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1 | Is speaking in tongues for today? | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 48680 | ||
Burning Bush: I agree that the principles you have outlined should be met. As always I will exercise them. But you've scripturally given me a reason to give a case by case evaluation to the experience of speaking in tongues rather than to pre judge all such experiences as fraudulent as I formerly have. Thanks again for your insight. --Biynah |
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2 | Who is Yeshua HaMachiack? The Christ? | Matt 1:1 | Biynah | 48631 | ||
Here is more information about Yeshua HaMachiak. Yeshua HaMachiak is the Hebrew transliteration for Jesus the Christ. The name Jesus is a Greek distorition of His real name Yeshua. All names given in the Bible had a literal meaning. The name Yeshua means "a saviour". This name also appears in the Bible under the spellings of Jeshuah, Joshua, Hosea, and Hoshea. Despite the different spellings they are all the same name. As you pointed out the word Christ comes from the Greek Christos which means Messiah. Messiah more literally means "anointed". The priest and kings of Israel were considered God's anointed. But the highest use of the word Messiah was used in connection with the One promised of God as the great Deliverer. So the title Messiah applied to Jesus in all three senses. He is High Priest, King, and Deliverer. | ||||||
3 | The Genealogy of Jesus? | Matt 1:1 | Biynah | 48630 | ||
Traditionaly, among the Jews, when one was adopted he would take on the lineage of the step father - or the adopted father. So it would be accurate to use Joseph's genealogy in tracing the ancestory of Jesus. This is both legal and valid. Matthew assumed the reader knew this because it was a common practice in those days and among that culture. | ||||||
4 | did the wine from the water make you dr | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 47873 | ||
Dear Tim Moran: Your research into the original languages demonstrates the disadvantage we have of using a translated version. Just when we think we've got it all figured out -- we learn that we do not know much at all. Thanks for contacting me with this information. --Biynah |
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5 | did the wine from the water make you dr | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 47870 | ||
Dear Tim: This is an interesting concept. I've never heard of this before. I'll search your references and get back to you. Thanks. Biynah |
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6 | Is speaking in tongues for today? | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 47862 | ||
You've certainly given me some things to think about -- and some scripture to consider. Thank you. You make a lot of sense. I guess I've seen so many false prophets and so many pretenders and self deluded that I forgot how to trust. Yes, God is God. He can still manifest these things. I'll study this with a more open mind from now on. --Biynah |
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7 | Is speaking in tongues for today? | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 47859 | ||
Dear John: Did I not provide scripture with my answer that bore out what you asked? Didn't you ask, "How does God speak to you." Is that not the context of the answer I gave you? And did I not supply 1 Kings 19:11-13? Now as far as the thing I previously told you, "That God's answer to me is that He will not glorify man but will honor the humble in spirit who seek to glorify Him." If you need scripture to support this, I am glad to supply it. Try looking at Romans 15:6, "That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." And I can cite many more verses that proves that it is all about glorifying God not man. If you think that is prideful -- well, I guess you misunderstand me. But you asked my forgiveness because you said so. Of course, I forgive you. What surprises me most is that people who believe in this broad penetacostal form of speaking in tongues being widely manifested today -- they don't require any scripture to prove the interpretations of the tongues they say they speak and hear. But if someone with discernment speaks to them contrary to their self delusions these same people condemn them first -- and then ask for the scripture to prove it. And usually do not listen or concern themselves with the answer the man of discernment has. But then no matter what answer I gave you ... you were attempting to lay a trap for me, wern't you? But can I ask you a question? If God does not talk to me and I am prideful for thinking that He does? How can He talk through those of you who say He speaks through them in tongues? And when you do speak in tongues? Why is it usually not scriptural? |
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8 | 2 followups, masturbation and 1Cor7:2-5 | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 47851 | ||
Dear Emmaus: The Scribes and Pharisees continually accused Jesus of sinning by not keeping the Sabbath. Of course, had Jesus actually of broken the Sabbath then He would have been guilty of sin. But Jesus did not break the Sabbath. The miracles that He performed on these days was a service to God -- not the occupation of a physician. But you see how the Scribes and Pharisees twisted things around to make it appear that He sinned. Now, you say that masturbation is sin. But yet, I find no where in the Bible that tells me this. And if it isn't there -- it isn't there. The commandment doesn't actually say that: Thou shalt not lust. It says thou shalt not covet .... Now coveting a man's wife, a man's car, a man's home can lead to enmity, strife, murder and the like. This is actually the kind of lust that is a sin. But can a man covet his own body? Does that even make sense? My position is different than what you suppose. My position says that if the Bible doesn't say it -- we have no right to say it does -- For if we do -- it leads to false doctrine. The kind of false doctrine that put Jesus on the cross. Was He not convicted of blasphemy by the well meaning priest? Was he not convicted to save the nation from the Romans who would come and take Israel away from the Jews because of His Messianic claims? It all seemed right in the eyes of the religious leaders just as this thing seems right in the eyes of Emmaus and Makarios. But they were adding and misinterpreting God's word to justify their thoughts. So if you are to convince me, you need some hard Biblical evidence. Not slight supposed inferences as Makarios uses. We should teach the doctrine of God to those who ask these questions. We should not teach the doctrine of man. And as far as I am able to see this is not a biblical doctrine. It is a man made doctrine based on mans perception. Did not the Lord Himself say: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD." Isaiah 55:8 So why do some well meaning moralist think they have the right to edit His Word -- and say He meant this or that -- if He Himself ommitted it? |
