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401 | The fruit and leaves of the tree of life | Gen 2:9 | stjohn | 184567 | ||
And He was saying, "For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father." John 6:66 As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. May I say that being a disciple does not mean that you are walking in the truth! Or with Christ. As pointed out in this verse. I am standing on the word my friend and I am quite comfortable! If your love is genuine then show it! Belittling your brothers is not the way. speaking truth in love. God bless stj |
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402 | The fruit and leaves of the tree of life | Gen 2:9 | stjohn | 184586 | ||
My prayer; First of all I would ask my brothers and sisters to please find it in there harts to forgive me. I know that as Christians you have the same love in your heart that I do so I also know that this will come easy. Some of you probably think that I’m a hot head, well, you’d certainly be right. But, if I may, let me plead my case. I am extremely passionate about the Bible, The Holly Word Of God. The Bible is alive, it reaches back in history and it spoke to the heart of man at his very beginning, and it was for him were he was at that time, it has traveled through time to the present, and it speaks to the heart of man were he is, and it is for him now. And, although the words have not changed, and, the message of salvation has not changed, we should not look at it as something that somehow some part of its message is not applicable for us because it was written in history, it is for us now, were we are, right now. And at some unimaginable time in the future, it will be for them, right were they are. It is the very heart and word of God almighty, the one who loves us. Every book, every chapter, every verse, every line, every dot, is important. Men throughout history have rewritten and retranslated it and I am confident, that God is saying to us just exactly what he wants us to hear. And I don’t give a hoot if someone says that in the original it didn’t have dots or vowels or whatever! It is for us right now as it is! I don’t care if someone says that at the time it was written that the book of the revelation of Jesus Christ doesn’t mean what it says because toughs’ poor uneducated people wouldn’t understand it, it is for us right now were we are in the 21st century. Now I don’t know about you but I’m glad to know when I look at the world and the sins of men, the hatred in the world, and the disregard for life. And although I know that it greaves our fathers heart, for His Word says that His will is that none should perish, I am glad to know that because He is a just God that He is going to judge this world, and I am sure, with tears in His Holly eyes, he is going to tear it down to it’s very foundation, and he is going to build a new earth, and a new heaven, just as His Word says. So, when someone takes a caviler attitude toward eschatology or any other part of the Word, It puts a bur under my saddle. I don’t happen to think that it’s ok. I don’t happen to think that this view or that view is ok. If God said it as far as I am concerned He means it. And when someone says that Ezekial is idealistic, well, that is what I hear the world calling Christians all the time. What, may I ask, is wrong with being idealistic? let me tell you the Bible is a lot easier for this poor sinner to understand if I just let "It" do the talking. So please be patient with me Jonp. And I hope you can understand me a little better. Peace stj |
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403 | The fruit and leaves of the tree of life | Gen 2:9 | stjohn | 184643 | ||
hello Jonp; Talking of Israel. "There is no suggestion anywhere that they reign ON the earth". These were your words! Now! May I make a suggestion? It appears that this is more then a SUGGESTION! THIS IS A PROMIS! Gen13:14 The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; Gen 13:15 for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever. And I Know. that forever according to you, probably does not mean forever, Nor does land mean land. i.e. "scripture according to Jonp"! God's peace stj |
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404 | and you will be like God | Gen 3:5 | stjohn | 216551 | ||
What is pride? A liar? A thief? What? What is it? Why is it so bad? What is it about pride that God hates so much? It hardly seems equal to, murder, or sexual perversion! Oh my! We don’t even want to mention, that. Mass killings by suicide bombers that kill so many innocent people! Villagers hacked to peaces by machete wilding hooligans! Oh, how we cringe at the very thought! But pride, seems so, benign…. After all, it doesn’t go round with a sword, removing the heads of the innocent: Does it? What is so bad, about pride? Well then, what was it that caused the fall of Lucifer? The most beautiful of all God’s Angels: The one that some say led the songs of praise to, The Most High God! And what was it that he said to Eve in the garden that beguiled her and caused her to sin against God? Did he ask her to lie or steal or kill, or what? What was it? What was so bad about just taking a bite of the fruit, and why was she so willing to disobey God? Was it pride? Why did she do it? What was so compelling about that fruit? What was it that satin said about the fruit that caused her to want it so badly? He said: “when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God” Isn’t that just exactly what got Lucifer (the devil) domed to the fire? Wasn’t it that he, in his pride, wanted to be like God? Now we know what that first sin of disobedience brought into the world. Why, it brought of course, all of the sins