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1 | Was Jesus' spirit abandoned? | 2 Cor 5:21 | Dan58 | 83290 | ||
Tim, your post was helpful to me, thanks. Can I make the conclusion from your post that the requirement of the law tat sin results in death was satisfied by the physical sacrifice of Jesus dying physically? I still don't understand in what sense Jesus was abandoned by God. I don't see whether or not Jesus' spirit was separated from God. I haven't checked the discussion on other verses that has already been posted. Would someone summarize the issues raised in other threads? This thread has started me thinking again about the high price that Jesus paid. The fact that Jesus was in Hades is no small matter. Does trinity require that the Father was in Hades with Jesus? Although I see that the Deity of Jesus is a Biblical requirement I don’t clearly understand why so many make the doctrine of trinity THE deciding point of sound doctrine. |
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2 | Who are the enemies? | Eph 2:15 | Dan58 | 83116 | ||
You'r right sin causes enmity with God. This is clear from genesis to revelation. The thrust of the passage is not only about reconciliation though. It is also about Jews and Gentiles coming together. Note every verse from 11 to this one is talking about Jews and Gentiles. The book of Ephesians is a book that reveals the nature of the church. My question is focused not on the cause of the hatred (enmity) but the parties of the hatred. The cause is clearly stated as the law but while other scriptures address in context man's dilemma in regard to the law the thrust of this passage is on the two people becoming one new man. This does make a difference because if the hatred is the hatred of God to lawbreakers then the human unity in Christ is found living personal grace better. On the other had if the hatred is a hatred between Palestinians and Israelites then the removal of Jewish O.T. law by Jesus fulfilling the O.T. laws becoming the savior of both. And the basis of unity is in the Jews not requiring others to keep that law in order to fellowship. Col 2:20ff |
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3 | Who are the enemies? | Eph 2:15 | Dan58 | 83075 | ||
by abolishing ...in His flesh ...___THE ENMITY___, .......which is the Law of commandments .........contained in ordinances, .....so that .............in Himself ...........He might make the two into one new man, ..............thus establishing peace, Is the enmity spoken of here our carnal enmity with God like in last verses of Romans 7 and the resulting solution of Romans 8:1 Or is the enmity spoken of here an enmity between Jew and Gentile that Christ solved by setting aside the Jewish ordinances as requirements for Gentiles of The Way like in Acts 15? |
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4 | Apostle Paul's Coworkers | Rom 16:1 | Dan58 | 83068 | ||
Romans 16 should be a good starting place. A cross reference work like the treasury of the scriptures would quickly lead you to 15 or 20 important names. As another approach, skim through an encyclopedia article on the life of Paul and note who he works with. Starting with his conversion by Ananias through all the apostles at the Jerusalem council, The elders that met at Ephesus Acts 20. . . If you really want to profit the most take a clean bible without any marks and a crayon. Mark the people you find interesting. Acts 9 conversion, then Acts 13 to end. Pick up the last chapter of each epistle. This would help put the whole study in perspective. |
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5 | RECABITE FAMILY WHO ARE THEY? | 2 Kin 10:15 | Dan58 | 83062 | ||
http://www.studylight.org/dic/sbd/ type rechab in the search |
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6 | pastor having one wife | 1 Tim 3:2 | Dan58 | 82938 | ||
how about character qualifications of leadership? NASU is just how Biblesoft chose to credit it when I copy from there. |
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7 | pastor having one wife | 1 Tim 3:2 | Dan58 | 82937 | ||
how about character qualifications of leadership? NASU is just how Biblesoft chose to credit it when I copy from there. |
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8 | Why is (was) it good to be a Jew? | Eph 2:12 | Dan58 | 82911 | ||
thank you Asis |
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9 | pastor having one wife | 1 Tim 3:2 | Dan58 | 82909 | ||
justme, the easy question you ask is NASU. New American Standard Update. updated NASB For comments on some of the issues read the other threads for 1 Tim 3:2. "Does when one makes Jesus Lord have any barring?" I think you mean that if one was divorced then became a believer would they qualify as a pastor? The answer depends why you ask. If you are considering becoming a pastor and have been divorced then you should first look at all the other things in these lists and if still interested then read some full discussions of the issue. Talk a lot with your wife and your spiritual mentors. It is a pity that entering the ministry might be decided on without face to face friends. If you’re a church leader considering the employment of a pastor then deeper study than this forum is needed. It must be done with all of the leadership. If you’re a member of a church with a