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9 | Is speaking in tongues for today? | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 47800 | ||
Dear retxar: I wish you would have put it this way before. And I am sorry. I thought you were the person who originally asked the question and you were giving me a holier than thou quip with no real substance. I also apologize to the person who originally did pose the question of whether the spiritual gift of tongues is a valid spiritual gift for today. I'm only a few weeks old on this forum and I thought only the person we answered would respond. Nevertheless you did respond to my answer to this person. And your response was nebulous to the point that I concluded it was a holier than thou response without substance. And while I can take a rebuke with the best of them I at least want to know it is a rebuke and what it is based on. Again, I apologize for a fiery exchange. I like your answer that, ". The relevance of the spiritual gift of tongues, along with all spiritual gifts, to remain until Jesus’s return was clearly and undoubtable answered for me thru the Word alone." But where does the Word give us this answer you speak of? I am operating on 1 Corinthians 13:8 which says "Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away." Now when it says whether there be tongues, they shall cease -- some believers say this is a clear indication that this gift was just for the first century church and that it does not exist today. And through my observation I have seen this may be verifiable. Do I want to see the manifestation of these things? Yes, I do! I've searched for them. But I've found phony's who fake it. And God gave us the good sense to recognize the genuine article -- and He expects us to use that good sense. I heard pentecostal preachers proclaim that if anyone said that the false things they were doing were not of the Holy Ghost then that person blasphemed the Holy Ghost and could never be forgiven. This served as an effective shield that struck fear in the heart of those who would dare to question man. But the scripture tells us to test the spirits for they are not all of God. So if you don't use your five senses -- or your abillity to discern -- or test the sprits -- your in trouble. Yet still, where is your scriptural reference that you base your belief that the spiritual gift of tongues shall remain until Jesus's return? I can't say I remember reading this ... or anything that refers to the gifts being around till that time. I did read the this, "I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" (Luke 18:8). If faith shall be so scarce, will there be spiritual gifts? |
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10 | Is speaking in tongues for today? | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 47799 | ||
Dear John: I attended a very interesting Bible Study once where they asked the question: How does God speak to you? The women were separated from the men and were asked the same question. And notes were compared when the two groups came back together. This was not a pentecostal group. It was, believe it or not, a Luthern group. The men were a bit reluctant to share this experience. But little by little as each man opened up they all began to relate a similar account. My answer then, as it is to you now, explained that when God speaks to me I feel a still small voice in my heart. It is not an audible voice. And the experience is hard to explain. How do you feel speech? Yet this is the best way to describe it. And I think it is in keeping with, 1 Kings 19:11-13, which says: 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: 12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? The next question, how do I know it is the Lord speaking to me? John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: Why does the Lord speak to me? 1. To warn me of danger 2. To tell me to give someone a message 3. In answer to prayer 4. To reveal understanding of His Word. When does the Lord speak to me? Usually when I speak to Him. But sometimes when I am not speaking to Him Most of the Lutherns in the study group described experiences that were very similar. I suppose each man hesitated because of the stigma that is associated with hearing voices nowadays. Most of these men were professionals, engineers, doctors, authors, etc. And it was very humbling for them to open up their hearts under the circumstances. I hope you asked for the same reason we all shared with each other. To confirm your own experience with hearing God speak to you. |
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11 | Who is Yeshua HaMachiack? The Christ? | Not Specified | Biynah | 47798 | ||
Who is Yeshua HaMachiack and could He be the Christ? | ||||||
12 | Who is Yeshua HaMachiack? The Christ? | Matt 1:1 | Biynah | 47805 | ||
Who is Yeshua HaMachiack and could He be the Christ? | ||||||
13 | 2 followups, masturbation and 1Cor7:2-5 | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 47797 | ||
