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241 | If any man destroys the temple | 1 Cor 3:16 | prayon | 55479 | ||
Greetings new creature, In my bible there is a footnote that says that these verses are a severe warning to any one who would try to interfere with or destroy the building of the church on the foundation of Christ. Since the body of Christ is the church possible it means that no one should try to defile the church body. prayon | ||||||
242 | Aren't all believers stewards? | 1 Cor 4:1 | prayon | 112000 | ||
Greetings and welcome to the forum, I was able to find 3 of them for you but I can't seem to locate the other. Below these 3 are some possibles. 1Co 16:19 The churches in the province of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca and the church that meets in their house send their warmest Christian greetings. . Col 4:15 Greet our brothers and sisters in Laodicea, especially Nympha and the church that meets in her house. Phm 1:2 our sister Apphia, our fellow soldier Archippus, and the church that meets in your house. One of them would be where Eutychus was sitting in the window and fell out while Paul was preaching or at Cornelius' house. A third possible could be the prison guard that was converted after the earthquake at the jail. Another could be Lydia's house, Hope this helps, prayon |
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243 | Aren't all believers stewards? | 1 Cor 4:1 | prayon | 112002 | ||
Have no idea how I got this in the wrong place.....:o( | ||||||
244 | Gambling reference on the bible | 1 Cor 4:2 | prayon | 175176 | ||
Thank you kind sir! | ||||||
245 | Is there a verse about smoking. | 1 Cor 6:19 | prayon | 60522 | ||
Excellent answer njenkins! You have much wisdom for someone your age. Welcome to the forum, it will be a joy having you here. prayon | ||||||
246 | Weekly Communion? | 1 Cor 11:25 | prayon | 4342 | ||
In my translation - New Revised Standard life Application Bible - it has a footnote to verse Acts 20:7 that states "a fellowship dinner- much like a potluck supper was eaten before the Lord's supper was celebrated with the breaking of bread and the drinking of the cup". I'm not sure that this does specifically say that they did communion every week or not. "As often as possible" could also be taken to mean everyday. Luke 22:19 and 1Cor 11:24 say simply "do this in remembrance of me". 1Cor11:25 says "do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me". As I stated before there is no right answer as to how often. It all depends how your particular denomination believes. | ||||||
247 | Weekly Communion? | 1 Cor 11:25 | prayon | 22703 | ||
Some churches partake of the Lord's supper once a week, some partake of it once a month. I repeat what Nicholson said earlier: The main question is not HOW OFTEN we are going to partake but how sincerely and with how much clear understanding we do it is that really matters. prayon | ||||||
248 | Should we ask God for the gift of tongue | 1 Cor 12:11 | prayon | 111764 | ||
Hi Searcher, If Mark 16:17-18 were meant only for the 11 it would of stated so. When he was refering to the apostles he always stated "the apostles" or "the twelve". Here it says believers therefore it means all believers. If believers meant apostles it would have to mean apostles in every instance it is mentioned. If it had different meanings in 2 different passages it would violate the principles of bible interpretation. Therefore Acts 4:4 "But many of those who had heard the message became believers, so the number of men who believed grew to about 5,000", would mean that those 5000 became apostles because they all spoke with tongues. This isn't possible because it would violate 1Co 12:29 "Not all believers are apostles, are they?..." Act 2:4 "All the believers were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak." This verse is referring to those in the upper room, the 3ooo were from the crowd who heard them speaking. To address your statement of the 120 speaking in known languages - These are languages that the Spirit gave them the ability to speak. If the person already knew the language why did the Holy Spirit have to give them the ability to speak them? The languages they were speaking were unknown to them but others from the crowd recognized them as their own dialects (see vs 7-12.) If they were speaking their own known languages why were they amazed and perplexed? As for the 3000, they were baptized in water as John the baptist had baptized. It does not say anywhere in the passage that they were baptixed with the Holy Spirit as it does in the 5 passages I mentioned. 2:27? Not sure if you got the right scripture here... 4:4 - Here again there is no mention of a baptism of the Holy Ghost. 8:14-17: read on to verses 18-19. Here Simon saw evidence of the Holy Ghost after Peter and John laid hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit (v 17). It is believed that the evidence that Simon saw was them speaking in tongues. 