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821 | Baptized before serving in choir | 1 Cor 12:13 | azurelaw | 183359 | ||
Dear Justme: I think we are in agreement that a true believer will be baptized. You can see my post 183296 to Doc. Thank you very much for your input. You have said in your earlier post that: Why would one who has not followed the Lords instructions want to be a part of believers that have followed the Lords instructions? There are in fact cases of people receiving baptism for certain motives. To quote a real case I experienced, many years ago, a good friend of mine had herself and her daughter baptized into Catholic. She admitted that her purpose was to get a better chance (or an advantage) for her daughter to enter into a famous Catholic school. She went to church purposely with her daughter during the period of such arrangement, but never before or after the baptism was done. I felt so sad and worried about her for such cheating. I also know that it is only a corner of the iceberg in our society. Concerning my suggestion for you to start a new thread for discussion, it is because I read Jeff's question to you concerning your statement : ...to follow your churches requirements with confidence it is Biblical. I understand his point or worry that we should not deem every church's regulation or requirement biblical. So I see that you have diverted the focus of discussion which is not directly related to my initial one. Therefore, I rather hope that you might start a new thread if you wish. Blessings to you with love in Christ. Shalom Azure |
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822 | Baptized before serving in choir | 1 Cor 12:13 | azurelaw | 183435 | ||
Dear Doc, Thank you for your reminder concerning "Wrong ideas about God". Recently I have been re-reading the book of Job. From God's rebuke on Job's friends, I learnt that our misunderstanding of God is a sinful behaviour. (It is really a very tough work to understand God :( ) So, does your reminder alert me to my hasty conclusion on the children choir issue when I cited the 2 biblical instances? Your enlightenment is appreciated. Shalom Azure |
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823 | Can an unbaptised christian make Heaven | 1 Cor 12:13 | azurelaw | 193117 | ||
Well said, Brother CDBJ. Thanks and Shalom Azure |
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824 | speaking in tounges | 1 Cor 12:30 | azurelaw | 215110 | ||
Dear Mike, I hope the below from John MacArthur would shed some light for our understanding: ****** "For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God [lit. 'a god']; for no man understandeth him; however, in the spirit he speaketh mysteries." a. The Principal Purpose Violated What Paul is saying is this: "You people with your pagan ecstasies are not doing what all spiritual gifts were given to do--minister (or speak) to men. Rather, you are all wrapped up in speaking pagan mysteries in ecstatic speech to a god. Nobody can even understand what you're saying!" Paul's not referring to the mysteries (Gk. musterion) of God or the mysteries that he taught, he's referring to the mysteries of paganism. Now let me give you a basic, bottom-line truth: All spiritual gifts are given for the purpose of ministering (or speaking) to men. No spiritual gift was ever given for the purpose of ministering to God. All spiritual gifts are given to build up the body of Christ by ministering to the members of the body. God doesn't need us to minister a spiritual gift to Him--He's not incomplete! So Paul is saying, "You have fallen down on the basic use of spiritual gifts--their use among men to build up the body. The tongues speaking that you are involved in, however, is not for men, it's for a god." By the way, the word "God" does not have an article in the Greek (the anarthrous construction). And because of the context, I think it's better translated "a god" rather than referring to the true God. In other words, they were involved in ecstatic communication with some pagan god, and speaking in pagan mysteries. And they were violating the principal purpose of spiritual gifts--the fact that they are to be ministered to other people in the body of Christ. God certainly didn't need them to talk to Him in some ecstatic gibberish! ******* Shalom Azure |
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825 | speaking in tounges | 1 Cor 12:30 | azurelaw | 215200 | ||
Dear Mike, I believe those who stop by your user profile will pray for your grandma and I will pray for her, too. Shalom Azure |
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826 | speaking in tounges | 1 Cor 12:30 | azurelaw | 215248 | ||