Makarios my friend, The word Makarios is Greek. I assume you know a little about Greek since you chose this as your user name. I explained to you that the Greek word for immorality is pornea. And that this word does not include masturbation as a definition. As for Websters dictionary it does nothing to help your cause. Does Webster by any chance say that masturbation is immoral, or sinful? If not, why do you even bother to say that it takes a secular source to prove this to me! I'm very surprised that you understand the scriptures you cited as you do. It shows you are young in the Word. I also blame it on your Bible translation and your bias, and the possibility that you looked up immorality in a concordance to prove your point rather than using the scripture in the light of its proper context. While a concordance is a useful tool ... it should never be abused to the point of using a particular verse out of context. Since the Bible is silent concerning masturbation the burden is not upon me to prove that the Bible says masturbation is okay. The burden is on you to prove it is sin. You have not. I do not rely on any one verse or even a number of verses that I look up in a concordance to support my understanding. I rely on the Bible as a whole from Genesis to Revelation -- and all that the Bible has to say on the subject. And the Bible is silent concerning masturbation. If masturbation was immoral it would have been noted in the Books of Moses. All other sexual sin was specifically mentioned and was not generalized under the term immorality. I hope you have read every word of the Books of Moses so you can know this truth. I will agree with you that masturbation does defile a man. But defilement is not a sin. The remedy for being defiled because your sperm comes out from you is to wash your flesh with water and be unclean until evening (see Leviticus 15:16-17). But the remedy for sin was a blood sacrifice. Unfortunately, you show ignorance in that you do not understand the Biblical difference between sin and defilement. If you don't know something -- why puff your self up as if you do? You are not answerable to me. You are answerable to God. As am I. The issue of whether masturbation is a sin will not be such an important matter when we stand before Him. But our integrity in handling God's Word will be. "But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment." (Matthew 12:36). I sought to advise you on your mishandling and misinterpreation of God's Word. Not to prove to you that masturbation is not sin. Because it is for you -- and I would not want to cause you to stumble. It is you who must repent for misusing God's Word. I am sure it is not intentional. But nevertheless -- it can be just as harmful to another as if it were intentional. I shall continue to pray for you my friend. For your zeal is good. But you need wisdom and discernment. --Biynah By the way, I have a wonderful wife, so the issue of masturbation is not something I have to repent of. I never supported this issue for a personal need to masturbate as your text seems to presuppose. But I have supported this subject because you have grossly misused the Bible to prove your personal bias. |
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14 | 2 followups, masturbation and 1Cor7:2-5 | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 47785 | ||
Emmaus: God created the male to produce millions of sperm cells per day. Now these sperm cells build up in the male and make him rather uncomfortable. The temptation to lust increases as the sperm count rises. Now how can the sperm count be reduced? We are provided with a release mechanism. No lust is necessary. And it is not the same as an alcoholic taking a drink. And yes, I agree, that the sexual expression with your spouse is preferable -- but not always availabe. And what if you tend not to be married? Or are away from your spouse? Say you serve in the armed forces. What then? Allow your body to control you? Or control your body. Sperm production doesn't stop just because your away from your wife. And the higher the sperm count the more likely you are to lust. Still, you've yet to provide a Bible reference to prove masturbation equals lust -- or that masturbation itself is sin. If a man has problems with lust it is a problem of the heart. I suppose most men are afflicted by this lust issue you are talking about and that is why you and Makarios bring it up. After all, our society is littered with sex ads and all sorts of lewd materials that we encounter from the grocery store checkout to bill boards and television commercials. But I am referring to the healthy adult male unaffected by these things. |
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15 | Is speaking in tongues for today? | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 47138 | ||
Retxar: I too am glad that the truth of God's Word is not established by my experience, my lack of experience, my observations, or the way I try to live it ... yes, we would all then be in trouble then. But the answer to the question you asked can only be answered through a discernment of the spirits. This is a gift of the Spirit mentioned in 1 Cor. 12:10 "To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:" And a very necessary gift to, because 1 John 4:1 says: "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world." Jesus said, Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Matthew 7:16. Now, all these things require observation, do they not? And so does the answer to your question. Since there is not a case in the scripture that tells us whether speaking in tongues is for today. We know for sure it was for the Apostalic times. But is it for today? It was your question, after all. How do you expect to find the answer without observation or discernment. Have you seen any real evidence of this? Have you experienced this? If so discern what you've seen or experienced. But if you have no discernment, and do not sensibly use the 5 senses God gave you in order to discern, and use His Word to guide you ... you will be led around by every wind of doctrine whether it be true or false. God does not expect us to be blind, deaf, or dumb -- as some Christians feel they must be lest they offend someone. I am not afraid to offend those who have faked it or those who operate through counterfeit spririts. I know the Word of God because the Holy Spirit has revealed it to me because of constant seeking and humbleness of spirit. The Holy Spirit also gave unto me a gift of discernment. I know truth from falsehood. And I am bold to proclaim the truth or expose a lie. I have proclaimed to you that I have seen the lie. This I know for certain. I have asked God the same thing. Is speaking in tongues for today? His answer to me is that he will not glorify man. But he will honor the humble in spirit who seek to glorify Him. Perhaps you should ask God for yourself. He does speak to you doesn't He? Praise God! Biynah |