pastor who you question has Godly authority then talk to the leadership about the scripture. If you, in the end of your personal study and devotion, decide that God wants only undivorced men with proven children and a living wife with a perfect reputation by all in the community to be pastors then I have plenty more I would like to sayJ Finally, if you are a God lover who wants to know then read what you can and want. When the issue becomes personal then do the study again. Christianity is not a theory. “qualifications or of Characteristics that are required?” Our world is not perfect- and neither are we! Fear God and keep his commands. Only you can prayerfully decide how you will apply the passages. I do want to comment on one thing though. Another post pointed out that this passage is talking about “elders”. I think that the popular use of pastor to refer to the preaching minister is unfortunate. My conclusion is that “pastors” in the N.T. were local men chosen by their own congregation to be its leaders. Reasoning in this way the passages under consideration are talking about local leadership not hired ministers. Since the office of the hired minister as we know it today did not exist in N.T. times we are left to do our God-fearing best to apply principles that scripture does reveal. The highest standard for the most public and influential officer in the church makes sense to me. In this long post I have one other observation. All, or perhaps all but one, of the requirements of elders and deacons are given as teaching to be followed by all Christians. I don’t have that study list handy but it is interesting to note. |
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10 | Why is (was) it good to be a Jew? | Eph 2:12 | Dan58 | 82897 | ||
What is the purpose of using exclusion from "the commonwealth of Israel" as a way to show the gentiles how good it is to now be included? Why should a non-Jew, even a Christian, think that being a Jew is a good thing? So far I have found this short quote of Barn's helpful. Would anyone have any more to add? Eph 2:12 This is the second characteristic of their state before their conversion to Christianity. This means more than that they were not Jews. It means that they were strangers to that "polity"-politeia (NT:4174)-or arrangement by which the worship of the true God had been kept up in the world, and of course were strangers to the true religion The arrangements for the public worship of Yahweh were made among the Jews (from Barnes' Notes, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 1997 by Biblesoft) |
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11 | pastor having one wife | 1 Tim 3:2 | Dan58 | 82885 | ||
1 Timothy 3:2 2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, NASU 1 Timothy 3:12 12 Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households. NASU Titus 1:6 6 namely, if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of dissipation or rebellion. NASU ------------- ------------- Interpretive questions that you must answer. 1) Does the passage mean one wife no divorce previously? 2) Does the passage mean "a one woman man" i.e. not two wives at the time and a man who went to other women outside of marriage (this was not against civil law in NT times)? 3) Leadership in the family is a prerequisite for leadership in the church? One wife is a prerequisite to children that are obedient. |
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12 | The double cure of Grace | Eph 2:5 | Dan58 | 82833 | ||
That's it! Having sang the song for years I hadn't thought about the meaning until studying the doctrine of grace. | ||||||
13 | howdo I get saved? | Acts 16:31 | Dan58 | 82528 | ||
Acts 2:37-38 37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?" 38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. NASU Acts 2:37-38 37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?" 38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. NASU Rom 6:3-8 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; 7 for he who has died is freed from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, NASU |
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14 | The double cure of Grace | Eph 2:5 | Dan58 | 82403 | ||
The double cure. Sin, legally, requires death. God's grace paid the fine required. Much better than posting bail He spent the time for me letting me be free. As a free man though I choose, to often, to sin. God's grace gives me a second cure. It gives me the cure of my desire to sin, my inability to keep from sinning. As a down payment here on earth the Holy Sprit fellowships with me and encourages me to live right. One day I'll be given the robe of righteousness, that Jesus paid for, and by grace my adoption will be revealed. |
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15 | why is there poverty? | Matt 26:11 | Dan58 | 82399 | ||
Try this. In the Garden of Eden there wasn't any poverty but in a sin-sick world all of creations groans for the revelation of the sons of God (Rom 8) Poverty, sickness, war ... they all push us to look for something more, something better. The better way is God's way. Godliness with contentment is of great gain. Some things that promote poverty: Greed, Corruption in government, laziness, feeding the lazy, acts of God to punish morally corrupt societies, gambling, drunkenness. . . . I lived in the county of Missouri with the lowest income of the state. The people, however, are not poor drunks they have high family values and have chosen to stay in a place where there is not industry for employment. Poverty is always relative to 'normal'. I would say that the people in this county are doing quite well, compared to inner cities where few own their own home. |