8:34-39 again speaks of a water baptism. It does not mention a baptism of the Holy Spirit. 9:4-19 As you stated he spoke in tongues later Chap 10 and 19 you agree they spoke in tongues. 16:14-15; 31-34: again speaking of a water baptism. Whenever someone was baptized with the Holy Spirit it specifically states that it was the baptism of the Holy spirit. Summary: Four out of 5 cases tongues was the initial evidence. In the 5th case tongues is alluded to. If 100 percent of the cases in Acts the initial evidence of being filled with the Spirit was tongues then tongues must be important. Mark 16:17-18: As you said these signs are to be taken together. I am going to assume that you agree that the name of Jesus has Power in it. When we use His name we use the power associated with it. "These are the miraculous signs that will accompany believers: They will use the power and authority of my name to force demons out of people. They will speak new languages. They will pick up snakes, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them. They will place their hands on the sick and cure them." Today we 1) speak new languages. 2) Some have the gift of healing and lay hands on the sick and they do recover. 3) There are devils being cast out of people today. 4) I havn't heard of snakes being picked up but I have heard a lot of other miraculous things that have happened. Jesus said "Mar 16:17 "These are some of the signs that will accompany believers". He didn't say apostles, He said believers. I am a believer. You are a believer. These miraculous signs follow us as well if we choose. This is a promise from Him to us. prayon |
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249 | Should we ask God for the gift of tongue | 1 Cor 12:11 | prayon | 111765 | ||
Searcher, I would like to add a couple more of Kenneth Hagin's books. We use a lot of his books in the bible college I go to. Bible Prayer Study Course is very good. If you don't have a lot of time there is a short book callled "Baptism in the Holy Spirit; Living in the Fulfillment of the Promise". This book includes the 10 reasons every believer should speak in tongues. prayon |
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250 | Should we ask God for the gift of tongue | 1 Cor 12:11 | prayon | 111766 | ||
I misread your reply - I missed the word never. Why would you never read Hagin? prayon | ||||||
251 | Prayon, Do you claim the other 4, too? | 1 Cor 12:11 | prayon | 111840 | ||
No it is not, first of all I have not died yet - I still have a life ahead of me. (Henry) Deadly poisons - "If they be compelled by their persecutors to drink any deadly poisonous thing" not that they were hereby warranted to drink poison, to show what power they had; but should they accidentally drink it, or rather should they be forced to it by their enemies in order to destroy them, they should find no hurt by it (Gill) I guess this couldn't apply to even the apostles then because the bible does not give an example of this happening. Also if taking this literally it can violate the Principle of Literature in Bible Interpretation. prayon |
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252 | prayon, Infilling happen at salvation? | 1 Cor 12:11 | prayon | 111845 | ||
Searcher shall follow 3877 KJV for will accompany From G3844 and G190; to follow near, that is, (figuratively) attend (as a result), trace out, conform to: - attain, follow, fully know, have understanding. Since Jesus tells us tells us in John 16:13 When the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into the full truth. He won't speak on his own. He will speak what he hears and will tell you about things to come. This shows that He (the Spirit) was not here yet so receive has to be in the future tense. That is what I said - being baptized with the Spirit is for Christians only and not the same as being baptized in water. prayon |
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253 | speaking in tongues 1cor.12:1coming | 1 Cor 12:13 | prayon | 125283 | ||
Greetings Songbird, I agree with some of what you say but there are a couple things that were not accurate. The first is when you said "If every believer has been baptized in the Spirit, then it happens at the moment you accept Christ and become a Christian." Actually it does not. Acts 8:14-17 contradicts this. Notice verse 16 in particular "Before this the Holy Spirit had not come to any of the Samaritans. