have not love (that reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion such as is inspired by God's love for and in us), I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have PROPHETIC POWERS (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), and UNDERSTAND ALL THE SECRET TRUTHS AND MYSTERIES AND POSSESS ALL KNOWLEDGE, and if I have [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but have not love (God's love in me) I am nothing (a useless nobody). Even if I dole out all that I have [to the poor in providing] food, and if I surrender my body to be burned or in order that I may glory, but have not love (God's love in me), I gain nothing. Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not BOASTFUL or VAINGLORIOUS, does not display itself HAUGHTILY. It is not CONCEITED (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not SELF-SEEKING; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but REJOICES WHEN RIGHT AND TRUTH PREVAIL. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. ******** My grieves for you. Azure |
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844 | can anyone here help a seeker | Revelation | azurelaw | 192083 | ||
Dear Rabban, Thank you for your response and your heartfelt concern on the seeking souls. I don't think it is a problem to reccomend a RENOWNED bibble study website on the forum as some other users did as well. Since you have mentioned about this group of well qualified theologians on the net which worths a visit, why don't you cite the web as an additional source of reference for the forum users? Shalom Azure |
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845 | can anyone here help a seeker | Revelation | azurelaw | 192066 | ||
Dear Rabban, While I appreciate and enjoy some of your fine posts, yet I feel it inappropriate to encourage a private interaction in public THIS way (which I mean it sounds like putting an ad for yourself, please do not take it offensive). Meanwhile, you say : I will give you all the answers you want. I am pretty sure that no one has all the answers for the Bible. And we are not to give answers according to whoever WANTS. Sorry that you might find me picky on your wordings but please do understand that this is a public forum and some users / readers could be very green in their path of searching God's word. In that they could be misled that they can get a direct line with the authority other than diligently studying the Bible. Again, if I offended you, my sincere appology. Shalom Azure |
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846 | verse for i bowed on my knees and cried | Isaiah | azurelaw | 191981 | ||
Hi Searcher, Good job of copy and paste. :-) Shalom Azure |
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847 | Scripture alone? | James 1:5 | azurelaw | 191948 | ||
Ah....in that case, we are of the same grade, dear Sister Cheri. :-) Shalom Azure |
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848 | Would his heart not be humbled? | Romans | azurelaw | 191924 | ||
Dear John, Good to see your post again. Excellent answer. Shalom Azure |
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849 | Stumpped by my son | Bible general Archive 3 | azurelaw | 191810 | ||
Dear Parable, You said : Boyd suggests evil is a NECESSARY (cap. for my emphasis) possibility in a world in which the following realities make love possible. Are you suggesting that without evil, it is of lesser possibility to love? Or in other words, without evil, it is impossible to love? The suggested freedom to choose love or not to love - I don't think we have freedom to choose love or not to love (our God is sovereign), but just we use our freedom to choose the love target. Thank you for your clarification. Shalom Azure |
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850 | What does "saw" mean? | Ex 24:10 | azurelaw | 191766 | ||
Dear Talmid, Welcome to the forum. I always get excited to see youngsters like you (fit to the age requirement of the forum) study God's words diligently and sincerely. Keep up the good work with a humble heart, Talmid. We all come here to learn and to share. Just a word of encouragement: 1 Tim 4:12 Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe. Shalom Azure |
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851 | What does "saw" mean? | Ex 24:10 | azurelaw | 191764 | ||
Dear don, A hearty warm welcome to the forum. We all are learning endlessly regardless of age, race, education, etc. To quote an old saying : it is better to be late than never. May you be blessed with God's words and enjoy the forum. Psalm 10:17 O LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear Psalm 25:9 He leads the humble in justice, And He teaches the humble His way. Shalom Azure |
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852 | The Internet Church | Rom 8:28 | azurelaw | 191682 | ||
The Internet church - is like no other. Loving others through words is a new concept, a new blessing. Not face to face, the words we speak through the keyboards tells of the love in our hearts. I may never meet you in this human form, but God knows us both. We will have a place in heaven sitting by His side. Where our Spirit now concealed, will be the real insider-outside then you will know the real me. Neither you nor I will be disappointed, having new names. We will never lose the ability to love. Charity like eternity, is forever. In this new church of words with the online pews. No pastor, no elders, just God and us. Sharing these end-times together. - George J. Miller |
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853 | Stronghold | Ps 18:2 | azurelaw | 191681 | ||
***************** Stronghold I have found a place of safety and comfort, surrounded by the arms of God. My faith is constant, my hope always ready. Love waits to jump into action, but held in check by obedience to Him. All are tempered within Gods timing, for only He has total control over them. We have learned a delightful two-step together, He leads, I follow. I feel a knowing of my God, draws me closer still. Acting in concert, His Spirit knows His heart. My choice, to always follow, and do as bid. For this choice, He protects, He comforts, He gives His love. I have no personal concept of humility, I know of it, but believe it just "is". Define it, no I cannot, because it is hidden behind an unseen veil. More a condition of the heart, than anything seen. It is now a time of putting all the years of faith together. With age comes His comfort, and that Haven, of those encircling arms, that soft voice. I thrill myself, in knowing Him, hearing Him, and His choice of Loving me as His son. - George J. Miller ******************** |
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854 | is masterbation a sin | Rom 12:1 | azurelaw | 191662 | ||