Dear Brother Beja, Thank you for asking and sorry for my late reply. I did not realize my post was so muddy:-( It is my fault. To answer your 2 questions in short - “Paul was categorically dismissing speaking in tongues as an intrusion of pagan religion into Christianity. The main evidence that it is not truly a spiritual gift was that it does not edify other men.” - “…do not go so far as to read Paul as condemning this as a non Christian gift…” It is a big NO to both :-) Let me try to see if I can explain myself better (sometimes I fail to make myself understood even in my own tongue, so please bear with me). By the way, I am open to be corrected as well. Speaking in tongues itself is not an intrusion of pagan religion into Christianity as it has been evidenced with the origin in Acts during the Pentecost. My understanding of speaking in tongues (plural) is a miraculous sign that the Holy Spirit empowers true believers to speak languages that they have never learnt of. Why I emphasized the plural form of “tongues” as I see it in contrast to 1 Cor 14:2 where it uses a singular form “For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue…” that I view it as Paul’s denoting it the form of gibberish the Corinthians adopted (of course this is only my personal view and I could be very wrong on this, please correct me if so) for Paul always used the plural form for the gift of Tongues. For 1 Cor 14:2, as far as I understand it, Paul was criticizing the Corinthian’s abusive use/practice/counterfeit of speaking in tongues. As per the historical background provided by John MacArthur, the Corinthians were carnal minded (this we can see from Paul’s letter to them) and affected by the pagan religion - “…But as we come to the Corinthian situation, we find that they had counterfeited the real gift of tongues and substituted an ecstatic kind of speech that we very common in pagan religions…At the time of Corinthian church, the Greco-Roman world had a multitude of gods. In their worship of these gods, it was very common for a person to go into ecstasy, which literally means 'to go out of oneself'…this language of the gods was always gibberish…” (John MacArthur) So much has been discussed on the topic about speaking in tongues and I really lack the ability to contribute more to the discussion. I’d rather commend an article by Fred Zaspel where he has a systematic discussion on the Gift of Tongues at : http://www.biblicalstudies.com/bstudy/spiritualgifts/ch18.htm I hope I did not muddy further while I was answering and typing in “tongues”. Shalom Azure |
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827 | speaking in tounges | 1 Cor 12:30 | azurelaw | 215249 | ||
Dear Brother Tim, I have not read his books. In your note about his argument on 1 Cor 14:2 violates his own position that the singular 'tongue' always refers to the true gift of God, I am not aware of his notion on this point. However, my view is in contrast to his on this pertaining to this verse (see my post to Beja). Shalom Azure |
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828 | loving others | 1 Cor 13:1 | azurelaw | 189260 | ||
Dear Hank, Thanks for your encouragement. I have got these 3 books. I have only finished two except the Screwtape Letters (poor me, it is a bit difficult for me to digest). There are several books await me too! I am a real greedy person :-) Shalom Azure |
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829 | Tongues in private use | 1 Cor 13:1 | azurelaw | 189754 | ||
Dear Teddy, You are responding to a post which is almost a year ago. I doubt if you are able to get a reply from your directed poster. By the way, it is always recommended to support your answer with scriptures. Hope you enjoy the forum. May God bless you. Shalom Azure |
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830 | 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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831 | 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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832 | Why do I want to speak in tongues? | 1 Cor 13:1 | azurelaw | 212359 | ||
Dear Cody, A belated welcome to you. I agree with you completely. We should not put the cart before the horse. Are you going on a missionary to Africa? May God bless you and keep you, and His name be glorified. Shalom Azure P.S. It would be helpful for users of the forum to get to know each other better if you could fill in your user profile. |
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833 | Why do I want to speak in tongues? | 1 Cor 13:1 | azurelaw | 212360 | ||
Dear flyman, 1 Cor 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware. 1 Cor 12:2 You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the mute idols, however you were led. 1 Cor 12:3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is accursed"; and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit. 1 Cor 12:4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 1 Cor 12:5 And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. 1 Cor 12:6 There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. 1 Cor 12:7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 1 Cor 12:8 For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; 1 Cor 12:9 to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 1 Cor 12:10 and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. 1 Cor 12:11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually JUST AS HE WILLS. [Caps are my emphasis] Shalom Azure |