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus." Therefore the baptism of the Holy Ghost does not come automatically when being born again. You also said that tongues is not for every believer. It is a gift to all. Acts tells of 5 instances that tongues were the evidence of the Holy Spirit's indwelling (see Acts 2,8,9,10, and 19), all who were baptized had the evidence of speaking in tongues except for one instance and it was alluded to. Tongues is for all Christians who meet the 5 conditions - Salvation, obedience, faith, asking, and yielding (please see my answer to MrOteng for scriptures and explanations). Mark 16:17 clearly states that those who are believers will speak in new languages "These are the miraculous signs that will accompany believers: They will use the power and authority of my name to force demons out of people. They will speak new languages." He does not say some of the believers he says ALL of the believers. Again in Acts 2:4 it says all believers "All the believers were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak". Acts 2:38-39 again says all believers " Peter answered them, "All of you must turn to God and change the way you think and act, and each of you must be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins will be forgiven. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift. There are 2 sides to tongues the public side and the private side. This is where the confusion lies. The private side of tongues is what was given in Acts 2,8,9,10 and 19. The private side of tongues is a devotional gift where you speak to God and edify yourself. Public tongues is a ministry gift of the Holy Spirit where you speak for God and edify the church. This gift is not given to everyone. Hope this clears up some stuff. prayon |
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254 | speaking in tongues 1cor.12:1coming | 1 Cor 12:13 | prayon | 125312 | ||
Greetings Hank, I do not see how what I said can be a false notion. Receiving the HOly Spirit is seperate from being born again. Acts 8:15-16 tells us that the Samaritans were baptized in the name of Jesus but that Peter and John had to go to them and lay hands on them for them to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Again in Acts 10:45-48 it tells us the two are seperate. The Gentiles heard the word and were baptized in the HOly Ghost and began to speak in tongues. Peter then concluded "Can anyone forbid water that these, who have received the Holy Ghost as well as we, should not be baptized? And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord." I have never read anywhere in the bible that there had or has to be a transitional period between being born again and being included in a church. You said that confirmation was necessary to verify the inclusion of a new group of people into the church. What would of happened if the apostales decided that they didn't want to let them into the church? Is there somewhere in scripture that says that the apostles had the authority to do that? Does that mean that when Jesus brings someone to salvation that if the apostles didn't believe that they should be included in the church that they overrule Jesus and say no? Does that meant that today when someone is born again that there has to be a transitional period so the pastors of a church can verify that the new converts will fall under the authority of the pastors? Where does it say in scripture that leader must be present for someone to receive the Spirit? I am not quite sure how you got the impression that I think Acts 8 contradicts 1Cor 12.... By the way Hank I has a slight bit of trouble looking up your Acts ll reference as Acts 11 only has 30 verses.... ;o) prayon |
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255 | speaking in tongues 1cor.12:1coming | 1 Cor 12:13 | prayon | 125316 | ||
Greetings Songbird, YOu are right we do have different opinions. I go by the 5 instances of the baptism of the Spirit given in Acts. In each instance the evidence of speaking in tongues was given as a sign of baptism in the Holy Spirit. There is not record of any kind that one person did failed to receive the Spirit. Jesus said in Mark 16:17 "These are the miraculous signs that will accompany believers: They will use the power and authority of my name to force demons out of people. They will speak new languages. Jesus didn't say that some of the believers would speak in new tongues. He said that speaking in tongues would accompany those that believed. YOu said that we cannot ask for a gift. I disagree. I believe that if we can ask for any gift but whether we get it or not is up to God. For example if there was one thing that I am not it is discerning. I prayed repeatedly for the gift of discernment and God gave it to me. I sincerely believe that this gift was of no part of me before I received it. In your last sentence are you saying that you don't have to be reborn or saved to speak in tongues? prayon |
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256 | speaking in tongues 1cor.12:1coming | 1 Cor 12:13 | prayon | 125325 | ||
Oh well I knew somebody was going to catch me sooner or later......prayon | ||||||
257 | speaking in tongue | 1 Cor 12:13 | prayon | 125355 | ||