Dear Rabban, Thank you for your input in concern with the subject. But I don't think "women and lowly sexed men" should be excluded. :-) May I offer the below quote from a study of the subject :- ------------- Masturbation and the Bible - by Lambert Dolphin " .....In actual fact, masturbation is virtually always closely connected with lustful thought life.....Many individuals who masturbate will admit that they use pornography, ....to heighten the pleasure and vicarious enjoyment of sex. All of these are, in reality, forms of idolatry involving the worship of another person, ... or the worship of an "image,"--rather than God. "Jesus was condemning...those fantasies in which we see ourselves possessing that which we are not allowed to have. He is condemning those fantasies in which we manipulate people in our minds in ways that will appeal to and satisfy the lust of our imagination. Whether it be a forbidden partner or a forbidden sexual practice, we must be aware of the fact that the mind is capable of endless perversions" (Ref. 1, page 119). Many Christian young people can not imagine Jesus Christ loving them deeply enough to help them overcome the shame of their masturbation. Thus masturbation is not an area of one's life where Jesus is welcome---it is usually private and secret. Excluding Jesus from any area of our lives is of course risky since we are then left in darkness and in bondage to sin in one form or another. ... Nothing we do, even in private, is hidden from God. (Psalm 90:8) To be more objective, the Bible is clear that sexual activity is always wrong outside of marriage. It is plain to see that masturbation is usually narcissistic. Narcissus was the Greek youth who, upon seeing his reflection in a pool, fell in love with himself, then fell into the pool and drowned. In other generations masturbation was called self-abuse, ... The emphasis is on "self," not on one's relationship with God or one's family. We can surely say the "solo-sex" is not part of God's original design for man which is for sexual expression in the context of love and commitment in a marriage...... Masturbation also tends to turn one's focus inward upon oneself, leading to shame, sometimes excessive introversion, often low self-esteem, self- consciousness and detachment from normal social roles. God did not design sex to be a solitary experience. It is supposed to be shared with another, and only in marriage. Sexuality is intended to be part of the complementary interaction of self-giving love between a man and a woman who are committed to one another for life. (See 1 Cor. 7:4 where the Bible states that husband and wife are to give up the right to their own bodies to one another in marriage). Within marriage the dynamic interplay between opposites can bring healing and wholeness for both the man and his wife. Admittedly, sexual desires are most intense biologically speaking when we are young and not yet able to marry. The spiritual victory to be gained (with the help of the Lord Jesus) is one of self-control (1 Thess. 4:1-8) and an inner purity that constantly vitalizes one's intimate personal relationship with Jesus the Bridegroom of the church. The Song of Solomon gives us a good picture not only of marriage but also of our individual relationship with Jesus Christ seen as a discipleship of love (Ref 2). God is working in us to produce wholeness and well-roundedness, a self-giving life style not a self-centered one. Previous generations of Christian leaders taught that instinctual energies could be sublimated and rechanneled into productive and creative actions in the world. This concept has largely disappeared in our time when the focus is on self, self-realization, and self-fulfillment. "No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. After all, you find out the strength of the German Army by fighting it, not by giving in. You find out the strength of the wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down. A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in. We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it: and Christ, because He was the only man who never yield to temptation, is the only man who knows to the full what temptation means-the only complete realist (C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity). " To read more, please go to http://www.ldolphin.org/Mast.shtml ------------- We are to glorify God. Anything (not only masturbation) fall short of this goal does not please God. Shalom Azure |
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855 | where does jesus was born | Bible general Archive 3 | azurelaw | 191652 | ||
Dear iusmar, I just click either one of your posts for my note. You don't have to attach your email address to every (almost) of your posts. You may just put it into your user profile (a function provided by the SBF) if you want anyone to communicate with you privately. So that it won't appear irrelevant to the subject question. Shalom Azure |
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856 | silent prayer | Matt 6:5 | azurelaw | 191542 | ||
Ah...Hank, You have something in common with my daughter. She is fond of frogs, too, as well as turtles, snakes, lizards. But I won't allow her to keep one except turtles. :-) Shalom Azure |
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857 | silent prayer | Matt 6:5 | azurelaw | 191534 | ||
Dear mely, Welcome to the forum and thank you for your feedback. Yes, you are right - my quote of the 2 scriptures do not address directly in agreement or disagreement to whether praying aloud or silently for BEING HEARD by Jesus. That is my point if you would like to re-read my post. I did not say that I am against praying aloud. I do both (praying silently and with spoken words) in my private prayers which all depend on how the Holy Spirit guide me. For public prayers or in group praying meeting, of course spoken prayers are needed - for edification as you said. You say : "I believe that the prayer spoken out loud carries power with it - because the words you speak are powerful, and when you speak God's Word out loud you are speaking with power and authority - an authority we are all granted but have to use -" I hardly agree this FORM is superior to the form of silent prayer (I apologize if I misunderstand you) in terms of power and authority. May I present you the below verse Rom 8:26-27 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Concerning my view of the stumbling block, such limitation proposed by that person has no biblical grounds, does not help or even is a hindrance to the growth of a believer's faith. Hope I have made myself clear. Enjoy the forum. Shalom Azure |
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858 | Is being cremated a sin? | 1 Sam 31:12 | azurelaw | 191530 | ||
Hi Steve, You forgot the number. I hope it is not your social security number. :-) Shalom Azure |
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859 | Bible lesson for nosy neighbor | Prov 15:1 | azurelaw | 191516 | ||
Dear rabban, Interesting and inspiring. :-) Shalom Azure |
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860 | why suffer in pain | 2 Cor 4:17 | azurelaw | 191463 | ||
Amen, brother Steve. Azure |
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