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241 | should you pray to god or jesus/ | Rom 10:13 | inmyheart | 54156 | ||
When I was a child, I prayed to God. Later in life, I found out that Jesus was my Lord and Savior, and being confused, began praying to God and Jesus. Still later, I learned a little about the Holy Spirits' role in the God head and rather than leave anyone out, I prayed to all of them, still not completely sure of what I was 'supposed' to be doing. Then I got back to basics, and believed that if the word of God said it...it is good enough for me. I went back to example prayer that Jesus taught His disciples: Matthew 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven...This is WHO you are to pray to, your heavenly Father. He is the most loving of fathers; kind, gentle, friendly, interested in your life and, wants to hear all about it. He wants to hear how you feel, everything...your joys and frustrations, even all your secrets that you cannot tell anyone else. He has all the time that there is, enjoys your confidence and trust in Him and enjoys just listening to the voice of His little child. And from here there is a break down of that prayer, upon your request, I would be happy to post it. God Bless |
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242 | should you pray to god or jesus/ | Rom 10:13 | inmyheart | 54158 | ||
Hello, Great answer, excuse me, I meant to send the last post to I'm glad I'm saved. Sorry about the misdirected post. God bless |
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243 | Sanctified or not | Rom 12:2 | inmyheart | 83782 | ||
Asis You get a AMEN! In the process of renewing your mind, we are to renew our thoughts also: Phl 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, THINK on these things. God bless |
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244 | Trying to go straight | Rom 12:2 | inmyheart | 162841 | ||
If you were saved at 13 then you are saved now. Maturing in the Lord means for us to follow His direction for our life, He takes us from the pit that we were in to a life that will Honor Him. Somewhere in the three years of your salvation you were drawn away, but God loves and He will rescue you from your situation. I would love to dialog with you some more, but I have a responsiblity to this site, when we registered on this site we agreed to the terms, and in part this is what it states: "By registering in these areas, you are representing to The Lockman Foundation that you are at least 18 years old (or the minimum legal age in the jurisdiction in which you are viewing The Restricted Area)." There are many teen support groups in local churches, search it out and find a group that will meet your needs. Talk to your parents and if that is not possible right now, have a talk with your pastor and he may bridge the gap to connect you to your parents. You are not alone, do not let the devil fill your mind with guilt or shame, and whatever you do in life, do it for the Lord. Not everything is beneficall to us, 1 Corinthians 6:12. God bless inmyheart |
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245 | The gift of Tongues | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 49353 | ||
Hello, So does this mean that we can only expect Salvation as the only gift for today? Do you mean that the five fold ministry is not available, as it is mentioned in Ephsians? Just a few thoughts I have, forward me your answer, please. Thank you, and may God Bless you. |
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246 | The gift of Tongues | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 49916 | ||
Grace and Truth, I wanted to respond back to you sooner, but my computer went down. Thank you for taking the time to respond to my post. However, I'm not in total agreement on your post here. You stated that there are only three of the five ministries quoted in Ephesians 4:11. According to 1Corinthians 12:28, The Word of God says, v.28 "And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues."(NIV) I don't agree that the apostles and prophets have done or finished their part. The Church is still growing, still being built up, and in v.13 of Ephesians, it says, "until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ."(NIV) This seems clear to me, that the five fold ministry is still operating and will continue to operate until Our Lord returns. Please forward any information that will confirm what you have stated, ok? God bless you, and for His Grace and Truth |
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247 | how do you speak in tongues? | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 49927 | ||
Hello Francene Johnson, Here is a site that I happen to come across, it's case sensitive, so follow exactly; www.tgm.org/hayfordOnTongues.html ,and here is a verse for you to look at, Luke 11:13. Have a blessed day! |
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248 | Jesus departed into Galilee | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 57864 | ||
New Creature, No, we don't have to assume any other possibilities, John 7:1 reads, "After this, Jesus went around in Galilee, purposely staying away from Judea 'because of the Jews' there were waiting to take His life." (NIV) It was because of success, not failure, that led Jesus to depart from Judea (the Jews opposed Him) God Bless |
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249 | Speaking in Tongues and filled with Holy | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 62354 | ||
Paul's most plain meaning is that the gift of tongues is not for every believer, for whatever reason; great damage has been done in the church by promoting tongues as manditory of real Christian living or as the evidence of the Holy Spirit's presence. Though the Holy Spirit gives the gifts, "it is good and proper for us to desire them," "and to ask for them--all in submission to the plan of God." Therefore, if you choose not to seek the gift of tongues, and your interpetation is fine line because you lean to the "not to speak" in tongues, that is all well and good, but wisdom will say not to call speaking in tongues as you put it "gopplygook." God bless |
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250 | Must a woman have long hair | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 70760 | ||
Apostolic, In attempting to understand Paul's meaning when he writes concerning the headcovering in 1Cor. 11, it is imperative to know what cultural issues were prevalent at that time. Greek women rarely appeared in public, they lived in strict seclusion. Unmarried women only left the house on special occasions, while married women were mostly confined to "women only" areas. Under these circumstances it would not be very good for women to flaunt their freedom in Christ by discarding the headcovering (worn by the Greeks as a symbol of submission to authority.) Apparently, the Corinthian women did not see a need to continue this practice (of wearing the headcovering) since they had come to know that in Christ "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:28) Paul however, seemed concerned that this would convey the wrong message to the Greek community, so he appeals to the custom, even though in the Jewish community of ancient times, both men and women went around unveiled. Gen 24:64-65.(Later Jewish authorities however, did insist on the veil.) Where, if not the Grecian culture, did Paul get the idea that women should pray with their head covered? Did the OT scriptures teach this? He makes his argument *to the Greeks* by appealing to the created order and angels, but even these things don't teach that a woman must have her head covered. He only lends confirmation to societal norms that the Greek culture had erected. (Similar, is the way he dealt with the issue of slavery; requiring the slaves to be obedient and not revolt.) Paul says "Does not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame to him?" Where does nature teach this? How could nature teach this? Is he not referring to their own customs with this statement? In fact, in the Hebrew culture, the male *and* female were required to shave their heads to become a Nazarite, and then, afterwards, they were commanded not to cut their hair! Why would God want someone to do something that was against nature? The Nazarite vow was anything but a shame. To take the vows of a Nazarite was considered very honorable in *Israel's society*. (Num 6) Let's face it, there were many situations in the Church at Corinth that do not prevail today, (such as the problem of eating meat sacrificed to an idol) therefore it is not wise to attempt to use a verse out of it's cultural context to deal with a situation in a modern-day Church. I say, that we should be a little lenient in the application of certain verses, unless we are faced with the same conditions that prevailed in the Greek/Roman society of Paul's time. God bless |