in the entire world, for all time, and all the horrible things we have seen that were before mentioned. Yes, it is pride that is the father of all sin. Let us pray for the power of God’s Holy Spirit to work in our hearts and tear down that wall of pride that so deceitfully and vigilantly guards our hearts from God’s wonderful, redeeming, and sanctifying GRACE. "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Eph 2:8-9 "nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified." Gal 2:16 John "Pride can often be used to beat down the simpler vices.... Many a man has overcome cowardice, or lust, or ill temper by learning to think that they are beneath his dignity -- that is, by Pride. The devil laughs. He is perfectly content to see you become chaste and brave and self-controlled provided, all the time, he is setting up in you the Dictatorship of Pride.... For Pride is a spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense." - C. S. Lewis |
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405 | and you will be like God | Gen 3:5 | stjohn | 216555 | ||
Thank you, Tim! I really appreciate the encouragement! You're up late, my friend. Or is it early? I just got up for a while, I couldn't sleep for some reason. I pray all is going well with your VBS? We're just getting ready to start ours next week. I like that illustration! It is so true, too. Take the 'i' out of sin, and it's just a couple of meaningless letters. :-) John |
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406 | and you will be like God | Gen 3:5 | stjohn | 216560 | ||
Azure, I sure have never heard of someone getting into trouble for their, prde or sn. :-) John |
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407 | and you will be like God | Gen 3:5 | stjohn | 216573 | ||
Amen, and thanks! | ||||||
408 | and you will be like God | Gen 3:5 | stjohn | 216574 | ||
Thanks again, Doc. Well said! And thank you for saving me the trouble of responding, you probably said it better then I would anyway. John |
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409 | and you will be like God | Gen 3:5 | stjohn | 216575 | ||
Dear Azure, Amen, our inattentiveness will too often put us to sleep. :-( “The call is watch, study, attended to reading. In truth you cannot read too much in scripture, and what you read, you cannot read too carefully, and what you read carefully you cannot understand too well, and what you understand well you cannot teach too well, and what you teach, well, you cannot live too well. Therefore dear Sirs pray, study, be diligent.” Martin Luther John |
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410 | and you will be like God | Gen 3:5 | stjohn | 216579 | ||
Dear Vintage, You wrote: "You might say Eve was created in the image of God, but she wasn't she was created in the image of "MAN" Pardon me, Vintage, but not only might 'we' say she was created in the image of God, but God says she was created in the image of God. Not, the image of man! Now thats not only speculation but it goes against and says something that is not written in God's word. 'Sola Scripture', remember, it's in the Terms of Use you agreed to? Gen 1:27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Notice it says, male and 'female' He created 'them' ? John |
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411 | and you will be like God | Gen 3:5 | stjohn | 216607 | ||
Thanks once again brother, for intervening with sound advice. Sheer weariness and exasperation has rendered me ill equipped to respond to such convoluted exegesis. Never ever heard anything even close to that one before. It's amazing what the mind of man can come up with! John |
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412 | If God is so powerful and so good, why d | Gen 3:7 | stjohn | 215777 | ||
Hi lionheart, I'm pretty sure Hoppy was simply giving us the name of the video that the YouTube link referred to, therefor, the question was rhetorical. :-) John |
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413 | Main principle behind sacrifices? | Gen 3:21 | stjohn | 214723 | ||
Hi johnramz, Welcome to SBF. Sorry for the inquire, but you seem to know the answers already. Is this a quiz on the sacrificial system? If you'd like to conduct a class, perhaps you should talk to your pastor? John |
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414 | Main principle behind sacrifices? | Gen 3:21 | stjohn | 214742 | ||
Not at all, my friend. I'm the one that should apologize. Your questions are very good ones! The kind a trained teacher that knew the answers would ask. Thats why I asked if this was a quiz. And you express yourself very well too. Sorry... John |
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415 | Main principle behind sacrifices? | Gen 3:21 | stjohn | 214743 | ||
Hi johnramz, I'm not sure that there is any sacrifice of animals in the Bible for anything but the remission of sin. Sacrifice always points to the cross. I could be wrong on that one, though I don't think so. Perhaps someone else can answer that better. Why death for sin? Or, Why did Jesus have to die? Here's something from: http://www.gotquestions.org that should begin explain it pretty well. --"When we ask a question such as this, we must be careful that we are not calling God into question. To wonder why God couldn’t find “another way” to do something is to imply that the way He has chosen is not the best course of action and that some other method would be better. Usually what we perceive as a “better” method is one that seems right to us. Before we can come to grips with anything God does, we have to first acknowledge that His ways are not our ways, His thoughts are not our thoughts—they are higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8). In addition, Deuteronomy 32:4 reminds us that “He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.” Therefore, the plan of salvation He has designed is perfect, just, and upright, and no one could have come up with anything better. The Scripture says, “For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). Evidence affirms that the sinless Jesus bled and died on a cross. Most importantly, the Bible explains why Jesus’ death and resurrection provide the only entrance to heaven."-- There is much more at this address: http://www.gotquestions.org/why-Jesus-die.html I highly recommend it for further reading. I pray this helps you. John |