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16 | Is being "slain in the spirit" biblical? | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 47133 | ||
Markarios: I'm glad that we can agree on this matter of being slain in the spirit. Neither have I ever found it anywhere in the Bible. I did go forward at a Pentecostal meeting one time. The Pastor is the famous Ernest Angley, you may have heard of him, or seen him on television. The man hit me in the head so hard I did stumble backward. I had a headache for almost a day afterward. But the experience definitely was not real. This is one of those things that is definitely subjective. Neither did I ever see this man perform an actual genuine miracle. In fact, he has an invalid section in his church and he avoids it like the plague. It was very sad when I witnessed a girl in a wheel chair go up with full expectation of walking out of the church only to be disapointed. One of his favorite miracles is restoring the sense of smell. Funny. I didn't know that many people had this problem. He manifest the miracle by holding a hankerchief drenched with cologne under the nose of the recipient. Naturally, whether they can smell or not they react. The fumes would irritate the mucous membranes. Your friend and brother, Biynah |
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17 | Is speaking in tongues for today? | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 47131 | ||
When the apostles were gathered together and first spoke in tongues they spoke in discernable languages. The Bible says, "every man heard them speak in his own language." (Acts 2:6) Paul later tells us that some speak in an unknown tongue. Is the gift of speaking in tongues for today? This is hard to say. All the gifts of the Spirit were given to fulfill the purpose of spreading the gospel - and to cause others to believe. I have attended pentacostal meetings that claimed to speak in tongues -- but did they really? I sensed a spirit of confusion and not the Holy Spirit whom I know personally. I saw pentacostals act in ways unbecoming and disorderly. I saw them live like devils all week and become holy on Sunday. I saw them claim to heal sickness that was never truly healed. I saw them ask for healings for headaches. If I were the pastor I would have said take an asprin. Can God do all these things. Yes! Will he do it to glorify man? No! Through a truly humble man who ministers in humility, and when there is a need to further the gospel, He will do these things. But to the proud and the arrogant and the haughty he will allow them to be caught up in their own folly and foolishness. Because of this, these things, if present, will be seen seldom in today's church. | ||||||
18 | where do blacks come from? | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 47127 | ||
God created all men. All men are the descendants of Adam. What race was Adam? We can't be sure ...but there is a hint in the Bible. All names in the Bible have an interpretation and a meaning. The name Adam in Hebrew actually means: "taken from red earth". So, perhaps Adam was red skinned. But regardless of skin color (which is really only the degree of pigmentation caused by our environment)-- it really doesn't matter. No race is inferior. | ||||||
19 | did the wine from the water make you dr | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 47123 | ||
All wine can make you drunk. The wine that Jesus made from water was said to be better then the wine that was previous offered to the guest. Why would it lack in the abillity to make one drunk? The Bible speaks negatively about men who are controlled by the substance. But does not condemn the man who is in control of the substance. Although the Bible speaks negatively about the drunkard the Bible also speaks positively about wine (see Psalm 104:13-15). Jesus drank wine. All of the prophets and men of God drank wine. Some of them got drunk. Wine was used in communion services. People drank wine then as we do milk today. Wine unlike other alcoholic beverages of today is actually good for the body. It aids in our circulation and digestion. So I ask again, why would not the wine that Jesus made be of less quality then the wine that makes you drunk? | ||||||
20 | Unbaptized children | Bible general Archive 1 | Biynah | 47121 | ||
Baptism is not a condition of salvation. It is an act of obedience and a ceremony of initiation. That part of the answer is easy. As for whether all children are in heaven or not that is a more difficult question to answer. The Bible does not address this. So none of us have the right to speculate. As Christian's we have faith that God is just and good. And that whatever He decides will be just. Many well meaning pastors give us the easy pat answer that all children who die are in heaven. We really can't know that. But to be honest, our hope is not in going to heaven. While the Bible say's "to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord."(2 Corinthians 5:8 KJV) -- which of course we shall be -- in spirit. Our hope is of the resurrection of our physical body. And that physical body shall live on a new earth. Our spirit shall be present with the Lord until that day of resurrection. Then we shall be resurrected in His likeness and be with him physically as well as in spirit. Alot of our understanding of heaven comes down from myth's that permeated the Church throughout the ages. Most of those myths are based on Greek mythology. Yet we've come to accept these things as though the Bible says them -- when it does not. The real theme throughout the Bible is the attainment of the resurrection - not heaven. |
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