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834 | Why do I want to speak in tongues? | 1 Cor 13:1 | azurelaw | 212382 | ||
Dear flyman, Are you a true believer? Do you speak in tongues? Do you do all the signs and wonders? Do you do all the healings? Do you cast out demons?...etc. I ask the above question based on your logic in understanding the scripture. Shalom Azure |
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835 | Why do I want to speak in tongues? | 1 Cor 13:1 | azurelaw | 212387 | ||
Answer my questions directly. Don't play around if you are honest to yourself. Az |
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836 | Forty days and forty nights | 1 Cor 15:1 | azurelaw | 195715 | ||
Dear Searcher, Thank you very much for your succinct answer. Shalom Azure |
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837 | Where is the Scripture? | 1 Cor 15:3 | azurelaw | 233492 | ||
THIS POST IS INTENDED FOR OTHER FORUM READERS. As a long-time forum user, I regret to read of your (user: Infinity700) unfair accusation against the forum and your accusation is not factual as well. I really don't understand how you would come to such an unkind conclusion on our gracious host - Lockman Foundation, who freely provides us the platform for our Bible study. I have read your past posts and others that have responded to you and found nothing that you have been treated unkindly. As a responsible poster, your accusation made publicly should be solid grounded with evidence. The host of the forum, since they own it, has the right to construct the Terms of Use for users to comply. If you do not agree to any of it, you should not register your account. I really doubt your sincerity and integrity since you have signed and accepted the forum terms upon your registration and now you accuse the forum of its long exist TOU being too restrictive. Shalom Azure |
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838 | Death God's friend or enemy? | 1 Cor 15:25 | azurelaw | 207482 | ||
Dear Joe, I believe the answer lies in Gen 3:21. "These coats of skin had a significancy. The beasts whose skins they were must be slain, slain before their eyes, to show them what death is, and (as it is Eccl. 3:18) that they may see that they themselves were beasts, mortal and dying. It is supposed that they were slain, not for food, but for sacrifice, to typify the great sacrifice, which, in the latter end of the world, should be offered once for all. Thus the first thing that died was a sacrifice, or Christ in a figure, who is therefore said to be the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. These sacrifices were divided between God and man, in token of reconciliation: the flesh was offered to God, a whole burnt-offering; the skins were given to man for clothing, signifying that, Jesus Christ having offered himself to God a sacrifice of a sweet-smelling savour, we are to clothe ourselves with his righteousness as with a garment, that the shame of our nakedness may not appear. Adam and Eve made for themselves aprons of fig-leaves, a covering too narrow for them to wrap themselves in, Isa. 28:20. Such are all the rags of our own righteousness. But God made them coats of skins; large, and strong, and durable, and fit for them; such is the righteousness of Christ. Therefore put on the Lord Jesus Christ." --- Matthew Henry Shalom Azure |
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839 | Death God's friend or enemy? | 1 Cor 15:25 | azurelaw | 207574 | ||
Dear Joe, Gen 2:17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die." The above verse to me is a warning of the consequence of their disobedience. Not a punishment as you have exhibited in your example. God's punishment for their disobedience is in Gen 3:14-19. What God required of Adam and Eve is obedience. A toddler might not know what heat is and how a pot of boiling water might hurt him, but he is warned and demanded of to be obedient to his mother not to touch the pot. Please provide scriptural support as to your statement that Adam did not get the free gift of everlasting life. Shalom Azure |
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840 | Don't understand Revelation and 1 Cor 15 | 1 Cor 15:28 | azurelaw | 228281 | ||
Dear biblicalman, I, like many of the users (I believe), have experienced with this many times. My suggestion would be that either you prepare your post in a word file, or before you go back to modifiy your post, you use the 'copy' function on your content, so that even your draft is disappeared, you still can secure it by pasting it again to the posting box. Thus your post can be secure. Shalom Azure P.S. It happened again when I prepare this post and I can secure my answer with the 2nd method :-) |
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