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416 | Main principle behind sacrifices? | Gen 3:21 | stjohn | 214745 | ||
Dear johnramz, I'm very encouraged by your desire to know more about the Gospel! If you truly wish to deepen your understanding; I wish to direct you to a wonderful "free" course, that will truly bless you, and increase your knowledge of the cross of Christ and it's implications in the life of a Christian. There is so much for us to learn, and it's a wonderful thing to get to know our God better and better each day! It sounds to me that you are ready for this. http://www.settingcaptivesfree.com/thecross/ Of corse, anytime you have a question, or wish to share something, please know you are very welcome here at SBF, it is truly a pleasure to have you here with us as we learn and grow in Him, our Lord Jesus. May God bless you in your study. Shalom and God bless John |
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417 | Was Cain the son of satan? | Gen 4:1 | stjohn | 230324 | ||
Genesis 4:1 AND ADAM knew Eve as his wife, and she became pregnant and bore Cain; and she said, I have gotten and gained a man with the help of the Lord. AMP | ||||||
418 | God's Regard for Cain's Offering? | Gen 4:5 | stjohn | 206007 | ||
Hey Andy: I don't remember if I've welcomed you to the forum. So welcome to the forum! Good post, and I would agree with you about half; Being that, God most definitely judges the heart; But He also stresses, throughout Scripture, the need for a real honest to goodness flesh and BLOOD sacrifice, for the atonement of sin. Thus it is really "both" things we are looking at here; That being the heart of the one that is making the offer, and the understanding of the one presenting the offer, that, it is for the atonement of sin, and that only the blood, can make that atonement. They were looking forward to the Cross of Christ, and we can look back, and see the sacrifice as something so very vital to salvation. From the beginning God had set up a plan to show us how very serious He is, about sin. If veggies coulda done it, then why His Son? Good to have you on the forum son, I appreciate the simple honesty of your profile. God bless John |
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419 | God's Regard for Cain's Offering? | Gen 4:5 | stjohn | 206008 | ||
Good post, Andy! I sure wish and pray, more folks could get that into their heads and hearts! Amen! God bless John |
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420 | God's Regard for Cain's Offering? | Gen 4:5 | stjohn | 206029 | ||
Hi Andy... I wasen't disagreng with you, Brother, just trying to point to the sugnificance and importence of the simbology in the flesh and blood sacrifice; what is known as a "type" of Christ. It all points to Christ of course. The lamb too simbolisese His inosence and the blood of the lamb only covers sin but does not have the power to forgive sin; only the blood of Christ can do this, and it's very importent to not forget this in our exposet of these verses and the importants of there significance in pointing to Christ's inocent flesh, (The Lamb of God) being sacrificed for mans sin. I'm sure too that you are aware of this; Sorry if my allegory, or metaphor was not so clear. My fault I'm sure. John gill has this to say: -- Gen. 4:4-5 "and the Lord had respect to Abel, and to his offering; as being what he had designed and appointed to be used for sacrifice in future time, and as being a suitable type and emblem of the Messiah, and his sacrifice; and especially as being offered up by faith, in a view to the sacrifice of Christ, which is of a sweet smelling savour to God, and by which sin only is atoned and satisfied for, see Heb 11:4. God looked at his sacrifice with a smiling countenance, took, and expressed delight, well pleasedness, and satisfaction in it; and he first accepted of his person, as considered in Christ his well beloved Son, and then his offering in virtue of his sacrifice: and this respect and acceptance might be signified by some visible sign or token, and particularly by the descent of fire from heaven upon it, as was the token of acceptance in later times, Le 9:24 and Theodotion here renders it, he "fired" it, or "set" it on "fire"; and Jarchi paraphrases it, "fire descended and licked up his offering;'' and Aben Ezra, "and fire descended and reduced the offering of Abel to ashes;'' Ver. 5. But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect,.... Not because of the matter of it, as some have thought; but because it was not offered in faith and sincerity, but in a formal and hypocritical manner, without any regard to the Messiah and his sacrifice, and without any view to the glory of God: no notice was taken, no approbation was given of it by the above token, or any other; so that it was manifest to Cain himself, that God did not approve of it, or was well pleased with it, as with his brother's:"-- John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. http://www.freegrace.net/gill/ God bless John |
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