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16 | Todays fashions | Eph 2:2 | Dan58 | 82305 | ||
I hadn't thought about it really. I am thinking about understanding and aplying the passage. Your Ideas are the most important. But since you asked. . . 1. Nothing moral is absolute (specially the bible) 2. entertainment/comfort is life's goal 3. man is not created but evolved |
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17 | Todays fashions | Eph 2:2 | Dan58 | 82263 | ||
What are the three most deadly fashions of today, in your experience? Eph 2:2 Amplified | ||||||
18 | Trespasses are blunders. | Eph 2:1 | Dan58 | 82255 | ||
Trespasses and sins, I looked up trespasses and found that the greek word doesn't have anything to do with getting on to someone elses turf. It is a falling. This verse points out that we were dead in our failures. Not only for the willful sin but also for not measuring up and moral stumbling we spiritualy die. |
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19 | What was the apostles doctrine? | Titus 2:1 | Dan58 | 82246 | ||
Doctrine refers to the teachings of the apostles. here in Tit 2:1 the exortation is for Titus to stick to solid teaching. Amplified version interestingly comments on doctrine as the character that identifies Christians. It seems to me this is an ok extension of the idea of doctrine but other ideas can be developed just as well. Sound doctrine might be understood as the basic teachings of christianity - death, burial, resurection, Holy Spirit, . . . . Sound doctrine might, in this verse, be an exortation to use illustrations and ideas that are fitting for a teacher with integrity. I get this idea by reading . . . fitting for sound pedagogy. For apostles doctrine (not seen in this verse) check out Acts 2:42 where the early christians were spending a lot of time listening to the Apostles teach. Or 2 Cor 11 where the office of apostle is described. For the idea of a stable body of teaching that might have been available in an early form of a book of doctrine consider this part of the article on doctrine: DOCTRINE 3. Apostolic Doctrines: The earliest teaching of the apostles consisted essentially of three propositions: (a) that Jesus was the Christ (Acts 3:18); (b) that He was risen from the dead (Acts 1:22; 2:24,32); and (c) that salvation was by faith in His name (Acts 2:38; 3:16). While proclaiming these truths, it was necessary to coordinate them with Hebrew faith, as based upon Old Testament revelation. The method of the earliest reconstruction may be gathered from the speeches of Peter and Stephen (Acts 2:14-36; 5:29-32; 7:2-53). A more thorough reconstruction of the coordination of the Christian facts, not only with Hebrew history, but with universal history, and with a view of the world as a whole, was undertaken by Paul. Both types of doctrine are found in his speeches in Acts, the former type in that delivered at Antioch (13:16-41), and the latter in the speeches delivered at Lystra (14:15-17) and at Athens (17:22-31). The ideas given in outline in these speeches are more fully developed into a doctrinal system, with its center removed from the resurrection to the death of Christ, in the epistles, especially in Galatians, Romans, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians. But as yet it is the theological system of one teacher, and there is no sign of any attempt to impose it by authority on the church as a whole. As a matter of fact the Pauline system never was generally accepted by the church. Compare James and the Apostolic Fathers.. 4. Beginnings of Dogma: In the Pastoral and General Epistles a new state of things appears. The repeated emphasis on "sound" or "healthy doctrine" (1 Tim 1:10; 6:3; 2 Tim 1:13; 4:3; Titus 1:9; 2:1), "good doctrine" (1 Tim 4:6) implies that a body of teaching had now emerged which was generally accepted, and which should serve as a standard of orthodoxy. The faith has become a body of truth "once for all delivered unto the saints" (Jude verse 3). The content of this "sound doctrine" is nowhere formally given, but it is a probable inference that it corresponded very nearly to the Roman formula that became known as the Apostles' Creed. See DOGMA. (from International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, Electronic Database Copyright (c)1996 by Biblesoft) |
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20 | Struggling with a divorce | Rom 6:23 | Dan58 | 82228 | ||
The simple yet true answer to every delima in life is that Jesus paid the price for our unrightiousness and we can rest in that. A more practical answer to help you get a handle on your life requires dialogue. Your Christian counselor could offer personal counsel or referals. Your church, or one nearby, might offer ways to build healthy friendships for you and your kids. I might be able to give a little help through email. prayerdan@hotmail.com |
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