Greetings Country Girl, May I bring your attention to 1Co 13:8-10: "Love never comes to an end. There is the gift of speaking what God has revealed, but it will no longer be used. There is the gift of speaking in other languages, but it will stop by itself. There is the gift of knowledge, but it will no longer be used. 1Co Our knowledge is incomplete and our ability to speak what God has revealed is incomplete. But when what is complete comes, then what is incomplete will no longer be used." "What is complete" is Jesus. The bible says that tongues will cease when Jesus comes therefore tongues are still in existance today. Therefore their must be away to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit (tongues) without the apostles layihg hands on you. You have 3 examples of people receiveing the gift of tongues without the apostles laying hands on them. That shows without a doubt that you don't need the apostles to lay hands on you to speak in tongues. (The 3rd was Paul and Ananias - Ananias was not an apostle). As for no more apostles today. You said in a previous post "Since we have no more living Apostles amongst us, it's difficult to believe in the modern manifestation of miracles from common men and women, even christians in today's world" Why can't there be apostles today? Paul called himself an apostle and I have not reason not to believe it but he was not appointed by Jesus. He was appointed by God. (1Ti 1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our confidence.) So why can't God still appoint apostles? I call your attention to Eph 4:11-13 "He also gave apostles, prophets, missionaries, as well as pastors and teachers as gifts to his church. Their purpose is to prepare God's people, to serve, and to build up the body of Christ. This is to continue until all of us are united in our faith and in our knowledge about God's Son, until we become mature, until we measure up to Christ, who is the standard." Therefore the bible specifically states that we will have apostles until we become perfect. There are many form of miracles and I have seen some of them. They do exist today. If you really want to see miracle after miracle happen go to somewhere like India. As for tongues - I have a test for you. Pray out loud for about 5 minutes while you are praying write someone else an email. It will be impossible to do without stopping eiter part. A persons mind cannot do two things simultanesously without hesitating on one or the other. Do you know that when someone prays in tongues they can do both at the same time without problem? It is because it is not the person praying but the Holy Ghost who lives in them doing the praying. Tongues is very much alive today as well. prayon |
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258 | speaking in tongue | 1 Cor 12:13 | prayon | 125392 | ||
Greetings again, Just an addendum to my previous note concerning apostles. Additional apostles beside the 12: Andronicus Rom 16:7 Barnabas Acts 14:14 Epaphroditus - Phil 2:25 (messenger and apostle are the same original word in the Greek) James (the Lords brother) Gal 1:19 Junias or Junia Acts 16:7 Matthias Acts 1:26 Paul of course Silas 1 Thes 1:1; 2:6 Timothy 1 Thes 1:1; 2:6 prayon |
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259 | What does "the perfect" mean? | 1 Cor 13:10 | prayon | 188999 | ||
OldPilgrim, I see that Bauhinia replied to your post - if you still have questions please let me know. prayon | ||||||
260 | "women keep silent in the churches" | 1 Cor 14:34 | prayon | 58830 | ||
From Scribes comment: "it seems that there is just as much here to say a man cannot speak either. For twice the pronoun "He" is told to keep silent in the church and only once it says a woman should keep silent." ...Your comments? In the Corithian church the men were seated at the front and the women were way in the back. There were no sound systems like they have today, so the apostle would speak, and the women would yell up to their husbands, "What did he say?" This was disrupting the meeting, so Paul instructed for the men to relay the information to the women at home. Galatians 3:28 makes it clear that "in Christ" there is neither male nor female. So this must mean then that some of the people "in Christ" are not allowed to teach others about Him when God tells us specifically in Joel 2:28 that in the end times He "will pour out His Spirit on ALL flesh; your sons and your daughters will prophecy.....Even on the male and female slaves in those days, will I pour out my spirit". So I must assume that some of those that God pours out His spirit on must remain quiet? Luke 2:36 speaks of a prophetess named Anna. One role of a prophet is to speak into the lives of other believers. It is doubtful that the apostle Paul would be saying to silence Anna, or other female believers who had something to contribute. (A previous contribution to the forum.) If it truly was fact that women were not supposed to preach and teach I wonder how many of our brothers and sisters would still be lost in sin.......God can and will use all people in all places. Your comments? prayon |
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