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251 | Must a woman have long hair | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 70822 | ||
EdB, "I really don't have a problem with your answer." Thanks! In reply to your last paragraph, what say you to 1Timothy 2:9? God bless |
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252 | Are tongues a world language or not? | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 70824 | ||
Five times in the book of Acts we read of people being filled with the Holy Spirit (in the case of Paul we only see Ananias telling him that he will receive the Holy Spirit). The first of these times is in Acts chapter two. There are about 120 believers in the upper room waiting for the promise of the Spirit. In verse four we read: "And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." So here we have 120 people filled with the Holy Spirit and every one of them speaks in tongues. Some have said that tongues are only for some people and that not everyone needs this experience, but here we see that all of those who received the Spirit spoke with tongues. People have also tried to say that the reason that they spoke in tongues here was to preach the gospel to the other people. However, this is not what the scripture says. All it says is that when people heard this sound they came and heard them speaking in their own languages (vs. 5, 6). Verse 11 tells us what they heard, "We hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful works of God." When we look at their response in verses 12 - 13 we do not find the type of response we would expect from people who had just heard the gospel preached to them (which we do find after Peter is done preaching in verse 37). This view is just not Biblically founded. |
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253 | Are tongues a world language or not? | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 70892 | ||
Acts 2: 1When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.(NIV) It is evident from the Acts 2 outpouring that all 120 were speaking in tongues at once. This can be seen by the fact that 'all' were filled and spoke in tongues. If the tongues here is the gift of diverse kinds of tongues spoken of in I Corinthians 14:27-28 this would mean that 120 messages in tongues were being given at once and one person interpreted all 120 messages. This would not be in order according to I Corinthians 14:27, and we know that God is not the author of confusion (I Cor 14:33). |
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254 | Must a woman have long hair | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 70895 | ||
EdB, There is no way that I was thinking that you were a wise guy! See you, Lord willing, in the New Year! God bless Customs change, not the Word of God, Mat. 24:25 |
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255 | Must a woman have long hair | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 70900 | ||
EdB, Why not ask the women with short hair in your own church that question. The point here is long hair a doctrine? |
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256 | Must a woman have long hair | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 70902 | ||
Edb, God loves women with any length of hair! God bless |
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257 | Must a woman have long hair | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 70996 | ||
EdB, When an attempt is made to interpret scripture in the light of the culture and customs that prevailed at the time the passage was written, there is the risk of being accused of trying to take away the Bible's authority and render biblical precepts as irrelevant for our day, but just because some twist scripture for their own ends, does not invalidate the need to consider the cultural background of these passages. Any true exposition of Scripture must take these things into account if the exposition is to be valid. Should we attempt to wear the same type of clothing style that was worn by those who lived in biblical times? Our present day attire bears no resemblance to those times, should we wear loin cloths, so that we can take literally the command to "gird up our loins"? Should the practice of foot-washing be continued even if we do not live under the same conditions that made that custom popular? Do we insist on "real wine" when we have our communion services, or do we yield to the present day attitude that says it's not proper for a Christian to drink alcohol? Are we disobeying God when we do not adhere to the letter of the word in these issues? While I'm not suggesting that it would be fundamentally wrong for a Christian or Church to practice wearing loin cloths, use real wine in communion, practice the "foot- washing" tradition, wear the head-covering, etc., I do think that it is wrong to make these cultural issues a basis for Christian fellowship. Don't get me wrong . . . I do not have a problem if your Church has attempted to find a static equilibrium that existed during biblical times and has attempted to duplicate those conditions. However, I do have a problem with the innuendo that for one to be a Christian, or to be true to God, they must follow you in your attempt to enforce cultural standards that existed during that period (which spans thousands of years, by the way) on the 20th century Church. God bless |
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258 | Are tongues a world language or not? | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 71036 | ||
Is this helpful? No! The Bible tells us that there were over fourteen foreigners representing many nations, speaking different languages. Yet each person heard 'the disciples' praising God in their own language. You see, the miracle was in the hearing of the people. (see Acts 2:1-13). |
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259 | Must a woman have long hair | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 71104 | ||
EdB, We can read the Bible, notice the surface list — the LITTLE things — and actually make some progress. OR . . . we can ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to us the deep, abiding principles of heaven. And then we REALLY fall on our knees and confess our need of a Savior. God bless |
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260 | Must a woman have long hair | 1 Corinthians | inmyheart | 71135 | ||
EdB, That is true. Romans 12:2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will. Do the women at your church practice having long hair? If not, why not? God bless |
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